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Akufo-Addo speaks on 50th anniversary of J.B. Danquah’s death

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  • BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

    NANA AKANFOU BINADDO IS A BOKO HARAM LEADER IN GHANA.

  • Close Observer 9 years ago

    NDC HAS DESTROYED MANY LIVES IN GHANA; MORE THAN ALL OTHER PARTIES COMBINE. VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016.

    The NDC PARTY has NOTHING TO OFFER GHANAIANS, BUT DIVISION AND TRIBAL DISCRIMINATION. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN GHANA FO ...
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  • Close Observer 9 years ago

    Pause and reflect on what influence your decision on who you vote for. If your decision is influenced by the APPEARANCE of a candidate and not his/her COMPETENCE, you are a FOOLISH VOTER. If you are someone who is fond of exc ...
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  • Onipaba of Akyem Maase 9 years ago

    Truth be told. You can never get Nana's equal from your ancestors doorstep to your corrupt NDC flagstaff house. You love to hate a good man. Being sincere enough, can you compare the rich political and policy formulating expe ...
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  • KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 9 years ago

    The theme for the symposium for 50-years after the death of JB Danquah should read;

    FIFTY YEARS OF A TALIBAN.

    Ghanaians have never forgotten the history of this Taliban called JB Danquah whose 50-years will not be celeb ...
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  • SGT ANANI FIADZOE 9 years ago

    NDC idiots can't be credible politicians
    when they are "Bentoa", salt, rice, oil,
    Sardine, cornedbeef, cement, roofing
    sheet distributor politicians.

    When you have someone who influence people with money to demand their ...
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  • Ekow Thompson 9 years ago

    Nkrumah was Africa's first and worst tyrant who made sure all his political opponents were eliminated by death in Nsawam Prison. Afetr killing all his political opponents and drove others into exile his own CPP men turned aga ...
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  • Kojo T 9 years ago

    J B was a selfish non performer who brought in Boko haram . To support him is to support Boko Haram and ISIS

  • Another Thief of Bagdad 9 years ago

    How and why do you celebrate a CIA agent who undermined his country for crumbs from the american cia

  • Boss 9 years ago

    Nana Akuffo Addo was leading a demonstration in Accra before the 1992 constitutional against then sitting Head of State JJ Rawlings, and this was the song in he taught the participants both young old, Lyrics, "JJ wo di asante ...
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  • OKOROMANSA 9 years ago

    WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THAT GREAT SON CALLED J.B. DANQUAH. I WISH THE ORGANIZERS COULD HOST MORE THAN ONE OF SUCH SYMPOSIUM IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

  • Master 9 years ago

    No amount of trying can put JB Danquah on the map. Those of us who lived during his days can attest to that. The man had no charisma, no idea of nation building and was a sore looser. He lost the 1960 presidential election ...
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  • Randy UK 9 years ago

    Hope for Ghana.Our best president.we hope to have you as president come nest year.

  • Kwamina Andrews 9 years ago

    This man contributed to the emergence of our country as an independent nation but he had very grave flaws, many of which I will not go into but are in the public domain. To call him the father of independece is a stretch. In ...
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  • Azumah Nelson 9 years ago

    Why this not a national thing,but a NPP one?

  • Master 9 years ago

    Well said

  • Pelicles 9 years ago

    Father of our independent and Independent movement is two different things. People came out with the idea for independent before Nkrumah was called to join. Right or wrong and that is what the article is referring to.

  • James Obeng 9 years ago

    There were five assassination attempts on Nkrumah by the Danquah/Busia group with the assistance of CIA and British Intelligence.It was only in the Kulungugu assassination attempt that Nkrumah's ministers namely Ako Adjei and ...
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  • Okafodidi 9 years ago

    Take tribal affiliation out. The speech should show nationalism. Remember you are running to represent the whole nation.
    No Akyem this, Akan that.

  • KING LOMOTEY 9 years ago

    Doyen of Gold Coast politics.
    Waiting to hear what Dr. Ahoofe will say.

  • Ahoofe,Kwaseato ! 9 years ago

    Doyen of Gold Coast....Traitor of Ghana.JB Wanker died when Ahoofe was one year ten months old.He can write all the bullshit that he wants.We know he is full of it!

  • The mask 9 years ago

    If you look at the back of the cedi note you would see the picture of the Big six; so called because they were prepared to die for Ghana to achieve independence for which they were imprisoned. Of the six 3 were Akyems and a f ...
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  • Oheneba osei Yaw Akoto 9 years ago

    wrong. Ako adjei was half Akyem

  • Danquah is CIA agent period 9 years ago

    Danquah is CIA agent period, he did not do anything for Ghana. I want people to mentioned what he did apart from Bombing Dr. Krumah

  • Pelicles 9 years ago

    There you go. What is Dr. Krumah and who told you that J.B Danquah bombed Nkrumah? The only bomb that made headlines that time was the one at Kulungugu and there is no iota of truth that the opposition was behind it. Let me ...
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  • ??? 9 years ago

    You might as well tell us that Akyea Mensah was killed to placate the death of the Wa Na.Akyems had nothing to do with it.JB Danquah and his henchmen were evil personified.Greedy,Arrogant,Pompous,Cruel,Selfish and Tribal Chau ...
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  • Kofi Virginia 9 years ago

    So many of the cotizens of the country will ask whether this event has any thing with the behaviour of currentl NPP leaders will say yes, andthe oppositionwill say no. But the queation now should be whether our memories of th ...
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  • Oheneba osei Yaw Akoto 9 years ago

    J.B didn't want independence. he said so in 1944. he was on the CIA payroll, and died in detention because he was involved in an attempt to overthrow our government.
    this man never own a house. he had 30 kids and didn't sup ...
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  • Akans Prophecies 9 years ago

    Wrong negative comments for those who whish negative histories on real legends. Dr.JB Danquah was the inspirator of most Ghanaians dreams. In colonial period one could not easily become a. Secretary general of a party oppose ...
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  • Joe 9 years ago

    We don't want to hear about krobo Edusei,talk something positive,if you are voted to power this is what you are going to be doing!

  • Fiction 9 years ago

    Nana our next president who gonna cum n liberate us fr de current difficulties n pain we found ourself in under de most inept n corrupt president leadership we de youth of ghana gonna do everytin in our power to ensure dat ...
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  • Joe 9 years ago

    Danquah did not have the interest of the nation in his heart. If he did, Ghana would not have spent a lot of money on security. He wanted to stall the young nation's development project with unnecessary parliamentary procedur ...
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  • Boss 9 years ago

    Danquah - His vision was like " Either I have it or we all LOSE it"

    Adu Boahen, 1992- "If I lose this elections the whole country will be on flames"

    Akuffo Addo, 2012- "we must win this election come what may, ALL-DIE- ...
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  • kusasi 9 years ago

    tell us the law school you obtain your missing law certificate

  • Tony H 9 years ago

    This man of Nation of primitive people, NPP, is too ugly and became uglier than k4, the blackie man from ashanti forest. This akwapeman does not fit to be prez of mother gh.

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  • adams-ucc 9 years ago

    GHANA is in dis BAD FATE because we've CHOSEN inconpetent JM and his DEAD FUNCTIONED members of his prty.I m APPEALING TO ALL GHANAIANS to DROP JOHN MAHAMA 4 NANA ADDO for Ghana to be redeemed its IMAGE-Drugs,corruption,masli ...
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  • pm 9 years ago

    He has no place in Ghana politics.

  • Kwame 9 years ago

    J.B. Danquah was a British and imperialist agent.

  • Douglas .Bristol-UK 9 years ago

    Foolish Ape.the most ugliest party leader ever aside kufour

  • FRANK WILLIAMS 9 years ago

    There they go again.Did I hear them say father of Ghana independence movement? You can decieve your illiterate children and grandchildren,but not Ghanaians. J.B Danquah father of Ghana independence movement? No matter how har ...
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  • VVIP MAHAMA COCAINE 9 years ago

    USELESS NSC KWASEA MAHAMA HATE THE TRUTH FOOOOLS

  • ugly akufo addo 9 years ago

    akufo addo is a big fool

  • ugly akufo addo 9 years ago

    idiot

  • ASUMADU EMESEWOELI, HO, VOLTA REGION 9 years ago

    HISTORY HAS PROVEN THAT, NKRUMAH AND HIS CRONIES SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO ASTUTE AND NATIONALISTS LIKE DR. J. B. DANQUAH. BUT IN THEIR NAIVETY AND HUNGRY AMBITIONS FOR POWER THEY RATHER DESTROYED THE GEMS. THE RESULT IS THE IN ...
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  • Fullstop 9 years ago

    what you have written or read is called...AHISTORICAL.JB Wanker was a traitor.Every de-classified information confirms his status as a traitor.

  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

    This unending "war" between Nkrumahists and Danquah's force - from UGCC, PP, NLM, UP, and NPP is destabilizing our nation, and if you love GHANA you have to do something to end this interminable internecine struggle.

    Suppo ...
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  • Lord Tennison 9 years ago

    If Dr.Kwame Nkrumah had not steered Ghana away from capitalism,we would have been better off.All our political struggles have been geared towards disentangling ourselves from the tentacles of socialism.
    Socialism will impove ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Yell us the capitalists that Nkrumah turned away from Ghana...UAC,CFAO,GB OLVANT,PLANT POOL,GLIKSTEN,ETC? What stopped your ancestors from establishing a car or manufacturing factory in Ghana?

  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Tell us.

  • MARCUS 9 years ago

    D.I .NANA ADDO DANKWA MUST TELL THE WHOLE WORLD WHY J.B.DANKWA WAZ SENT TO NSAWAM PRISON,BUT NOTHING BUT THE THRUTH,PERIOD,AND STOP DISTURBING OUR EARS.

  • KWABLA YENSORO 9 years ago

    UNLESS YOU TELL US THR TRUTH ABOUT J.B DANQUAH, WE THE YOUTH CANNOT TRUST OR BELIEVE YOU, PERIOD!!

  • kutsii. 9 years ago

    What is the meaning of ' Danquah siri'. Ebola President for Ghana ?. 'Tweaaaa'!!!. Nana Addo 'Ebola' Akufo Addo ? GOD FORBID. I sense in my spirit that the old evil dwarf ' kapwepwe' will never be President and I am not alon ...
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