Don’t use Talensi to judge 2016 elections – Pollster

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KK 8 years ago

NANA ADDO IS BAD LUCK.

NANA ADDO IS BAD LUCK.
GEE 8 years ago

IT WILL HAPPEN THE SAME IN 2016

IT WILL HAPPEN THE SAME IN 2016
POP 8 years ago

TALENSI; IS THE PREIDCTION OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2016

TALENSI; IS THE PREIDCTION OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2016
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 8 years ago

GHANA HAS BEEN RAPED BY NDC IDIOTS. WE DO NOT NEED ANY NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, WE NEED A NATIONAL COURT OF JURISDICTION TO PUT MAHAMA AND HIS CABINET ON TRIAL. GHANA'S HOPELESS ECONOMIC SITUATION, TODAY, IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTA ...
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GHANA HAS BEEN RAPED BY NDC IDIOTS. WE DO NOT NEED ANY NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, WE NEED A NATIONAL COURT OF JURISDICTION TO PUT MAHAMA AND HIS CABINET ON TRIAL. GHANA'S HOPELESS ECONOMIC SITUATION, TODAY, IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. NDC HAS OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS PRESIDED OVER THE BIGGEST RESOURCES IN OUR HISTORY INCLUDING CRUDE OIL & STEALTH TAXES. THEY HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED THE BIGGEST LOANS IN OUR HISTORY. IF THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THIS AND THE ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES, THEN,THEY MUST BE PROSECUTED. THEY MUST GIVE THE MONEYS BACK TO THE TREASURY. WE DO NOT NEED ANY ECONOMIC FORUM. SET UP A COURT IMMEDIATELY. IT HAPPENED IN THAILAND RECENTLY, PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA WAS REMOVED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FOR ABUSING POWER. LOOK AT GHANA, EMBRAER PLANE SCANDAL, STX KOREA, SUBAH, GYEEDA, WOYOMI, ISOFOTON, WATERVILLE, AFRICA AUTOMOBILE, CP, SADA, FORTIZ/MERCHANT BANK, AKONFEM AND A HOST OF OTHER DODGY JUDGEMENT DEBT PAYMENTS. BUYING VOTES WITH CASH, LAND CRUISERS & LAPTOPS JUST TO WIN ELECTIONS. WHY NDC?????? WHY??? OUR SUPREME COURT COULD NOT HELP BUT DESCRIBED IT AS "ALLIANCE TO CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE" WHAT A SHAME? ?? AND YOU CALLING GHANAIANS TO A WASTEFUL ECONOMIC FORUM. NDC, THE MONEY IS WITH YOU, GIVE IT BACK TO GHANA. NPP, I SALUTE YOUR COURAGE FOR NOT ATTENDING. NPP REMAIN SMART AND VIGILANT!!!!!!
ken 8 years ago

THEY SEE THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THE EVIL NDC AND RE-VOTE NDC WHY?

THEY SEE THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THE EVIL NDC AND RE-VOTE NDC WHY?
kwasi 8 years ago

they got bribed by ndc and went on and sold their brothers future for small change o.ghana votes are for sale no problems

they got bribed by ndc and went on and sold their brothers future for small change o.ghana votes are for sale no problems
TK 8 years ago

You call them Telensi foolish voter and you want them to vote for your party in 2016.You are rather foolish and idiot.

You call them Telensi foolish voter and you want them to vote for your party in 2016.You are rather foolish and idiot.
sam 8 years ago

npp will win without this ignorate people

npp will win without this ignorate people
TK 8 years ago

Coup will be justified in 2016 if NDC win the election, then you should expert Al shabab of Somalia and Boko Haram of Nigeria.Who are the most cowards in Ghana?You know the answer.We doo´t wish that in Ghana.Who wins should ...
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Coup will be justified in 2016 if NDC win the election, then you should expert Al shabab of Somalia and Boko Haram of Nigeria.Who are the most cowards in Ghana?You know the answer.We doo´t wish that in Ghana.Who wins should rule.
Nana Yaw 8 years ago

Adade u dnt knw anytyn come n do ur coup daz wht u ppl knw dat is de barometer indeed npp will suffer bcos ppl lyk u dnt anytyn productive only fight n insults n we dnt need dis in Ghana politics be decent n talk lyk a Ghanai ...
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Adade u dnt knw anytyn come n do ur coup daz wht u ppl knw dat is de barometer indeed npp will suffer bcos ppl lyk u dnt anytyn productive only fight n insults n we dnt need dis in Ghana politics be decent n talk lyk a Ghanaian
MAMA 8 years ago

NPP WILL WIN BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FIGHTING IN MANY LOCALS

NPP WILL WIN BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FIGHTING IN MANY LOCALS
MAMA 8 years ago

SORRY FOR CORRECTION

SORRY FOR CORRECTION
Close Observer 8 years ago

PEOPLE OF GHANA, WE ARE DOOMED. READ WHAT YOUR FOOLISH INTERIOR MINISTER SAID. My question to this foolish man is, WHO ENGAGED THE SERVICES OF THESE ILLEGAL ''SECURITY AGENCIES'' as he called them, INSTEAD OF THE POLICE? Ghan ...
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PEOPLE OF GHANA, WE ARE DOOMED. READ WHAT YOUR FOOLISH INTERIOR MINISTER SAID. My question to this foolish man is, WHO ENGAGED THE SERVICES OF THESE ILLEGAL ''SECURITY AGENCIES'' as he called them, INSTEAD OF THE POLICE? Ghana must get rid of this dangerous NDC PARTY before it is too late. NDC is endangering our lives. They know all the armed robbers too. VOTE THEM OUT.
READ WHAT HE SAID:

Interior Minister, Mark Woyongo, has indicated that his outfit will soon legalise the activities of vigilante groups, Azorka boys and Bolga Bulldogs.

“From now onwards we are going to ensure that those who operate have value or credible documents to operate as security agencies. These security companies will have to be licensed,” the minister suggested.

These groups have been accused of perpetrating violent crimes during the just ended Talensi by-election in the Upper East Region.

Even though former President Jerry John Rawlings has called for some of the members of these groups to be arrested and prosecuted, the Interior Minister believes their activities should rather be regulated.

“There are some of them who are not licensed and they are operating. They are operating illegally. The law is that if you want to operate a security company in Ghana you must have a license. You must have a license to operate a security company and some of them do not have the license but they are operating,” he stated.

Azorka boys, Bolga Bulldogs are security companies

Asked whether Azorka boys and Bolga Bull dogs belonged to security companies, the Minister responded in the affirmative, saying “of course they belong to security companies. For sometime now, they have been operating as security companies.”

Azorka boys only protected themselves

Meanwhile the Minister has defended the attack staged by both groups, describing their actions as a pure case of “violence begets violence.”

“Violence begets violence. Azoka boys will not act violent if they were not provoked. The other side also brought in some people…the Invincible Forces and then the Bolga Boys, so violence begets violence.

“What I mean is that if you are a peace lover and someone comes to attack you, definitely you have to protect yourself”, Mark Woyongo remarked on Kumasi based Ultimate Radio
Close Observer 8 years ago

This stupid people are endangering our lives and must be kicked out as quickly as possible. The useless NDC PARTY has introduced these criminal groups that have never been known in our political culture, and as such degraded ...
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This stupid people are endangering our lives and must be kicked out as quickly as possible. The useless NDC PARTY has introduced these criminal groups that have never been known in our political culture, and as such degraded governance. The politics of LIES, VIOLENCE (macho men) TRIBAL DISCRIMINATION and INSULTS is placing Ghana in a bad light. IT IS MAKING US UNCIVILIZED, and some of us are very ashamed to identify with GHANA. I have said time and time again that politics is not for the poor. PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES TO RUN HAVE NO BUSINESS IN POLITICS. SUCH WILL ONLY GO INTO POLITICS TO STEAL AND TO STICK TO POWER FOREVER. They will use all means including ''my boys'' that is, violence, lies and rigging of elections to impose themselves on Ghanaians. Let us get rid of DANGEROUS NDC AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, and kill all the criminal groups and evils they have introduced into Ghana's politics before they gain root.
Douglas. Bristol-UK` 8 years ago

ugly Akufo Addo and npp will flop once again, come 2016. murderers!!!

ugly Akufo Addo and npp will flop once again, come 2016. murderers!!!
Acolatse/Keta 8 years ago

Politicians are liars. Voltarians, open your eyes.Are you people taking note of what is happening in Ghana now?. It is Kokofu ball all the way They see you to be fools.

Politicians are liars. Voltarians, open your eyes.Are you people taking note of what is happening in Ghana now?. It is Kokofu ball all the way They see you to be fools.
Emmanuel 8 years ago

My brother you are right. What at all have they done for voltarians? They take them as fools. No development in Volta region.,but still vote for NDC.

My brother you are right. What at all have they done for voltarians? They take them as fools. No development in Volta region.,but still vote for NDC.
gyan 8 years ago

If NDC see the volta region as fools we like it better than pouring acid on us. We shall form our own state than any other party to come to power.
You keep on with you insults we shall change the name of the region.

If NDC see the volta region as fools we like it better than pouring acid on us. We shall form our own state than any other party to come to power.
You keep on with you insults we shall change the name of the region.
Teye K. 8 years ago

Fine ! we the Voltarians are more comfortable with any lying non-NPP politicians than voting for Akyem-Ashante class of people, who does not respect any tribes in Ghana. Let me tell you that your Kenedy Agyapong, Osafo Marfo ...
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Fine ! we the Voltarians are more comfortable with any lying non-NPP politicians than voting for Akyem-Ashante class of people, who does not respect any tribes in Ghana. Let me tell you that your Kenedy Agyapong, Osafo Marfo cannot wish massacre of tribes (Ewes, Gas, etc.) and shower insults of regions of other tribes being poor, and you will expect the same group of people to vote for your Nana Addo to president or national Nana. I want to tell you that it is the Akyen-Ahsante Class of politicians who really want to make the voltarians 'fools' rather. Voltarians, the Northerners, Gas, etc., would continue to express their anger against the NPP Akyem-Ahsante class of politicians in Ghana through simple votes. They will never come out to make any stupid but just use thumb-prints against NPPs for their arrogance and for saying things kids will not be expected to say against tribes in Ghana. You wait and see 2016; you will get heart attack. Anger of these tribes your NPPs are ridiculing will be heard allowed through vote. You can choose to say any stupid things but it will not change anything.
SERIOUSLY SPEAKING 8 years ago

Ephson, I believed you when you posited that the opposition parties could carry the day if they were to present a common candidate in Talensi. The results confirmed this position of yours. However just as neither PNC nor the ...
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Ephson, I believed you when you posited that the opposition parties could carry the day if they were to present a common candidate in Talensi. The results confirmed this position of yours. However just as neither PNC nor the NPP would step down for the other, so it would be in 2016. The law of averages would still prevail and most of these factors which favour one candidate over the other in this area or that, will play out and the results of the Presidential elections in 2016 would not depart significantly from what happened in Talensi by election, where all the political parties deployed all their strategies with all their arsenal and the NDC, the most popular came out tops. If you are saying this to smoothen the wounds of NPP, fine, but don't forget that this by-election also gives the NDC a morale booster as it would have done to the NPP. Surprises do not generally surpass a trend.
GEE 8 years ago

NPP WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?
SO YOU ARE GOING OT LOSE 2016?

NPP WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?
SO YOU ARE GOING OT LOSE 2016?
Sampson 8 years ago

Ephson can go to hell. Only in Ghana that idiots like this fart would be regarded as a pollster. Fyck him a thousand times. A double standard glutton.

Ephson can go to hell. Only in Ghana that idiots like this fart would be regarded as a pollster. Fyck him a thousand times. A double standard glutton.
I A 8 years ago

Bad losers again ie NPP.

Bad losers again ie NPP.
Close Observer 8 years ago

It is only in a lawless country like Ghana that a criminal like Azorka can come on radio and claim to have ''boys'' that he sents at election time '' to make sure nobody shares money''.
WHICH LAW OF OUR LAND ALLOWS THIS? If ...
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It is only in a lawless country like Ghana that a criminal like Azorka can come on radio and claim to have ''boys'' that he sents at election time '' to make sure nobody shares money''.
WHICH LAW OF OUR LAND ALLOWS THIS? If the Ghana police service doesn't arrest this criminal and disband his criminal gang to discourage this kind of lawlessness, then the police service as a law enforcing agent itself will become weak and useless in the very near future. Criminals like Azorka who can think of forming such a criminal gang to intimidate law abiding citizens at an election time is a HUGE THREAT TO THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF GHANA. We as a people can no longer hold elections in a quiet and peaceful manner like any other civilized people because of law breakers like Azorka. It was a shameful, criminal and uncivilized act that was displaced in Talensi, and must be stopped before it gain any root. Such criminal groups are undoubtedly easy to move into armed robbery and other evils in our society. STOP AZORKA ON HIS TRACK BEFORE HE PLUNGE GHANA INTO CHAOS.
Hotman 8 years ago

Don't you think that this is a precedence set out by NPP Kofi Jumah of Asokwa when he destroyed voting materials ,even during your primaries?
Shame on you,Close Observer,for blaming Azoka. Any way ,we are waiting for the out ...
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Don't you think that this is a precedence set out by NPP Kofi Jumah of Asokwa when he destroyed voting materials ,even during your primaries?
Shame on you,Close Observer,for blaming Azoka. Any way ,we are waiting for the outcome of that judgement,which will definitely characterized the 2016 elections if NOT handled well to the rule of law.
BAROMETER 8 years ago

Talensi offers a peep into 2016 especially as it was a seat previously held by the opposition NPP and being snatched away by the governing NDC that is said not to be doing well. It is a very significant victory considering th ...
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Talensi offers a peep into 2016 especially as it was a seat previously held by the opposition NPP and being snatched away by the governing NDC that is said not to be doing well. It is a very significant victory considering the huge bragging rights now bestowed on NDC, leaving NPP to seek solace in pitiable excuses. "efie mpo ni" Ever heard of that song? NPP were not ready for this by-election. They had an ignition failure in Parliament when they tried to prevent the holding of the by election by claiming that the new chief had not been gazzetted. Just as they did with Joe Amoateng, only this time it was an NDC majority and an NDC speaker who would not have any of that. The best strategy would have been to prevail on their MP to wait till the end of 2016 to ascend the throne and avoid losing the seat to the NDC just 2years after snatching it. They should have clung to it for as long as possible to make further inroads in 2016. Kweku Baako was spot on with his opinion on this point. But being at cocky as usual they adopted a ver abraisive strategy with the new kid Wontumi and the the bare chested shrine visiting goons. The role of the ancient soothsayer Tindana of Baare in the defeat of NPP is for another day. There was nothing innovative about the approach of the NPP, except perhaps their foolhardiness in believing themselves capable of winning without their Party Chairman and Secretary. Freddie Blay and Gabby Otchere Darko, the master strategists and authors of the "12 shots" fired at them and missing. I cannot help laughing. Maybe the shrine visit was not in vain afterall. We need Arthur Kennedy to put all this in proper perspective.
BIBI 8 years ago

BEN EPHSON IS RIGHT EXCEPT THAT HE IS LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS STATEMENTS WITH ONE EYE BALL. IF THE WHOLE PRESIDENT TELLS US THE JUST ENDED TALENSI ELECTIONS WILL BE A REHEARSAL AND A BAROMETER FOR THE 2016 ELECTIONS, MY UNDERS ...
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BEN EPHSON IS RIGHT EXCEPT THAT HE IS LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS STATEMENTS WITH ONE EYE BALL. IF THE WHOLE PRESIDENT TELLS US THE JUST ENDED TALENSI ELECTIONS WILL BE A REHEARSAL AND A BAROMETER FOR THE 2016 ELECTIONS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT WILL OCCUR AT TALENSI ON JULY 7TH, 2015 WILL BE IMPROVED AND REPEATED IN 2016 TO ENSURE VICTORY AT WHAT EVER COST NOBODY SHOULD TRY TO RUN AWAY FROM WHAT THE PRESIDENT MEANT. YOU SEE GOD HAS A WAY TO LET US KNOW THE EXACT INTENTIONS OF OTHERS EVEN CROCODILE TEARS ARE BEEN SHARED.
Sulley Wa 8 years ago

From the records available NPP has never won any general election since 1992 with Talensi. The 2000 & 2004 election was won by NPP yet lost talensi to NDC, even though NDC won both presidencial & parliamentary elections in 20 ...
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From the records available NPP has never won any general election since 1992 with Talensi. The 2000 & 2004 election was won by NPP yet lost talensi to NDC, even though NDC won both presidencial & parliamentary elections in 2000 & 2004 they lost the general election.
Akolgo Frafra 8 years ago

I will agree with this paper because you cannot expect NPP to win a by-election in say,Ketu South, or NDC to win a by-election in Asokwa or Kwadaso. It is not measurable in this way, but the NPP should be very careful because ...
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I will agree with this paper because you cannot expect NPP to win a by-election in say,Ketu South, or NDC to win a by-election in Asokwa or Kwadaso. It is not measurable in this way, but the NPP should be very careful because this could have minds changed during the 2016.
Araba Lucy 8 years ago

Dr.Arthur Kennedy was right in sending the elephant back into the bush.The NPP has acknowledged this fact by trying to launch a book "sending the elephant back into the city" at Tyco City hotel in Sunyani.I hope the elepha ...
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Dr.Arthur Kennedy was right in sending the elephant back into the bush.The NPP has acknowledged this fact by trying to launch a book "sending the elephant back into the city" at Tyco City hotel in Sunyani.I hope the elephant would be given accommodation at the hotel
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Larry 8 years ago

All the parties including this pollster said it on different radio platforms the Talensi bye-election is the litmus test to 2016 general elections. Now that the NDC has won, they are all backtracking! Wo suro mpo. They fear. ...
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All the parties including this pollster said it on different radio platforms the Talensi bye-election is the litmus test to 2016 general elections. Now that the NDC has won, they are all backtracking! Wo suro mpo. They fear. Hmm, suddendly, he knows everything. Even if clearly he is lying, some people would believe him.
EDUARDO DOMINGO 8 years ago

THIS GUY HAS TO BE COMMENDED FOR THE WORKS HE DOES ON THE GHANA'S ELECTIONS, I DO NOT KNOW HOW HE DOES IT, EVEN HEAVILY TOOLED FOREIGN POLLSTERS STILL WONDER SECRETLY HOW BEN EPHSON DOES HIS WORK AND MANAGES TO BE AS ACCURATE ...
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THIS GUY HAS TO BE COMMENDED FOR THE WORKS HE DOES ON THE GHANA'S ELECTIONS, I DO NOT KNOW HOW HE DOES IT, EVEN HEAVILY TOOLED FOREIGN POLLSTERS STILL WONDER SECRETLY HOW BEN EPHSON DOES HIS WORK AND MANAGES TO BE AS ACCURATE AS HE DOES! HOW EVER THE TWO HEAD CONTESTANTS JUST WANTED TO WIN THE ELECTIONS OF 2016 RIGHT NOW! SO THEY CHOOSED TALENSI TO SWEEP TO VICTORY IN N2016.
osei hwedie 8 years ago

THE ESSENCE OF AN ELECTION IS THAT IT IS CONDUCTED IN A FREE AND FAIR ATMOSTPHERE:THIS IS NOT THE CASE HERE: THE ELECTION THUS IS NIL AND VOID: WHERE IS THE NIGERIAN EC? SHE HAS DISGRACED HERSELF

THE ESSENCE OF AN ELECTION IS THAT IT IS CONDUCTED IN A FREE AND FAIR ATMOSTPHERE:THIS IS NOT THE CASE HERE: THE ELECTION THUS IS NIL AND VOID: WHERE IS THE NIGERIAN EC? SHE HAS DISGRACED HERSELF
#SAYNOTONDCVOTERRIGHTSSUPPRESSION# 8 years ago

Peace loving Ghanaians all over the world are demanding the resignation of the Minister of Interior Mark Owen Woyongo of the Mahama-led NDC gov't, for failing in his duties and most especially, in the interest of the peace an ...
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Peace loving Ghanaians all over the world are demanding the resignation of the Minister of Interior Mark Owen Woyongo of the Mahama-led NDC gov't, for failing in his duties and most especially, in the interest of the peace and stability of this country in the lead up to the 2016 elections, during and after the elections. Mark Owen Woyongo has through his actions together with the Sofo Azorka led Azorka boys, have begun on a path to disenfranchise and intimidate and suppress the fundamental constitutional human right of the Ghanaian to vote in a democracy, and Ghanaians deem such action as completely untenable in exercising their right to self determination. Mark Owen Woyongo can therefore not hold himself out as the Minister of Interior of this country and in the interest of the peace and stability of this country, peace loving Ghanaians are demanding Mark Owen Woyongo resigns pronto.
Kofius 8 years ago

Trash. Sour Grapes. I you live by the gun you die by the gun . Acid throwers

Trash. Sour Grapes. I you live by the gun you die by the gun . Acid throwers
Kludge........ Den VR 8 years ago

Yes I strongly agree with you Ben.l knew it even before the pools Ndc will win due to the following....
1.Ndc had the seat for 16years running
2.Npp took seat in 2012 with slight margin
3.Chief Memory after just 3years dr ...
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Yes I strongly agree with you Ben.l knew it even before the pools Ndc will win due to the following....
1.Ndc had the seat for 16years running
2.Npp took seat in 2012 with slight margin
3.Chief Memory after just 3years dropped from seat due his enskinment
4.He did not solidify Npp grounds
5.Becoming a chief evolves do many clans contesting
6.Another way to vent their frustration to elected chief and Npp
7)Bulldozer grading roads at midnight.Electric poles being erected.Gari.old.sugar. Rice and cash being distributed and interior minister/government present.
That will surely be the outcome.Npp do not give up continue with campain.
Ben you are good poster?.....................
Kludge........ Den VR 8 years ago

Electric pools will lay rooted after winning election.
Even those erected could be uprooted soon.
TONGO YOU MADE A GREAT MISTAKE.
Ndc can't help you.

Electric pools will lay rooted after winning election.
Even those erected could be uprooted soon.
TONGO YOU MADE A GREAT MISTAKE.
Ndc can't help you.
Ugly akufo addo 8 years ago

N stupidly failed his dress reheasal n he will even die this year

N stupidly failed his dress reheasal n he will even die this year
abena-kwabena 8 years ago

The leaders of the other parties must not be cowards, who cares if there is war because one party has decided to disrespect our democracy. May be there has to be war before politicians would learn. After Luanda, Libya, Egypt, ...
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The leaders of the other parties must not be cowards, who cares if there is war because one party has decided to disrespect our democracy. May be there has to be war before politicians would learn. After Luanda, Libya, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Liberia, etc one would think they would be wise, but look at what happened in Talensi. I believe every thing Nduom said because he is a noble man and would not tell lies.
TEE 8 years ago

2016 IS JUST AT THE CORNER PERIOD

2016 IS JUST AT THE CORNER PERIOD

Don’t use Talensi to judge 2016 elections – Pollster

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