They stole Ghana’s industrial revolution as nation toiled to close technology gap!

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Kojo T 7 years ago

That is the useless NPP making noise about I district 1 factory as their original idea.Thieves and traitors.The CPP should be calling them out.Did we not have dams even on the Accra plains?

That is the useless NPP making noise about I district 1 factory as their original idea.Thieves and traitors.The CPP should be calling them out.Did we not have dams even on the Accra plains?
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

Greeting, Kojo T!

Greeting, Kojo T!
Dr. Otto 7 years ago

Lungu, you are so silly to such an extent that you can no more register any normality. I can only pitty you for your gross stupidity.

Lungu, you are so silly to such an extent that you can no more register any normality. I can only pitty you for your gross stupidity.
Kojo T 7 years ago

Why do you NPP bigots fear TRUTH Prove him wrong with alternative arguments.The facts are there 400+ factories scattered all over Ghana with over abundant supply of electrical power .At Ministries of Finance ...
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Why do you NPP bigots fear TRUTH Prove him wrong with alternative arguments.The facts are there 400+ factories scattered all over Ghana with over abundant supply of electrical power .At Ministries of Finance and Economic planning his development plans will be found in the archives
GODLOVE AMUSU 7 years ago

According to the dirty Togolese Ewe, Kojo T, the facts are there, 400+ factories scattered all over Ghana with over abundant supply of electrical power. ..It's only a dirty Togolese Ewe, who is paid by the incompetent NDC t ...
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According to the dirty Togolese Ewe, Kojo T, the facts are there, 400+ factories scattered all over Ghana with over abundant supply of electrical power. ..It's only a dirty Togolese Ewe, who is paid by the incompetent NDC that woo say this.
Calculus 7 years ago

They were against Nkrumah's infrastructure projects and development as they are against Mahama. Beware of the enemies of Ghana since 1956.

They were against Nkrumah's infrastructure projects and development as they are against Mahama. Beware of the enemies of Ghana since 1956.
Kweku Donsuro 7 years ago

Let us not cry over spilt milk. When a man falls, he gathers himself up and moves on like the guy who won the Olympic marathon in Rio, Farah Mohommed. Stop this nonsense of raking the past to dispirit us. Enough of such cry-b ...
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Let us not cry over spilt milk. When a man falls, he gathers himself up and moves on like the guy who won the Olympic marathon in Rio, Farah Mohommed. Stop this nonsense of raking the past to dispirit us. Enough of such cry-baby stuff!
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

Kweku Donsuro,
You WILL never learn if this essay "dispirits" you and your kind, and, if you think development of a nation is game.

Greetings!

Kweku Donsuro,
You WILL never learn if this essay "dispirits" you and your kind, and, if you think development of a nation is game.

Greetings!
Kojo T 7 years ago

So you never make the same mistake.That is the use of history.The point is, has the NPP of today learnt from the past and changed its colors? Why have they not apologized for the horrendous BLUNDER that cost ...
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So you never make the same mistake.That is the use of history.The point is, has the NPP of today learnt from the past and changed its colors? Why have they not apologized for the horrendous BLUNDER that cost the nation BILLIONS of dollars ? So can we TRUST people like that to steer the nation forward?
Kweku Donsuro 7 years ago

You apologetics need to be serious and chart your own path in life. Nkrumah did his part, Einstein and Newton did their part, what are doing yourself to lift Ghana up? Defending or critiquing the past does not make Ghana move ...
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You apologetics need to be serious and chart your own path in life. Nkrumah did his part, Einstein and Newton did their part, what are doing yourself to lift Ghana up? Defending or critiquing the past does not make Ghana move forward. I wish you stopped this useless post-humous crap.
Young pioneer 7 years ago

If you do not know your past how can you build your tomorrow? You buffoon. The Npp are ashamed of their yesterday hence they would wish to sweep it under the carpet. But it is true that the Npp of yesterday stifiled Ghana's d ...
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If you do not know your past how can you build your tomorrow? You buffoon. The Npp are ashamed of their yesterday hence they would wish to sweep it under the carpet. But it is true that the Npp of yesterday stifiled Ghana's development aspirations because of sheer greed and pride.
Veteran 7 years ago

Most of the forumers here on this website are baby-boom generation.
It's very pity, the true history of our identity, slavery to colonial history is being flushed into the drainage of the education systems worldwide.
In Gha ...
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Most of the forumers here on this website are baby-boom generation.
It's very pity, the true history of our identity, slavery to colonial history is being flushed into the drainage of the education systems worldwide.
In Ghana nowadays, history & geography subjects are now called CITIZENSHIP instead unlike our time.
In Europe, most students even don't have history subjects of the past anymore, but only about modern day monarchy-queen/kingdom history.
When you raise such topics, they look at you very stalely strange & uninterested as if you come out of the stone-age era or from another planet.
The same applies to our historical politics of Africa & Ghana also.
Very pity for this modern generation gap, so to observe here on this forum also through the various comments.
To cut my lengthy comment short, thanks to you both & to be continued someday once again.
Bye
LULA 7 years ago

USELESS MOVEMENT

USELESS MOVEMENT
Veteran 7 years ago

The U.P. (United Party) of then the only opposition party against CPP is today's NPP now.
For we our generation, it makes no difference in their mindset, tactics, mentality & their power-hungry policies to destroy their only ...
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The U.P. (United Party) of then the only opposition party against CPP is today's NPP now.
For we our generation, it makes no difference in their mindset, tactics, mentality & their power-hungry policies to destroy their only opponent just to rule.
History repeats itself, that's why NPP is not to be trusted except those who don't know the political history of Gold Coast/Ghana.
Okonkwo 7 years ago

He who ignores history condemns the future and repeat the past mistakes, the past is there to guide us into a good future so we should not let the good past decay to better our future

He who ignores history condemns the future and repeat the past mistakes, the past is there to guide us into a good future so we should not let the good past decay to better our future
Francis kwarteng 7 years ago

Thank you Prof Lungu.

You are indeed a true son of the soil. Nkrumah has no equal in the history books of Africa.

Thank you Prof Lungu.

Thank you Prof Lungu.

You are indeed a true son of the soil. Nkrumah has no equal in the history books of Africa.

Thank you Prof Lungu.
ADJOA WANGARA 7 years ago

oh! yeah! the bastard Kwarteng is indeed a son of a bitch!

oh! yeah! the bastard Kwarteng is indeed a son of a bitch!
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

We will stay on the case, as we have time.

Greetings, Francis kwarteng!

We will stay on the case, as we have time.

Greetings, Francis kwarteng!
Akora Oteng 7 years ago

I like the article but it seems there is an anachronistically statements here by an NDC surrogate who wants to drag some arguments into the mud. When was the NPP formed, for e.g.Why does he NOT mention Nkrumah,s political fal ...
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I like the article but it seems there is an anachronistically statements here by an NDC surrogate who wants to drag some arguments into the mud. When was the NPP formed, for e.g.Why does he NOT mention Nkrumah,s political fallout of Idiosyncrasies.The fact that CIA has admitted overthrowing his CPP Regime.Times have changed and Ghanaians want their Country back without any Foreign interference. We likewise want a progressive Government that will use our God given Raw Materials wisely to create wealth with new technology to DEVELOP our country.
Veteran 7 years ago

And memories still lingers also among older generations who knows the transition history of Gold Coast to Ghana period.
Many of the novice partisan political party chorus followers of today are just blindly guided & ill-info ...
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And memories still lingers also among older generations who knows the transition history of Gold Coast to Ghana period.
Many of the novice partisan political party chorus followers of today are just blindly guided & ill-informed.
The UNITED PARTY (U.P.) the only number one opponent of Ghana's development is today's NPP.
This fact is still fresh in the minds of many of us who knows the truth since our BACKWARD EVER MARCHING till today.
Todd 7 years ago

Thanx prof. for such an inspirational article. Your article has lifted my spirit as a Ghanaian.
a country which does not celebrate it's heroes is not worth dying for.
Why are people so ignorant and so blinded by politics t ...
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Thanx prof. for such an inspirational article. Your article has lifted my spirit as a Ghanaian.
a country which does not celebrate it's heroes is not worth dying for.
Why are people so ignorant and so blinded by politics that u can't even reason again... mentioning NDC NPP in the comments when this article has nothing to do with any party.
KTZ 7 years ago

This man (Nkrumah) was Ghana's best bet.

This man (Nkrumah) was Ghana's best bet.
Village Lass 7 years ago

Why can't some reader's see the article for what it is? It is a lesson in history and perhaps so each can reflect on how and why we got here?

If anyone disagrees,just add your view or argue the point respectably.
Developm ...
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Why can't some reader's see the article for what it is? It is a lesson in history and perhaps so each can reflect on how and why we got here?

If anyone disagrees,just add your view or argue the point respectably.
Development is not about politics and a divisive one that we seem to encourage so much in Ghana not just by the media but in our social circles too.

Now to the article,facts are facts.
Moving forward to today- our inability to move with the times, poor leadership and lack of strategic planning has indeed made us a static nation that is bent on destroying whatever we have left.

It is up to us as a nation and as individuals to rise above ourselves and think of development as the only way forward.
CITIZEN 7 years ago

I WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GHANA YOUNG PIONEER MOVEMENT FROM 1962-66 WHEN OSAGYEFO DR KWAME NKRUMAH AND HIS CPP GOVERNMENT WAS OVERTHROWN. YEARS LATER I CAME TO UNDERSTAND DR NKRUMAH WAS WRONG eg DECLARATION OF ONE PARTY ...
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I WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GHANA YOUNG PIONEER MOVEMENT FROM 1962-66 WHEN OSAGYEFO DR KWAME NKRUMAH AND HIS CPP GOVERNMENT WAS OVERTHROWN. YEARS LATER I CAME TO UNDERSTAND DR NKRUMAH WAS WRONG eg DECLARATION OF ONE PARTY STATE, INTRODUCTION OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION ACT(PDA) LIFE PRESIDENT etc.LET'S NOT FORGET ,THE INDUSTRIES DR NKRUMAH BUILT WERE INTACT EVEN DURING DR LIMAN PNP GOVT. IT WAS THE PNDC THE MOTHER OF TODAY NDC WHO FROM 1982-92 COLLAPSED ALL STATE AND PRIVATE INDUSTRIES IN GHANA : INCLUDING GIHOC SHOE FACTORY, AKASANOMA,JUTE FACTORY, ABOSO GLASS FACTORY,PHARMACEUTICALS,ETC STATE HOTELS:MERIDIAN,ATLANTIC,CITY HOTEL,AMBASSADOR ,STAR HOTEL,CONTINENTAL ETC NEARLY FOURTEEN SHIPS AND THE BLACK STAR LINE VANISHED INTO THIN AIR. GHANA AIRWAYS BECAME INVALIDATED AND THE CEDI BECAME WORTHLESS WHILE THE CADRES LOOTED THE STATE COFFERS. IT IS THE (P)NDC WHICH HAS STOLEN OR DESTROYED GHANA'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -JUST AS WE SEE TODAY IN MOTHER GHANA.
Village Lass 7 years ago

The demise of the above listed industries cannot be attributed to one party without factoring in the history in trajectory.
How about maintenance, reinvestment,economic situations ( both local and international level)etc. an ...
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The demise of the above listed industries cannot be attributed to one party without factoring in the history in trajectory.
How about maintenance, reinvestment,economic situations ( both local and international level)etc. and the human aspect in terms of managers etc.
Please make analytical criticism.
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

Village Lass,

Sure!

There is what you call "analytical criticism", and there is History, still.

The record shows UP elements, including Busia, were behind the military coup that singularly served the interests of the ...
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Village Lass,

Sure!

There is what you call "analytical criticism", and there is History, still.

The record shows UP elements, including Busia, were behind the military coup that singularly served the interests of the western powers (and the coup plotters, mere crumps).

1. After the coup, the military leaders received even less aid than Nkrumah did.

2. Looks at the photos. When they rounded up all the Chinese managers and other nationals who were training Ghanaians in new industrial skills and professions, they in effect deported all those with requisite skills and experience, for "maintenance, reinvestment,economic situations ( both local and international level)etc. and the human aspect in terms of managers...", in your own words.

That, dear friend, is the essence of this re-published essay.

Greetings.

There are no two ways to look at that.
Sani Salifu (Wa) 7 years ago

Behold: Manifesto of gang of thieves

Behold: Manifesto of gang of thieves
Abraham 7 years ago

but those who did the cuop should put heads in shame paaaaaa becouse they put ghana n a mess paaa

but those who did the cuop should put heads in shame paaaaaa becouse they put ghana n a mess paaa

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