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Otumfuo Speaks, "Don’t Commit National Suicide".

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  • Nhyiraba 10 years ago

    Some people accuse Asantes of disrespecting and hating other tribes but reading comments through Ghanaweb will tell you the opposite. Some people just hate Asantes for no reason. I wonder where people learned to hate Ashantes ...
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  • Alex 10 years ago

    Nana well spoken, we cant add or subtract from what you have said, a word to the wise is in the north.

  • michigan 10 years ago

    Extremely great and well thought out speech that should be read by all Ghanaians for the wisdom it contains. We only have one Ghana to develop. God helps those who help themselves.

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    If this culture is allowed to fester (I am afraid it is festering), it will stifle honest intellectual and political discourse.
    PERSONALLY, I DONT SEE ANY USE IN HIS POSITION AS ASANTEHENE. WHY MUST HE BE THE CHANCELLOR OF ...
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  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    What do you mean?

  • Joni 10 years ago

    I don't think people hate Asantes any more than they hate other tribes. I think it is mostly Asantes, themselves, who think people hate them. They also think people are jealous of them. I think this gives them some psychologi ...
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  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    Stop the tribal nonsense......we are in this together. we float or sink as one Ghana.

  • mensah abrampa 10 years ago

    God bless your heart.You may be the ideal ghanaian but you are not everybody and everybody is not you.Just read comments on Ghanaweb and you'll come to grips with reality.My observation is there's a growing crescendo of anti ...
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  • xx 10 years ago

    This is a question asantes must ask themselves. The late Gen. ACHEAMPONG, was the most detribalised asante I have ever heard. He loved all Ghanaians despite his shortcomings as a human being. Asantes need to be live him. As f ...
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  • Concern 10 years ago

    This comment about everything has become politicized in Ghana is right on queue and the best thought expressed in that country in a long time. Everything, especially the currently ongoing challenge at the Supreme Court agains ...
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  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    We don't have class in Ghanaian politics anymore all we got is crass. How come people in political office, people who aspire to be in that office, people who call themselves leaders can go on air, on national TV and go that l ...
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  • A. S. ABU 10 years ago

    GOD BLESS THE WRITE FOR HIS NOBLE WORK AND TO OTUMFUO NANA OSEI TUTU II MAY HE LIVE LONGER SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS LEARN FROM HIM GOD BLESS HIM TOO

  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    Today, you cannot criticize your own political party without being called names including a traitor and some more unpalatable ones. In the minds of some people, one must NEVER disagree or criticize his own party even if it is ...
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  • Kofi Asaase Asa--- Mantukwa 10 years ago

    Yes , Otumfour has spoken.

    The most important issue raised by him which has to be taken very seriously by all future and current leaders is, and I quote:

    ".. there was the need for a national consensus on fundamental is ...
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  • Acheampong 10 years ago

    Otumfuo's comment that God does not build bridges is too over stretching.There are forces of destruction and we seek God to fight those forces that destroy bridges and cause tornadoes and hurricanes.

  • nii 10 years ago

    Is this not the same guy who said in 2008 elections " Where I look is where my people look" Who are his people?? If the same guy is talking like this now, we thank God gor Ghana.

  • Bolgaman 10 years ago

    Yes,Ohene nie,this be King and not a Chief keke. Am a Northerner,but, the fact is that Oseitutu has done it the right time.I love him so much.All Ghanains see something, this is the time J.J AND Kuffour and all the elders who ...
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  • Bolgaman 10 years ago

    Yes,Ohene nie,this be King and not a Chief keke. Am a Northerner,but, the fact is that Oseitutu has done it the right time.I love him so much.All Ghanains see something, this is the time J.J AND Kuffour and all the elders who ...
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  • AKONFEM 419 MAHANI 10 years ago

    WE ALL KNOWS WHERE OTUMFUO COMES FROM,WHY HE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO KUMASIMAN,BEFORE GOING TO ACCRA,SHAME

  • Bolgaman 10 years ago

    Yes,Ohene nie,this be King and not a Chief keke. Am a Northerner,but, the fact is that Oseitutu has done it the right time.I love him so much.All Ghanains see something, this is the time J.J AND Kuffour and all the elders who ...
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  • Ghanaian 10 years ago

    One does not have to be an Ashanti to respect the Ashantehene. He is one of our prominent traditional leaders and deserves the respect that one accords his/her tribal leader.
    These words of wisdom from Otumfuo are words from ...
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  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    The Asantehene rightly mentioned that, this culture of impunity has pushed Ghana to the age of howlers. The louder you can shout and the more derisive and dishonest you can be, the more attention you can command. So there is ...
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  • Grande gueule 10 years ago

    Bravo, Big Ben, there are days, that are worth it with people like you somewhere in this polluted world. Thanks for your positive analysis of our political partisan climate in Ghana. Do please come on regularly to educate us. ...
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  • AMA 10 years ago

    Yes, yes , yes thank you Ben! We need people like you in these country . As for the Asantehene , May he come out fast next time and God bless him.

  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    WE DO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS WHEN OUR LEADERS STRESS RELIGION OVER HARD WORK AS A WAY FORWARD. God never build bridges and roads !!!! No. No, He never did !!!!

  • AA 10 years ago

    We need more conversations like this in Ghana. We are fast becoming an undisciplined, greedy, individualistic, narrow sighted Country.Bravo Sir, finally someone talking sense

  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    We need to raise the level of our national discourse.......more open conversations like this one.

  • Joni 10 years ago

    It repeats the same points over and over and belabors the issues. Meanwhile, there were other issues taken up by tha Asantehene that should have been discussed rather than the lengthy take on the serial callers.

    And, Ofos ...
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  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    Joni ;

    Are you one of the howlers? A serial caller or a Foot soldier?

  • GHANA ba. 10 years ago

    Keep doing this more, but other chiefs must speak more. Thank u nana for your wisdom.

  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    Ghana needs the wise counseling of its elders.

    "Stop, Look and Listen – and reflect on the shortcomings of the country’s democratic dispensation in order to make amends. Ghana is at the crossroads and as it is with all ...
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  • Dr. Red Hot 10 years ago

    The Otumfuo mentioned that the polarized political atmosphere has given rise to a new profession of serial callers, Say it Loud (Ghanaweb) resident praise singers and attack dogs, propagandists and communicators, and foot sol ...
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  • mensah abrampa 10 years ago

    Timely words of wisdom flowing freely from the Otumfuo, Asantehene, are transcendental and must be taken seriously by all ghana-loving ghanaians. It behoves on all of us as good citizens to avoid the extreme partisanship that ...
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