Why are brilliant Ghanaian minds sweeping streets abroad? – Otumfuo questions youth exodus

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  • Yaw Wontumi 1 year ago

    It is because the NPP under the useless old ofui perennial weed smoking ape akuffo addo messed up the country.
    Gbemelawo.

  • FRANKIE 1 year ago

    Asantehene, what an obtuse question to ask!? Are you not one of the portals of leadership? Is your son not on his way out to the United States for college education? Will he come back? The answer is because all portals of lea ...
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  • prophet mohammed was a sick dog 1 year ago

    Qur'an. is toilet paper. Burn all mosques in Africa.

  • Our corrupt leaders loots more 1 year ago

    So no money to creates jobs,the just hides the looted money in their houses or saved it outside instead of using that stolen money to creates jobs for people to get employed

  • Nana 1 year ago

    @ FRANKIE
    Did you FRANKIE and your tribe vote for Otumfuo to be King of the Asantes?Do you pay your taxes to Asantehene?Dan Abodakpi and late Victor Selormey who had chances to look after our resources have houses in Texas ...
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  • Anas 1 year ago

    Very intriguing, he is also part of the reasons he is seeking answers

  • Evans 1 year ago

    You nailed it, Yaw!

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 1 year ago

    This is funny. Do you remember RETRENCHMENT in Ghana and who introduced it? If you don’t, let me tell you. It was Efo Jeremiah John Rawlings. That was the time that GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENT started.
    Many of our youth do well ...
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  • Steve 1 year ago

    Great speech by the great king! I salute you. We were all student, the only thing we wanted was to go abroad, with no motivation to stay in our country and create anything. That's a mindset issue, which we all need to work co ...
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  • Nana, with all due respect! 1 year ago

    I think our chief had failed to direct the question to himself. To answer this doesn't require a rocket scientist. The answer rests with the chief. The youth are leaving because of poor leadership across all fabric, which he ...
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  • Yaw 1 year ago

    Nonsense!There us poor leadership everywhere! Do you think Trump is a good leader? Do you thing Kier Starmer is a good leader? I will put both in the Akuffo Addo , bracket, but slightly smarter! It's a mindset issue! A friend ...
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  • Wise king with wise words 1 year ago

    He has said it all.. A word to the wise is enough. I have lived in UK for nearly 18yrs. I don't clean streets or anywhere and there is nothing wrong if that's what u doing at the moment, however we all abroad know it's better ...
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  • AeSop 1 year ago

    1. Why are brilliant Ghanaian minds sweeping streets abroad? – Otumfuo questions youth exodus.

    2. It's because of VERY BAD LEADERS LIKE YOU, KWAKU DUAH!

    3. So stfu make me think!

  • HARD -Talk 1 year ago

    „Low skill job“ is the the king ignorance, No!
    it’s very embarrassing watching the Asante’s Ladies/Gentlemen fighting over „Aprapra“ cleaning job! in Germany!
    Indeed most of them aren’t graduates but are from ...
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  • AKUFO ADDO AND NPP ARE THIEVES 1 year ago

    WHAT OF U URSELF? WERE U NOT DRIVING TAXI BEFORE U BECOME WHO U ARE TODAY? GO TO CANADA LETS SEE, OLD FOOOLS LEADING SHIT EATERS, KWASIAFOUR

  • Bitter truth 1 year ago

    U must be an idiot, Akuffo Addo is not in power again, yet an idiot like u continue to blame him..now your Ndc lunatics are in power yet Ghanaian youths are still running away to foreign countries..tell your Ndc to fix the co ...
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  • AGYAPONG ISSIFU MOHAMED OSEI KWAME FUSEINA ALIWA OPOKU GYIMA ACHEAPONG WALEWALE ZONGO 1 year ago

    U ARE ALSO A THIEF, KWASIA BA. OPPOSITION FOR 80YRS BY THEN UR BONE IS ROTTEN, CRIMINALS RULED GHANA FOR 8YRS, WEE SMOKERS, OFUI, GO ND DRINK POISON IDIOT.

  • Akwasi 1 year ago

    Well, if a student acquires a degree in astronomy it's obviously difficult to find job here at home and abroad. The best thing to do is to sweep the streets abroad, not at home.

  • Akajatayogogo 1 year ago

    Useless question

  • KANKAN NYAME 1 year ago

    NANA they have no option than to sweep streets to make ends meet.. lol

  • Asem 1 year ago

    Nana creat jobs only for Asantes so they will not travel to abroad to sweep on streets of foreign countries.

  • Johnny Blaze 1 year ago

    Because they weren’t privileged like you.

  • Ked 1 year ago

    Lucky Dube give the answer to the king question many years back in his song entitled "To or not to be"

  • Yaw 1 year ago

    when 419 guys are making good money, whiles graduate are paid low salary what do you think will happened?

  • Bitter truth 1 year ago

    God bless the Asantehene…this is a thought provoking question that every good leader should be asking and having solutions..Ghanaian youth are running away from Ghana too much and it’s a very dangerous trend for the devel ...
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  • Agya Yaw 1 year ago

    Nana Ayekoo you have said it all now it's up to the youth to take up the mantle and at the same time our leaders are to be blamed because they don't support the youth with resources we need change of mindset to move the Natio ...
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  • WISDOM 1 year ago

    KUTU ACHEAMPONG HAD THE ANSWER
    Kutu Acheampong saw it and took the needed action: OPERATION FEED YOURSELF.
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  • Bastie the emperor of Kumasi 1 year ago

    This guy is truly a nuisance

  • Bastie the emperor of Kumasi 1 year ago

    Fa wo Gyimie kɔ do. Would you take care of your so called subjects in Ghana ? If they return to the stinky city of yours ?

    Weren’t you stealing in Canada ?

  • Serengati 1 year ago

    Some of those sweeping the streets abroad make more money than the doctors you have in Ghana. When you politicians fix Ghana we won't be leaving Ghana.

  • Serengati 1 year ago

    Ghanaians are leaving Ghana because our leaders are useless. The country is for the dogs !

  • Serengati 1 year ago

    You are walking around with Gold on your head and feet, but your people are suffering and you don't see it. Because you are sitting on money.

  • Kofi Asare 1 year ago

    The devil Rawlings projected his failure over the country for 19 years and the rest is history.

  • JULOR CAESAR 1 year ago

    Questioning the exodus? Did you not do the same when you left Ghana for Canada?

  • Same shit 1 year ago

    Unfortunately many people of your tribesmen doing low class jobs abroad but you guys claim that you are superior to anyone in Ghana.

  • Mus 1 year ago

    Because they want their children to attend the same schools the rich and powerful send their kids. Since they don’t have political affiliation, they need to work harder in countries that rewards their labor.
    Our parents ma ...
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  • Kwasi Appau 1 year ago

    This a question he should be asking the people who are supposed to be laying the foundation the youth to succeed in life instead of embezzling all the money

  • All intellectuals will leave 1 year ago

    No job after graduated or unless our corrupt leaders takes bribes before or to whom you know so a better you go Europe to clean shits and get money

  • The young do not want to sacrifice 1 year ago

    Blame the communist minded youth who believe that their home government should give them everything for free and when they are denied this rush abroad only to realize that over there there is nothing free and are therefore fo ...
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  • Concern 1 year ago

    You know the problem. Do not pretend you do not know.

  • Kk 1 year ago

    Otumfour we are just looking for business capital to return home and set up our own business. That's all , nothing else because home sweet home