Revert Kotoka International Airport to its original name – Kwame Nkrumah's daughter

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  • Unpredictable Oye Onye Kwasi Atta 2 months ago

    I support you 1 trillion times. And I believe all sensible Ghanaians do so too

  • Obibini 2 months ago

    Me too

  • Nana 2 months ago

    That's not what's needed to curb the huge appetite for Coup Detat of Ayigbes. We have to engage psychologists & psychiatrics to work on their brains.Ayigbes shd know that they're part of nation building, whether good or bad ...
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  • Kofi Ameyaw 2 months ago

    This wise suggestion does not call for tribalistic insults. Grow up Nana. I back Samia 100% and hope other sensible leaders and Ghanaians do. The airport's name should be changed. I am not convinced it should be 'Accra Intern ...
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  • K.K. Atuahene. 2 months ago

    Afrifa was an ewe? Acheampong was an ewe?

  • Kwami - US 2 months ago

    @Nana, the Ayigbe Coups d’etat benefited and continue to benefit the Akans more than the Ayigbes themselves. Without the Ayigbe Coups d’etat the likes of Busia, Kufuor, and Akuffo Addo, all Akans, would not have been pres ...
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  • TWEAA DC 2 months ago

    THEY CAN EVEN RENAME THE COUNTRY ...AND MAKE IT NAMED AS NKRUMAH INSTEAD OF GHANA....EVERYTHING MUST BE NAMED AFTER INKRUMAH...RIVERS. TREES, REGIONS, DISTRICTS, TOWNS, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, SO THAT CPPISTS LIKE KWESI PRATT ...
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  • SAEED OSMAN 2 months ago

    Twea DC, pls when you are high on your skunk, make sure you sober before writing on this platform. You're not the only mad man in the country.

  • K Poku-London-UK 2 months ago

    Some of Kwame Nkrumah’s Achievements to Ghana in the space of 6 years Ghana 60's

    - University Of Cape Coast (UCC)
    - Ghana National College, Cape Coast
    - Mfantsiman Girls' SHS
    - Winneba secondary school
    - Apam Sec ...
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  • K Poku-London-UK 2 months ago

    The White man and woman CAME TO AFRICA TO SCAM US, TO STEAL, TO DEPLETE OUR RESOURCES-MINERALS-HENCE GOLD COAST and THE SLAVE TRADE.
    The Whites or England left Ghana with NO EDUCATION FOR OUR MASSES AND MASSES OF OUR PEOPLE. ...
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  • JESUS IS GOD 2 months ago

    Jesus Christ loves you and wants to save you from sin and its consequences. He died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Believe in Him, accept His gift of forgiveness, and receive eternal ...
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  • REBECCA 2 months ago

    what is wrong with this bleaching arab woman? The name should rather be given like RAWLINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT because Rawlings brought stability and democracy to Ghana.

  • Kwaku 2 months ago

    Your brain cell is gone

  • Kwesi 2 months ago

    Very much so my dear! They can even call themselves Kwame Nkrumah and throw away their own names.

  • You are a mental case 2 months ago

    I assume you are a Trokosi by your outburst. Rawlings brought what democracy to Ghana? Rawlings rather truncated democracy in Ghana by staging a coup against a democratically elected Liman government who was going to be voted ...
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  • Dotsey 2 months ago

    Rawlings did everything illegal..? Where didn't you or your father go and remove him from that position by then? You son of a coward! Rawlings demonstrated bravery. Your family could have done same by removing him from power ...
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  • Kunta 2 months ago

    Are you alright upstairs?

  • Lord 2 months ago

    Totally agree remove that stupid name.

  • Brigadier Sabari v.2 2 months ago

    No, we have namedanu notable edifices afternoon the great man. He did not achieve the feats on his own remember. It's time we honour the likes of Kofi Annan too.

  • nyansa ba 2 months ago

    I CANT WAIT FOR THAT DAY,ITS LONG OVERDUE.CANYOU IMAGINE THAT NAME ITS AN INSULT AND A DISGRACE TO THE COUNTRY.
    PEOPLE LIKE THE STUPID ENEST OWUSU BEMPAH ARE THE CURSE FOR THAT.

  • Apo 2 months ago

    Dats Ghana's main airport, how do we name it Accra Airport? Those days how many flights were using the place and how many other airports did Ghana have so Accra Airport was okay but things have since changed. The place is i ...
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  • Knowledge 2 months ago

    @apo no substance in your comment. Better not to comment please

  • Nanaba Amoako 2 months ago

    I think Kwame Nkrumah created Ghana gave birth to all Ghanians so it better to name even the country after him.We are tired of Kwame Nkrumah this and that.

  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @Nanaba,Turkey as a country existed long before Kemal Ataturk was born. Yet because of all the good things he did as their leader, so many things in that country are named after him. He stattues are everywhere. Simon Bolivar ...
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  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @Nanaba Amoako, this is for you and all the ignorant farts in Ghana who thinks a single person cannot found a country. The list below tells ignorant fools like Nanaba Amoako & co how daft you lot are. Read.....

    Six count ...
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  • Asakramitoga 2 months ago

    JM follow Samia suggestions immediately. That name on our national airport is very nauseating

  • Nana TRUMU TRUMU Addo 2 months ago

    ITS WELL OVERDUE. THE VOLTARIANS WILL UNDERSTAND IT. AFTER ALL NPP USED KOTOKA TO OVERTHROW NKTRUMAH AND JUST WITHIN A YEAR PLANNED AND ELIMINATED HIM WITH THE HELP OF AFRIFA

  • Kwame 2 months ago

    Bogus history. How many Ewes were in the NLC. How many Ashanti’s were in the NLC.

  • SATAN Trumu Trumu is Evil Homosexual and a liar. 2 months ago

    SATAN Trumu Trumu is Evil Homosexual and a liar.

  • K Duah 2 months ago

    Some body brought him to Ghana and the person name forgotten,thus where we are not progress as a country

  • Kwame 2 months ago

    Believing in your own propaganda.
    Why do you think CPP party is dead?
    Form a party , promise Ghanaians you are going to follow in the footsteps of your Father, promise to revert the country to one party rule, make your sel ...
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  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @Kwame, PDA came into existence to deal with those who were throwing bombs. It exists in Britain , USA etc.
    Singaporre has been ruled by one party since 1959 to date. It has not done them any harm. China is ruled by the Com ...
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  • Kwame Saka 2 months ago

    Please learn you history.
    July 18, 1958: Preventive Detention Act promulgated
    This decree allowed the prime minister to incarcerate individuals without trial for up to five years (later extended to ten in 1959
    In summary, ...
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  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @ Kwame, there is a big difference between these words...historical and ahistorical.
    The first bomb that the useless no hopers like Danquah, Busia , Obesibi Lamptey packaged for Nkrumah was at his home in Accra Newtown in 19 ...
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  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @typo, I meant Krobo Adusei's sister not Kojo Botsio.

  • Kwame Saka 2 months ago

    The first political murder took place when Twumasi Ankrah a CPP activist stabbed a UP activist Baffo to death in Kumasi. That was the precursor of the Kumasi NLM and CPP unrest. Know your history
    “ After the CPP’s killin ...
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  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @ And, it has not occured to your fertile brain that Nkurmah got Twumasi Ankrah tried and hanged.

  • Qwarshie 2 months ago

    Nkrumah was the colonial master in 1955, right? our independence was in 1957

  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @Quarshie, use your brain , if you have one. He won two general elections in 1951 & 1954. He was the prime minister. Do people like you have to swing on trees permanently due to your extreme ignorance?

  • Kwame 2 months ago

    Mister intelligence don’t change the goal posts. The first political murder was carried out by a CPP activist. No amount of your insults will change that

  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @Kwame, Baffoe pulled a knife and got the result. Iam in no way justifying what T Ankrah did, but the fact remains the same. Who came out with the knife first Baffoe or Ankrah?

  • Sam 2 months ago

    Tell them to bring his body back to nkroful that is the most important thing.

  • Knowledge 2 months ago

    I 100% support this course it must be changed asa possible. The name undermines the our integrity as a nation. It is/was an impediment to our national development. His actions setback Ghana’s economic development and doesn ...
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  • K Poku-London-UK 2 months ago

    Why reward TRAITORS? Kotoka was a TRAITOR- who died a TRAITOR, Afrifa was a TRAITOR, who died a TRAITOR-so if Afrifa was NOT rewarded, why should we reward EWE TRAITOR Kotoka?
    The White man and woman CAME TO AFRICA TO SCAM U ...
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  • Pettiness nkoaa, let's be serious 2 months ago

    Let the truth be told. Nkrumah was never a saint and his evil ambition to remain perpetually in power brought his doom. Admittedly he established a lot of infrastructure and institutions, what do you expect after he had inher ...
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  • cpaa 2 months ago

    and who says so? atlest he did'nt chop the money. he bulid a lot infrastructure and institutions as you said, so what is you pain?

  • Agbeli Kumordziì 2 months ago

    Our Accra people are right
    OBAKE

  • Ozymandias 2 months ago

    Samia is right. But the airport should not be hijacked by the Gas who will insist that it should be called Oobake International AirPort. That will be so pathetic.

  • Kwabena Gyamfi 2 months ago

    Well the Nkrumaists want us to believe Nkrumah was the founder of Ghana but this is ridiculous. He was not even a member of the leaders who first called for independence. He came in at a later date so really it is only dishon ...
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  • kwame 2 months ago

    THE STORY OF THE NAME 'KOTAKA' IN THE NAME OF KIA CAN NEVER BE TOLD WITHOUT THE NAME OF DR. KWAME NKRUMAH. THE NAME KIA IS WHOLE OR COMPLETE STORY WHICH AIA COULD NEVER TELL. PLEASE, LET US ALSO LEARN HOW TO USE NEGATIVE TO A ...
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  • OBEKS 2 months ago

    A call in the right direction. This is long overdue, thanks.

  • Pelicles. 2 months ago

    Samia, why did you lose your seat in parliament?

  • KH 2 months ago

    Because of irrational people like yout type!!!

  • Callistus Kyiire 2 months ago

    I agree with Samia Nkrumah 100%.We have honoured and glorified a coup plotter for too long

  • Kwesi 2 months ago

    Didn’t you glorify JJ Rawlings as well?

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  • Star from the North 2 months ago

    She’s right 100% and we hope this is done quickly as possible.

  • Everything must be named after Nkrumah right 2 months ago

    If Nkrumah was not overthrown, Ghana would have been like Togo

  • Okatakyie 2 months ago

    Madam,

    If as you say, we have all moved on then let sleeping dogs lie and not venture into any renaming process. Quite contradictory!

  • Ken 2 months ago

    It should have been done by long time.

  • James 2 months ago

    Shut up Samia. Your father was a DICTATOR and he messed up the economic development of Ghana with his inchoate socialist policies. The airport would remain Kotoka International Airport. Your father failed Ghana.

  • Pelicles. 2 months ago

    To let those who cannot wean themselves off the tentacles of Nkrumah, let's name Ghana, Nkrumah and all their hopes and dreams will come through. Tweakai.

    Nkrumah apologists hate Kotoka but the same rats love JJ and wish h ...
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  • Kwesi 2 months ago

    Exactly so, just because they are all idiots!

  • Nsia 2 months ago

    @Pelicles, sensible Ghanaians cannot wean themselves off Nkrumah because his good works impact on our lives on a daily basis. Just to knock a bit of sense into you empty head, Simon Bolivar, is considered the Founder of not j ...
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  • Kwame nkrumah 2 months ago

    Change the name of ghana to kwame nkrumah? Then what?

  • Godfred 2 months ago

    Can the name bring about development at the Airport and or the country. We vote for people to bring constructive ideas aimed at developing the country, but what do we see, unnecessary arguments and tribal sentiments.

  • Kponvi Gyata 2 months ago

    Any party which changes the name of the Kotoka International Airport will lose the next general elections, and reignite the Western Togoland issue..

    Some misguided Ghanaians always want to erase Ewe history and contributi ...
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  • Nana Bediako 2 months ago

    It was simply called ACCRA AIRPORT

  • kwamena 2 months ago

    Enough please. Your father was no angel. We don't want to whitewash our history. Kotoka is part of our history. Don't forget people jubilated on the streets of Accra when Nkrumah was toppled. that should tell you something. T ...
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  • AI 2 months ago

    LONG OVERDUE! ALSO THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE!!!

    What is Mr. Nice President John Mahama doing? Trying to be nice to ALL?

    JM, please learn from Nana Akufo Addo.

  • Pelicles. 2 months ago

    After that we should demolish the Jubilee House and let the president move into the Castle, what about that? Flagstaff house was a colonial military quarter, right or wrong?

  • SAMUEL MFUM TAKORADI 2 months ago

    NOWAY KOTOKA NAME MUST BE CHANGED JB DANKWAH DIED IN NSAWAM PRISON NOT KYEBI GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL ANY ATTEMPT TO REMOVE KOTOKA NAME WILL BE INSANE THEN UST WILL ALSO GO BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL NAME KWAME NKRUMAH WAS’NT ...
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  • Dotsey 2 months ago

    You are jokers. Who made Nkrumah the person he was after he was imprisoned. Did he win the general election by sympathy? Who went round visiting him in the prison and campaigning and convincing people to vote for him? Who was ...
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  • YEN 2 months ago

    Kotoka was however a traitor and Ghana should not honor him for what he destroyed and got paid for selling and betraying his own country. There is no tribalism on this issue because the whole of Ghana is now suffering for his ...
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  • JULOR CAESAR 2 months ago

    It's hypocritical and shameful to hear both President Akufo-Addo and President Mahama strongly condemn coups, yet Ghana's main international airport is named in honour of a coup-maker Kotoka. Akufo-Addo was busy renaming inst ...
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  • Efo Kofi 2 months ago

    Why not change every ghanaians name to kwame Nkrumah

  • Rob 2 months ago

    Ghana should make 1st JULY a National Memorial day to honor and celebrate ALL citizens who have contributed in diverse ways to the country Pre and post independence