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Leadership have failed African Continent - Obasanjo

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  • Ajit Babu 11 years ago

    You described Obansanjo as one of the few successful leaders in Africa. Are high on some drugs or what? What a foolish statement from someone who ought to know better. Shame on you!

  • Agyaagya 11 years ago

    ls this not the same stupid guy who after the election was praising the system, as free and the best ever Africa have had. Say it loud to the team B in Ghana that they have fail Ghana and the continent .

  • ZoRRo 11 years ago

    Africa has had too many stupid and selfish leaders either elected or self imposed. There are leaders who don't know the role of government; leaders who don't know what to do; leaders who just want the month to end to collect ...
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  • insight to the bone 11 years ago

    its amazing the way the alliance of evil consisting of the ewes northerners and occasional gas try to play around with the figures be it rigging of elections be it reducing the numbers of Akans in Ghana . they say the Akans a ...
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  • Dike Chimezie 11 years ago

    Obj is such a hypocrite who have nothing good to offer Ghana but ruin.
    So Ghana beware of this evil incarnate before is too late.
    Obasanjo as a leader not only fail Nigeria but was on the verge of buring her but ran out of ...
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  • Aduanaba 11 years ago

    Dike, I am sure Obasanjo made his mistakes while in power. However, you will do all a favor by elaborating on his misdeeds, otherwise we run the risk of repeating his mistakes somewhere on our dear continent Africa.

    What O ...
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  • VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTOR 11 years ago

    Chief Obasanjo noted that leaders were either born or acquired but must have innate characteristics to enable them to achieve their goals.

    No!!! He made leadership seem innocent. Leadership, while it maybe born or acquired ...
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  • BRIAN WILLIAMS 11 years ago

    CORRUPT KUFUOR'S FRIEND IS SPEAKING. THEY ARE ALL A DISGRACE TO THE CONTINENT.

  • kolotsi 11 years ago

    yeah. i always say and state the failure here.. ghana plays a leadership role in the failure and finally bequeathed all in ghana and the country and its citizens to the stinky asshole chinese

  • SGT ANANI FIADZOE 11 years ago

    Should we have a person in the name of
    Dramani Mahama who robbed the concience of the majority people of this nation as a Leader, what else should we as Ghanaian nation and Africa as a whole expect?

  • WHISTLEBLOWER 11 years ago

    ANOTHER CORRUPT AND STUPID LEADER TALKING

  • tinkalo 11 years ago

    What planet are you from? Africa is developing because of Chinese investment and we must be thankful rather to be shortsighted and condemn them. The west in the past plundered our resources with the help of our corrupt leader ...
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  • Nijaboy 11 years ago

    All i have read here are abuses and abuses. Dont you people have respects for elders? You abuse and curse your former President until he died. Your new President is also a subject of a vitrolic insults; why? You are now abusi ...
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  • Agyeman 11 years ago

    Hahaha,your diatribe is funny and stinging.

  • Kojo T 11 years ago

    You are spot on. We are full of insults , so what kind of leaders can we have. Do you think any desacent person will come up so that he and jhis family will be subjected to daily abuse.What some of these people want is to get ...
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  • Dike Chimezie 11 years ago

    Nijaboy shut d fuck.U must be a Yoruba man who never sees wrong in Obj's dastard deeds .I'm a fellow Nigerian,and i ask,Did Obj deserve praise after all the attrocities he committed in Nigeria,after wasting 8 years as leader ...
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  • Osei Kofi 11 years ago

    This man should be the last person to talk about bad leadership in Africa being one of the most currupt leaders Africa has ever had.

  • ABU OKYEMAN .KYEBI 11 years ago

    ATLEAST HIS TEETH AND THE SHAPE LOOKS HORRIBLE ,HE NEEDS TO SEE A DENTITS ,.OH MOTHER AFRICA!,CANNOT THIS UGLY SEE THE PROBLEMS IN HIS OWN COUNTRY NIGERIA ?,.IDIOT GIVE YOUR STOLEN MONEY TO US AND GET THE FUCK OFF WITH YOUR S ...
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  • Archaic Leaders 11 years ago

    Prof. Haruna Yakubu was a mess when he was in University of Cape Coast. What better think/statement do you expect from him? University for Development Studies should be renamed as University for Deplorable Studies. Developmen ...
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  • Kwame 11 years ago

    See who is talking about failed leadership in Africa. One of the most corrupt leaders who tried to remain in power after his tenure of office is Obasanjo. Millions spent on electricity and yet no power provided.

  • hmmmmmm 11 years ago

    Obasanjo said it all...thank you Obasanjo... this goes to Mahama and his team B ministers..

  • Baba Inunsa 11 years ago

    A stupid morone like Obasanjo who was going to be killed by Sani Abacha for a military plot and Rawlings had to beg for his head. Is he not the same man who sexed his son's wife?

  • Tijani 11 years ago

    what is foolish about what he says

  • Vodoo Xebieso 11 years ago

    Tijani you (whether you're a real Tijani) must be a fool like your uncle Segun Obasanjo. Did he come out to deny sleeping with his son's wife when the matter came into the public domain?

    Obasanjo as a matter of fact is not ...
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  • Nii Lante Okunka 11 years ago

    Look who is talking.This guy whose son is a steel and oil mongol in Nigeria has the nerve to tell us about bad leadership? When he turned over power to civilians in his first looting of his country,the agricultural machinerie ...
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  • Vodoo Xebieso 11 years ago

    Indeed, it is a pity.

  • sam 11 years ago

    Right on the head!

  • Chief amankwa 11 years ago

    What did u do.
    Made money

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

    YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. IDIOT!

    JJ, KUFFOUR, MILLS, OBASANJO, ALL OF THEM ARE FOOLS. I DONT RESPECT ANY OF THEM. INFACT, I WILL BE HAPPY IF THEY ALL DROP DEAD TODAY!

  • Kofi Nti Mensah 11 years ago

    Mr. Ex. President, its all started during your time.

  • akwesi 11 years ago

    Obasanjo,kuffuor,Jonathan all thieves,none of them is better,mafias in west africa.

  • Akwasi,London 11 years ago

    This chimpanzee face is referring to himself.But for his corrupt and poor leadership Nigeria should have been the true giant of Africa that she was destined to be.So shut ,you ugly fool.

  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON. 11 years ago

    Akwasi do not let your anger take control.Words like chimpanzee,ugly and fool could have been avoided.Thanks

  • Kwesi Enim 11 years ago

    I concur with the ex-Nigerian President, Ex-president Obasanjo for the truism in his statement and would want to state as a fact that he also would be grouped in this category of bad leaders. He was president of Nigeria for s ...
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  • kai 11 years ago

    dont talk different if u didn't make any difference

  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON. 11 years ago

    Obasanjo is absolutely right but will the imperialists allow committed african leaders with their nations at heart to rule?Just look at what has happened to leaders like Kwame Nkrumah,Gaddafi,Lumumba,etc and the picture is cl ...
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  • OBIBINI 11 years ago

    Obasanjo was a total failure and a puppet of the West.He and Kuffuor were denied the Mo Ibrahim award for good governance because their governments fell short of providing good governance.

  • Agyeman 11 years ago

    Add to that their backfired attempt to influence kenyan elections against Uhuru kenyatta saying they didn't want to deal with an ICC suspect.In spite of or because of that he got elected.

  • sam 11 years ago

    You are one of the few bright spots on ghanaweb, I must admit. You are way ahead and I hope you will be an example to others.

  • KANAWU 11 years ago

    YOUR PERFORMANCE AT THE 2012 ELECTIONS IN GHANA WAS VERY POOR, MR EX-PRESIDENT. YOU REALLY PUT GHANA IN DANGER WITH YOUR STUPID COMMENTS. WERE BRIBED BY MAHAMA?

  • BUSINESS DEVELOPER 11 years ago

    Lack of Africa's development is more than leadership ,illitetracy,lawlessness,corruption,laziness, horrible behaviour and attitude,lack education in science and technology to seek growth and more .

  • Otoo 11 years ago

    Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is right, leadership including particularly he Obasanjo, JJ Rawlings and ex-President John Kufuor have failed our continent. These are non intelligent leaders who just came to steal.

  • Kokrokoooo 11 years ago

    Look who is talking about leadership. What a disgrace to GHANAIANS, what is Obasanjo doing in GHANA? we have good people in GHANA, why do we allow these corrupt heads to talk to students in GHANA. Prof Haruna Yakubu you shoul ...
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  • Joe Boateng ---Dabaa . 11 years ago

    MR Obasanjo your'e part of failed leadership in Africa,if i were you i will keep my mouth shut.You ugly face.

  • ALHAJI KUKRUDU 11 years ago

    Look at and listen to this UGLY MAN. What is he saying? What did he do when he was in charge. Why should UDS invite this FOOL to come and tell us what he knew and did not do when he had the opportunity? The university could h ...
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  • Koomson Teshie- Nungua 11 years ago

    Obasanjo always knows what the problem is but does not have the solutions.

  • Dzibodi 11 years ago

    He served as head of state for a total of over 11 years and pilaged his country during his term like most Nigerian leaders do. He should account for his ill gotten wealth including the amounts he doled out to other heads of s ...
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  • OKORO 11 years ago

    YOU ARE RIGHT, BUT HOW CAN YOU HELP CHANGE THINGS BEING A FORMER PRESIDENT? CAN AFRICA EVER SEE THE LIKES OF NELSON MANDELA AND JULIUS NYERERE?

  • messa 11 years ago

    NOW TALKING BIG AFTER MEDDLING IN GHANA ELECTION UTTERING NONSENSE THAT NO"FRAUD" TOOK PLACE GIVE US A BREAK BROTHER GHANA IS NOT NIGERIA WE ARE ACOUNTRY OF LAWS

  • Dayan 11 years ago

    Obasanjo, say we have( including you) failed African Continent. You leaders in Africa are very selfish and inward looking, seeking to amass wealth, it has always been you, your wives , children, concubines etc it's a shame is ...
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  • Kwesi Ocran 11 years ago

    What kind of leadership did Obasanjo offer when he was in power? Midiocratic leaders .

  • KWASI : TORONTO--ONTARIO- CANADA 11 years ago

    JUST LISTEN TO AN OLD MOTHER-FUCKER--OBASANJO WITH MOUTH FULL OF GARI AND EBA. OBASANJO, I AM VERY SURE YOU AWARE, THAT NIGERIA, FROM A--Z ARE THE MOST CORRUPT IN THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA, IF NOT THE WORLD. YOU ARE SO STUPID T ...
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  • Agyaku NYC 11 years ago

    Obasanjo is speaking from experience he has been there and he know his failure to rescue Nigerians from life below poverty and we all know that all African leaders have the same mentality as Obasanjo of being greedy of wealth ...
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  • Paa Kodwo 11 years ago

    CONTINUED PREACHINGS AND LECTURES ARE NOT THE ANSWERS TO AFRICA'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

    IT LIES IN THE ABILITY OF THE SO CALLED EDUCATED TO DELIVER IN SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION; THEN, SHALL WE BE IN THE ...
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  • JOHN WHITE 11 years ago

    Why is that Africans like to respect the very people who abuse and exploit them!Obasanjo is the last person to sepak about African leadersdhip!

  • abeiku 11 years ago

    This idiot should go away.

  • Concern Ghanian 11 years ago

    BUT U ATTENED BODE GEORGE PARTY

  • Concern Ghanian 11 years ago

    U SPENT $16 BILLION ON LIGHT N NOTHING

  • Kofi 11 years ago

    Those insulting Obasanjo must note that he talked about failed leadership in Africa and didn't exempt himself. Who disagrees that African leadership has been a failure?

  • ghanaba 11 years ago

    this dog or monkey. the german car hiring company is still waiting not only for the arrears but the missing cars the forfeited among the hundred cars hired for your one hour geneva speech. limann did the same thing. he came i ...
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  • GOOSE 11 years ago

    WHAT OBASANJO DOING IN GHANA, WHAT A SHAME HIMSELF, LOOK AT NIGERIA DURING HIS TIME, SUCH A FAILURE