Kwabena Adjei did not advocate for power sharing - Ade Coker

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OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

AUTHOR: MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU....

It would appear that those in control of the NDC, for the time being, were bent on excluding other bona fide members of the Party who may wish to lay democratic claims to who becomes the nex ...
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AUTHOR: MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU....

It would appear that those in control of the NDC, for the time being, were bent on excluding other bona fide members of the Party who may wish to lay democratic claims to who becomes the next flag bearer of the Party by excluding them even before the mortal remains of the demised President were interred. It is also symptomatic of how political party elites in Ghana and Africa worm their way into the confidences of persons perceived as likely to ascend to power positions for purposes of eventual personal economic gain at the expense of the generality of the mass of Party members and the Nation which every President swears to serve under the Constitution...
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ATSU, HO 10 years ago

THE SOLUTION IS VERY SIMPLE LETS GET COMPETENCE TO LEAD THE NATION. DO AWAY WITH VICTORIA HAMA, ABLAKWA, KWETEY AND THE REST OF THEM AND LES'T GET EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE TO STEER TH AFFAIRS OF STATE. IT SHOULD N ...
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THE SOLUTION IS VERY SIMPLE LETS GET COMPETENCE TO LEAD THE NATION. DO AWAY WITH VICTORIA HAMA, ABLAKWA, KWETEY AND THE REST OF THEM AND LES'T GET EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE TO STEER TH AFFAIRS OF STATE. IT SHOULD NOT MATTER WHERE THAT COMPETENT PERSON COMES FROM.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

Sake all of them and bring in ur mother and illiterate father. Aboa bi baaa!

Sake all of them and bring in ur mother and illiterate father. Aboa bi baaa!
Kafui Ama 10 years ago

Author: Kafui Ama

Please be patient and read this to the end.

By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commissioner to Ghana

In 2004, Craig Murray was famously removed as British Ambassador in Uzbekistan af ...
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Author: Kafui Ama

Please be patient and read this to the end.

By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commissioner to Ghana

In 2004, Craig Murray was famously removed as British Ambassador in Uzbekistan after accusing the Uzbek government of human rights abuses. But from 1998 to 2002, Murray served as Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana. Here he tells how, against all odds, he helped leave a legacy of free and fair elections in the African country... It was November 1999 and I'd been Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana for almost a year - the culmination of 15 years' Foreign Office service in Nigeria, Warsaw and the equatorial Africa department in London.

I'd always been passionate about Africa and had immersed myself in its minutiae. Nevertheless, my father, who had a timber yard in Ghana in the Sixties, offered a little extra counsel before I departed, aged 40. 'If you see any good-looking girl, aged about 30, light skinned, whatever you do, don't touch her - she could be your sister!'

Not that this was a big concern for me. My most pressing duty was the 1999 State Visit by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Enhanced Coverage Linking the Duke of Edinburgh, -Search using: Biographies Plus News, Most Recent 60 Days, accompanied by Robin Cook, the then Foreign Secretary. It was a three-day blur of activity, the teeming crowds displaying an uncomplicated and old-fashioned reverence.

A warning that the Duke was averse to looking at things without useful purpose proved absolutely right. As we stood looking at the strip of brass laid in a churchyard that marked the line of the Greenwich Meridian, he said to me: 'A line in the ground, eh? Very nice.'

Ghana epitomises much of the best of Africa, but also throws into relief the tragedy of the continent. It has maintained its higher education and has fewer extremes of wealth than elsewhere. But at independence in 1957, Ghana was richer than Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia or Singapore. Today, those countries are at least ten times as wealthy.

Corruption, cronyism, economic mismanagement, irresponsible lending by the West and the dumping of cheap food all did for Ghana. When I arrived with my wife Fiona, and children Jamie and Emily, Ghana had been ruled for 20 years by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The son of a Stirlingshire pharmacist and a local woman, he seized power in a coup in 1979, but claimed to have won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, despite allegations of vote-rigging.
In his early years, Rawlings unleashed a political terror on Ghana. His campaign against the middle classes resembled Mao's Cultural Revolution. People were persecuted for having savings or two indoor lavatories. Market women were sometimes killed for 'profiteering'.

The Queen's visit delighted Rawlings, who craved international respectability. I, too, was determined to make the most of the trip, by helping ensure Rawlings gave up power by the start of 2001, as the constitution required because he had served two four-year terms.

The Queen's speech to the parliament in the capital, Accra, was to be the focus of the visit and I had contributed to its drafting. It contained the usual guff about a future based upon partnership, but there was a sting in the tail. 'Next, year, Mr President,' the Queen intoned, 'you will step down after two terms in office in accordance with your constitution.' The opposition benches went wild and the Queen stopped, looking in bewilderment at the hullabaloo.

Afterwards, Robin Cook was furious. 'It's a disaster. Who the hell drafted that?'

'Er, I did, Secretary of State,' I said. 'I might have guessed! Who the hell approved it?' 'You did.' Cook's Private Secretary had to dig out the draft he had signed. After the State banquet, I retired to a hotel bar with the Royal Household. The senior staff had withdrawn to allow the butlers, footmen and hairdressers to let off steam.

The party appeared, to a man, to be gay. Not just gay, but outrageously camp. We'd taken the hotel for the Royal party, but allowed the British Airways crew to stay. Now three cabin stewards, two Royal footmen and a Royal hairdresser were grouped around the piano singing hits from Cabaret. I was seated on a sofa and across from me in an armchair was a member of the Household who seemed out of place. The valet looked to be in his 60s, a grizzled NCO with tufts of hair either side of a bald pate, a boxer's nose and tattoos on his arms.

He was smoking roll-ups. I turned to the old warrior and said: 'Don't you find all this a bit strange sometimes?' He lent forward, put his hand on my bare knee below the kilt I wore on ceremonial occasions and said: 'Listen, ducks. I was in the Navy for 30 years.' I think he was joking, but some things are too weird even for me. The lower reaches of the Royal Household are one of them.

One enjoyable aspect of our time in Ghana was the constant stream of visitors. Among them was Peter Hain, the Minister for Africa. Hain, a good footballer, agreed to play in a charity match between children from a community football scheme and the High Commission.

Unfortunately, the ground was hard and the opposition turned out to be super-fit professionals. After a heavy tackle, I went down. Result: a dislocated shoulder. I couldn't move my arm for eight weeks. Other visitors included Clare Short, at the time Secretary of State for International Development.

She was in Ghana to try to persuade it to join a debt relief scheme. At a dinner for her, a Minister had made a speech about how much Ghana had learnt from the British Empire. Short stood up and expostulated: 'The British Empire! Don't tell me about the British Empire. I know about British colonialism. My father was Irish and we know about British colonialism. I'll tell you what the British did to your country. They exploited it, that's what they did. They exploited it.' After a few moments of stunned silence, the dinner continued.

On another occasion we were joined by Bobby Charlton, who came to Ghana seeking support for England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup. He was still an astounding player at 60 and it was good of him to get on the pitch for a local community football programme. Nevertheless, I found Charlton disappointing. He was self-centred and ratty - one of those heroes you wish you hadn't met.

Conversely, Roger Moore, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, was charming and suave, just as you would expect, with a fund of brilliant stories beginning with lines such as: 'One day, Frank, Dean, Tony and I decided to play a trick on Marilyn ... ' He was also well briefed about children's issues in Ghana and was prepared not just to do PR, but to get his hands dirty helping in refugee camps without a camera in sight.

I was less taken with Jamie Theakston.

The BBC were filming a wildlife programme in Ghana, looking at the endangered green turtle population near Ada. A group of young volunteers had accompanied the BBC team to help the newly-born turtles to reach the ocean. But one girl, in her mid-20s, had streams of mascara running down her cheeks. She claimed Theakston had just broken up with her - yet here he was, surrounded by young women, enjoying the adulation.

I had bigger concerns, however. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections were due in December 2000 and there were signs that its 11 million voters might be preparing for a change of government. Enthusiasm for politics was everywhere. Even in the meanest village, people gathered under the banyan tree listening to FM stations on a battered transistor and arguing about the coming change.

In the West, tired of our politicians' deceit, we no longer much value democracy. It is wonderful to see a people exercising for the first time their power over those who would govern them. Our job was to see the elections were free and fair, with Britain funding a £10 million programme for photo-ID cards to reduce electoral fraud. The exercise eradicated one million fake names.

Another practical new weapon was indelible ink: when somebody voted, their thumb was painted to stop them casting more than one vote. India was the only source of a truly permanent ink that could not be washed or rubbed off. I had also persuaded the Foreign Office to provide experts from the Electoral Reform Society. Further valuable additions were two British MPs, Roger Gale and Nigel Jones.

Rawlings's party, the National Democratic Congress ( NDC), put up the vice President, John Atta Mills, as its presidential candidate. The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) fielded John Kufuor. There is a tribal element in Ghanaian politics: the Ewe people vote overwhelmingly NDC; the Ashanti overwhelmingly NPP.

It was clear the governing party would not abandon power easily. Alarmed that it would lose, it had the high court declare the ID cards illegal because they disenfranchised legitimate voters. But the ruling was to no avail - the people took over. Polling station officers decided they were going to use ID cards anyway.

When first- round votes on December 7 were tallied, Kufuor had 48.4 per cent against Atta Mills's 44.8 per cent. The opposition was heading for a small majority but, with no candidate exceeding 50 per cent, a run- off was required. Ghana's 30 or so FM stations were vital in bringing democracy, so it was no surprise that the NDC moved against them.

On the evening before the poll, I took Roger Gale and Nigel Jones to visit Joy FM, possibly Ghana's most influential station. We were sitting in the office when an armed posse of Rawlings's security men arrived, saying they were closing the station on the President's instructions.

‘Good evening,' I said. ‘I am Craig Murray, Deputy British High Commissioner, and these gentlemen are Mr Roger Gale MP and Mr Nigel Jones MP, members of the British Parliament.' Gale added: ' Obviously there has been some mistake.

I thought I heard you say that you were closing down the station, but we are here to visit our fellow democracy, Ghana, and democracies don't close down radio stations.' The goons left. Joy FM never was closed. However, the NDC started to think I was a part of their problem and they assigned a secret service team to follow me around.

As the second round on December 28 approached, we discovered a problem: not enough Indian ink. We had paid for more, but it had to be specially made and would not be ready until December 24. This was cutting it tight and action was needed. Chartering a private plane to set off from India on Christmas Eve was easier said than done. Whitehall was in festive mode and unlikely to sanction spending quickly, so I used the Embassy's budget to pay for it.

Ghana's government did not want the Indian ink to get in and I was concerned it would be delayed by customs officials. So on Christmas Day 2000, instead of eating turkey, I stood baking on the airport tarmac. When our plane taxied in, we unloaded the boxes of little ink bottles on to two trucks. I escorted these out of the VIP gateway, helped by a substantial tip to the guards.

The truck drivers then delivered the ink to regional centres for distribution to constituencies. This was a game being played for high stakes, with real danger of civil war.

Hotheads in the ruling party might claim electoral fraud and mount a military takeover. The Ashanti could also react violently to losing. Every embassy was updating evacuation plans. Around 1am, the results started to come in. There was a more or less consistent swing to the opposition candidate, John Kufuor. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.

The coolest man in Ghana that night was the wry, chain-smoking Electoral Commissioner, Kwadwo Afari- Gyan, who received constant threatening phone calls instructing him to fix the result. Each time, the Electoral Commissioner replied: ' The result will be what the result will be. I am just making sure it is fairly counted.' Then, taking his umpteenth call, he stiffened. He summoned me to listen: it was his wife. Soldiers had come to their bungalow, taking her and his children hostage and threatening to kill them if he did not deliver the ' right' result.

Kwadwo barked down the phone: ' Put their leader on.' ‘Listen you little *****,' he snarled. 'How dare you come to my house and threaten my wife and children. I am sitting here with the British Deputy High Commissioner and he knows what is happening. Now get out of my home before we have you thrown into jail!' The soldier said: ' Yes, sir; sorry, sir.' Kwadwo then told his wife not to worry and calmly returned to his work.

By 3am on the second night only two constituencies were still to declare. Even if every voter there went for Atta Mills, Kufuor could still not be beaten.

The opposition had won - an African country ... had shown that democratic change could be achieved peacefully. Kufuor's eight years as President saw economic growth of more than 70 per cent - the first prolonged period since independence when Ghana was not getting poorer. But Ghanaians chose to exercise their democratic right to change and earlier this month narrowly elected Atta Mills.

Ghana is the only country in Africa to achieve the democratic norm of power alternating peacefully between parties at successive uninterrupted elections.

As I look back on my involvement with Africa over 30 years, I remain most proud of helping Ghanaians to attain democracy. It is an example that sadly, the rest of the continent has so far done little to follow.

But Ghana remains there - a glimmer of hope, an example to others and a rebuke to cynics who claim democracy is not possible in Africa.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

NDC is a great party loved by the down-trodden but just lacks credible leadership since JJ. Now we have timorous souls, confused self-seekers!!!

Why was Kwabena Adjei wearing NPP muffler?

And was Fiifi Kwetey high on Na ...
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NDC is a great party loved by the down-trodden but just lacks credible leadership since JJ. Now we have timorous souls, confused self-seekers!!!

Why was Kwabena Adjei wearing NPP muffler?

And was Fiifi Kwetey high on Nana's favourite stuff when he made that statement about 'winner-take-all'?

NDC members are frustrated with the timid, confused leaders who just lack any confidence at all. Humans always want their leadership to be strong, not struggling to reach compromises with their opponents!
GEORGE 10 years ago

If the NPP can falsify school certs for Nana and go ahead to falsify pink sheets then telling lies is much more easier for them. Where did NDC say they want to share power if the verdict is out?

If the NPP can falsify school certs for Nana and go ahead to falsify pink sheets then telling lies is much more easier for them. Where did NDC say they want to share power if the verdict is out?
Hard Reply 10 years ago

You guys should stop talking about power sharing. What is power sharing so nonsense. Nana Addo lost the election and he should find somewhere to sit. He won election in only two regions and Mahama won eight regions. He is eve ...
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You guys should stop talking about power sharing. What is power sharing so nonsense. Nana Addo lost the election and he should find somewhere to sit. He won election in only two regions and Mahama won eight regions. He is even too old, an old man who have started loosing his sharp memory. The Akans like fighting over things which doesn't belong to them "mansu" too much. If the court is there for this doesn't mean you should be stupid to take common sense understanding to them. You won election in just two regions so give us break. After all when you guys had chance to gov. you ended up stealing so Ghanaians will not vote for you again.
bex 10 years ago

Nana went to court to save-face for having lost the election to 'lowly' Mahama. That was his purpose, and to find away to run again. But squeamish Atuguba has elevated the whole thing to this. Now, enter a prelate in a funny ...
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Nana went to court to save-face for having lost the election to 'lowly' Mahama. That was his purpose, and to find away to run again. But squeamish Atuguba has elevated the whole thing to this. Now, enter a prelate in a funny headgear, a big dictator where he holds sway, to suggest a very stupid solution.

Nana has no shame. But that is their problem. Let the party deal with that. But let them banish the thought that we shall share power with them. No one is sharing power, period.
CORNEY 10 years ago

First I could not believe my eyes when I saw the picture so enlarged the picture to make sure what I was seeing was NPP muffler around the neck of Kwabena Adjei.

It is the most outrageous thing to happen to NDC and disgrac ...
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First I could not believe my eyes when I saw the picture so enlarged the picture to make sure what I was seeing was NPP muffler around the neck of Kwabena Adjei.

It is the most outrageous thing to happen to NDC and disgrace to the party.

Some of them have outlived their usefulness in the party for that matter must resign.
J. J. Lawrence 10 years ago

BOTH KWABENA ADJEI AND ADE COKER ARE BOTH STUPID NONENTITY FOOLS WHO CAN'T BE TAKEN SERIOUS.

BOTH KWABENA ADJEI AND ADE COKER ARE BOTH STUPID NONENTITY FOOLS WHO CAN'T BE TAKEN SERIOUS.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

too much noise from too many empty heads

too much noise from too many empty heads
insight to the bone 10 years ago

Fake leaders claim thrones without building kingdoms as pepeni has done by murdering mills . today there is another divide and that is the north south whereby these Muslims think its their god given right to plunder and oppre ...
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Fake leaders claim thrones without building kingdoms as pepeni has done by murdering mills . today there is another divide and that is the north south whereby these Muslims think its their god given right to plunder and oppress the Akans. Just as pharaoh had pestilence after pestilence , no water , no electricity , no infrastructure , no development, chinese locusts poisoning our lands and waters ,corruption and death everywhere and the people suffer. they are blind to see the will of God and in their selfish fantasies think its a right or their turn to pillage the coffers . they send their chariots or special police and army to try in put fear in the children of God the Akans . we are told their plan is to start shooting first and again blame the Akans so we must now prepare and make sure when they do not a single one leaves alive . we number millions and can never be defeated by your mischievous fools . THe lord has promised us freedom and nobody with their trickery and biased toilet carrying pepeni judges can stop it.It is time to take the children to the villages and prepare to defend ourselves against this evil pepeni , long live the republic of Akan
KOFI ADAMS 10 years ago

ADE COKER LOOKS REALLY LIKE A STUPID FOOL!

ADE COKER LOOKS REALLY LIKE A STUPID FOOL!
william 10 years ago

Dr. Adjei called for 'INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT', not power sharing. Some people unfortunately think 'inclusive government' means 'power sharing' which is a completely different ball game! Archbishop Buckle called for 'powering sh ...
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Dr. Adjei called for 'INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT', not power sharing. Some people unfortunately think 'inclusive government' means 'power sharing' which is a completely different ball game! Archbishop Buckle called for 'powering sharing for 3 years'! NOT ADVISABLE, NOT DESIRABLE!
NPP Member 10 years ago

NPP has to investigate all the atrocities that went on during incompetent late Atta Mills and what is goping on in current Mahama's time. All the corruption and Malpractices have to be exposed. Duffour, Fiifi Kwetey and other ...
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NPP has to investigate all the atrocities that went on during incompetent late Atta Mills and what is goping on in current Mahama's time. All the corruption and Malpractices have to be exposed. Duffour, Fiifi Kwetey and others have to be properly investigated. Thieves all round
GEORGE 10 years ago

English and mathematics is NPP problem, the can not differentiate between all inclusive and power sharing. They can not even do simple mathematics that is why they struggled with pink sheets and till date they do not know how ...
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English and mathematics is NPP problem, the can not differentiate between all inclusive and power sharing. They can not even do simple mathematics that is why they struggled with pink sheets and till date they do not know how many pink sheets they brought to court, but they want Nana to rule Ghana by force.
Ernest 10 years ago

There is no truth about Dr Kwabena Adjei saying there should be power sharing.
sometimes it look like some editors who publish news have not attended school to understand simple english.

There is no truth about Dr Kwabena Adjei saying there should be power sharing.
sometimes it look like some editors who publish news have not attended school to understand simple english.
K Owusu 10 years ago

No way.No inclusiveness.All NDC appointees will be relieved of their duties all the way to the last messenger.

No way.No inclusiveness.All NDC appointees will be relieved of their duties all the way to the last messenger.
WHO DARES WIN 10 years ago

Ade Coker is spot on. "All inclusive government" is not power sharing. That is why one is ALL INCLUSIVE and the other POWER SHARING. If these so-called literate (journalist) who claims to understand the language - ENGLISH rea ...
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Ade Coker is spot on. "All inclusive government" is not power sharing. That is why one is ALL INCLUSIVE and the other POWER SHARING. If these so-called literate (journalist) who claims to understand the language - ENGLISH realy do so, they wouldn't be twisting what Kwabena Adjei said to something else different.
ADWEN 10 years ago

How can people who lack logical reasoning, intellectual rigour and clear analytical thinking skils who can assess and understand the implications of their policies on the citizenry be allowed to manage the country?
Ade Coker ...
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How can people who lack logical reasoning, intellectual rigour and clear analytical thinking skils who can assess and understand the implications of their policies on the citizenry be allowed to manage the country?
Ade Coker is one of the buffoon's I am talking about. He said " So if someone can contribute to the development of this country, why can’t we make the person solve solutions?" That is inclusiveness …not power sharing…,” he noted.
What are the sense in the above statement by the NDC Regional chairman.
How can Ghana develop with people reasoning like Ade Coker, E.T Mensah, Okudzeto-Ablakwa, even John Mahama (who reasons and proffers solutions like a GCE-A-Level student writing an essay). No wonder Ghana is where it is.
Obed Adore 10 years ago

"ADWEN", your comment here completely contradicts the real meaning of your name,, unless your name does not signify "brain" but rather a MUD-FISH (adwene).
There is some sense in the Chairman's comment. From now on ruling g ...
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"ADWEN", your comment here completely contradicts the real meaning of your name,, unless your name does not signify "brain" but rather a MUD-FISH (adwene).
There is some sense in the Chairman's comment. From now on ruling governments could appoint competent Ghanaians into their governments from the other parties. It also means that Ghanaians must start thinking hard about the merits and demerits of the "Winner -Take-All" type of governments and perhaps call for some constitutional amendments. Like Fifi Kwetey said, based on our cultural practices. etc., and the fact that we are a poor and developing country, perhaps it is just too early to embrace this American/British "Winner-Takes-All" kind of politics. With the current system, every opposition party(ies) will always seek ways to challenge every election, or sabotage the ruling government. There is this "reserved player" mentality, where the losing party always prays for the winner to make mistakes so the loser would take advantage of. These causes instability and chaos could be the order of the day if we do not re-think our modern democracy and the political structure/system. Currently, it is not serving the people well.
STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago

Obed, It is true that opposition party prays the downfall of the ruling party in order to capitalize on their failures to use it against them during election campaigning time. It does not create instability whatsoever if the ...
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Obed, It is true that opposition party prays the downfall of the ruling party in order to capitalize on their failures to use it against them during election campaigning time. It does not create instability whatsoever if the ruling party knows what they are doing for the betterment of the electorate.

The proponents of the so called "Winner-Take-All" nonsense do not know what they are talking about. In other words they are trying to propose "share-governance" or union-government? It is left with the ruling party and its president to look around in the country to tap the best brains from all walks of life irrespective of their political leaning to come and help in the administration if they so wish. After all such appointments need to be confirmed by the legislative body.

The country is not poor as Fiifi Kwetey asserted but rather incompetent individuals are appointed to positions which they do not have any clue about it. The resources which abound in Ghana is more than what is in the state of Israel and other countries around the world whose economies are far better than ours. We are our own enemies and nothing else.

The current system does not give any opposition party any way to challenge elections as you point it. Should the Electoral Commissioner and his team had done what was expected from them, we would not have been in the current situation. I have the firm believe that the next Electoral Commissioner will not drive us into this crazy atmosphere which has created high tension in our beloved country. Who knows - like we say, sometimes bad occurrence brings good thing. E&OE.
Pelicles 10 years ago

Where are the Ga people and can't any Ghanaian born Ga be the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of NDC? What is wrong with the Ga people and why should they allowed this 1/2 Ghanaian lead them?

Ga people should step up an ...
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Where are the Ga people and can't any Ghanaian born Ga be the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of NDC? What is wrong with the Ga people and why should they allowed this 1/2 Ghanaian lead them?

Ga people should step up and lead than being followers. Ademola Coker is a stupid Nigerian who should not occupy that position.
Mozato 10 years ago

Everything NDC is a big curse and pull the breaks on the developmental progress of Maame Ghana. First it was that woefully rejected, disgracefully neglected and much humiliated son of Togolese Trokosi Davi Agbotui who mobiliz ...
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Everything NDC is a big curse and pull the breaks on the developmental progress of Maame Ghana. First it was that woefully rejected, disgracefully neglected and much humiliated son of Togolese Trokosi Davi Agbotui who mobilize foreigners to seize power through the barrel of the gun. And it almost came as mouth watering and welcome news when, through cunning machination of indigenous sons of Ghana, Bono-Seikwah Asiedu Nketia and Nkonya-Biakoye Kwabena Adjei, the judicial cat killer, the NDC was hijacked from Togolese Trokosis and their murderous founder, Togbui Avaklasu JJ Rawlings, a great upheaval and a sign of big relieve from the bondage of the devilish Trokosi terror. So it has come as a big surprise and worrying when all of a sudden we have foreigners like Ademola Coker, a Nigerian, and Joseph Yamin, a Kotokoli half cast , trying to dictate to us how Ghana should be run as a nation. What a crap?
Dunaa, Chorkor 10 years ago

We don't say "advocate for power sharing", we say "advocate power sharing". This is too basic and beats my imagination how our political leaders could make such fundamental errors. Every crap gets up and becomes a national le ...
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We don't say "advocate for power sharing", we say "advocate power sharing". This is too basic and beats my imagination how our political leaders could make such fundamental errors. Every crap gets up and becomes a national leader overnight only to come demonstrate such lack of basic grammar. Ade Coker, go back to the primary school; you are too elementary.
Ghanani Bi 10 years ago

So waht is this coker man saying? Which potential is he refering to? Is it the little brats with sharp teeth or the likes of him?
Has his party not as yet identified any potential in the NPP all these five years? Or what ar ...
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So waht is this coker man saying? Which potential is he refering to? Is it the little brats with sharp teeth or the likes of him?
Has his party not as yet identified any potential in the NPP all these five years? Or what are they waiting for? The pot calling the fring pan black, indeed.
Let us go back to the drawing board and redefine what our democracy should consist of, then we can think of unigov. For now, it is still all or nothing!!!
NPP 10 years ago

KWABENA ADJEI IS STUPID MAN,CAN NOT BE TAKING SERIOUS.

KWABENA ADJEI IS STUPID MAN,CAN NOT BE TAKING SERIOUS.
oppong london 10 years ago

1998 election in austria saw the biggest party spo the winner in opposition because of their big differences in ideology between haider,s fpo in second, forming coalition with ovp,so no power hungry,don,t eat food you don,t l ...
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1998 election in austria saw the biggest party spo the winner in opposition because of their big differences in ideology between haider,s fpo in second, forming coalition with ovp,so no power hungry,don,t eat food you don,t like go to opposition and wait,ndc shouldn,t be greedy,don,t share power with a party with big ideological differences,period.
YAW MENSAH 10 years ago

SUBBOTAGE AGAINST NORTHERNERS: UNCONSTITUTIONAL MACHINATION AND BACK DOOR MANOURVERING USING THE SUPREME COURT TO REMOVE NORTHERNERS FROM POWER:

ANY TIME PEOPLE OF NORTHERN EXTRACTION WON POLITICAL POWER IN GHANA, YOU ...
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SUBBOTAGE AGAINST NORTHERNERS: UNCONSTITUTIONAL MACHINATION AND BACK DOOR MANOURVERING USING THE SUPREME COURT TO REMOVE NORTHERNERS FROM POWER:

ANY TIME PEOPLE OF NORTHERN EXTRACTION WON POLITICAL POWER IN GHANA, YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS TO REDICULE THAT PRESIDENT WHO HAPPENS TO COME FROM NORTH.
DR HILLA LIMAN WAS THE FIRST CASUALITY OF THIS KIND OF SCHEMING AGAINST NORTHERNERS. THERE WERE A LOT OF SABBOTAGE AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT TO MAKE HIM UNPOPULAR. AMONG THESE WERE DELIBERATE REFUSAL TO APPROVE BUDGET /FINANCIAL YEAR ESTIMATES, STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATION. WHAT IS HAPPENING UNDER MAHAMA REGIME IS JUST A REPLICA OF WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 1979-1981.
IT STARTED WITH BOYCOTT OF HIS INAUGURATION, BOYCOTT OF VETING OF MINISTERS AND OTHER APPOINTEES, DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON, BOYCOTT OF BYE-ELECTIONS. PETIONERS ARE JUST BASING THEIR AGUMENT ON ACCOUNTING PORTION OF THE PINK SHEES NOT EVEN AN EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY. THESE ADMINISTRATIVE ERRORS COMMITTED BY PRESIDING OFFICERS IN ACCOUNTING OF BALOTS ISSUED WHICH IN MOST CASES DO NOT AFFECT THE RESULT. THEY REALY DO NOT HAVE A CASE, VOTES WERE CAST VALIDLY,SORTED APPROPRIATELY,COUNTED IN THE FULL GLARE OF PUBLIC BUT SOME COLLATION(PINK SHEET WERE NOT SIGNED) THESE INFRACTIONS DID NOT AFFECT RESULTS IN THAT AREA. MYOPIC DEFINITION OF OVER VOTING “NO OF VOTES CAST IN THE BALLOT BOX EXCEEDED NUMBER BALLOT ISSUED AS RECORDED ON THE FACE OF PINK SHEETS. ‘’. SITUATIONS WHERE THE PARENT DOCUMENT WHICH IS EC REGISTER CLEARLY INDICATE THAT 400 ELIGIBLE VOTERS ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE IN A POLLING STATION BUT ON THE FACE OF THE PINK SHEET FIGURE 40 WAS WRITTEN AND 346 PEOPLE DULLY VERIFIED BY BVR MACHINE AND THERE WAS NO VOTING WITHOUT BVR , SINCE 40 WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN ON THE FACE OF PINK SHEET INSTEAD OF 400 AS PEOPLE PER THE PETITIONERS THIS MUST CERTAINLY BE OVER VOTING.ILLOGICAL ANALYSIS. PETITIONERS WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT IN A POLLING STATIONS OF 250 REGISTERED VOTERS AND 200 BALLOTS WERE ISSUED BUT MISTAKENLY WROTE 20 ON THE FACE OF THE PINK SHEET. AT THE CLOSE OF A POLL, THAT PINK WILL CERTAINLY RECORD OVER VOTING PER NPP DEFINITION PER NPP DEFINITION. THIS CANNOT BE JUSTICE SINCE NO ONE VOTED MORE THAN ONCE,AGENTS COUNTER-SIGNED RESULTS, TALLY CARDS FOR ALL THE PARTIES BUTTRESS THE EXACT NUMBERS VERIFIED AND VOTED. DECLARATION OF PARLIAMENTARY RESULTS CAN ALSO BE USED AS A CONTROL/CHECK, WITNESS OF ALL THE AGENTS TO ESTABLISH REAL OVER VOTING. PETIONERS WERE JUST LOOKING FOR ERRORS AND EVEN WHEN THEY WERE, OTHER RECONCILIATORY RECORDS SUCH AS EC VOTER REGISTER, BVR PRINT OUT, TALLY CARDS OF ALL OTHER PARTIES,PARLIAMENTARY RESULTS CAN HELP ESTABLISH OR OTHERWISE.
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WHO KILLED MAJOR FELI WHO KILLED HAMIDU GIWA WHO OVER THREW DR.LIMAN
ALL THESE NOBLE MEN WERE ELIMINATED
BY P/NDC HEADED BY JJ RAWLLINGSY.

WHO KILLED MAJOR FELI WHO KILLED HAMIDU GIWA WHO OVER THREW DR.LIMAN
ALL THESE NOBLE MEN WERE ELIMINATED
BY P/NDC HEADED BY JJ RAWLLINGSY.
ALFRED OKO VAN MILLS 10 years ago

BLAME YOUR FOUNDER, JJ RAWLINGS FOR LIMAN'S DOWNFALL. AS FOR MAHAMA, HE BECAME PRESIDENT BY ERROR AS AFARI DJAN ADMITTED DURING THE SUPREME COURT HEARINGS, SO NO ONE IS SABOTAGING HIM. HE IS ONLY BEING ASKED TO RETURN WHAT WA ...
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BLAME YOUR FOUNDER, JJ RAWLINGS FOR LIMAN'S DOWNFALL. AS FOR MAHAMA, HE BECAME PRESIDENT BY ERROR AS AFARI DJAN ADMITTED DURING THE SUPREME COURT HEARINGS, SO NO ONE IS SABOTAGING HIM. HE IS ONLY BEING ASKED TO RETURN WHAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY MISTAKE.
Pelicles 10 years ago

Who overthrew and kill Limann? Was it PFP? Your hatred towards NPP has no limit and it will lead you to nowhere.

Our constitution says that "any Ghanaian of 18 years of age and of sound mind, can vote and the Constitution ...
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Who overthrew and kill Limann? Was it PFP? Your hatred towards NPP has no limit and it will lead you to nowhere.

Our constitution says that "any Ghanaian of 18 years of age and of sound mind, can vote and the Constitution Instrument that was enacted before the election, also says that before any Ghanaian can vote, he/she should be verified through a biometric machine. Any vote that was not verified should not be counted. This is plain and simple and only people with no brains will find it hard to understand it.

Any vote that was not verified, if detected, can be challenged and if possible, be voided. That is the core issue here. This has nothing to do with some people hacking a scheme to eliminate Mahama just because he is from the North.

Limann, the first president from the North was kicked out of office by your "tin god" JJ a man some of you cannot live without. Limann won the election after defeating Popular Front Party candidate in the person of Victor Owusu. Victor Owusu was not part of the coup that overthrew Limann so, stop being childish.
ALFRED OKO VAN MILLS 10 years ago

HOW MANY NPP MINSTERS DID JJ APPOINT IN NDC 1 AND 2 ? AGAIN HOW MANY NPP MINISTERS DID ATTA MILLS RETAIN IN NDC 3 ? AND FINALLY, HOW MANY NPP MINSTERS DID MAHAMA APPOINT IN NDC 4 WHEN AFARI DJAN DECLARED HIM WINNER OF THE 201 ...
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HOW MANY NPP MINSTERS DID JJ APPOINT IN NDC 1 AND 2 ? AGAIN HOW MANY NPP MINISTERS DID ATTA MILLS RETAIN IN NDC 3 ? AND FINALLY, HOW MANY NPP MINSTERS DID MAHAMA APPOINT IN NDC 4 WHEN AFARI DJAN DECLARED HIM WINNER OF THE 2012 ELECTION ? SO WHY MUST NPP INCLUDE NDC ELEMENTS IN ITS GOVERNMENT IF THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES IN ITS FAVOUR. YOUR ANSWERS WILL THROW LIGHT ON THE WISDOM IN THE NDC'S SUDDEN INTEREST IN POWER SHARING OR INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT.
Woman's wisdom 10 years ago

So when will NDC stop telling lies? Kwabena Agyei said it emphatically that Ghana must adopt a unity government, thus power sharing. Even you have just admitted to it, so why Ade Koka saying the adverse? When NDC was in power ...
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So when will NDC stop telling lies? Kwabena Agyei said it emphatically that Ghana must adopt a unity government, thus power sharing. Even you have just admitted to it, so why Ade Koka saying the adverse? When NDC was in power for a total of 24years they never thought about a winner don't take all government but now that by God's grace we have found out why they have been winning elections (ie. by fraud, irregularities and theft) and for that reason, knowing that they will never come to power again, (never, never) they are proposing a unity government. Fooooools. You will stay in opposition for the rest of your life until a new party,(maybe Nana Konadu's party) comes to power 30 years from now. Akromfour, thieves, murderers, criminals, armed robbers, idiots. Your party is dead for ever and ever.
NDC goons are running away to other countries not because they are fearful of any wars or mayhem after the supreme court verdict but simply because as soon as Nana is crowned Ghana's president, they will all be going straight to jail where they will spend the rest of their lives there forgetting so well that the international criminal justices will assist in bringing them back to base. Okudjeto Ablakwa is running away, Betty Mould idrissu is running away, Asiedu nkatia is running, Yaw Boateng Gyan, Afari Gyan, Otukonor, Fiifi Kwatey, jon nkomfem mahama and all of them can run but they can't hide. We will find them and deal with them with the law of our motherland. They came only to steal, loot, destroy, kill and mismanage Ghana for us with the yebedii keke stupidity.
GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

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Ishaq 10 years ago

Some people are calling for power sharing and others for something else. Personally I don't understand them. We need to work together and solve our problems but not the way being proposed by some commentators. To me Electoral ...
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Some people are calling for power sharing and others for something else. Personally I don't understand them. We need to work together and solve our problems but not the way being proposed by some commentators. To me Electoral Reforms are the key to the matter. We should reform our electoral system to make it possible for the smaller political parties to enter Parliament. Parliament is where the action is. If the two big parties are deprived of their dominance and forced to form collision governments, sanity will prevail. The government will consist of members of the collision partners and of course appointments will be based on the agreement between the parties. It seem that the smaller political parties don't understand the politics of the country. Take the last elections for example. Was it prudent for these parties to spend huge resources and time in the presidental election? The resources could have been sent on the paliamentary election to capture many seats. You have a bargaining Power when you have many seats in parliament . That is where views are expressed and action is taken. The number of seats they are able to win can be a pointer to their success in future presidental elections. So to me, the electoral reforma are paramount.
President Mahammad made a very interesting remark last year when he was sworn in. His concern was, and still is, that many groups are not represented in the policy making of the country. He stated that he would invite the leaders of the parties to periodic meetings to enteract with them. The leaders will join him to dicuss national matters. I think under our present circumstances this proposal is good. This will give the other party leaders a platform to voice their feeling and make contributions to the running of the state. Lastly, let us respect our institutions and obey the laws of the state. This will minimize corruption and other unwanted practices. After all these things come about when the laws are neglected.
concern ghanian 10 years ago

IT MAKE SENSE TO PUT RIGHT PEOPLE IN POSSITION, AFTERAL WHAT WE WANT IS A BETTER GHANA. COKER IS TALKING SENSE, NPP DONT BE FOOL

IT MAKE SENSE TO PUT RIGHT PEOPLE IN POSSITION, AFTERAL WHAT WE WANT IS A BETTER GHANA. COKER IS TALKING SENSE, NPP DONT BE FOOL
Joe 10 years ago

The tape is always there to dispute issues like this, so let us go to the videotape and ascertain whether indeed he said it or not.

The tape is always there to dispute issues like this, so let us go to the videotape and ascertain whether indeed he said it or not.
Robin Hood 10 years ago

The NDC has nobody worthy of being considered for a ministerial position by the NPP if the latter is given the go-ahead by the SC to take over the running f the country.The NDC should come out and tell Ghanaians which of thei ...
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The NDC has nobody worthy of being considered for a ministerial position by the NPP if the latter is given the go-ahead by the SC to take over the running f the country.The NDC should come out and tell Ghanaians which of their goons has any competence to run a country.Martin Amidu may be considered but he is not the best.The NDC has ruined Ghana because of their incompetence.The NPP has the brains and the right personnel to manage the country better.No power sharing nonsense.The NDC know they are brainless so nobody wants to associate with brainless and incompetent charlatans.
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

You must be living in cloud cuckoo-land or on a different planet. Your posturing here is called ARROGANCE and it is of the highest order. It seems to me you are one of those who think that good things only come from your ilk. ...
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You must be living in cloud cuckoo-land or on a different planet. Your posturing here is called ARROGANCE and it is of the highest order. It seems to me you are one of those who think that good things only come from your ilk. That is why you have a problem with the electorate.
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

It helped to expose Morgan Tsangirai and his MDC colleagues as selfish, power-drunk and completely out of touch with their own constituents.

If you read the Zimbabwean press, you would find that Tsangirai and his group 'go ...
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It helped to expose Morgan Tsangirai and his MDC colleagues as selfish, power-drunk and completely out of touch with their own constituents.

If you read the Zimbabwean press, you would find that Tsangirai and his group 'got carried away' by their new-found political "power" and enjoyed their positions so much as to care for their core supporters. There was a lot of bickering and in-fighting within the MDC and over time people saw them for what they truly were.

It is a great pity that Zimbabweans opted for a 'Centurian' as president and de facto head of state instead of a much younger guy, but his appeal waned because he has never been up to the task. I have never rated Tsangirai throughout his political career and am not surprised he was exposed in this humiliating way (however imperfect the Zimbabwean polls).

I believe if he and his party inner circle had been true and dedicated politicians, and worked hard to improve the lot of the people even in a coalition with ZANU-PF, their efforts would have shone through but they did not, and that was their undoing.

Of course that is not to say that coalition governments necessarily work. As we are finding out in Britain, they can destroy parties e.g. the Liberals who as junior partners in the Tory-Lib-Dem coalition are finding out. They are even in danger of being wiped out in the next parliamentary polls if things continue the way they are now.
Victor A. Young 10 years ago

Do folks see the kind of nonsense the NDC is talking? Wasn't the same people who removed Dr. Bawumia from office as deputy governor at the Bank of Ghana soon after Kwadjo Afari-Gyan had declared late Prof. Mills winner? They' ...
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Do folks see the kind of nonsense the NDC is talking? Wasn't the same people who removed Dr. Bawumia from office as deputy governor at the Bank of Ghana soon after Kwadjo Afari-Gyan had declared late Prof. Mills winner? They're now confused; the don't know what to day anymore. They said they want power-sharing; they said that wasn't what they meant. Now hear them make all these foolish speeches.

Kwabena Adjei did not advocate for power sharing - Ade Coker

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