Nana Akomea: Time for unity talks to be demonstrated

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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
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

It is now clear why the NPP petitioned to the SC: to create the atmosphere that calls for a government of national unity. And they know that NDC has timid leadership who might just give in!

Now we see NPP surrogates like t ...
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It is now clear why the NPP petitioned to the SC: to create the atmosphere that calls for a government of national unity. And they know that NDC has timid leadership who might just give in!

Now we see NPP surrogates like the child molester Bishop Palmer Buckle leading the way with some NPP-created think-tanks drumming hard the message of winner-takes-all being bad for us. Is it just now we have that scenario, when indeed Kufuor practised the worst form of it?
Abram Abraham 10 years ago

Court to declare Nana Akufo Addo a winner and PRESIDENT MAHAMA a loser?????....based on this frivolous and vexatious petition? This is LAUGHABLE

Court to declare Nana Akufo Addo a winner and PRESIDENT MAHAMA a loser?????....based on this frivolous and vexatious petition? This is LAUGHABLE
ATSU, HO 10 years ago

ABRAM ABRAHAM, MAY BE YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO SHOULD BE WATCHED. WELL THE PETITION IS VEXATIOUS ONLY FROM WHERE YOU STAND BUT WHEN THE EC SAYS THAT THERE CANNOT BE AN ELECTION WITHOUT ERROR THEN ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ONCE THE ...
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ABRAM ABRAHAM, MAY BE YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO SHOULD BE WATCHED. WELL THE PETITION IS VEXATIOUS ONLY FROM WHERE YOU STAND BUT WHEN THE EC SAYS THAT THERE CANNOT BE AN ELECTION WITHOUT ERROR THEN ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ONCE THE MATTER IS BEFORE THE COURT.THE ERRORS THAT THE EC PERMITS MAY NOT STAND THE TEST OF THE LAW.
THIS UNITY IDEA IS NOT WHAT WE NEED. WHAT WE NEED IS THE APPOINTMENT OF COMPETENT GHANAINS TO MANGE THE AFFAIRS OF THE NATION. ALLOTEY-JACOBS FOR INSTANCE CANNOT BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ECG. CANE HE BRING ANY STRATEGIC DIRECTION? OBVIOUSLY NO. LETS GET REAL AND DO AWAY WITH HAMAH, ABLAKWA, KWETEY, ATIVOR AND CO AND GET SERIOUS COMPETENCE ON NATIONAL BUSINESS. NO GIRLFRIENDS BUSINESS HERE PLEASE
facts 10 years ago

The Archbishop spoke, Alhaji looked into his face and said "NONSENCE!" but his party chairman Agyei, was offended. Archbishop, God will surely eat your case for you.

The Archbishop spoke, Alhaji looked into his face and said "NONSENCE!" but his party chairman Agyei, was offended. Archbishop, God will surely eat your case for you.
www.ghanatv.weebly.com 10 years ago

Watch TV3, GTV live, Adom, Joy and Many more. Go to www.ghanatv.weebly.com

Watch TV3, GTV live, Adom, Joy and Many more. Go to www.ghanatv.weebly.com
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 10 years ago

Yes to all-inclusive govt, but no to unity govt !

We cannot allow a party of stealers to get away with their loot by offering them a veto in govt.

The NPP can invite outstanding individuals of repute from outside the pa ...
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Yes to all-inclusive govt, but no to unity govt !

We cannot allow a party of stealers to get away with their loot by offering them a veto in govt.

The NPP can invite outstanding individuals of repute from outside the party to join in a govt to help move the nation forward, but must prosecute all those stealers responsible for the gargantuan GHc30 billion debt hanging around the neck of every Ghanaian which was stolen by the stealers.
ODIKRO BABA 10 years ago

The Government is already formed. Why should President Mahama sack some ministers and replace them with these Ashantis and the Akyems? Why would any sensible person do that to his own party members? Akomea and NPP should forg ...
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The Government is already formed. Why should President Mahama sack some ministers and replace them with these Ashantis and the Akyems? Why would any sensible person do that to his own party members? Akomea and NPP should forget about unity government for it will never happen under the Ahois' and the Totobi kwakye's watch even if Mahama will agree. Besides, it's not in the best interest of Alan Cash.
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 ...
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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.
ABUGUM 10 years ago

which Ndc Member did ex-president kumfuor make a cabinet minister in his govt.? lairs Now u know unity govt?
was your petition about making u president or sharing? nonsense

which Ndc Member did ex-president kumfuor make a cabinet minister in his govt.? lairs Now u know unity govt?
was your petition about making u president or sharing? nonsense
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

Fhis unity Government is foolish,we
dont need it in Ghana.

Fhis unity Government is foolish,we
dont need it in Ghana.
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

KWAME NKRUMAH GHANA; DANQUAH/BUSUA GHANA AND OUR COUNTRY GHANA. A GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY BY ALL MEANS WILL PREVAIL. "HOLY SPIRIT" LET ALL GHANAINS HOME AND ABROAD, SAY AMEN.

KWAME NKRUMAH GHANA; DANQUAH/BUSUA GHANA AND OUR COUNTRY GHANA. A GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY BY ALL MEANS WILL PREVAIL. "HOLY SPIRIT" LET ALL GHANAINS HOME AND ABROAD, SAY AMEN.
Karass 10 years ago

U are a Big fool ,u dont know any thing about politics .ur mother and Father waisted their Time for giving Birth to u

U are a Big fool ,u dont know any thing about politics .ur mother and Father waisted their Time for giving Birth to u
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

Too many fools talking!!!

Too many fools talking!!!
Repugnant. 10 years ago

Say some brother! I have never seen men gossip this much, without forethought. Could it be depression? or indigent buffoonery. Now the zinger, beneath even the lowest imbecile.

"Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is all for ...
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Say some brother! I have never seen men gossip this much, without forethought. Could it be depression? or indigent buffoonery. Now the zinger, beneath even the lowest imbecile.

"Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is all for calling on other members from the opposing side to help in the administration of the country should the court declare him as the winner of the election petition."

How insincere is that? Yes there are definitely too many fools. Agreed!
KOFI 10 years ago

A UNITY GOVT IS ONLY LIKELY IF THE PETITIONERS WIN AS AKUFFO ADDO CAN'T GOVERN WITH MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT. OR IS IT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING PALMER BUCKLE KNOWS THAT WE DON'T?
LET'S NOT CONTINUE TO CREATE STUPID TENSION IN T ...
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A UNITY GOVT IS ONLY LIKELY IF THE PETITIONERS WIN AS AKUFFO ADDO CAN'T GOVERN WITH MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT. OR IS IT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING PALMER BUCKLE KNOWS THAT WE DON'T?
LET'S NOT CONTINUE TO CREATE STUPID TENSION IN THE COUNTRY.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

What a terrible place hell will be with the Devil having pencilled in Nana Addo's name for the Chief Gatekeeper of hell!

But the devil better beware because Nana will stage and coup and take over as president of the republ ...
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What a terrible place hell will be with the Devil having pencilled in Nana Addo's name for the Chief Gatekeeper of hell!

But the devil better beware because Nana will stage and coup and take over as president of the republic of Hell.
ABBAS 10 years ago

massa, no power sharing, no unity government. the ruling government should be made accountable by the opposition party

massa, no power sharing, no unity government. the ruling government should be made accountable by the opposition party
HolyGhost 10 years ago

Listen to this clown, you can now sense you are losing, so you want a chance to sneak in, forget it, it will never happen. No one party state, no dictatorship

Listen to this clown, you can now sense you are losing, so you want a chance to sneak in, forget it, it will never happen. No one party state, no dictatorship
Bernard 10 years ago

Advocating for a Unity Government in order to bring peace or reconciliation goes to prove that the National Reconciliation Commission(NRC), set up under Kufuor,s administration was a sham, and did not achieve it,s goal. Was ...
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Advocating for a Unity Government in order to bring peace or reconciliation goes to prove that the National Reconciliation Commission(NRC), set up under Kufuor,s administration was a sham, and did not achieve it,s goal. Was it not the same system adopted in Zimbabwe? But, what did we see just after the recent elections? Please, some of us do not want interest groups, so_called think tanks, unelected representatives imposing their stupid agendas on us. We will resit if they do! Any right thinking person will rather put this idea/suggestion before the people in a referendum. A word to the wise...
DAVID KONLAN 10 years ago

WHT IS THE BASIS FOR THIS PROPOSAL? WE JUST SIT OUR AIR CONDITIONED OFFICES WITHOUT ANY RESEARCH AND THEN TO MAKE USELESS SUGESTIONS. THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER MOVE FORWARD WITH HTIS KIND OF KNOWING IT ALL ATTITUDE. WHEN THE AL ...
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WHT IS THE BASIS FOR THIS PROPOSAL? WE JUST SIT OUR AIR CONDITIONED OFFICES WITHOUT ANY RESEARCH AND THEN TO MAKE USELESS SUGESTIONS. THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER MOVE FORWARD WITH HTIS KIND OF KNOWING IT ALL ATTITUDE. WHEN THE ALL-DIE-BE DIE SLOGAN WITH BEEN SOUNDED WERE THESE SO CALLED LEADERS AND THINK TANKS NOT IN THE COUNTRY? THEY SO NOTHING WRONG. COME TO COUNTRY SIDE THINGS ARE COOL. IN SHORT ACCRA IS NOT GHANAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTOM!!!!!
Noye- Amasaman. 10 years ago

Can Akomea tell who those NDC members were who Kuffour drafted into his cabinet?

Can Akomea tell who those NDC members were who Kuffour drafted into his cabinet?
prince mahama kelly 10 years ago

Mr Akomea u re too good when it comes to politice but ur supporters in the party re too local, pls give them little education. pepeni is human, with quality education.

Mr Akomea u re too good when it comes to politice but ur supporters in the party re too local, pls give them little education. pepeni is human, with quality education.
Paul 10 years ago

Mr Akomea are too good when it come to politice i am NDC suporter but i like your politice keep it up without insult you will be president one day

Mr Akomea are too good when it come to politice i am NDC suporter but i like your politice keep it up without insult you will be president one day
THE CHOSEN ONE 10 years ago

ALL PEOPLE CALLING FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT ARE DAY AND AFTERNOON DREAMERS.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TO A DONKEY IT WILL STILL EAT GRASS.YE NIM WON EFIRI TITI.

ALL PEOPLE CALLING FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT ARE DAY AND AFTERNOON DREAMERS.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TO A DONKEY IT WILL STILL EAT GRASS.YE NIM WON EFIRI TITI.
sidi 10 years ago

what a silly idea, why compensate the loser. kmt whoever looses should stay in their corner.

what a silly idea, why compensate the loser. kmt whoever looses should stay in their corner.
Joe Wassa 10 years ago

Min of agric - Dr Abu Sakara
Min of comm - Dr Spio-Garbrah
Chief of Staff - Prof Frimpong-Boateng
Attorney Gen - Dr Philip Addison
Min of Fin - ?
Min of Foreign Aff - Alan K
Min of Energy - ?

Min of agric - Dr Abu Sakara
Min of comm - Dr Spio-Garbrah
Chief of Staff - Prof Frimpong-Boateng
Attorney Gen - Dr Philip Addison
Min of Fin - ?
Min of Foreign Aff - Alan K
Min of Energy - ?
Hafiz. Techiman 10 years ago

Ghana has a multi party system. After messing up the npp and wasting the time of Ghanaians, u smell defeat and now calling for unity gov't, NO WAY npp. John Mahama will rule for 8yrs.

Ghana has a multi party system. After messing up the npp and wasting the time of Ghanaians, u smell defeat and now calling for unity gov't, NO WAY npp. John Mahama will rule for 8yrs.
GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GO TO greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GO TO greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com
Akugri Assana-Garu Tempanre District 10 years ago

Let us revert to history here-Col Kutu Acheampong (RIP) initiated Unity Gov and how did it end-in tatas!!

Let us revert to history here-Col Kutu Acheampong (RIP) initiated Unity Gov and how did it end-in tatas!!
Kwabena Twum 10 years ago

We are missing something here or I might be wrong.But I think what Mr. Adjei meant was, to have ruling government take all is bad we need to seriously amend it. He was referring to the government appointing its own DCEs, Mayo ...
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We are missing something here or I might be wrong.But I think what Mr. Adjei meant was, to have ruling government take all is bad we need to seriously amend it. He was referring to the government appointing its own DCEs, Mayors', etc. Those people need to be voted in and out. In that case we can have NDC government but NPP or any other party's DCE or mayors across the country. But if the president wants to include some of the opposition members in his cabinet whom he can trust that's fine but risky. Because we Africans think differently . If the president put opposition member in his cabinet, he/she/they will help the president to fail just because if that president fails, Ghanaians will not vote him and his party in power for a very long time. Corruption will be worst than it is now.
Julor Agyekum Kwakwe (JAK) 10 years ago

A kind of golden stool from the sky notion, kortibortor backward idiots.

A kind of golden stool from the sky notion, kortibortor backward idiots.
Truth 10 years ago

If NPP wanted the unity governance of the country, why did they not say that instead of wasting people's precious time and country's resources fighting a losing election petition case in court. What a shame. They are still be ...
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If NPP wanted the unity governance of the country, why did they not say that instead of wasting people's precious time and country's resources fighting a losing election petition case in court. What a shame. They are still bent on stealing unabated.
Jeff, UK 10 years ago

If wishes were horses

If wishes were horses
osei yao 10 years ago

Of course Nana Akomea will support any suggestion that will bring NPP any modicum of power. He should ask the Archbishop to demonstrate unity in the various factions of the Christian churches before advocating union governmen ...
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Of course Nana Akomea will support any suggestion that will bring NPP any modicum of power. He should ask the Archbishop to demonstrate unity in the various factions of the Christian churches before advocating union government. The leadership of UP-predicessor of NPP- vehemently opposed the "Unigov" of Acheampong and the "One Party" of Kwame Nkrumah. So what is Mr Akomea yapping about? Even Kwame Nkrumah has to force the tribal and separetist parties of the opposition by law to for the UP. How can they work with NDC? Nduom sold his party for ministerial car.
JIM CROW 10 years ago

LOOK, NANA AKOMEA, STOP JOKING WITH OUR LIVES. HAVE YOU SOON FORGOTTEN WHAT THIS BUNCH OF CROOKS CALLED NDC HAVE DONE TO OUR COUNTRY? ARE YOU GOING TO TEAM UP TO CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE?

LOOK, NANA AKOMEA, STOP JOKING WITH OUR LIVES. HAVE YOU SOON FORGOTTEN WHAT THIS BUNCH OF CROOKS CALLED NDC HAVE DONE TO OUR COUNTRY? ARE YOU GOING TO TEAM UP TO CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE?
Bunny Wailer 10 years ago

go and find a another job if you cannot win elections...NPP are bigots ..leave them our

go and find a another job if you cannot win elections...NPP are bigots ..leave them our
OTUMFOU PREMPEH 10 years ago

F YOU!! UNITY GOVERNMENT MY F***IKG ARSE!!!
GO TO THE PEOPLE AND GET A MANDATE THEN YOU CAN RULE.
ALL THIS BOFFOON WANS IS TO GET SOME SORT OF POST BE IT THE NPP OR NDC.

F YOU!! UNITY GOVERNMENT MY F***IKG ARSE!!!
GO TO THE PEOPLE AND GET A MANDATE THEN YOU CAN RULE.
ALL THIS BOFFOON WANS IS TO GET SOME SORT OF POST BE IT THE NPP OR NDC.
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

UNITY GOVERNMENT STAT FROM 2013 TO 2113.

UNITY GOVERNMENT STAT FROM 2013 TO 2113.
KwakuD 10 years ago

Woe on us the day our main political parties 'unite.' Who is going to keep watch? It would be like selling the entire country to one company - a monopoly. In fact, a totalitarian state. Why this endless call for so called uni ...
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Woe on us the day our main political parties 'unite.' Who is going to keep watch? It would be like selling the entire country to one company - a monopoly. In fact, a totalitarian state. Why this endless call for so called unity among our politicians? It is a 'childish' idea. It is not in the people's interest. Running a country is not like a church charity where we all are supposed to worship one god and feel warm towards each other. Our country needs vigurous debate on all issues, and a reletless pursuit of ideass if we are ever going to develop.
SUMBRUNGU 10 years ago

Just why is Nana Addo so power-hungry? Well, history teaches us that most dwarfs are power-drunk; the problem though with our dwarf is that he's both power-drunk and violent. And that's our tragedy.

Just why is Nana Addo so power-hungry? Well, history teaches us that most dwarfs are power-drunk; the problem though with our dwarf is that he's both power-drunk and violent. And that's our tragedy.

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