Tribalism and arrogance made NPP lose elections

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Sarkodie 10 years ago

Every tribe is proud of their heritage. It is not only the Ashantis who are proud. It is rather the other tribes who look down to what they have achieved in their history. Ashantis are just proud of their history. Please leav ...
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Every tribe is proud of their heritage. It is not only the Ashantis who are proud. It is rather the other tribes who look down to what they have achieved in their history. Ashantis are just proud of their history. Please leave us alone.
Kwaku 10 years ago

If NDC is not a tribal party they should put an Ewe(Ayigbe) as their presidential candidate and see whether if they can win an election in Ghana.It will never happened in Republic of Ghana.Rawlings is not an Ewe he is a Scoti ...
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If NDC is not a tribal party they should put an Ewe(Ayigbe) as their presidential candidate and see whether if they can win an election in Ghana.It will never happened in Republic of Ghana.Rawlings is not an Ewe he is a Scotish bastard.The dirty propaganda they are preaching if they don't take time it go against one tribe which is definitely Ewe.Today they may enjoy in whatever they are doing but I can trust them it will go against.As a civilized society which should try to take away that tribal line from our party politics.
Mr. Figure-Out 10 years ago

People vote against the NPP mainly because the party has more Ashantis than Any other tribe. That is the main reason why Trokosis, who hate my Kookoase people to the core, vote 99.9% NDC without using their head. In terms of ...
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People vote against the NPP mainly because the party has more Ashantis than Any other tribe. That is the main reason why Trokosis, who hate my Kookoase people to the core, vote 99.9% NDC without using their head. In terms of numbers, more Ashantis vote NDC than say tribal Kusasis, and If we the Kookoase people decide to vote foolishly like the Trokosis, I bet the NDC will go into comma for a long time. But thank God an uneducated Kookoase Krakye has an IQ greater than most Trokosi graduates out there, and are able to make independent and informed decisions on their own. That problem of the Trokosis is herd mentality
Krikri,, 10 years ago

the matemehu adherents HATE THE TRUTH. Besides, THEY ARE PRIMITIVE TRIBALISTS, INWARD LOOKING, IN & OUT GREEDY, THEY ENVY OTHERS AND HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO LOOT WHAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM. In ancient times when Kwahus co- ...
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the matemehu adherents HATE THE TRUTH. Besides, THEY ARE PRIMITIVE TRIBALISTS, INWARD LOOKING, IN & OUT GREEDY, THEY ENVY OTHERS AND HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO LOOT WHAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM. In ancient times when Kwahus co-habitated with Gas in Accra they spoke the Ga language. Today ASHANTIS have taken over and when they are spoken to in Ga they insultingly reply "saa kasa nu min ti". If this is not arrogance, primitivenes,tribal supremacists,inward looking, what else is it? NPP will remain in opposition for a Looooooooooong time
DAAVI 10 years ago

IN GHANA EVERY TRIBE CAN BOAST OF TRIBE BUT WHEN ASHANTI MAN SAYS ME YE ANATE NI THEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE WHY WHY WHY, EVERY PART HAS TO BE STARTED BY A TRIBE, I RED WITH DISGUST WHEN SOMEONE SAID IF NPP WANTS TO WIN POWER ...
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IN GHANA EVERY TRIBE CAN BOAST OF TRIBE BUT WHEN ASHANTI MAN SAYS ME YE ANATE NI THEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE WHY WHY WHY, EVERY PART HAS TO BE STARTED BY A TRIBE, I RED WITH DISGUST WHEN SOMEONE SAID IF NPP WANTS TO WIN POWER THEN THEY SHOULD LET A NORTHERNER BE THEIR FLAG BEARER, WHY NOT A GA,ENZEMA, FANTE, OR A GHANAIN NOW YOU WANT TO MUTE THE AKANS NOT THE OTHER TRIBES
QQQQ 10 years ago

He is the leader of the supremacist i the NPP. Its real but also a shame.

He is the leader of the supremacist i the NPP. Its real but also a shame.
NAN KWASI 10 years ago

POINT BLANK. THE ASANTES ARE THE SUPERIOR RACE AND ORDAINED TO RULE GHAN UNTIL KINGDOM COME. NORTHERNERS [PEPEFUO] ARE COMPETENT CATTLE REARERS ADN WATCHMEN, FANTES: CONCERT, GAS: KENKEY MAKERS. ASANTES: COMPETENT RULERS . EV ...
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POINT BLANK. THE ASANTES ARE THE SUPERIOR RACE AND ORDAINED TO RULE GHAN UNTIL KINGDOM COME. NORTHERNERS [PEPEFUO] ARE COMPETENT CATTLE REARERS ADN WATCHMEN, FANTES: CONCERT, GAS: KENKEY MAKERS. ASANTES: COMPETENT RULERS . EVERY TRIBE IS SPECIALISED IN A PARTICULAR FUNCTION.PERIOD.
HEXAGON!! usa 10 years ago

You erred here! The "Nigerians" of Ghana, the Asantes is what you got wrong - Ghana's best criminals.

You erred here! The "Nigerians" of Ghana, the Asantes is what you got wrong - Ghana's best criminals.
facts 10 years ago

This poor editor should remember the tribalistic devide lines started by Nkrumah was held very high by Ewes and the Northerners. Asante people are the only people who do accimilate all other tribes without problems. Rawlings ...
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This poor editor should remember the tribalistic devide lines started by Nkrumah was held very high by Ewes and the Northerners. Asante people are the only people who do accimilate all other tribes without problems. Rawlings supporters are more in the ashanti region than in the Volta region yet NDC is able to say Ashantis are tribalistic.The truth is one 'nye bro supports nye bro. Mahama could say point blank that the northerner should vote for him because he was their brother, something no Akan can ever say. Those who raise points of tibalism as the cause of NPP failure in the 2012 elections are paid workers singing their masters tunes.
Raymond Agbeli 10 years ago

Ashantis may be superior and ordained to rule their Ashanti regoin and not our beloved Ghana.They can only be superior in kumasi!.Oh lest i forget, they're also superior in fufu and rat eating hence their stunted and kwashiok ...
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Ashantis may be superior and ordained to rule their Ashanti regoin and not our beloved Ghana.They can only be superior in kumasi!.Oh lest i forget, they're also superior in fufu and rat eating hence their stunted and kwashiokor looking physique and appearance.
VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTOR. 10 years ago

SEVENFOLD SUPERPOWER
CHARACTERISTICS TO ANCIENT POWERS:

BABEL: Nimrod the most powerful man until the Lord dispersed human languages. Bringing like terms into groups. Skycrapper building was introduced to the world. Wi ...
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SEVENFOLD SUPERPOWER
CHARACTERISTICS TO ANCIENT POWERS:

BABEL: Nimrod the most powerful man until the Lord dispersed human languages. Bringing like terms into groups. Skycrapper building was introduced to the world. Wickedness was abound.

EGYPT: Kingship was the ruling order, until governorship was instituted to make Joseph the first governor on earth.Slavery took place and roaming the earth for mineral resources, using military to threaten neighbours. What they did not do was imposing their religion or philosophies on others. Physical Pyramid in building form.

BABYLON: Kingship,Daniel the governor,imposition of their religion or philosophies, hanging garden or beautiful edifics like modern buildings and skyscrappers.Pyramidal human institutional structures. Wars to exploit others,slavery and earthly cleansing.

GREEK: All the above was institutionized, including military triumph over other powers.

PERSIA: All of the above including infedility in all forms. Social vices to the epitome and sciences.

ROME: All the above including manifestations of A.D. The killing of the Lord God's SALVATION PLAN to his coming Kingdom.

UNITED KINGDOM: All of the above, as well as acting as aliens to exploit mineral resources using planes, ships and other communicating mediums on weaker nations. Distorting of the gospel of SALVATION to plant themselves as the most important human beings God have created(racism). They also made industrialisation opened to the world.

THE PENDING: Seven to ten folds of the pyramids. Democracy/capitalism, Las Vegas syndromes, Pentagon influence and twisting of scriptures.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

As for this Love All Charm these NPPians are trying to concoct, it can't fool and charm some of us. We know them to be wolves and no sheep skin to cover them can deceive us, as they smell from a mile off. Here is a bit about ...
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As for this Love All Charm these NPPians are trying to concoct, it can't fool and charm some of us. We know them to be wolves and no sheep skin to cover them can deceive us, as they smell from a mile off. Here is a bit about their ideological origins. Our cleavage with them goes beyond their jaded ethnocentrism.

BUSIA, A REACTIONARY VISION MOST BLURRED.

Only those who are diabolical with the truth, with short memory or no knowledge to speak of about the subject can claim Busia had a good vision for all Ghanaians. Far from those revanchist claims now pandered about as the gospel truth - with equally dubious authority and intent – Busia and his tradition represent the nightmare that has engulfed Ghana from 24 February 1966 to today! Yes, we occasionally wake up from the feverish slumber just to fall under another spell cast by the evil dwarves that continue to dog our very strides to civilisation.

ADVENT OF ETHNIC POLITICS

Indeed, Busia represents epitome of ethnocentric politics in Ghana, from his days as leader of the NLM - a fact many NPPians try to hide even though enshrined in our annals and one can read all about it in Allman’s The Quills of the Porcupine - to when he became Prime Minister of Ghana in 1969. The 1969 campaign afforded him the opportunity to unleash his pent up ethnocentrism on Ewes. And, gaining power the opportunity to turn on other Africans with his obnoxious Aliens Compliance Order. Then, turned round to develop friendship with Apartheid South Africa just like his buddy Houphouet Boigny and thereby discrediting Ghana before the eyes of all Africans.

The National Liberation Movement and the Progress Party under Busia's leadership sowed the seed of ethnic chauvinism and divisionism in Ghana, a fact captured in Dennis Austin' books “Politics in Ghana: 1946-1960” and “Ghana Observed.” With what he Austin knew already about Ghana, he still marvelled at the highly inflammatory anti-Ewe rhetoric of the PP's campaign - the origin of the Ewes-are-dominating-us-mantra we still hear today on Ghanaweb in particular and elsewhere. It started even before Rawlings joined the Airforce. So Austin observed in 1969:

“A surprising and disagreeable novelty of the election was the extraordinary anti-Ewe sentiment that was expressed in conversation with many of those who were against Gbedemah and his party. One can explain this strong animus not simply by a dislike of Gbedema’s reappearance in political life but in relations to events after the 1966 coup. Suddenly there were the soldiers and the police, and everyone burst out singing, but when the music died down away it was noticed that the NLC (it seemed) was commanded by minorities: Ewe and Ga. When Ankrah (a Ga), was moved out, and charges were brought over-hastily by Harlley against the Chief of Defence Staff, Michael Otu, the evidence to many was overwhelming. It was all an Ewe plot. Soon Ghana would be run for the benefit of an energetic minority, operating first within the armed forces, and now behind Gbedemah. ‘Appoint an Ewe to a public corporation or to a government department and within a year the entire hierarchy down to the messenger will be an Ewe.’ So the argument ran. And there was always some evidence for it, since the Ewe, deprived of any natural wealth in their own barren region, have been energetic in seizing the opportunities of public employment, including positions in the army and the police, which wealthier communities (like the Akan) did not wish to occupy. In practice, looking through the list of senior officers in government departments and the public corporations, the evidence is certainly not clear of any Ewe domination: it could hardly be in view of their number. But a belief does not, of course, have to be true before people hold it fervently.
Now there is an Akan-dominated government of an Akan dominated society. Were I to become, by some improbable chance of fate, leader of the governing party I would be much less apprehensive of my Ewe opponents in front than of the large and expectant following behind. I would be fearful too of the ambitions of those now excluded from power, remembering the Songs of Innocence that:
The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caeser’s laurel crown” (D. Austin 1976:125)

Austin was writing with hindsight about what befell Busia’s regime, overthrown in a coup led by an Asante. Of course, there are scholarly works, with statistically analysis, that show that Ewes in now way had established any hegemony over public jobs. The only ethnic group found to be statistically significantly over-represented were Gas by 1975, but that is to be expected. By the first decade of 1900s, long before the pioneer Ewe job seekers appeared in Accra in what the Anlo women derogatorily tagged, “dordzim me le”, literally, “it is job I am looking for”, i.e., the white canvass shoe, there was a noted over supply in Accra for clerical and artisan posts!

Of course, this apprehension of Ewe dominance, induced by already held pre-colonial and colonial prejudices against them which I have examined elsewhere, led to the sacking of mostly Ewes in the infamous Apollo 585 and the celebrated Sallah case, which exposed Busia as not a true believer in the rule of law principles much vaunted by his supporters with his infamous shouts of “No court! No court!...” A pity Justice Atuguba was not the judge in that case then!

JUST ANOTHER AUTOCRAT IN THE MAKING

Of course, he was just another African autocrat (not a dictator, as the weak states in Africa don’t have the capacity to control and dictate to the mass of the people) in the mold of the right-wing leaders of Africa such as Kenyattah and Houphouet Boigny and would have imprisoned the opposition for even far less than throwing bombs at him, and entrenched himself in power too had he led Ghana to independence. So after all their noises about democracy and multiparty system, they banned the CPP and took every step to ban any party, e.g., the PPP, with a likely chance of beating them at the 1969 elections! I say baa! to their credentials as democrats and believers in that fanciful rule of law claims of Dicey, which Lord Jennings shredded into pieces. Which schools did these people attend at all? Are they not aware that Dicey claims that the rule of law does not exist in continental European countries, where administrative tribunals play very important roles in the administration of justice? So are they not democratic and respect civil rights, eh?

And have they not ever come across Professor Macpherson’s address on Radio Canada enshrined in that small book, Some Aspects of Democracy, in which he argued that the Communistic variant of one party state democracy was closer to the vaunted Greek democracy and the Third World one party democracy was even much closer than the Western plural or liberal democracy based on adversarial party systems??? Within the paradigm and time in which Nkrumah was operating, his choice of one party system for Ghana was perfectly legitimate and democratic!

RIGHT-WING ELITISM

His right-wing socio-economic views and elitism would have left the mass of people illiterate and in a feudal, primitive state as one finds in the Horn of Africa, rural Ivory Coast and Kenya, just to mention some examples; not forgetting parts of Ghana itself with all those trokosi and witch camps.

When Nkrumah acquired second hand clothing to be distributed in northern Ghana, where some were going about hardly clothed then, e.g., the beautiful Lobi people, Busia and his conservative associates proclaimed it as an insult to their "culture". Busia the scholar and sociologist did not know why people subjected to slave raids for centuries and unable to live peaceful, settled lives and weave cloths any longer developed the practice of dressing scantily or not at all, as in certain parts of Africa, e.g., the Nuba Mountains or among the Lobis. Oh! He knew, being a giant sociologist albeit not a historian and social anthropologist, but as a conservative and traditionalist, he accepted that they should go about stark-naked if that is what they wanted! Times have changed though. Nowadays when our women folk show us some tantalising cleavages and flesh, the conservatives go berserk about sinful ways which shall land them in hell! Phew! Reminds me of when a “dipo” procession in Accra in the mid-1980s emptied the offices and the lascivious grins on the faces of the men at the sight of the firm and full “bobby stand” and plumb “booty” of the young maiden was a sight to behold!

When Nkrumah wanted to stop the practice of bodily scarification, Busia the sociologist went berserk! He certainly approved of the disturbing reasons behind such tribal marks: some reserved for people of slave origins or vanquished tribes from which slaves could be raided! Or, for the elite tribes or overlords so that no one should make any mistake about who they are: lords of the fiefdom.

ANTI-EDUCATION INTELLECTUAL

He oversaw the disbandment of the free and universal education policy of the CPP which action has led to the general illiteracy in Ghana today, with the Congo under Mobutu even surpassing Ghana in literacy rate! The complete reversal of this position of Busia by Nana Akufo Addo and the NPP to a universal free education to SSS level is a vindication of Nkrumah and the damnation of Busia and the NPP’s past.

INDUSTRIALISATION??? Nope! It wasn't in his books, not to mention vision! The abandoned factories on which tens of millions of £s had been spent are there as testimony. As advisers to the reactionary junta, they started arresting and deporting the Eastern European technical personnel supervising the building and operation of those factories. By the time the shocked Western diplomats had advised them to stop those heinous actions, it was too late! If you are educated about Ghana, you should know which books to read those records from. But it is a pity the Nkrumaist tradition parties have failed to make these facts known to the generality of Ghanaians.

MODERN AGRICULTURAL DEVT? In his books, that's an attack on the freedom and rights of the peasantry whose children should not go to school because educating them made them refuse to work on the land. Giving small loans to the peasants to continue farming their quarter of an acre plots was the best policy to prosecute the agricultural agenda. Silos and granaries to deal with the vagaries of bumper harvests and post harvest losses and lean seasons? Grrrh! Those are communistic ideas in their books!

I should not waste more of my time on Busia’s blurred “vision”. He was as blind as a mole! Or, at best, the owl or bat in day time! He is a nightmare that Ghanaians must be woken from from!

Andy Kwawukume
London
jojo 10 years ago

idiot!!!!!!!!!

idiot!!!!!!!!!
Edith 10 years ago

You hate Ewes, says it everyday, even Ken when in conflict with a Ga man calls for the extermination of Ewes. And you expect Ewes to come and vote for your party into power so you can carry out your ever wishful genocide on t ...
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You hate Ewes, says it everyday, even Ken when in conflict with a Ga man calls for the extermination of Ewes. And you expect Ewes to come and vote for your party into power so you can carry out your ever wishful genocide on them?

You dont even have to be an Ewe to understand why they suspect "not" the NPP as a party but the leadership of the party that has been so anti-Ewe from 92.

On the other hand the Akims need to be very grateful to the Ashantis because if not for the Ashanti population Nana would have lost by a wider margin.
Proud Ewe 10 years ago

First and foremost, don't ever be blasphemous again by comparing the IQ levels of typical Ashantis to those of Ewes. I will always maintain that there are some descent and intelligent Ashantis but most including you fingure-o ...
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First and foremost, don't ever be blasphemous again by comparing the IQ levels of typical Ashantis to those of Ewes. I will always maintain that there are some descent and intelligent Ashantis but most including you fingure-out, osei tawiah and kojo t can never match the IQ level of Ewes even if you went and dip yourself in the legendary river of wisdom.
Idiots like you who don't know your history can be forgiven. But let it be known to you that any Ashanti who is not having the physical stature of the late Bob Santo (RIP) is not a true Ashanti but a descendant of hybrid ancestor of an Ashanti woman and an Ewe, Northerner and men from other tribes including Fulanis from Upper Volta (Burkina Fasso)because of the desire of the Ashantis to produce men of bigger stature and wisdom. Any gene pool of Ashantis today has benefited from gene transfer from other tribes. Agyekum Kuffour, Otumfuo and others are not original Ashantis. That is the origin of matrilineal inheritance among Ashantis
Let it also be known to you that Ewes used to be strong supporters of the UP tradition and by extension NPP but changed because of the arrogance of Ahantis. Check our election history.
Let it also be known to you that the people who are voting for the NDC in Ashanti are mostly workers from other regions and tribes, not Ashantis. Check the anthropology of the areas NDC won in the Ashanti. Don't display your ignorant and truely kookoase idiotic bravado in public again.
Afrifa 10 years ago

You stinking idiot of a whore. Why are all those tribes you mentioned trooping to the Ashanti Kingdom for a better life and not the other way round? How many Ashantis, Akyems, Fantes and Kwahu's live in your so`called 'high' ...
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You stinking idiot of a whore. Why are all those tribes you mentioned trooping to the Ashanti Kingdom for a better life and not the other way round? How many Ashantis, Akyems, Fantes and Kwahu's live in your so`called 'high' IQ infested land? You are an apology to Ghanaians because of your jealousy and inward looking nature. What good comes from Ayigbeland except GARI? Your tribe is so much full of jealousy, envy, covetousness, hatred and what have you for the Ashantis that you have time to plan your development. Nature is even against you and like the Hebrews amongst their twenty one countries enemies, Ashantis will continue to flourish, prosper, develop, increase and rule till G`d says otherwise. Go to Kumasi and tell the millions of your pathetic tribesmen to go back to Trokosiland and hear what answer they'll give you. You will not count even fifty Ashantis permanently residing in Ho because you are born losers. You wish you were one I can bet.
THE TRUTH 10 years ago

Just start from Benin through TOgo to Ho. Wait carefully on the streets at Night and you will see them selling ETWE!! They are all prostitutes. Nigerians drove them out in 1982 and they remained in Eweland ever since.

Just start from Benin through TOgo to Ho. Wait carefully on the streets at Night and you will see them selling ETWE!! They are all prostitutes. Nigerians drove them out in 1982 and they remained in Eweland ever since.
Kojo T 10 years ago

Why are you trooping abroad to be servants? stay at home and enjoy your wealth . Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Usa

Why are you trooping abroad to be servants? stay at home and enjoy your wealth . Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Usa
jojo 10 years ago

Go to Accra and also tell your bush people the Ashantis to go back to Kumasi,one day as night follows day it is not the Ayigbe that will kick you out but the GAS,idiot!!

Go to Accra and also tell your bush people the Ashantis to go back to Kumasi,one day as night follows day it is not the Ayigbe that will kick you out but the GAS,idiot!!
THE TRUTH 10 years ago

If NDC has an Ewe Presidential candidate, HE WILL WIN!!! Because Fantes, Northerners and Gas are MORE likely to vote NDC. NPP people want to kill Gas and Ewes and yet want theiir votes?

If NDC has an Ewe Presidential candidate, HE WILL WIN!!! Because Fantes, Northerners and Gas are MORE likely to vote NDC. NPP people want to kill Gas and Ewes and yet want theiir votes?
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

Assuming that your foolish and outlandish claim is correct, WHY SHOULD SOME PEOPLE HATE ASANTES?

Do such people hate ALL Asantes without exception?

Why should the people you deprecatingly referred to as "Trokosis" hat ...
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Assuming that your foolish and outlandish claim is correct, WHY SHOULD SOME PEOPLE HATE ASANTES?

Do such people hate ALL Asantes without exception?

Why should the people you deprecatingly referred to as "Trokosis" hate Asantes, if indeed they do? All of them?

Now, is the NDC solely composed of Ewes and such Ewes stand as candidates in your Ash/R too? Extend that query to the other regions.

Are you aware of the ethnic composition of the VR and the fact that Ewes only constitute a sizeable majority in the region, and not even the majority in the northern part of the VR?

Anyway, as you know by now, I have answers for all the qs I posed above and more. But let me ask: will it be fair to conjecture that people like you are sick in the mind, consumed by a warped image of yourselves and others?

Andy-K
Kwame 10 years ago

Itis obvious that Haruna Atta is peeved about they way the NPP treated his Abudu brother Aliu Mahama.
It's an unwritten custom/convention that a vice president always takes over from the president in future elections when th ...
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Itis obvious that Haruna Atta is peeved about they way the NPP treated his Abudu brother Aliu Mahama.
It's an unwritten custom/convention that a vice president always takes over from the president in future elections when the prez cannot stand, except the vice agrees not to stand. But that was not so with NPP and the at they treated Aliu. Pure Tribalism, nothing else.
Abena 10 years ago

I agree with you except the tribalism issue.

I agree with you except the tribalism issue.
OSEI TAWIAH 10 years ago

You don't know what actually happened during the NPP presidential candidate selection. All NDC knows is perfecting propaganda for destruction. Was Obama the vice president to Clinton? Even before the NPP elections Aliu Mahama ...
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You don't know what actually happened during the NPP presidential candidate selection. All NDC knows is perfecting propaganda for destruction. Was Obama the vice president to Clinton? Even before the NPP elections Aliu Mahama had very poor health. It is for this reason that he decided to sideline himself. He is not like Atta Mills who decided to ruin the country by refusing resign and left everything in the hands of incompetent Ewes.
KWADWO A 10 years ago

Mr Osei Tawiah,
You just showed how ignorant you are about the selection of presidential candidates in the USA. Al Gore was Clinton's vice and he run for the presidency and lost. Obama a Democrat run after the Republican nam ...
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Mr Osei Tawiah,
You just showed how ignorant you are about the selection of presidential candidates in the USA. Al Gore was Clinton's vice and he run for the presidency and lost. Obama a Democrat run after the Republican named George Brush had completed his term. His vice Dick Cheney was very sick with heart problems and therefore could not run. Senator McCain run for the republicans. The Americans always make sure that who ever is selected for the Vice presidency must be capable and ready to be president at any given time.
Man 10 years ago

You are the perfect intolerant Akan supremacist filled with anger, pride and hatred that Alhaji Haruna Atta talks about. Mind you neither Haruna or Ayi Koi Otoo are Ewes so all Ghanaians are coming to know who the trouble mak ...
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You are the perfect intolerant Akan supremacist filled with anger, pride and hatred that Alhaji Haruna Atta talks about. Mind you neither Haruna or Ayi Koi Otoo are Ewes so all Ghanaians are coming to know who the trouble makers are in Ghana.
Good Citizen 10 years ago

kwaku u are an idiot, it only means that Ewes are not as ethnocentric and tribalistic as asuantes.

kwaku u are an idiot, it only means that Ewes are not as ethnocentric and tribalistic as asuantes.
osei yaw - london 10 years ago

It is good Ghana has well established Tribes; made up of Gas, Ewes, Fantis, Akwapims, Bonos, Northerners, Ashantis, Kwahus, Akims, and et cetera

- Ghana's humbug is with Akims; as noted, the terrorist Akim JB Danquah blood ...
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It is good Ghana has well established Tribes; made up of Gas, Ewes, Fantis, Akwapims, Bonos, Northerners, Ashantis, Kwahus, Akims, and et cetera

- Ghana's humbug is with Akims; as noted, the terrorist Akim JB Danquah blood line lot, with their Danquah Institute of Akim buffoons; they are a weak Tribe yet, make the most public nuisance to say stupid things such as that, they are of a fantasy Tribe of "Akans" together with powerful Ashantis; there to screw up the Gas and the Ewes; yet

- the once upon a time subhuman "Akans" who roamed the borderless West Coast of Africa without a written Language and spoke mumbo-jumbo; and who slept with their mothers and grandmothers, and raped their daughters, are dead as the do-do

- Tribalism is healthy for development

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
OSEI TAWIAH 10 years ago

You are a disguised Trokosi or what? Are you sick in the head? You are more than a worm.

You are a disguised Trokosi or what? Are you sick in the head? You are more than a worm.
KWASI 10 years ago

YOU SEE HOW STUPID YOU ASANTES ARE? NOTHERNERS IS NOT A TRIBE THE TRIBES IN THE NORTH ARE DAGOMBA, MAMPRUSIS, DAGATIS, JUST TO MENTION A FEW.

YOU SEE HOW STUPID YOU ASANTES ARE? NOTHERNERS IS NOT A TRIBE THE TRIBES IN THE NORTH ARE DAGOMBA, MAMPRUSIS, DAGATIS, JUST TO MENTION A FEW.
A citizen. 10 years ago

What do you gain for being proud of your tribe? God said, those who`re proud would be pulled down and those who`re sober or obedient would be raised. Up to you.

What do you gain for being proud of your tribe? God said, those who`re proud would be pulled down and those who`re sober or obedient would be raised. Up to you.
OSEI TAWIAH 10 years ago

Where did God say nobody should be proud of their ethnicity? Do you really understand the word "Proud"?

Where did God say nobody should be proud of their ethnicity? Do you really understand the word "Proud"?
A citizen. 10 years ago

What are you talking about? I`d rather ask you if you understand the word proud. If you don`t understand, go back to the dictionary.

What are you talking about? I`d rather ask you if you understand the word proud. If you don`t understand, go back to the dictionary.
Owusu 10 years ago

This man is just a fool,he is surfering from inferiority complex which is one of the effects people get when they have a brain disease called acquired brain deficiency syndrom "ABDS",they can not think or reason.Has he forgot ...
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This man is just a fool,he is surfering from inferiority complex which is one of the effects people get when they have a brain disease called acquired brain deficiency syndrom "ABDS",they can not think or reason.Has he forgoten that a truck load of ewe chiefs went to Rawlings to ask if their people should still vote for NDC party or not\.
Mr Kwaku Yaw 10 years ago

Tribalism should be demolished if we want better Ghana for our children, someday somehow tribalism will give Ghana one way ticket to the Hell.

Tribalism should be demolished if we want better Ghana for our children, someday somehow tribalism will give Ghana one way ticket to the Hell.
Ewurade Kasa 10 years ago

They need to learn the hard way. Respect all tribes. Plain and simple, a universal fact. Ask the Republicans who continue bashing Mexicans and Immigrants.

They need to learn the hard way. Respect all tribes. Plain and simple, a universal fact. Ask the Republicans who continue bashing Mexicans and Immigrants.
Dumegah Prosper JNR 10 years ago

NPP is a forgone phenomenon!! Some of their fanatics including the "okro-mouth" all "knowing" tribal bigot and a bush man who claims he is civilised in a community High School who could, out of sheer hatred and envy, stand an ...
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NPP is a forgone phenomenon!! Some of their fanatics including the "okro-mouth" all "knowing" tribal bigot and a bush man who claims he is civilised in a community High School who could, out of sheer hatred and envy, stand and attempt to perpetrate false hood against innocent people of the tribes he hates, eg the Ewes and the Gas and the Northerners except his "God-chosen tribe" will always drive their arrogant and self fulfilling and sufferers of symptons of megalomania pride continue to push that party into the bush!!

Such "all knowing people" must explain the Drill ship saga with the knowledge they have on all issues under the sun!!
Why don't they take the difficult tasks seriously!! Why was AK 47 used to kill the Dagbon overlord and 40 others and yet Kuffour's government with the then Attorney General Nana Akuffo Addo found no one, not even a dog culpable!! Where is our Ghana Airways??
Where is our Ghana Telecom??
Where is the Ghana Airways?? Ghanaians want to know how the property belonging to the people of Ghana, herein refered to the pieces of property from Ghana, in Germany, Britain and in the US distributed among the cronies of the party????

And yet still, some people want to claim status to the NPP when they looted the country, the state lands, the parks and etc.
Ghanaians, NDC will be your better bait! Critique them and offer them abundant knowledge to steer the affairs in a better direction than looters and cocaine lords!!
DKB 10 years ago

Why don't you stick to your NDC and leave NPP people to their own fate? It is only people with inferiority complex who tend to put other people down to make them feel good.

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Why don't you stick to your NDC and leave NPP people to their own fate? It is only people with inferiority complex who tend to put other people down to make them feel good.

If NDC is such a wonderful party, why waste you time writing so much garbage about a party you don't support instead of spending it writing constructive comments to help you beloved party to govern?

NDC put in their manifesto to solve the Dagbon issue, 5 years on what have they done about it?
Ghana Telecom today is making profit under Vodafone when this same company was making loses as a state institution. What does that tell you about your people? We would have been using more than 70% of our revenue to pay workers under this hastily implemented single spine if GT were still under Govt control.

When you mention Ghana Airways, don't forget to mention Black Star Line and the numerous Ghanaian properties sold under the NDC and some of which your party founders wife bought at a pittence and never paid for.

If you have any sense in your scull, you would realise that the more we electorates hate and beat ourselves with useless accusations, the more our country detoriates in terms of development because we allow hatred to prevent us from being objective and the politicians get away with plain thievery.

NDC/NPP are both the same when it comes to corruption. The only thing that annoys me is NDC rubs our noses in it with their blatant thivery and worse of all they are also incompetent and clueless.
Bebe 10 years ago

Akaanised party in Akaanised Ghana?
Those Amatekpors, Nyaho-Nyahos etc are day dreamers.

Akaanised party in Akaanised Ghana?
Those Amatekpors, Nyaho-Nyahos etc are day dreamers.
alfred 10 years ago

inferiority complex draws such complains

inferiority complex draws such complains
PLUMBER 10 years ago

Because Kuffour had done a lot of devt especially roads all over the country, the NPP thought it would be a straight forward victory for who ever stood on their ticket, hence the false sense of security,complecency and to som ...
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Because Kuffour had done a lot of devt especially roads all over the country, the NPP thought it would be a straight forward victory for who ever stood on their ticket, hence the false sense of security,complecency and to some extent arrogance. In their calculation, there was no way for any other party. But how wrong they were. Apart from devt, humility, gentlemanly conduct and moderation are other factors that contribute to success at the polls in Ghana especially where floating voters are concerned. Ethnocentricm must consciously and painfully be weeded out from NPP with deliberate effort and actions to make it a trully national party.
JM 4 lyf 10 years ago

Npp should forget about 2016. JM all de way.

Npp should forget about 2016. JM all de way.
Allegation. 10 years ago

Even though they won the elections hands down,your allegation could be a factor.Since justice was denied,anyone could give his opinion base on anything.

Even though they won the elections hands down,your allegation could be a factor.Since justice was denied,anyone could give his opinion base on anything.
Ekow Afedzie 10 years ago

Im so disappointed in Haruna Atta. Just because the NPP decided not to vote for your choice the party is arrogant. Does it mean that all the people who voted for Akufo-Addo are arrogant? Including the delegates from the north ...
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Im so disappointed in Haruna Atta. Just because the NPP decided not to vote for your choice the party is arrogant. Does it mean that all the people who voted for Akufo-Addo are arrogant? Including the delegates from the north? Sometimes these so called senior journalists...
Kantinka 10 years ago

This is sheer and utter nonsense from Haruna Atta. This idiot has nothing to say to win him a job with John Mahama and so all these nonsense. Had it not been Ashantis, Akuffo Addo could have lost gargantually. Even in his own ...
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This is sheer and utter nonsense from Haruna Atta. This idiot has nothing to say to win him a job with John Mahama and so all these nonsense. Had it not been Ashantis, Akuffo Addo could have lost gargantually. Even in his own constituency, he lost by the number of votes he received compared to those of Atta Mills. Remember President Kufour did not receive the same from Ashanti Region in the first round in 2000 like what Akuffo Addo received in 2008. If Kufour had received anything near what Akuffo Addo received in 2008, Kufour would have won the race one touch. If you are hungry and you want those corrupt people to hear you, dont waste anybody's time with nonsense. Idiot
CAPT PLANET 10 years ago

If you know the Danquah-Busia tradition very well you will know they are imperialists and very tribalistic. The "yen akanfour" statement by Nana Addo is a true reflection of the thinking of the leadership of the NPP. Am an ...
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If you know the Danquah-Busia tradition very well you will know they are imperialists and very tribalistic. The "yen akanfour" statement by Nana Addo is a true reflection of the thinking of the leadership of the NPP. Am an Akan myself but but I dislike the NPP for its imperialist posture.
Dadie Kye 10 years ago

Ashanti know no trabalism but rather intergrity and vision.Intergtity and vision plays a very important role in Ashanti community. If you have the intergrity to lead them,they will throw their support behind you.This is how I ...
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Ashanti know no trabalism but rather intergrity and vision.Intergtity and vision plays a very important role in Ashanti community. If you have the intergrity to lead them,they will throw their support behind you.This is how I see the Ashantis.
joe canada 10 years ago

It is getting too much and ghana government needs to do something about this tribal nonsense before things get out of hand. Some fools have successfully pitched most of ghanain tribe against Ashanti's and have decided to do s ...
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It is getting too much and ghana government needs to do something about this tribal nonsense before things get out of hand. Some fools have successfully pitched most of ghanain tribe against Ashanti's and have decided to do same between Ashanti's and akyem. I see this as nothing but an attack. If Ghanaians dispise Ashanti's, why don't they tell them to separate ? And a lot of Ashanti's would agree so that they can have their Ghana .
Isaac 10 years ago

Its not anybody that has pitched other Ghanaians against Ashantis, its the Ashantis own mouths that has pitched most ppl against them.

Its not anybody that has pitched other Ghanaians against Ashantis, its the Ashantis own mouths that has pitched most ppl against them.
cumstad 10 years ago

Your advice will greatly be welcome by Kwame Okoampa. He has all the education to learn how destructive tribalism can be

Your advice will greatly be welcome by Kwame Okoampa. He has all the education to learn how destructive tribalism can be
Bebe 10 years ago

Alfred, if you think your tribe is superior, it is becos you dont have any ambition; re-think.

Alfred, if you think your tribe is superior, it is becos you dont have any ambition; re-think.
Fred Freedom 10 years ago

Sudden death of Mills and Mahama tribalistic strategy - Vice from infante - tribal talk in the north won NDC the vote

Sudden death of Mills and Mahama tribalistic strategy - Vice from infante - tribal talk in the north won NDC the vote
mohammed amin abdallah,adenta,fafraha 10 years ago

IT IS PATHETIC FOR THE WAY PEOPLE REACT WHEN THE TRUTH IS SAID RIGHTLY.WE ARE CONCERN IF THE NPP BECOMES A MARGINALIZED PARTY THIS COUNTRY WILL SUFFER.WE DON'T WANT ONE PARTY SYSTEM IN GHANA.HOWEVER,NPP IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO ...
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IT IS PATHETIC FOR THE WAY PEOPLE REACT WHEN THE TRUTH IS SAID RIGHTLY.WE ARE CONCERN IF THE NPP BECOMES A MARGINALIZED PARTY THIS COUNTRY WILL SUFFER.WE DON'T WANT ONE PARTY SYSTEM IN GHANA.HOWEVER,NPP IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE PARTY TO COME INTO PARTY BECAUSE OF TRIBAL BIGOTRY.GHANA IS NOT AKYEMS AND ASNATES.
citizen 10 years ago

NDC will also lose next election because Mahama has started tribalism and this will lead him back home. He will be the first president who will serve only one term if he doesn't change his mind.He has maintain corrupt DCE's i ...
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NDC will also lose next election because Mahama has started tribalism and this will lead him back home. He will be the first president who will serve only one term if he doesn't change his mind.He has maintain corrupt DCE's in his government.Especially in the Ashanti region. He will be surprise in 2016. He is the most weakest president on this land.
Fred Freedom 10 years ago

Incorrect

Incorrect
MAGGIE 10 years ago

who cares about tribalism when ndc is busy looting our wealth and wasting on cronies like woyome, sada, gyeeda, jdebts, rlg-govt collusion.....is haruna atta saying that ghanaians are so so so stupid that we only eat and drin ...
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who cares about tribalism when ndc is busy looting our wealth and wasting on cronies like woyome, sada, gyeeda, jdebts, rlg-govt collusion.....is haruna atta saying that ghanaians are so so so stupid that we only eat and drink and sleep TRIBALISM AT THE EXPENSE OF GOOD GOVNCE....WE DONT CARE WHO IS RULING AS LONG AS THERE IS GOOD GOVNCE SO HARUNA ATTA AND HIS COHORTS SHD GET THIS CLEAR....THE NEXT ELECTIONS WILL SEE NDC LOOSING BIG TIME BCOS WE HAVE SEEN AN INSENSITIVE AND CORRUPT GOVT WORSENING THE WOES OF NORTH, VOLTA AND CENTRAL REGIONS WHICH ARE NDC STRONGHOLDS.....NDC THIEVES.....AKANS DONT CARE WHO IS RULING AS LONG AS THE IS GOOD, TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN POWER BUT THIS NDC ARE THIEVES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR TRIBAL BACKGROUND.
Abena 10 years ago

You validate my view. NPP would have won the 2008 elections hands down if the party gurus have thought statigically and promoted the VP and elected him.

You validate my view. NPP would have won the 2008 elections hands down if the party gurus have thought statigically and promoted the VP and elected him.
mr Tina 10 years ago

When people talk about NPP tribalism, they always complain but it is the truth. Any time their leaders give speeches, they always say, Y3 Akan fuo.

When people talk about NPP tribalism, they always complain but it is the truth. Any time their leaders give speeches, they always say, Y3 Akan fuo.
KOFI NIMAKO 10 years ago

NPP has never lost any elections in Ghana since 1992. It always been fraudulent and a clear example was what we witnessed during the 2012 Presidential Elections. Nobody even talks about the parliamentary and focus has been ...
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NPP has never lost any elections in Ghana since 1992. It always been fraudulent and a clear example was what we witnessed during the 2012 Presidential Elections. Nobody even talks about the parliamentary and focus has been of former. As the Nigerian would say we should shine shine our eyes for the next one. Do you what would happen? Extremely alertness which may result in violence. GOD BLESS GHANA
Samson 10 years ago

Attah should move on, being bitter, resentful and seeking revenge is also arrogance. May soul of Veep Aliu RIPP.

Attah should move on, being bitter, resentful and seeking revenge is also arrogance. May soul of Veep Aliu RIPP.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

Bawumia is the only idiot from the north,does he think he will get a chance in "Y3N AKANFO" PARTY? He should go and ask the late ALIU MAHAMA THIEF KUFOUR'S VICE. When kufour was travelling allover the world, vice president AL ...
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Bawumia is the only idiot from the north,does he think he will get a chance in "Y3N AKANFO" PARTY? He should go and ask the late ALIU MAHAMA THIEF KUFOUR'S VICE. When kufour was travelling allover the world, vice president ALIU was the one does the dirty job for "Y3N AKANFO" PARTY. At the end of all this struggling by ALIU, the evil "Y3N AKANFO" PARTY NPP denied him the presidency,and humble VICE PRESIDENT ALIU got heart attack which ends him up in his early GRAVE.
PATRICK. 10 years ago

who cares about tribalism when ndc is busy looting our wealth and wasting on cronies like woyome, sada, gyeeda, jdebts, rlg-govt collusion.....is haruna atta saying that ghanaians are so so so stupid that we only eat and drin ...
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who cares about tribalism when ndc is busy looting our wealth and wasting on cronies like woyome, sada, gyeeda, jdebts, rlg-govt collusion.....is haruna atta saying that ghanaians are so so so stupid that we only eat and drink and sleep TRIBALISM AT THE EXPENSE OF GOOD GOVNCE....WE DONT CARE WHO IS RULING AS LONG AS THERE IS GOOD GOVNCE SO HARUNA ATTA AND HIS COHORTS SHD GET THIS CLEAR....THE NEXT ELECTIONS WILL SEE NDC LOOSING BIG TIME BCOS WE HAVE SEEN AN INSENSITIVE AND CORRUPT GOVT WORSENING THE WOES OF NORTH, VOLTA AND CENTRAL REGIONS WHICH ARE NDC STRONGHOLDS.....NDC THIEVES.....AKANS DONT CARE WHO IS RULING AS LONG AS THE IS GOOD, TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN POWER BUT THIS NDC ARE THIEVES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR TRIBAL BACKGROUND.
TOMTOM 10 years ago

You hit the nail right in the head. Thanks for been truthful b'cos the truth hurts but when considered, becomes beneficial.

You hit the nail right in the head. Thanks for been truthful b'cos the truth hurts but when considered, becomes beneficial.
Prof. Appiah, USA 10 years ago

I always said the NPP should allow Aliu to go unopposed if they wanted to win the 2008 elections. Yet, it fell on death ears. Instead, 17 men competed for the flag bearer position and the rest is history. If they want to win ...
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I always said the NPP should allow Aliu to go unopposed if they wanted to win the 2008 elections. Yet, it fell on death ears. Instead, 17 men competed for the flag bearer position and the rest is history. If they want to win power in 2016, they should let Nana-Bawumia go unopposed. They need to learn something from Krobo Edusei and General Mosquito. They should also tone down the Akan rhetoric.
YAW ODURO 10 years ago

IT IS RATHER THE TRUTH OF ASHANTI REGION BEING A NATION WITHIN A NATION OF GHANA THROUGH THE BOND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE ASHANTIS IN 1901 AFTER THE YAA ASENTEWAA WAR 1900, THAT MADE THE ASHANTIS JOIN TE GOLD CO ...
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IT IS RATHER THE TRUTH OF ASHANTI REGION BEING A NATION WITHIN A NATION OF GHANA THROUGH THE BOND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE ASHANTIS IN 1901 AFTER THE YAA ASENTEWAA WAR 1900, THAT MADE THE ASHANTIS JOIN TE GOLD COAST.
Victor 10 years ago

Stop this diversion and concentrate on the main issues of rectifying our electoral process.The minority tribes cry victim and practice more tribalism when in power as is the case now. Follow appointments in Mahama government ...
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Stop this diversion and concentrate on the main issues of rectifying our electoral process.The minority tribes cry victim and practice more tribalism when in power as is the case now. Follow appointments in Mahama government and boards for answers.
KWESI 10 years ago

HELLO WE ARE LOOKING FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO TRAVEL AND WORK IN AUSTRALIA. SKILLED AND UNSKILLED PEOPLE ALIKE.ALL WE NEED IS PEOPLE WHO ARE STRONG AND CAN WORK FOR LONG HOURS.
APPLICANTS WOULD HAVE TO PASS A MEDICAL BEFORE BEIN ...
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HELLO WE ARE LOOKING FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO TRAVEL AND WORK IN AUSTRALIA. SKILLED AND UNSKILLED PEOPLE ALIKE.ALL WE NEED IS PEOPLE WHO ARE STRONG AND CAN WORK FOR LONG HOURS.
APPLICANTS WOULD HAVE TO PASS A MEDICAL BEFORE BEING ACCEPTED.THE PRICE IS GH 10,000 EXCLUDING UR TICKET COST.
PLS ONLY SERIOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MEANS AVAILABLE SHOULD CALL ME ON 0249318847 FOR FURTHER INFO. THANKS
Raymond Agbeli 10 years ago

Ten thousand ghana?how many cam afford this buddy?

Ten thousand ghana?how many cam afford this buddy?
Rita 10 years ago

You are right on the money, my friend.

You are right on the money, my friend.
Papa Yaws 10 years ago

How

How
Osei Yao 10 years ago

The danquah/Busia/Dombo tradition is nothing but tribalism forced together by marriage of convenience and legal requirement. The UGCC was elitist movement. Nkrumah was sacked for involving the active participation of the yout ...
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The danquah/Busia/Dombo tradition is nothing but tribalism forced together by marriage of convenience and legal requirement. The UGCC was elitist movement. Nkrumah was sacked for involving the active participation of the youth who were described as " the flotsam and jetsam of society" by Danquah
TJ Hooker 10 years ago

This is stupid argument over here about NPP tribalism. It`s so sick in the stomach about JJ and NDC propaganda tribal game which has influence the nations 71.5% illiterates. You telling that the overwhelming dominating Ewes i ...
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This is stupid argument over here about NPP tribalism. It`s so sick in the stomach about JJ and NDC propaganda tribal game which has influence the nations 71.5% illiterates. You telling that the overwhelming dominating Ewes in NDC is not consider tribalism. Are you better off now under Mahama and his NDC administration? vote them back in power 2016. The extreme hatred against the Akans (Ashantis in particular)is going to drive you nowhere. They are still courageous, audacious, self esteem and proud of their cultural heritage. that`s their pride, why bother.
Ekuma 10 years ago

Vote for Sir John. I am tired of Ghana political stupidity and foolishness .

Vote for the 'SAkRAWONO' Chompia. Nonsense

Vote for Sir John. I am tired of Ghana political stupidity and foolishness .

Vote for the 'SAkRAWONO' Chompia. Nonsense
Neutral 10 years ago

I agree with you a 100%.

I agree with you a 100%.
kb 10 years ago

Ei Oga na asemsebe o.Someone hit the face of a drum.

Ei Oga na asemsebe o.Someone hit the face of a drum.
concern observer 10 years ago

This time round one outsmarted the other.

This time round one outsmarted the other.
Akonfem President 10 years ago

tseaaaa

tseaaaa
Shanana 10 years ago

"..“This ethnic rivalry is a very big problem in the party. If this is not a problem, the NPP will not have rejected a sitting Vice-President the way they did, it was clearly a problem. They got the chance to push up a cert ...
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"..“This ethnic rivalry is a very big problem in the party. If this is not a problem, the NPP will not have rejected a sitting Vice-President the way they did, it was clearly a problem. They got the chance to push up a certain vice-president who could have won the elections for them...."

Vice presidents are chosen based on complementarity. They are not chosen as successors to presidents else we wouldn't always have a North - South team. It is obvious that John Mahama is vice-presidential material. He was a very good veep but a poor president. The NDC should have allowed those who wanted to be presidents to run instead of anointing a veep 'cos he was a veep.

Check the US whose system we tried to mirror. You can count the veeps who became presidents on your fingers. Biden surely is not becoming president \.

Aliu Mahama was a wonderful person. Very calm and noble. But he never exhibited attributes of a president. Beside he put himself up for nomination and LOST. Haruna, you are at liberty to join a swedru-declared president party. But making people president because they are veeps is a recipe for MEDIOCRITY, as we are witnessing now. Can you imagine say Spio running the country? Things would have been more professionally run, and AKONFEM, GYEEDA and WOYOME would not have made their way into Ghana's political lexicon.
Mankind 10 years ago

Steeling made them my man

Steeling made them my man
NAA4U 10 years ago

IT IS EXACTLY THAT MY BRO. SELF CENTREDNESS,EGOTISM, ARROGANCE, ETHNOCENTRICISM CAUSED THEIR DEFEAT AND IT WILL COST THEM BIG TIME IN 2016

IT IS EXACTLY THAT MY BRO. SELF CENTREDNESS,EGOTISM, ARROGANCE, ETHNOCENTRICISM CAUSED THEIR DEFEAT AND IT WILL COST THEM BIG TIME IN 2016
PATRICK. 10 years ago

SO ALL THAT NON AKANS THINK ABOUT IS HOW TO STAY IN POVERTY WHILST THE FEW NDC CRIMINALS LOOT CREATE AND SHARE EH ? who cares about tribalism when ndc is busy looting our wealth and wasting on cronies like woyome, sada, gyeed ...
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SO ALL THAT NON AKANS THINK ABOUT IS HOW TO STAY IN POVERTY WHILST THE FEW NDC CRIMINALS LOOT CREATE AND SHARE EH ? who cares about tribalism when ndc is busy looting our wealth and wasting on cronies like woyome, sada, gyeeda, jdebts, rlg-govt collusion.....is haruna atta saying that ghanaians are so so so stupid that we only eat and drink and sleep TRIBALISM AT THE EXPENSE OF GOOD GOVNCE....WE DONT CARE WHO IS RULING AS LONG AS THERE IS GOOD GOVNCE SO HARUNA ATTA AND HIS COHORTS SHD GET THIS CLEAR....THE NEXT ELECTIONS WILL SEE NDC LOOSING BIG TIME BCOS WE HAVE SEEN AN INSENSITIVE AND CORRUPT GOVT WORSENING THE WOES OF NORTH, VOLTA AND CENTRAL REGIONS WHICH ARE NDC STRONGHOLDS.....NDC THIEVES.....AKANS DONT CARE WHO IS RULING AS LONG AS THE IS GOOD, TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN POWER BUT THIS NDC ARE THIEVES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR TRIBAL BACKGROUND.
Kwabena Apuntuah 10 years ago

What do you know that we all don't know that we need to listen to you? Look who is paying your bills now. Whether the NPP is tribalistic or not, they are NOT ruling the country and look at what is happening now. People leave ...
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What do you know that we all don't know that we need to listen to you? Look who is paying your bills now. Whether the NPP is tribalistic or not, they are NOT ruling the country and look at what is happening now. People leave the NPP alone and lets find solutions to the current problems in Ghana with mismanagement and corruption.
Foreign MP (fr) 10 years ago

Useless thought.Even Mahama himsely he bought the élections but not won it.He will never enjoy peace until he steps down at his own will.Its clear Mahama could hardly see throgh the second year of his leadership.The most use ...
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Useless thought.Even Mahama himsely he bought the élections but not won it.He will never enjoy peace until he steps down at his own will.Its clear Mahama could hardly see throgh the second year of his leadership.The most useless and careless head of state in the world at the moment.Once again,we say thank you afari-gyan,atuguba and mrs chief Justice
Sandi 10 years ago

Mahama is set to be the longest ruling president in the fouth republic.8YERAS THREE MONTHS. So sayest the spirit of the LORD and it will be a time of peace and prosperity for Ghana. I court case is over. The market burners wi ...
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Mahama is set to be the longest ruling president in the fouth republic.8YERAS THREE MONTHS. So sayest the spirit of the LORD and it will be a time of peace and prosperity for Ghana. I court case is over. The market burners will soon see that they are getting no where. Corruption will be tamed. Investors will return. Oil revenue will increase. The cedi will stabilize. Ghana will the runners up in 2014 world cup. Akufo Addo will get a grand son.
Amen
PAA KWAO 10 years ago

that haruna atta or what ever he called himself is another sensiless idiot person.ASHLOCK

that haruna atta or what ever he called himself is another sensiless idiot person.ASHLOCK
shit 10 years ago

YOU ARE A FOOL YOU SO CALED BASTARD YOU ALL LIVE YOUR POOR AHANTI TO COME TO ACCRA FOR A LIVING WHY DONT YOU LIVE IN BUSH ASHANTI BASTARD SO CALLED NANA KWESI SHIT IF THE SEA WAS TO BE IN YOUR AREA YOU WILL COVER IT WITH FENC ...
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YOU ARE A FOOL YOU SO CALED BASTARD YOU ALL LIVE YOUR POOR AHANTI TO COME TO ACCRA FOR A LIVING WHY DONT YOU LIVE IN BUSH ASHANTI BASTARD SO CALLED NANA KWESI SHIT IF THE SEA WAS TO BE IN YOUR AREA YOU WILL COVER IT WITH FENCE BUT GOD ID GREAT THAN YOU BASTARDS
Seymour Gray, LL.B. (USA) 10 years ago

UNITY IS THE ANSWER! LET US JOIN, LET US NOT WORK FOR ANY PATICULAR ETHNIC GROUP. WE MUST WORK FOR ONLY THE NPP!

UNITY IS THE ANSWER! LET US JOIN, LET US NOT WORK FOR ANY PATICULAR ETHNIC GROUP. WE MUST WORK FOR ONLY THE NPP!
Big Jay 10 years ago

You are idiot,and you don't understand what you're talking about.
NPP lost the 2012 elections because DR Afari Djan conspired with the ruling NDC to rig the elections,period.
There is no tribalism in NPP,it is part of NDC p ...
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You are idiot,and you don't understand what you're talking about.
NPP lost the 2012 elections because DR Afari Djan conspired with the ruling NDC to rig the elections,period.
There is no tribalism in NPP,it is part of NDC propaganda to whip up tribalism in NPp for their selfish interest.It will never work.
What NDc must note is that whether tribalism or Ashanti and Akyem faction, Nana Akuffo Addo will lead the party in 2016.All your nonsense of 'All Die be Die'against Nana Addo will not hold because Nana had proved beyond all reasonable doubt that he is a Man of peace.
If ndc strategy is to use tribalism,and their perceived Ashanti/Akyem faction against NPP, then NDC would be miserable in 2016 elections.
tonny 10 years ago

this guy is stupid.what about the b\a's who voted massively for NDC ,most of them are akans.

this guy is stupid.what about the b\a's who voted massively for NDC ,most of them are akans.
tonny 10 years ago

even in KUMASI where they sought refuge EWES stink,go inside ANLOGA and see how they live their stinky live at OSIEKROM.

even in KUMASI where they sought refuge EWES stink,go inside ANLOGA and see how they live their stinky live at OSIEKROM.
New Sheriff in Town 10 years ago

Hypocrite of an Alhaji. You said you were quitting politics but would not refuse any position under John Mahama as a president? You hear of imminent reshuffle and still think you must say something against the NPP to be notic ...
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Hypocrite of an Alhaji. You said you were quitting politics but would not refuse any position under John Mahama as a president? You hear of imminent reshuffle and still think you must say something against the NPP to be noticed by the clueless president. From where do you stand to make such observations about the NPP? As a member or a former member? Where is your moral stand after abandoning a principle because you felt the late Aliu Mahama should have been made an automatic successor to Kufuor because he is a northerner? You use the Daily Mail to condemn Rawling's Swedru declaration of Atta Mills as his successor. To you, and the likes of Kwesi Pratt, Kweku Baako, Obed Asamoah, Gussie Tandoh, Kyeretwie Opoku, et all Rawlings was wrong in that declaration but the hypocrite that you are you still think nobody should have been allowed to contest Aliu Mahama because he is a northerner and an Abudu brother of yours? It's a shame how your own wife's siter Konadu Agyeman Rawlings got her sacked from GBC during Jerry Rawlings' presidency yet you claim to have forgiven Jerry Rawlings and his NDC. To the contrary you are not able to "forgive" a political party that save you from imprisonment and gave you the ability to send your daughter to one of the best and most expensive women's college in the USA. You abandoned your democratic principles in favour of cronyism and ethnic sentiments. That Aliu Mahama excuse you used to "jump ship" as it were only exposes you as an opportunist, especially when you openly crave for an appointment with the Mahama led NDC 3/4

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