CPP refutes allegation of Nkrumah’s refusal to meet Mandela

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no mercy 10 years ago

Hallo don´t compare Nelson Mandela
to Nkrumah,Nkrumah Kwame missused
Ghana Gold.in Egypt for woman,Samia
look your self,shit,shut your mouth

Hallo don´t compare Nelson Mandela
to Nkrumah,Nkrumah Kwame missused
Ghana Gold.in Egypt for woman,Samia
look your self,shit,shut your mouth
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

still relevant

still relevant
Justice 10 years ago

First of all I don't see where in this article anyone tries to COMPARE Nkrumah to Mandela. The rest of your assertions clearly reflect on you. Just WASH your mouth and I wonder if your parents are proud of the person they rai ...
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First of all I don't see where in this article anyone tries to COMPARE Nkrumah to Mandela. The rest of your assertions clearly reflect on you. Just WASH your mouth and I wonder if your parents are proud of the person they raised.
DARK DAYS IN GHANA 10 years ago

Mrs Musaka said: “Today we are celebrating one of the giants of Africa, but we cannot forget the man who started the whole thing; Dr Kwame Nkrumah”.

Madam Jeanette Thokozile Ndhlovu, South Africa’s High Commissioner ...
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Mrs Musaka said: “Today we are celebrating one of the giants of Africa, but we cannot forget the man who started the whole thing; Dr Kwame Nkrumah”.

Madam Jeanette Thokozile Ndhlovu, South Africa’s High Commissioner to Ghana, was full of praise of Ghana’s principal role during her country’s struggle for independence and against racial discrimination.

She lauded the role of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, who contributed so much during their liberation struggle".
DARK DAYS IN GHANA 10 years ago

Justice...the above was NOT intended for you. It is in respond to the fool "no mercy".

Justice...the above was NOT intended for you. It is in respond to the fool "no mercy".
trueghanian 10 years ago

Warren Buffet, the second richest man in America, worth over $40 Billion, has a son who has over 9,000 acres of land in south Africa while most blacks in south African had their lands taken away from them during the colonial ...
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Warren Buffet, the second richest man in America, worth over $40 Billion, has a son who has over 9,000 acres of land in south Africa while most blacks in south African had their lands taken away from them during the colonial era.
DARK DAYS IN GHANA 10 years ago

Precisely what the so called free enterprise system and private sector development will leave us. The private sector is monopolized at the top by capitalists who control the finance machinery to out compete entrepreneurs in t ...
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Precisely what the so called free enterprise system and private sector development will leave us. The private sector is monopolized at the top by capitalists who control the finance machinery to out compete entrepreneurs in the developing nations in Africa. If Africa follows the west and its "private sector is the engine of development" concept, rather than the socialist concept with the government as the leader in development programs, the way the CPP was going in the 1960s under Nkrumah, the west will recolonize Africa again. Their own economies are crumbling whereas Africa's economy is growing, and they have the money to invest in everything from the extractive industry to the hospitality industry. Any African nation that thinks they can compete against the west in private sector development will lose. Capitalism will swallow Africa like a python swallowing eggs.
oppong london 10 years ago

what is all this argument for,nkrumah died fucking years ago and mandela too is gone,so please leave them to rest and let,s focus on the trailing and ailing economy ,mahama is looting the country more rapidly than thames flow ...
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what is all this argument for,nkrumah died fucking years ago and mandela too is gone,so please leave them to rest and let,s focus on the trailing and ailing economy ,mahama is looting the country more rapidly than thames flowing into the sea.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

Nkrumah never dies

Nkrumah never dies
Pelicles 10 years ago

Don't we have anything to discuss than this dead news? Both men have played their part on the political scene and are gone so, what is the sense in trying to stoke dead embers?

Don't we have anything to discuss than this dead news? Both men have played their part on the political scene and are gone so, what is the sense in trying to stoke dead embers?
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

still relevant... why do you think Ghana is in a mess?

still relevant... why do you think Ghana is in a mess?
Shabi 10 years ago

Pelicles obviously you are not very well educated. If you were, you would know the relevance of history in academia as well as in politics.

Socially, as the saying goes, "a man who does not know where he comes from, would ...
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Pelicles obviously you are not very well educated. If you were, you would know the relevance of history in academia as well as in politics.

Socially, as the saying goes, "a man who does not know where he comes from, would obviously not know where he is headed to".

There are a thousand issues that are buzzing around in the public domain. If this one does not interest you, please tune in to any one of the others.

Finally both of the two gentlemen being discussed represent important pillars of thought and political direction in the development of Africa and the Black man all over the world. They may be physically dead in earthly terms, but their political legacy remains relevant and moot to the present and the future of Africa.

I suggest that you go round the corner to the local akpeteshie bar and take a tot and settle for one of those naive and petty African movies. That may excite you more than this intellectual discourse
African Tiger 10 years ago

Well Pelicles by his African name Pelicles being very sarcastic surely would find himself more comfortable in Europe or America where they will welcome him as the good house negro.
On a more serious note, Aristotle, Plato a ...
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Well Pelicles by his African name Pelicles being very sarcastic surely would find himself more comfortable in Europe or America where they will welcome him as the good house negro.
On a more serious note, Aristotle, Plato and Rosseau are long dead but they continue to influence the course of Western civilization. Nkrumah and Mandela are in the same category, their life and work will and should continue to influence African civilization.
4Ward Ever 10 years ago

This unnecessary controversy based on falsehoods was deliberately started by Kweku Baako and Kwesi Pratt - respectively moles and operatives for NPP and NDC. Ask them your question. Don't vent your irritation on those who are ...
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This unnecessary controversy based on falsehoods was deliberately started by Kweku Baako and Kwesi Pratt - respectively moles and operatives for NPP and NDC. Ask them your question. Don't vent your irritation on those who are clarifying the situation.
KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 10 years ago

The CPP is the party most feared by the imperialists and their cronies in Africa and are doing all they can to prevent it from getting power in Ghana.This is because the CPP led the fight to chase colonialism out of Africa an ...
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The CPP is the party most feared by the imperialists and their cronies in Africa and are doing all they can to prevent it from getting power in Ghana.This is because the CPP led the fight to chase colonialism out of Africa and will never bow to the dictates of the neo-colonialists and their black associates in Africa.
osei yaw - london 10 years ago

Apartheid South Africa was after Nkrumah before Mandale came to the scene; and

- apartheid South Africa was worried more about Nkrumah than Mandale; for Nkrumah had spoken to the hearing of apartheid South Africa that, li ...
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Apartheid South Africa was after Nkrumah before Mandale came to the scene; and

- apartheid South Africa was worried more about Nkrumah than Mandale; for Nkrumah had spoken to the hearing of apartheid South Africa that, liberated Gold Coast was meaningless without the liberation of the entire colonised Africa including apartheid South Africa

- Nkrumah had already done the job for Mandale; and, it mattered not if Nkrumah was too ill (the consequence of terrorist Akim JB Danquah's Kulungugu bombs) to see Mandela on his visit

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
4Ward Ever 10 years ago

You've said the absolute truth and it warms my heart that others can see this most evil and long-continuing imperialist strategy against the CPP. It's not surprising that the two people who started this unnecessary Mandela vr ...
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You've said the absolute truth and it warms my heart that others can see this most evil and long-continuing imperialist strategy against the CPP. It's not surprising that the two people who started this unnecessary Mandela vrs Nkrumah controversy, Kweku Baako and Kwesi Pratt, are well-known shills for NPP and NDC. This is exactly how the imperialists operate - using people from deep inside their target. That's why we had very dubious presidential candidates worming their way into CPP's highest
rungs of power. You have already seen Sakara pushing multinational-owned GMO's and talking about running for the CPP presidential nomination again! Until CPP maintains tight vigilance and serious vetting of its candidates, it is doomed.
Nii Okai 10 years ago

Really Africa's Nkrumah laid a foundation of love and life line for the liberation of Africans from the hands of their destroyers, the white evil machine that continues today to crush Africa's development by eliminating their ...
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Really Africa's Nkrumah laid a foundation of love and life line for the liberation of Africans from the hands of their destroyers, the white evil machine that continues today to crush Africa's development by eliminating their brightful ones.

Whatever things be Nkrumah surely loved Mandela who was also a freedom fighter in his South Africa. Basically God used Nkrumah as the foundation, on which to stand to develop the strategy of overcoming the evil world of the white's evil mind towards the blackman, especially the visionary ones among the black race.

Naturally Nkrumah being a father to all those freedom fighters would never refuse to receive the ANC'S leader, Mandela and his group. The Ghanaians of the opposite side of Nkrumah should not try to create an enviroment of hatred between our Africa's greatest man Nkrumah and his younger brother also of higher mind of love, Mandela.

Lets cheer up the day of Mandela, for the good sacrifice he made for his people in South Africa in particular and Africa and the whole wide world, showing the white people the way of how to share genuine love among people concerning God's properties in the world we live.

In normal terms Mandela' eventual reaction reminds and teaches the white man's world that it should not be of the killing of the intelligent Black people so that they take the world as their only property--an evil mind.

The world is for all races. Finally shame unto the white people's evil minds. Living together in this world makes life worth living.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

forward ever backward never

forward ever backward never
Yaw Baah-Berima 10 years ago

Rep:Nii Okai u are yourseif both Osagyefo-Madiba puting together.Well said,UP YOU.

Rep:Nii Okai u are yourseif both Osagyefo-Madiba puting together.Well said,UP YOU.
Kenneth Osei-Afriyie 10 years ago

This is nothing short but an attempt by the reactionary anti-Nkrumaist and modern day Ma Te Me Ho reactionary activists to once again continue with their demonisation of the Osagyefo. Ironically, it was these same reactionary ...
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This is nothing short but an attempt by the reactionary anti-Nkrumaist and modern day Ma Te Me Ho reactionary activists to once again continue with their demonisation of the Osagyefo. Ironically, it was these same reactionary elements who caused the ex-President to miss the meeting with Mandela. It was their terrorist attack in Kulungugu which resulted in the President needing long-term treatment and recuperation hence missing meeting the anti-apartheid icon. Big Shame on all Nkrumah's enemies.
Owuau Kinsley 10 years ago

civilised South Africans celebrate Mandela while the uncivilised Ghanaian sect the Twi speaking Ghanaians (Ma te me ho)disgrace him. "se wo'anya biribi a'ma wo'ase a, yenbo no kuronoo" NKRUMAH IS THE PACE SETTER, THEY ALL INC ...
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civilised South Africans celebrate Mandela while the uncivilised Ghanaian sect the Twi speaking Ghanaians (Ma te me ho)disgrace him. "se wo'anya biribi a'ma wo'ase a, yenbo no kuronoo" NKRUMAH IS THE PACE SETTER, THEY ALL INCLUDING MANDELA
LEARNED FROM HIM
Owuau Kinsley 10 years ago

MAA SAMIAH, LEAVE THEM, SHAMEFULL PEOPLE.MOST OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILITANTS WERE TRAINED IN GHANA AND TANZANIA,BUT THETANZANIAS DID'NT CRY AGAINST MR NYERERE. TODAY SOUTH AFRICANS ARE PRAISING TANZANIANS.WE CRIED FOR THE HEA ...
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MAA SAMIAH, LEAVE THEM, SHAMEFULL PEOPLE.MOST OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILITANTS WERE TRAINED IN GHANA AND TANZANIA,BUT THETANZANIAS DID'NT CRY AGAINST MR NYERERE. TODAY SOUTH AFRICANS ARE PRAISING TANZANIANS.WE CRIED FOR THE HEAD OF OSAGYEFO AND DUE TO THAT SOUTH AFRICANS DID NOT MENTION GHANA MEANWHILE WE WERE THE PACE SETTERS.
TEE 10 years ago

YOU ARE SO BUSH THAT I CAN'T EVEN WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU BCOS YOU ARE EMPTY HEADED AND YOU COME FROM BUSH BOTH YOUR PARENTS AND YOURSELF. NKRUMAH TOLD YOUR PARENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL, THEY REFUSED AND STARTED T ...
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YOU ARE SO BUSH THAT I CAN'T EVEN WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO SOMEONE LIKE YOU BCOS YOU ARE EMPTY HEADED AND YOU COME FROM BUSH BOTH YOUR PARENTS AND YOURSELF. NKRUMAH TOLD YOUR PARENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL, THEY REFUSED AND STARTED THROWING BOMBS AND YOU DID NOT ALSO GO TO SCHOOL, SO SHUT YOUR STINKING MOUTH, COCOA ASII BUSH BOY, NEVER TALK ABOUT NKRUMAH AGAIN. YOU HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT NKRUMAH IDIOT
Kofi B. Shepherd 10 years ago

FACELESS AND NAMELESS "NO MERCY", YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN EMPTY COCONUT HEAD.
YOU MUST BE ASHAMED OF YOUR 'INHUMANITY'.

WE WANT TO HEAR BETTER AND PROGRESSIVE COMMENTS NOT YOUR BACKWARDNESS!

FACELESS AND NAMELESS "NO MERCY", YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN EMPTY COCONUT HEAD.
YOU MUST BE ASHAMED OF YOUR 'INHUMANITY'.

WE WANT TO HEAR BETTER AND PROGRESSIVE COMMENTS NOT YOUR BACKWARDNESS!
GENERAL DeGAULE 10 years ago

Mandela came to Ghana in 16962 because Nkrumah had by then lit the torch to proclaim that the Black race was equal to all other races and had the divine right to govern itself. That much is argued in a philosophical context i ...
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Mandela came to Ghana in 16962 because Nkrumah had by then lit the torch to proclaim that the Black race was equal to all other races and had the divine right to govern itself. That much is argued in a philosophical context in his book Consciencism. He justified black emancipation through arms struggle when Busia and Co were postulating dialogue with a regime which regarded the Black race not only an inferior race but a pariah of mankind.

The argument as to who is the greatest of them all is pointless. Obama said Mandela is the LAST OF THE GREAT AFRICAN LIBERATORS. He did not say the first or the greatest but LAST OF THE GREATEST. Being a Kenyan by heritage he is obviously aware of the role of Jomo Kenyatta and others like Nkrumah and Haile Selassie not to mention other Black folk like Marcus Garvey etc.

What we as succeeding generations have to do ids craft a unifying and all embrasive political philosophy that adopts the good in everyone and not engage in a pointless argument as to who is the greatest.
4Ward Ever 10 years ago

You are absolutely right that President Obama’s speech was misinterpreted. That is why I have pointed out that the two instigators of this unnecessary and divisive controversy based on falsehoods were agents-provocateurs.
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You are absolutely right that President Obama’s speech was misinterpreted. That is why I have pointed out that the two instigators of this unnecessary and divisive controversy based on falsehoods were agents-provocateurs.
However, it is important to also point out – and this is not connected to the Mandela vrs Nkrumah phony controversy – that Obama’s actions (policies) have not been misread. Obama, like all the leaders of the Western world, former friends and allies of Apartheid, highlighted Mandela’s forgiveness of his jailers and Apartheid South Africa, in his speech. The question begging to be asked then is HAS THE WESTERN WORLD SHOWN ANY “FORGIVENESS” TO BLACK SOUTH AFRICA? HAS WHITE SOUTH AFRICA SHOWN ANY “FORGIVENESS” TO BLACK SOUTH AFRICA? HAS THE UNITED STATES SHOWN ANY “FORGIVENESS” TO THE ANC”. To his very moment – as I write these comments -the United States, even under Obama’s leadership, maintains several ANC veteran freedom-fighters on their “terror watch list”!!! On October 28th, Tokyo Sexwale , a former ANC activist, prisoner at Robben Island, and ex-Minister of Housing was detained at JFK Airport in New York City on arrival because his name was on the terror watch list! Mind you, Sexwale is now a thriving capitalist – a billionaire Diamond Magnate – who had flown to New York on business! Nelson Mandela himself was only removed from the terror watch list in 2008, on the initiative of Condoleeza Rice, who disclosed that she had had to obtain a waiver each time Mandela wanted to visit the US even for a meeting at the UN. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Clinton did not remove Mandela from the terror watch list but they were there in South Africa “paying tribute”! How many more ANC veterans are still on the US watch list? How much of the 90% of fertile South African land has been restored to blacks (from whom it was stolen)? How much reparations in the form of aid has the Western world given to Black South Africa?
Forgiveness, my nyass! The struggle will continue!
J A KUFFOUR 10 years ago

Very well said.

Very well said.
NANA USED BAWUMIA 10 years ago

NKRUMAH WAS MANDELA'S ROLE MODEL. NKRUMAH SERVED AFRICA AND MANDELA SERVED SOUTH AFRICA. THE TWO PLAYED THE SAME ROLES IN DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS. THAT IS WHY NKRUMAH WAS NAMED OR VOTED THE GREATEST AFRICAN OF THE MILLENNIUM (10 ...
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NKRUMAH WAS MANDELA'S ROLE MODEL. NKRUMAH SERVED AFRICA AND MANDELA SERVED SOUTH AFRICA. THE TWO PLAYED THE SAME ROLES IN DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS. THAT IS WHY NKRUMAH WAS NAMED OR VOTED THE GREATEST AFRICAN OF THE MILLENNIUM (1000-2000 AD). MANDELA CAN BE VOTED AS THE MAN OF THE CENTURY (2000-2100).
AWUKU,ACCRA 10 years ago

Osagyefo the colossus who overshadowed his contemporaries the world over.Osagyefo is a force that can never be denigrated by his opponents.

Osagyefo the colossus who overshadowed his contemporaries the world over.Osagyefo is a force that can never be denigrated by his opponents.
J A KUFFOUR 10 years ago

Hear, hear!! Well said.

Hear, hear!! Well said.
4Ward Ever 10 years ago

Kweku Baako and Kwesi Pratt deliberately started this nonsense as agents provocateurs. The whole world knows Kweku Baako, by self-admission, is an NPP sympathizer, and Pratt an unapologetic NDC operative - not to mention - an ...
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Kweku Baako and Kwesi Pratt deliberately started this nonsense as agents provocateurs. The whole world knows Kweku Baako, by self-admission, is an NPP sympathizer, and Pratt an unapologetic NDC operative - not to mention - an intelligence asset for the US Embassy in Accra, as revealed by Wikileaks. These 2 anti-party elements should have been expelled a long time ago before they could cause any damage and unleash deliberately-divisive falsehoods.
J A KUFFOUR 10 years ago

Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum. The two idiots of Ghanaian journalism. Two traitors par excellence with very ugly faces to boot. We don't need such swine as Kofi Baako and Kwesi Pratt in Ghana.

Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum. The two idiots of Ghanaian journalism. Two traitors par excellence with very ugly faces to boot. We don't need such swine as Kofi Baako and Kwesi Pratt in Ghana.
Oheneba osei Yaw Akoto 10 years ago

USELESS BUSIA AND DANQUAH WANTED DIALOGUE WITH APARTHEID. NKRUMAH WANTED TO END IT THROUGH ARMED STRUGGLE.

USELESS BUSIA AND DANQUAH WANTED DIALOGUE WITH APARTHEID. NKRUMAH WANTED TO END IT THROUGH ARMED STRUGGLE.
Oman Ba 10 years ago

Apartheid ended through dialogue and not armed struggle. who was right, Busia or Nkrumah.

Apartheid ended through dialogue and not armed struggle. who was right, Busia or Nkrumah.
J A KUFFOUR 10 years ago

Wrong. The armed struggle finally brought the white oppressors to the negotiating table. They would not have otherwise willingly given up power. Yes, armed struggle is very important, ask Mao Tse Tung.

Wrong. The armed struggle finally brought the white oppressors to the negotiating table. They would not have otherwise willingly given up power. Yes, armed struggle is very important, ask Mao Tse Tung.
Oheneba osei Yaw Akoto 10 years ago

OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH

OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH
J A KUFFOUR 10 years ago

You are damned right.

You are damned right.
jahlove 10 years ago

The battle against Colonial domination is over, what about poverty, corruption, Hunger etc ?

The battle against Colonial domination is over, what about poverty, corruption, Hunger etc ?
DARK DAYS IN GHANA 10 years ago

What? Who said the battle is over? It is a new form of colonialism which Nkrumah warned Africa about. Nkrumah called it Neo-Colonialism, which the imperialists have re-named GLOBALIZATION! They simply are using surrogate Afri ...
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What? Who said the battle is over? It is a new form of colonialism which Nkrumah warned Africa about. Nkrumah called it Neo-Colonialism, which the imperialists have re-named GLOBALIZATION! They simply are using surrogate Africans to do the work of the new colonialism. They now sit in their offices in New York, London , and Paris, and manage Africa through our own people. Don't build schools, create jobs, no housing for the people, no healthcare, no transportation, water, electricity, consult us before you embark on any project. Actually don't use your own people to build anything, even digging graves. We will do all the work for you. And when it comes to food, we are even going to introduce now seeds called Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)to replace your indigenous foods. Corruption is a product of neo-colonialism.The battle is NOT over. It has even become much harder to defeat through our own ignorance. That is the battle we are now fighting. IGNORANCE.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY 10 years ago

UP-NPP fucking fool. They will do anything to tarnish the hard won image of Kwame Nkrumah.

UP-NPP fucking fool. They will do anything to tarnish the hard won image of Kwame Nkrumah.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY 10 years ago

Nkrumah was a COLOSSUS. Did so much for the African continent than any other person has.

Nkrumah was a COLOSSUS. Did so much for the African continent than any other person has.
abio 10 years ago

If Nkrummah did not meet Mandela let us know and also find the reasons for that If not the reason of recuperating from Kulungugu bomb is neither here nor there.Was Nkrumal on a sickbed after Kulungugu.

If Nkrummah did not meet Mandela let us know and also find the reasons for that If not the reason of recuperating from Kulungugu bomb is neither here nor there.Was Nkrumal on a sickbed after Kulungugu.
fredsaid 10 years ago

SAMIA NEVER APPEARS TO ADDRESS ANY NATIONAL ISSUES from economy, inflation, unemployment, education, housing, corruption, woyome, gyeeda, isofoton, African automobile, Subah, Info Solutions, etc. etc.

She is quiet all the ...
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SAMIA NEVER APPEARS TO ADDRESS ANY NATIONAL ISSUES from economy, inflation, unemployment, education, housing, corruption, woyome, gyeeda, isofoton, African automobile, Subah, Info Solutions, etc. etc.

She is quiet all the time and appear not to care about what is going on in the nation. (The same goes for Dr Nduom, the PPP, and the other parties)
The work of critical opposition is all left to NPP to do. How do they expect people to know their views, policies to vote for them when election comes. Is it surprising that they get no votes at elections?

The only time Samia comes out of her shell is when someone criticises her father or says something unforgiving. This is not how you win political office - by staying stum on all other issues if you are leader/chairperson of a serious party.

On newsfile and other fora, they never demand representation on the panel to discuss the issues of the day. How the hell do you inform people about what your party thinks about how to deal with Ghana's problems and what your solutions are.

Your politics, SAMIA and that of the CPP is becoming kindergarten stuff. The same goes for NDuom and the other parties.

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