Lordina Mahama shines in USA

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  • CHA 11 years ago

    Oh my goodness- first lady paaaa

  • Komla Agbeshie (Ho) 11 years ago

    Tweaa, birds with the same feathers,Mahama and his wife are not,not,not.

  • AOV 11 years ago

    She was a disaster. Prez. MAHAMA must hide her at home.

  • Gye Nyame 11 years ago

    OMG, what school did she attend? Mrs Mills is well educated and speaks very well, although I must say Naadu did not take on any serious cause considering her educational background, at least Lordina is doing a lot more in her ...
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  • OYOKOBA 11 years ago

    Shocking, the same hyperbolic sycophancy nonsense is being attributed to the First Lady of Cameroon, Chantal Biya, by the press over there.

    When you come to think of it, you can see that the two ladies engage in skin bleach ...
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  • Kwekunti 11 years ago

    Oyokofour are people who encourage people to achieve more in order to build their states.

    You need to do constructive criticism not destructive. English is a language we learn and not ours, even the Britons do mistakes in ...
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  • NYARKO U.S.A. 11 years ago

    THANK YOU KWEKUNTI AND WELL SAID. GHANAIANS ARE ALWAYS READY TO CRITICIZE AND THAT IS IN THEIR DNA.
    ENGLISH IS NOT OUR LANGUAGE WE LEARN IN SCHOOL AS OTHERS SAID.
    WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE FIRST LADY'S SPEECH ? HUMAN BEINGS C ...
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  • KOFI ABAS 11 years ago

    @ GIMPA WITH BAWUMIA'S WIFE AND EXCELLED.DID SHE BUY THE DEGREE? I LIKE HER THOUGH, SHE IS INDUSTROUS

  • John 11 years ago

    Bawumia's wife had her MBA whilst Lordina did a first degree,anyway its still a disgrace to GIMPA.

  • KENKEY BOY 11 years ago

    THIS GIRL-CHILD THING IS NO NEWS. PLEASE GIVE US A BREAK. YOU HAVE MONEY TO SPEND ON USELESS THINGS. FIND MONEY LOCALLY FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN, BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE COUNTRY ...

  • Fonka 11 years ago

    Hey guys, this is not fair. The import of Lordina's speech was well understood. She may not have shined but certainly not a disgrace. She did the best she could. She is a woman and deserves our respect and support. Leave Lord ...
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  • Kwaku Baako 11 years ago

    Say it again

  • insight to the bone 11 years ago

    Everybody is complaining bitterly but very few dare speak the truth . We shall never move forward until the undeclared war against the Akans, discrimination of the majority and anti Akan propaganda hate agenda is resolved. On ...
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  • Eshun 11 years ago

    Please listen to the speech on you tube
    Its illiterate. Very embarrassing.

  • Kwekunti 11 years ago

    You don't know even where to put your punctuations and how to choose the rightful words, yet you are criticizing.... Oh Ghanaians

  • HANSON TEMA 11 years ago

    Some body please help her. She needs training. Speech reading is an art. She can learn it. Some body please teach her

  • Awotwe Arthur 11 years ago

    Queen Elizabeth ,Margaret Thatcher Princess Diana all of these public figures had public speaking training.
    Lordina needs training.

  • Eva 11 years ago

    You are right. Our focus should be the context of her speech. I have never heard her speak in an official capacity. She clearly needs a lot of help with her speech. A speech coach will be helpful

  • Thomas 11 years ago

    Well, on the positive side it may not be said that she cannot read. Contrariwise, does her elocution represent the apex of 12+ years of instruction in the English language? Certainly her own teachers had to have been deficien ...
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  • Sam 11 years ago

    Can you do any better? Who did you think should speak for Africa? the first lady of Nigeria?

  • Lexus 11 years ago

    Oh Lawdy!!!
    Na nso eben?
    Kojoto!
    Egble!
    Agya Wadwo)!!!
    Poor Lady was speaking like she was biting on some heay-duty plantain, or Daavi biscuit[ Agbeli kaklo ] or maybe some tuo zaafi with wele!!

  • MR-NOKWARE 11 years ago

    I think she need`s a mouth surgery,otherwise she should not speak @ big sessions @ all.I also have a good mouth wash that can cure her jaw wounds for free,but unless she advise her husband to step down.Amen !!

  • Aku sika 11 years ago

    Stop her from public speaking. She is an illiterate. Oh lord no.

  • JONES 11 years ago

    DID THE PEOPLE AT THE MEETING SAID THEY DID NO HEAR WHAT SHE WAS SAYING?OR WAS HE SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.

  • Kwame Kumi 11 years ago

    Maybe they didn't say they didn't understand what she said. But would you sincerely describe her performance as in any way that resembles a 'shine'? To me, personally, I think she was disappointment. We've heard other Firs ...
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  • David Amamoo 11 years ago

    WHAT SHIT IS THIS?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMwIkuoAMj0

  • Ka Na Wu 11 years ago

    Shines with all the bad grammar, intonations and pronounciations. Oh Ghana. This a northerner with bad English.

  • SEIDU JOHNSON 11 years ago

    INFACT I REALLY DON´T KNOW WHO ADVICE MAHAMA´S WIFE TO GET ONTO THIS CONFERENCE. HER SPEECH WAS REALLY DISGRACE TO GHANA AND AFRICA.

  • Queen 11 years ago

    If you think Lordina English is bad, try listening to Nigeria First Lady, Patience Jonathan on YouTube.

  • Haddasah Owusu 11 years ago

    She is not a northerner, she's from Brong Ahafo, just didn't take her school seriously or was short changed by the socio cultural system as a Girl child.

  • Maame 11 years ago

    She is not a northern. Her husband is.

  • Ka Na Wu 11 years ago

    Did she ever go to school?

  • Akadu Mensema 11 years ago

    You sound like those who strain to speak like Americans!

  • dani 11 years ago

    WHILE FALKS IN GHAN CANT FEED THEMSELFS WHAT ASHAME

  • Billy Amuh 11 years ago

    where did Mahama get this one from? Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. My God. You can't even pronounce Africa? My God

  • Abrantie 11 years ago

    This paper is not telling us the truth.The woman speaks very bad English and this you say she shines. Shining in what, Her bright face?

  • okukuseku 11 years ago

    Hey, Abrantie! Youmust admit that she speaks better English than your K4.

  • Ghanaba 11 years ago

    Hey Abrante, we have all watched the video too and she speak good English but with Ghanaian accent She not a disgrace Period
    Nana Konadu Rawlings is better though!

  • maam 11 years ago

    Billy Amuh.. I think your parents could do better than this. So sit down.

  • Peter Johnson 11 years ago

    My gosh!

  • TEE 11 years ago

    DR. NKRUMAH SAID WE DHOULD SPEAK ENGLISH AS AN AFRICAN, SHE DONE HER BIT PERIOD

  • maam 11 years ago

    SEIDU JOHNSON, JUST LIKE YOIR MAMA AND father disgrace ghana by wasting thrir sleep in conceiving you.

  • Tommy 11 years ago

    Only the so called Republic can see that she shines. Same reporters who said she was great!!! Keep telling that to yourselves and eventually you will believe it. No amount of Russian/ communist style propaganda will help. Sh ...
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  • Kwaku Amankwah 11 years ago

    Sounds like she had a piece of meat in the mouth Eiii

  • TEE 11 years ago

    PERIOD

  • kwasi u s a 11 years ago

    I think us embassy is making fun of her,i watched her speech it was terrible,,she must be ashamed of self.

  • KB 11 years ago

    RICH PEOPLE MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND NOT OTHERS.

  • ADWEN 11 years ago

    No wonder Ghana and Africa remains underdeveloped. Speaking English with African accent is not a problem, but to speak at the level and to the audience this "first" lady (no one knows how many of incompetent MAHAMA's numerous ...
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  • Thomas 11 years ago

    Exactly so: speaking with an accent is charming; it is (except in France) always well received. But this unfortunate woman's performance was abysmal.

  • Bro Sam 11 years ago

    Well said Sir, well said. This is not about politics. It is calling a spade a spade.

  • BAABA 11 years ago

    Men when it is time for you to marry don't just marry for marring sake because you do not know what the future holds for you. A word to the wise is enough.

  • Nana Yaa 11 years ago

    @ Baaba, hmmmm asem oohhh

  • Yaw(Virginia) 11 years ago

    Baaba: You're precisely on point. I had the same sentiment after watching to the video.

  • KOOL 11 years ago

    THAT IS WHY WE WILL STILL IMPORT AND STAY IN POVERTY FOR GOOD.WHAT CAN GOOD ENGLISH BRING TO GHANA.

  • akilapa 11 years ago

    I dnt care abt e english but the tone,oh my gosh was horrible.why she didn't rehearse her speech?

  • Yaw Bee 11 years ago

    Replica of Atta Mills ,tweaaa this tells you that NANA KUNADU was great @ Beijing conference in 1995.Me R ne me L shaaaaame.

  • maam 11 years ago

    Ka na wu infact, ghana is proud of our fFIRST lady that is what matters you chicken!!!!!!

  • Kwame Kumi 11 years ago

    If you have anyone to blame for this please blame "The Republic" for bringing about all this fuss. Answer this simple question: Did Lordina Mahama really Shine in the U.S.? No she didn't, period.

  • Analyst 11 years ago

    Kool, and that's why Ghana will continue to suffer from bad and incompetent leadership. Put two good English words together and you'll be considered "smart" even though what you're saying doesn't make any practical sense.

  • Kofi 11 years ago

    Sorry, some of us did not even hear she's here. She probably didn't shine enough.

  • ALHAJI KANO. 11 years ago

    WAS SHE WORSE THAN THIS TIME?.OH REPUBLIC STOP THIS DISGACE,YOU RATHER TELL HER TO HAVE SOME PAUSES SHE WAS WOBBLING LIKE A DEFECTED FAN BLADE.HER ENDING SOUNDS LIKE A FOOLISHMAN'S SPEECH.

  • Ebibiman 11 years ago

    Lost country

  • Moses 11 years ago

    People must learn to overcome their challenges. Most of us allow our shortcomings to stop us from becoming what God made us to be. Yes our First Lady may have speech challenges but she is not having a dead vision for women li ...
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  • KKO 11 years ago

    Lord have mercy!
    I heard the speech, and must be the worst anybody has ever given in Washington DC! She didn't even seem to know the relationship between Oman Ghana and John Mahama. To cap it all she quoted the great Kwegyir ...
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  • trudy 11 years ago

    when i heard the quote on the day of the speech i was like, huh??? (bewilderment written all over my face cos this is a quote we all knew growing up which has bn misquoted), then i thought, probably she was trying to customis ...
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  • Joe 11 years ago

    She really need to improve the way she reads. Is very appalling.

  • DISGRACEFUL LIKE HER USELESS HUSBAND 11 years ago

    ONLY USELESS GHANAWEB WILL MAKE SUCH A COMMENT ABOUT THIS GOOD FOR NOTHING WOMAN.. USELESS PEOPLE...

  • JY 11 years ago

    Pls, stop condemning people how good are you in the language. Do you think you are the best. You are condemning and cursing yourself.

  • liv 11 years ago

    Even Ghanaians couldn't understand what she said, even the boys around circle speak better English. We could have forgiven her if she had dressed appropriately, but noo she had to wear Braids, even Lesotho's First lady did no ...
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  • Maureen 11 years ago

    Beautiful lady. Is she bleaching her face? The skin tone of her fingers is darker than her face. She needs a good lady-in-waiting or assistant to help her with grooming and a speech therapist. Nana Oye probably wrote the spee ...
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  • BUMBEBO London 11 years ago

    Don't forget she cooks in the kitchen for her family. She has been daddy's daughter with maids attending on her; see why she is fighting? Let's help her do something tangible for the girls. The other one went round encouragin ...
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  • Kofi Wayo Teye BaakaJnr 11 years ago

    I saw the tape. This woman was more than a laughing stock. I dont know who sent her there. This paper indeed wants to make fool out of her. This is not a tape i would love to see again and i will spread it for all to see.

  • Rebecca 11 years ago

    I think that we should leave individuals to flow naturally. We are not English. Grammer was good. We all have accent. If you decide to. Learn how to change your accent so be it. Have you ever heard the Indians, Chinse, Ta ...
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  • John 11 years ago

    We voted for her husband not her,constitutionally she has every right to take a back stage.English is Ghana's international language,if she is not comfortable with it she can sleep at home.

  • Wikileaks. 11 years ago

    But We are NOT Chinese nor are we Indians. Still some educated Chinese speak just as smooth as an Irish American or Jewish American. Some well educated Indians like wise. Who forced her to deliver her speech in a language she ...
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  • VICTOR,LONDON 11 years ago

    Is it compulsory for her to speak in english? If you have a very eloquent husband and you read like a class three pupil from a PREPARED SPEECH, then God save us.She could have spoken in any local language of her choice and th ...
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  • ONYAME NIPA (Man Of God) USA. 11 years ago

    WE ARE ENGLISH

  • Kofi Wayo Teye BaakaJnr 11 years ago

    On first hearing you would take her voice for an old lady

  • Yaw Bee 11 years ago

    I'm told she has MBA, no wonder 70% of Mahama's miniters are still schooling , wht will give you LOAN to do projects tweaaaa

  • hmmm 11 years ago

    tweaaaaaaaaa.....

  • kwame peasah darkwah nyc 11 years ago

    this B.U.T.C.H english is terrible

  • Mich. 11 years ago

    I am not sure about the "Shines" part of the story. I have over the years heard other African First Ladies speak, including Nana Konadu who I do not support in any shape or form, and in my opinion others have done better.

  • Bob 11 years ago

    "'challenged her colleague African First ladies to channel for more investment into policies that will ensure quality education and increased access for all children especially the girl child", this isn't anything new.

  • gloria usa 11 years ago

    she sound horrible well all english be
    english

  • Kwame Kumi 11 years ago

    She sounds like someone whose 'ketrema abutu'. So where is the 'shine' in that?

  • Nana Yaw, Boston, USA 11 years ago

    You got it bro. She's got speech impediment. Asem no nie!

  • Jojo Williams 11 years ago

    She didnt shine, she just gave a speech and you have gone crazy with empty and unreconcilable admiration.

  • Akeem 11 years ago

    It is not easy to speak in public especially in front of these influential people. I applaud Mrs Mahama for her effort. Many among us criticizing her would not even be able to get to the podium.

  • Nii Joromi 11 years ago

    WTF was she saying? What a disgrace to Africa.

  • Civil Servants 11 years ago

    Mahama's wife must know that witch camps are nonsense. Indeed, there are some bright girls who have been banished to the camps just because of their exemplary academic achievements. Instead of building dormitories for the ...
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  • Ericus-Ericus 11 years ago

    She is our 1st Lady ooooh...please!!!!..Ede beeeeee keke...

  • P Otu 11 years ago

    Critics as usual.All we know to do better than a tenth of what she did. She has more room for improvement any way.

  • ABOCHI 11 years ago

    JUST TALKING NOT ACTION

  • nana 11 years ago

    Was the the speach written for her? Did she reherse her speech before she went to this conference. I think her foreing press or who ever it is should help her in terms of outside public appeareance.

  • AKONFEM MAHAMA BAD LUCK 11 years ago

    Eeeeeeeeeei ASEM ABA OOOOO,SHE CAN ONLY GO TO TEMA PORT AND STEAL OVER 100CARS FOR FREE,USELESS,CRIMINAL,CORRUPT,HAHAHAHAHA MAHAMA NIE,EDE BII NIE K3K3 NIE,NSEM PII OOOO,OH MAHAMA WIFE

  • Haddasah Owusu 11 years ago

    Shines? You kidding right? This is a big DISGRACE or was it POPOMIASIS?

  • BUMBEBO London 11 years ago

    Ideal Lady. She got the brains. Mum, push on, you have something to deliver. One came, talking around and stealing from home and saving abroad.
    You're fighting the right course, I'll back always.

  • Boss 11 years ago

    Kwasia comments from people. I guess people were expecting here to speak like a white woman. That is the Ghanaian accent and she is from Ghana incase psople have forgotten. Any body from the Asian countries would also come wi ...
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  • Ewe nation 11 years ago

    Thats our 1st lady,gracious,poised and exemplary.If it was an ashanti woman you'd see pomposity,big ego,cluelessness,greed and embarrassment for Ghana.Luckilly we don't have these greedy asantes ruling otherwise we'd be disgr ...
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  • CIVILIZED GHANAIAN 11 years ago

    Be honest with yourselves; what is terribly bad about this lady's speech? Mind you, she is not a news reader. Some of you condemning her cannot speak one correct sentence in English, so please shut up. Mo tan y3 tan too much.

  • Tuo Zafi 11 years ago

    A bloody shame when a supposedly educated woman will ignorantly bleach her face not aware of the dangers, even the possibility of skin cancer.

  • Antiochus - London 11 years ago

    Her script writer should coach her properly before she makes her speeches. She was a disgrace.

  • Doctor Who 11 years ago

    Wow, if this is how African leaders shine then we are in for a real hard time. This speech was nothing more than what I will expect of a school girl

  • Amadu 11 years ago

    Moma yendwen

  • Anka 11 years ago

    If the country is serious about showcasing the first couple, then again, the husband could have paid for help long before he became Prez, he has been on the country's largesse for a long time, no? I think Mrs Mahama lisps and ...
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  • OSMAN ISSAKA" AKA ALHAJ WEAPON 11 years ago

    THANK YOU UR XCELLENCY 4 THINKING ABOUT MY GALS I HAVE MORE OF THEM, IF THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL B DISTRIBUTED NOT TO ONLY PARTY MEMBERS ONCE AGAIN TX ND 9CE SPEECH

  • OSMAN ISSAKA 11 years ago

    9CE FOR MY GIRLS IF ONLY THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL NOT GO ONLY TO THE PARTY FAITHFULS TY UR XCELLENCY

  • Kofi 11 years ago

    About nothing. I read some of the comments before watching the video. So I was expecting a disaster. If anything, those criticising seem to do so out of some compulsion! Granted the headline was over the top, but her presenta ...
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  • Ebo 11 years ago

    You sure she has an MBA? My God!