NPP must "reject" Osafo Marfo’s 'tribal' comments – Arthur K

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BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

MOST NDC MINISTERS/APPOINTEES R MUSLIMS

MOST NDC MINISTERS/APPOINTEES R MUSLIMS
PAA NII 9 years ago

If Ashantis have change their attitude, Ghana could be in their hands long ago but because they think and Ghana is Ashanti Kingdom and wanted to eliminate Ewes like what Hitla did to the Jews that is why Akans are being rule ...
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If Ashantis have change their attitude, Ghana could be in their hands long ago but because they think and Ghana is Ashanti Kingdom and wanted to eliminate Ewes like what Hitla did to the Jews that is why Akans are being rule by excuse me to say some of these uncivilised Northerners because Ewes will choose between the Evil and Leser Evil. By the way Akans are far better in every respect so they should just forget about the presidency because we don't want Hutu and Tusti scenario in Ghana.
DR TRUTH 9 years ago

DONT RUIN NANA'S PRESIDENTIAL BID WITH YA PUBLIC COMMENTS. U HAVE ACCESS TO AFOKO N AGYAPONG SO "PISS IN" CHHAMBERS

DONT RUIN NANA'S PRESIDENTIAL BID WITH YA PUBLIC COMMENTS. U HAVE ACCESS TO AFOKO N AGYAPONG SO "PISS IN" CHHAMBERS
SARPONG 9 years ago

What Dr Arthur Kennedy is right because the other tribes are the bigots not the Akans.

Assume Nana Akuffo go to the Akan areas and tell them vote for me because I am Akan or one of you and it is time for Akan to be Pr ...
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What Dr Arthur Kennedy is right because the other tribes are the bigots not the Akans.

Assume Nana Akuffo go to the Akan areas and tell them vote for me because I am Akan or one of you and it is time for Akan to be President .The tribes in the North and Ewes will go bonkers but that is exactly what Mahama said in 2012 and still Akans voted for him to become President. Why then is it wrong for Osafo Marfo to state what is true and obvious about the natural resources being from Akan areas?

What I don't agree with if he said that is the restatement the leader of Ghanas should come from the area that produce the bulk of resources in Ghana.

"You can’t say this openly,” he cautioned the Council members, but added that they are at liberty to talk about it among Asantes"

This tape is fabricated by Ndc Asante haters because Osafo Marfo who is not Asante would not have stated that his beliefs should be discussed in the midst of Asantes and nobody else. Does it mean Osafo Marfo doesn't trust his own Akyem clan? An Asante hater doctored this tape thinking Osafo Marfo is an Asante and that is where the bigot Ndc fool who fabricated this tape messed up.
okofo 9 years ago

I like your critical analysis.

I like your critical analysis.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 9 years ago

FOR HOW LONG ARE WE TO BE WIMPS??? IT IS HIGH TIME WE STAND UP AND SPEAK THE TRUTH AND DEFEND OURSELVES BOLDLY. THIS IS EVEN A DOCTORED TAPE, IF THEY SAY IT CAME FROM OSAFO MAFO, NO APOLOGIES. WE ARE TIRED OF THAT STUPID TRI ...
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FOR HOW LONG ARE WE TO BE WIMPS??? IT IS HIGH TIME WE STAND UP AND SPEAK THE TRUTH AND DEFEND OURSELVES BOLDLY. THIS IS EVEN A DOCTORED TAPE, IF THEY SAY IT CAME FROM OSAFO MAFO, NO APOLOGIES. WE ARE TIRED OF THAT STUPID TRIBAL NONSENSE. LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE COUNTRY, AT A TIME WE ARE PRODUCING CRUDE OIL. COME ON NDC, GIVE US A BREAK!!!!!!!
PEACE 9 years ago

OH NPP, SO WHY DO U NEED BAWUMIA AS A VICE? WHY DO U NEED THE NORTHERN VOTE? THIS IS AWKWARD. BAWUMIA MUST BE FEELING DISRESPECTED.

OH NPP, SO WHY DO U NEED BAWUMIA AS A VICE? WHY DO U NEED THE NORTHERN VOTE? THIS IS AWKWARD. BAWUMIA MUST BE FEELING DISRESPECTED.
Jeff -Amsterdam 9 years ago

Please..... Tetteh Quarshie, Ephraim Amu, Bawumia(Dr pink sheet), etc are all
resources too. he he he! NPP ay3 hot!

Please..... Tetteh Quarshie, Ephraim Amu, Bawumia(Dr pink sheet), etc are all
resources too. he he he! NPP ay3 hot!
Kadiri j 9 years ago

The yam from Ghana is fast becoming the delicacy for all Africans aNd the Caribbeans and who can say that is nothing! Ghana YAM IS VERY EXPENSIVE. DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO GHANA DOMESTIC EXPORT ? EMPHATICALLY YES! AND IN A BIG W ...
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The yam from Ghana is fast becoming the delicacy for all Africans aNd the Caribbeans and who can say that is nothing! Ghana YAM IS VERY EXPENSIVE. DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO GHANA DOMESTIC EXPORT ? EMPHATICALLY YES! AND IN A BIG WAY!
NO NONSENSE TAKER 9 years ago

I respect what we all had in common as Ghanaians during school days but you change when things beging to change and Osafo understand mordinazation. "Pepeni born ayigbe" have taken Akans for granted, with good heart we paid th ...
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I respect what we all had in common as Ghanaians during school days but you change when things beging to change and Osafo understand mordinazation. "Pepeni born ayigbe" have taken Akans for granted, with good heart we paid their fees but they didn't, we share our wealth with them but they don't. They married our sisters but they refuse that from their women, We welcomed them into our communities and they built zongos and disintegrated themselves, welcomed them our dignified possitions but they corruptly controlled the system with prejudice and stole from us and disrespected Akans when we gave them the best life of ours. What Osafo maafo is bringing out is the stupid direction we can't consider about and we better think about it because you earn the pride being Akan, Ga, Frafra, Sisala ect but not the Ghanaian we can't identify who we know them as zongomen. The foul play that "pepeni born ayigbe's" who are not Ghanaians but from Togo, Nigeria and Bukinabe are using which is NDC and the Muslim thing to bring multiple siege to the land is the price we shouldn't pay. They have found their way into the system which is up to us to save the children and the mothers who manage affairs under the scorching sun only to survive as Ghanaians. It's up to our northerners and the treacherous Ewes to decide their faith since we, the individuals, have defined what actions must be taken and that is going to be fulfilled by all means necessary for any given period of time and you can call it "trabalic" when "pepeni born ayigbe's" neither call it "Ghanalic" either. We will make sure individually that we wave force of action that defines the same weight and mass to save our Akans. I think the learned, patroitics and the smarts individuals are begining to understand.
Francis C. Quainoo 9 years ago

PRINCE AKWASI ADADE, I can't simply agree with you more!!! Whether or NOT the said tape had been doctored or otherwise, the fact of the matter is, the TRUTH HAD TO BE SAID.

Aren't we kidding ourselves by trying to harbour ...
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PRINCE AKWASI ADADE, I can't simply agree with you more!!! Whether or NOT the said tape had been doctored or otherwise, the fact of the matter is, the TRUTH HAD TO BE SAID.

Aren't we kidding ourselves by trying to harbour the TRUTH?? We shouldn't pretend or be afraid to say something that has existed from time immemorial.

I AM PERSONALLY WITH OSAFO MARFO, OR ANYONE WHO MUST HAVE SAID THE SAME LANGUAGE. AND I WOULD SAY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!

Best Regards,

Francis C. Quainoo
Western Australia
Frank A Karikari 9 years ago

I oftentimes ask myself is recording someone secretly is legal in Ghana and is acceptable in court. People can in modern times doctor recordings to make it look real. I am not saying Osafo Marfos's accusations are true or not ...
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I oftentimes ask myself is recording someone secretly is legal in Ghana and is acceptable in court. People can in modern times doctor recordings to make it look real. I am not saying Osafo Marfos's accusations are true or not but how far they can be true is also another bone of contention. Every now and then, we hear of people, including Papa Jerry claiming they have secret recording of political opponents. There should be laws to curtail them. I think in most countries, the courts have to grant permission to secretly record someone, with the exception of the security agencies. Even in some instances, they are inadmissible in their courts.
It is true that most of the things Osafo Marfo said was true, it was politically inexpedient for him to say that. Besides, it shows political immaturity despite all the experience he has. This also a warning to politicians that they should be guarded by what they say. Even if Osafo's statement has been doctored, he might have cross overboard that has given room for people to do so. Politicians should also know what and when to say what. If his statement was leaked, then it was not leaked by NDC but his own trusted NPP members.
C.Y. ANDY-K 9 years ago

You blokes are lucky that I don't have enuf time right now to take you on. Of course, the NPP is built on such jaundiced ethnocentric views and claims, however wrong they are. Can a right-wing neo-nazi party reject racism? Th ...
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You blokes are lucky that I don't have enuf time right now to take you on. Of course, the NPP is built on such jaundiced ethnocentric views and claims, however wrong they are. Can a right-wing neo-nazi party reject racism? The NPP was built on the ethnocentrism of the NLM and then the PP.

I wrote this comment earlier in response to the NDC release.

I am not impressed a bit about this response in the name of the NDC party. They must go beyond these simple platitudes and show by providing statistical data WHY Osafo Marfo is wrong and is just a diabolical and bigoted ethnocentric politician, just as many of the members of the NPP.

First, those claims have been aired by the leaders, members and supporters of the NPP in one form or the other over the decades. It'd be dishonest on the of anybody, unless the person is a victim of sheer ignorance, to claim that he or she is not aware of such claims in the past. I recollect one extended argument we of the Moral Brigade had on SIL with Dr Kofi Ellison and his equally ignorant and bigoted supporters over whether cocoa is produced in the VR too. They insisted that that was not the case, and we from the VR were just parasites and free loaders on them "these Akans".

And I recollect I had quoted, in rebutting these claims, on more than one occasion from the compact 1991 Facts and Figures released by the Min. of Agric titled Agriculture in Ghana to show how an insignificant contribution cocoa makes to total agric GDP compared to other crops, as against its contribution to export earnings where it is very significant. Agric in total then contributed abt 50% of GDP and 60% of export earnings. So by 1991, roots and tubers, comprising cassava, yam and cocoyam, topped the list with 46% of agric GDP, with yam said to be experiencing the greatest growth in area planted. "Puna" yam is of course the king of yams in the overseas market and no doubt has the potential to be a big foreign exchange earner for Ghana and poverty ending product in the North if the successive govts have any clues how to do it.

Cocoa, the second single contributor contributesd a mere 13% compared to the 9% contributed by plantain.

Forestry the 3rd largest contributed 11%. Cereals (maize, rice, sorghum and millet) contributed 7%. Livestock 5%. Fisheries 4%. Fruits and vegetables 3%. Others 2%.

So there we have it! The question is who are producing those products, not only where they are being produced. Polly Hill has mapped this for cocoa in her seminal classic The Migrant Cocoa Farmers of Southern Ghana and others on the agric sector in Ghana, specifically fishing, and livestock in the southern VR in the Bator area in Tongu. I bet she was surprised to discover that most of the cattle then was owned by Anlos, not the people of Tongu.

We can do this for the mining sector too, just as the other sectors, such as services, contributing the other now over 50% of GDP. That's the kind of analysis we expect "these Akans" to produce to back their claims and the the ruling NDC to produce to debunk them. Anything short of that is trifle and the "dangerous" claims shall continue to be made by "these Akans."

Andy-K
Nyansasem 9 years ago

Even if he did, I don't see anything wrong with what the said. Mind you, in the said tape, AKAN was not used but rather 5 Region were mentioned. So what is wrong here? Are we saying that ONLY Akans are there in those 5 REGION ...
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Even if he did, I don't see anything wrong with what the said. Mind you, in the said tape, AKAN was not used but rather 5 Region were mentioned. So what is wrong here? Are we saying that ONLY Akans are there in those 5 REGIONS?

Nana, read what is going on at University of Allied Health. I just picked that up from Say It Loud. I did not know that Affirmative Action is going on there. So what is wrong if Osafo said

READ:

In a follow up interview, UHAS Vice Chancellor, Prof. Fred Binka, revealed that admissions of medical students are currently in progress with more than 800 applicants out of which over 90 have an aggregate of up to eight.

From this number, about 50 students will finally be admitted to form the first medical class after taking an aptitude test and undergoing selection interviews. Some consideration will be given to a few students from disadvantaged schools in the Volta Region.

www.graphic.com.gh/features/opinion/31002-university-of-health-and-allied-sciences-starts-medical-school.html

Do you think this Asantes can do that at KNUST? So why must we continue to be wimps because of political expendiency? Why are they practicing Affirmative action at the school when the resources are coming from the tax payers money from ALL Ghana?

I don't know whether I have to believe that the tape was doctored. Did only one person tape the conference? When are there going to learn that anytime they meet, they have to have their own recorders? The same thing happened yesterday when I saw Ghanaweb posting pictures of their DEMO as if the DEMO was a failure while even BBC were reporting uncountable number of people?

Arthur-K is not helping the party. There is nothing tribalistic about that. The NDC and its tribalistic folks are the ones to blame and NPP communication should turn the tables on them
HON SHAMO 9 years ago

JUST LET NDC POUR TOILET AND URINE UNTO VOLTARIANS THEY WILL FOREVER VOTE NDC! SINCE WHEN DID EWES VOTED FOR ANOTHER TRIBE WHO IS NOT IN THEIR NDC? SHANTIS VOTED FOR BUSIA A BRONG< THEY RECTED ACHEAMPONG AN ASHANTI< OKUTWIR B ...
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JUST LET NDC POUR TOILET AND URINE UNTO VOLTARIANS THEY WILL FOREVER VOTE NDC! SINCE WHEN DID EWES VOTED FOR ANOTHER TRIBE WHO IS NOT IN THEIR NDC? SHANTIS VOTED FOR BUSIA A BRONG< THEY RECTED ACHEAMPONG AN ASHANTI< OKUTWIR BEKOE KROBO EDUSIE RAISED DR LIMAN HANDS AND TOLD ASHANTIS TO VOTE FOR HIM! OSAFO MARFO HAS DONE NO WRONG
J0eY L0nDon.. 9 years ago

Those negativity actions + loose talks

leads to borko haram, isls activiteis. What will you do if same were said to akan tribes? I think you guys are plotting a wicked scheme, there's nothing difference from what ken sa ...
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Those negativity actions + loose talks

leads to borko haram, isls activiteis. What will you do if same were said to akan tribes? I think you guys are plotting a wicked scheme, there's nothing difference from what ken said some few years ago. But mark my words, guys like you will be crushed within seconds.
Nyansasem 9 years ago

After a successful demonstration, NPP should refuse to talk about this idiocy. NDC internationally planned to take the light OUT (DUMSOR) on NPP parade.

This is the time to keep on hammering DUMsor to the people. This is N ...
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After a successful demonstration, NPP should refuse to talk about this idiocy. NDC internationally planned to take the light OUT (DUMSOR) on NPP parade.

This is the time to keep on hammering DUMsor to the people. This is NOT the time to give them any chance to pee on their parade.

NPP leaders should wise UP.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

What successful demonstration are you talking about? You mean the NPP all out hypocritical match, abi? Well, word in town from the lips of Ghanaians is "We are aware" NPPIAN and we have known dumsor most of our lives, a littl ...
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What successful demonstration are you talking about? You mean the NPP all out hypocritical match, abi? Well, word in town from the lips of Ghanaians is "We are aware" NPPIAN and we have known dumsor most of our lives, a little intensive lately under Mahama, but it has always been there ever since.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 9 years ago

FOR HOW LONG ARE WE TO BE WIMPS??? IT IS HIGH TIME WE STAND UP AND SPEAK THE TRUTH AND DEFEND OURSELVES BOLDLY. THIS IS EVEN A DOCTORED TAPE, IF THEY SAY IT CAME FROM OSAFO MAFO, NO APOLOGIES. WE ARE TIRED OF THAT STUPID TRIB ...
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FOR HOW LONG ARE WE TO BE WIMPS??? IT IS HIGH TIME WE STAND UP AND SPEAK THE TRUTH AND DEFEND OURSELVES BOLDLY. THIS IS EVEN A DOCTORED TAPE, IF THEY SAY IT CAME FROM OSAFO MAFO, NO APOLOGIES. WE ARE TIRED OF THAT STUPID TRIBAL NONSENSE. LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE COUNTRY, AT A TIME WE ARE PRODUCING CRUDE OIL. COME ON NDC, GIVE US A BREAK!!!! NDC MUST COME OUT AND PUBLISH THE NAMES OF THE MEDICAL STUDENTS GIVEN SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY IN CUBA. WHICH POLITICAL PARTY IN GHANA CAN WIN ELECTION WITHOUT AKAN MAJORITY VOTES???? IF IT TURNED OUT TO BE 80% OF MINISTERS HAVING BEEN CHOSEN FROM TWO MINORITY TRIBES, THEN, AKANS WHO VOTE FOR NDC MUST EXAMINE THEIR HEADS. AKANS ARE NEVER TRIBALISTIC. WE ACCEPT AND HELP OTHER TRIBES WHO HAPPEN TO BE IN OUR MIDST. WE EMPLOY THEM ON OUR LANDS AND IN SOME CASES GIVE THEM FREE LANDS TO SETTLE. IF THEY HATE US AND WANT TO MARGINALISE US, THEN LET US UNITE AS AKANS AND DEFEND OURSELVES. EVERYTIME AKAN, AKAN , AKAN!! BUT AKANS VOTED NDC TO POWER.
insight to the mind 9 years ago

Arthur k be man enough to speak fully and wholly to condemn wicked, tribal and inward looking osafo marfo and the likes. l wish to remind you that no person from the other tribes have any records of saying stupid things like ...
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Arthur k be man enough to speak fully and wholly to condemn wicked, tribal and inward looking osafo marfo and the likes. l wish to remind you that no person from the other tribes have any records of saying stupid things like those from akan group. you Arthur k, osafo marfo and the entire akans or the eblus, as we call you are really big jokers. go and tell the colonialists so we may revert to our earlier nation state, a far better states than what we have now. as Ewes would be better off, no two ways about that. if you osafo whatever is talking about resources, are they yours? are you stupid thinking the resources belonging to you? the natural resources are not yours so you better wake up from your greed. who tells you other regions don't have natural resources? come to the Volta region and acquaint yourself with the range of natural resources the region has. today you should know that humans do not survive because of natural resources. as people we can agree to part away this time as we in the volta so much want it. that would be better than waiting till we bloodbath, we bloodshed or we kill ourselves because of stupid people calling themselves akans(eblus). it is only foolish non akans(eblus) that would look at you and accord you that you are human,
insight to the mind 9 years ago

idiot and envious bastard. all you is tribe, tribe. just look at you people. you are surely causing others to offend God. if is about tribe and their people, do you think a person would want to look at you let alone staying w ...
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idiot and envious bastard. all you is tribe, tribe. just look at you people. you are surely causing others to offend God. if is about tribe and their people, do you think a person would want to look at you let alone staying with as one people. away you people.
KOLA, LONDON PROPER 9 years ago

....nonsense. Professor Binka is not even Ewe, from the North so what is your beef here? If it were to be vice chancellor of Ewe descent or extraction then more likely the whole idea would look like it. But the Prof is not e ...
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....nonsense. Professor Binka is not even Ewe, from the North so what is your beef here? If it were to be vice chancellor of Ewe descent or extraction then more likely the whole idea would look like it. But the Prof is not even Ewe so where is the bigotry coming from, you backward and sorry thing?
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 9 years ago

SARPONG, the inability of Dr Osafo Marfo to deny making such remarks but only confirmed that he spoke at such a meeting sometime ago is very serious and makes me suspect that he might have said what is being alleged. That is ...
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SARPONG, the inability of Dr Osafo Marfo to deny making such remarks but only confirmed that he spoke at such a meeting sometime ago is very serious and makes me suspect that he might have said what is being alleged. That is very troubling. The alleged statement if true amounted to incitement to racial hatred. I did not want to believe when I first read it because I did not expect something that horrible to come from him.

I also think it's equally dangerous to make this the usual NDC versus NPP. It does not help nation building and development but rather store up ethnic tensions that if not well managed could result in potential conflict.

Regarding Dr Arthur Kennedy claim that there is right to private conversation, he is totally wrong because that right does not apply to what is potentially criminal in international law. Such detrimental private conversation is also of public interest because it could even threaten national security, so it cannot be private.

Dr Arthur Kennedy, I know you are a medical doctor and not well versed in human rights matters. As a human rights practitioner, I can assure you that no one has any right to speak negatively in private about a whole group of people from certain ethnic or geographical groups at a meeting of a national political party. NPP is not a private institution but a registered political party under the constitution of Ghana. For that reason alone, anything done or said at its meetings and events can never be private because it is of public interest.

You are misguided in concluding that all those remarks by Rawlings, Mills, Kofi Adams and Nana Akufo-Addo that were secretly recorded were private conversations and therefore recording them breached their rights to privacy. It's just pure rubbish and mere excuse to defend the indefensible. Even if they were said in private homes, the nature of what were said were such that they were of public interest and could no longer be private unless they were said between between an attorney and his or his client/s. In that case they are legally privileged and protected. What you made reference to as well as what Dr Osafo Marfo is alleged to have said cannot be legally privileged and protected under privacy law.

I can assure you that in the near future should any conflict break out in Ghana, particularly after the 2016 elections (may God forbid) and people from the three northern regions suffer unnecessary and disproportionate casualties, that tape could be used as evidence to prosecute Osafo Marfo either at home or the the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
JIM 9 years ago

Just the fact and the painful truth Ata. A country's natural resources is for all. Man power and brains are resources too. Poor Bawumia!

Just the fact and the painful truth Ata. A country's natural resources is for all. Man power and brains are resources too. Poor Bawumia!
Yaw Ohemeng 9 years ago

No one knows the context in which this was allegedly said. It cannot amount to incitement to hatred. He did not call for anyone to be harmed. At worst he was calling for Akans to be mindful that they are being marginalised. H ...
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No one knows the context in which this was allegedly said. It cannot amount to incitement to hatred. He did not call for anyone to be harmed. At worst he was calling for Akans to be mindful that they are being marginalised. He never called for anyone to be harmed. So Kofi do not stretch this.

This, if true, was a strategic meeting of a political party. No one knows how other parties strategise for votes. The NDC use anti-Akan sentiments to amass votes. Mahama said during 2012. Yes Rawlings used it and Mills had his own refrain regarding Fantes.

Don't let us be naive. If we were all to be privy to policy aims and development, we would be appalled at what goes on. What is the formula at play when currently all in sensitive positions come from the Norther Region?
Kadiri j 9 years ago

who is the vice president, the speaker of the house, the chief of staff, finance, foreign affairs, energy, and the list goes on....are these not the most powerful cabinet post? How any northners held these positions in the NP ...
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who is the vice president, the speaker of the house, the chief of staff, finance, foreign affairs, energy, and the list goes on....are these not the most powerful cabinet post? How any northners held these positions in the NPP? only the miserable Aliu who financed the NPP! ohh because the northerners were so quiet about it? Your beef here is that you are not use to having northerners in positions period! Why do you need Bawumia? Go pick an Akan vice president then~!
C.Y. ANDY-K 9 years ago

Nonsense! Is it not always the case that members of "these Akans" sub-set appeal to Asantes when making their bigoted incendiary remarks?

Is Agyapong also an Asante and did someone doctor his open radio talk calling on As ...
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Nonsense! Is it not always the case that members of "these Akans" sub-set appeal to Asantes when making their bigoted incendiary remarks?

Is Agyapong also an Asante and did someone doctor his open radio talk calling on Asantes to kill Ewes and Gas?

It is all in recognition that you "these Asantes" (watch this space for further clarification) are at the root of this ethnic imbroglio in Ghana.

Andy-K
K-SWITCH 9 years ago

DOES OSAFO MARFO HIMSELF HAVE GOLD IN HIS VILLAGE???? NOT IN THE REGION. IN HIS SYSTEM, IS OIL MORETHAN GOLD OR VICE VERSA

DOES OSAFO MARFO HIMSELF HAVE GOLD IN HIS VILLAGE???? NOT IN THE REGION. IN HIS SYSTEM, IS OIL MORETHAN GOLD OR VICE VERSA
KATAKYIE 9 years ago

When I hear these NPP politicians complaing about Non-Akans, I just laugh... You once were a powerful minister with the power to improve the lot of your people.... Please tell me , what did you do for the poor people of Akim ...
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When I hear these NPP politicians complaing about Non-Akans, I just laugh... You once were a powerful minister with the power to improve the lot of your people.... Please tell me , what did you do for the poor people of Akim Oda ?? You and your ilk have been in politics for years yet we have not seen any appreciable development in your areas... If you look at Akem Abuakwa, you would think that you are looking at Afghanistan... Now that you are out of power, you are crying foul... Sorry my friends, it is too late to moan and groan like little babies... Mahama and his men are showing you how to use state resources to improve the lot of their people, whatever that means... Please spare us all your complaints... I do not believe for one moment that the tape is doctored... You are frustrated... You made your money when you had your chance... Now please SHUT UP and wait your turn
jj rawlings 9 years ago

SAD comment about ashants.

SAD comment about ashants.
Ibrahim Zongo 9 years ago

Are you really serious? You tell me, apart from Inusah and Haruna, how many muslim ministers are serving in Mahama's government? tell me how many northerners are presently ministers? Don't even mention the three northern mini ...
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Are you really serious? You tell me, apart from Inusah and Haruna, how many muslim ministers are serving in Mahama's government? tell me how many northerners are presently ministers? Don't even mention the three northern minister!
Concerned 9 years ago

I don't care about the ethnic background or religious background of the government as long as they are competent and patriotic

I don't care about the ethnic background or religious background of the government as long as they are competent and patriotic
United Ghana 9 years ago

I'm with you on that

I'm with you on that
sowee 9 years ago

if you think the asantes like nonasantes pls you must be joking,they think that Ghana belongs to them ok.so stop fooling youself.npp belong to asantes only so be wise and stick with cpp or ndc

if you think the asantes like nonasantes pls you must be joking,they think that Ghana belongs to them ok.so stop fooling youself.npp belong to asantes only so be wise and stick with cpp or ndc
General Subianto 9 years ago

Akuffo-Addo is actually insane and mad to suggest that he is forgiving the CPP. If somebody tries to kill the elected leader of a country and the person ends up in jail and dies from natural causes, why should Akuffo-Addo for ...
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Akuffo-Addo is actually insane and mad to suggest that he is forgiving the CPP. If somebody tries to kill the elected leader of a country and the person ends up in jail and dies from natural causes, why should Akuffo-Addo forgive anybody? Akuffo-Addo is basically insane to suggest that point. Nkrumah after all was too kind. We will be reminding you soon of how NPP elements including Akufo-Addo’s father put Nzemas such as Boye Moses in very small iron-fenced cages suitable for dogs and paraded them throughout the principal streets of Accra after the 24 February 1966 coup that overthrew Nkrumah. This was similar to what the Islamic State is currently doing now in Iraq. What did Nzemas do for this fate? And the old fool Freddie Blay is now on the side of this completely insane Akufo-Addo. How can the so-called liberal tradition of the NPP expel over million West Africans living in Ghana, of which many were born in Ghana, with only two weeks notice in 1969 and use the chance to steal their properties or buy their properties at bargain prices.
Kingstonian 9 years ago

This Arthur Kennedy guy is not NPP.He is a traitor.

This Arthur Kennedy guy is not NPP.He is a traitor.
Agbee 9 years ago

Point of correction. Athur K. is a wise, intelligent and patriotic citizen. He knows that Ghana is bigger than even all political parties put together.

Point of correction. Athur K. is a wise, intelligent and patriotic citizen. He knows that Ghana is bigger than even all political parties put together.
C.Y. ANDY-K 9 years ago

So what else is new about these claims? Some of us had heard them many, many times. This below is from my archives.

Andy-K

WILFULLY BLIND OR JUST PLAIN IGNORANCE?

I have been amused, and somehow puzzled, at the rum ...
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So what else is new about these claims? Some of us had heard them many, many times. This below is from my archives.

Andy-K

WILFULLY BLIND OR JUST PLAIN IGNORANCE?

I have been amused, and somehow puzzled, at the rumpus being raised about what crazed Agyapong said. But what I find surprising is the virtual hypocrisy and mendacious attempts to brush this issue under the carpet by some linked to the NPP as just a one off aberration. These people pretend or do not seem to know that Agyapong’s threats were not the first admonishing the killing of Ewes, something the readily available facts testify to. Facts I have been referring to from 1994 in cyberspace, recounting my own personal experiences with some of those advocates of Ewe killers in Nigeria during the early years of the PNDC. Of course, I have not as yet told the full story. But as Fela said, “I no kpata de finish!”

Hmm! As I found out when I was insulted “basabasa” by a man who turned out to be one of my many uncles, when I apparently misspoke on the hike in petrol prices in the 1993 budget, (on a bus from Anloga to Dzelukope in 1993), for being mistaken for a Quashiga hireling who had joined the “Eblutorwo” (Akans) preparing to come and kill them, my people back home were fully prepared and waiting for us quislings to start the attacks; I was assured. That was long before anyone heard of Justice Kpega as a political pundit! Phew! Me, a die-hard Nkrumaist in league with NPP assassins, to go and kill my fellow Anlos over whom my own forebears had ruled for centuries? Well, after all, it was in Lome, an Ewe centrepiece city even if many are of Ga-Anyi extraction, that they first congregated and started those lose talks against Ewes, thus forcing most Ewes in exile opposed to the PNDC to abandon the opposition to the PNDC and the anti-Ewe bent it had taken. So, many of us Ewes knew about their evil intents a long time ago, as they were eating our akple and fetridetsi and planning it in our kinsmen homes! Hardly any of them knew that much of the land of Lome is owned by people from Aflao and environs. Ignorant morons come in all shapes, you know. They were lucky no one poisoned them in Lome.:-)

Equally, I have read opponents to Agyapong’s utterances, including some Ewes, made some false and misleading statements, which shows that they are ignorant of the facts of the origins of the ethnic imbroglio in Ghana, despite my persistent efforts and write-ups sketching that sordid history, from the pre-colonial to the post-independence era. I read someone situated in the 1979 elections period Victor Owusu’s scathing attacks on Ewes as “inward-looking” during the exchanges with Dr Agama in Parliament after the Apollo 586 sacking of mostly Ewes by the Busia regime which was overthrown in Jan. 1972!

Ignorance and superstition are recognised as key cogs in the vicious cycle of backwardness that is our lot as developing people but the extent most so-called educated Ghanaians wallow in these two inhibiting traits is just stupendous and disheartening!

Many try to claim that Rawlings introduced tribalism into Ghana by employing predominantly Ewes into sensitive public posts, especially the security sector; whereas the same claims of Ewe domination of posts had already been used effectively against Gbedema’s NAL by Busia’s Progress Party during the 1969 General Elections, as I had quoted from Dennis Austin’s book “Ghana Observed,” but something all grown-ups at the time knew about. It was therefore unfortunate that the late Prof Adu Boahen, as a historian who knew or ought to know better, fed into these fabrications of Ewe dominance, creating his own when he reportedly claimed in a British Council lecture in the 1980s that Prof. Akilagpa Sawyerr, a Ga who was given the VC post which he thought he deserved at the time, was an Ewe, and promised in his interview granted to Mahoney and his Africa Watch magazine to redress the presumed ethnic disparity when the NPP was elected into office. To me and many discerning Ewes, especially the Ewe elite, it was all déjà vu. But I was still surprised to find out that some decade long Ewe opponents of the PNDC voted for the NDC in 1992! It would not even surprise me if someone who knew Justice Kpegah’s political views very well in the 1980s came out to say that he was an arch-enemy of the PNDC in the Bar Association. I was visiting Ho in 1990 when the people of the VR angrily rejected the no party idea that the PNDC was then lobbying for, effectively halting the campaign for it. Those in B/A had already voted yes.

Yes! The NPP had itself to blame for their dismal reception in the VR, as they lost the plot with their tribal agenda reminiscent of the 1969 campaign. In Accra, they lost a lot of Ga support when the same Prof Adu Boahen at a rally, in trying to whip the anti-Ewe venom made that gaffe about Gas being pushed by the PNDC to be sleeping 10 persons to a room, after many of the main speakers had spoken in Twi which pissed them off! In 2000, they (NPP) won simply because of JJ’s unwholesome Swedru Declaration and the disrespectful Obed Asamoah led attempts to impose sitting candidates on their constituents, which nearly got him beaten at Dzelukope/Keta. Even my own Anlo Constituency voted for an independent linked to the NDC but not the NDC official candidate who was the re-imposed incumbent!

Fact is, I have been aware, just as many other people, since the early 1980s of various threats by some Akans opposed to the PNDC to have Ewes killed and had written about that many, many times on Okyeame and SIL. Perhaps, adding Gas to those to be killed is just the new dimension added by Agyapong, since it appeared, this time, the Gas, in Agyapong's warped mind, had acted in prosecuting the "Ewe agenda" by beating up Ursula on behalf of the Ewes! Well, warped minds think in strange, circular terms!

After all, the threats were so opened and so rampant that one Ewe, the late Dr Kodzi who died in exile here in London, pointed out the "Anlo-Ewes” in his own virulently anti-Rawlings PNDC book, "Ghana: Worse than Apartheid S. Africa," as the Ewes to be killed, for being the culprits of the complaints and angst of the Akans! That was long before anyone heard of Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe and his renewed “war” on “Anlo-Ewes,” a war his ancestor joined the Akyem Gen. Dompey to fight in "Krepi" against the Asantes and their allies and lost way back in the 1860s and got stranded there, lucky enough not to have been killed like others. That’s another story I had re-told elsewhere and needs a re-visit soon in order to let the populace know what makes bozos like Ahoofe tick. For a man, (I mean Dr Kodzi, not the jerk Ahoofe) who, due to his sterling stewardship when in charge of the Keta Govt Hospital, was much beloved by Anlos, regarded as an hononary Anlo and entrusted with pouring the libation at the Hogbeza celebration of the Noviha group here in London, that was something to write! How could he be sure that the would-be killers would not mistake him for an Anlo man, in spite of the pain he took to identify the other Ewe groups in his book? Well, the failure of the so-called Ewe elite - academic and traditional and the political - to deal rationally with this animus against Ewes is itself an intra-Ewe shambolic intellectual failure I shall deal with by and by. I have right here on my table the rantings of some other Ewes from northern Eweland, or Ewedome, as we Anlos refer to the area referred to by Europeans as Krepi, against the PNDC and Anlos in particular which I have not even as yet dealt with in my writings.

I must, however, make exception here, as Prof. Kofi Awoonor’s much distorted and maligned prison book (in league with Soyinka’s The Man Died) is probably the first book by a Ghanaian which tried to explain the tribal imbroglio and to point the way forward. His only mistake was that he fell prey to the standard Western simplistic, linear and reductionist methodology of reducing what is without doubt a complex articulation of interests and forces which cut across the ethnic divide with people from all ethnic groups found in both or all contesting camps for political ascendancy, or “hegemony”, as he put it, in Ghana. So, for instance, those who imprisoned him for helping Brig. Kattah to escape to Togo were not only “Akans/Asantes” but included Ewes, Gas, Gonjas, etc., as Kutu’s NRC comprised a cross-section of Ghanaian ethnic groups. And some members of other ethnic groups supported Busia and the demonization of the Ewes, not only Asantes or Akans alone.

You have to be wilfully blind or totally ignorant of what has been happening in the opposition to the P/NDC camp in order to claim today that you are not aware of talk of and even attempts to foment what would have become an ethnic war in Ghana prior to 1992. I personally had to intervene and quelled a serious fracas on Okyeame between two well known non-Ewes when the “brave Asantes” were queried again by a non-Asante why they could not deal with the apparently Ewe P/NDC which allegedly committed atrocities on they Akans only, I suppose. I bet many can remember J.H Mensah's arrest in America for allegedly attempting to buy weapons to prosecute their “liberation war” to get their country back. It is no wonder the NPP gurus, many of whom shared in those nefarious ideas, talked about it, plotted to carry it out, etc., are finding it very hard to distance themselves from this public utterance of it again. How can they desert their fellow journey man, without being double hypocrites? At least, there must be some honour among thieves!

There are many questions to ask and many issues to take up. Had my PC not kaput and eventually leading to the loss of a huge part of what I had painstakingly written with references while in Norway with additions in London, my intended book taking up those issues would have been out years ago.

Incidentally, my next intended article after writing "How Some "Ewes" Became a Part of Ghana" is titled "Who Are the Ewes". It is just a revisit to my first ever post to a cyber forum in early 1994, Okyeame precisely, which Azar should remember so well as, in spite of my providing a reference, he still challenged me to give that! It was sent as my contribution, incidentally, to another NPP instigated scare against poor but hard working Ewe and Ada fishing cum farming pioneers (won't call them settlers) displaced by the effects of the Akosombo Dam on the neglected downstream people who opened up the mosquito infested and disease-ridden Afram Plains. The claim was that the NDC wanted to carve a district for them there and thereby claim the land for them! Wives and children were hastily sent home in order to keep them out of harm’s way in the event of attacks on the communities. That was when I decided not to sit any longer on the fence, just like the majority of my fellow educated Ewes, who think responding to such attacks on Ewes is beneath them, since madmen, "dzimakplawo" and "gbemelawo" were responsible! That was the common “wisdom” repeated by Rawlings at Tsiame, when he was queried by the worried chiefs and people about the ongoing Ewe demonization in the opposition media and on political platforms in the ‘90s.

Gratuitous counter abuse, especially directed at Asantes ad nauseam, is not the way to tackle the issues, as some are presently doing on Ghanaweb. In the ‘90s, the Ghanaian stage was left to a novice like Komla Dumor to deal with on Myjoyonline with his “Ayigbe Jokes” series., which horrified and mortified me when I first listened to it online in 1997 or so. A programme like that would have found him and Myjoyonline foul of the Anti-Vilification Laws of any of the Western European countries and sanctioned appropriately. I doubt though whether half of our “honourable” MPs have heard of such a law, but that is the way we must go, and huge revision of the school curricula. But that calls for another article.

Well, simply, many do not know how to deal with the madmen who repeatedly take their loins cloth while in the bath house! I know how! After all, I know the story of how the Anloga man dealt with the mad man of Tegbi and remained sane; the mad man who used to way lay the “asisiawo” - the market women - from the Keta market with a club and the question: axor a ava lo, alo axor ekpo?, i.e., do you want penis or do you want the club? And one day he raped and killed the heavily pregnant wife of the Anloga man. Of course, it is a taboo to deal with mad men in our society but the Anloga man dealt with the mad man and nothing happened to him.

Ahoofe and his ilk’s tribalistic insults directed at Anlo-Ewes in particular and Agyapong's call to mayhem can be placed in perspective if you are informed about their origins. They used the tribal card so well in 1969 and think they can continue using it forever. No! Some of us decided long ago that ourselves and children shall not remain objects of demonization and vilification for the political objectives of some people who are still suffering from the mental warpedness that the slave trade had foisted on our ancestors. We shall therefore make sure that these appeal to ethnic differences backfire big time on their stupid faces!

I am therefore re-sending and shall continue re-posting this short piece I had put together especially for the readership of Ghanaweb and shall continue with my series on the Ethnic imbroglio in Ghana. Agyapong's outburst is simply the tip of the canker that permeates our body politic that must be dealt with at its roots. They are not the only Akans who suffer from what I have dubbed “Ewe angst and fears”, which afflict the generality of Akans due to how they are weaned and socialised. What do you expect from people who, as kids, are frightened to drink their Mist Alba, behave themselves or go to bed early with the Ewe bogeyman imagery?

Andy C. Y. Kwawukume

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THE ETHNIC IMBROGLIO IN GHANA: THE ORIGINS, PART 1

The tribal imbroglio, rather than starting in recent times, has been brewing for a long, long while now. In fact, the roots of the prejudices and the insults we see some raining on others date back to pre-colonial times. So, any attempt to understand the worrying phenomenon must address the canker from that era. That is what I intend to do, with special focus on the apparent cleavage between Ewes and Akans (and any others). But now, I’d begin with the colonial times. When you hear the cry of lamentation:
Dza le le leeeeeee!
Me zu kluvi
The road to Kontsiabu
Strewn with gold dusts.
Only those without
in their eyes gold dusts
felt the pangs of hunger and thirst…

then you’d know that the time to narrate the doleful tales of the pre-colonial era, where it all began, has arrived; but you’d get a glimpse now.

Not to waste time apportioning blame, the Akans (and Gas, if I may add them), started these tribal abuse and attacks on Ewes many decades ago; nay, centuries back, as I said earlier. But as mentioned above, I won't delve as yet into the pre-colonial times when it was free for all, with even some Ewe states joining in marauding and plundering other Ewe states for the slave markets of the Gold Coast. I had indeed provided a write up on that sordid era on Ghanaweb’s SIL in the 1990s, which is available. One German businessman with biz connections to Ghana who used to read the nonsense on SIL wrote a private mail to me saying that he was always wondering why Africans sold each other into slavery to Europeans and Arabs; reading my detailed historical account enlightened him on how and why it happened for the first time. That story must be re-told all over Africa in other to understand the roots of the conflicts that bedevilled the continent after independence.

In Ghana, the colonial times modern version started after the WW1 when Anlo, Tongu and Peki migrants from within the Gold Coast and those from the newly acquired TVT from the Germans started moving to the Akan and Ga areas to either fish, farm or seek paid employment. Ewes from Togo and Benin Republic (Dahomey) escaping from French repressive rule came later. Some Ewes, esp. the educated ones, also got jobs with the commercial houses and the colonial administration. Some, such as Gbedema and Nkulenu, started their own private businesses. Soon, they were becoming prosperous in their chosen fields and/or rising up in the ranks wherever they were employed due to the usual hard working nature of most migrants. After all, the far superior German missionary vocational educational set up, compared to the British, had equipped them much better with skills in the crafts and building, such as carpentry and masonry, which were in much demand by the colonial authority and the other natives of the Gold Coast and Asante. That was when trouble began and the attacks started, as far back as the 1930s.

Below is a brief quote from S. Greene about how the Fantes started perceiving Anlo-Ewe fisher folk; a perception or prejudice which is not much different from what permeates the Akan ethnic group as a whole up to today (not only a few bigots on Ghanaweb). Ewes find out to our chagrin or amusement, often as a kid, that that was how our fellow country men and women perceive us. The encounter is therefore a personal story too.

Not much has changed in the prejudiced minds of too many Akans, as we daily witness on Ghanaweb, even though many too have developed over the years an obsession or desire to marry Ewe girls, failure which often brought in its wake stories of tribalism heaped against Ewes. As I told some Akan teacher colleagues in Nigeria, it was the scary and “irrational” Akan “wofa” (uncle) inheritance system, stupid! Horrible stories of how Ewe widows were in particular dispossessed and treated shabbily were enough to dissuade any idea of marriage to even a most love besotted Akan man! It is no wonder that, with the interstate law of inheritance in place, marriage to Akan men has been on the increase.

I know an Ewe from the Peki area who swore that it’d never be possible to change the jaundiced perception of Akans of Ewes from his own experiences attending Mpraeso Teacher Training College, and then teaching at Mpraeso and in Kumasi. He said one particular woman - a cook in the school - they used to go to church with wouldn’t believe that he did not have any “akpeledzi” under their bed! I said it was possible and gave an example of my own experiences in Nigeria. I managed to convince my fellow Akan teachers that I don’t indulge nor believe in those things - juju or voodoo or even any god (white or black), and wouldn’t drink “ogogoro” with them – when there is original Gordon’s gin and lime cordial to have – and they somehow lost some “respect”, (or was it fear?) for me. They’d say I wasn’t a proper Anloman and fool around with me!

Between 1982-4, when their Anti-Ewe diatribes had reached fever point and they were advocating massacring Ewes as done to the Ibos in Nigeria who they claimed were also allegedly dominating Nigeria in the 1960s, I thought of putting some fear into them by creating some “kporsi” (“see-and-run”) to scare them. Fact is, practically every smart Ewe knows how to scare Akans and Gas even though they don’t have “foko” (anything), as we say in Anlo but I will keep that out of this write up. Good I didn’t do so, otherwise they’d be giving testimonies up to today about what an Anlo teacher did to them in Nigeria – they’d have packed out and run from their rooms on the ground floor of the storey building we were hiring. I “protected” myself practically by chocking the door handle with a chair, as I had seen in movies, before I went to bed, in order to prevent them from making me the first casualty of their let-us-kill-Ewes mania! Funny some of them even became staunch PNDC supporters, only to change their minds again years later when I met some on a visit to Ghana.

Anyway, enough with the digression into the personal narrative and to Sandra Greene.

From p.148 of Sandra Greene I quote:

"Increased Anlo identification with their northern Ewe-speaking neighbours may have also been enhanced by the experience many had while participating in migrant fishing. After World War I, numerous groups of Anlo men and women traveled to other coastal areas, including the Fante area of the Gold Coast, in order to pursue their commercial fishing activities. For many, this was probably the first time they had traveled outside their home area, and/or to a district where they were a distinct linguistic minority. In these locations, they conducted themselves as they had in their own home villages, but those among whom they come to live - often temporarily, just for the fishing season - came to view the Anlos' prosperity with jealousy and suspicion. Stories circulated that associated the Anlo with "blood-curdling" crimes. R.W. Wyllie indicates, for example, that from at least the 1930s "Fanti [children] learned to view the Anlos as thieves, kidnappers, sorcerers, and ritual murderers." The social tensions that accompany these beliefs - and the very fact that these beliefs were held by a non-Ewe speaking people - must have heightened the Anlo's awareness of their linguistic and cultural background and generated some sense of identification with their Ewe-speaking peoples whom they would have encountered in the Gold Coast."

The encounter with the Gold Coasters was enough to turn any Ewe into a paranoid schizophrenic, developed a siege mentality (become “inward-looking”?) and very resentful towards any idea of union with the Gold Coast, not to mention marry an Akan.

As some of you know, the Anlo area through Tongu to the Peki area had been part of the Gold Coast colony proper, effectively from 1874 though the British “bought” and claimed the area from the Danes in 1850; hence the freedom to move to other parts of the Gold Coast and Asante later. Besides, many southern Ewes are descendants Ga-Adangbe, Elmina and Denkyira fugitives dating back respectively to 1687 when the Akwamus first thrashed the Gas for cutting the “bolobolo” (foreskin) of their prince sent to the Ga Mantse Okai Koi’s court to understudy courtship, and 1700, when the Asantes defeated the Denkyiras and took over Elmina from the Denkyiras. Going back to Ge (Accra) and Sima (Shama) with their new kinsmen was just like returning to the ancestors' land. In fact, it was the descendants of those fugitives who were the first migrants, having maintained links with their ancestral lands during their long period in exile. Reindorf had written about that back and forth movement among the Ga fugitives long ago. That’s how Osu-Anecho came to be founded and how all Ewes got the derogatory epithet “Ayigbe” (Ayi refuse), whether they were descendants of fugitives or not. The “dzulor” bit the Gas added originally referred to the Okai Koi stool regalia which the Ga-Ewes in Togo refused to return to Accra and still claim to be its protectors. Remember the trips with pre-colonial undertones their chiefs made to Ghana when the NPP took over power in 2000?

I can make long comments on the above quote but suffice it to say that it was the beginning and end of the love affair which started as unification with the Gold Coast movement ending up as the drive to secede from the Gold Coast. So we read from the December 6, 1919 edition of the West Africa magazine a letter sent to the colonial government of the Gold Coast:

“We PEOPLE of Togoland, descended from two principal countries, Elmina
(Ane) and Accra (Ge), both of the Gold Coast Colony, ask to have British government because it is the government of our fathers, whose customs are our customs, and a British Colony is half-an-hour distant from us.
We ask to have British government because it is the government of our kith and kin, our race and our tribe.
We ask for British government because of our relationship with our people on the west, which must assert itself..” (culled from West Africa 12-16 Dec. 1994)

And so on it went. One may wonder why the petitioners did not even acknowledge the Ewes, Dagombas, Konkombas, Akans and the host of other ethnic and tribal groups in Togo who also have their “kith and kin” within the Gold Coast and the Northern Territories. I guess this piece of history may come as a surprise to the ingrates who make a living of always reminding us that Ewes come from Togo, some of whom carried a video to Lome to trace the roots of Fiifii Kwetey there, instead of doing so in Accra! Well, he said he was from Nogokpo, which rubbed a sore spot for me, but that’s another story.

THE EWE BACKLASH

By the 1940s, Ewes, Anlos in particular, in the Gold Coast had had enough of the vilification and undeserved demonisation their successes were arousing. The returnee Anes and Ges (Gas), now fused as the Genyi, as Anlos refer to them, through intermarriages, also soon discovered that they were not welcome, or often welcomed with shouts of “Ayigbe dzulor”! Disenchantment set in and secession from Ghana became a far better option. The result was the 1956 plebiscite and the rest is history.

Then come the post Feb 24 1966 coup era, when Busia and his PP turned this traditional vilification of Ewes into a political tool to win the 1969 general elections. It was preceded by an internal struggle within the NLC to share the spoils of office after the coup. An extended quote from Dennis Austin, that great chronicler of Ghana history, captures the gist of it, so here we go:

“A surprising and disagreeable novelty of the election was the extraordinary anti-Ewe sentiment that was express1ed 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 department 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.

In Part 2, I intend to examine the hate campaign against the Ewes and the consequences or reactions from the 1970s which led to Kofi Awoonor’s infamous prison book, The Ghana Revolution, which he claimed he wrote in prison when gaoled for helping Brig. Kattah to escape from Ghana. It’d be necessary to focus on the Ghana Army, from its origins and recruitment trends since it is at the crux of the matter.
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Andy C.Y. Kwawukume, better known as C.Y. Andy-K, is a freethinker, Pan-Africanist and an ardent Nkrumaist.
cyandyk@ymail.com

References:

Dennis Austin (1976): Ghana Observed: Essays on the Politics of a W. African Republic.
Manchester Univ. Press.
Sandra E. Greene (1995): Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Change on the Upper Slave
Coast: A History of the Anlo-Ewe. Heinemann and James Currey
Robert W. Wyllie. “Migrant Anlo Fishing Companies and Socio-Political Change: A
Comparative Study.” Africa, XXXIX, 4 (1969), 396-410.
joe 9 years ago

This man only speak about things that goes again npp. What does he want? Its that not true? ?

This man only speak about things that goes again npp. What does he want? Its that not true? ?
Nana 9 years ago

He has said his mind and is entitled to his oppenion. To me he is right and if not why do we not share appointments equally to the regions according to their size and resources?

He has said his mind and is entitled to his oppenion. To me he is right and if not why do we not share appointments equally to the regions according to their size and resources?
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Look mate, upon all the resources under the soil of our great nation, about a little over 20% is discovered up-to-date. A recent 3D seismic reconnaissance survey proved that Ghana is blessed with much more than we are showcas ...
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Look mate, upon all the resources under the soil of our great nation, about a little over 20% is discovered up-to-date. A recent 3D seismic reconnaissance survey proved that Ghana is blessed with much more than we are showcasing now before the world. From a huge deposit of iron ore, more bauxite, more oil and gas, a sizable amount of copper and what have you. In fact, it's all over the place and not reserved only in those five regions he mentioned. The question now is time and the necessary investment to bring all these on stream. So, if a learn man, the calibre of Mr. Osafo Marfo, whom I do respect a great deal, utters such unguarded garbage, it rushes my blood to the head much faster and the question of WHY come longing. If this tape that is circulating is really his, then I am at a loss to say the least.
NO NONSENSE 9 years ago

the resources are there but do we have visionary leaders to harness them effectively if explored.

the resources are there but do we have visionary leaders to harness them effectively if explored.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

That is the billion dollar question we should all help to answer efficiently for the sake of mother Ghana.

That is the billion dollar question we should all help to answer efficiently for the sake of mother Ghana.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Mahama's recent trip to NE United Arab Emirates or as Ghanaians only knows it as Dubai, was purposely to woo investors to the huge iron ore deposit showing up from the survey collected not too long ago.

Mahama's recent trip to NE United Arab Emirates or as Ghanaians only knows it as Dubai, was purposely to woo investors to the huge iron ore deposit showing up from the survey collected not too long ago.
Kodjo 9 years ago

Very sensible comment, thank you

Very sensible comment, thank you
Dessy 9 years ago

Oh if Dr Sarfo Marfo issuing about decentralization then it is a different ball game but making such comment, it won't help the nation .folks..such doctrines are those that has left Nigeria into a fail state..folks, let's no ...
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Oh if Dr Sarfo Marfo issuing about decentralization then it is a different ball game but making such comment, it won't help the nation .folks..such doctrines are those that has left Nigeria into a fail state..folks, let's not listen to those old folks who already written their obituary..the youth of our mother Ghana should stand against any forms of hatred
OBINNA 9 years ago

POLITICIAN OR NOT, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR CANDID OPINION. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO EXPRESS IT. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ALWAYS STANDS IN THE WAY AND OSAFO MARFO SHOULD BE BOLD ENOUGH TO ADMIT WHAT HE SAID. ARTHUR KOBINA KENNEDY MU ...
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POLITICIAN OR NOT, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR CANDID OPINION. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO EXPRESS IT. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ALWAYS STANDS IN THE WAY AND OSAFO MARFO SHOULD BE BOLD ENOUGH TO ADMIT WHAT HE SAID. ARTHUR KOBINA KENNEDY MUST NOT SEEK TO EXPLOIT THIS FOR HIS SELFISH INTEREST.
Md 9 years ago

You irrelevant, i doubt if you are and NPP member

You irrelevant, i doubt if you are and NPP member
pm 9 years ago

I think we should find a solution to the problem.

I think we should find a solution to the problem.
OBINNA 9 years ago

FACTS ARE FACTS. YOU CANNOT RUN AWAY FROM FACTS NO MATTER HOW THESE FACTS ARE CARVED, SHAPED AND MOULDED OR CONSTRUCTED.

FACTS ARE FACTS. YOU CANNOT RUN AWAY FROM FACTS NO MATTER HOW THESE FACTS ARE CARVED, SHAPED AND MOULDED OR CONSTRUCTED.
KO 9 years ago

Osafo Maafo as a highly educated man should have known better. I am an Akan but I do not condone this tribal outburst. I hope he did not say that but he is being framed. Ghana has been a multi ethnic and multi religous countr ...
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Osafo Maafo as a highly educated man should have known better. I am an Akan but I do not condone this tribal outburst. I hope he did not say that but he is being framed. Ghana has been a multi ethnic and multi religous country at peace with itself. Lets keep it at that. Such alleged utterances has no place in Ghanaian politics.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Could somebody tell me what is actually wrong with these NPP folks? Today is Osafo Maafo and tomorrow is Kennedy Agyapong and the likes. The Hutus of Rwanda exploited a page similar to the trash we are hearing from these folk ...
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Could somebody tell me what is actually wrong with these NPP folks? Today is Osafo Maafo and tomorrow is Kennedy Agyapong and the likes. The Hutus of Rwanda exploited a page similar to the trash we are hearing from these folks in the NPP and within a period of some 100 days managed to send nearly a million souls of their Tutsi brethren into their graves for being just Tutsi and of course the minority in power in that country.

The ink hasn't even dried yet over that history, hence comes another wave of bigotries harbouring the same ideology and masquerading as some legitimate political entity in our modern day Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana. How alarming!
OSEI TAWIAH 9 years ago

You Trokosis are very irritating with your propaganda accusations. Ewe innuendo is what has killed Ghana. Very selfish people who always cry foul but turn around and do the same thing they accuse people of, then try to justif ...
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You Trokosis are very irritating with your propaganda accusations. Ewe innuendo is what has killed Ghana. Very selfish people who always cry foul but turn around and do the same thing they accuse people of, then try to justify it with their propaganda machines. What has JJ Rawlings, Kofi Awoonor, Tatsu Tsikata, Kpegah, Kofi Adams and others not said and done to Ashantis? Nobody attacks the Ewes and their NDC because they always cry victims. Why don't we share the national cake equally so that those good-for-nothing Ghanaians who don't produce anything can do whatever they want with their share instead of hijacking the whole nation's coffers and looting them?
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Get your low esteem self off my post you rat. How many monikers have you used to post on this thread already? One even to compliment your own sorry self. How funny! Now, hear this once more, am a Fanti fed and bred and if pro ...
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Get your low esteem self off my post you rat. How many monikers have you used to post on this thread already? One even to compliment your own sorry self. How funny! Now, hear this once more, am a Fanti fed and bred and if proudly wearing NDC colours makes me an Ewe in your eyes, then so be it. After all, they are human like everybody else. You on the other-hand have to deal with your delusional self and get yourself a job and that will definitely help by reducing your 24/7-365 on Ghanaweb with all sorts of monikers, loser.
arthur 9 years ago

bigot Ashanti tribe don't vote them.

bigot Ashanti tribe don't vote them.
OSEI BABOON TAWIAH 9 years ago

just listen to this sorrow and lonely BABOON called OSEI TAWIAH calling himself an ASHANTI,FOOL,only your mother can tell you the truth,and what are your contributions as a brain dead Ghanaian called OSEI"AVU KABLI"TAWIAH to ...
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just listen to this sorrow and lonely BABOON called OSEI TAWIAH calling himself an ASHANTI,FOOL,only your mother can tell you the truth,and what are your contributions as a brain dead Ghanaian called OSEI"AVU KABLI"TAWIAH to GHANA.You are too much on Ghanaweb,so can't you get your miserable soul some better job???
Nii SA 9 years ago

True Ghanaians will know the true colours of these people. They don't like Ghana. All they want is power so that they can loot state properties. Modern day African naxis.

True Ghanaians will know the true colours of these people. They don't like Ghana. All they want is power so that they can loot state properties. Modern day African naxis.
The African Patriot 9 years ago

Then there must be something wrong with you. May be you ate not an Akan otherwise such a statement will not come from you.
What Mr. Marfo said is true and does not need any apology. A change of course is necessary.

You c ...
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Then there must be something wrong with you. May be you ate not an Akan otherwise such a statement will not come from you.
What Mr. Marfo said is true and does not need any apology. A change of course is necessary.

You cant own a house and let it take it over by aliens.
Go to North and tell the chiefs there that you are a Ghanaian and therefore entitle to own their Land and see what will happen.

PRESIDENT MAHAMA IS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER, VERY TRIBALISTIC THAN EVERY ONE.
kofi 9 years ago

That's what most NPP members about. Tribal politics. Hence their behaving like a child who has misplaced his toy,opposing every move by non akans. For thier own interests when they say akan the mean twi speaking only. Shame S ...
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That's what most NPP members about. Tribal politics. Hence their behaving like a child who has misplaced his toy,opposing every move by non akans. For thier own interests when they say akan the mean twi speaking only. Shame Sarfo Marfo and all who think like you. Used to respect him a lot
MR MAWEGYATA 9 years ago

THIS GUY WANT TO SPOIL IT FOR NANA ADDO.NANA SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL WITH SUCH PEOPLE I SUPPORT THE CALL FOR THE NPP TO COME OUT TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM THIS UNCALL FOR COMMENT. THE FACTS OF THE COMMENTS ARE TRUE BUT IF YOU AR ...
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THIS GUY WANT TO SPOIL IT FOR NANA ADDO.NANA SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL WITH SUCH PEOPLE I SUPPORT THE CALL FOR THE NPP TO COME OUT TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM THIS UNCALL FOR COMMENT. THE FACTS OF THE COMMENTS ARE TRUE BUT IF YOU ARE GHANAIAN NO MATTER WHAT TRIBE YOU COME FROM AND IF YOU ASPIRE FOR ANY POSITION IN GHANA YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU REGION YOU COME FROM AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUR REGION TO THE NATION IN TERMS OF NATURAL RESOURCES. OSAFO MARFO GROW UP.
akilapa 9 years ago

What he said was correct and a fact.Its not politically correct to say that though.

What he said was correct and a fact.Its not politically correct to say that though.
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

Every Ghanaians has got the right to speak their mind, esp. if they feel disappointed in the way gov't is using ethnic or tribal tactics to divide the country, subdue Ghanaians and destroy the harmony and peaceful co-existenc ...
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Every Ghanaians has got the right to speak their mind, esp. if they feel disappointed in the way gov't is using ethnic or tribal tactics to divide the country, subdue Ghanaians and destroy the harmony and peaceful co-existence of the citizens. This has been the hidden agenda of the NDC.

Folks who've read some of my posting here on Ghanaweb would now understand my point. Mr. Rawlings' AFRC/P-NDC regime had a hidden agenda. They perceived notion of the Akan dominance in Ghana's business and general being is what drove them to execute many people of the Akan decent. For 19yrs many Akan tribes people became target Rawlings' AFRC/P-NDC gov't and were subjected to all forms of humiliation, suppression, torture and intimidation. For those soldiers suffered harassment, murder and abuse and those whose friends and families in the various ranks there couldn't have been a better time for them to tell their story other than the National Reconciliation Period granted by Kuffour's gov't. All Akan tribes people who held high gov't or civil positions where removed and replaced by Ewes or other tribes people. Folks should look around or research and see what' going on. Today almost all important positions are being held by either Ewes. Every Ghanaians has the right to occupy positions he/she qualifies for.

NDC is so crafty and cunning, they're the very ones who'd cry foul when tribal equality issues are raised. Imagine why they wish Nana Akufo-Addo never became president. Ghana has to engage in a dialogue on this dangerous tribal issue, else we're going nowhere. Mr. Osafo Marfo is speaking the truth!

People like him are brave or have the courage to voice these concerns that could trigger violence or tear our country apart, rather get the bash for speaking up. A word to the wise, is enough!
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

It's time to have a national dialogue on this tribal issue. The NPP and other parties should be bold and smart and pull Mr. Rawlings and his tribal henchmen out from their hiding place! People should begin to query Rawlings a ...
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It's time to have a national dialogue on this tribal issue. The NPP and other parties should be bold and smart and pull Mr. Rawlings and his tribal henchmen out from their hiding place! People should begin to query Rawlings and his men why they targeted and killed people, most of whom were Akan people. In those days Ghanaians couldn't read through the lines, except those who suffered under AFRC/P-NDC.

Clever Ghanaians should just observe how the NDC is psychologically using the tribal card to operate, while they keep some few Akans, esp. Brong Ahafo and Fantis in the background. That's all window dressing! It's time o take the bull by the horn. Many people feel down-spirited and more so, utterly disappointed; someone ought to open the doors for a national debate on this sensitive issue. Ironically, the NDC, as hypocritical as they are is attempting to use this said tape recording for propaganda purpose, ahead the 2016 elections. This is the opportunity for the NPP and other parties to bring things into the open.

People Woyome, Okudzeto Ablakwa and Fiifi Kwetety and others are happy to cheat the system; they're opportunists who wish the system remains same as it is right now, else their businesses will collapse.
Victor B.Old 9 years ago

don't be a COWARD,you can also be that smart and take the first step as a strong /cleverman.an old second hand Pc is not the battle field so come out first.

don't be a COWARD,you can also be that smart and take the first step as a strong /cleverman.an old second hand Pc is not the battle field so come out first.
KWAA 9 years ago

As if we don't have enough problems already.Government is on the highway to HIPC,we have no lights,Industry is under preforming,unemployment is increasing every day,corruption is getting out of control,and here we are discuss ...
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As if we don't have enough problems already.Government is on the highway to HIPC,we have no lights,Industry is under preforming,unemployment is increasing every day,corruption is getting out of control,and here we are discussing about some one's opinion for more than three days.Is it the first time a politician in Ghana is playing the tribal card?What did Mahama said during the campaign for the 2012 elections,did he used the same tribal sentiments to woe voters in the North?
Adu 9 years ago

Arthur K is often too quick to attack his own party. He's not even sure if the voice on the tape is that of Osafo Marfo. Is he really working in the interest of the NPP?

Arthur K is often too quick to attack his own party. He's not even sure if the voice on the tape is that of Osafo Marfo. Is he really working in the interest of the NPP?
VOICE OF REASON 9 years ago

Arthur Kennedy should leave NPP alone.The undeniable and truthful fact is that NDC is the most tribalistic party in Ghana.The tribes of their party officials and ministerial appointees atrest to this.But they are good at vici ...
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Arthur Kennedy should leave NPP alone.The undeniable and truthful fact is that NDC is the most tribalistic party in Ghana.The tribes of their party officials and ministerial appointees atrest to this.But they are good at vicious propaganda......and Arthur K must not fall for it
koilko 9 years ago

someone with such a long thick mouth like that of a british mad cow can not say anything sensible

someone with such a long thick mouth like that of a british mad cow can not say anything sensible
gh vi 9 years ago

just like the typical ashanti. my ribs are cracking.....

just like the typical ashanti. my ribs are cracking.....
AWAALA 9 years ago

IS Dr. BAWUMIA LISTENING? MR YAW OSAFO MARFO.PLS COME CLEAN(APOLOGIZE) IF TRUE.

IS Dr. BAWUMIA LISTENING? MR YAW OSAFO MARFO.PLS COME CLEAN(APOLOGIZE) IF TRUE.
DR. SULEMAN ALHASAN 9 years ago

THIS MAN CALL ARTHUR KENNEDY LIKES TALKING TOO MUCH. WHAT IS THIS THAT YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON?

IS IT NOT TRUE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE THE MOST RESOURCES SHOULD TRY AND MANAGE THEM THEMSELVES?
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THIS MAN CALL ARTHUR KENNEDY LIKES TALKING TOO MUCH. WHAT IS THIS THAT YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON?

IS IT NOT TRUE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE THE MOST RESOURCES SHOULD TRY AND MANAGE THEM THEMSELVES?
DID NOT DR SAY SO? THE BLACK MAN IS CAPABLE OF MANAGING HIMSELF?
IF YOU THE MONEY AND GOOD MANAGERS, DO YOU STILL HAVE TO ALLOW SOMEBODY FROM SOME WHERE TO COME AND TAKE CONTROL FOR YOU? AFTER ALL, THE AKANS ARE IN THE MAJORITY IN THIS COUNTRY. TRUE OR FALSE?
THIS SO CALL TAPE IS NOT A NEWS AT ALL.
THE NDC WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NEWS OUT OF THAT.
NO NPP MEMBER SHOULD COMMENT ON THIS. JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS.
WHY SOUHLD ATHER KENNEDY HAVE TO SAY SO. IF YOU WOULD SUPPORT OSAFO MARFO ON THAT, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. NO COMMENT. SIMPLE. ARTHUR KAY YOU LIKE TALKING TOO MUCH.
Tibba 9 years ago

Dr. Bawumia. How sad could it be, that with all his academic credentials, he could not see through how the NPP intended to use and disband him somewhere along the line.

Dr. Bawumia. How sad could it be, that with all his academic credentials, he could not see through how the NPP intended to use and disband him somewhere along the line.
Joe-Tee 9 years ago

Why are people running away from the truth? If indeed, Hon. Osafo-Mafo said that, then is unfortunate. Can we as Ghanaians condemn such comments? Why do we always put on our political lenses before talking? Is Ghana for a cla ...
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Why are people running away from the truth? If indeed, Hon. Osafo-Mafo said that, then is unfortunate. Can we as Ghanaians condemn such comments? Why do we always put on our political lenses before talking? Is Ghana for a class or group of people? Let's stop these nonsense tribal comments
Koo 9 years ago

You talk about truth! Osafo Marfo is right and said the truth!

You talk about truth! Osafo Marfo is right and said the truth!
Georgee 9 years ago

What prevented you from contacting Osafo Marfo on this since tape fabrication is not new is our current type of politics. You are a failed politician.

What prevented you from contacting Osafo Marfo on this since tape fabrication is not new is our current type of politics. You are a failed politician.
WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 9 years ago

The alleged so called tribal comments attributed to Osafo Marfo should actually be a clear unmistaken message any Political Leader of Akan heritage should speak out in the public and not even in secret.

Ewes and their le ...
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The alleged so called tribal comments attributed to Osafo Marfo should actually be a clear unmistaken message any Political Leader of Akan heritage should speak out in the public and not even in secret.

Ewes and their leaders have no problem in pursuit of their tribal agenda using the political dynamics and calculus to be in their favor.

They have no problem putting it out there in the public domain. No other person than Rawlings has used tribal division tactics to build a party and perpetuate the party's hold on power.

P/NDC has always used tribal politics for very effective exploits to win power.

If the cowards who make up the leadership of NPP want to redeem Ghana again by coming back, they should start making this message by Osafo clear to rally the Akans.

P/NDC has always played this game of pitting other Akans against Asantes in particular and in so doing, manage to dilute the Akan unified front for their self interest.

When they win power with the Akans support, members of their minority coalition are given nearly all the windfall to the exclusion of the Akans.

United Akans should be the rally call now.
Kodjo 9 years ago

You are a dangerous lunatic!!!

You are a dangerous lunatic!!!
tony 9 years ago

You are a fool

You are a fool
PAKIS 9 years ago

so you mean all those plain nonsense are against the ewes ?,if so, then you are lost,just go back to the 60s till today and check for yourself and see how your ("presumed or forcing them to be your enemies") the ewes worked ...
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so you mean all those plain nonsense are against the ewes ?,if so, then you are lost,just go back to the 60s till today and check for yourself and see how your ("presumed or forcing them to be your enemies") the ewes worked their ways into the various positions...from labourer / armed forces to director.,I CAN ASURE YOU 10000 per cent THAT THE VOLTA IS NOT THAT POOR AS YOU THINK but RATHER THE RICHEST REGION OF GHANA if things are to go the right way...
nii 9 years ago

Remember what U said : to go to court @ J> B. Danquah. We should be careful @ this"asante kingdom" , asante confederacy.

Remember what U said : to go to court @ J> B. Danquah. We should be careful @ this"asante kingdom" , asante confederacy.
VOICE OF REASON 9 years ago

The evidence is overwhelming.Find out about the tribes of NDC party officials and ministerial appointees.Tribalism is in their DNA......Anti-tribal campaigner Arthur Kennedy should go preach to NDC

The evidence is overwhelming.Find out about the tribes of NDC party officials and ministerial appointees.Tribalism is in their DNA......Anti-tribal campaigner Arthur Kennedy should go preach to NDC
DE (GREAT) 9 years ago

You nana or whatever you call yourself, will definitely died in foolishness

You nana or whatever you call yourself, will definitely died in foolishness
kk 9 years ago

Osafo Marfo,we have material resource n human resource,the other religions hv human resources. what is the use of material resources without human resource?

Osafo Marfo,we have material resource n human resource,the other religions hv human resources. what is the use of material resources without human resource?
pablo 9 years ago

In Ghana, we know all rights on earth but hungry. Osafo Maafo got it wrong, simplicito!

In Ghana, we know all rights on earth but hungry. Osafo Maafo got it wrong, simplicito!
Uncle Pee 9 years ago

Arthur K is back with his wisdom! Well said, Arthur. A word to the wise is enough!

Arthur K is back with his wisdom! Well said, Arthur. A word to the wise is enough!
CAO 9 years ago

oh ghana

oh ghana
from conja land 9 years ago

But Mr Arthur listening he said he didn't say it so what else?

But Mr Arthur listening he said he didn't say it so what else?
ROYAL SIKAMAN 9 years ago

The truth hurt. Mr. Osafo Marfo had spoken the hearth of Akans. 90% of Akans are not happy of the current situation as Ewes the outsiders and Northerners our labourers are mismanaging our resources. Kwame Nkrumah must be blam ...
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The truth hurt. Mr. Osafo Marfo had spoken the hearth of Akans. 90% of Akans are not happy of the current situation as Ewes the outsiders and Northerners our labourers are mismanaging our resources. Kwame Nkrumah must be blamed for his stupidity for bringing these liability people among our peaceful society. I REST MY ANGER.
S. Doo 9 years ago

God have mercy on u my bro. Royal sakaman

God have mercy on u my bro. Royal sakaman
okofo 9 years ago

This Arthur Kennedy (America?) is very wierd: matters he takes up creats suspicion of a woundered (member?) of NPP.

This Arthur Kennedy (America?) is very wierd: matters he takes up creats suspicion of a woundered (member?) of NPP.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 9 years ago

PETER BOSSMAN A GHANAIAN DOCTOR BECAME A MAYOR OF PIRAN A CROATIAN TOWN IN ZAGREB FORMERLY YUGOSLAVIA.
THE CROATS DID NOT SAY THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE WEALTH AND WHY SHOULD A BLACK MAN BECOME THEIR MAYOR.
WE HAVE BECOME HATER ...
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PETER BOSSMAN A GHANAIAN DOCTOR BECAME A MAYOR OF PIRAN A CROATIAN TOWN IN ZAGREB FORMERLY YUGOSLAVIA.
THE CROATS DID NOT SAY THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE WEALTH AND WHY SHOULD A BLACK MAN BECOME THEIR MAYOR.
WE HAVE BECOME HATERS OF OUR OWN RACE.
Koo 9 years ago

Arthur K! You are alienating all. You are playing a dangerous card. Where did Osafo Marfo say that!

Arthur K! You are alienating all. You are playing a dangerous card. Where did Osafo Marfo say that!
Nana Yaw Mensah 9 years ago

What he said was trying to show how our resources are disturbances and how Akans dominance in them are is not on tribal is a prudent speech am not a party member though but it does not incite tribalism i even. Ask a colleague ...
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What he said was trying to show how our resources are disturbances and how Akans dominance in them are is not on tribal is a prudent speech am not a party member though but it does not incite tribalism i even. Ask a colleague in ruling party he said there is nothing wrong before he heard it on radio
MASHOOD 9 years ago

what will God say...cos He created the heaven n de earth all de resources in it.......stupidity at de highest level.....I promise u npp will continue to be in opposition..... come 2016

what will God say...cos He created the heaven n de earth all de resources in it.......stupidity at de highest level.....I promise u npp will continue to be in opposition..... come 2016
ROYAL SIKAMAN 9 years ago

Is true Peter Bossman became a Mayor in Croatia as a ghanaian. Do you think he can employ only ghanaians in his office? You must use your brains because its always bring problems if minority tribe try to oppress majority. Nat ...
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Is true Peter Bossman became a Mayor in Croatia as a ghanaian. Do you think he can employ only ghanaians in his office? You must use your brains because its always bring problems if minority tribe try to oppress majority. National cake must be share equaly.
CAPII 9 years ago

PLEASE ARTHUR K,TELL NDC TO "REJECT TRIBAL" APPOINTMENTS AND "ASHANTI PHOBEA." TELL MAHAMA TO FOCUS ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NOT APPOINTMENTS TO "DR" FROM THE NORTH. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT IS THE KEY,NOT ONLINE DEGREES.

PLEASE ARTHUR K,TELL NDC TO "REJECT TRIBAL" APPOINTMENTS AND "ASHANTI PHOBEA." TELL MAHAMA TO FOCUS ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NOT APPOINTMENTS TO "DR" FROM THE NORTH. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT IS THE KEY,NOT ONLINE DEGREES.
NDC chief 9 years ago

U have said it all. All we need is a competent leader. One who will lead us to the promise land.

U have said it all. All we need is a competent leader. One who will lead us to the promise land.
Communication problems 9 years ago

Our leader need to change their mentality. If there were any other tribe at the meeting I think he will think twice. He is a looser.

Our leader need to change their mentality. If there were any other tribe at the meeting I think he will think twice. He is a looser.
Ato Kwamena KTP 9 years ago

We don't need such old people who do evil secretly. Ghana is more precious than these NDC and NPP politicians. Every Ghanaian is equal, no matter where his hometown is. No ethnic group is more superior, and more deserving to ...
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We don't need such old people who do evil secretly. Ghana is more precious than these NDC and NPP politicians. Every Ghanaian is equal, no matter where his hometown is. No ethnic group is more superior, and more deserving to be masters over others.
Mama Ghana 9 years ago

Arthur Kennedy,
Please go for Yaw Boateng Gyan and leave Osafo Marful alone. Ask yourself if what he really said is not true. How many Fantis, your people are in govt positions?

Arthur Kennedy,
Please go for Yaw Boateng Gyan and leave Osafo Marful alone. Ask yourself if what he really said is not true. How many Fantis, your people are in govt positions?
AMPONSA KAKABO LONDON 9 years ago

Arthur, keep leaving in your comfort zone and leave Hon Yaw Osafo Marfo alone.
What he said was 100% correct and there is nothing wrong with what he said. Is a fact which Ghanaians can't run away from it therefore keep qui ...
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Arthur, keep leaving in your comfort zone and leave Hon Yaw Osafo Marfo alone.
What he said was 100% correct and there is nothing wrong with what he said. Is a fact which Ghanaians can't run away from it therefore keep quiet.
Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

Akyems are nt Asante , he must be told , useless ugly man

Akyems are nt Asante , he must be told , useless ugly man
Bastard Akufo Addo 9 years ago

What is the meaning of all this stupidity ?

What is the meaning of all this stupidity ?
FACT 9 years ago

Osafo Marfo is 100% right.
Why are people scared of the truth?
The TRUTH WILL LIBERATE THE AKANS!
OUR RESOURCES IS OUR GOD GIVEN HERITAGE!
WE SHOULD CHERISH IT AND NOT ABANDON IT TO STRANGERS.

Osafo Marfo is 100% right.
Why are people scared of the truth?
The TRUTH WILL LIBERATE THE AKANS!
OUR RESOURCES IS OUR GOD GIVEN HERITAGE!
WE SHOULD CHERISH IT AND NOT ABANDON IT TO STRANGERS.
Mankrado 9 years ago

Onyame ehu wo. Old man giving this advise in private. And we wonder why the we're still where we are? Such people, no matter which party they belong, must be condemned and treated as traitors. Ghana is bigger than NDC/NPP dir ...
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Onyame ehu wo. Old man giving this advise in private. And we wonder why the we're still where we are? Such people, no matter which party they belong, must be condemned and treated as traitors. Ghana is bigger than NDC/NPP dirty politics.
Kofi 9 years ago

Fa wo kwasea fri ho.

Fa wo kwasea fri ho.
Kukom 9 years ago

Osarfo Marfo statement contained no tribalism Kennedy must stop instigating the situation. Tribalism is Ewes daily bread, they are using this issue

Osarfo Marfo statement contained no tribalism Kennedy must stop instigating the situation. Tribalism is Ewes daily bread, they are using this issue
ARYIKU NARTEY. 9 years ago

AGAIN THIS GUY IS REFERRING TO THE FALSE HISTORY OF GHANA BY THE DISGRACED AND DISCREDITED ACADEMIC, PROF. ADU BOAHENE.
THE REGION WITH THE MOST RESOURSES IS NOT THE ASHANTI OR BRONG AHAFO REGIONS BUT THE WESTERN REGION. THE ...
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AGAIN THIS GUY IS REFERRING TO THE FALSE HISTORY OF GHANA BY THE DISGRACED AND DISCREDITED ACADEMIC, PROF. ADU BOAHENE.
THE REGION WITH THE MOST RESOURSES IS NOT THE ASHANTI OR BRONG AHAFO REGIONS BUT THE WESTERN REGION. THE WESTERN REGION IS THE NUMBER.1 OF GHANA OF ALL RESOURCES FROM COCOA, GOLD, DIAMOND, RUBBER, TIMBER, ETC. BUT THEY DO NOT MAKE NOISES LIKE SOME OTHERS. THEY ARE NOT BOASTFUL. MAY BE THAT IS THEIR DISADVANTAGE. AS THE SAYING GOES, 'the good beads make little or less noises'
THE CHOSEN ONE 9 years ago

Y3 nim won efiri titi. There is nothing new in this talk. They are hippocrates.

Y3 nim won efiri titi. There is nothing new in this talk. They are hippocrates.
kobby kay 9 years ago

I have not head any comment from those useless ommentators at Kumasi radio stations espcially otec,,kessben ash fm n angel, yaw serbe, amakye , confidence , ali baba, and a host of foolish guy talk abt it but when the pres ...
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I have not head any comment from those useless ommentators at Kumasi radio stations espcially otec,,kessben ash fm n angel, yaw serbe, amakye , confidence , ali baba, and a host of foolish guy talk abt it but when the president say something u see these fools passing judgement Nkwasiafuo
ADAMS 9 years ago

NPP .Why do you people continue to sing war songs Ghana should avoid lthe looming tribal war from NPP. Thank God this time is not ALL DIE BE DIE but some tribes in Ghana are useless and only AKANFOS are useful and deserves t ...
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NPP .Why do you people continue to sing war songs Ghana should avoid lthe looming tribal war from NPP. Thank God this time is not ALL DIE BE DIE but some tribes in Ghana are useless and only AKANFOS are useful and deserves to rule Ghana.THOSE WHO HAVE EARS CAN HEAR
ODOI ODOIFIO 9 years ago

OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE MUCH RESOURCES AS YOU BUT THEY HAVE THE BRAIN FAR BETTER THAN YOU IN GETTING THE RESOURCES OUT AND TURNING THEM INTO SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY, GOOD VALUABLES. YES, I MEAN BRAN WORK

OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE MUCH RESOURCES AS YOU BUT THEY HAVE THE BRAIN FAR BETTER THAN YOU IN GETTING THE RESOURCES OUT AND TURNING THEM INTO SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY, GOOD VALUABLES. YES, I MEAN BRAN WORK
u.k 9 years ago

you see, mahama brain is like a goat mating everywhere,he is the most foolish man on earth, i once heard some white folks in a conference @ germany saying the big thief of Africa is mahama,& he is in the red books of the e.u ...
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you see, mahama brain is like a goat mating everywhere,he is the most foolish man on earth, i once heard some white folks in a conference @ germany saying the big thief of Africa is mahama,& he is in the red books of the e.u, he is very stupid, the international community have a package for him
KATAKYIE 9 years ago

When I hear Osafo Marfo and these NPP politicians complaining about ownership of state resources, I just laugh... It wasn't long ago that you guys ruled over Ghana and controlled all the state resources... Please tell me, wha ...
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When I hear Osafo Marfo and these NPP politicians complaining about ownership of state resources, I just laugh... It wasn't long ago that you guys ruled over Ghana and controlled all the state resources... Please tell me, what did you do for the people of Akyem Oda ??? You and your ilk controlled everything yet when you visit Akem Abuakwa and Akem Kotoku areas, you don't see any appreciable development... You would think that you are in Afghanistan when you visit the Akyem areas... You are complaining now because you are out of power... You guys were so mean-spirited to a point where you gave the ordinary man no audience... You can complain all you want and it will be to no avail because Mahama and his men are in charge and they are using the state resources to improve the lot of their people, whatever that means... Next time when you come to power, help the common man and you will not regret.... I do not for one moment think that the tape is doctored .... You said what you meant ... Just remember that we live in a digital age and everything you do or say will find its way into the public forum....
Nana M 9 years ago

you took the words out of my mouth. I am from the Eastern region.

you took the words out of my mouth. I am from the Eastern region.
johnson 9 years ago

Osafo Marfo may have said it but the thinking is consistent with NPP wiring. You cant always hide who you trully are. The truth is like a cork in water. You can hold it as long as you are very alert. The least loss of attenti ...
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Osafo Marfo may have said it but the thinking is consistent with NPP wiring. You cant always hide who you trully are. The truth is like a cork in water. You can hold it as long as you are very alert. The least loss of attention then it jumps up!
johnson 9 years ago

Ex Pres. Aliu Mahama was a vice pres for NPP. He was not made to lead the party. Nana was elected. He was not even second. Kyei Mensah Bonsu minority leader boldly said no Ga is ready to lead NPP but Prof Oquaye, Obetsebi La ...
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Ex Pres. Aliu Mahama was a vice pres for NPP. He was not made to lead the party. Nana was elected. He was not even second. Kyei Mensah Bonsu minority leader boldly said no Ga is ready to lead NPP but Prof Oquaye, Obetsebi Lamptey etc could have.Bad comment eh? l can go on and on. That is NPP. Accept who you are!
Quartey 9 years ago

The NDC thrives on propaganda and tribalism to win votes. They intentionally sow seeds of discord amongst the majority Akan ethnic group so as to divide and weaken them. The ONLY thing the NDC fears is an Akan united front. A ...
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The NDC thrives on propaganda and tribalism to win votes. They intentionally sow seeds of discord amongst the majority Akan ethnic group so as to divide and weaken them. The ONLY thing the NDC fears is an Akan united front. Akans should know that their very interests would be best served only and only when they come together. Akans, please unite for your own good and the good of mother Ghana. All Akans should know that they descended from a common ancestor. So, my dear Akuapims, Akyems, Bonos, Kwahus, Asantes, Fantis, Kwamus, etc. and all the other Akan tribes, Come Together for the good of this country. Together, you are Unconquerable!!!
ernest 9 years ago

Weather de comment is good or not he did not insult anybody everyday mahama is chopping volta n nottern part money we will vote him out .not thief like mahatma n ndc

Weather de comment is good or not he did not insult anybody everyday mahama is chopping volta n nottern part money we will vote him out .not thief like mahatma n ndc
voa 9 years ago

The truth is bitter but it must be told,how can u allow slaves and beggars to rule over u.

The truth is bitter but it must be told,how can u allow slaves and beggars to rule over u.
Yaw Obeng 9 years ago

Even though I do not approve of what is alleged to have been uttered by Osafo Marfo if in fact he is the person on the tape. The real challenge NPP and Ghana must confront is authorized recording at meetings which has become ...
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Even though I do not approve of what is alleged to have been uttered by Osafo Marfo if in fact he is the person on the tape. The real challenge NPP and Ghana must confront is authorized recording at meetings which has become the norm in Ghana. I hope some staffers are not recording even the President. How do you meet with the Council of Elders of your party and get recorded without your permission. We enjoy what the tapes say but we are creating a society where people will not say what they mean for fear of being recorded.
Nana Sakyi 9 years ago

Kwasia bi ntsi every loser can go and hide in America and give loose talks. Arthur Fool Kennedy

Kwasia bi ntsi every loser can go and hide in America and give loose talks. Arthur Fool Kennedy
Dessy 9 years ago

"Tribalism" not a good idea for governing..Dr Safo Marfo, people if such calibre should not have been commenting on such sensitive issue if such tale is authentic..inciting youth on such tribalistic comments incite violence a ...
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"Tribalism" not a good idea for governing..Dr Safo Marfo, people if such calibre should not have been commenting on such sensitive issue if such tale is authentic..inciting youth on such tribalistic comments incite violence and causes division among the nation..if such tape is authentic..Dr Sarfo Marfo should come forward and denounce it
Garbage Oldman 9 years ago

So what will he say about Australia and the USA? The resources of these countries are located in the aborigines and the native Indians lands.

So what will he say about Australia and the USA? The resources of these countries are located in the aborigines and the native Indians lands.
nana 9 years ago

Am pity for Npp, they will be on opposition for 30 good year, if they not change their bad attitude and tribalism. No wonder Ghanaian already know the true colours of Npp only tribalism, if nana akuffo addo, the old man maffi ...
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Am pity for Npp, they will be on opposition for 30 good year, if they not change their bad attitude and tribalism. No wonder Ghanaian already know the true colours of Npp only tribalism, if nana akuffo addo, the old man maffia will go up and down president mahama will retire him in 2016.
Whatever 9 years ago

Osafo Marfo's ethnic incitement is a very very deep, widespread problem in the NPP. If Osafo Marfo is saying this then only God knows what the rank and file will be blustering

Osafo Marfo's ethnic incitement is a very very deep, widespread problem in the NPP. If Osafo Marfo is saying this then only God knows what the rank and file will be blustering
apuuu 9 years ago

What is wrong with this Doctor Jacko name Arthur K Kennedy he thinks he knows everything this doesn't know nonething about politics if he does he will think before he said anything first he needs to no why Mr Marfo said what ...
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What is wrong with this Doctor Jacko name Arthur K Kennedy he thinks he knows everything this doesn't know nonething about politics if he does he will think before he said anything first he needs to no why Mr Marfo said what he said people don't get up and say things Doctor Jacko have you taught about Mahama administration how people from Northern part of the country work for him Mahama is more tribalism than Jerry Rawlings and what do you have to say Mr knows everything Mr Perfect apuuu
Patrick Fordjour 9 years ago

Our Labour's a go back to where u come from Togo or Mali Osage Marfo is wise man, foolish people ntafour.

Our Labour's a go back to where u come from Togo or Mali Osage Marfo is wise man, foolish people ntafour.
Nana kelewele _Lawra 9 years ago

This is the reason why npp are in opposition

This is the reason why npp are in opposition
OB 9 years ago

Arthur Kennedy should shut up. He is a traitor. He is not wanted in NPP circles.

Arthur Kennedy should shut up. He is a traitor. He is not wanted in NPP circles.
Possi 9 years ago

The most PATRIOTIC Ghanaian, Is TETTEH QUARSHIE.

The most PATRIOTIC Ghanaian, Is TETTEH QUARSHIE.
JH New York 9 years ago

Is that what resolves the Collapse of Small Business,which is the engine of growth,due to the electricity problems !

Is that what resolves the Collapse of Small Business,which is the engine of growth,due to the electricity problems !
Ghanaian To The Core 9 years ago

'WE MUST SAY WHAT WE MEAN AND MEAN WHAT WE SAY IN PUBLIC AND IN PRIVATE' that, to me, is the true meaning of integrity. It is being who you say you are and doing what you say you will do.
If we Ghanaians can no longer say w ...
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'WE MUST SAY WHAT WE MEAN AND MEAN WHAT WE SAY IN PUBLIC AND IN PRIVATE' that, to me, is the true meaning of integrity. It is being who you say you are and doing what you say you will do.
If we Ghanaians can no longer say what we mean and mean what we say, and stand by it, if we can no longer be who we say we are and doing what we say we will do, then there will not be a greater tomorrow because then, the future can easily be undermined. Is this not what is happening in our our politics, sports, religion, business, family lives, educational system, the entertainment sector, to mention a few?
Can you find any man or woman in the land who have not compromised their stand, especially on matters of interest affecting the destiny of Ghanaians? You just read the comments written by our fellow Ghanaians on this article and ask yourself, is this not the number one virtue you and I are lacking in our personal lives as Ghanaians and in our state institutions?
I stand to ask, where are the men and women of integrity in this land? Let them stand up and be counted.
TRUTH STANDS 9 years ago

These re-cycled politicians have had their turn and are still wanting more. When Kuffour made him President, all Osarfo Marfo did was to return from foreign trips late in the night with sacks of looted money to hide in his Ac ...
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These re-cycled politicians have had their turn and are still wanting more. When Kuffour made him President, all Osarfo Marfo did was to return from foreign trips late in the night with sacks of looted money to hide in his Achimota residence. Till he got so much of it that he too thought he could be president. Money swine. And the road running through his area to Kumasi is awaiting a Pepeni to come and fix. This old NPP politicians are not being fair to their youth. When in power, they resurrect and occupy all the positions. Count the number of the 80 yr plus appointees of NPP as compared to those of Mills and Mahama. The NPP are calling young ministers in experienced, yet the NDC are willing to give the youth a chance. This feeling of entitlement by the NPP aged has no room for their youth.
Mankrado 9 years ago

Reading comments here, I'm scared. It's obvious that many Ghanaians are religiously drunk, and hypocrites. They hide indoors and speak evil about others in different religions or even people who go to different churches. From ...
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Reading comments here, I'm scared. It's obvious that many Ghanaians are religiously drunk, and hypocrites. They hide indoors and speak evil about others in different religions or even people who go to different churches. From today, I have no religion. My religion is love for all mankind.
kky 9 years ago

all this tape will do is that, it will unite all Akan people and the 5 regions with the resources,trust me, is being discussing very much in this region, osafo marfo ideas are great, what belong to you is yours forever, so fa ...
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all this tape will do is that, it will unite all Akan people and the 5 regions with the resources,trust me, is being discussing very much in this region, osafo marfo ideas are great, what belong to you is yours forever, so far as is in your land, you own it & must benefit frm it.....
A Concern Ghanaian from Ho. 9 years ago

osafo marfo or whatever you call yourself, you have donne your worse as the then Finance Minister. If I were you, I would have nail my WELE mouth. We don't use the size of our mouth to talk about everything. For what you said ...
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osafo marfo or whatever you call yourself, you have donne your worse as the then Finance Minister. If I were you, I would have nail my WELE mouth. We don't use the size of our mouth to talk about everything. For what you said, you brock more than 70 percent Ghanaian head. If you don't know, let it get to your head.
ASUMADU EMESEWOELI, HO, VOLTA REGION 9 years ago

I WILL ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH MR OSAFO MARFO IF IT IS PROVEN THAT HE SAID WHAT IS BEING ATTRIBUTED TO HIM.THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT HE IS PURPOTED TO HAVE SAID ALL THESE YEARS. WHY COULD PRESIDENT MAHAMA NOT SUST ...
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I WILL ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH MR OSAFO MARFO IF IT IS PROVEN THAT HE SAID WHAT IS BEING ATTRIBUTED TO HIM.THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT HE IS PURPOTED TO HAVE SAID ALL THESE YEARS. WHY COULD PRESIDENT MAHAMA NOT SUSTAIN HIS ATTEMPT TO POST REGIONAL MINISTERS TO OTHER REGIONS OTHER THAN THEIR HOME REGIONS? WHY DO WE SELECT DCEs TO HEAD PLACES THEY COME FROM? WHY DID PRESIDENT MAHAMA SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURE OF THE WESTERN REGION CHIEFS TO PICK A MINISTER FOR OIL FROM THE WESTERN REGION WHICH PRODUCES THE NATION'S OIL? NOW LET'S FACE IT. ARE WE NOT LED MORE BY PEOPLE FROM REGIONS THAT HAVE THE LEAST NATURAL RESOURCES TO SHOW IN TERMS OF TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT? BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING? DO WE NOT HAVE MORE CORRUPTION IN GHANA TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE? CABINET INDUCED LOOTING, GRAFT, ETC; AND ARE THE MAJOR PERPETRATORS, WOYOME, RLG, ASONGTABA,SADA, BARTON ODURO, BETTY IDDRISU, ALHAJI MORO ETC, NOT MORE FROM THE LESS RESOURCED REGIONS? WITH ALL THE FREE EDUCATION WE HAVE GIVEN NORTHERNERS, DO YOU NOT SEE THE KIND OF POOR LEADERSHIP, INCOMPETENCE AND
THIEVERY THIS NATION FACES TODAY? THEY ARE BEHAVING AS IF THEY MUST DISSIPATE THE RESOURCES BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO SOME PEOPLE THEY ARE NOT PART OF.NO SPIRIT OF NATIONALISM! SEE THE NAKED STEALING AND HORRENDOUS BORROWING THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS NATION TODAY. DID PROF ATTA MILLS NOT SAY 'ADZIE WO FIE EYE?' SINCE WHEN DID WE EWES VOTE FOR OTHERS? IF OSAFO SAID IT, HE WAS RIGHT IN STATING WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING HYPOCRITICALLY. THOSE LEADERS MUST TAKE A CURE AND REPENT. WE ARE WATCHING; FOR A HIRELING WILL SURELY NOT TAKE CARE OF THE MASTER'S PROPERTY AS HE HIMSELF WOULD. asumaduemesewoeli@yahoo.com
Ahenkorah 9 years ago

have we eher Pickel Minister for cocoa affairs from sefwiman which produce 80% of the Nation cocoa?.cocoa is still Nr 1 ghana product Not Oil. Ghana got $850m, cocoa 4,7billion.Let be fair

have we eher Pickel Minister for cocoa affairs from sefwiman which produce 80% of the Nation cocoa?.cocoa is still Nr 1 ghana product Not Oil. Ghana got $850m, cocoa 4,7billion.Let be fair
YE AKANFUO 9 years ago

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KOBIA ASANTE KOTOKO, TORONTO 9 years ago

We need men like Sarfo Marfo to lead the Akan people, this comment is fact. The ndc,s are looting us and invest in their homes like Togo and BURKINA. Any Akan who supports ndc is not real Akan because the main subject of ndc ...
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We need men like Sarfo Marfo to lead the Akan people, this comment is fact. The ndc,s are looting us and invest in their homes like Togo and BURKINA. Any Akan who supports ndc is not real Akan because the main subject of ndc is to destroy the prosperity of AKAN,it is time for our KINGS to act, imean to get the ndc out before it is too late

NPP must "reject" Osafo Marfo’s 'tribal' comments – Arthur K

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