Nkrumah’s legacies shared like confetti – Pratt

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

Npp is dishonest party, Nana Binladdo and his Npp crooks abused our School kids and took an advantage of mentally challenged in our society. Nana ordered women in the Npp to go NAKED during their evil demonstration.

Npp is dishonest party, Nana Binladdo and his Npp crooks abused our School kids and took an advantage of mentally challenged in our society. Nana ordered women in the Npp to go NAKED during their evil demonstration.
Mahmoud 9 years ago

If J.B Danquah hadn't been born at all patriotic Ghanaians would've still overthrown Kwame Nkrumah with or without the help of CIA because, his leftward tendencies had reached a point of no return. The Guy was a red sickle co ...
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If J.B Danquah hadn't been born at all patriotic Ghanaians would've still overthrown Kwame Nkrumah with or without the help of CIA because, his leftward tendencies had reached a point of no return. The Guy was a red sickle communist of Stalin, Pol pot and Idi Amin type of human being.

Every Ghanaian cursed the day that this cunning, dishonest man was invited to join the UGCC as its secretary and he proved to be the mother of all traitors in Ghana. It was, therefore, legitimate and even desirable to get rid of that callous, one party state and president for life communist dictator. And I congratulate Kotoka and his friends once again for securing our true independence (after Nkrumah had hijacked the first one) and delivering us from the grips of Nkrumah; one of the most dangerous human beings that ever lived on the African continent.
Mahmoud 9 years ago

Ghana epitomises much of the best of Africa, but also throws into relief the tragedy of the continent. It has maintained its higher education and has fewer extremes of wealth than elsewhere. But at independence in 1957, Ghana ...
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Ghana epitomises much of the best of Africa, but also throws into relief the tragedy of the continent. It has maintained its higher education and has fewer extremes of wealth than elsewhere. But at independence in 1957, Ghana was richer than Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia or Singapore. Today, those countries are at least ten times as wealthy.
Mahmoud 9 years ago

The so-called professor that tried to embellish Nkrumah's economic record needs to go to School all over again. These types of socialist arguments could deceive Ghanaians in the 50s and 60s, but they cannot do so now. Nkrumah ...
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The so-called professor that tried to embellish Nkrumah's economic record needs to go to School all over again. These types of socialist arguments could deceive Ghanaians in the 50s and 60s, but they cannot do so now. Nkrumah was the first leader to introduce unsustainable debt into this country by borrowing massively and unnecessarily to finance his whims and caprices. It was a misfortune that we had such a person as president immediately after the independence. He didn't lay a realistic economic foundation for sustainable development of the young nation at all, considering the amount of money that was at his disposal in those days.

Ghana had about one billion dollars in reserve when Nkrumah took over the reins of government from the colonial master. Could you imagine what the value of 1bn dollars was in the early fifties? Again, after 2years of his rule, cocoa prices at the world market rocketed and increased four-fold. But contrary to any sound economic planning, he did not reserve any fraction of the windfall for a rainy day as the Whiteman had done with only one fourth of the revenues he got from cocoa. So, what did Nkrumah do with all the revenue he got from the astronomical cocoa prices, and the big reserve he inherited that took many years to build for our financial stability and sustainable development?

The man just went on a spending spree both in Ghana and around the world, throwing his weight about and talking big. So when the cocoa prices fell close to the end of his rule, he was quick to point accusing fingers at the West, blaming them for manipulating cocoa prices to sabotage the economy of Ghana and overthrow his government. Finally, after misusing all the money mainly on useless prestigious projects, failed communist agricultural projects and whimsical mad rush industrialization projects that did not withstand the test of time, he also burdened the young nation with another billion dollars' debt before he was forced out of the country.

The truth is that, Nkrumah's ideas were unsuitable for growing the economy since the communist system lucks mechanisms and incentives that release energies of the people to create wealth. He, therefore, met a rich and confident country with huge potentials, and left it nearly bankrupt in some few years as a result of communist gross mismanagement.
Godfried 9 years ago

Nkrumah's ideas are similar to China's Communist ideas. So before regurgitating propaganda based on western assumptions, one should recognize that Nkrumah's expenditures were for the common good and not the trickle down econ ...
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Nkrumah's ideas are similar to China's Communist ideas. So before regurgitating propaganda based on western assumptions, one should recognize that Nkrumah's expenditures were for the common good and not the trickle down economics of the West. So, while your arguments were cogent, they were based on culturally biased assumptions. Good luck to you.
Togbe koku 9 years ago

Mahmoud, you seem to be a complete ignoramus. Yes, we may be inherited a trillionpound sterling. Ghana's clock whether you like it or not was set in the anti-clockwise direction by 1966 coup. The past plus present =future. Y ...
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Mahmoud, you seem to be a complete ignoramus. Yes, we may be inherited a trillionpound sterling. Ghana's clock whether you like it or not was set in the anti-clockwise direction by 1966 coup. The past plus present =future. Yes, we can borrow good ideas from any source but if the projection is not afrocentric, the contest will always remain a
failure. The pyramid Giza built by Akuffo as a
giant prism laboratory for concentrating
cosmic rays'deviation to true north today is
only 10 seconds. One of it's features is to
energise the melanin which is a tiny feather(
KRST molecular symbol of Gyenyame) via
the pineal gland in tandem the shrine ( the ark of convenant). The obelisk stolen and in St. Peter square was cut by laser. Another work of your ancestors, it resonates the phi , the tuning fork of heaven and earth!
pineal gland. It was a lie detector test for those seeking office by way of the over a hundred negaticonfessioness
Otsibu Darko 9 years ago

HOW DANGEROUS WAS HE AND WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT? PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE FOR NOTHING AND WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD BEEN IN NKRUMAH'S PLACE THEN?

HOW DANGEROUS WAS HE AND WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT? PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE FOR NOTHING AND WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD BEEN IN NKRUMAH'S PLACE THEN?
Tetteh Asagba 9 years ago

You are a sorrowful bastard. From your contribution I can see that you do not only habour evil ideas but you are the devil himself filled with nothing but hatred.

You are a sorrowful bastard. From your contribution I can see that you do not only habour evil ideas but you are the devil himself filled with nothing but hatred.
James Obeng 9 years ago

Nkrumah's jewelry and expensive kente cloths for him and his wife,and his golden sword which was presented to him a as a gift from the Ghana House of Chiefs upon attaining independence were all stolen by Afrifa.His golden swo ...
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Nkrumah's jewelry and expensive kente cloths for him and his wife,and his golden sword which was presented to him a as a gift from the Ghana House of Chiefs upon attaining independence were all stolen by Afrifa.His golden sword was later found in the possession of Afrifa.
Kofi Latrine 9 years ago

Where is Afrifa now and where is Kotoka ? We need to rename the Accra Airport which now bears Kotoka's name .Kotoka is a traitor

Where is Afrifa now and where is Kotoka ? We need to rename the Accra Airport which now bears Kotoka's name .Kotoka is a traitor
Close Observer 9 years ago

I pray that when given the chance in 2016 to vote our leaders, the people of Ghana will not vote for THIEVES to take care of our country. Who gives fish to a cat to take care of? In this light, i urge all who can, to convince ...
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I pray that when given the chance in 2016 to vote our leaders, the people of Ghana will not vote for THIEVES to take care of our country. Who gives fish to a cat to take care of? In this light, i urge all who can, to convince the IGNORANT AND SOMETIMES FOOLISH FOLLOWERS of such politicians to change their mind. SUCH PEOPLE ARE THE REASON WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THE ACTION OF FOOLISH VOTERS is killing GHANA. STOP IMPOSING USELESS POLITICIANS ON US. YOUR ACTION IS SENDING THE WHOLE COUNTRY BACK. IT IS NOT ABOUT TRIBE, IT IS ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF GHANA. NDC AFTER 26 YEARS HAVE PROVED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MANAGE GHANA. HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM? VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016 AND SEE GHANA GAIN HER FOOTING AGAIN.
Nii Lante 9 years ago

'... sold by politicians for themselves'. Why cant you name them? If you are afraid to name them, then shut up. Was JJ not your friend when he was selling the factories? Were you not JJs informant when PNDC was selling th ...
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'... sold by politicians for themselves'. Why cant you name them? If you are afraid to name them, then shut up. Was JJ not your friend when he was selling the factories? Were you not JJs informant when PNDC was selling the factories to his wife? You were his informant and you were spying on those who opposed him. Shame on you!
Nii Lante 9 years ago

Even China and Russia have now seen that all the socialist nonsense was a waste of time. Pratt is a Rip Van Winkle. He is still asleep.

Even China and Russia have now seen that all the socialist nonsense was a waste of time. Pratt is a Rip Van Winkle. He is still asleep.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 9 years ago

A husband sales manager and his wife who is operation manager of their family business went bear hunting. While the operation manager stayed in the cabin, the sales manager went out looking for a bear.
He soon found a huge b ...
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A husband sales manager and his wife who is operation manager of their family business went bear hunting. While the operation manager stayed in the cabin, the sales manager went out looking for a bear.
He soon found a huge bear, shot at it but only wounded it. The enraged bear charged toward the sales manager, who started running for the cabin as fast as he could. He ran pretty fast but the bear was just a little faster and gained on him with every step.

Just as he reached the open cabin door, he tripped and fell flat. Too close behind to stop, the bear jumped over him and went rolling into the cabin.

The sales manager jumped up, closed the cabin door and yelled to his wife inside, "You skin this one while I go and get another!"
Sankofa 9 years ago

Our problems as a country began after Nkrumah was overthrown.

We abandoned Nkrumah's vision of self-developmenmt and continental unity and replaced it with short-termism and a lack of vision.

The result is the mess we ...
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Our problems as a country began after Nkrumah was overthrown.

We abandoned Nkrumah's vision of self-developmenmt and continental unity and replaced it with short-termism and a lack of vision.

The result is the mess we see today.

Nkrumah realised we needed energy for industrial development. That was the rationale for building Akosombo dam, and planning to build the Bui dam. He saw the need to ad value to our raw materials so as to earn more from our exports. Hence he started the Tarkwa Gold refinery and other factories. These were again either abandoned or mismanaged and sold off after the 1966 coup.

Afrifa, a coup-maker who acceded to the leadership of the country through treachery, helped himself to Ejura farms which had been part of the State Farms under Nkrumah.

We need to revive Nkrumah's Pan-Africanist dream and self-=development if we are to progress.
OKOROMANSA 9 years ago

KWESI KNOW-IT-ALL WHERE WERE YOU WHEN NKRUMAH WAS IN POWER? YOU WERE BARELY A PRIMARY SCHOOL KID, BUT YOU ALWAYS CREATE THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE AN NKRUMAH SCHOLAR. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN MOST OF THOSE THINGS TOOK PLACE UNDER ...
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KWESI KNOW-IT-ALL WHERE WERE YOU WHEN NKRUMAH WAS IN POWER? YOU WERE BARELY A PRIMARY SCHOOL KID, BUT YOU ALWAYS CREATE THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE AN NKRUMAH SCHOLAR. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN MOST OF THOSE THINGS TOOK PLACE UNDER NKRUMAH. YOU ARE NOT AN ACE JOURNALIST, YOU ARE RATHER AN OPPORTUNIST HYPOCRITE AND AWAM POLITICIAN. ENOUGH OF YOUR NONSENSE.
KG 9 years ago

THIS MAN IS A DANGEROUS JOURNALIST IN GHANA. IS HE REALLY AN NKRUMAH MAN? HOW CAN HE DINE AND WINE WITH NDC, THE PARTY THAT OVERTHREW DR HILLA LIMMANS PARTY, THE ONLY NKRUMA PARTY THEN? KWASI PRATT IS AN NDC MAN AND THE NKRUM ...
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THIS MAN IS A DANGEROUS JOURNALIST IN GHANA. IS HE REALLY AN NKRUMAH MAN? HOW CAN HE DINE AND WINE WITH NDC, THE PARTY THAT OVERTHREW DR HILLA LIMMANS PARTY, THE ONLY NKRUMA PARTY THEN? KWASI PRATT IS AN NDC MAN AND THE NKRUMAH FAMILY SHOULD DISOWN HIM IMMEDIATELY, I DONT SEE ANY NKRUMAH CHARACTER IN HIM, WHAT I SEE IS NDC, CREATE, LOOT, AND SHARE, SACK HIM FROM THE NHKRUMAH FAMILY.
KWEKU ANANSE 9 years ago

HE SPEWS THIS NONSENSE TO FEED HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. HE HAS DONE IT ALL HIS LIFE AND NOW HAS A LIFE OF LUXURY.

HE SPEWS THIS NONSENSE TO FEED HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. HE HAS DONE IT ALL HIS LIFE AND NOW HAS A LIFE OF LUXURY.
Texas 9 years ago

Kwasia go and suck nkrumahs dickk. Aboafunu like u

Kwasia go and suck nkrumahs dickk. Aboafunu like u
freedom&corruption 9 years ago

TEXAS IF YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR YOURSELF , PLEASE DON'T DISGRACE GHANAIANS WITH THE FOUL MOUTH OF YOURS!!! WE LIVE IN A CIVILIZED WORLD NOW, WAKE UP!

TEXAS IF YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR YOURSELF , PLEASE DON'T DISGRACE GHANAIANS WITH THE FOUL MOUTH OF YOURS!!! WE LIVE IN A CIVILIZED WORLD NOW, WAKE UP!
WTF? 9 years ago

Pratt, you've been selling your services to the NDC as a presstitute and also to the US Embassy on the side as an intelligence source (exposed by Wikileaks). All these years that Nkrumah's legacies were being destroyed and /o ...
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Pratt, you've been selling your services to the NDC as a presstitute and also to the US Embassy on the side as an intelligence source (exposed by Wikileaks). All these years that Nkrumah's legacies were being destroyed and /or looted particularly by the NDC, you were cheering them on! And you used your fake "Socialist Forum" to campaign and defend the NDC robber baron, Tsatsu Tsikata.

Take a good look at yourself in the mirror, Pratt!
B.Y JNR 9 years ago

Its good to have an elder who speaks knowledge and wisdom whereas it is needed, lets appreciate this good work, selfless services rended by "country at heart people " like Pratt,Kweku. keep telling the true history th ...
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Its good to have an elder who speaks knowledge and wisdom whereas it is needed, lets appreciate this good work, selfless services rended by "country at heart people " like Pratt,Kweku. keep telling the true history that we don't know to the mass
Paa Joe 9 years ago

KWESI PRATT,

WHEN WILL THE NATION LEARN FROM THE ILLEGAL OVERTHROW OF THE CPP GOVERNMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KWAMEM NKRUMAH BY THE ILLITERATE ARMED CRIMINALS IN MILITARY UNIFORMS IN 1966.

THE SO CALLED COUP LEADER ...
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KWESI PRATT,

WHEN WILL THE NATION LEARN FROM THE ILLEGAL OVERTHROW OF THE CPP GOVERNMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KWAMEM NKRUMAH BY THE ILLITERATE ARMED CRIMINALS IN MILITARY UNIFORMS IN 1966.

THE SO CALLED COUP LEADERS WERE PROMISED BY THEIR EXTERNAL SUPPORTERS FOR A BETTER LIVING STANDRADS IN GHANA, AND TODAY, THESE PEOPLE INCLUDING THE SO CALLED EDUCATED WHO SANG IN TUNE WITH THE COUP MAKERS,AND STILL LIVING HAVE COME TO REALIZE HOW HOPELESS AND USELESS THEY WERE TO HAVE DERAILED THE ECONOIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD TAKEN OFF IN THE COUNTRY IMMEDIADTLY AFTER INDEPENDENCE.

IT IS INDEED A PITIOUS SPECTACLE WHICH NOTHING CAN JUSTIFY IT.

INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AT THE LENGGTH AND BREADTH IN THE COUNTRY WERE SHUT DOWN, WITH MANY STATE PROPERTIES SHARED AMONGST THE TRAITORS OF GHANA.

KWESI, HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AND ALL THOSE WHO COLLABORATED AND INCLUDING EVEN TODAY THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, NEVER WILL THEY BE FORGIVEN IN THEIR LIFE TIMES AND EVEN IN THEIR GRAVES.

BECAUSE THEY WERE MONSTERS THE NATION STILL CONTINUES TO PAY FOR THE WRONG THEY DID TO THEIR HOMELAND

WE ALSO CONTINUE TO RETROGRESS BECAUSE THE SO CALLED EDUCATED WITH BIG DEGREE TITLES STILL DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL -KNOW-HOW TP PROPEL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOMENT IN GHANA.

PREACHINGS, ARGUMENTS, SERMONS, ALONE CANNOT DEFINE THE EXISTENCE OF GHANA.

ARE WE NOT SHAMEFUL AND DISGRACEFUL PEOPLE ON EARTH.
freedom&corruption 9 years ago

THAT IS WHY GHANA IS IN THE STATE THAT IT IS NOW, CURSED!!!

THAT IS WHY GHANA IS IN THE STATE THAT IT IS NOW, CURSED!!!

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