Ghana@58: Congrats Ghana for upholding democratic rule - US

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King Adjei 9 years ago

What has democracy brought to Africa and Ghana in particular?democracy is good for the whites not us.It has brought corruption.useless democracy Americans are imposing has generate to so many wars

What has democracy brought to Africa and Ghana in particular?democracy is good for the whites not us.It has brought corruption.useless democracy Americans are imposing has generate to so many wars
BEN 9 years ago

ALL THESE MESSED????? 58YEARS ONLY TO END AT DUMSOR?? COME TAKE YOUR DEMOCRACY BACK

ALL THESE MESSED????? 58YEARS ONLY TO END AT DUMSOR?? COME TAKE YOUR DEMOCRACY BACK
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AF ...
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BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AFEDE FILLING HIS BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD< ASIEDU NKETIA SPREADING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER BRONG AHAFO AND BUYING MANSION IN CALGARY CANADA, HANNA BISSIW ,OYI LITHUR ANITA DISOSO SPREADING MONEY AS IF GHANA HAS NO PROBLEM
ZoRRo 9 years ago

We need good and selfless leaders; not clueless leaders and bandits !

We need good and selfless leaders; not clueless leaders and bandits !
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:-GURUNDA...
Ghanaians must desist from "worshipping" presidents and begin to hold presidents and leaders accountable. Bravo Greenstreet for showing Ghanaians the right way. Why bow to presidents when they are stealin ...
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Author:-GURUNDA...
Ghanaians must desist from "worshipping" presidents and begin to hold presidents and leaders accountable. Bravo Greenstreet for showing Ghanaians the right way. Why bow to presidents when they are stealing millions of dollars of tax payer's money. The NDC people are enjoying while the people are suffering. Is this the better Ghana agenda. Thank you Greenstreet and more grease. May the Lord protect you.
Kofi Ameyaw,London. 9 years ago

If you don't have any prove or evidence bring it out or you should stop this nonsense comments or you want to put yourself into big problem (you can be traced if you think your name is not old soldier )

If you don't have any prove or evidence bring it out or you should stop this nonsense comments or you want to put yourself into big problem (you can be traced if you think your name is not old soldier )
KWAME 9 years ago

SORRYX

SORRYX
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:-Mahmoud...
The president has been saying that he tried to introduce electronic payment and acquisition systems into the public sector {to reduce human contact with cash} in his effort to fighting corruption, but lam ...
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Author:-Mahmoud...
The president has been saying that he tried to introduce electronic payment and acquisition systems into the public sector {to reduce human contact with cash} in his effort to fighting corruption, but lamented that the systems were often resisted.

This has become so monotonous that Ghanaians are beginning to wonder whether the president is actually serious and interested in fighting corruption as he claims, or it's just another crocodile's tears to deceive Ghanaians into believing that he is making an effort, while the government and its cronies amass billions of dollars at the expense of this struggling HIPC nation.
Why should Ghanaians hire a president that can't even introduce an electronic system successfully into the public sector to save us from criminals masquerading as civil servants? Mr. Mahama must be seen to be fighting corruption with all his might rather than go on lamenting helplessly like the rest of us who hired him to do the job.
Close Observer 9 years ago

''We have been vice presidents for far too long, it is time you make ONE OF YOUR OWN President.'' John Mahama.

WHAT ARE THE REST OF US TO JOHN MAHAMA?

THE USELESS NDC PARTY IS TURNING ONE TRIBE AGAINST ANOTHER
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''We have been vice presidents for far too long, it is time you make ONE OF YOUR OWN President.'' John Mahama.

WHAT ARE THE REST OF US TO JOHN MAHAMA?

THE USELESS NDC PARTY IS TURNING ONE TRIBE AGAINST ANOTHER
TURNING ONE RELIGION AGAINST ANOTHER
THERE WAS EVEN AN ATTEMPT BY ATTA MILLS TO poison football clubs with politics just for the SELFISH INTEREST of the USELESS NDC PARTY.
Everything that units us as a peaceful nation is under attack by the USELESS NDC PARTY. Before they divide Ghana and leave us in shreds VOTE THE USELESS NDC PARTY OUT IN 2016.
We have lived peacefully without any TRIBAL OR RELIGIOUS POLITICS before the USELESS NDC PARTY WAS FORMED and their manifesto signed with blood. We don't need any division in Ghana. WE ARE INTER-MARRIED, AND WE ARE ONE PEOPLE. NDC IS DANGEROUS, VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016.
(GB3M3I KOME TOO DZI WO. GAM3I NY3KA NYI3AA AM3S33. NDC NFEE NY3 BULUU, NI AM3 NSHI NY3 Y3 OHIA MLI.)
An advice from a sensible GA who can read through the lines.
Kofi Miawo De 9 years ago

What are we celebrating ?

What are we celebrating ?
Kofi Ameyaw,London. 9 years ago

We are celibrating the life of your father and your entire family.

We are celibrating the life of your father and your entire family.
@@@@@@@@ 9 years ago

Blacks are celebrating our stupidity.Even dogs and cows are rocking with laughter. Ghanaians are worthless/useless than animals.

Blacks are celebrating our stupidity.Even dogs and cows are rocking with laughter. Ghanaians are worthless/useless than animals.
HUMANISM 9 years ago

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop that.
We know this comment is a joke !!!

Our democracy is just a paper tiger.
It is the same across Africa. African Presidents are actually glorified dictators for life.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop that.
We know this comment is a joke !!!

Our democracy is just a paper tiger.
It is the same across Africa. African Presidents are actually glorified dictators for life.
Nana Ansah 9 years ago

Thank you USA! Kwame Nkrumah was an intellectual product of America and Britain who combined all that with our African wisdom. This is the reason why he is still the best Africa has ever had. Ghanaians can still be proud of ...
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Thank you USA! Kwame Nkrumah was an intellectual product of America and Britain who combined all that with our African wisdom. This is the reason why he is still the best Africa has ever had. Ghanaians can still be proud of being the vanguard of African and third world Liberation. Today, 58years ago Kwame Nkrumah said this:

"At long last, the battle has ended!
And thus Ghana, your beloved country is free forever.

And yet again I want to take the opportunity to thank the chiefs and people of this country, the youth, the farmers, the women who have so nobly fought and won this battle.
Also I want to thank the valiant ex-service men who have so co-operated with me in this mighty task of freeing our country from foreign rule and imperialism.

And as I pointed out... I made it quite clear that from now on – today – we must change our attitudes, our minds, we must realise that from now on, we are no more a colonial but a free and independent people.
But also, as I pointed out, that also entails hard work.
Reshaping Ghana's destiny
I am depending upon the millions of the country, and the chiefs and people, to help me to reshape the destiny of this country.

We are prepared to pick it up and make it a nation that will be respected by every nation in the world.

We know we are going to have difficult beginnings, but again, I'm relying upon your support, I'm relying upon your hard work.
Seeing you in this… it doesn't matter how far my eye goes, I can see that you are here in your millions and my last warning to you is that you are to stand firm behind us so that we can prove to the world that when the African is given a chance he can show the world that he is somebody!

We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
That new African is ready to fight his own battles and show that after all, the black man is capable of managing his own affairs.
We are going to demonstrate to the world, to the other nations, that we are prepared to lay our own foundation.

Our own African identity
As I said in the assembly just minutes ago, I made a point that we are going to create our own African personality and identity. It's the only way that we can show the world that we are ready for own own battles.
But today, may I call upon you all - that on this great day, let us all remember that nothing in the world can be done unless it's had the purport and support of God.

We have won the battle and we again re-dedicate ourselves ... Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.

Let us now fellow Ghanaians, let us now ask for God's blessing and for only two seconds in your thousands and millions, I want to ask you to pause only for one minute and give thanks to almighty God for having led us through our difficulties, imprisonments, hardships and suffering to have brought us to the end of our trouble today.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

We thank the US Ambassador for sincerity and the good will of his country to celebrate with us.Ghana is free forever.

We thank the US Ambassador for sincerity and the good will of his country to celebrate with us.Ghana is free forever.
purple 9 years ago

is Ghana really free??.....not at all!!....we are still being colonized, but in a diplomatic way

is Ghana really free??.....not at all!!....we are still being colonized, but in a diplomatic way
VB 9 years ago

COME AND TAKE YOUR DEMOCRACY

COME AND TAKE YOUR DEMOCRACY
HANS 9 years ago

US HAS REMOVED OUR DYNAMIC LEADER, NKRUMAH IN 1966 AND REPLACED HIM WITH THEIR PUPPET, BUSIA. THEY HAVE USED BUSIA TO PURSUE ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT ARE IN THE INTEREST OF US BUT NOT IN THE INTEREST OF GHANA. NOW, US HAS TAKEN ...
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US HAS REMOVED OUR DYNAMIC LEADER, NKRUMAH IN 1966 AND REPLACED HIM WITH THEIR PUPPET, BUSIA. THEY HAVE USED BUSIA TO PURSUE ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT ARE IN THE INTEREST OF US BUT NOT IN THE INTEREST OF GHANA. NOW, US HAS TAKEN OVER THE ECONOMY OF GHANA THROUGH VARIOUS MANIPULATIONS CAUSING HARDSHIPS IN GHANA.

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES.
SPOT ON 9 years ago

HANS YOU ARE RIGHT. SPOT ON

HANS YOU ARE RIGHT. SPOT ON
yamed 9 years ago

Did you witness US Soldiers in Ghana at Nkrumah's overthrow? Come on!

Did you witness US Soldiers in Ghana at Nkrumah's overthrow? Come on!
yamed 9 years ago

Never heard of this lie in my life.

Never heard of this lie in my life.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

We celebrate Independence to honour our past heroes and remember not to go under the colonisation again."Ghana,your beloved country is free forever."God bless Ghana.Thank you.

We celebrate Independence to honour our past heroes and remember not to go under the colonisation again."Ghana,your beloved country is free forever."God bless Ghana.Thank you.
@@@@@@@@ 9 years ago

At least they left kwame nkrumah 600 million pound sterling for 5 million Ghanaians And this worthless used the money to finance other worthless leaders for their independence. Young pioneer children.

At least they left kwame nkrumah 600 million pound sterling for 5 million Ghanaians And this worthless used the money to finance other worthless leaders for their independence. Young pioneer children.
Oba Nyansani Baako Pe ln Ghana! 9 years ago

Our leaders do not
understand what democracy means. They have taken us for granted 58 years now. We are still slaves to our politicians and Ghanaians must mourn heavily today if they may agree with me. 58 years today and th ...
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Our leaders do not
understand what democracy means. They have taken us for granted 58 years now. We are still slaves to our politicians and Ghanaians must mourn heavily today if they may agree with me. 58 years today and the only thing we can talk about is corruption and propaganda are we serious as a nation at all?
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

If you want to remain a slave,fine but don't ever say we are still slaves.KEEP THAT SLAVE MENTALITY TO YOURSELVE ONLY.OKAY?

If you want to remain a slave,fine but don't ever say we are still slaves.KEEP THAT SLAVE MENTALITY TO YOURSELVE ONLY.OKAY?
purple 9 years ago

the truth always hurts

the truth always hurts
Tweneboah 9 years ago

We thank the US ambassador for his change in approach towards American/Ghanaian relationship.We hope to be able to do some good work in cooperation and consultation with each other.You can definitely catch more flies with hon ...
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We thank the US ambassador for his change in approach towards American/Ghanaian relationship.We hope to be able to do some good work in cooperation and consultation with each other.You can definitely catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
J.Davis 9 years ago

Today,what is Ghana celebrating about?A non achievement clauses or what,I want to know as a Ghanaian and the lack of sustain electricity flow even testify against us that ,there is nothing to celebrate about.A black African c ...
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Today,what is Ghana celebrating about?A non achievement clauses or what,I want to know as a Ghanaian and the lack of sustain electricity flow even testify against us that ,there is nothing to celebrate about.A black African cannot manage his own affairs and we have proved Kwame Nkrumah wrong.We are people who have no interest in miantenace of our machines that produce for the nation.Engineers have become suit and tie engineers sitting in aircondition offices bragging about their useless so called degrees.It is so sad that the white engineers whom they learned from don't sit down in office given instructions from behind their desk but rather they are hands on together with the workers on the field getting themselves dirty in the process.We were waiting for the oil,gas and Bui dams to fix the electricity problem,we have them now yet we still finding excuses why we are not able to do it.PLEASE LEADERS OF GHANA HEAR ME QUIET CLEAR THAT ELECTRICITY PROBLEM IN GHANA CAN BE SOLVED IF ENTRUSTED INTO THE HANDS OF GENERAL ELECTRIC OF AMERICA BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT CONDONE CORRUPTION IN ECG PERIOD.If America was helpful to give us millions of dollars to build NH1,they will also be helpful to solve the electricity problem for Ghana.This is not about oh let give it to china because they will run it cheaper for us, but this is about quality that will last for very long time.GOD BLESS GHANA.
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ> 9 years ago

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me Today at 1:50 PM
To
President President me

REFRESHING MEMORIES AND UPDATE NOTE THAT TODAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015 MARKS GHANA 58TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS AND IN VIEW OF THAT RESPECTFULLY SENDING THIS RELATED MESSAGE OF GOODWILL, GOOD SUCCESS, HAPPY 58TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, GOD BLESSINGS AND TO REFRESH MEMORIES OF HIS/HER EXCELLENCIES OF THE ABOVE RELATED SUBJECT-MATTER AND TO HUMBLY URGE HIS/HER EXCELLENCIES TO MARK TODAY AS "GHANA DAY" AND TOGETHER CONSIDER TO HELP H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA DR.JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA AND GOVERNMENT OF GHANA BY PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE THE QUALITY GOOD OF THE PEOPLE.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
GOD BLESS GHANA, AMERICA, UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA AND UNITED NATIONS.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI
INTERNATIONAL LAWYER/LEGAL CONSULTANT
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FROM: BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
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TO: H.E. PRESIDENT OF GHANA DR.JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA
H.E.PRESIDENT OF CHINA
RT. HON.SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT OF GHANA EDWARD DOE ADZAHO
HON. CHINA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HON. GHANA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS & REGIONAL INTEGRATION HANNAH TETTEY
H.E. CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO GHANA.

INFO TO:
H.E.VICE PRESIDENT OF GHANA KWESI AMISSAH ARTHUR
H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA & FOUNDER OF NDC DR.DR.(FLT.LT) JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR
HON. CHIEF OF STAFF & MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT JULIUS DEBRAH
HON. NPP MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR ASSIN CENTRAL KENNEDY AGYAPONG

SPECIAL INFO ALERT TO:
H.E.DR.MR.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
H.E.RT.HON.PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON
HON. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY
H.E.UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BAN-KI MOON

DATE: THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015
SUBJECT: TO RESPECTFULLY AND HUMBLY REFER TO THE ABOVE RELATED PUBLICATION ON "GHANAWEB.COM" BY HON.NPP MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OF GHANA FOR ASSIN CENTRAL FOR HIS EXCELLENCIES AND HONOURABLES (HONORABLES) KIND INFORMATION AND ATTENTION, THERETO.
THAT IT IS MY HUMBLE CONTEMPLATION AFTER I HAVE READ THIS RELATED PUBLICATION THAT AS TRUE AND GENUINE BELIEVERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY SMART DISPENSATION OF DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS IN THE ERA OF PROMOTION OF INFORMATION SHARING TO HELP PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT TOGETHER WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR EVEN AT THE TIME WHEN I WAS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND DULY GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THAT HISTORY BY H.E.DR.MR.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AFTER I HELPED H.E.MR. FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W.BUSH ADMINISTRATION. THANKS TO BOTH HIS EXCELLENCIES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT IF THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS GAMES THAT WAS HELD IN BEIJING, CHINA THAT WAS ATTENDED BY H.E.MR.FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W.BUSH AFTER THE FORMER HON.SECRETARY OF STATE DR.CONDOLEEZZA RICE PAID OFFICIAL VISIT TO CHINA THEN HISTORY WILL BE KIND TO ME TO BE PART OF THAT HISTORY.
THAT I PERSONALLY AS INTERNATIONAL LAWYER AND LEGAL CONSULTANT CHOOSE THIS VERY SPECIAL AND PARTICULAR DAY WHICH IS MARCH 5, 2015 "A DAY TO GHANA 58TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO COME ON TOMORROW, FRIDAY, 6TH MARCH, 2015', THERETO.
THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBRANCE OF GHANA INDEPENDENCE BRINGS TO THE FORE OF THE NEW CONCEPT OF "GLOBAL INTER-DEPENDENCE BASED UPON THE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES EDGE EACH COUNTRY HAS OVER THE OTHER TO INTER-RELATE AND ALSO TO ENTER BI-LATERAL AND MULTI-LATERAL AGREEMENTS, THERETO."
THAT THESE RELATED SMART DISPENSATION OF THE 21ST CENTURY WORLD IS WELL INTENDED FOR COUNTRIES AND PERSONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP EACH OTHER TO ATTAIN THE QUESTS AND ASPIRATIONS OF PURSUITS OF HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE.
THIS WAS WHAT THE LATE FIRST PRESIDENT OF GHANA OSAGYEFO DR.KWAME NKRUMAH ENVISAGED AND POSTULATED THE SLOGAN "WORK AND HAPPINESS TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL GHANA".
THAT THE LATE PRIME MINISTER OF GHANA PROFESSOR DR.KOFI ABREFA BUSIA DURING THE APARTHEID REGIME OF SOUTH AFRICA WHEN MOST COUNTRIES PURSUED THE POLICY OF "ISOLATION" IT WAS ONLY HIM WHO CAME OUT WITH THE NEW SLOGAN OF "DIALOGUE" AND TRULY THOUGH IT WAS INITIALLY CONDEMNED BUT IT WAS THE "POLICY OF DIALOGUE THAT NAILED APARTHEID ON THE WALL AND THE LATE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA NELSON MANDELA WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON CUSTODY AND AS DEMOCRACY GAINED GROUNDS IN SOUTH AFRICA HE WAS ELECTED THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA".
THAT H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA AND FOUNDER OF THE RULING NDC GOVERNMENT DR.DR.(FLT.LT.) JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS DURING THE TEETHING AGES OF THE PNDC CALLED FOR "SCIENTIFIC AND CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS OF HIS OWN PNDC GOVERNMENT AND ALSO PURGED THE PNDC AND THAT PAVE THE WAY TO GHANA NEW FOURTH REPUBLIC CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY GOVERNMENT DISPENSATION SUCCESS STORIES OF GHANA.
THAT H.E.DR.MR.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS THE TRUE "TORCH BEARER OF THE LATE DR.MARTIN LURTHER KINGS DREAM SPEECH THAT AMONGST OTHERS, "----I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY WHITES, BLACKS AND OTHER COLOUR SKINS WILL SIT DOWN TOGETHER TO DELIBERATE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA AND THAT MY CHILDREN WILL NO LONGER BE JUDGED BY THE COLOUR (COLOR) OF THEIR SKINS BUT THE CONTENTS OF THEIR CHARACTER---".
THAT H.E.DR.MR.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HIMSELF HAS HIS OWN SLOGAN OF "TOGETHER, WE CAN AND WE WILL WIN---" AND THAT "WE ARE MOVING FORWARD " AND CALLED FOR "TRANSPARENT, OPEN AND INCLUSIVE GOOD GOVERNANCE---".
THAT THE LATE PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN PROCLAMATION ORDER THAT "ALL MEN(MEN AND WOMEN) ARE CREATED EQUAL BY THE CREATOR GOD AND ENDOWNED WITH INALIENABLE RIGHTS---".
THAT THE LATE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES GERALD FORD POSTULATED THAT "---THE LOVE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMANITY KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES OF HOMELAND BUT THE HUMAN HEART-----".
THAT THE FRAMERS OF GHANA 1992 CONSTITUTION CLEARLY PROVIDED IN THE PREAMBLE AS FOLLOWS:

THEREFORE, IT IS VERY INTRIGUING TO READ THE GHANAWEB.COM PUBLICATION BY HON.NPP MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OF GHANA FOR ASSIN CENTRAL KENNEDY AGYAPONG WHOSE DUTIES FIRST AND FOREMOST TO MAKE LAWS THAT WILL HELP TO PROMOTE THE QUALITY LIVING STANDARDS OF THE PEOPLE OF GHANA TO WRITE SUCH PUBLICATION GRANTED THAT THE PUBLICATION IS/WAS TRULY PUBLISHED BY HIM, THERETO.
THAT THE ISSUE THEREFORE TO BE CONTEMPLATED WHETHER HE IS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OF THE MAIN OPPOSITION NPP PARTY OF GHANA THEREFORE HE DID NOT WANT TO SEE THE QUALITY GOOD OF THE PEOPLE TO BE UPLIFTED AND PROMOTED BY H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI NDC GOVERNMENT OR FOR WHAT OBVIOUS REASONS, THERETO?
IT IS A TRITE KNOWLEDGE THAT SOME CHINESE RESIDENT IN GHANA WERE LED TO ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL MINING ACTIVITIES THAT SERIOUSLY DEGRADED THE ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTED WATER BODIES WHICH ARE THE MAIN SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS AND CAUSED WATER-BORNED DISEASES SUCH AS CHOLERA AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS THAT DREW NATIONAL ATTENTION, THERETO
THAT THERE WERE SOME VICIOUS AND ATROCIOUS SECRET PUBLICATIONS BY SOME GHANAIANS AND OTHERS ON THE INTERNET AND SOME PUBLISHED IN FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS ABOUT SPECULATIVE STORIES TO DISTORT THE TRUTH OF EXACTLY WHAT THE REAL SITUATIONS ARE IN GHANA ABOUT THOSE EVENTS, THERETO.
THAT IT IS ALSO A TRITE KNOWLEDGE THAT IN ADDITION TO EVERY COUNTRY RESPECTIVE LAWS THERE ARE ALSO INTERNATIONAL LAWS THAT ARE BINDING ON PEOPLE WHEREVER, THEY RESIDE INCLUDING THE CHINESE IN GHANA.
THAT THE PEOPLE OF GHANA IN ATTESTATION OF GHANA 1992 CONSTITUTION AND GHANA OWN ATTRIBUTES OF "WARM CORDIAL HOSPITALITY AND FRIENDSHIPS EMBRACED ALL PEOPLE RESIDING IN GHANA."
THAT IS MY PERSONAL ASSERTION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND MAY BE THE OTHER PERSPECTIVE MIGHT OR MAY BE "WHERE HON.NPP MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR ASSIN CENTRAL MIGHT BE COMING FROM".
IT IS THEREFORE, IN THE LIGHT OF ABOVE THAT I AM RESPECTFULLY AND HUMBLY URGING H.E.PRESIDENT OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA TO CONSIDER IN THE BEST INTERNATIONAL INTEREST AND THE INTERESTS OF BOTH CHINA AND GHANA TO RESTORE THE $3 BILLION LOAN FACILITY TO GHANA TO HELP GHANA GOVERNMENT TO OVER COME HER ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND ENERGY CHALLENGES AND TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE THE QUALITY LIVING STANDARDS OF THE PEOPLE.
IT IS ALSO AT THESE RELATED BACKDROPS THAT I AM RESPECTFULLY URGING H.E.DR.MR.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND HIS/HER EXCELLENCIES OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD TO STAND WITH GHANA AND HELP GHANA TO OVER COME HER CHALLENGES, THERETO.
GOD BLESS GHANA, AMERICA, CHINA,UNITED KINGDOM AND UNITED NATIONS.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI
INTERNATIONAL LAWYER/LEGAL CONSULTANT

PLEASE, SEE THE GOOD AND SMART DISPENSATION OF DIPLOMACY BETWEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CHINA BELOW :

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Premier Li meets with Obama

Updated: Nov 12,2014 9:37 PM english.gov.cn

Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with US President Barack Obama during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 12, 2014.[Photo/Xinhua]
Premier Li Keqiang met with US President Barack Obama in Beijing on Nov 12.
The Premier said that China and the US share broad cooperation prospects and common interest in maintaining world peace and stability; promoting a strong, sustainable and balanced growth in global economy and the progress of human civilization.
Li mentioned that President Xi Jinping held a strategic meeting with President Obama and reached broad consensus.
China and the US, the world’s largest developing country and the developed country should strengthen strategic mutual trust, give full play to complementary advantages and enhance mutually beneficial cooperation. The two should properly handle differences and frictions based on the principles of mutual respect and fairness to promote Sino-US relations developing in the right way.
Li stressed that Sino-US economic and trade cooperation as a ballast and propeller for bilateral ties can have a positive multiplier effect on Sino-US relations. He hoped that the two countries can soon achieve a high-level and balanced bilateral investment treaty in a pragmatic and flexible attitude.

Premier Li Keqiang (5th R) and US President Barack Obama (3rd L) attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 12, 2014.[Photo/Xinhua]
The two should develop new bilateral trade growth points, increase the cooperation potential of infrastructure construction and improve the level of scientific and technological cooperation. Li hoped that the US can soon take substantial measures on loosening restrictions of exporting high-tech products to China.
China and the US announced their respective post-2020 goals of coping with climate change in a joint announcement issued after the Xi-Obama talks.
This should be taken as an opportunity to expand cooperation in shale gas, nuclear, renewable energy sources and low-carbon and environmental protection technologies. Li hoped the US takes an active attitude and practical action toward exporting related energy products and technologies to China.
The Premier said he and President Obama will both head to Myanmar for the 9th East Asia Summit. China and the US, as important members of the summit, should stick to mutual trust and win-win cooperation and achieve benign interaction in the region, Li said.
The Chinese side is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with the US on international and regional affairs to jointly safeguard and promote peace, development and prosperity in the region and the world beyond, Li noted.
Obama said the US and China are quite close partners, adding that expanding cooperation between the two countries, the world’s two largest economies, benefits not only the two countries but also the world.
The US hopes to step up negotiations on the treaty about bilateral investment, expand investment, push forward trade liberalization, cement cooperation in areas such as energy innovation, boost economic growth and employment in the two nations, and work toward world economic recovery, Obama pointed out.
The US welcomes more Chinese companies investing in the country, he added.
Vice-Premier Wang Yang was present at the meeting between the Premier and Obama.

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I helped stop $3b China loan - Ken Agyapong

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Kennedy Agyapong Radio New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that he told the Chinese government to suspend the full disbursement of the $3billion loan sought by the Ghana Government.

Hon. Agyapong says he chose that path because the government had inflated the cost of the Atuabo Gas project and several other projects the loan would have been used for.

"I told them not to give out all the amount since the Government of Ghana had inflated the cost of the gas project...," he said on Accra's Okay FM.

He continued that he alerted the Chinese to the fact that 'no government would pay for the loan because of the inflation of the cost.'

The acquisition of the $3billion Chinese loan was a major catchphrase of the NDC government during the late Prof. Atta Mills’ regime.

The government hinged several developmental projects on the arrival of the loan, with NDC communicators touting it as the money to help Ghana come out of underdevelopment.

Parliament also warned about the loan.

After several delays, only one billion dollars of the amount finally arrived, and all efforts to attract the remainder have proved futile.

President John Dramani Mahama is on record to have appealed to a Chinese envoy to entreat their government to release the rest of the loan.

But all the efforts that hit the rocks, Ken Agyapong said, was due to his message to the Chinese government that subsequent Ghanaian governments won’t pay for the inflated loan.

He described his move as one that "saved Ghana"
OBIBINI 9 years ago

It by the courtesies of America and the anti-nkrumaists that Ghana is in its present situation.Shame to America!!

It by the courtesies of America and the anti-nkrumaists that Ghana is in its present situation.Shame to America!!
yamed 9 years ago

Explain your comment.

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DENTERN 9 years ago

CORRUPTION GOES ON UNABATED

CORRUPTION GOES ON UNABATED

Ghana@58: Congrats Ghana for upholding democratic rule - US

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