Presidential Debate: Who is running away (Mahama or Nana Addo)?

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nii 7 years ago

no debate nana don't mind mahama and ndc. if they want debate mahama should debate amissah-arthur. ata kofi this is no time for tricks and what about 170 questions from bawumia. kofi there is nothing wrong with the ideals of ...
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no debate nana don't mind mahama and ndc. if they want debate mahama should debate amissah-arthur. ata kofi this is no time for tricks and what about 170 questions from bawumia. kofi there is nothing wrong with the ideals of ndc but its people like you with all the good education keep on supporting and promoting the rot in ndc because of emotional and tribal politics. i have followed your opinions from afar and you know mahama have failed so why on earth do you want to promote him if not for tribal and emotional polititics
ndc soldier 7 years ago

Npp and Akans must forget about winning this elections.Ghana is now for us Northners ,Ewes,Burkinabes,Togo,Malians etc.Ndc has really helped us by creating opportunity for us to get into government sectors to work.Someone sho ...
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Npp and Akans must forget about winning this elections.Ghana is now for us Northners ,Ewes,Burkinabes,Togo,Malians etc.Ndc has really helped us by creating opportunity for us to get into government sectors to work.Someone should search for the latest recruitment list that was released by Ghana police and ask yourselves the number of Akan Names.Ghana is now for us and we have sidelined all Akans.Akans must Also suffer.
Chuks, Tudu/Nima 7 years ago

You foolishly think this such stupidity will not be recognized? You're just an idiot trying to make the NDC appear bad in the eyes of Ghanaians.

You foolishly think this such stupidity will not be recognized? You're just an idiot trying to make the NDC appear bad in the eyes of Ghanaians.
Mike from Ho. 7 years ago

I like reading any article written by this man. The only problem I have with this very one is that I don't agree that the NDC boycotted the IEA debate because of the power crisis. They abandoned it because that organisation h ...
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I like reading any article written by this man. The only problem I have with this very one is that I don't agree that the NDC boycotted the IEA debate because of the power crisis. They abandoned it because that organisation has become a toll in the hand of the NPP. Their comments on issues is often done apparently to damage the NDC. It is a known fact. They do the bidding of the NPP.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 7 years ago

Mike from Ho, NDC's claims of IEA being bias against them is untenable because NDC made the same allegation in 2012 and threatened not to participate in the debate. They had change of mind and participated. After the election ...
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Mike from Ho, NDC's claims of IEA being bias against them is untenable because NDC made the same allegation in 2012 and threatened not to participate in the debate. They had change of mind and participated. After the election, President Mahama appointed the IEA debate moderator a cabinet minister.

The same tactics is being used by NDC and that is why I am of the view that these are just tactics. IEA as a Think Tank is expected to hold the government of the day accountable and that is what IEA is doing. Of course, sometimes IEA does not get it right and I have had reason to disagree with them but disagreements should not be used to undermine IEA as being bias against NDC.
Chuks, Tudu/Nima 7 years ago

Nana Addo/NPP are scared stiff of facing off with JDM/NDC as long as Bawumia is not participating. NPP is Bawumia and Bawumia is NPP and so anything that will not have Bawumia's input will be suicidal for the NPP. The NPP is ...
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Nana Addo/NPP are scared stiff of facing off with JDM/NDC as long as Bawumia is not participating. NPP is Bawumia and Bawumia is NPP and so anything that will not have Bawumia's input will be suicidal for the NPP. The NPP is a very clever party and will find all the strategies to avoid this head-on collision with JDM/NDC. JDM is simply not an orator like Nana Addo but his level as an all-rounder will be too much for Nana Addo to handle. JDM is a political juggler and will cut Nana Addo to size should the NPP accede to the challenge of JDM. It a bait to lure the Nana Addo/NPP into a last minute envounter that will floor Nana/NPP without recovery. This the NPP cannot fail to see but fail to admit in public. Nana/NPP is scared stiff of this challenge.
SIngular Many 7 years ago

I am wondering what language will use for the debate since only 10% of the population actually understand English the official language . Whereas 65 % of the population speak or understand twi

I am wondering what language will use for the debate since only 10% of the population actually understand English the official language . Whereas 65 % of the population speak or understand twi
Sam 7 years ago

Twi is the collective name for most of the Akan Languages. IE Fante,Brong,Akwapim,Akyem,Ahanta,Asante,Wassa,Sefwi,Nzema,Assin etc. So which Twi are you talking about? And, where did you get your bogus statistics from? Our "mi ...
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Twi is the collective name for most of the Akan Languages. IE Fante,Brong,Akwapim,Akyem,Ahanta,Asante,Wassa,Sefwi,Nzema,Assin etc. So which Twi are you talking about? And, where did you get your bogus statistics from? Our "middle" ground is English which is a fair compromise for a nation of more than 50 different Languages.Countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Colombia,Ecuador etc have got numerous languages yet they"ve all settled for the language their colonialist to bridge the gap without imposing any the ethnic languages that often leads to nothing but conflicts on their people. Some of us are pig sick of those who think every Ghanaian is legally obliged to speak Asante Twi. Why should somebody from Paga or Bamboi be forced to speak Twi?
Kwadwo 7 years ago

"Rumors circulating on social media that Akufo Addo has become a bit forgetful...." How could put rumors as fact to support a contention in an article? You are simply being mischievous and I don't find this amusing. You PNDC ...
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"Rumors circulating on social media that Akufo Addo has become a bit forgetful...." How could put rumors as fact to support a contention in an article? You are simply being mischievous and I don't find this amusing. You PNDC guys are well schooled in propaganda and this crap from you surprises no one. U are clearly insinuating that Nana is suffering some form of attention disorder hence his refusal to debate Mahama now. This is false and you know it. Was it not Mahama who refused the I EA debate? It is clear his campaign is not going well and now wants to debate. Nana will be a fool to accept this debate offer. Let Mahama 's fantom projects carry him to victory and leave NPP to make its case to Ghanaians. Rumors are not facts and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Idiot Mugabe 7 years ago

Intellectual galore! This Kofi Atta guy never makes sense. How can he rely on rumour to make his point? And, he claims to be an intellect? Tweaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Intellectual galore! This Kofi Atta guy never makes sense. How can he rely on rumour to make his point? And, he claims to be an intellect? Tweaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 7 years ago

Kwadwo, I hope you are well and you read my response to your comment on the previous article. Instead of you debating the issues I raise in my articles, you find excuses (my connection with PNDC) to dismiss them. There is a s ...
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Kwadwo, I hope you are well and you read my response to your comment on the previous article. Instead of you debating the issues I raise in my articles, you find excuses (my connection with PNDC) to dismiss them. There is a saying that, "there is no smoke without fire". Great stories including scandals such as Watergate started as rumours, which led to investigations and findings of facts.

I am not sure whether you read my articles before you post your comments because you asked questions that I have answered in the article. I did say that Mahama and NDC were the ones who boycotted the IEA debate, yet you asked, "was it not Mahama who refused the IEA debate?". There is nothing wrong with having connection with PNDC and in fact, Ex-President Kufour also had connection with PNDC.

Have you asked yourself why Nana Akufo is yet to appear at IEA's Evening Encounter with Presidential Candidates? Why has he kept on postponing his appearance? This is an accomplished lawyer, an orator and good public speaker. so what is he sacred of? There must be a reason why he is avoiding it. The rumour is a legitimate reason and that is why all his handlers are giving excuses.

Do you buy the excuse that it is late? The facts do not support the late argument and I provided the historical facts, which proved that it's not late. This is what you should respond to instead of using my past.

I don't blame NPP and Nana Akufo-Addo but NDC has itself to blame by chicken out in the first place and then turning round to throw a challenge.

Now another reason by NPP is that NDC should respond to Dr Bawumia's 170 questions before a debate. When did such condition become the basis for presidential debate? In fact, this would have been an excellent opportunity to put Mahama and NDC on the ropes. Bawumia could throw these challenge Vice-President Amissa-Arthur at their debate.

There is a reason why Nana Akufo-Addo has not appeared before the IEA Evening Encounter and why he is unwilling to debate Mahama. That is, he is a bit forgetful due to his age. That is a fact and natural course of events. It does not mean he has a disorder but that is natural. I am in my late 50s and I am not as sharp as I used to be in my 30s and 40s.

I am not ashamed of myself for pointing out the possible reason for Nana Akufo-Addo's no show at the IEA Evening Encounter. In fact, often such rumours are from within the NPP.
Sam 7 years ago

You have a point about Nana Addo"s forgetfulness. That is why he told Cocoa Farmers in the Western Region that Ghana"s 92,000 sq mile landmass was bigger than that of Ivory Coast"s 124,000 landmass. And he was supremely confi ...
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You have a point about Nana Addo"s forgetfulness. That is why he told Cocoa Farmers in the Western Region that Ghana"s 92,000 sq mile landmass was bigger than that of Ivory Coast"s 124,000 landmass. And he was supremely confident in saying that crap!
Wallace 7 years ago

Akufo Addo is a useless foolish old man who can not stand on his feet for 20 minutes. He is in fact, a walking dead. How can such a fake lawyer rule over us? He will lose and hung himself.What does he know about economics, on ...
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Akufo Addo is a useless foolish old man who can not stand on his feet for 20 minutes. He is in fact, a walking dead. How can such a fake lawyer rule over us? He will lose and hung himself.What does he know about economics, on which to debate the president? Such a hopeless man. He only want to come and steal our oil money to pay his debts and also to replace his father's stolen properties that he has sold for drugs. As for that Mutum banza Bawumia, he will be told in the face that, he is from Walewale, therefore he is a foolish northerner who should be herding cattle. A very stupid bush man who is being used by those tribal bigots. A novice who has become arrogant. A redenomination thief and a murderer of Roko Frimpong. Such characters. A big curse to himself.
Brenu 7 years ago

I think ever advice mr president to come out with debate issue has rather exposed me president. What message is never selling to Ghanaians! All they do is npp is not united but everyone can see former president kuffour on npp ...
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I think ever advice mr president to come out with debate issue has rather exposed me president. What message is never selling to Ghanaians! All they do is npp is not united but everyone can see former president kuffour on npp platform where is mr Rawlings on their platform. When they do this, they rather expose again lies and deceit to the electorate . The bottom line is, grounds can not be change to their favour so that is their adviced tactics but has fail.
Odeneho Nana Yaw Owusu Mensah 7 years ago

Nation rule is not about talking people,how many times haven't we heard speeches like from Angels?,but the question is,how many of them where they able to do or deliver?l think someone feels he is just eloquent n nothing else ...
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Nation rule is not about talking people,how many times haven't we heard speeches like from Angels?,but the question is,how many of them where they able to do or deliver?l think someone feels he is just eloquent n nothing else.so please forget about this debate n let's move on Baam
John Adjei 7 years ago

The media should always post current pictures of Nana so that Ghanaians will see how deterorated he is to be president.
Honestly, nana is a moving corpse and even Bawumia is aware of that. So Bawumia is directly campaignin ...
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The media should always post current pictures of Nana so that Ghanaians will see how deterorated he is to be president.
Honestly, nana is a moving corpse and even Bawumia is aware of that. So Bawumia is directly campaigning for himself. Alan and is his team will be out forever if npp should win this election.
DKM 7 years ago

that is non of your business foolish talk

that is non of your business foolish talk
JOE ASANTE 7 years ago

IT IS HIS BUSINESS BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION SAYS SO WHEN THE HEALTH OF THE PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY HAS BECOME A MATTER OF CONCERN. FOR YOUR HOME WORK, GO CHECK IT UP THE RIGHT ARTICLES FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS Y ...
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IT IS HIS BUSINESS BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION SAYS SO WHEN THE HEALTH OF THE PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY HAS BECOME A MATTER OF CONCERN. FOR YOUR HOME WORK, GO CHECK IT UP THE RIGHT ARTICLES FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS YOUR HOME WORK. WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING AS YOU SEEM TO BE DOING. ALWAYS BACK-UP WHAT YOU SAY WITH BY FACTS.
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Luther King 7 years ago

Thanks Kofi for the impartial analysis u provide on issues. However its worth mentioning that the Ndc didn't have a problem with the debate but the organiser of the debate. Long before the debate was announced the Ndc had dis ...
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Thanks Kofi for the impartial analysis u provide on issues. However its worth mentioning that the Ndc didn't have a problem with the debate but the organiser of the debate. Long before the debate was announced the Ndc had disassociated itself from all activities of the IEA. It was therefore not surprising that they rejected the the IEA organized event. The npp is the one running away and displaying a lack of principle. How can u agree to a program, decide not to take part again without giving reasons?

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