The dissipation of the NDC, from the lens of a Voltarian child

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Charles Agbenu 7 years ago

You have said it all Selorm. All the underlining base thinking that NPP or Akufo Ado will drive away all Voltarians when they come to power has been nonsense and false from day one. I have lived in Asanteland for long to ...
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You have said it all Selorm. All the underlining base thinking that NPP or Akufo Ado will drive away all Voltarians when they come to power has been nonsense and false from day one. I have lived in Asanteland for long to know that that thinking had no basis although the agelong belief had been passed on from father to son so gleefully and enthusiastically. I personally think this has a basis in imagined Asante hegemony... taking roots from 17 th and 18th century Osei Tutu war exploits. How present day Voltarians should think we have to live in the Asante ancient past, an agenda pushed by selfish politicians is a grievous mistake which Voltarian youth must reject vehemently. I expect Akufo Ado who is no Asante to form an effective broad based administration at all levels.. executive, military, police, civil service, Board membership .... to reflect all regions. Voltarians must also especially accept that their huge dominance in the police, civil service, military, NADMO, immigration, scholarship holding, etc has come out of agelong manipulation and cronyism and be prepared to accept broad based reforms to consolidate Ghanas unity.
These Issues will be dealt with comprehensively later.
Kojo T 7 years ago

Childish.Your great grandfather and grandfather? NDC was formed in 1992 People of Volta be resolute and adopt "Self Reliance policy" The fact that Akuffo Addo is anti Ewe is there for all to see .NPP ...
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Childish.Your great grandfather and grandfather? NDC was formed in 1992 People of Volta be resolute and adopt "Self Reliance policy" The fact that Akuffo Addo is anti Ewe is there for all to see .NPP is an Akan supremacist party. You will be reduced to a second class citizen .
DB 7 years ago

Frankly no one has time for people like you kojo T with low self esteem. No one can help you but you yourself. You are a loser pure and simple.

Frankly no one has time for people like you kojo T with low self esteem. No one can help you but you yourself. You are a loser pure and simple.
Kojo T 7 years ago

There is surburb in Hohoe called Blah Names such as Osai(osei)Prah Kofi Nti, Owusu Adjah abound .There were Asantes who have been accepted by the Ewes and there is peace >Why always boast about Ewes w ...
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There is surburb in Hohoe called Blah Names such as Osai(osei)Prah Kofi Nti, Owusu Adjah abound .There were Asantes who have been accepted by the Ewes and there is peace >Why always boast about Ewes who worked hard as slaves for the Asantes in Ashanti. ?
Kwame 7 years ago

Brother the problem is the constitution requires that majority of ministers be picked from parliament. The Volta region has only one NPP parliamentarian,where is the NPP going to get Ewe people from to appoint as ministers. ...
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Brother the problem is the constitution requires that majority of ministers be picked from parliament. The Volta region has only one NPP parliamentarian,where is the NPP going to get Ewe people from to appoint as ministers. You see we have shot ourselves in the foot again and are going to cite the lack of Ewe ministers as proof that NPP is anti Ewe
DB 7 years ago

Great point Kwame, it never even crossed my mind.

Great point Kwame, it never even crossed my mind.
Abeeku Mensah 7 years ago

The very first paragraph did set a tone for a disappointing article; J.J. Rawlings is not a god without fault. It does behoove me to hear people in high and low places pay homage to J.J. as if he is the greatest thing that ev ...
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The very first paragraph did set a tone for a disappointing article; J.J. Rawlings is not a god without fault. It does behoove me to hear people in high and low places pay homage to J.J. as if he is the greatest thing that ever happened to Ghana. If J.J. Rawlings is one of your own in the Volta that is all well and good but remember jealousy has a damn big role in J.J. Rawlings turncoat stance.
How is J J. Rawlings any better above corruption or murder in Ghana? Are Ghanaians supposed to normalize J.J's acceptance of bribe from a Nigerian sources as better because a corrupt politician in Nigeria is better for Ghana or that his vindictiveness against the late Atta-Mills for not throwing NPP folks in jail for presumed mismanagement would have been better for the NDC? Where would the NDC folks be today if the late Atta-Mills had heeded to the short-sightedness of a vindictive Rawlings? There is no political party or politician in Ghana without fault; they do have their fan base all the same out of tribal loyalty but that is not saying much.
Is the NPP supposed to be better when a day after winning the 2016 election an actress could shamelessly ask another artist to leave Ghana as if Ghana is a one party state with dictates from one tribal region. And just like the USA which has seen its democratic system tampered with by Russian manipulation so it is that Ghana cannot and must not be proud as an independent nation when the UK ambassador to Ghana is allowed to play lord over Ghana. We are sufficiently weak allowing this UK ambassador to take shots at Ghanaian citizens when the moron could not do so even from anywhere in the UK where he is sure to live under enforceable laws.
Alootey 7 years ago

Arrogance,corruption, plain thievery, disrespect, mismanagement and all the negatives are the combined effects of prez Mahama and the NDC.

Arrogance,corruption, plain thievery, disrespect, mismanagement and all the negatives are the combined effects of prez Mahama and the NDC.
ONE GHANA 7 years ago

Idiocy article

Idiocy article
Kwame 7 years ago

Charles Agbenu Ewhes in Ashanti is a result of a peace treaty between Ewhes and the Ashantihene after Woka Akam Wundisu war.

Charles Agbenu Ewhes in Ashanti is a result of a peace treaty between Ewhes and the Ashantihene after Woka Akam Wundisu war.
Kwame 7 years ago

Atoppley wait for the dust to settle because you will swallow what you wrote a few days after Nana Akufo-Addo is sworn in as the president of Ghana. Look at how he is forcing people to come and pay homage to him like a monar ...
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Atoppley wait for the dust to settle because you will swallow what you wrote a few days after Nana Akufo-Addo is sworn in as the president of Ghana. Look at how he is forcing people to come and pay homage to him like a monarch when he is yet to be sworn in.
serwaa 7 years ago

People are paying homage cos they see him worthy if homage. He isn't forcing anyone to come to him after all he knows his own

People are paying homage cos they see him worthy if homage. He isn't forcing anyone to come to him after all he knows his own
Nii Odoi 7 years ago

Good points but vry naive

Good points but vry naive
Samuel Einstein 7 years ago

this is a true post.how can the NDC take voltarians as a pillow,in times of election we vote for them but if the time for the sharing of the national cake comes,we are at number 9.never will i vote for NDC in my life

this is a true post.how can the NDC take voltarians as a pillow,in times of election we vote for them but if the time for the sharing of the national cake comes,we are at number 9.never will i vote for NDC in my life
KWAME 7 years ago

NDC IS NOT AN EWE PARTY. NDC IS A NATIONAL PARTY AND MANY OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND SUPPORTERS ARE NON EWES. PLS LETS MOVE AWAY FROM THIS CHEAP AGENDA AND SEEK A NATIONAL CHARACTER. THERE IS NO SINGLE TRIBE THAT CAN WIN EL ...
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NDC IS NOT AN EWE PARTY. NDC IS A NATIONAL PARTY AND MANY OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND SUPPORTERS ARE NON EWES. PLS LETS MOVE AWAY FROM THIS CHEAP AGENDA AND SEEK A NATIONAL CHARACTER. THERE IS NO SINGLE TRIBE THAT CAN WIN ELECTIONS IN GHANA. PLS STOP THIS ......
G. K. Berko 7 years ago

Your own what? Quit that ethnocentric crap. It is one of the reasons that pulled your Party down into defeat. While the NPP had all the time been accused of the same, the NDC was riding high as the more unifying Party between ...
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Your own what? Quit that ethnocentric crap. It is one of the reasons that pulled your Party down into defeat. While the NPP had all the time been accused of the same, the NDC was riding high as the more unifying Party between the 2.

Then, all of a sudden, John Mahama was reported to have copied from Akufo-Addo the ethnocentric appeal for votes, which the NPP used against the former more effectively than the NDC could against the NPP.

There is no doubt that J. J.'s sheer Political significance to our country could not have been, if it were not for the assistance or support of many others from all the various Tribes in the country. Even though his support in the Volta Region was central, he had a considerable support from even the Ashantis who most folks believe are the strongest anti-J. J. people in Ghana.

So, it is not just because of your exclusive support for J. J. as your 'one of your own' that catapulted him into Political limelight.

Meanwhile, times have changed, and there are factors that demand that people look beyond J. J. to seek a better Ghana for all. If the NDC does not realize that and refocus away from J. J. to all the other devoted leaders for around the Nation, the Party would soon break up or dwindle. The Star of the NDC has lost much of its luster.

One thing that has kept the NPP ever so strong is the continued re-invigoration of the Party, at least, in rhetorical claim of dynamic vision for Ghana and its less obvious association with its horrific violent progenitor, the UP/NLM, even as it touts the exploits of J. B. Danquah and Busia and Dombo.

The NDC under Mahama's leadership seemed to have revamped itself from the beginning with the massive activation of the younger generation to take up Cabinet and top managerial positions. But the Party allowed too much aloofness for the young Officials to fool around for too long and too much. NDC lost the central control for discipline and accountability that had long been its hallmarks.

Now that heads are banging against one another to apportion blames in the NDC for its failure to retain Power, it would take a greater commitment and honest and humble concession of errors to hold the Party together. Else, the Party would lose its total appeal to the young and visionary activists and its center cannot hold anymore.

The CPP, for example, also failed to pursue the younger generation to help set the pace for the Future, and instead still clang unto its 'old boys', and lost its appeal to the general Public. It has refused to change its name to adopt another that the younger generation could feel more comfortable associating with, even as the core Principles of the Party stayed almost the same.

The smear the CPP bore from the disinformation campaign that its foes, both internal and external to the country, waged against it is still too thick to be ignored by most younger folks. Such is why the cosmetics of a new name may not seem very important but could serve as an excuse for someone young to claim that it is a new Party and join with less reservation.

This name-change is a neat ploy all the various and many incarnations of the UP/NLM Party have used over the decades.

If the CPP wants to beat the other Parties, it would have to be on the same pitch, and not be complacent with keeping the old deeply tainted name.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Nana 7 years ago

HOW ON EARTH CAN ANY REASONABLE PERSON BELIEVE THAT ANYONE CAN DRIVE AWAY ANY TRIBE FROM GHANA. I AM LOST FOR WORDS, REALLY...FREE EDUCATION IS THE KEY.

HOW ON EARTH CAN ANY REASONABLE PERSON BELIEVE THAT ANYONE CAN DRIVE AWAY ANY TRIBE FROM GHANA. I AM LOST FOR WORDS, REALLY...FREE EDUCATION IS THE KEY.
Stephen (London ) 7 years ago

well done! Martin Koku, the wise one! Brilliant piece.

well done! Martin Koku, the wise one! Brilliant piece.
@ selorm 7 years ago

selorm u do all .. I loud u 4 dat. Dey will learn deir lessons frm dat. Ndc hv taken voltarians 4 granted

selorm u do all .. I loud u 4 dat. Dey will learn deir lessons frm dat. Ndc hv taken voltarians 4 granted
Obuama 7 years ago

O really pity you, Delorme. You claim the Ewes gave always voted one way and you proceeded to ask questions why it should always be so. This was the same statement put out by Laila Dzansi. Has any of you bothered to check the ...
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O really pity you, Delorme. You claim the Ewes gave always voted one way and you proceeded to ask questions why it should always be so. This was the same statement put out by Laila Dzansi. Has any of you bothered to check the political trajectory of this country to know which people have really been voting one way throughout our history? That a non Ashanti/Akyems party gets some votes from the Ashanti region is because of its cosmopolitan nature, thus having a large concentration of Ewes and Northerners. In fact, until the Victor Owusu insult, Ewes have on occasions voted for the UP tradition. The Asantes and Akyems have always voted more one way than any group of people but no one questions that. Why then dies it become an issue because Ewes vote for the NDC? and surprisingly ignorant Ewes like you and Laila Dzansi have been conned to look down on themselves. Why don't they tell the Asantes and Akyems to also change their voting pattern? Is it because they see you Ewes as so inferior to be thus insulted? It's the very weak and lose thinking of people like you that these very tribal and one-way-voting Asante/Akyem group have the nerves to look down on Ewes and Northerners. Your Write-up is an insult to Ewes, and a far cry from the truth about one-way voting in Ghana. Nobody begrudges your choice of party to support, but please do a little of intellectual analysis before drawing conclusions that have long been determined by people who are always looking for gullible persons like you to spread their well-calculated propaganda. By the way, do not think that the NDC has been dissipated as you claim. The party is very strong and resilient, and will sure bounce back in 2020. Just concentrate on however your NPP will fulfill the numerous sweet promises they used to woo Ghanaians. There will be no excuses because they have really raised expectations to unprecedented heights. It's now time for redemption. For your information, the NDC still got over 82%of the Volta votes although the absolute figures were lower than expected due to voter apathy.
THE SENTINEL 7 years ago

AFTER GOING TO SCHOOL AND ACQUIRING A DEGREE OF ACADEMIC LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION AND POLITICS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, YOUR DEPTH OF REASONING IS CALLED UPON TO BE ANALYTICAL, AND NOT BASED ON TRIBAL SENT ...
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AFTER GOING TO SCHOOL AND ACQUIRING A DEGREE OF ACADEMIC LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION AND POLITICS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, YOUR DEPTH OF REASONING IS CALLED UPON TO BE ANALYTICAL, AND NOT BASED ON TRIBAL SENTIMENTS, LIKE THE LOVE OF "YOUR OWN". ANALYTICAL THINKING PUTS YOUR FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE - GHANA'S PROGRESS, NOT ON KETA, VOLTA, EWELAND OR JERRY RAWLINGS. VOLTA CHILD, DO YOUR KNOW THE ELEGANT VOLTARIAN NAVAL COMMANDER JOY AMEDUME AND WHY HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY JERRY RAWLINGS IN 1979? HE WAS KILLED AT THE TESHIE SHOOTING RANGE FOR DULY CONTRACTING A BANK LOAN OF ABOUT 50,000 CEDIS. AGBESI WOYOME, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS GIVEN 51 MILLION CEDIS, BY THE NDC PARTY OF JJ RAWLINGS AND GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY! VOLTA CHILD, STAY WELL, NEVERTHELESS!
Chief Obonfi 7 years ago

Mr. Writer, thank u very much. I believe it's time to share ideas. Can I asked u this, compare the infrastructural projects in Ashanti region during HE ex pres. Kofour 8 yrs to that of Pres Mahama 4 yrs. But the Ashanti's sti ...
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Mr. Writer, thank u very much. I believe it's time to share ideas. Can I asked u this, compare the infrastructural projects in Ashanti region during HE ex pres. Kofour 8 yrs to that of Pres Mahama 4 yrs. But the Ashanti's still did not vote for Mahama bcos of loyalty. If u want me to mention them I will; military hospital, kejetia market, airport expansion, among others. Traders in Kumasi promised to reduce price of good to make Nana's govt admirable but intensionally increased it to Mahama's govt look bad. They did not say if Nana comes n reduce tax, electricity n fuel prices before they reduce, they stated it without conditions. Kofour's govt had southern majority appointees, nobody tagged his failures to tribal appointment. Mahama had northerners n voltarian majority appointees, they tagged his failure to northerners been majority. But let me tell u, we wouldn't get sincere people in Ghana if not from north, talk of Manasseh, Ana's n Martin amindu. I hate Mahama govt bcos of corruption especially sole sourcing but I always asked, is npp the best alternative? No. There's no reward for robbing or stealing in the pretext of feeding the poor. If Ghanaians don't change to parties like the PPP we will be digging our graves. It is my wish that Nana prosecute those suspected of corruption without mercy.

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