Akufo-Addo’s magic wand faces a potential dilemma of epic proportions [3]

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Nana B3DA 7 years ago

They lied to Ghanaians for votes...they will be faced with reality from 8th January.

Promises galore my foot!!!

They lied to Ghanaians for votes...they will be faced with reality from 8th January.

Promises galore my foot!!!
Kojo T 7 years ago

History repeats itself. Busia failed , Kufour failed so what can we expect from Nana .Busia divided the country and was so inept he lasted les than 3 years Kufour completed his term but left a div ...
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History repeats itself. Busia failed , Kufour failed so what can we expect from Nana .Busia divided the country and was so inept he lasted les than 3 years Kufour completed his term but left a divided nation , replete with gangsterism .Armed robbery was the order of the day and no real substance to the economy .How will Nana be different? But I blame gullible Ghanaians .We are the real morons
ADJOA WANGARA 7 years ago

The whole wasting of space from Francis Kwarteng is a pure "cut and paste" rubbish crowned with bad English grammatical.

The whole wasting of space from Francis Kwarteng is a pure "cut and paste" rubbish crowned with bad English grammatical.
jumbo 7 years ago

Francis kwartengs piece was one of the award winninng masterpiece.Reading through it,one would be forgiven if he or she artribute this piece to Imani Ghana since that is their trade mark.

Such were the questions that ought ...
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Francis kwartengs piece was one of the award winninng masterpiece.Reading through it,one would be forgiven if he or she artribute this piece to Imani Ghana since that is their trade mark.

Such were the questions that ought to have been raised by our yellow journalist during the elections period ,but no,they did not,for fear of being called anti Nana Addo.These journalist gave Nana Addo and Bawumia a free pass to victory by lowering the quality of debate when they delibrately avoided to ask NPP questions raised by this author,Francis Kwarteng.

Afia Pokuwa of adomfms burning issues failed Ghanaians.All of them are hypocrates who made it possible for NPP to win this election on the cheap side.

The infinite providence is our witness.
Kweku 7 years ago

Your fears are completely justified Francis, because when one is used to the ndc shambolic, unscientific, unprofessional and propagandists way of governing a country, it's very easy to assume that subsequent governments will ...
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Your fears are completely justified Francis, because when one is used to the ndc shambolic, unscientific, unprofessional and propagandists way of governing a country, it's very easy to assume that subsequent governments will do the same.

A lot of Kufuor's social intervention programs are still running today although ndc intentionally destroyed them, HOW DID KUFUOR DO IT TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THESE PROGRAMS? That is the difference between NDC and NPP. Akufo Addo keep saying these are not mere campaign promises but well thought through, costed promises meaning at least some market research, at least has gone into it. I believe some of the promises will be rolled out straight away while pilot projects will go onto some of them.

NPP IS DIFFERENT NDC!
Patriot 7 years ago

What a gullible person!!!.Mere promises by Akuffo-Addo makes you believe that he will be able to execute his promises.Now is the time for him to fulfill his promises to show that they were thought through,costed and supported ...
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What a gullible person!!!.Mere promises by Akuffo-Addo makes you believe that he will be able to execute his promises.Now is the time for him to fulfill his promises to show that they were thought through,costed and supported with market researches.No more talking,it is action time.
jumbo 7 years ago

yoooooo we are watching. Whether scientific and research base policies,the campaign is over it is time to deliver starting tomorrow 7 january.

let me remind NPP criminals that NanaAddowill become number one public servant ...
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yoooooo we are watching. Whether scientific and research base policies,the campaign is over it is time to deliver starting tomorrow 7 january.

let me remind NPP criminals that NanaAddowill become number one public servant from tomorrow and is duty bound to declare his assets.

It is imparative on Nana to declare his assets on day one not as a constitutional reqirement but as a cridibility issue since Nana claim he is not corrupt.He who calls for eqiety must come with a clean hands.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 7 years ago

Prof. Francis Kwarteng,

I grudgingly opine that the sub-sections of your article titled "Food for Thought" and "Concluding Remarks" are spot on and contain solid suggestions about how to move the country forward.

Howeve ...
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Prof. Francis Kwarteng,

I grudgingly opine that the sub-sections of your article titled "Food for Thought" and "Concluding Remarks" are spot on and contain solid suggestions about how to move the country forward.

However, the rest of your article contains a smorgasbord of infantile queries which have no support in intellectual reasoning.

More of the latter and less of the former Sir.

Thanks.
V. POPULI 7 years ago

Beautifully and thoughtfully written. For Nana and his NPP, I am sure that some ten or fifteen cornmills under a shed somewhere would constitute a productive venture, to wit, a factory. We'll wait and see.
We shall also wis ...
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Beautifully and thoughtfully written. For Nana and his NPP, I am sure that some ten or fifteen cornmills under a shed somewhere would constitute a productive venture, to wit, a factory. We'll wait and see.
We shall also wish them all the best as responsible citizens instead of making the country ungovernable as they did. However, judging by their own unforced myriads of promises, I am expecting nothing but humongous failure and they will surely be hoisted by their own petard. You cannot use unfair and ungodly means and receive God's blessing.
KONKONSA 7 years ago

Talk of double speak!! - Wish them welI as responsible citizens and condemn them as ungodly and undeserving of God's blessing in one breath. I doubt if all the developed nations waited on God's blessing - No! They applied kno ...
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Talk of double speak!! - Wish them welI as responsible citizens and condemn them as ungodly and undeserving of God's blessing in one breath. I doubt if all the developed nations waited on God's blessing - No! They applied knowledge, diligence and hard work. Get used to it, your country is changing and for better. Watch and learn from the masters of the art - here comes Nana and crew.
kofi 7 years ago

Don't worry Nana has got answers to all your questions.His main ambition is to be president because his mother predicted it.All other things are secondary.

Don't worry Nana has got answers to all your questions.His main ambition is to be president because his mother predicted it.All other things are secondary.
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!

The Zongo Development "promise".

We must say that after the problem with the Constitutional problem and the protracted issue with the Oil Contracts and all that cash that mostly accrue to the KOSMOS-Tull ...
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!

The Zongo Development "promise".

We must say that after the problem with the Constitutional problem and the protracted issue with the Oil Contracts and all that cash that mostly accrue to the KOSMOS-Tullow, we must say the problem of equity will seriously challenge Akufo Addo with respect to most of his promises.

Read:
"... how do we factor in the so-called Zongo Development Fund? Does every constituency across the country have a Zongo?...What of other non-Zongo communities with similar levels of poverty and material deprivation...?

Equity/Equal protection of the laws -- no matter where every Ghanaian lives, their religion, their language, etc., etc.

Did we hear someone say?

But, there may be solutions.

Akufo-Addo will need to support his proposals and plans with real data.

Peace!
ADJOA WANGARA 7 years ago

Lungu, just go back and read over your comment and see how useless it is, besides how unreasonable and stupid you are.

Lungu, just go back and read over your comment and see how useless it is, besides how unreasonable and stupid you are.
J0eY l0nD0n 7 years ago

You can make your point without going vulgar on them, besides you are not making any positive contribution anyway.

You can make your point without going vulgar on them, besides you are not making any positive contribution anyway.
B..k 7 years ago

Mr Kwartent is a genius , may God bless you and your generation, we need more articles from you,,wow this is intellectual superiority ,. bravo Sir

Mr Kwartent is a genius , may God bless you and your generation, we need more articles from you,,wow this is intellectual superiority ,. bravo Sir
jumbo 7 years ago

B K, you have said it all. There are no words to describe kwarteng except to say mother Ghana will forever remember him and his generations.

I have butterflies in my stomach.

B K, you have said it all. There are no words to describe kwarteng except to say mother Ghana will forever remember him and his generations.

I have butterflies in my stomach.
Kofi.Yeboah 7 years ago

I wonder the kind of argument some so-called illiterate in our society like this guy engage in .

At first, the doomed- mongers tried hard to convince Ghanaians that, Nana will not win but all were proven wrong.

Now, th ...
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I wonder the kind of argument some so-called illiterate in our society like this guy engage in .

At first, the doomed- mongers tried hard to convince Ghanaians that, Nana will not win but all were proven wrong.

Now, the pendulum of their swing to questioning the man's promises. Instead of them coiling back into shame for having tickled themselves with wrong predictions, they still make ugly noises.

This writer, was spewing lies in the heat of the campaign. What locus standing does he think he has to critique the viability or feasibility or otherwise of Nana's promises.

All his write-ups are mere fallacies to advance his personal whims and caprices.

Please, wait to see Mr. nothing good.
Idiot Contemnor Mugabe 7 years ago

You're right mate. He is the worst columnist; I wonder why Ghanaweb keeps giving him publicity. He is a miseducated buffoon.

You're right mate. He is the worst columnist; I wonder why Ghanaweb keeps giving him publicity. He is a miseducated buffoon.
Kofi.Yeboah 7 years ago

This guy and his cabal feel that, they have the magic wand to develop Ghana and no other. He's coming from Nkrumah.
They believe that only Nkrumah developed Ghana .

This guy and his cabal feel that, they have the magic wand to develop Ghana and no other. He's coming from Nkrumah.
They believe that only Nkrumah developed Ghana .
Tony 7 years ago

With regards to the 1 million dollars per constituency issue, let me remind you that the least populated constituencies are also the least developed and therefore in need of bigger financial assistance.

With regards to the 1 million dollars per constituency issue, let me remind you that the least populated constituencies are also the least developed and therefore in need of bigger financial assistance.
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

Tony,
Nice try!

Where do you get that from, your "... the least populated constituencies are also the least developed...?

If that was the case, why would Akufo Addo then turn around to talk about also giving assistance ...
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Tony,
Nice try!

Where do you get that from, your "... the least populated constituencies are also the least developed...?

If that was the case, why would Akufo Addo then turn around to talk about also giving assistance to "Zongos", that are some of the most densely populated areas in Ghana?

We must say that is not a very intelligent way to provide funding for development, if you are also interested in bringing your country together.

So, check out our series, coming this week:

"Winners & Losers: Akufo Addo's Million-Dollar Cash Giveaways to Voting Districts.

Peace!
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

See article at ModernGhana,
at:

www.modernghana.com/news/747345/winners-losers-akufo-addos-million-dollar-cash-giveaways.html

Yes, sooner than you can read "Nice Try"!

Besides, you get all the informative charts an ...
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See article at ModernGhana,
at:

www.modernghana.com/news/747345/winners-losers-akufo-addos-million-dollar-cash-giveaways.html

Yes, sooner than you can read "Nice Try"!

Besides, you get all the informative charts and graphics at ModernGhana, which Ghanaweb never publishes with our essays, for some reason we do not know why.

Seen!
Osonoba 7 years ago

The sweetness of the pudding is in the eating. Francis, wait and see.

The sweetness of the pudding is in the eating. Francis, wait and see.
Peter Twi Texas United States 7 years ago

6:Jan. 2017 Peter Twi Texas, United States.

Mr. Kwarteng Francis , thanks for your endless scholaristic, down- to- earth revelations that had in the decades past, had permeated into the fibre and umbilical cord of Ghanaian ...
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6:Jan. 2017 Peter Twi Texas, United States.

Mr. Kwarteng Francis , thanks for your endless scholaristic, down- to- earth revelations that had in the decades past, had permeated into the fibre and umbilical cord of Ghanaian society on the whole, with ever deterioting states of affairs, untold hardships on the livelihood of the average Ghanaian, the incurable nature of peoples' incorruptible mannerisms, which regrettably cut deep down into the marrow, and into the caricature of Ghanaians faculties of reasoning, howbeit, the cantancrous, intellectualisms, tricksters in every domain of display of responsibilities, unfaithful comerades , who are always ready to swallow the goodies for the masses, due to their selfish aggrediasements, marked by the instiabilities of their elongated, elaborated, digestive systems, which seem to be porous , and unfillable to their capacity at any rate.

True to add, to your comprehensive analyses of the facts and factuals, visible and invisible realities that had been the order of the day to day Ghanaians lifestyles, political disorderliness, economic derailment, social injustices, absence of trustworthiness in those holding positions of trust, biasms featuring over every encrave where two or more are present, discriminatory attitudes, favouritsms, family- friends - versus close associates first, and the masses last; deceits, frabrications, magical, concise mathematical correctness in the manufacturing of estimates, and approximations to make actuals and cover errornous impressions, resulting in unwanton diversions of society's resources to the utter deprivation of the masses from their national shares. The injustifiability in all these, point to the fact, that Ghanaians mentalities are intuitively, incurably, demoralised and soiled with heartless impassions, nonetheless, negativities, poisoned with unhealthy idealisms, thus far, the unfortunate Ghanaians in the categories of illiterates, semi- educated, the poor class, and those not in governmental levels, the ignorables, etc., become the victims of any adverse, encompassing situations through the hands of improper goverances, due to the fake, empty promises made to ascend to power, wherefore, aftermath of these all, the simplistic promises made during the convincing era, soon, are laid aside. Down the ages past, to our present intellectualistic, scientific, technological order of the day, where humans have become enlightened and have magical answers to any problems they are not even capable of doing, yet, as a result of showmanship idiologies, they resort to trial and errors, to at least, to please others . The shortfalls here, thus, comparatively result from unavailability of the rightful personnel to handle the affairs of our diverse national needs. Where are the real, qualified personnel ? You and are, and everyone of else fall in the good and rightful people's categories. Yet, the bad precedents left behind by those early formulators of our national goals, cultural beliefs and about goverance, in truism, had instead of goodwill and proper goverance, had rather turned into love of political power than the electorates. With all said to this point, our previous and present structures, educational, economic, cultural, moral standards, and worse of all, our general concept "about Ghanaians mentalities" such as " no one can do it better at any rate, because those who outlived us could not do it better, and as such, any how you do it, will be okay! " This concept, to a greater extent, had had chronic defects on our national lives, as well as perturb with individuals progress. We do not want to help to bring changes and new ideas in our time, we only want to continue eating what had already been cooked for us, with no efforts to find some newables and more for others. At this age and era, we as Ghanaians want to continue with that same unhealthy mentalities, which have no place in the present world order, and in this scientific, technological age, where advanced nations are even in still more serious competitive businsses, researching to upgrade upon the present-day, they are not still sufficient with their advancements. if this is so, is it not time for Ghanaians to learn our lessons better, in this fast, competitive era of human development, thus far, to alien ourselves with the current features of the trend in which the world is moving, to some extent, assess those remote as well as immediate events that directly relate to our human existence, to tap copious wisdom, mentality, philosophical principles thereat, that may propel our minds and believes to high levels of intellectualism that comes with readiness for change, innovations, skillfulness, practicalities, marred by doing and achieving, over presumptions, and non-achievements.

You earlier on said it all, it is by nature, easier to say than doing it. However, as every era comes with unforseen, foressen, predictable, unpredictable events, and issues, let's all hands be on deck to ride above the present dogmas, self-conceitness, and that depraved, decayed, cancerous spirit of unablism. For there is much to accomplish with unity of sense and purpose. It is never too late, for Ghanaians to start healing our wounds, leaving behind the bygones, and had we knowns, which may, or never become compartible with the solutions of of our 21 st century problems.
In conclusion, then, thanks so dearly for outlining some of the good and bad phases of the Ghana's political shortfalls, and the causes of the general depravity of our Ghanaian society that need be corrected, healed, changed, upgraded, substituted and eliminated by all- our government officials, and every loving progressive citizens-. Your versions on the long time scenario about the entire paralysed state of the Ghanaian society, talkless of the much to sort for questions and answers versus highlights of some useful comments, suggestions, with recommendations to all and sundry, are adequate enough to put all in goverance on course, with nationals already in the known of how much we, and as individuals, can help in our small ways to help bring changes, improvements in our thinking processes coupled with upliftment of our total living standards. The good foundations we lay today, will ease our generations unborn of a lot of problems, and propel them with forward movement, instead of demolishing and rebuilding of any bad foundations we leave behind for them.

Thanks to all our adherent commentors and readers, and more so, our media houses, and personnel for such coverages, educative in deguise, historical enlightenments to the masses, and the world at large. Keep it up.
Long live Ghana, and her nationals.!!!.
ONE GHANA 7 years ago

PLEASE, BAWUMIA ANSWER THE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS BEING ASKED IN RELATION TO YOUR MOUTH-WATERING AND DECEPTIVE PROMISES!!!

PLEASE, BAWUMIA ANSWER THE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS BEING ASKED IN RELATION TO YOUR MOUTH-WATERING AND DECEPTIVE PROMISES!!!
hohoho, montreal 7 years ago

good questions, bro. we can not even compete with Malaysia. dont forget, the the crooks in ghana npp says its feasible.bro, there are factories in tema that are not operating now because of china, Taiwan, Malaysia and other A ...
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good questions, bro. we can not even compete with Malaysia. dont forget, the the crooks in ghana npp says its feasible.bro, there are factories in tema that are not operating now because of china, Taiwan, Malaysia and other Asia countries. we can not even compete with India or Bangladesh. that 1 district one factory will never come true.
nana addo cant do and its you just a political promise.
Yakubu 7 years ago

So in the next four years, there should be no infrastructural development, no new schools, no new hospitals, no increases in utility bills, no increase in petrol and last but not least no borrowing from any source. NADAA and ...
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So in the next four years, there should be no infrastructural development, no new schools, no new hospitals, no increases in utility bills, no increase in petrol and last but not least no borrowing from any source. NADAA and his NPP people told us these are NOTHING !!.

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