Minority begs Rawlings: 'Guide us to victory 2020'

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AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

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Action Movement of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the former first lady, Lordina Mahama and the siblings of former President John Mahama of being the cause of NDC defeat in the 2016 elections ...
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Action Movement of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the former first lady, Lordina Mahama and the siblings of former President John Mahama of being the cause of NDC defeat in the 2016 elections. The spokesperson of the group, Kodzo Hamenya Keglo speaking at the Ghana International Press Centre said “while JM was preaching made in Ghana goods (such as shoes, batik and locally made clothes), the wife was doing the opposite by printing T Shirts from China which is a huge disappointment for Ghanaian printing companies.The 20 million pieces of T Shirts JM’s wife printed from China, could have been shared to party members to print them locally and would have created a lot of jobs for Ghanaians.”
JM’s brothers are the main reason why we lost the 2016 elections, collecting all contracts from Airport, Roads, Cocoa Board, GNPC, ECG , VRA, Ministry of Power and all major contracts in the country.“If you don’t see JM brothers, you cannot get a contract and if you see them, then you have to pay money before you get the contract, frustrating foreign contractors and companies by taking Ghanaian contractors for granted and creating enemies for the NDC party,”
kofiGG 7 years ago

Continue your foolishness,,but ghanaians now knows your tribal weak,cocaine prez

Continue your foolishness,,but ghanaians now knows your tribal weak,cocaine prez
MANTSE 7 years ago

Rawlings LED the NDC to POWER in 2008.

I saw this man Campaign day after day THREE WEEKS straight without a Break.

As soon as Power was WON, people who NEVER STEPPED on a CAMPAIGN PLATFORM, in CONNIVANCE with CLUELESS A ...
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Rawlings LED the NDC to POWER in 2008.

I saw this man Campaign day after day THREE WEEKS straight without a Break.

As soon as Power was WON, people who NEVER STEPPED on a CAMPAIGN PLATFORM, in CONNIVANCE with CLUELESS Atta Mills, SIDELINED Him in a Manner ONLY the STRONG-HEARTED would survive.

If Mahama had won a second term. the Writing on the Wall would be "RAWLINGS HAS BEEN FORCED INTO RETIREMENT FROM ACTIVE POLITICS BY THE NDC."

Are people seeking his involvement in 2020 so they would have the opportunity to HUMILIATE him like was done to him in 2009?

How many of those who are CLAMOURING for his involvement said a THING or saw anything wrong when 'CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM' was the call from the NDC HIERARCHY?

Do you hear any of those who side-lined him after the EMBARRASSING defeat? NO, NO, NO.

They wanted Rawlings away so they could STEAL and STEAL after the PV OBENG Brokered 'GRAFT ACCORD' to not prosecute NPP Looters.

And they HAVE LOOTED BIG TIME and are QUIETLY ENJOYING the LOOT.

Have you HEARD from the likes of Mahama Iddrisu, the Awhois, Kodjo T and ALL the Bigwigs who went SILENT when Rawlings was being SHABBILY TREATED?

How about the 'BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH'? Have their TEETH been 'UN-SHARPENED'?

If Rawlings would Campaign in 2020, it would be ONLY to save his BELOVED NDC from dying from 'UNNATURAL' CAUSES.
Kwabena 7 years ago

You guys are still running away from the truth. Did you not see the way Rawlings was dancing with Konadu on Achimota campus the last time? Until Konadu inclusion.it would be a fallacy trying to get Rawlings actively involved ...
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You guys are still running away from the truth. Did you not see the way Rawlings was dancing with Konadu on Achimota campus the last time? Until Konadu inclusion.it would be a fallacy trying to get Rawlings actively involved in NDC palaver. He will keep telling you to go and come back and deliberate on issues. Be mature and get Konadu involved or be chasing the wind. Evo .
don´t care !!! 7 years ago

a step in the right direction

=an action that increases the possibility of success..
=an action that is expected to bring good results
= an action that increases one's chances of achieving something..
=A move that adva ...
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a step in the right direction

=an action that increases the possibility of success..
=an action that is expected to bring good results
= an action that increases one's chances of achieving something..
=A move that advances a course of action

Hmmmmm!NDCians! make no mistakes,your founder once told you be4 the loss election & I quote “He is on a moral high ground and we in the NDC are down. He fought with the force of conviction and integrity and has beaten us to it. How far is the NDC prepared to go in reclaiming our high ground? Now the power mongering and corrupt ones are trying to sneak in their clutch,” he said.Hmmmmm

what took nppians into power(moral high ground of integrity)was part of NDCian CORE PRINCIPLES...BUT those who join the NDC through the window dump the CORE PRINCIPLES in2 the bin as if tomorrow will never come...Ill weeds grow the fastest and last the longest.
..one bad nut spoils the whole soup
“One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding,”
“One bad eye spoils the other.”
00h°°..One bad apple spoils the whole barrel.
Hmmmmm!& now look b´cos of only few greedy people ALL of Us are suffering from an ACTS & DEEDS which we don´t believe in but practice by one bad nut spoils the whole soup...

back to the topic...
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life...

One step in the right direction is better than a hundred years of thinking about it...

It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right direction. And you can't ever take the next step until you take the first...

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
moyo 7 years ago

Let us wait and see what happens. Rawlings has nothing to tell the electorates in 2020. We all have to support Nana Addo come 2020. Rawlings started it and we have to finish it.

Let us wait and see what happens. Rawlings has nothing to tell the electorates in 2020. We all have to support Nana Addo come 2020. Rawlings started it and we have to finish it.
21st century boy 7 years ago

WHY NOW? HARD I KNOWN ALWAYS AT LAST.

WHY NOW? HARD I KNOWN ALWAYS AT LAST.
K. Dzam 7 years ago

By the way, you who call yourself AGBESI KWESI, you're a corrupt man yourself. 'Agbesi Kwesi' is definitely not an Ewe name. You, an Asante man, who pretends to be an Ewe, a practice many of you Asantes have been engaging in, ...
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By the way, you who call yourself AGBESI KWESI, you're a corrupt man yourself. 'Agbesi Kwesi' is definitely not an Ewe name. You, an Asante man, who pretends to be an Ewe, a practice many of you Asantes have been engaging in, you're fooling yourself and others of your ilk. Any Ewe who sees this name will immediately recognise it to be a fraudulent name, adopted by an ignorant person like you who doesn't know and understand Ewe. You will do well to stop the impersonation.
Kweku 7 years ago

With Haruna You will LOSE AGAIN!

With Haruna You will LOSE AGAIN!
kofiGG 7 years ago

And you think we muslims are going to dump haruna for who,,time will tell

And you think we muslims are going to dump haruna for who,,time will tell
CHARLIE 7 years ago

Rawlings cannot be trusted to steer NDC to victory. Rawlings is perceived by the rank and file as a sellout.
Rawlings is always a destroyer.

Rawlings cannot be trusted to steer NDC to victory. Rawlings is perceived by the rank and file as a sellout.
Rawlings is always a destroyer.
We Akans are not stupid 7 years ago

Akans will never let u Ewes and.Ntaafuo.raped the country again

Akans will never let u Ewes and.Ntaafuo.raped the country again
NDC will.never come back 7 years ago

We Akans will never let these minority Ewes and Ntaafuo rule over us again

We Akans will never let these minority Ewes and Ntaafuo rule over us again
London 7 years ago

Koo, your brofo no good at all

Koo, your brofo no good at all
barlose 7 years ago

but your mother will agree stupid little Lilliput

but your mother will agree stupid little Lilliput
mahmoud 7 years ago

Your great great grand father down to your father were all fools,so you talk nonsense,who told you,you are wise?stink food eaters

Your great great grand father down to your father were all fools,so you talk nonsense,who told you,you are wise?stink food eaters
Frost 7 years ago

You're indeed stupid to make such a statement. Is country your property? You cunt

You're indeed stupid to make such a statement. Is country your property? You cunt
Akyire twa Animu twa 7 years ago

Unless all ndc mps agree to vote Konadu Agyemang to become the flagbearer for ndc else you can forget!

Unless all ndc mps agree to vote Konadu Agyemang to become the flagbearer for ndc else you can forget!
Odikro 7 years ago

Jerry Rawlings is a murderer. Does he have some magic wand to guarantee victory for the NDC? And who says he has policies any better than that of the NPP?

Jerry Rawlings is a murderer. Does he have some magic wand to guarantee victory for the NDC? And who says he has policies any better than that of the NPP?
BB 7 years ago

So you NDC ppl wants to tell Ghanaians that without Rawlings you cannot organise your self to victory? Never in the history of this nation of ours will NDC come into power again, just 3 months in opposition you are broke neve ...
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So you NDC ppl wants to tell Ghanaians that without Rawlings you cannot organise your self to victory? Never in the history of this nation of ours will NDC come into power again, just 3 months in opposition you are broke never ever will you guys get the chance to steal Ghanaians again. Stupid fools.
Abongo 7 years ago

Please JJ come on board. We shall overcome

Please JJ come on board. We shall overcome
NPONG T Y OLIVER 7 years ago

NPP is a PROFESSIONAL NATURAL THIEF PARTY

NPP is a PROFESSIONAL NATURAL THIEF PARTY
Concerned one 7 years ago

How many times did you visit former president Rawlings when you were a minister?Propaganda let you peoploe down.Look at the money you used on a musician just for a day whilst people were dying of anger.Forget about 2020 now ...
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How many times did you visit former president Rawlings when you were a minister?Propaganda let you peoploe down.Look at the money you used on a musician just for a day whilst people were dying of anger.Forget about 2020 now. Ghanaians are still angry about some of the things you did whilst in power.
J.B WEMAH 7 years ago

Is a good idea and a very good steps taken is well with NDC.

Is a good idea and a very good steps taken is well with NDC.
A.M. 7 years ago

God is the one that will guide you not Rawlings.

God is the one that will guide you not Rawlings.
Abedago 7 years ago

Have you consorted Asiedu Nketia before taking decision to bring Papa J on board?Asiedu Nketia has tamed the barking dog how can he be active?Note that your few seats in parliament will be taken away from you come 2020.

Have you consorted Asiedu Nketia before taking decision to bring Papa J on board?Asiedu Nketia has tamed the barking dog how can he be active?Note that your few seats in parliament will be taken away from you come 2020.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 7 years ago

CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DEVIL & A ROCK

CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DEVIL & A ROCK
John Ghanaba 7 years ago

The ndc must realise by now that shouting for rawlings to lead the party will in no way assure victory for them in any election.in terms of political clout in the current climate, rawlings is a spent force; his time as lead ...
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The ndc must realise by now that shouting for rawlings to lead the party will in no way assure victory for them in any election.in terms of political clout in the current climate, rawlings is a spent force; his time as leader is long over and done with.I'm sure he knows this.what he's doing now,operating from the sidelines is the best optionfor him. He cannot win the full support of the majority population ever again to win an election.
JK 7 years ago

THOSE WHO WERE NOBODY ON THIS EARTH AND
PAPA JJ MADE THEM WHO THEY ARE TURNED AGAINST HIM AFTER 2008 NDC VICTORY.HE
SINGLE HANDEDLY MADE SURE NDC CAME TO POWER IN 2008.AFTER WHICH THEY TREACHEROUSLY, MISCHIEVOUSLY AND DI ...
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THOSE WHO WERE NOBODY ON THIS EARTH AND
PAPA JJ MADE THEM WHO THEY ARE TURNED AGAINST HIM AFTER 2008 NDC VICTORY.HE
SINGLE HANDEDLY MADE SURE NDC CAME TO POWER IN 2008.AFTER WHICH THEY TREACHEROUSLY, MISCHIEVOUSLY AND DIABOLICALLY SIDELINED HIM EG E. T. MENSAH,HARUNA IDDRISSU ,ETC THEY WHERE
ENJOYING AND NOW THAT EVENTS HAD TURNED AGAINST THEM THEY WANT TO USE HIM AGAIN
BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM THEY WILL BE IN OPPOSITION FOR DECADES. PAPA JJ IGNORE THEM
frank 7 years ago

Haruna u a very very good leader this are the kind of leadership that ndc should have.

Haruna u a very very good leader this are the kind of leadership that ndc should have.
Makuvia 7 years ago

Iddisu you can form your party and call Rawlings to lead you. We don't need Rawlings the dictator and Johnny knows all, the only wise man in the country to lead us again. Away with murderer Rawlings

Iddisu you can form your party and call Rawlings to lead you. We don't need Rawlings the dictator and Johnny knows all, the only wise man in the country to lead us again. Away with murderer Rawlings
frank 7 years ago

pls beg nana konadu to come back

pls beg nana konadu to come back
EDUARDO DOMINGO 7 years ago

WELL I COMMEND YOU THE NDC FOR QUICKLY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU RENDERED YOUR SELVES FATHERLESS!! CARRY ON LIKE THAT AND YOU WILL BE REDEEMED!!

WELL I COMMEND YOU THE NDC FOR QUICKLY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU RENDERED YOUR SELVES FATHERLESS!! CARRY ON LIKE THAT AND YOU WILL BE REDEEMED!!
Kofi 7 years ago

Now you want the dog out? It will bite you. What happened to your leaders like Asiedu Nketiah and co who felt Rawlings is too old? Will Rawlings be younger in 2020 than he was in 2016? Will NDC die when Rawlings dies?

Now you want the dog out? It will bite you. What happened to your leaders like Asiedu Nketiah and co who felt Rawlings is too old? Will Rawlings be younger in 2020 than he was in 2016? Will NDC die when Rawlings dies?
AN. 7 years ago

Rawlings does NOT factor in Ghana politics any more. Most Ghanaians see him as corrupt and a nation wrecker. NDC is finished. Ghanaians have judged you by your deeds. NDC has failed. Your records show. Bye bye NDC!!!!!!

Rawlings does NOT factor in Ghana politics any more. Most Ghanaians see him as corrupt and a nation wrecker. NDC is finished. Ghanaians have judged you by your deeds. NDC has failed. Your records show. Bye bye NDC!!!!!!
Igp 7 years ago

Come home JJRawlings. CPP wants you in their fold. We have room in our tent for you. Cpp woya, woya, wooya yee, ye! Nkrumah Never dies.

Come home JJRawlings. CPP wants you in their fold. We have room in our tent for you. Cpp woya, woya, wooya yee, ye! Nkrumah Never dies.
mma 7 years ago

Rawlings betrayed this party. If he comes back, we are gone. That guy Rawlings is burnt in seeing his wife as the flag bearer or running mate of this party he still calls his own. No one human being can own a party.

Rawlings betrayed this party. If he comes back, we are gone. That guy Rawlings is burnt in seeing his wife as the flag bearer or running mate of this party he still calls his own. No one human being can own a party.
Dzigbordi 7 years ago

somebody always started first

somebody always started first
mma 7 years ago

Common sense you mean? You know why the name is party and not property? Do you know the definition of Party? Even if he is the founder of the party, he has lost all his ethics as a member of that party which he founded and ca ...
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Common sense you mean? You know why the name is party and not property? Do you know the definition of Party? Even if he is the founder of the party, he has lost all his ethics as a member of that party which he founded and can be sacked from his own party. You'll take you some time to understand what I mean because you have no common sense
Kelly 7 years ago

Always think before you open your mouth

Always think before you open your mouth
CASCARA 7 years ago

Are these people for real? Are they truly calling on Rawlings to guide them to victory? How did they muster the effrontery to do this?

This group that visited Rawlings, did it include the babies with sharp teeth? Did it ...
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Are these people for real? Are they truly calling on Rawlings to guide them to victory? How did they muster the effrontery to do this?

This group that visited Rawlings, did it include the babies with sharp teeth? Did it include Asiedu Nketia?

Naniama, now they go talk true! I wish I were Rawlings, I would have told them a piece of my mind in a brazen way that they would never forget!
Daddy tee 7 years ago

Even nana has become a President

Even nana has become a President
Kwabena 7 years ago

You saw the way Rawlings was dancing with Konadu on Achimota campus the last time. Without Konadu forget that move.

You saw the way Rawlings was dancing with Konadu on Achimota campus the last time. Without Konadu forget that move.
K. Anderson 7 years ago

You the NDC minority are now coming back to your senses. Prior to the 2016 elections, you bragged arrogantly through and through that you did not need former President Rawlings' assistance to win elections and so you castigat ...
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You the NDC minority are now coming back to your senses. Prior to the 2016 elections, you bragged arrogantly through and through that you did not need former President Rawlings' assistance to win elections and so you castigated him. In fact, you even rejected his warnings and advice. You proclaimed how you were going to win the elections hands down, because of the so-called Mahama-led intrastructural development in the country. This was the general belief and attitude among the NDC leadership, especially by Mr. Asiedu Nketia and those 'babies with sharp teeth'.

But the truth is that without President Rawlings and his wise policy and strategy of governing Ghana, which was quite different from President Mahama's, the NDC cannot win power in Ghana again for unforeseeable future, if you do not wake up. Therefore, those among the NDC leadership like Mr. Kofi Adams and his ilk, who are still agitating for Mr. Mahama to lead the party again in the 2020 elections, are making a very serious mistake.

The truth is that President Mahama was almost totally responsible for his and his party's loss in both the 2016 general and presidential elections, but it was not due to his incompetence. I for one do not share the view that he was incompetent. President Mahama and the NDC lost the elections simply because of his unwise decision of overwhelmingly appointing his northern folks to almost all the key government positions. Professor Adei, former rector of the Ghana Institute of Public Administration at Legon, asserted that 86% of President Mahama's appointees were northerners.

Indeed, when Mr. Mahama started disproportionately appointing his northern folks to almost all the key positions at the beginning of his administration, I commented that he was going to send the NDC into opposition, and that was exactly what happened. I thought at that time that the NDC as a party should resist that and tell the President point-blankly that he was wrong with his appointments. Surprisingly, however, some party stalwarts began to defend him, saying that he must be allowed to pick people he felt he could comfortably work with. So, unlike President Rawlings whose appointees were overwhelmingly Akans, especially Asantes and Fantes, President Mahama chose predominantly northerners. This spelt his and his party's doom. Rawlings appointed Asantes and Fantes as well as Ewes and Northerners to key positions in his administration. Rawldings did this knowing fully well that Akans formed the largest ethnic group (44%) in Ghana.

The truth is that Akans, especially the Asantes, do not like northerners; they look down upon them. They see them as their former slaves/servants, derogatorily calling them Pepeni, and for them to see the northerners all of a sudden ruling over them was almost anathema. Remember the comments Mr. Osafo Marfo made in secret about those not having natural resources in their regions ruling over the Akans whose regions have the natural resources of the country. He concluded that that was never heard of anywhere in the world except in Ghana where, he alleged, that was going on. This was during the Mahama and the NDC-led administration. It was the same sentiment Prof. Adei expressed when he complained bitterly about 86% of Mahama's appointees being northerners. It was this sentiment that conscientised the Akans and thus their votes for Akufo-Addo and the NPP and against Mr. Mahama and the NDC administration in the last elections. It was not necessarily because the Akans saw Mr. Akufo-Addo per se as a presidential material that they preferred him to Mahama. To the Akans, who almost completely abandoned Mr. Mahama and the NDC for Akufo-Addo and the NPP, it is a matter of ethnicity; ethnicity matters to them than anything else, like infrastructural development that the NDC so much touted. It is because of ethnicity that someone as corrupt as Akufo-Addo, with all the other weaknesses he has, like his false claim of being a lawyer but cannot tell Ghanaians which law institution trained him, coupled with his claim of having lost his law certificate, could be elected president of Ghana. The truth is that for Ghanaians, especially Asantes and Akans in general, voting in elections is not issue-based; voting to them is driven by the candidates' ethnicity. Therefore, once they were conscientised by people like Osafo-Marfo and Adei, the Akans woke up and decided to vote for the NPP candidates, no matter what their weaknesses. They prefer to vote for corrupt Akan candidates than for those they perceive as their inferiors. That was what the Akans did in the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.

I can assure the NDC minority that if Mr. Mahama, or any other northerner for that matter, contests the presidency in the 2020 elections, he will lose again. I'm sad to say that those among the NDC leadership like Mr. Kofi Adams who are still calling on President Mahama to run again in the 2020 elections have not got it. As indicated above, some of them even had said that they did not need President Rawlings to win an election. For that reason, they would not listen to his advice. Such people must wake up if they wish to win back power. They need the Akans' vote to win. Therefore they must adopt wise and practical strategies just as former President Rawlings did; otherwise the NDC will remain in opposition for a very long time to come.
Thomas Quayson, Edina, C/R 7 years ago

Anderson, you are making the same mistake the NDC did by preaching tribalism and lost terribly. Who told you Akans especially the Asantes do not like northerns. It is not true. NPP has consistently fielded a northerner since ...
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Anderson, you are making the same mistake the NDC did by preaching tribalism and lost terribly. Who told you Akans especially the Asantes do not like northerns. It is not true. NPP has consistently fielded a northerner since 1992. Can you say same of NDC, no. Mahama was a default president courtesy Mills demise. Why is the ndc so full of tribalistic elements. It is not going to help your party going forward. Please check your facts well before you continue to make the same mistakes. From such warped analysis, it is clear you guys haven't learned anything and will stay in opposition for a really long time.
E A Boateng 7 years ago

How can a caged dog lead you? Papa J beware of their tactics

How can a caged dog lead you? Papa J beware of their tactics
Justin Furvour 7 years ago

Am happy with the step the minority leader took,I pray for unity in the NDC party as victory will be ours come 2020

Am happy with the step the minority leader took,I pray for unity in the NDC party as victory will be ours come 2020
ALL THE AkANS ARE FROM THE NORTH, 7 years ago

Kwaku do you know that, all the Akans are really Ntao3 and ewe ,learn from your history,?,my Akan but I say the truth?

Kwaku do you know that, all the Akans are really Ntao3 and ewe ,learn from your history,?,my Akan but I say the truth?
chalimanyem 7 years ago

well thought. what an intellectual minority leader.

well thought. what an intellectual minority leader.
Karim Zito 7 years ago

When you are in power you think man no dey,man dey

When you are in power you think man no dey,man dey

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