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Births and Deaths Registry blacklists names like Nana, Naa, Junior

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01-25 10:55

UTTER NONSESNSE HE HAS NO RIGHT TO IMPOSE THE WAY WE NAME OUR CHILDREN. WHICH LAW SAYS AN ENGLISH NAME SHOULD HAVE PRECEDENCE OVER YOUR LOCAL NAME. HE SHOULD LEARN FROM HIS COUNTER PARTS IN NIGERIA AND CHINA BEFORE HE IOPENS HIS MOUTH TO SP

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AWO

01-25 10:55

thinking so as well Am not sure Mr Agbeko understand what he is talking about. No law or even common sense can support his claim.

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Togbe

01-25 11:29

What about these? Prince, Duke and King are English names and yet titles so what is anybody talking about here. I know if I brught these names there will be no problem but the Village Caged Mentality (VCM) tells them that if it is a GH name it

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ATSU, HO

01-25 12:01

THIS IS A STAB AT THE PRESIDENT This guy is a total idiot. What right does he have to impose his stupid, ignorant and prejudicial agenda on Ghanaians? The parliament of Ghana can't even make such a declaration or law in Ghana. This is a direct stab at the

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Yaw Adjei

01-25 16:00

Infringement on Human Rights This is ABSOLUTELY NOT RIGHT! How can an agency determine without recourse to law, the names that citizens are to adopt? The authorities should come again on this issue.

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Ataa Nii

01-25 10:57

Nonsense Who are you to tell me what name to give to my child.....You are a slave with colonial mentality. But you will accept Prince, princess, Duke....What if I name my child a title for a king in Russian....will you know???? Be rea

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Yaw

01-25 10:57

WISE WORDS Wise words comment brother. Even though we are free, we still slaves in the mind. #BABYLON system has eaten our leaders up.

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Maj!d

01-25 11:21

TOTAL BULLSHIT waii see this one too oo. that's why Donald Trump classified our country Ghana a s a "shithole". everything our leaders want to borrow from foreign lands, common names too matter. he don't have the audacity to say so. which G

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NANA KOJO

01-25 11:50

Births & Deaths Registry blacklists name Be ready to loose your job like the DG of GBC.....Stuupid foool!!!!

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Yaw

01-25 10:58

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like What about when Akufo Addo dies? So let him know before he dies

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NO SIZE

01-25 11:02

wondering How can a normal human being think like this. Nosize, are you normal. Don't forget you are a human being as well. Long live Nana Addo.

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Togbe

01-25 11:27

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like Good move

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Legend

01-25 11:06

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like This is pure NONSENSE you will not accept oheneba but will accept prince, you will reject Adom yet will accept Grace why are you decicrating our cultural values like that?

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kofi Mensa

01-25 11:07

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like I your comment is enough, thank you Kofi

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Sikahene

01-25 12:33

Registrar Aboa bi ba Colonial mentality. Sack that idiot Now

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Bastie

01-25 11:12

Re: Registrar Aboa bi ba ????????????????????????

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Maj!d

01-25 11:24

Word Exactly brother

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Maj!d

01-25 11:25

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like The Births and Deaths Registry is the most corrupt institution in Ghana. The fees for their services are not displayed on the notice board neither do they issue receipts for the money they collect for their services. The shou

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George

01-25 11:15

Stupid registrar Take the job from this man. Let us agree as nation to let birthing facilities do birth registration. Kwasea, how do you decide how a parent should name a child

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Kaba Tim

01-25 11:16

THE GOVERNMENT MUST CHANGE THIS NONSENSE DO YOU ACCEPT NAMES LIKE PEACE, HOPE, BLESSING ETC. IF I WANT TO NAME MY CHILD "HONOURABLE", IS THAT YOUR CASE?

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DANIEL

01-25 11:20

lols Hahahahahahahahahaha.... Daniel you are funny

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01-26 02:38

They are titles. They are titles not names, that are given to establish the closeness of the children to parents.

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Kwaku Adu

01-25 11:21

ARRANT ABSURDITY Such an absurdity will only exist in Ghana. You determine how we should name our children. Absolute nonsense....what till we start taking legal action against your institutìon.

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Nana

01-25 11:21

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like Like we'll meet in court for him to tell me what name to be given to my child and in which law.

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Citizen

01-25 11:22

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like In fact this passes for MOST STUPID THING I'VE HEARD ALL YEAR. NKWASIAS3M AKWAAKWAA By extension this meaure is saying if were all to have new birth certificates then the prez will have to forfeit his beautiful name for a c

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NII LANTEY

01-25 11:32

NANA Every Ashanti is a KING.NawAooooooo.Deal with it

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Candido

01-25 11:57

shithole npp Shithole Ghana

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shevchenko

01-25 12:02

Koku Shit-doho

01-25 12:02

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like And this empty head receives salary every month....hmm Ghana

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01-25 12:13

Are local names not as good as foreign Is the agency guided by law ? Then which law determines how people should be named? Prince=oheneba, Grace= Adom. We can't neglect our root, please.

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John

01-25 12:18

Hmmm Foolishness at it highest. I can choose to name all my kids with NANA who are u to determing without any lawful means how to name my kids?

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Ebibiman

01-25 12:20

THIS IS BULLSHIT AND SHITHOLE THIS IS BULLSHIT AND SHITHOLE

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PURE BULLSHITE

01-25 12:24

Sack him This guy doesn't know his job. He is copying Caucasians and has inferior colonial mind

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Morro

01-25 12:25

WHAT NONSENSE!!! THIS STUPID DUDE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE BIRTH & DEATH REGISTERY WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT!!!

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CITIZEN

01-25 12:28

Ass Whore. The most an IDIOT person I have ever heard in my life. Are we Europeans ? Do this idiot really knows the importance of naming Do your name tells where you come from . Asshole.

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C'MAN

01-25 12:29

nonsense! Do you accept names like DUA - tree. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, meanwhile Johnson is someone's surname. Will you accept WOOD? What is the tradition about RAWLINGS? Will you accept CARR and RIVERSON - nsuoba. If Nana is not a name

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DDT

01-25 12:32

Foolish Madness What is wrong with some of our people? What power do they have? Nkwaseasem kwa!

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Kokuvi Da Togolese

01-25 12:57

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like they should ask the President to change his name first

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mike

01-25 13:14

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like So I want to ask. What name does our very own President have on his birthday certificate?.. I'm Soo mad I can't even express myself; so I'll leave this here.

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Yaa

01-25 13:16

Who names a child? Parents B&D Registry Utter Nonsense. They should define what a name is. They will rather register Prince and and not Nana. They should show us where in our laws they have the right to determine what a parent should call the child. I went to regis

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Aba Yaa

01-25 13:26

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like How come that the biometric certkf m son has Junior on it?

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Efo

01-25 13:29

TOTAL RUBBISH But names like King, Prince and Princess will be accepted right, and what is difference between king and Nana. We must learn to accept our own.

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Louis

01-25 13:34

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like Nonsense. Change your character not names given by parents to their children.

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Xi ping

01-25 13:55

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like Foolish. What about names like Oheneba, Ahinkora and the rest?

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Xi ping

01-25 13:57

Birth and death registry The presidents name will be rejected by the birth and death registry.. who is this colonial christian bigot.

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Koffi nartey

01-25 14:06

births and death this is asinine! My friend last name is Togbe are you telling me his name cannot be used now It is my choice as to how I decide the order of names for my child

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Twist

01-25 14:20

You have not seen the worst Nothing amazes me anymore in this country. We have not seen the worst.

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James

01-25 14:22

Birth and death registry Take a step back in ur mind and imagine this pure white man or woman who has an African name,Eg Dzigbordi or akwesi. Ur first reaction will be to think its funny.kindly u will smile Similarly the white person will smile

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Koffi nartey

01-25 14:26

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like Dnt worry tis is just a comedy very soon tis government will ask as how to have sex with our husbands n wives buuuuuuulshit .if it were to be a different party u people have mouth to talk shithole people we deserve tat word

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god wins

01-25 14:28

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like What's wrong with this registrar.

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01-25 14:46

buulu buulu We just keep sinking deeper into foolishness. Kwashia buulu

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from the cold

01-25 14:52

Right on point You aren't seen the worst

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James

01-25 15:04

nonsense Do you have any legal backing? Ban your name Agbeko first. Your name is just a trash. Agbeko meaning 'Missing Cow' Is it a name? Let think of developmental and progressive things and stop this nonsense unproductive thing.

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ALEXANDER AFRIYIE

01-25 15:08

GO TO COURT People who feel affected should sue the Registrar for Birth and Death. Go to the Supreme Court for interpretation of their useless and frustrating actions.

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Peter KK

01-25 15:14

Bureaucracy gone mad A shithole department what do you expect. I have the right to give whatever name I like. Who are you to dictate to parents

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Alex London

01-25 15:24

Re: Births & Deaths Registry blacklists names like Mr Agbeko, stop being such a coconut. I reside in the UK. My daughter has a proud traditional Ghanaian name and an English one too right bang in the middle cos I chose to also name her after my mother who has no Ghanaian

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BigMouth

01-25 16:10

Nonsense Nonsense why they want to change our identity?

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Cee

01-25 16:19

slavery mind set. very stupid !!!!!!!!! This big fool should be kicked out. "We are English speaking country" and so what ????. I have the right to use any name at all for my kids and no one has the right to alter it. We allow fools like this man to hold offices

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sam

01-25 17:10

huh. Im Nana & careless who uses it. Births & Deaths Registry interesting. Check British & USA passports with these names been used. Ghana we focus on irrelevant stuff. Check Australia Embassy & its surroundings how gutters are choked & folks interested in this.

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truth

01-25 19:44

I CAN'T THINK FAR Will you accept names like Stone, Bush and Moss? I can't think far. Is Ghana for this man or what. Go round and be naming our children the way you want for us. NONSENSE.

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01-25 22:38

Blacklis Names This is utter nonsense. You dont tell people how to name their children. We are in a country that the citizenry have no acceptable national langauage. Now we are been told to use English names because English is the what? Mr

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Major003

01-26 01:48

SACK THAT FOOL You can never ban names people choose to register. You can never ban names because of whatever-the-fuck you think about them.

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Caffa

01-26 07:18

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