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Chiefs write to UK Prime Minister over £3000 bond

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  • John 10 years ago

    Is the British government really trying to put this into force?

  • Odikr@ 10 years ago

    I believe so.
    The sins of past visitors,are being "visited" on us.
    Those who" claimed" Political Asylum in the past should be ashamed of themselves.

  • paa nii 10 years ago

    Yes your family etc will be guaranteed a visa to visit you and help you do the 'gbeemi ma gbebo job here,or the kill me I kill you job

  • MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

    What about the Billions of wealth they stole from us when they ruled our country,John,Paa Nii and Odikr@

  • Mr. X2. Ghana Zone 10 years ago

    Thes Chiefs has a case to fight for. One thing these our European Brothers and parteners had to remmember is those of our Chiefs yester day are not that of to day. The have to also remmember that even without education, if ou ...
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  • atuguba UK 10 years ago

    we have all the resources in Ghana yet we are not smart enough to protect and use them yet allow foreigners to come and exploit them without even building any infratructure.
    time to wake up and make tight immigration laws so ...
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  • BEST 10 years ago

    I totally support your idea. Western Europe including Britain are experiencing economic holocaust with the exception of Germany. Recently I watched a documentary showing the French and Spanish lining up at Gabon Consular Sect ...
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  • Before & After 10 years ago

    The Portuguese are lining up at the Angolan embassy from dawn to dusk. Xenophobic UK welcomes unskilled EU migrants but want to make things extremely difficult for skilled Black Africans to go on holidays. How many UK nationa ...
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  • BEST 10 years ago

    Yo! Many of them live on the dole. Yeah! Many of them live in squalid dilapidated, overcrowded, run-down crime and drug infested council estates where prostitution is rife especially in most inner urban communities. They suff ...
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  • Gye Nyame 10 years ago

    It is shame that the president and the foreign minister have kept mute on this topic. We have an embassy in the UK but they are not doing anything about it.

  • NIGERIA THE BEST 10 years ago

    WHAT ABOUT DJ ALODIA OF HOT FM, HIS SO CALLED MUSIC PROMOTION ASK AROUND HOW HE DUMPS GHANAINS TO SUFFER

  • odartey 10 years ago

    re 'where is the foreign affairs minister and embassy' by Gye Nyame.
    Well I guess you are aware of the tradition and culture of corruption. If we don't wet their palms and grease their elbows they won't put pen to paper but ...
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  • Lafia 10 years ago

    why sent delegation? do as they do, multiply by 5 and it must include everyone not leaving their queens and prime minister,, everyone.. sending delegation to them for what? it's absolutely nonsense

  • Odikr@ 10 years ago

    How can they comment on such a "sensitive" issue.
    People make their "independent" travel arrangements,and when they arrive,they claim Political Asylum.
    The host nation is aware,these are definitely ,Economic migrants,but ow ...
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  • CHARCOAL SELLER. 10 years ago

    Please don't blame the British on this one, the blame goes to Ghana's corrupt, vision less, begging politicians and their blind followers, some of you insult each other over these political misfits, who, rather than focusing ...
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  • Glo 10 years ago

    I agree with most of what you have stated. Ghana should tighten her immigration laws and stop letting everyone into the country. Most of them, as you have correctly identified, exploit us and our country. One of our problems ...
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  • ISSAK 10 years ago

    I honestly agree with what you have stated above.GHANA SHOULD LET THEM PAY £15,000 to grant them entry into GHANA.
    GHANA should wake up from sleep and never lay-down for this stupid dogs.GHANA should rather tighten her immg ...
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  • Kobea Wallis 10 years ago

    Thank u Nananom...we really appreciate what u have been doing

  • Ex-serviceman 10 years ago

    Well done, nananom.

    What did the Prime Minister say?

  • GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

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  • KK 10 years ago

    If you write such bad English to the UK Prime Minister, a veritable snob, do you think you'd be taken seriously?

  • SANDALWOOD. 10 years ago

    England is a great place to go... London is a very great city very gorgeous and beautiful parks and great historic buildings a nice place to study ...English people are very nice and friendly people and all it takes to get th ...
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  • abass uk 10 years ago

    you are just like that cameron nonsence he think he will remain as prime minister forever

  • sandalwood 10 years ago

    United kingdom is a great place therefore it is often called great Britain.No foolishness about the truth of such a wonderful place to go . London is a very nice clean city with fantastic beautiful places to visits .great mus ...
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  • CONCERNED GHANAIANS 10 years ago

    Ghanaians must do more to improve their standards so that NO ONE can dictate to us or impose their will on us unnecessarily. If we were that strong, we would impose double what they are trying to impose. The end result would ...
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  • Marcus 10 years ago

    Your are totally right. The Uk are not blessed with natural products such as cocoa, bossia, mentals in varies form including diamond, gold and now oil which they may have.

    Ghana is a smaller population yet it has more natu ...
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  • concerned uk resident 10 years ago

    no body is talking about coming to live in the Uk.the point is we have families across the world,and if family member wants to come and spend some time with u or a relative who lives in the uk for a shortn time why shuould i ...
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  • NIGERIA THE BEST 10 years ago

    IF THEY WILL GIVE THE VISA IT IS BETTER THAN A CONNECTION MAN WHO WILL RUN OF UR MONEY WE KNOW ONE DJ ALLODIA OF HOT FM IN LONDON

  • CONCERNED GHANAIANS 10 years ago

    We share your concern, and support that your family members get the possibility to visit you without hindrance. We would try to explain a little bit more, maybe you did not understand the point we made.
    First question: is t ...
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  • CONCERNED GHANAIANS 10 years ago

    Please note that we are "Concerned Ghanaians" (without the quotes), not Concern Ghanaians. We are an independent think-tank group contributing our quota to the progress of Ghana, as part of our actions.

  • JM 10 years ago

    UK DONT MINE THESE USELESS CHIEFS WHO SUCK THEIR OWN CITIZENS BY SELLING ONE LAND TO MANY PEOPLE

  • OPANIN KWAKU ATTA 10 years ago

    WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL THE BRITISH WHAT TO DO.THEY NEED TO PROTECT THEIR COUNTRY .

  • BEST 10 years ago

    We also have the right to protect our country.

  • Anah 10 years ago

    Ghana must be proected but it is also time to stop begging from the west.

  • Ni-Akompi Ofadi Nsuro 10 years ago

    Who are this so-called Queenmothers?

    Where are they from and who nominated them to speak on behalf of Ghananain people?

    Do they know anything about law?
    Go & do your cleaning.

  • Mara 10 years ago

    Did Ghaiaians misbehave in the UK ?

  • Ni-Akompi Ofadi Nsuro 10 years ago

    Tit fot Tat is no mistake but possible a Revenge. You do someone he or she will do you. Fact.Now UK says deposit £3000 & you can come to my country. Fact. Ghana can say the same or demand more as Anah mentioned. Ref Di Wo Fi ...
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  • CONCERNED GHANAIANS 10 years ago

    Double whatever they decide, or treble it, and package it t them.

  • ONYAME NIPA (Man Of God) USA 10 years ago

    THIEF MAHAMA

  • KWAME 10 years ago

    Onyamme Nipa, your point here is out of place. Think before you write. What has the NPP or NDC doing with this? Do you have children? How do you educate your children? Please, come out your bush and reason.

  • CONCERNED GHANAIANS 10 years ago

    No matter your impression of Mahama, learn not to use such filthy word on him. Shame

  • Dayan 10 years ago

    I humbly respect these personalities they've done what our president could not do, I salute them and sooner or later we will all join the crusade.

  • KWAME 10 years ago

    Danyan, what do you mean? Can you change any law in Ghana? Don't speak out from your stomach. Sorry.

  • Dayan 10 years ago

    Kwame I am not issuing words from any part of my body, I studied and worked in the UK for ten years, at least the law makers there are humans and some may share the sentiments of chiefs, I can tell you for a fact, that a aver ...
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  • TONNY 10 years ago

    WHY ARE GHANIAN CRYING???? YOU DO ME AND I DO YOU... THIS IS NIGERIA BELIEVED.
    NIGERIA IS READY TO SANCTION BRITISH CITIZEN AS-WELL. NO PLENTY TALK

  • ebo smithe 10 years ago

    MONEY THEY GHANA AS THE WORLD THINK

  • GHANA BOY 10 years ago

    AFARI GYAN,BETTER GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO MAHAMA AND HIS NDC.

  • SUMBRUNGU 10 years ago

    Are your calloused hands and fingers from the merciless srubbing of hotels and mortuaries not hurting enough to cause most of you to want to come home and assist with the ongoing reconstruction of our beloved country.

  • Walazy 10 years ago

    Nice move tho.

  • YoungLiberalsPartyGH 10 years ago

    Fact remains, its their land and can therefore choose how they let people in.


    What Ghanaians home and abroad should look at are ways to empower our people so that these requirements can be useless to the average Ghanaian ...
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  • Gold 10 years ago

    Idiotic Ghanaians you'll pay through your noses. Pay up or stay put in your dirty and smelly country. You deserve to pay a premium to visit a clean, well planned and tidy country.

  • American 10 years ago

    Chieftancy is an institution respected only in Africa. Outside of the continent, it's just seen as backwardness (even in a country with a "divine" monarchy like the UK).

    They would have more credibility if they presented t ...
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  • NIGERIA THE BEST 10 years ago

    THIS MAN CHARGES INNOCENT GHANAIANS 4000 POUND AND DUMP THEM IN UK PER EVERY SO CALLED SHOW HE PROMOTES HE MUST BE CALLED TO BOOK

  • nana k. 10 years ago

    i just received my passport this week and have plans in travelling to the u.k . just for some few weeks.i seriously dont have 9,000 cedis...seriously, they cant prevent anyone from moving from one place to the other.Global ci ...
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  • de souza 10 years ago

    another idiot heading abroad. you are a fool. how much bribery did you pay the passport officer to collect your passport? 1.5 or 2mil cedis? you are a lier. you intend to stay in the UK.

  • AHAJI POPE 10 years ago

    Its all because we dont want to accept their disgraceful acts of turning Ghanains to be homosexuals.

  • paa nii 10 years ago

    Yes, He asked late prez Mills to legislate Ghana to homoism or no more financial assistance and Mills gave Him the 'V' sign and said up yours and stuff your 'AIDS' (guess what) so we now have to pay the price. A bit like give ...
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  • bob 10 years ago

    If we have an issue about the propose British visa bond,what is the reason of submit such a letter.This due to bad governance in our country since independent.

  • Living in Kumasi 10 years ago

    I can understand why they are asking for the bond, but then if that is the case, Ghana should do the same. Nigeria is not playing. Treat us without courtesy and we do the same!

  • kaketonti 10 years ago

    It's time Ghana(ANGLOPHONE-AFRICA,etc)leave the so-called COMMONWEALTH.It purposes is outlived.The fact of the matter is:UK IS B R O K E-economically,morally and sick in the head politically.London is burning,fire;fire;pour o ...
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  • kaketonti 10 years ago

    RE-It's time Ghana(ANGLOPHONE-AFRICA,etc)leave the so-called COMMONWEALTH.It purposes is outlived.The fact of the matter is:UK IS BROKE-economically,morally and sick in the head politically.London is burning,fire,fire;pour on ...
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  • MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

    This is the country the Stooge Akyem Abuakwa Chiefs used their citizen's money to purchase a fighter plane to help them during the Second World War. Now the war is long over and the ungrateful racists are biting the hand that ...
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  • CONCERNED GHANAIANS 10 years ago

    You talk like a confused person with inadequate historical knowledge. The Akyem Abuakwas were/are a great people who played vital roles at various stages - defended many tribes who were threatened by other tribes, against co ...
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  • Campus boy 10 years ago

    They can make it a billion, I don't fucking care, they should take their country, we don't need them! We can make it in Gh if we work hard enough like we would do outside Ghana!