'We're even struggling with French, why introduce Chinese in public schools?' – Mahama

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  • Cool 1 week ago

    Don't forget 24hrs Economy Markets were not in your manifesto but you're implementing it in place of 24hrs Economy jobs. You also promised appointment of less ministers to reduce cost but yes you appoint less but the total c ...
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  • FRANKIE 1 week ago

    Haruna Iddrisu is an extremely dangerous religious fundamentalist and bigot. Very tribalistic as well. Muntaka is another one.

  • Nana 1 week ago

    Hei don't go there we know it. There is an agenda by a certain tribe in NDC who've planned to attack & destroy these two personalities bcoz of their decision to block Asiedu Nketia from inheriting JDM. Did you hear Haruna & M ...
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  • Dr....Mumbi..Seraki 1 week ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own .life or someone's .life with medicine. For instance 15 tramadol at once..... . or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • Karikakchar 1 week ago

    Well, in there's the opportunity to introduce Chinese language why not, nearly 20% of people on earth speak Chinese.

  • Tua Jien jo Shi shi Li Liang@ Cuckoos Nest 1 week ago

    Folks, learn to be ahead of time. China will overtake the US as the next World leader. Chinese language is sweet if you pick it up and get to chat in it. How I wished I could sing a nice Chinese song on Ghanaweb for all to he ...
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  • Accra 1 week ago

    True Frankie. Those two Muslim fundamentalists have an intent.

  • POURFENDEUR DE LA CORRUPTION/ANTI CORRUPTION 1 week ago

    The man is a damn liar. He is full of deceit. You trust him at your own peril. Ghanaians be vigilant

  • Kwame 1 week ago

    That is the greed and bribe taking agenda of Haruna Idrissu from the Arab world. How can any normal human being say he is introducing Arabic in public schools including faith based ones like Methodist, Catholic, Presbyterian ...
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  • TRUTH 1 week ago

    Haruna Iddrisu and Muntaka are indeed bad for the government.

    They seem to be growing in arrogance and detached from the relates in Ghana.

    I would advise them to remember their small beginnings and consider others are g ...
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  • TRUTH 1 week ago

    They seem to be growing in arrogance and detached from the realities in Ghana.

  • KORKUVIE AMETEPEY 1 week ago

    THE RESET HAS GOT AS IN A MESS .

  • @Cool 1 week ago

    You are not exactly right. He promised 24-hour economy, and 24-hour economy is on. Have you been to the factories, the warehouses, the cargo-haulage hubs and the markets?

    He promised appointment of fewer ministers to redu ...
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  • CPP ARISE! 1 week ago

    Name and list anything established at present, under this 24hr economy talkshop and anywhere in the country that the 1: 3 3 3 agenda is being engaged.

  • BK 1 week ago

    @Cool.
    You are just peddling falsehood to satisfy your political narrative. Jandam is dead!

  • Saul 1 week ago

    Did Mahama set up Haruna Iddrisu to fail. Did he intentionally post him to the ministry of education and made the ministry of education work parallel to the minister so that minister will look like a fool and his political ca ...
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  • A Ghanaian. 1 week ago

    MR PRESIDENT ASK YOUR EDUCATION MINISTER IDDRISU

  • Nana Asare 1 week ago

    Haruna Idrisu
    Haruna Idrisu
    Haruna Idrisu... Hmmmmm

    Hon. Asiedu Nketia, I now understand your decision to replace Haruna Idrisu with Ato Forson as a minority leader at the time.

  • Ben Ayitey 1 week ago

    National Destructive Confusion only 2 years

  • OZYMANDIAS 1 week ago

    How a plagiarist would be appointed as Education Minister beats my imagination. How?

  • No Mercy 1 week ago

    China's have Some many Strategies to invest in Ghana.Chinas are now Mining, holding GOLD MINES Company 2× in Ghana.Bauxite /Manganese Company China's.Haruna iddrisu Education Minister will Collect Money from China's to allow ...
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  • No Mercy 1 week ago

    Mahama John, Ghana Country don't need CHINA'S, For What? But is too late.Chinas are holding 2× GOLD MINES in Eastern Region and Northern region,Why.CHINAS are Mining our Bauxite/Manganese in our own Land.OBUASI TARKWA PRESTI ...
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  • Sexy sexy 1 week ago

    At this point, I can confidently say Mahama is trying to kill Haruma Idrissu’s career.

  • Ogyam 1 week ago

    On the contrary, Mahama put Haruna Iddrisu and Muntaka there for I.s.l.a.m.i.s.a.t.i.o.n agenda. Mahama together with these 2 guys are importing mosllemss from Chad, Niger, Mali and other African countries into Ghana providin ...
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  • Ken 1 week ago

    Seeing this comnent reminds me of my uncle who was a police commander in Axim. They transferred him within few days for arresting foreigners the NDC party registered to vote. According to the then party chairman, those arrest ...
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  • Ina 1 week ago

    Yep. How do you put Haruna Iddrisu in Education after Adutwum if not to disgrace him? He too, he didn't read between the lines. Should have formed an advisory board and put Adutwum on it

  • KORKUVIE AMETEPEY 1 week ago

    GHANA HAS NO JOB FOR NDC UNTIL THE NEXT THREE ELECTIONS .

  • Sheikh M.Amin 1 week ago

    Yes. Why introduce Chinese? What's the economic benefit of that? Other ithan nviting more and more Chinese to colonize Ghana. China is thousands of kilometers away.

    French is more relevant for Ghana as the President indic ...
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  • Name 1 week ago

    Do you lack reading comprehension?

    Mahama is saying we cannot even handle French (though we are surrounded by Francophone countries), how do we introduce Chinese and you are asking 'why introduce Chinese'?

    So either you ...
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  • Jo 1 week ago

    Ei: I don’t want to think that you are pretending.

  • Alkabuland 1 week ago

    Tuntum Netzwerk are busy spreading this particular rumours concerning Ghana education are champion our kids to learn Arabic and Chinese in our schools, infact a lot of radiation had also sell the same massage across the world ...
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  • POURFENDEUR DE LA CORRUPTION/ANTI CORRUPTION 1 week ago

    Ghanaians would trust this man at their own peril. He's never to be trusted. Look at the plethora of lies and deceit he came into power with.

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  • Kwakuvi 1 week ago

    N d c and propaganda

  • CPP ARISE! Ask for help! 1 week ago

    There is no shame in asking for help, not everyone is good at handling a ministerial portfolio ( K Ofori -Atta).
    Seek advice from Mr Adutum ( ex education minister) to help the education service now.
    Rather than allow it to ...
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  • HAPPY DAYS 1 week ago

    @TRUTH,leave NPP out of the nonsense masquerading as governance and stick to the criminals and tribal bigots you voted for.

  • James of Tadi 1 week ago

    It is not the number of languages that matter. Or indeed any subject that we approve for our schools and learning institutions. It is the RELEVANCE of subjects. Are they going to help our future generation compete effectively ...
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  • K .Tsin. 1 week ago

    Mandarin is a growing language that is being studied across the globe and I have nothing against studying it at the secondary level, because China is the super power now and in the next decade, the ability to speak and commun ...
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  • Kojo 1 week ago

    Hateful & destructive.

  • Watch. Dog 1 week ago

    With all due respect Mr, President don't even think of bring that issue on the table to be discoursed and always watch your back when dealing with these Chinese people.

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 1 week ago

    Haruna the blockhead dweeb is capable.of proposing this foolish donkey brained idea

  • Michael 1 week ago

    Kindly highlight on Arabic language as well. Ghanaians are not Arabs. We can follow religions but in our defined spoken language. We must maintain our culture and identity as a nation.

  • HOLALA 1 week ago

    Haruna should no better, why should he open his mouth to talk about that? He Haruna should not dream of getting to the presidency very very dangerous.

  • Timothy 1 week ago

    I wonder on what basis the 600 Arabic teachers appointed into the payroll of the GES with money from Ghana tax payers.,.

  • Pelicles 1 week ago

    Who is lying to who, and is John Mahama truthful? Mahama heard the backlash from the public about the introduction of Chinese and Arabic languages into our school curriculum and decide to douse the ragging flames.

    NDC is n ...
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  • Sam Fante warrior 1 week ago

    Not only in french Ghanaians are even struggle in English.

  • K. Asante 1 week ago

    In fact the President’s response or reaction to the intent or policy introduction of Chinese/Arabic into public schools curriculum is very mind boggling. Why speaking as if he’s an opposition leader? Or portraying himself ...
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  • Mr no nonsense 1 week ago

    So now between the minister and the president, who is lying or speaking the truth ,looks like Haruna was set up ,cos he's failed totally

  • Ina 1 week ago

    Arabic is already being written at BECE. Some private schools offer Chinese. The Minister only said that, the options are being expanded. French, Chinese, Arabic. A school will choose their preference

  • Tornado 1 week ago

    We Ghanaians have to broaden our minds. Just because our kids are struggling with French doesn't mean that they couldn't learn Chinese. Ghanaians must be exceptional people, we have to been different from other Africans. F ...
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  • Pelicles 1 week ago

    The Chinese are in Ghana and who should learn whose language? Or we should discard everything a Ghanaian and become part of them, isn't it? Relocate to China and become one of them.

    Do you know the intention of the Chinese ...
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  • Tornado 1 week ago

    Foolish talk !
    Okay, speak Twi and see if it will take you anywhere. The Europeans and the Chinese rule, you're just small minded person. No nation would respect Ghanaians or Africans if we think the way you think.

  • Pelicles 1 week ago

    Ghana is an English-speaking nation which I think it is enough. To me, I don't see any reason we should stretch ourselves to the limit by too many foreign languages.

    I understand your concern because there are people who ...
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  • Tornado 1 week ago

    Okay, if that's the case then we Ghanaians should only use only Ghana, America and UK products. Don't buy Chinese, Germany and any other nation's products. Just look for products made in Ghana, America and British. No Ger ...
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  • Josh Bruno 1 week ago

    Is there a disconnect between the Education Minister, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, and Cabinet?

  • Jubilee House Rat. 1 week ago

    If 24HR Economy doesn’t worked out for Incompetent One. Why not try Ch*n*s* and Isl… language's to confuse the pupils. Try and error bunch of incompetent loudmouth misleaders.. nkoaa

  • Nana Yaw 1 week ago

    Language is very important and allows you to appreciate different cultures and peoples. However, we must be realistic. How many Ghanaians are able to speak and write two or three of our local languages fluently? Mastering the ...
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  • Wendy 1 week ago

    This man is not serious. He'll go and stand somewhere else and tout the teaching of Chinese. Very inconsistent.