Mr. Price, I hope you are matured enough to realize that what Asiedu Nketia said was just in response to what the General Secretary of the NPP said. It is inconceivable for the NPP to allude such a serious accident to another ... read full comment
Mr. Price, I hope you are matured enough to realize that what Asiedu Nketia said was just in response to what the General Secretary of the NPP said. It is inconceivable for the NPP to allude such a serious accident to another political party, and Asiedu Nketia was only turning the table on Kojo Owusu Afriyie, that big-mouth-no-brain General Secretary of the NPP.
GHANA FIRST 11 years ago
The writer is unfair to Asiedu Nketia In response to Sir John silly allegation Asiedu Nketia only hinted that if there is any foul play with Bawumia's accident then they should be looking from within the NPP. So what is incen ... read full comment
The writer is unfair to Asiedu Nketia In response to Sir John silly allegation Asiedu Nketia only hinted that if there is any foul play with Bawumia's accident then they should be looking from within the NPP. So what is incendiary about this statement?. Some people just find difficult to blame or condem any silly thing coming form NPP without adding NDC to it. But are happy to condem NDC alone when is there is the opportunity to do so -All these bring CEDIBILITY PROBLEMS!!
AMA 11 years ago
If both Bawumia and Jake had similar accidents, that just exposes NPP internal conflicts? Does anybody really believe that all NPP members want Akuf, Jake and Bawums to be hanging around and eating into the time for Alan Cas ... read full comment
If both Bawumia and Jake had similar accidents, that just exposes NPP internal conflicts? Does anybody really believe that all NPP members want Akuf, Jake and Bawums to be hanging around and eating into the time for Alan Cash? Just think about it. This is NPP palaver. Don't bring anybody else into it. Cry your own cry!!
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Kojo,
I did make clear in my piece that neither general secretary was right in what he said. The politics of spite -- and its ramifications -- is what we all need to be wary of. Our political parties, by their leaders' act ... read full comment
Kojo,
I did make clear in my piece that neither general secretary was right in what he said. The politics of spite -- and its ramifications -- is what we all need to be wary of. Our political parties, by their leaders' actions, are leading the country down a dangerous road, and we must do something to reverse direction before it is too late.
Mensima Biney 11 years ago
"Vehicular accident". What does that mean? Can't you find a better description?
"Vehicular accident". What does that mean? Can't you find a better description?
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
What is your problem, Mensima? You don't understand "vehicular accident"? Why, you'd prefer "car accident"? Or just "accident"?
What is your problem, Mensima? You don't understand "vehicular accident"? Why, you'd prefer "car accident"? Or just "accident"?
Mensima Biney 11 years ago
Your choice sounds ridiculously pedantic, and you know it!!!
Your choice sounds ridiculously pedantic, and you know it!!!
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
If you are who I think you are, then your "accusation" is very childish. As as social scientist, I prefer to be pedantic, as most social scientists would use "vehicular accident" rather than just "accident." It is my choice a ... read full comment
If you are who I think you are, then your "accusation" is very childish. As as social scientist, I prefer to be pedantic, as most social scientists would use "vehicular accident" rather than just "accident." It is my choice and you don't have to like it.
luciano 11 years ago
The political terrain in Ghana is such that had Asiedu Nketia not come out with a statement to rebut Owusu Afriyie's irresponsible utterance,The supporters of both npp and ndc will assume that the statement was true.It is imp ... read full comment
The political terrain in Ghana is such that had Asiedu Nketia not come out with a statement to rebut Owusu Afriyie's irresponsible utterance,The supporters of both npp and ndc will assume that the statement was true.It is important to note that the statement was against the ndc as a party and therefore only a person with the parties authority can rebut it and that was its General Secretary Nketia.
The original statement from the npp GS was based on a wild speculation based on the balance of probabilities.The assumption that since the npp and the ndc are bitter rival,the ndc have the motive for such such a crime.Had Asiedu Nketia not had responded that will have been taken as true by their mostly uncritical supporters.The GS of the ndc used the same formula of motive to come to his conclusion so to me it is a fair rebuttal any silence will meant agreement with the irresponsible statement from the npp GS.
It important to advice parties leaders that their utterances are capable of destabilization and therefore the need to be responsible with their statements.Sir John since he threatened to make this country ungovernable had been making fiery statements bothering on treason and it is high he is called to order by his party for he is doing them no favours.
Kwame 11 years ago
When Denial is Treasonable. Mr. Daniel K. Pryce is telling us that a person who removed a vehicle that was involved in and accident, hid it, later accused another person of being the "hand of God" in his accident and prevente ... read full comment
When Denial is Treasonable. Mr. Daniel K. Pryce is telling us that a person who removed a vehicle that was involved in and accident, hid it, later accused another person of being the "hand of God" in his accident and prevented the police and state security services from investigating the accident should be equally charged with the person he accused of causing the accident.
David Pryce criminology has reduced the African into Mr. Slobodan Miloseivich a president who was accused and tried for a war that he did not caused, but rather tried to prevent when George Bush and other NATO presidents and ministers who caused the war walk the Earth free.
This criminologist believe that a person who refused to cooperate with the security services and the person he alleged cut his hand in his kitchen when the latter was no where near the kitchen have all committed an act of treason.
So long as these are the criminologist lecturers and students in the U.S. no doubt that the U.S. will continue to knowingly accuse others of committing a crime that they do not and shoot them. This type of thinking has not evolved from those of the day when every Negro male who is seen with a white woman is assumed to have rape her and is burned alive.
We shall continue to remind the wits in the U.S. about their crimes against humanity when their hounds bark at us.
Kwesi 11 years ago
Truly, both the General Secretaries of the NDC and NPP have been making contentious statements even before the election. In my own view, Mr Owusu Afiyie often makes unneccessarily wild and uncontrolled statements and comes ac ... read full comment
Truly, both the General Secretaries of the NDC and NPP have been making contentious statements even before the election. In my own view, Mr Owusu Afiyie often makes unneccessarily wild and uncontrolled statements and comes across as uncultured. And Mr Asiedu Nketisa makes statements to irritate and antagonise his oponents and comes across as belligerent.
In fact, when it comes to party politics and discourse, Ghana is polarised and such statements from both sides don't help. But we should not kid ourselves thinking that there will ever be a common ground for these two parties.
However, I believe it is unfair to criticise Mr Asiedu Nketsia for responding to Mr Owusu Afriyie's wild accusation. It was within his rights, as NDC General Secretary, to respond and more so, when his response was logical. Mr Asiedu Nketsia only gave reasons as to why NDC will not contemplate, let alone to carry out such an act, though he mischieviously, reminded Mr Owusu Afriyie of the circumstances surrounding Mr Bawumia's selection as Nana Akkufo Addo's running mate in the 2012 election.
Finally, I appreciate the writer, Mr Daniel Pryce, for being objective.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Luciano,
I agree with you that Asiedu was only responding to Afriyie's statement. Where I differ, however, is this: the word choices of both general secretaries in discussing the Bawumia car crash were inappropriate. "[W]i ... read full comment
Luciano,
I agree with you that Asiedu was only responding to Afriyie's statement. Where I differ, however, is this: the word choices of both general secretaries in discussing the Bawumia car crash were inappropriate. "[W]ild speculations," as you pointed out, are what our leaders need to excise from their speeches.
Nyame Ekuma 11 years ago
So u don't know ? Sir John is the most foolish and stupid General secretary in Ghana's political history.
Our prayer is that NPP will go to Congress and change him. There are better people in NPP than this useless 'kookoa ... read full comment
So u don't know ? Sir John is the most foolish and stupid General secretary in Ghana's political history.
Our prayer is that NPP will go to Congress and change him. There are better people in NPP than this useless 'kookoase' twerp Sir John.
NPP, pls do Ghana a favour. Sir john is horrible.
DZIGBODZI 11 years ago
'HWE KWASIA BI'. SIR JOHN IS RIGHT. NDC IS BEHIND. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IT. THERE ARE LOT AND LOTS OF 'KOBOLORS' IN NDC WHO BY JUST A TWANG, GETS THE MASTERS MESSAGE AND THEN EXECUTE THE PLAN.
'HWE KWASIA BI'. SIR JOHN IS RIGHT. NDC IS BEHIND. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IT. THERE ARE LOT AND LOTS OF 'KOBOLORS' IN NDC WHO BY JUST A TWANG, GETS THE MASTERS MESSAGE AND THEN EXECUTE THE PLAN.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
I think both general secretaries need to be careful before opening their mouths. We have to blame both of them for stoking the embers of intolerance among party faithfuls. This level of acrimony between both parties is bad fo ... read full comment
I think both general secretaries need to be careful before opening their mouths. We have to blame both of them for stoking the embers of intolerance among party faithfuls. This level of acrimony between both parties is bad for the nation's peace and stability.
Sani 11 years ago
It seems it is only in Ghanaian politics that politicians talk "by heart" and are not taken to task for it. The writer has repeatedly informed the major actors that power is transitory and they can be out of (or in) power any ... read full comment
It seems it is only in Ghanaian politics that politicians talk "by heart" and are not taken to task for it. The writer has repeatedly informed the major actors that power is transitory and they can be out of (or in) power anytime. I don't think that is the major reason why politicians should be circumspect in their pronouncements. They must be careful what they say AT ALL TIMES, not because they may be out of power tomorrow. It is the decent thing for anybody to do. And that is even more important for politicians. When they don't do it, we must punish them for it - like Akufo-Addo was punished for his "all die be die" speech. Tomorrow he won't say that again.
I suspect the party leaders have been holding their recalcitrant charges to account (privately) but it's obvious some people are too big for their shoes. A strong leader is needed to put them right.
Then I think the writer should have drawn attention to another aspect of the incidence. People are dying on Ghana's roads almost on a daily basis. Nobody even hears of them. We have to talk about preventing accidents on our roads so that ALL Ghanaians can travel safely on these roads, not only the politicians. A politician's "vehicular accident" should NOT be more important than those of the ordinary Ghanaian. We are giving our politicians toooooo much respect and hold them in tooooo much awe. Bluntly put: if Bawumia is involved in a "vehicular accident", and so what? Ghanaians are dying in "vehicular accidents" all the time like today's breaking news on ghanaweb claiming 10 dead at Agogo.
mojingles 11 years ago
Pryce, you really took the cudgel to the two political numbskulls, however, Bawumia's near tragic accident is a snapshot of what goes on daily on our poorly constructed roads, and it would have buttress your point further if ... read full comment
Pryce, you really took the cudgel to the two political numbskulls, however, Bawumia's near tragic accident is a snapshot of what goes on daily on our poorly constructed roads, and it would have buttress your point further if only you had devoted a substantial part of your opinion piece on the bad state of roads in Ghana and in the same vein, lashed out at various governments for failing to address this perennial problem.........
Sani 11 years ago
Well, you buttressed my last point to Daniel.
But this is just to inform you I tracked your articles on modernghana and the old ones on ghanaweb, read a few of them and they were all superb. So my earlier assessment of yo ... read full comment
Well, you buttressed my last point to Daniel.
But this is just to inform you I tracked your articles on modernghana and the old ones on ghanaweb, read a few of them and they were all superb. So my earlier assessment of you stands firm - don't be modest about it...
Cheers
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Always a pleasure to have you respond to my pieces, mojingles. That said, and as I stated in my response to Sani a minute ago, my focus was more on the incendiary language that Ghanaian politicians have embraced in recent yea ... read full comment
Always a pleasure to have you respond to my pieces, mojingles. That said, and as I stated in my response to Sani a minute ago, my focus was more on the incendiary language that Ghanaian politicians have embraced in recent years than on the poor nature of our roads. Although road conditions are very important as well ... which I hope I or someone else may address soon, I thought we should not ignore politicians' dangerous and divisive rhetoric -- rhetoric that can plunge us into chaos.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Thanks for your wise input, Sani. While I agree that poor roads may be the larger problem, my piece was specifically about dangerous rhetoric in our political discourse. It is unfortunate that several decades after independen ... read full comment
Thanks for your wise input, Sani. While I agree that poor roads may be the larger problem, my piece was specifically about dangerous rhetoric in our political discourse. It is unfortunate that several decades after independence, we still do not have good roads to make travel a lot safer for all Ghanaians.
MINOR CASE 11 years ago
Both Asiedu Nketia and Sir John are liabilities not only to their parties but to the country as a whole. In Ghanaian politics ,the more vulgal and abrasive you are the more you are held in high esteem . When you hear the utt ... read full comment
Both Asiedu Nketia and Sir John are liabilities not only to their parties but to the country as a whole. In Ghanaian politics ,the more vulgal and abrasive you are the more you are held in high esteem . When you hear the utterances of these two, you wonder whether they were raised by human beings ,or something else. In any case the people get the politicians they deserve ,that is why in the mist of plenty ,we are still wallowing in poverty.
tiger shark 11 years ago
Npp is trying to gain fame at all cost.Fatal accidents are frequent on our roads often killing more than 10
people on the spot.This loud mouth npp
thug never called for an investigation
into such disasters.Should we treat
... read full comment
Npp is trying to gain fame at all cost.Fatal accidents are frequent on our roads often killing more than 10
people on the spot.This loud mouth npp
thug never called for an investigation
into such disasters.Should we treat
Bawumia differently from the scores which peril on our roads daily.Who should we blame for these deaths.
NDc or NPP
bob 11 years ago
Hi Daniel Pryce ... your prejudices in this supposed double-edged sword are quite obvious ... just count the number of lines you devote to Sir John and that of General Mosquito ... you just used the Sir John gaffe to rain you ... read full comment
Hi Daniel Pryce ... your prejudices in this supposed double-edged sword are quite obvious ... just count the number of lines you devote to Sir John and that of General Mosquito ... you just used the Sir John gaffe to rain your venom on NDC ... what a good PHD scholar ... do spare us the cover-up and go ahead and blast NDC as much as you can!
Kwame Boamah NV, USA 11 years ago
Bob, I do not think Sir John is wrong to castigate the government's transportation unit for the cause of the accident. We are just happy that Dr. Bawumia escaped serious injuries or death. Can you in your right sense think of ... read full comment
Bob, I do not think Sir John is wrong to castigate the government's transportation unit for the cause of the accident. We are just happy that Dr. Bawumia escaped serious injuries or death. Can you in your right sense think of having two tires of a car speeding and getting burst? Bawumia is not a nonentity to drive in just a car. Any way, I don't think Ghana is a country worthy of big sacrifice such as death. Ghanaians are the most ugrateful and selfish group of people that I have ever known.
SUMBRUNGU 11 years ago
Your pathetic attempt at equalizing your criticism in a bid to appear objective unfortunately betrays your biais. A person makes a false and potentially serious allegation against another and that other person is forced to ... read full comment
Your pathetic attempt at equalizing your criticism in a bid to appear objective unfortunately betrays your biais. A person makes a false and potentially serious allegation against another and that other person is forced to carry he can of blame with his accuse for daring to defend himself against the unproven allegations. I.v always being of the view that the exit of Nana Ohene-Ntow as Gen-Sec of the NPP and the inability of the party to replace him with an equally brainy, affable and smooth communicator was going to constitute a herculean challenge challenge in its quest to return to power. Clearly, Sir John has shown and continues to show that he isn't up to task.
Wiafe 11 years ago
Mr. Pryce is right. The NDC as the ruling party has better communications departments and should not rely on the General Secretary as a spokesperson.
So Asiedu should keep quite and the ruling government deal with this ty ... read full comment
Mr. Pryce is right. The NDC as the ruling party has better communications departments and should not rely on the General Secretary as a spokesperson.
So Asiedu should keep quite and the ruling government deal with this type of silliness.
Daniel K. Pryce 11 years ago
Nketia had the right to respond to Afriyie's comments, but neither man said the right thing anyway. So you think I was not objective? Others would disagree with you. Well, we all cannot agree on everything.
Nketia had the right to respond to Afriyie's comments, but neither man said the right thing anyway. So you think I was not objective? Others would disagree with you. Well, we all cannot agree on everything.
Lexus 11 years ago
IT IS CALLED PRE-EMPTION.
Through, mostly, no fault of theirs, over 95% of the electorate have been practically reduced to "low info, hook-line-sinker zombies". Thanks to the colossal thievery and blatant mismanagement of re ... read full comment
IT IS CALLED PRE-EMPTION.
Through, mostly, no fault of theirs, over 95% of the electorate have been practically reduced to "low info, hook-line-sinker zombies". Thanks to the colossal thievery and blatant mismanagement of resources by these god-forsaken politicians, most people are totally on survival mode; they are trying to get by the best they know how. They don't care about facts or the messages on the campaign platform. You must either be the highest bidder or somebody he/she can 'relate' to.......otherwise, bullshit walks. Therafter, you will have to pray to the ALMIGHTY GOD to LET YOUR VOTE COUNT. This is the sad fact pertaining in our dear country, and most countries in the world.
BEING CONVERSANT WITH THE M/O OF THE NAUGHTY MOSQUITO SIR JOHN HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PREEMPT HIM. Asiedu Nketia was going to put out his hypothesis re the 'assassination attempt' on Bawumia, regardless. The 'low info, hook-line-sinker' masses would have believed him; after all, he is in power and has the resources. His dumbass just got beat to the game, fair and square, by Sir John. SIR JOHN HAS 'WON' ON THIS ISSUE. LET THE MOSQUITO TAKE HIS OWN LARIAM.
Mensima Biney 11 years ago
If you wear a kente cloth to a soccer stadium to watch a football match you will look ridiculous even though you may be an Asante prince living in Manyhia palace. This forum is not a social science seminar; it is a public for ... read full comment
If you wear a kente cloth to a soccer stadium to watch a football match you will look ridiculous even though you may be an Asante prince living in Manyhia palace. This forum is not a social science seminar; it is a public forum open to all, not just specialists. This is why one's register needs to 'feel' appropriate - just as a T-shirt over jeans would (say) would at a soccer stadium.
Mr. Price, I hope you are matured enough to realize that what Asiedu Nketia said was just in response to what the General Secretary of the NPP said. It is inconceivable for the NPP to allude such a serious accident to another ...
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The writer is unfair to Asiedu Nketia In response to Sir John silly allegation Asiedu Nketia only hinted that if there is any foul play with Bawumia's accident then they should be looking from within the NPP. So what is incen ...
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If both Bawumia and Jake had similar accidents, that just exposes NPP internal conflicts? Does anybody really believe that all NPP members want Akuf, Jake and Bawums to be hanging around and eating into the time for Alan Cas ...
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Kojo,
I did make clear in my piece that neither general secretary was right in what he said. The politics of spite -- and its ramifications -- is what we all need to be wary of. Our political parties, by their leaders' act ...
read full comment
"Vehicular accident". What does that mean? Can't you find a better description?
What is your problem, Mensima? You don't understand "vehicular accident"? Why, you'd prefer "car accident"? Or just "accident"?
Your choice sounds ridiculously pedantic, and you know it!!!
If you are who I think you are, then your "accusation" is very childish. As as social scientist, I prefer to be pedantic, as most social scientists would use "vehicular accident" rather than just "accident." It is my choice a ...
read full comment
The political terrain in Ghana is such that had Asiedu Nketia not come out with a statement to rebut Owusu Afriyie's irresponsible utterance,The supporters of both npp and ndc will assume that the statement was true.It is imp ...
read full comment
When Denial is Treasonable. Mr. Daniel K. Pryce is telling us that a person who removed a vehicle that was involved in and accident, hid it, later accused another person of being the "hand of God" in his accident and prevente ...
read full comment
Truly, both the General Secretaries of the NDC and NPP have been making contentious statements even before the election. In my own view, Mr Owusu Afiyie often makes unneccessarily wild and uncontrolled statements and comes ac ...
read full comment
Luciano,
I agree with you that Asiedu was only responding to Afriyie's statement. Where I differ, however, is this: the word choices of both general secretaries in discussing the Bawumia car crash were inappropriate. "[W]i ...
read full comment
So u don't know ? Sir John is the most foolish and stupid General secretary in Ghana's political history.
Our prayer is that NPP will go to Congress and change him. There are better people in NPP than this useless 'kookoa ...
read full comment
'HWE KWASIA BI'. SIR JOHN IS RIGHT. NDC IS BEHIND. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IT. THERE ARE LOT AND LOTS OF 'KOBOLORS' IN NDC WHO BY JUST A TWANG, GETS THE MASTERS MESSAGE AND THEN EXECUTE THE PLAN.
I think both general secretaries need to be careful before opening their mouths. We have to blame both of them for stoking the embers of intolerance among party faithfuls. This level of acrimony between both parties is bad fo ...
read full comment
It seems it is only in Ghanaian politics that politicians talk "by heart" and are not taken to task for it. The writer has repeatedly informed the major actors that power is transitory and they can be out of (or in) power any ...
read full comment
Pryce, you really took the cudgel to the two political numbskulls, however, Bawumia's near tragic accident is a snapshot of what goes on daily on our poorly constructed roads, and it would have buttress your point further if ...
read full comment
Well, you buttressed my last point to Daniel.
But this is just to inform you I tracked your articles on modernghana and the old ones on ghanaweb, read a few of them and they were all superb. So my earlier assessment of yo ...
read full comment
Always a pleasure to have you respond to my pieces, mojingles. That said, and as I stated in my response to Sani a minute ago, my focus was more on the incendiary language that Ghanaian politicians have embraced in recent yea ...
read full comment
Thanks for your wise input, Sani. While I agree that poor roads may be the larger problem, my piece was specifically about dangerous rhetoric in our political discourse. It is unfortunate that several decades after independen ...
read full comment
Both Asiedu Nketia and Sir John are liabilities not only to their parties but to the country as a whole. In Ghanaian politics ,the more vulgal and abrasive you are the more you are held in high esteem . When you hear the utt ...
read full comment
Npp is trying to gain fame at all cost.Fatal accidents are frequent on our roads often killing more than 10
people on the spot.This loud mouth npp
thug never called for an investigation
into such disasters.Should we treat
...
read full comment
Hi Daniel Pryce ... your prejudices in this supposed double-edged sword are quite obvious ... just count the number of lines you devote to Sir John and that of General Mosquito ... you just used the Sir John gaffe to rain you ...
read full comment
Bob, I do not think Sir John is wrong to castigate the government's transportation unit for the cause of the accident. We are just happy that Dr. Bawumia escaped serious injuries or death. Can you in your right sense think of ...
read full comment
Your pathetic attempt at equalizing your criticism in a bid to appear objective unfortunately betrays your biais. A person makes a false and potentially serious allegation against another and that other person is forced to ...
read full comment
Mr. Pryce is right. The NDC as the ruling party has better communications departments and should not rely on the General Secretary as a spokesperson.
So Asiedu should keep quite and the ruling government deal with this ty ...
read full comment
Nketia had the right to respond to Afriyie's comments, but neither man said the right thing anyway. So you think I was not objective? Others would disagree with you. Well, we all cannot agree on everything.
IT IS CALLED PRE-EMPTION.
Through, mostly, no fault of theirs, over 95% of the electorate have been practically reduced to "low info, hook-line-sinker zombies". Thanks to the colossal thievery and blatant mismanagement of re ...
read full comment
If you wear a kente cloth to a soccer stadium to watch a football match you will look ridiculous even though you may be an Asante prince living in Manyhia palace. This forum is not a social science seminar; it is a public for ...
read full comment