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11-year-old's open letter to GFA President

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  • Kojo 11 years ago

    You expect us to believe this is from a 11yr old? Piece of crap!!

  • frank japan 11 years ago

    your so grate

  • Jack 11 years ago

    Who published this?

  • THEN U KNOW ENGLISH THAN some TEACHER 11 years ago

    Your school should make you the HEAD of ENGLISH language FACULTY at all the UNIVERSITIES because, if you can write such a well written ARTICLE like this one. Then, I don't know about all the years ahead of you from now.

  • Vincent Bawe 11 years ago

    writing this letter is not a big deal for a kid of this age to do so but for lying that 11 was his age. Please tell us better things oh Ghanaweb rather than showering unwarranted praises. Wake up Ghanaweb.

  • Kofi - USA 11 years ago

    WHAT A PIECE OF NONSENSE. THIS WAS NOT WRITTEN BY AN 11 YEAR OLD. WHO ARE YOU KIDDING?

  • kad 11 years ago

    You live in the USA and still do not think some children are way ahead of their age or they are gifted.I am not concerned about the article.

  • GOD BLESS MOTHER AFRICA 11 years ago

    THIS COULD BE AN 11YR OLD BY B'COS MY SON IS 7YRS OLD AND WHEN HE WRITE STORIES, I ALWAYS CRY( TEARS OF JOY). HE IS IN THE 2ND GRADE IN U.S.A AND EVERYONE KNOWS HIM FOR HIS BEAUTIFUL HAND WRITING AND FOR WRITING AMAZING STORI ...
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  • Kofi- Ghana 11 years ago

    In fact if at 11 you could not write like this it's your own wahala. I bet you went to some low grade school in Ghana before stowing away to obroni land or U.S.A is just your nickname.Be sorry for yourself and stop writing ru ...
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  • Limann 11 years ago

    Children learn so fast these days. At the age of 3-6 some kids in Ghana learn the language so fast. These days computer games regular TV and better schooling for some kids have made them smarter. I bet u 8yr olds in Ghana tod ...
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  • Coach 11 years ago

    You might be smoking something to believe a crap like this.

  • mohammed amin abdallah adenta fafraha 11 years ago

    can you stop deluding us with the piece you attribute it to a child of 11 years.i believe your iq i sick and you think intellect is for the sake of deceiving Ghanaians,sorry mate think twice and know that you dare not deceive ...
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  • Kwadzo 11 years ago

    Thank you Mohammed and have a good day.

  • OZA 11 years ago

    Yea Right! 11-yr-old smart child! Is this lie true?

  • Kwadzo 11 years ago

    This guy must be awarded a PhD in English. Super boy or wonder girl. And you expect us all to believe this haa. 11 year old must be seen preparing for greater thing ahead not asking any institution to relief some one who is m ...
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  • Na wa o 11 years ago

    It must be the football age, hahahaa

  • Edem 11 years ago

    You are a stupid author indeed - first class. Wasting web space....

  • Only the Thruth 11 years ago

    Mr Author, do you actually think we will believe this article was written by an 11yr old boy.I think you are hallucinating.

  • Sammy the Sheriff 11 years ago

    Some of these idiots are so stupid even the word dolt or dullard is too good for them. People like these pretending to be little boys are child molesters, seriously. They really believe they are children and don't see anythin ...
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  • sure japan 11 years ago

    WHY YOU DONT WRITE YOUR PRESIDENT TO PAY YOUR TEACHERS.

  • Ligth 11 years ago

    THANK U SURE JAPAN

  • sibawaih 11 years ago

    i wonder why some of u surprising on this age its a psychological matters, he just wants u to give more attention to his thoughts.

  • sibawaih 11 years ago

    i wonder why some of u surprising on this age its a psychological matters, he just wants u to give more attention to his taught.

  • PEACE 11 years ago

    NONSENSE

  • sibawaih 11 years ago

    BE FAST

  • aristotle 11 years ago

    If a little boy could write this letter why cant he write to tell the president of this republic to pay his teachers well but spend all the time to address gfa boss who always take opinions on deaf ears?

  • Nokwarehene 11 years ago

    This cannot be a 11 year old: it's not about the diction, it's about the content. The author is teaching his/her child plagiarism.

  • Ligth 11 years ago

    IF THE WRITER IS FULL, WE (READERS)ARE NOT

  • KOOBOY 11 years ago

    GUYS WHY DON'T YOU DELVE DEEP INTO THIS ARTICLE. IT IS A WELL WRITTEN PIECE.IT COULD HAVE COME FROM A 70 YEAR OLD. KWADWO TSIKATA won a United Africa Company (UAC) scholarship in 1960 to start his secondary education at the ...
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  • Adom 11 years ago

    ITS TSATSU NOT KOJO.
    But please dont mind thos little minds.
    My 8 year old daughter knows almost all the players in the La Liga and the countries they come from. She knows the clubs they moved from and the roles they play.
    ...
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  • Kwadzo 11 years ago

    KOOBOY, Agreed with you but whiles we delve deep into the article if for academic purposes fine but I personally think at 11 this child be guided to write on issues that has bearing on his schooling. Why must he or her for ex ...
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  • GOD IS MY JUDGE HONESTNEST 11 years ago

    Be Ghanaian journalist must be warn.this article was written by a journalist

  • Richard 11 years ago

    Do you mean to tell as that, hair cut do not play foot ball. Nigeria were the champions,are you saying that, they don't have players with similar hair cuts.Mubarak Wakaso was the second leading scorer in the tournament,meanwh ...
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  • Alvin 11 years ago

    11 yrs old more sensible then the local mentality Black Star coach.

  • Kwame 11 years ago

    very diligent script, hit the nail right on its head, amazing how an eleven year old could diagnose our problems so realistically in comparism to the rather shameful excuses that the GFA gives many a time.This boys starting e ...
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  • Pkirks 11 years ago

    What do you take Ghanaians for. A piece of puppets or what. And why are you trying to hide your age. Especs of an idiotic coward

  • SK-DK 11 years ago

    This guy probably attended addisco and got sent Abroad spending Ghana money on him to get all the neccessary degrees and yet came to tell Ghanaians lies about his age?hmmmm..be true to yourself and Ghanaian will be true to yo ...
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  • Ligth 11 years ago

    COME ON

  • Seb 11 years ago

    Your father might have stupidly sent you with this foolish writings, and Instead of you to learn about something else.. You spent your time in an affair which suppose to be bigger than you.... CRAZY father and Son...

  • alex 11 years ago

    Briliant opinion

  • JH-New York City 11 years ago

    Which elderly person now claims to be 11yrs old.Do you know you're interfering with the selection of players?.What business has a 11yr old about his grandfather Paintsil's affairs with his wife. Please learn to respect the pr ...
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  • JH-New York City 11 years ago

    Which elderly person now claims to be 11yrs old.Do you know you're interfering with the selection of players?.What business has a 11yr old about his grandfather Paintsil's affairs with his wife. Please learn to respect the pr ...
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  • ISMAILA HOROYA ALI 11 years ago

    11 WHAT ? HE IS NOT SERIOUS ALL.I WILL NOT BLAME HIM I WILL BLAME THOSE WHO ADVISE HIM.

  • Ghanaian Nationalist. 11 years ago

    Check the name. He is Ewe. Very brilliant people. Look at the articles substance, not the age of the writer.

  • Mawuli 11 years ago

    It is really sad and unfortunate to see this kind of negative comments coming from you adults towards a child who should be encouraged and celebrated. The fact that you couldn't think and articulate yourself at this level wh ...
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  • OSEI TAWIAH 11 years ago

    You Trokosi idiots think you can fool everyone with your stupidity. This is not NDC and NPP. Go to hell with your stupid propaganda. Fool !!!

  • Mawuli 11 years ago

    listen to this Ankaful mentale patient...CLINICAL FOOL

  • money 11 years ago

    People can we concentrate on the letter and leave the issue of whether the kid is 11 or not aside..

  • Robert G Mensah 11 years ago

    No, because it is rubbish. Putting aside the age.

  • bomber 11 years ago

    if 11yrs old can suggest this,it means GFA is a joke

  • Kofi 11 years ago

    Liar

  • SAYSOME 11 years ago

    This is a fiction. Not written by a 11yr old. Just made up names by a grown ass man for publication.

  • BIG - JOE -moscow/kharkov/minsk 11 years ago

    Lets stand up for our right and cease hiding from fears... be a Ghanaians write whatever your think better...

  • Kofi Asiedu 11 years ago

    You are not 11 year old.

  • Robert G Mensah 11 years ago

    You will think our media will vet a story before publishing. 11 years old? Certainly must be his football age which means he is 37. Utter Rubbish. Makes no sense, but so do most of our media and authorities. What a shame ...
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  • Edem 11 years ago

    You are a stupid author - indeed....

  • Aakay Bright 11 years ago

    If the author is really 11 as he claims, can he kindly appear live one one of the numerous sports shows so as to put us all doubting thomases to shame?

  • JETMONEY 11 years ago

    WHATS THIS...,,,?PLEASE DO NOT DOWNGRADE UR WEBPAGE WITH STORIES LIKE THIS...WE LOVE THE GOOD JOB U DOING BUT IF U HAVE NOTHING TO WRITE JUST MAKE THE PAGE FUN FOR US...LONG LIVE UR WEBPAGE AND HOPE IT GETS BIGGER AND INTERN ...
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  • ikê. 11 years ago

    Is good to have smart people like dis GFA should take some of his ideas

  • straitTalkExpress 11 years ago

    please, a 50 year old wrote this junk!

  • K.K 11 years ago

    It is a common knowledge that regardless age ,as long as the person is born an ewe there is wisdom in the mind, thats how God created ewes in the first place to be the moral compass and intellectual soul of Ghana hence movin ...
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  • Joe 11 years ago

    If only Akufo could have had just 50 percent of this 11 year old reasoning and even rhetorical skill he akufo would become president by now.Instead the nonsense remarks such as all die be die.

  • Eyadema 11 years ago

    Oh yeah, for ewes tribalism starts at 16.

  • EVIL DWARF FROM KYEBI 11 years ago

    The real writer of this piece is a coward, and should bow down his head in shame for trying to hoodwink Ghanaians. Shame!

  • gina 11 years ago

    why do we always insult one another we should remember we are one people no matter where each one is coming from.

  • Ringo Watusi 11 years ago

    Sister,we are one people but something like this actually and really deserves an INSULT. How on earth can the writer make Ghanaians and the non-Ghanaian readers of Ghanaweb believe this article was written by a 11-year old??? ...
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  • MARK TAY 11 years ago

    The world is changing and so are kids of today. I know a lot of people have doubts that an 11-year old boy wrote this article but I met Seyram last summer in the United States and I must confess that I'm yet to meet someone(e ...
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  • MARK TAY 11 years ago

    LOVE MY BOY!!!

  • apacel 11 years ago

    I DNT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS ARTICLE OOOOO.U GUY ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT AGE NONSENSE.

  • Papa Appiah 11 years ago

    nonsense.You have now taken age cheating from football to jounalism

  • Nana 11 years ago

    the 11 year old can do it orally but in a written language.Please stop joking and prove ourself by making him a panel member on one of our TV station tomorrow.Apuu

  • HENRY APPERTEY 11 years ago

    I AM REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WORD FROM OUR FUTURE HERO.
    THANK YOU.

  • Ibrahim kassim aka DR. I.K 11 years ago

    As una no feet yan small pikin de yan so. Make una hail am, oya gbosa 3 tyms 4 smalling gbosa gbosa gbosaaa, smallin i hope say ur biyer biyer no pass my own sha

  • bob 11 years ago

    Folks! the guy is real 11 yrs and I'm listening to him right now (12.25 p.m. Saturday 23/03/13) on JOY FM ... real young lad, son of former Hearts of Oak Board member ... guess we shd drop the debate and insults about his age ...
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  • Robert Quartey. Va. 11 years ago

    You guys are idiots. Don't you know that there are even 10yr olds who are even smarter than grown adults. Check all the smart people in the world and you will know that there are young kids out there around the world that are ...
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  • OSEI STEPHEN,NORWAY 11 years ago

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER BUT THIS IS JUST FOOTBALL AND SPORTS BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE OUR ,OIL AND GOLD NATION-GHANA, NO BETTER LIFE ONLY ARMRUBBERS AND CURUPTION I HOPE NEXT LETTER WILL GO TO PRESIDENT MAHAMA AND HIS TOP PE ...
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  • chris avid 11 years ago

    akufo ll,b litl usless dan dis boy.

  • Rans F 11 years ago

    ... from a desperate anti-Akan apostle from an eczema-infested forest! You can disguise yourself as a five year old!! Nobody gives a toss. Fiddlesticks!

  • williams 11 years ago

    the GFA thuse not respect them selfs,that is why evry one tells them what they shoud do.Elot of discremination curuption.

  • Benard owusu 11 years ago

    you hav done well

  • Kwabena 11 years ago

    Could not fucking agree more. This kid got it spot on well done lad.

  • Stop it 11 years ago

    Even first year students in most Ghanaian universities cannot write standard English without crap such as 'cos'(because) 'dis'(this), just to mention a few.
    Who is Ghanaweb fooling?

  • My Opinion 11 years ago

    At least this is better than the 5th match psycho pill Nyantakyi wanted us to swallow......Ba you too why you reduce your age boom like that!