HOW CAN WE BE SERIOUS IN THIS PART OF OUR WORLD WHERE LEADERS ARE SERVED INSTEAD OF SERVING THE PEOPLE.AT THE HOME ,THE FATHER WHOSE MUSCLES ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED IS GIVEN THE BEST PART OF THE MEAT SERVED AT MEALS TO FACILITA ... read full comment
HOW CAN WE BE SERIOUS IN THIS PART OF OUR WORLD WHERE LEADERS ARE SERVED INSTEAD OF SERVING THE PEOPLE.AT THE HOME ,THE FATHER WHOSE MUSCLES ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED IS GIVEN THE BEST PART OF THE MEAT SERVED AT MEALS TO FACILITATE HIS DEATH WHILST THE CHILDREN WHO NEED THE MEAT TO GROW ARE BEING DENIED.THE STOOL HEAD OR CHIEF IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OR THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SALES OF THE FAMILY OR COMMUNITY PROPERTIES AND WHO DARE YOU ASK THE CHIEF TO EXPLAIN HOW REVENUE IS DISPURSED.THE PARLIAMENTARIAN ON CPP TICKET ONLY KNOWS THE CPP FOOT SOLDIERS FORGETTING THAT THE CONSTITUENCY IS MADE UP OF ALL THE OTHER PARTIES SUPPORTERS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ONLY THINK OF WHAT THE MP NEEDS WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE ORDINARY PERSON WHETHER HE CAN ATTAIN BETTER EDUCATION OR HAS SOME PLACE TO LAY THE HEAD OR EVEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT TO THE WORK PLACE.STUDENTS ARE ONLY SERIOUS WHEN IT IS TIME FOR EXAMINATION AS IF KNOWLEDGE IS ABOUT GETTING CERTIFICATE AND NOT TO BE USED.YOU CAN ADD YOUR OWN AND YOU WOULD KNOW HOW SERIOUS WE ARE IF WE SAY WANT TO DEVELOP.WE WOULD CONTINUE TO EXPORT THE COCOA BEANS AND RAW GOLD AS WELL AS EVERYTHING RAW BECAUSE OUR EDUCATION IS NOT ABOUT ADDING VALUE TO ANYTHING SO THE FARMER SHOULD CONTINUE TO FARM WITH THE CUTLASS AS THE TRADITION CONTINUES UNABATED.
Speedy Gonzalez 10 years ago
All you do is talk,talk,talk and talk aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.Typical Ghanaian,talk no action.All you do is sit in your lounge after dinner and write articles without showing a way forward.How many Ghanaians are doing illegal busin ... read full comment
All you do is talk,talk,talk and talk aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.Typical Ghanaian,talk no action.All you do is sit in your lounge after dinner and write articles without showing a way forward.How many Ghanaians are doing illegal business in the UK and how many are legal residents.?We must always have the desire to solve problems,talk is cheap.K.Badu,please come to Ghana and exercise your freedom,then you can help fix the broken system.It is easy to sit back and blame those doing the heavy lifting,Badu it is time you roll your sleeves and get your hands dirty.Why are you in compulsory exile,come home bro,and give back to your people all the knowledge acquired.The longer you stay overseas the more the Chinese will take your place.
mensah abrampa 10 years ago
Your word of advice is misdirected at K.Badu.He has no mandate from the people. Leaders are expected to lead so tell the president first to stop talking and start leading. We want to see some action.When the head moves the re ... read full comment
Your word of advice is misdirected at K.Badu.He has no mandate from the people. Leaders are expected to lead so tell the president first to stop talking and start leading. We want to see some action.When the head moves the rest of the body follows. You're just being cynical
Speedy Gonzalez 10 years ago
Get your act together and get a real job.Directing your guns at me does not solve any problem.He needs to be in Ghana to help curb galamsey by the Chinese not in the UK.Why on earth to you have to attack,if you have no object ... read full comment
Get your act together and get a real job.Directing your guns at me does not solve any problem.He needs to be in Ghana to help curb galamsey by the Chinese not in the UK.Why on earth to you have to attack,if you have no objective contribution,stop firing blanks.
HL 10 years ago
It is down to the leadership not the author
It is down to the leadership not the author
JIM 10 years ago
Sorry mate, Badu's power is in his keyboard. He has no power to stop the galamsey as suggested by Mensah. I salute his courage, he is keeping the lousy leaders' on their toes.
Sorry mate, Badu's power is in his keyboard. He has no power to stop the galamsey as suggested by Mensah. I salute his courage, he is keeping the lousy leaders' on their toes.
KD 10 years ago
Badu is contributing per his thought provoking article.
Badu is contributing per his thought provoking article.
Twaapea 10 years ago
Great contribution Speedy. Ignore the remarks by mensah and KD, they are just 'little' boys.
Now my first concern about K. Badu's article is, when did he realize that the environment was being polluted by mining activities ... read full comment
Great contribution Speedy. Ignore the remarks by mensah and KD, they are just 'little' boys.
Now my first concern about K. Badu's article is, when did he realize that the environment was being polluted by mining activities? Is it only when the Chinese began to invade the already existing mining areas or what? Is he aware that local galamsey miners have been at it with less hue and cry for many years?
The bad effects of mining activities on the environment has been going on for centuries, first by the colonialists and then by our own brothers and sisters who are desperately and justifiably looking for any means of income to survive. The Chinese have only recently joined in the mess and it becomes a big issue. I hope K. Badu has heard of the saying that goes, 'when you go to Rome you do what the Romans do'.
The matter of environmental degradation caused by mining activities should always have been a big issue but for the fact that many traditional authorities and politicians were having a field day benefiting from its proceeds. Without supporting the adverse effects of mining on the environment by mining activities, I strongly suspect that the arrival on the scene by the Chinese may have bothered some bigwigs in Ghana hence the sudden and overwhelming hue and cry.
Finally, perhaps having been continuously tormented and persecuted by mainstream British white society and the racist British National Party and the Neo-Nazis, K. Badu has been unconsciously infected by their crass and abominable behavior or, is it that perhaps he thinks that it is now also his turn to also persecute vulnerable foreigners in his own estranged country? I advise him that he shouldnt even try, or go there at all. Ghanaians are one of the most incorrigible lawbreakers in many countries around the world - including China, so think twice before you jump.
Now, may I ask K. Badu, the Ghanaian who has shamefully abandoned his country and is now proudly domiciled in the UK, what the import of his 'contumacious, hyperbolic' and medieval english is supposed to mean? For instance, why such language, "..behemoth nature of the Chinese invasion, and convivially continue...", "look on nonchalantly and watch obstreperous immigrants despoil its natural resources?", "..allow the contumacious Chinese immigrants..", "...some cadaverous Chinese immigrants..", "..allow such rigmarole (Despoliation of our rural areas)..", "I am not seeking to hyperbolize the true picture..", "..never buy such flagitious activities..". Oh my God!
K. Badu, why? Dont you want some of us to read and understand what you want to say in your article? There are too many linguistic booby-traps, hazards and pot-holes in your presentation. Next time just take it easy on the language so that simpletons like me can also say some.
James 10 years ago
Twaapea, I think you are being disrespectful to Mensah and KD. Your condescending posture portrays you as an arrogant person.
Now, let me borrow the author's words: "the mass destruction of our rural areas by the Chinese is ... read full comment
Twaapea, I think you are being disrespectful to Mensah and KD. Your condescending posture portrays you as an arrogant person.
Now, let me borrow the author's words: "the mass destruction of our rural areas by the Chinese is indeed outrageous. And, I salute the author for his thought provoking article. It is only a politician, or a sycophant who would criticise such a sensible article. Honestly, I cannot get my head around the import of your response to Badu's article. For example, by suggesting that galamsey has been existence for a long time so Badu has no right to voice out his opinion, smacks of uncritical thinking. Judging from your senseless response, I have no doubt whatsoever that you are either a politician, or a beneficiary of galamsey.
Now, I stated previously that you are patronising, and I have been vindicated! Trying to ridicule the author of his writing style shows you are not sophisticated. The fact that you are not familiar with some of the 'vocabs' does not mean the author has misapplied, or the said sentences don't make sense. The writer comes across as a widely read, and hence his "unfamiliar" writing style. Do you have problem with that? I DON'T.
Try to be tolerant.
BREAD 10 years ago
Simply put, my dear brother, K.Badu is trying to prove to some of us, as you rightly put it 'simpletons' that he is in a different league when it comes to 'BROFO'!!!!!!!!!
Simply put, my dear brother, K.Badu is trying to prove to some of us, as you rightly put it 'simpletons' that he is in a different league when it comes to 'BROFO'!!!!!!!!!
Kofi Adiyaah 10 years ago
Have you heard of any illegsl mining by Chinese in the Northern or Volta regions?
This government has a hand in what is going on re: the Chinese activities in the Akan areas of Ghana.
My people wake up, you have slept f ... read full comment
Have you heard of any illegsl mining by Chinese in the Northern or Volta regions?
This government has a hand in what is going on re: the Chinese activities in the Akan areas of Ghana.
My people wake up, you have slept for far too long. They have used and continue to use your cocoa money to educate their kids some of whom are now ministers while your kids still labour in the cocoa farms.
Now the plan by NDC is to finish you off by destroying your land and poluting your waters.
How long are we going to remain dumb ??
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly her husband burst into the kitchen and started saying: "Careful .. CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh Good Grief! You're cooking too many at once. TOO M ... read full comment
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly her husband burst into the kitchen and started saying: "Careful .. CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh Good Grief! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! They need more butter. Oh Good Grief ! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful ... CAREFUL! I said BE CAREFUL!! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The wife stared at him. "What on earth is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?
The husband calmly replied, " Well...I just wanted to show you what I feel like when I'm driving with you in the car.
KD 10 years ago
Hilarious!
Hilarious!
Kwame 10 years ago
The sages said what is good for the goose is equally good for the gander. We read on the web Africans in Europe and America castigating President Robert Mugabe for implementing the Lancaster Agreement. They said the riches o ... read full comment
The sages said what is good for the goose is equally good for the gander. We read on the web Africans in Europe and America castigating President Robert Mugabe for implementing the Lancaster Agreement. They said the riches of the Caucasian lies here on Earth, but that of the Negro is in heaven.
We saw how the New Patriotic Party besurged a communication company because they thought is was a Chinese and they were taking it to the Supreme Court. The New Patriotic Party dropped the matter against the company as soon as they found out that it was an Israeli company.
Currently we have British, U.S., Australian and Canadian mining companies mining various minerals in Ghana. In some cases they give Ghana only 3% shares only of those mineral resources.
Such development does not border our country men and women living abroad because those companies are belonging to Caucasians.
Twaapea 10 years ago
Nice one Kwame. You have hit the nail right smack on its head.
The concerns being raised today are really and truly not about environmental pollution which, as unfortunate as it is, has been going on forever. Environmenta ... read full comment
Nice one Kwame. You have hit the nail right smack on its head.
The concerns being raised today are really and truly not about environmental pollution which, as unfortunate as it is, has been going on forever. Environmental degradation is just the tip of the iceberg.
The real problem behind the problem is those Europeans, who in collusion with the likes of Sam Jonah and the corrupt politicians of our time, have been the greater beneficiaries (thieves) of our resources. These deals, which are secretly hatched in the boardrooms of foreign companies and Presidential conference rooms, are not made known to the people because they are a gross betrayal of the interests and human rights of the citizens. This is at the very core of the reasons why Africa, in spite of such an abundance of mineral resources, remains under-developed.
Those behind and involved with these deals have become so powerful in society that the only way to get rid of them and stop the rot is by a complete and an unorthodox overhaul of the whole system.
James 10 years ago
Shocking! You don't see the Chinese destruction of our rural areas as an environmental problem? Please kindly get yourself a critical thinking course, you might benefit from that. You really lack reflective thinking.
Shocking! You don't see the Chinese destruction of our rural areas as an environmental problem? Please kindly get yourself a critical thinking course, you might benefit from that. You really lack reflective thinking.
James 10 years ago
Do you understand what you've written? The legal miners have agreements with your government, and illegal miners are mining the mineral resources
Do you understand what you've written? The legal miners have agreements with your government, and illegal miners are mining the mineral resources
James 10 years ago
Do you understand what you've written? The legal miners have agreements with your government, and illegal miners are mining the mineral resources illegally. The key word in the preceding sentence is 'illegally'. Yes, you are ... read full comment
Do you understand what you've written? The legal miners have agreements with your government, and illegal miners are mining the mineral resources illegally. The key word in the preceding sentence is 'illegally'. Yes, you are right your government is only receiving 'peanuts' from the large scale miners, but the big question is at least, your government is receiving something after all. But in the case of the illegal miners your government receives nothing, plus these illegal miners are destroying the environment. You don't see the need for discerning Ghanaians to voice out their opinion? Think!
Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago
Ghanaians all over wanted freedom and we did get in February 1966 with a coup. We chose our neck of the wood so-called freedom over hard work; sacrifice and yes even tyranny (let some put it). We have chosen to live blindly, ... read full comment
Ghanaians all over wanted freedom and we did get in February 1966 with a coup. We chose our neck of the wood so-called freedom over hard work; sacrifice and yes even tyranny (let some put it). We have chosen to live blindly, ignore the past and failed to learn anything (thought provoking or inconsequential) from our past. The sad truth about Ghana is not there is lack of schooled individuals but rather lack of educated people with wisdom. So we find people who would tell themselves and others willing to listen they prefer their individual liberties and freedom to living under a bad man Kwame Nkrumah and his government. Yet these very people see nothing wrong absolutely nothing wrong with either their purchase of goods from China or their willingness to taking a helping hand from China.
Has there been anything about China's communist system of government that has not subjected Chinese citizens to much worse fate than Ghanaians under Kwame Nkrumah? Yet China under the same system of repression and oppression has been productive enough to feed and clothe the freed Ghanaians from Nkrumah's tyrannical rule. Instead of people saying they did not want to work but would rather wait for free things to fall into our laps we chose the cowards way of blaming it on a bad Nkrumah government. Tribal politics and tribal folly got us here and we will continue on this path to the disastrous end because truth and or intellectual honesty has never been a Ghanaian character trait.
WILLIAMS 10 years ago
Really Ghanaian are not serious both home or abroad.
Big grammar will not solve this problem..
Please Google and you will not find one single Ghanaian home or abroad in the list of billionaire in Africa.
With all ... read full comment
Really Ghanaian are not serious both home or abroad.
Big grammar will not solve this problem..
Please Google and you will not find one single Ghanaian home or abroad in the list of billionaire in Africa.
With all the gold and diamond still begging the Chinese for loans.
Brothers and sisters Ghanaian needs to change their thinking.
I visited Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria i was surprise of the infrastructure and the level of development going on there, what is our leader doing??? and we are busily calling the Nigerian 419 and they got money and money rules the world.
for over 55yrs AMA could not name a common street of Accra and many houses in Accra has no toilet.
This are the simple basic of life. we waste our money & time chasing Chinese and unemployed Ghanaian in the forest.
Is our people who open golden door for the Chinese to teach us second lesson..
HOW CAN WE BE SERIOUS IN THIS PART OF OUR WORLD WHERE LEADERS ARE SERVED INSTEAD OF SERVING THE PEOPLE.AT THE HOME ,THE FATHER WHOSE MUSCLES ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED IS GIVEN THE BEST PART OF THE MEAT SERVED AT MEALS TO FACILITA ...
read full comment
All you do is talk,talk,talk and talk aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.Typical Ghanaian,talk no action.All you do is sit in your lounge after dinner and write articles without showing a way forward.How many Ghanaians are doing illegal busin ...
read full comment
Your word of advice is misdirected at K.Badu.He has no mandate from the people. Leaders are expected to lead so tell the president first to stop talking and start leading. We want to see some action.When the head moves the re ...
read full comment
Get your act together and get a real job.Directing your guns at me does not solve any problem.He needs to be in Ghana to help curb galamsey by the Chinese not in the UK.Why on earth to you have to attack,if you have no object ...
read full comment
It is down to the leadership not the author
Sorry mate, Badu's power is in his keyboard. He has no power to stop the galamsey as suggested by Mensah. I salute his courage, he is keeping the lousy leaders' on their toes.
Badu is contributing per his thought provoking article.
Great contribution Speedy. Ignore the remarks by mensah and KD, they are just 'little' boys.
Now my first concern about K. Badu's article is, when did he realize that the environment was being polluted by mining activities ...
read full comment
Twaapea, I think you are being disrespectful to Mensah and KD. Your condescending posture portrays you as an arrogant person.
Now, let me borrow the author's words: "the mass destruction of our rural areas by the Chinese is ...
read full comment
Simply put, my dear brother, K.Badu is trying to prove to some of us, as you rightly put it 'simpletons' that he is in a different league when it comes to 'BROFO'!!!!!!!!!
Have you heard of any illegsl mining by Chinese in the Northern or Volta regions?
This government has a hand in what is going on re: the Chinese activities in the Akan areas of Ghana.
My people wake up, you have slept f ...
read full comment
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly her husband burst into the kitchen and started saying: "Careful .. CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh Good Grief! You're cooking too many at once. TOO M ...
read full comment
Hilarious!
The sages said what is good for the goose is equally good for the gander. We read on the web Africans in Europe and America castigating President Robert Mugabe for implementing the Lancaster Agreement. They said the riches o ...
read full comment
Nice one Kwame. You have hit the nail right smack on its head.
The concerns being raised today are really and truly not about environmental pollution which, as unfortunate as it is, has been going on forever. Environmenta ...
read full comment
Shocking! You don't see the Chinese destruction of our rural areas as an environmental problem? Please kindly get yourself a critical thinking course, you might benefit from that. You really lack reflective thinking.
Do you understand what you've written? The legal miners have agreements with your government, and illegal miners are mining the mineral resources
Do you understand what you've written? The legal miners have agreements with your government, and illegal miners are mining the mineral resources illegally. The key word in the preceding sentence is 'illegally'. Yes, you are ...
read full comment
Ghanaians all over wanted freedom and we did get in February 1966 with a coup. We chose our neck of the wood so-called freedom over hard work; sacrifice and yes even tyranny (let some put it). We have chosen to live blindly, ...
read full comment
Really Ghanaian are not serious both home or abroad.
Big grammar will not solve this problem..
Please Google and you will not find one single Ghanaian home or abroad in the list of billionaire in Africa.
With all ...
read full comment