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K. B. Asante Is Not A Responsible Statesman

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  • Freedom and Justice 10 years ago

    ...read it again...the part about Kumasi (Ashanti region) and Eastern region....ei! in broad daylight...with no shame...wow!!!

  • Freedom and Justice 10 years ago

    Only Ashantis/Akans are human beings...the rest of Ghanaians should consider themselves animals...make Kumasi a what??!! someone should advice okokonkonte (hehehe) to stop smoking that stuff...give it back to akuffo addo...

  • GHANA IN TROUBLE 10 years ago

    freedom and justice, i bet, you failed to understand the article. please contribute to what Okoampa, positively and stop the tribal lines being drawn inn.
    i'm not Ashanti but the bloke wrote a powerful article which demands ...
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  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    no wonder

  • william 10 years ago

    I thought bachelors degree means you were trained to think on your feet, masters, even deeeper thinking and doctorate really deep thinking. But alas, anticlimax with this author known for desecrating higher education with his ...
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  • Sandman 10 years ago

    Mr. Ghana in trouble, you decry Freedom and justice's comment and yet offer the same garbage. If you want to say something worthwhile, say it without calling names. While I disagree with the sentiment in the article for lots ...
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  • Kasha 10 years ago

    I have read the article as well as the comments so far made and I noticed that almost all the comments were not premised on good reasoning.Someone has faithfully and sincerely suggested in a well reasoned article that Kumasi ...
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  • Kasha 10 years ago

    I meant to say Zongos and not songs

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    ABUJA was constructed from scratch...A NEW CAPITAL CITY with the new found oil money. Are you calling for a new capital city called "Kumasi"? Are you going to replace ACCRA with KUMASI? What do you have in mind? Where will t ...
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  • Sandman 10 years ago

    Kasha,

    Why would Kumasi or Sunyani be a better capital what we already have in Accra? Kumasi is just as congested and poorly situated to serve that role. The colonial masters might have picked Accra for their own gain & c ...
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  • Okoe 10 years ago

    Are these your pieces that will make you or have full professorship status? English literature does grow food nor build roads. It might benefit the English not the persons in my village!!!

  • Kofi Virginia 10 years ago

    I do not disagree with u that some persons detest your professor friend. I however think that a new capital is a mighty waste of resources and misplaced priority. Yes, I am Asante, but this suggestion is not nationalistic. ...
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  • Sandman 10 years ago

    Thank you very much Mr. Kofi Virginia for your intelligent comment. I agree wholeheartedly that there are other more pressing priorities than a new capital city. How about constructing better roads that do not get damaged in ...
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  • Emmanuel Essel 10 years ago

    vision in progress

  • nico 10 years ago

    Mr. ahoofool, over Ghanaians dead body will Kumasi be made the capital. It is apparent your frustrations and disappointments have beclouded your sense of reality and reason. Kumasi is the least place fit for a national capita ...
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  • blondine 10 years ago

    E bi true you de talk man!

  • sam 10 years ago

    Mr. ahoofool, over Ghanaians dead body will Kumasi be made the capital. It is apparent your frustrations and disappointments have beclouded your sense of reality and reason. Kumasi is the least place fit for a national capita ...
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  • sam 10 years ago

    Mr. ahoofool, over Ghanaians dead body will Kumasi be made the capital. It is apparent your frustrations and disappointments have beclouded your sense of reality and reason. Kumasi is the least place fit for a national capita ...
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  • sam 10 years ago

    Mr. ahoofool, over Ghanaians dead body will Kumasi be made the capital. It is apparent your frustrations and disappointments have beclouded your sense of reality and reason. Kumasi is the least place fit for a national capita ...
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  • Good Citizen 10 years ago

    OH WHAT DO YOU EXPECT,I AM RATHER SURPRISE AT YOU, YOU EXPECT THIS TRIBALISTIC IDIOT CALLED AHOOTAN TO SAY ANYTHING BETTER,SO WHY NOT IN THE NORTH OR WESTERN,THAT IS WHY THEY CONTINUE TO LOSE WITH THOSE TWO REGIONS AS THEIR S ...
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  • TUMTUO 10 years ago

    The man has stated his reasons why he thinks Kumasi should be made the capital,if you have anything to the contrary,why don't you come out for us to compare and share ideas rather than attacking and insulting him?.

  • toigaga 10 years ago

    K B Asante is just basking in the glory afforded by people who do not know their own history or don't care about it. This man uses every opportunity to portray the Nkrumnah regime as a rational entity, whereas all the evidenc ...
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  • Brother 10 years ago

    Do not bring Nkrumah into this. You may be too young to realise what damage we caused ourselves and will not admit it by overthrowing Nkrumah. The USA is now spending Chinese, Japanese and Asian money from so called dictatori ...
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  • Yeoman 10 years ago

    These people have a funny agenda. They believe they matter more than other Ghanaians. Just watch the TV. A good discussion in going on in English then somembody turns the whole thing into TWI. They do the same thing even in t ...
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  • TUMTUO 10 years ago

    IF I WERE YOU,I WILL SIMPLY REFUSE TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OR NOT LEARN IT IF YOU HAV'NT ALREADY LEARNT IT.YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO PROMOTE YOUR LANGUAGE AND TRIBE,DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO CONFUSE YOU.

  • Yeoman 10 years ago

    I have a problem and am not allowing anyone to confuse me. I am not talking about myself. I am talking about an attitude which one tribe in Ghana is showing. What they are showing is that they matter more than anyone else,in ...
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  • concern citizen 10 years ago

    We need ID cards, house address,gutters and street names not another capital.FIRST THINGS FIRST! I think our politicians are always planning means to steal money and always building without foundation. Wake Up, my brother Wa ...
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  • Kwaku Gloenawo 10 years ago

    You have exhibited shallow mindedness and are not fit to teach others. KB is one of our last patriots of the old era standing and due to change in the world order, you may be challenged to reason at his level.
    What will anew ...
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  • OPEN MINDED SAINT 10 years ago

    HIS BRAIN IS DEAD AND OLD NOT CURRENT PERIOD

  • Joe 10 years ago

    Personally this debate about a new capital has only the potential to open a pandora box and not a healthy ,honest and intelligent discussion.It will only bring narrow minded people out of their closets.Ghana at the moment ha ...
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  • Joe 10 years ago

    The least said about K.B Asante the better!

  • Kofi Virginia 10 years ago

    But does Kumasi wants to be the apial of Ghana? It is peaceful for now and has all its traditional attributes. I can forsee the politics between the national and powers which Accra does not bring too much to distract attenti ...
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  • Yartey 10 years ago

    THE ASANTEHENE WILL NOT LIKE WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED. HE IS MARKING OUT EVERY METER OF HIS LAND IN KUMASI AND ASKING TENANTS TO COME AND REGISTER. IF THE CAPITAL IS TAKEN THERE THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE EVERYTHING FROM HIM AS ...
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  • Kofi Virginia 10 years ago

    Yes, actually, WA will be a good place for the capital so we will see the politicians rarely.

  • Judge 10 years ago

    Mr. Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., PhD. I am sorry to say that your reasons for advocating that Kumasi should be made the new national capital is not what we need at this 21st century. Just as Accra is currently choked by the mess of s ...
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  • Whatever 10 years ago

    In a Democracy we need to respect each other. You may disagree with K.B Asante views because of your bias towards those two regions. That's your right and you can follow it up with a campaign but please stop attacking the mes ...
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  • DOD 10 years ago

    another ashanti fool. whats the difference between accra and kumasi. a newly developed city would be the best either in BA or NR.

  • TWEEEAAA 10 years ago

    This is not the business of English its the business of Engineering. This PhD holder should be made to understand, Kumasi, Sunyani etc from engineering point of view and modern requirements are not suitable for second capital ...
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