A Premature Widow

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• Mr. Figure-Out 9 years ago

  "Is Berekum not too young a ‘wife' to lose her ‘husband'- beauty?
  MY ANSWER: Brekum lost its beauty longtime ago when she allowed herself to be "Zongolized". I can authoritatively say that the ratio of the Boko Harams fr ...
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  "Is Berekum not too young a ‘wife' to lose her ‘husband'- beauty?
  MY ANSWER: Brekum lost its beauty longtime ago when she allowed herself to be "Zongolized". I can authoritatively say that the ratio of the Boko Harams from the North to real indigenes is almost 1:1 . I know you know, for a fact, that most Brekum guys now prefer to build in Sunyani for thr simple reason of try to stay away from the bullying and hooligan attitude of these " Taakashie-Bugaashi-show tanga" Zongolians.

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• G. K. Berko 9 years ago

  If your assertion had any truth to it, Kumasi would have turned into a garbage dump long time ago.
  
  Surely, the level of poverty in our Zongos is relatively higher, it does not necessarily mean those who come to create the ...
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  If your assertion had any truth to it, Kumasi would have turned into a garbage dump long time ago.
  
  Surely, the level of poverty in our Zongos is relatively higher, it does not necessarily mean those who come to create them love to desanitize their environment. In fact, many of the wealthy looking suburbs in Kumasi and elsewhere are inhabited by those you call Zongolians.
  
  But even if we were to accept your premise, almost every City around the World has its ghetto. That does not take away the overall beauty of the City.
  
  Long Live Ghana!!!

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• Good Boy 9 years ago

  This writer make a good story but in the end leaves me in doubt about his age. He says his father and grandfather made a trip to kumasi in 1924 to welcome Nana Agyeman Prepeh. Let us say that his father was old enough to reco ...
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  This writer make a good story but in the end leaves me in doubt about his age. He says his father and grandfather made a trip to kumasi in 1924 to welcome Nana Agyeman Prepeh. Let us say that his father was old enough to recount such a story so we could put his pit him at a ridiculously low age of say 7 years. This presupposes that his father was born atleast in 1917. This writer was a student in the Berekum college of education by 2007.Let us suppose that he was even 18 years on entry in 2007 this means he was born in 1989. This therefore means that his father was 72 years at the time he was born. I honestly think that there is some magic in the age some where. For this story to be true the the writer should have been at least 40years old in the college of education for his father to be atleast 50 years at his birth.. Whichis realistic. Else the story is a total concoction in the dates. Finito

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• Writer! 9 years ago

  Massa, don't judge when you don't have your facts right ok. I'm the writer and I don't joke with what I do. Ask a sense filled question next time and I will reply you well.

  Massa, don't judge when you don't have your facts right ok. I'm the writer and I don't joke with what I do. Ask a sense filled question next time and I will reply you well.

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• G. K. Berko 9 years ago

  I would like to suggest that not only Berekum but many other formerly very aesthetically enhanced Towns in Ghana have lost their luster in these modern times when they are supposed to even shine more. That is very sad.
  
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  I would like to suggest that not only Berekum but many other formerly very aesthetically enhanced Towns in Ghana have lost their luster in these modern times when they are supposed to even shine more. That is very sad.
  
  When I last visited Ghana in January 2013, I discovered this situation much to my shock. I had envisaged that these towns would exponentially grow in both population and beauty, given our current infusion of modernity from all angles in our lives.
  
  Even though I was scheduled to visit Berekum I could not do so, and regret it till now. I lived, and attended School, at Berekum. I have many good friends and nostalgic memories from that town. By the time I was moving out of Berekum to live elsewhere, it was one of the most beautiful Cities in Ghana. In fact, had it not been for this article, I was still of the opinion that Berekum remained at the tip of rapid adoption of modernity and aesthetic refinement in Ghana.
  
  It hurts to read this and realize that one of my most favorite Towns in my childhood has also fallen to the spate of disrepair that our towns have been going through today. I guess that reflects the trend for our entire Nation, where Corruption is fast eroding everything that is worthwhile to us.
  
  I strongly believe that somehow, our local Authorities, including our Traditional leaders and Town Committees or District Assemblies, have let the people down. Because, much earlier on, the local Authorities were keen on the progress of our towns, being firmly in control of the sanitary conditions and building designs that would erupt in them.
  
  Nsoatre, the Eastern neighbor of Berekum, shared the latter's exquisite well-aligned streets and good sanitary conditions. I visited Nsoatre on my last trip and was worried about how the younger generation, much of whom have migrated abroad and come back to build, did not pay attention to where they built their beautiful houses. I found out that in the absence a strong local oversight Authority, especially since the demise of the late Chief of the town, Nana Hinneh Akwasi, some 10 years ago, and the resultant fatal Chieftaincy crisis, Nsoatre was almost left to the devises of these 'been-tos' or 'Burgers' who were scrambling to build everywhere. One of my friends living there told me he once rode his bike down a Street he had known all his life to be very straight and open-ended on one those 'Dumsor, Dumsor' days, when the Street lights were out. Then, suddenly, when he turned a corner a newly-built house stood right in his face, blocking the Street.
  
  This indicates how haphazard, uncared for, and unregulated our towns have become today. Many believe the fast deterioration of our Nation's Economy is part to blame for the growing spread of pot-holes and unsanitary conditions in our towns. I agree, too.
  
  I would, however, like to remind all of our folks back home that our forebears used to depend more on their own local communal services to maintain our towns. In fact, my childhood saw much of my own participation in such DIY town activities. So, if help is not coming from the Central Government, given the recent spike in corruption and its attendant shortage of subvention to local communities, the Citizens of the towns must organize to straighten things up, and appeal to their sons and daughters abroad to assist in keeping their homegrounds still livable and attractive.
  
  Berekum has one of the densest population Metropolitan areas in Ghana with a vibrant Economic environment. So, even in the face of reduced affluence among the folks, the people could still creatively generate funds to supplement Street paving and trash pick-ups.
  
  Meanwhile, the people must prevail upon their MPs to demand attention from the Central Government to which most of their taxes go. If the Central Government cannot assist the people to maintain their towns, it should cut them a break from taxes for the people to use much of what they can generate in Funds to take care of their towns.
  
  I hope Berekum and all the other towns that have suffered neglect in recent years would resurrect and keep blossoming to reflect our shared global modernity.
  
  Long Live Ghana!!!

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