SMALL MINDS DISCUSSING PEOPLE...ALL THIS ABOUT A STUPID COAT, WOW! TALK ABOUT MISPLACED PRIORITIES AND MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLEHILLS....SHAME!
SMALL MINDS DISCUSSING PEOPLE...ALL THIS ABOUT A STUPID COAT, WOW! TALK ABOUT MISPLACED PRIORITIES AND MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLEHILLS....SHAME!
Mahmoud 10 years ago
Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06
Please be patient and read this to the end.
By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
In 2004, Craig Mur ... read full comment
Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06
Please be patient and read this to the end.
By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
In 2004, Craig Murray was famously removed as British Ambassador in Uzbekistan after accusing the Uzbek government of human rights abuses. But from 1998 to 2002, Murray served as Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana. Here he tells how, against all odds, he helped leave a legacy of free and fair elections in the African country... It was November 1999 and I'd been Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana for almost a year - the culmination of 15 years' Foreign Office service in Nigeria, Warsaw and the equatorial Africa department in London.
I'd always been passionate about Africa and had immersed myself in its minutiae. Nevertheless, my father, who had a timber yard in Ghana in the Sixties, offered a little extra counsel before I departed, aged 40. 'If you see any good-looking girl, aged about 30, light skinned, whatever you do, don't touch her - she could be your sister!'
Not that this was a big concern for me. My most pressing duty was the 1999 State Visit by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Enhanced Coverage Linking the Duke of Edinburgh, -Search using: Biographies Plus News, Most Recent 60 Days, accompanied by Robin Cook, the then Foreign Secretary. It was a three-day blur of activity, the teeming crowds displaying an uncomplicated and old-fashioned reverence.
A warning that the Duke was averse to looking at things without useful purpose proved absolutely right. As we stood looking at the strip of brass laid in a churchyard that marked the line of the Greenwich Meridian, he said to me: 'A line in the ground, eh? Very nice.'
Ghana epitomises much of the best of Africa, but also throws into relief the tragedy of the continent. It has maintained its higher education and has fewer extremes of wealth than elsewhere. But at independence in 1957, Ghana was richer than Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia or Singapore. Today, those countries are at least ten times as wealthy.
Corruption, cronyism, economic mismanagement, irresponsible lending by the West and the dumping of cheap food all did for Ghana. When I arrived with my wife Fiona and children Jamie and Emily, Ghana had been ruled for 20 years by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
The son of a Stirlingshire pharmacist and a local woman, he seized power in a coup in 1979, but claimed to have won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, despite allegations of vote-rigging.
In his early years, Rawlings unleashed a political terror on Ghana. His campaign against the middle classes resembled Mao's Cultural Revolution. People were persecuted for having savings or two indoor lavatories. Market women were sometimes killed for 'profiteering'.
The Queen's visit delighted Rawlings, who craved international respectability. I, too, was determined to make the most of the trip, by helping ensure Rawlings gave up power by the start of 2001, as the constitution required because he had served two four-year terms.
The Queen's speech to the parliament in the capital, Accra, was to be the focus of the visit and I had contributed to its drafting. It contained the usual guff about a future based upon partnership, but there was a sting in the tail. 'Next, year, Mr President,' the Queen intoned, 'you will step down after two terms in office in accordance with your constitution.' The opposition benches went wild and the Queen stopped, looking in bewilderment at the hullabaloo.
Afterwards, Robin Cook was furious. 'It's a disaster. Who the hell drafted that?'
'Er, I did, Secretary of State,' I said. 'I might have guessed! Who the hell approved it?' 'You did.' Cook's Private Secretary had to dig out the draft he had signed. After the State banquet, I retired to a hotel bar with the Royal Household. The senior staff had withdrawn to allow the butlers, footmen and hairdressers to let off steam.
The party appeared, to a man, to be gay. Not just gay, but outrageously camp. We'd taken the hotel for the Royal party, but allowed the British Airways crew to stay. Now three cabin stewards, two Royal footmen and a Royal hairdresser were grouped around the piano singing hits from Cabaret. I was seated on a sofa and across from me in an armchair was a member of the Household who seemed out of place. The valet looked to be in his 60s, a grizzled NCO with tufts of hair either side of a bald pate, a boxer's nose and tattoos on his arms.
He was smoking roll-ups. I turned to the old warrior and said: 'Don't you find all this a bit strange sometimes?' He lent forward, put his hand on my bare knee below the kilt I wore on ceremonial occasions and said: 'Listen, ducks. I was in the Navy for 30 years.' I think he was joking, but some things are too weird even for me. The lower reaches of the Royal Household are one of them.
One enjoyable aspect of our time in Ghana was the constant stream of visitors. Among them was Peter Hain, the Minister for Africa. Hain, a good footballer, agreed to play in a charity match between children from a community football scheme and the High Commission.
Unfortunately, the ground was hard and the opposition turned out to be super-fit professionals. After a heavy tackle, I went down. Result: a dislocated shoulder. I couldn't move my arm for eight weeks. Other visitors included Clare Short, at the time Secretary of State for International Development.
She was in Ghana to try to persuade it to join a debt relief scheme. At a dinner for her, a Minister had made a speech about how much Ghana had learnt from the British Empire. Short stood up and expostulated: 'The British Empire! Don't tell me about the British Empire. I know about British colonialism. My father was Irish and we know about British colonialism. I'll tell you what the British did to your country. They exploited it, that's what they did. They exploited it.' After a few moments of stunned silence, the dinner continued.
On another occasion we were joined by Bobby Charlton, who came to Ghana seeking support for England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup. He was still an astounding player at 60 and it was good of him to get on the pitch for a local community football programme. Nevertheless, I found Charlton disappointing. He was self-centred and ratty - one of those heroes you wish you hadn't met.
Conversely, Roger Moore, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, was charming and suave, just as you would expect, with a fund of brilliant stories beginning with lines such as: 'One day, Frank, Dean, Tony and I decided to play a trick on Marilyn ... ' He was also well briefed about children's issues in Ghana and was prepared not just to do PR, but to get his hands dirty helping in refugee camps without a camera in sight.
I was less taken with Jamie Theakston.
The BBC were filming a wildlife programme in Ghana, looking at the endangered green turtle population near Ada. A group of young volunteers had accompanied the BBC team to help the newly-born turtles to reach the ocean. But one girl, in her mid-20s, had streams of mascara running down her cheeks. She claimed Theakston had just broken up with her - yet here he was, surrounded by young women, enjoying the adulation.
I had bigger concerns, however. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections were due in December 2000 and there were signs that its 11 million voters might be preparing for a change of government. Enthusiasm for politics was everywhere. Even in the meanest village, people gathered under the banyan tree listening to FM stations on a battered transistor and arguing about the coming change.
In the West, tired of our politicians' deceit, we no longer much value democracy. It is wonderful to see a people exercising for the first time their power over those who would govern them. Our job was to see the elections were free and fair, with Britain funding a £10 million programme for photo-ID cards to reduce electoral fraud. The exercise eradicated one million fake names.
Another practical new weapon was indelible ink: when somebody voted, their thumb was painted to stop them casting more than one vote. India was the only source of a truly permanent ink that could not be washed or rubbed off. I had also persuaded the Foreign Office to provide experts from the Electoral Reform Society. Further valuable additions were two British MPs, Roger Gale and Nigel Jones.
Rawlings's party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), put up the vice President, John Atta Mills, as its presidential candidate. The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) fielded John Kufuor. There is a tribal element in Ghanaian politics: the Ewe people vote overwhelmingly NDC; the Ashanti overwhelmingly NPP.
It was clear the governing party would not abandon power easily. Alarmed that it would lose, it had the high court declare the ID cards illegal because they disenfranchised legitimate voters. But the ruling was to no avail - the people took over. Polling station officers decided they were going to use ID cards anyway.
When first- round votes on December 7 were tallied; Kufuor had 48.4 per cent against Atta Mills's 44.8 per cent. The opposition was heading for a small majority but, with no candidate exceeding 50 per cent, a run- off was required. Ghana's 30 or so FM stations were vital in bringing democracy, so it was no surprise that the NDC moved against them.
On the evening before the poll, I took Roger Gale and Nigel Jones to visit Joy FM, possibly Ghana's most influential station. We were sitting in the office when an armed posse of Rawlings's security men arrived, saying they were closing the station on the President's instructions.
‘Good evening,' I said. ‘I am Craig Murray, Deputy British High Commissioner, and these gentlemen are Mr Roger Gale MP and Mr Nigel Jones MP, members of the British Parliament.' Gale added: ' Obviously there has been some mistake.
I thought I heard you say that you were closing down the station, but we are here to visit our fellow democracy, Ghana, and democracies don't close down radio stations.' The goons left. Joy FM never was closed. However, the NDC started to think I was a part of their problem and they assigned a secret service team to follow me around.
As the second round on December 28 approached, we discovered a problem: not enough Indian ink. We had paid for more, but it had to be specially made and would not be ready until December 24. This was cutting it tight and action was needed. Chartering a private plane to set off from India on Christmas Eve was easier said than done. Whitehall was in festive mode and unlikely to sanction spending quickly, so I used the Embassy's budget to pay for it.
Ghana's government did not want the Indian ink to get in and I was concerned it would be delayed by customs officials. So on Christmas Day 2000, instead of eating turkey, I stood baking on the airport tarmac. When our plane taxied in, we unloaded the boxes of little ink bottles on to two trucks. I escorted these out of the VIP gateway, helped by a substantial tip to the guards.
The truck drivers then delivered the ink to regional centres for distribution to constituencies. This was a game being played for high stakes, with real danger of civil war.
Hotheads in the ruling party might claim electoral fraud and mount a military takeover. The Ashanti could also react violently to losing. Every embassy was updating evacuation plans. Around 1am, the results started to come in. There was a more or less consistent swing to the opposition candidate, John Kufuor. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.
The coolest man in Ghana that night was the wry, chain-smoking Electoral Commissioner, Kwadwo Afari- Gyan, who received constant threatening phone calls instructing him to fix the result. Each time, the Electoral Commissioner replied: ' The result will be what the result will be. I am just making sure it is fairly counted.' Then, taking his umpteenth call, he stiffened. He summoned me to listen: it was his wife. Soldiers had come to their bungalow, taking her and his children hostage and threatening to kill them if he did not deliver the ' right' result.
Kwadwo barked down the phone: ' Put their leader on.' ‘Listen you little *****,' he snarled. 'How dare you come to my house and threaten my wife and children. I am sitting here with the British Deputy High Commissioner and he knows what is happening. Now get out of my home before we have you thrown into jail!' The soldier said: ' Yes, sir; sorry, sir.' Kwadwo then told his wife not to worry and calmly returned to his work.
By 3am on the second night only two constituencies were still to declare. Even if every voter there went for Atta Mills, Kufuor could still not be beaten.
The opposition had won - an African country ... had shown that democratic change could be achieved peacefully. Kufuor's eight years as President saw economic growth of more than 70 per cent - the first prolonged period since independence when Ghana was not getting poorer. But Ghanaians chose to exercise their democratic right to change and earlier this month narrowly elected Atta Mills.
Ghana is the only country in Africa to achieve the democratic norm of power alternating peacefully between parties at successive uninterrupted elections.
As I look back on my involvement with Africa over 30 years, I remain most proud of helping Ghanaians to attain democracy. It is an example that sadly, the rest of the continent has so far done little to follow.
But Ghana remains there - a glimmer of hope, an example to others and a rebuke to cynics who claim democracy is not possible in Africa.
atiso 10 years ago
Wow!!!! very good reading!!
Wow!!!! very good reading!!
CORNEY 10 years ago
Another one eye idiot from the hub of the blind boasting of his PhD.
Actually,Rawlings' knowledge in the primary school is high than the PhD knowldge of this idiot.
Let me tell this idiot that Rawlings was not in yoko g ... read full comment
Another one eye idiot from the hub of the blind boasting of his PhD.
Actually,Rawlings' knowledge in the primary school is high than the PhD knowldge of this idiot.
Let me tell this idiot that Rawlings was not in yoko garri debt and the yoko garri he was buying was not necessarily for his own consumption but the fellow poor ones who needed that help.
Every dog in Ghana knows an Airforce Officer in Ghana is not a poor man who cannot afford yoko garri but some senseles people such as this idiot keep telling us Rawlings was so poor that he had to live borrowing yoko Gari as if yoko garri was the only food Rawlings ate,somebody who was exposed million times than a lot of them who ate without even a piece of meat let alone fish in their soup.
Educated people write objectively but not trash as this so called doctor has displayed here.
Boss 10 years ago
Sir: Rawlings himself made that declaration of his yoko gari debt.
Sir: Rawlings himself made that declaration of his yoko gari debt.
A GERSIS 10 years ago
A Gersis Reporting
Fellow Ghanaians
Here is your educated man, SAS who boasts about his PhD as if he's the only one to wear that robe. Here, here folks is the man who is so educated that he picks up street girls from Br ... read full comment
A Gersis Reporting
Fellow Ghanaians
Here is your educated man, SAS who boasts about his PhD as if he's the only one to wear that robe. Here, here folks is the man who is so educated that he picks up street girls from Broadway steet in Autin, TX only to be robbed. Here you have him! Yeah, here you have the only PhD holder ever known to pick up street girls. Why cry for us Dr. SAS when you got robbed? Where is your intelligence? Hey, SAS; you are just another TEXAS KKD!
You are the man, SAS! You have all the brain, the brain to pick up ashiawos. Huuh, this is a Dr. of Law?
JJ did not get a degree but he will never pick up girls from the street, SAS. He's not KKD. He's not Dr.SAS period! You got that Doc?
ANTONIO GERSIS
PLAZA ONE
DALLAS
DR. SAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW 10 years ago
That is a lame lament Bro!
Where is your sharp tongue Gersis? You can do better than this puny insult. Do you now love me more than Jerry?
That is a lame lament Bro!
Where is your sharp tongue Gersis? You can do better than this puny insult. Do you now love me more than Jerry?
Mr. Figure-Out 10 years ago
There is an adage in Twi which goes;" s3 wo tan okwaduo a wo yi ne marika" to wit; " you can hate Okwaduo* but not its impeccable sprint". Despite my disagreement with my Kookoase brother on his intransigent use of the Dr. ... read full comment
There is an adage in Twi which goes;" s3 wo tan okwaduo a wo yi ne marika" to wit; " you can hate Okwaduo* but not its impeccable sprint". Despite my disagreement with my Kookoase brother on his intransigent use of the Dr. Prefix, I doff my hat for him
on this succinctly crafted wonderful piece of work. You have definitely won my valuable honorary doctorate degree. From today onward, you can carry that Dr title on your back like a hunchback with my full blessing. Everything you have said here is nothing but sacred truth which cannot be disputed or contested in any battled field to reverse it's sanctity. No wonder Girsis and his cassava grating Trokosi lot are jumping and farting with nothing meaningful to spew here. I believe Prof Okoampah is loving this the most. Bravo Dr. SAS.
DR. SAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW 10 years ago
You see how easy it is to confuse your diminutive mind? You think it is easy to hate the great Dr. SAS!!! Now you find yourself babbling my praise like the false prophet Balaam (Numbers 22:1-35). Balaam was hired by King Bala ... read full comment
You see how easy it is to confuse your diminutive mind? You think it is easy to hate the great Dr. SAS!!! Now you find yourself babbling my praise like the false prophet Balaam (Numbers 22:1-35). Balaam was hired by King Balak to curse the people of Israel but ended up blessing them.
Today, you, a hireling of the ethnocentric right, are singing my praise like a lobotomized idiot.
Go way you!!
Mr. Figure-Out 10 years ago
I always like your postings but that DR thing is my beef. You can call me all sort of names but that wont change the equation. I am smarter than you in every conceivable way. Dummy
I always like your postings but that DR thing is my beef. You can call me all sort of names but that wont change the equation. I am smarter than you in every conceivable way. Dummy
Kwadwo 10 years ago
SAS, why don't you draw mild and accept a compliment? It is not hard to do.
SAS, why don't you draw mild and accept a compliment? It is not hard to do.
Ringo 10 years ago
It was rather by divine intervention that humble and sensible Asiedu Nketia found himself in the NDC party.Intelligent Asiedu Nketia,a product of Nkrumah's Free Education Policy,would not join a party whose IDOL Kofi Abrefa B ... read full comment
It was rather by divine intervention that humble and sensible Asiedu Nketia found himself in the NDC party.Intelligent Asiedu Nketia,a product of Nkrumah's Free Education Policy,would not join a party whose IDOL Kofi Abrefa Busia opposed Free Education.In Asiedu Nketia's mind joining NPP,the party of Bomb Throwers,and the party whose predecessors even declared openly that Ghana was not ready for independence,would be the most idiotic thing to do.Sensible Asiedu Nketia would never join any party whose IDOL,Kofi Abrefa Busia masterminded a series of bomb explosions in Ghana in which many people lost their lives,while others were maimed.He would not hail and praise Busia,the man who opposed the construction of the Volta dam.He would not salute Busia,the hypocrite,the man who transferred his one-year advance salary to Britain before devaluing the Cedi.Dr SAS,A QUASI-INTELLECTUAL INDEED.
Albert Owusu-Ansah 10 years ago
Thank you Ringo,your response to the conceited Dr SAS is a thunderbolt.
Thank you Ringo,your response to the conceited Dr SAS is a thunderbolt.
Asiwome 10 years ago
The metaphor you have taken from the Bible are references to preparations towards entering the heavenly kingdom. The christian message is an antidote for hubris.
The metaphor you have taken from the Bible are references to preparations towards entering the heavenly kingdom. The christian message is an antidote for hubris.
Kyeremante 10 years ago
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
No wonder Nkrumah had to adopt the Preventive Detention Act!!!
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
No wonder Nkrumah had to adopt the Preventive Detention Act!!!
mensah abrampa 10 years ago
The yoke gari story of Rawlings was told by Rawlings himself and rehashed by his followers throughout the years. It would and should have been repudiated or debunked if it was a figment of someone's imagination because those ... read full comment
The yoke gari story of Rawlings was told by Rawlings himself and rehashed by his followers throughout the years. It would and should have been repudiated or debunked if it was a figment of someone's imagination because those were the chaotic years when Rawlings was heady with his revolution's success and exerted a corrupt and baleful influence over everything including the airwaves. His word was law. As you're so maliciously bent on airbrushing the Rawlings story, what else do you intend to say to the young generation who were never eyewitnesses to the Rawlings madness now that you think most of his contemporaries who saw it all are suffering from Alzheimer's disease? Fleecing the seats off the Airforce plane to serve as his room furniture because he was too poor to afford the cost of a new set? Come again, Corney.
SARPONG 10 years ago
Corney, you are the one who prides yourself as Rawlings connoisseur but it seems you did not know him before he became the head of state. I have met a tailor here in USA who used to mend Rawlings torn shirts and trousers for ... read full comment
Corney, you are the one who prides yourself as Rawlings connoisseur but it seems you did not know him before he became the head of state. I have met a tailor here in USA who used to mend Rawlings torn shirts and trousers for him in Accra. As an Airforce Officer, Rawlings was not making enough for his akpeteshie and wee smoking habit.
Do you also know that some people know Rawlings in Kumasi during his courtship days with Konadu Agyemang and Konadu's father was not too enthusiastic about his daughter hitching up with cheap akpeteshie drinking Rawlings who was as broke as a church mouse?
Corney, do you know the only reason Rawlings killed Marshall Yaw Boakye was because he blamed him for his failure to progress in rank due to him not passing his promotional examinations?
Maybe you did not read Major Boakye Gyan's testimony during the reconciliation hearings. He told the whole world that Rawlings failure to pass his promotional examinations so that he could be in a position to make their coup easier delayed their plans.
You have been trying for a long time to make make Rawlings look like an Einstein but we all know he couldn't even pass his "O" levels to make it to the sixth form.
Rawlings if not the Boakye Gyans coup of June 4th after Rawlings has botched his May 17th foolishness would have turned out as a drunk. Until Boakye Gyan made him the leader of the country, Rawlings had failed in everything he had tried his hands on.
TT 10 years ago
He even failed to execute a common coup before Major Boakye Djan released him from prison.
He even failed to execute a common coup before Major Boakye Djan released him from prison.
Kyeremante 10 years ago
Pigs
Pigs
gha 10 years ago
We know the pigs in Ghana, they smell really bad because of their ekoro pigmentation and they are not Asantes or Akyems.
Next time you decide to steal a name, learn how to write it.
We know the pigs in Ghana, they smell really bad because of their ekoro pigmentation and they are not Asantes or Akyems.
Next time you decide to steal a name, learn how to write it.
CORNEY 10 years ago
Sarpong,you don't know what you are talking about.
In Ghana any idiot will come to you and tell you he was a tailor for Rawlings as if the military uniform was something one can take to ordinary tailors on the streets to do ... read full comment
Sarpong,you don't know what you are talking about.
In Ghana any idiot will come to you and tell you he was a tailor for Rawlings as if the military uniform was something one can take to ordinary tailors on the streets to do alteration on.
You surprised me how you can believe such a childish lie.
I'm also surprised why you believe what Boakye Gyan said which was even different from what you wrote either deliberately or you didn't listen to Boakye Gyan.What Boakye Gyan said was Rawlings didn't pass his General Paper test,he never said he didn't pass his promotion exam,he was specific and even that many questioned his credibility on that issue.
Rawlings started moved from Lieutenant to Flight Lieutanant which is equivalent to a Captain which Boakye Gyan was so whoever knows military ranks will know Boakye Gyan lied.
Boakye Gyan became a major after AFRC handed over power to Limann when he was promoted at the time some of them took bribe from Limann to resettle in Britain,Boakye Gyan was not a major during the AFRC time and he was not the one who made the coup but just played part.
Finally,you cannot compare somebody who entered the military as a journalist to somebody who was a combat pilot going through further training after Military Academy and won the best cadet officers training trophy.
You can't compare Boakye Gyan to Rawlings in anyway unless you don't know how things work in the military,the Airforce is elite unit of the military.
Dr. SAS, Criminal Defense Attorney 10 years ago
You may be right, but the larger issues raised in my article remain undisputed, that Rawlings was a broken man with no training and experience to lead a nation....
And you are here defending him for your own selfish reason: ... read full comment
You may be right, but the larger issues raised in my article remain undisputed, that Rawlings was a broken man with no training and experience to lead a nation....
And you are here defending him for your own selfish reason: The Rawlings cabal awarded you a scholarship to travel abroad to study, and hence you think nobody should criticize them?
SARPONG 10 years ago
"In Ghana any idiot will come to you and tell you he was a tailor for Rawlings as if the military uniform was something one can take to ordinary tailors on the streets to do alteration on."
Corney, did you read my comment ... read full comment
"In Ghana any idiot will come to you and tell you he was a tailor for Rawlings as if the military uniform was something one can take to ordinary tailors on the streets to do alteration on."
Corney, did you read my comment before responding? Where did I say he took his military clothes to this tailor for mending?
"What Boakye Gyan said was Rawlings didn't pass his General Paper test,he never said he didn't pass his promotion exam,he was specific and even that many questioned his credibility on that issue."
What was the general test for? Don't tell me the general test was for admission to University of Legon. Boakye Gyan said Rawlings failure to pass his promotion test or this general test that will have paved the way for his promotion delayed their coup plans.
Boakye Gyan was a Major at the time of the coup. Rawlings was not the one who staged the June 4th coup he has managed to dupe people about. He failed in his own coup on May 17 1979.
If Boakye Gyan, a university graduate cannot be compared to an "O"level failure like Rawlings, then I don't know how I can convince you that Rawlings rode on the co-tails of others to become the leader of the 1979 Military junta.
Now what about this post you lied about?
Author:
CORNEY
Date:
2015-01-25 17:13:28
Comment to:
SECURITY EXPERTS MY FOOT
Sarpong,the way some you tag everybody NDC whenever they don't agree with the way your party is using any means to come to power is not right,it is not everybody who talks in the interest of the country is NDC.
For your information,Mr Kofi Bentum Quantson was a National Security Co-ordinator under Kufour's regime,he was appointed by Kufour and NPP man but not NDC.
Next time check your facts well before tagging everybody who talks about patriotism NDC man
Author:
SARPONG
Date:
2015-01-25 22:17:36
Comment to:
SARPONG,CHECK YOUR FACTS WELL
Corney, what I hate are liars. Who was the President in 1997? Was it not Rawlings? Mr Quantson became National Security Co-Ordinator in 1997 and was relieved of his duties in 2001 when Npp came to power.
How can you lie like this to hide who this man is? The man was brought out of retirement in 1989 to establish the Narcotic Control Board(NCB) by Rawlings after his retirement as a Police Commissioner and was appointed National Security Coordinator in 1997 by Rawlings Ndc regime and you are here lying like a Sailor.
CORNEY 10 years ago
Sarpong,don't make fool of yourself here,Boakye Gyan was not. major before the coup,he became a major after they handed over,ask anybody,he was called Captain Boakye Gyan,he and Baah Acheamfour got promoted to major after the ... read full comment
Sarpong,don't make fool of yourself here,Boakye Gyan was not. major before the coup,he became a major after they handed over,ask anybody,he was called Captain Boakye Gyan,he and Baah Acheamfour got promoted to major after they handed over.
In the AFRC Major Mensah Gbedemah and Major Mensah Poku were the only majors in the AFRC,the rest were captains and below,check your facts well.
Ask yourself if a university graduate and an 'O'
Alamo Jata 10 years ago
A very well written article. Good job. I really like the metaphor and the biblical comparisons you made.
A very well written article. Good job. I really like the metaphor and the biblical comparisons you made.
Joe Turkey 10 years ago
Perhaps, you should have left this fluffy topic for the unemployed JSS graduates parading their uncles' radio and TV studios as broadcasters. Idiot, use your education to improve the lives of your people rather than engaging ... read full comment
Perhaps, you should have left this fluffy topic for the unemployed JSS graduates parading their uncles' radio and TV studios as broadcasters. Idiot, use your education to improve the lives of your people rather than engaging in recycling old, downy stories.
@@@ 10 years ago
Busia was born a prince,William Ofori Atta,JB Danquah,Akufo Addo,Victor Owusu,Kufour,Wrekko Brobbey all claim royal lineage,so what the hell is this man talking about?30 January 1969 in London was a cold day, and a bitter wi ... read full comment
Busia was born a prince,William Ofori Atta,JB Danquah,Akufo Addo,Victor Owusu,Kufour,Wrekko Brobbey all claim royal lineage,so what the hell is this man talking about?30 January 1969 in London was a cold day, and a bitter wind was blowing on the rooftop by midday. To cope with the weather, John Lennon borrowed Yoko Ono's fur coat, and Ringo Starr wore his wife Maureen Starkey's red mac.Wrong on all counts.
Boss 10 years ago
Asiedu Nketia is fully covered if he is a member of the transgender community. If so, he is entitled as a matter of his civil liberties to dress up in appropriate transgender apparel like he did, especially when representing ... read full comment
Asiedu Nketia is fully covered if he is a member of the transgender community. If so, he is entitled as a matter of his civil liberties to dress up in appropriate transgender apparel like he did, especially when representing his party and country abroad. He had to put on his best official outfit. However, if he is not of the that orientation, he has violated protocol, parading as a representative of his party and Ghana in the wrong outfit. This is uncalled for because his riches can definitely afford him the best fashion expertise, not to mention the fact that NDC is capable of paying for such an expense. He needs to declare his sexual orientation to clear the air. If he says he is transgender we have no case against him.
Kwadwo 10 years ago
I wonder what Angela Merkel thought when he set eyes on Asieduaa Nketia. I bet she immediately realized that the Ghanaian delegation headed by Mahama were misfits and that Ghana was doomed under this leadership. I am also won ... read full comment
I wonder what Angela Merkel thought when he set eyes on Asieduaa Nketia. I bet she immediately realized that the Ghanaian delegation headed by Mahama were misfits and that Ghana was doomed under this leadership. I am also wondering why Asieduaa despite his numerous visits to his wife in Canada , did not deem it important to pick up a $100 banana republic peacoat for use when he travels to cold climates like Canada and Germany. It tells me he doesn't care about protocol and his own appearance and by extension, doesn't care about the country he represents. He is therefore in this for what he can amass for himself and family, and damn any embarassment he causes to the country. This explains his silly justification of this sartorial faux pas. Ghana is in serious trouble and it sickens me that Rawlings executed all these military officers for the likes of Asieduaa. God help us.
Prof Lungu 10 years ago
Here is one thing that matters most - a policy question for you!
So, how many people of the party are entitled to travel on the Peoples' pesewa?
That, we submit, affects the Peoples' pocket book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is one thing that matters most - a policy question for you!
So, how many people of the party are entitled to travel on the Peoples' pesewa?
That, we submit, affects the Peoples' pocket book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miss Tee 10 years ago
If you seem to know it all how come you are in opposition? Educated illiterates!
If you seem to know it all how come you are in opposition? Educated illiterates!
Kyeremante 10 years ago
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
You're clouded with your tribal stupidity you forgot your years of " doctorate" education? Is this the best shit you can think of mot ... read full comment
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
You're clouded with your tribal stupidity you forgot your years of " doctorate" education? Is this the best shit you can think of motherfucker? How does your stupid article advance Ghana in anyway? Too bad Nkrumah did not have enough time to " exterminate" you and your people's stupidity.
nana cocainman 10 years ago
bhgtfrdeswabopü+
bhgtfrdeswabopü+
fo dotse 10 years ago
u have ur job jan 2015.
u really have an impressive cv.
it is sad that, whiles gh spent resources educating ppl lyk ur gud type, all u think u can channel this impressive outluk is trivialities.
boss, gh deserves smbody ... read full comment
u have ur job jan 2015.
u really have an impressive cv.
it is sad that, whiles gh spent resources educating ppl lyk ur gud type, all u think u can channel this impressive outluk is trivialities.
boss, gh deserves smbody better frm big brains luk urs.
may b ths how u also need to get a job in the LIKELY event NPP wins the 2016 election
Onua Francis 10 years ago
Your message is somebody's narrow opinion,and it is a misconception of the situation in Ghana.Ghana's DEMOCRACY is a big JOKE
Your message is somebody's narrow opinion,and it is a misconception of the situation in Ghana.Ghana's DEMOCRACY is a big JOKE
charlie 10 years ago
very insightful. God ordained know all rulers. we the masses know our own. Thank you so so much for helping us entrench our stands my writer.
very insightful. God ordained know all rulers. we the masses know our own. Thank you so so much for helping us entrench our stands my writer.
Obeng Rago 10 years ago
What a good show. Knowledgeable and truthful. You are patriotic and describes vividly JJRawlings in a way no one has ever done. But Asiedu Nketiah belongs to NDC...he went to free University and like most NDC politicians want ... read full comment
What a good show. Knowledgeable and truthful. You are patriotic and describes vividly JJRawlings in a way no one has ever done. But Asiedu Nketiah belongs to NDC...he went to free University and like most NDC politicians wanted fast track to wealth and has got it. He is however a villager who does not learn. He foolishly thought every coat is a coat and his wife is a villager like himself with one mission on earth to live and save her husband's stolen wealth in Canada. Asiedu is a thief shamed by his primitive lifestyle and empty brains...such a person had the audacity to oppose the right of Ghanaians living abroad yo vote in elections...shameful villager in power (VIP)
kutsii. 10 years ago
Dr. Sarfo , I feel very sorry foe u and trumulous Okoampa. U shd use ur English to suggest solutions instead of focusing on the life cycle of a mere mosquito. U guys are so foolish that u ended up not even greeting a goat bu ... read full comment
Dr. Sarfo , I feel very sorry foe u and trumulous Okoampa. U shd use ur English to suggest solutions instead of focusing on the life cycle of a mere mosquito. U guys are so foolish that u ended up not even greeting a goat but a mosquito.
Talk is cheap 10 years ago
Npp continue to lose because of fools like you.
Why should I a Ghanaian struggling hard to feed my family give a hoot about what Asiedu Nketia chooses to wear? Does it solve my water problem of power shortage problem?
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Npp continue to lose because of fools like you.
Why should I a Ghanaian struggling hard to feed my family give a hoot about what Asiedu Nketia chooses to wear? Does it solve my water problem of power shortage problem?
Oppositions do oppositions policy and suggest alternatives. Nkwasifuo let us get serious and stop the tabloid politics
SMALL MINDS DISCUSSING PEOPLE...ALL THIS ABOUT A STUPID COAT, WOW! TALK ABOUT MISPLACED PRIORITIES AND MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLEHILLS....SHAME!
Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06
Please be patient and read this to the end.
By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
In 2004, Craig Mur ...
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Wow!!!! very good reading!!
Another one eye idiot from the hub of the blind boasting of his PhD.
Actually,Rawlings' knowledge in the primary school is high than the PhD knowldge of this idiot.
Let me tell this idiot that Rawlings was not in yoko g ...
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Sir: Rawlings himself made that declaration of his yoko gari debt.
A Gersis Reporting
Fellow Ghanaians
Here is your educated man, SAS who boasts about his PhD as if he's the only one to wear that robe. Here, here folks is the man who is so educated that he picks up street girls from Br ...
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That is a lame lament Bro!
Where is your sharp tongue Gersis? You can do better than this puny insult. Do you now love me more than Jerry?
There is an adage in Twi which goes;" s3 wo tan okwaduo a wo yi ne marika" to wit; " you can hate Okwaduo* but not its impeccable sprint". Despite my disagreement with my Kookoase brother on his intransigent use of the Dr. ...
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You see how easy it is to confuse your diminutive mind? You think it is easy to hate the great Dr. SAS!!! Now you find yourself babbling my praise like the false prophet Balaam (Numbers 22:1-35). Balaam was hired by King Bala ...
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I always like your postings but that DR thing is my beef. You can call me all sort of names but that wont change the equation. I am smarter than you in every conceivable way. Dummy
SAS, why don't you draw mild and accept a compliment? It is not hard to do.
It was rather by divine intervention that humble and sensible Asiedu Nketia found himself in the NDC party.Intelligent Asiedu Nketia,a product of Nkrumah's Free Education Policy,would not join a party whose IDOL Kofi Abrefa B ...
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Thank you Ringo,your response to the conceited Dr SAS is a thunderbolt.
The metaphor you have taken from the Bible are references to preparations towards entering the heavenly kingdom. The christian message is an antidote for hubris.
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
No wonder Nkrumah had to adopt the Preventive Detention Act!!!
The yoke gari story of Rawlings was told by Rawlings himself and rehashed by his followers throughout the years. It would and should have been repudiated or debunked if it was a figment of someone's imagination because those ...
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Corney, you are the one who prides yourself as Rawlings connoisseur but it seems you did not know him before he became the head of state. I have met a tailor here in USA who used to mend Rawlings torn shirts and trousers for ...
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He even failed to execute a common coup before Major Boakye Djan released him from prison.
Pigs
We know the pigs in Ghana, they smell really bad because of their ekoro pigmentation and they are not Asantes or Akyems.
Next time you decide to steal a name, learn how to write it.
Sarpong,you don't know what you are talking about.
In Ghana any idiot will come to you and tell you he was a tailor for Rawlings as if the military uniform was something one can take to ordinary tailors on the streets to do ...
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You may be right, but the larger issues raised in my article remain undisputed, that Rawlings was a broken man with no training and experience to lead a nation....
And you are here defending him for your own selfish reason: ...
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"In Ghana any idiot will come to you and tell you he was a tailor for Rawlings as if the military uniform was something one can take to ordinary tailors on the streets to do alteration on."
Corney, did you read my comment ...
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Sarpong,don't make fool of yourself here,Boakye Gyan was not. major before the coup,he became a major after they handed over,ask anybody,he was called Captain Boakye Gyan,he and Baah Acheamfour got promoted to major after the ...
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A very well written article. Good job. I really like the metaphor and the biblical comparisons you made.
Perhaps, you should have left this fluffy topic for the unemployed JSS graduates parading their uncles' radio and TV studios as broadcasters. Idiot, use your education to improve the lives of your people rather than engaging ...
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Busia was born a prince,William Ofori Atta,JB Danquah,Akufo Addo,Victor Owusu,Kufour,Wrekko Brobbey all claim royal lineage,so what the hell is this man talking about?30 January 1969 in London was a cold day, and a bitter wi ...
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Asiedu Nketia is fully covered if he is a member of the transgender community. If so, he is entitled as a matter of his civil liberties to dress up in appropriate transgender apparel like he did, especially when representing ...
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I wonder what Angela Merkel thought when he set eyes on Asieduaa Nketia. I bet she immediately realized that the Ghanaian delegation headed by Mahama were misfits and that Ghana was doomed under this leadership. I am also won ...
read full comment
Here is one thing that matters most - a policy question for you!
So, how many people of the party are entitled to travel on the Peoples' pesewa?
That, we submit, affects the Peoples' pocket book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you seem to know it all how come you are in opposition? Educated illiterates!
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
You're clouded with your tribal stupidity you forgot your years of " doctorate" education? Is this the best shit you can think of mot ...
read full comment
bhgtfrdeswabopü+
u have ur job jan 2015.
u really have an impressive cv.
it is sad that, whiles gh spent resources educating ppl lyk ur gud type, all u think u can channel this impressive outluk is trivialities.
boss, gh deserves smbody ...
read full comment
Your message is somebody's narrow opinion,and it is a misconception of the situation in Ghana.Ghana's DEMOCRACY is a big JOKE
very insightful. God ordained know all rulers. we the masses know our own. Thank you so so much for helping us entrench our stands my writer.
What a good show. Knowledgeable and truthful. You are patriotic and describes vividly JJRawlings in a way no one has ever done. But Asiedu Nketiah belongs to NDC...he went to free University and like most NDC politicians want ...
read full comment
Dr. Sarfo , I feel very sorry foe u and trumulous Okoampa. U shd use ur English to suggest solutions instead of focusing on the life cycle of a mere mosquito. U guys are so foolish that u ended up not even greeting a goat bu ...
read full comment
Npp continue to lose because of fools like you.
Why should I a Ghanaian struggling hard to feed my family give a hoot about what Asiedu Nketia chooses to wear? Does it solve my water problem of power shortage problem?
...
read full comment