If you keep on using your old 1957 Chinese made typewriter writing nonsense and polluting the next-generation with lies and duna pies.buluu.
If you keep on using your old 1957 Chinese made typewriter writing nonsense and polluting the next-generation with lies and duna pies.buluu.
Mahmoud 9 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
... It was Novembe ... 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
... 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.
Francis C. Quainoo 9 years ago
Brother Mahmoud, I thank you very much for this post from Craig Murray which ostensibly was published in 2009.
I was in Ghana in 2004 and heavily participated in the return of the NPP Government. My domain was Cape Coast a ... read full comment
Brother Mahmoud, I thank you very much for this post from Craig Murray which ostensibly was published in 2009.
I was in Ghana in 2004 and heavily participated in the return of the NPP Government. My domain was Cape Coast and her environs. Unfortunately, I had to leave in 2006 after my mum's burial to take up a new contract here in Australia.
I did however, follow many of the activities of Craig Murray when he was still in office in Ghana.
One of the projects I personally do salute him for would be the efforts he contributed towards the Keta Sea Defence which was threatening the local inhabitants during the Kufour's Administration.
The Article, of course has given quite a lot of insights as to how the NDC cunningly stole VERDICTS that NEVER WENT THEIR WAY.
Needless to say, if Craig Murray hadn't been sitting with Afari Gyan whose wife and children had been at the mercy of that in erudite SOLDIER,
I am sure Afari Gyan would have given in to the Soldier's demand to reverse the VERDICT at the time. And who knows what would have culminated from there on.
We surely need to have a proper lament of how Democracy in Ghana is being enervated elsewhere by Judges and Elite segment of society.
I say this because, Craig Murray rightly stated in his article that some Judges had then been told to declare the Indian Ink or the Cards ILLEGAL.
With Politics being the most inexact of sciences, these may NOT be trifling issues but are core concerns of today, since it can easily develop into a CIVIL WAR.
I personally think the 2016 Elections could be termed : THE MOTHER OF ALL ELECTIONS IN GHANA.
When a huge dollop of the Tax Payers Money had been given to people like WOYOME, and many others, by way of Judgement Debts when the State Executives led by DULLARD MAHAMA would urge the Prosecutors NOT to attend to Courts to defend the State, then we must all realise what we should foresee coming.
If the Electoral Commissioner fails to have a NEW VOTERS REGISTRATION, because you CANNOT have a population of 25 Million with 14 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS, then we should all foresee what may be coming.
There is NO where in the world that you can ever counter that. And whoever disagree with me can give me a fair dinkum go.
WE SHALL BE HOME FOR YEAR 2016!!!!
Best Regards,
Francis C. Quainoo
Western Australia
Atinga Kobla Atongo 9 years ago
FRANCIS,THANK YOU TOO!
U/ROCKSON IS CAPABLE OF TURNING HIS BRILLIANCE TO GHANA POLITICS TOO.
HE IS EXCELLENT ON KUMAWUMAN ISSUES, SO IS HE WITH THE DIRE STRAIGHT GHANAIANS FIND THEMSELVES WRAPPED UP IN GRIPS OF THIS CROOKS, ... read full comment
FRANCIS,THANK YOU TOO!
U/ROCKSON IS CAPABLE OF TURNING HIS BRILLIANCE TO GHANA POLITICS TOO.
HE IS EXCELLENT ON KUMAWUMAN ISSUES, SO IS HE WITH THE DIRE STRAIGHT GHANAIANS FIND THEMSELVES WRAPPED UP IN GRIPS OF THIS CROOKS, THIEVERY AND SHAMELESS GREEDY IDIOTS.
NPP MUST READ AND READ AGAIN.
A PRICELESS ADVICE MONEY CAN'T BUY.
THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT ROCKSON ADOFO.
READERS ON THIS FORUM MUST FIRST READ AND DIGEST HIS ARTICLES BEFORE CONDEMNING HIM, REGARDLESS WHICH COLOUR YOU WAVE IN GHANA POLITICS.
Mike Segbafah, Accra. 9 years ago
British interference in Ghana partisan politics. Craig Murray must be awarded Ph.D.by SOAS in this regard.
But WHY did he keep DEAD SILENT over Dr.Afari Djan's legendary steely honesty and integrity when Nana Akufo Addo and ... read full comment
British interference in Ghana partisan politics. Craig Murray must be awarded Ph.D.by SOAS in this regard.
But WHY did he keep DEAD SILENT over Dr.Afari Djan's legendary steely honesty and integrity when Nana Akufo Addo and Bawumia hauled Dr.Afari Djan to court for allegedly rigging the 2012 Elections in favour of theNDC and John Mahama?And they are still living their delusion.
Oh,Craig Murray, you are a great coward and hypocrite of the darkest hue!By the way, how much did the NPP pay you for your services, and who told you that the economy grew over 70per cent under NPP?
If you care to know, your nefarious political activities did bring democracy to Ghana. Rather, activities like yours and those of your meddling govt toppled the democratically elected Government of Dr. Nkumah in Feb. 1966.I believe your father told you this too. And Kwesi Pratt is right in assessing your activities in Ghana under diplomatic cover.May God may mercy on characters like you,Craig Murray.
Mike Segbafah, Accra. 9 years ago
Correction.
Your nefarious political activities DID NOT, REPEAT NOT bring democracy to Ghana.
Correction.
Your nefarious political activities DID NOT, REPEAT NOT bring democracy to Ghana.
Simon 9 years ago
J0eY LOnD0N, you seems to be falling apart as a rejoinder. Why would you attack?
J0eY LOnD0N, you seems to be falling apart as a rejoinder. Why would you attack?
Atinga Kobla Atongo 9 years ago
THAT GUY IS AN IDIOT WASTE NO TIME ON HIM. HE IS LOST.
THAT GUY IS AN IDIOT WASTE NO TIME ON HIM. HE IS LOST.
J0eY LOnD0N 9 years ago
I will deal with your fat arse, koborlor kuraasini.
I will deal with your fat arse, koborlor kuraasini.
Atinga Kobla Atongo 9 years ago
I WILL EAT YOU FOR BREAKFAST. COWARD! SHOW YOUR REAL NAME!
I WILL EAT YOU FOR BREAKFAST. COWARD! SHOW YOUR REAL NAME!
J0eY LOnD0N 9 years ago
Shamorlo, you will eat your papa's filthy dick for your sorry stinking throat une fills du pute. Come agan kuraseni as your life depends on my shit. This is Joey London and I approved this message.
Shamorlo, you will eat your papa's filthy dick for your sorry stinking throat une fills du pute. Come agan kuraseni as your life depends on my shit. This is Joey London and I approved this message.
Atinga Kobla Atongo 9 years ago
YOU ARE MY REJECTED EMPTY HEADED SON, GOOD FOR NOTHING, CAN'T SPELL, CAN'T READ, CAN'T UNDERSTAND BASIC CONVERSATION. MIXING CAPITALS WITH SMALL LETTERS DEPICTS WHO YOU ARE, GO TO SCHOOL.
A BIT OF SCHOOLING WILL HELP YOU. B ... read full comment
YOU ARE MY REJECTED EMPTY HEADED SON, GOOD FOR NOTHING, CAN'T SPELL, CAN'T READ, CAN'T UNDERSTAND BASIC CONVERSATION. MIXING CAPITALS WITH SMALL LETTERS DEPICTS WHO YOU ARE, GO TO SCHOOL.
A BIT OF SCHOOLING WILL HELP YOU. BRAINLESS FOOL.
I WILL NOT REPLY YOU AGAIN. 'CHEAP POPULARITY IDIOT' GO TO SCHOOL DONKEY. SHIT CARRIER!
THIS IS A SERIOUS FORUM FOR GOOD EDUCATIVE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE BUT DICK HEADS LIKE YOU IS SPOILING IT.
YOU ARE NOT EVEN GHANAIAN SO STAY OUT OF GHANAIAN AFFAIRS OR BEHAVE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ROCKSON FOR A FATHER YOU DISRESPECTFUL COW!
BE A MAN AND SIGN IN WITH YOUR REAL NAME. YOU ARE HIDING BEHIND THAT STUPID ID AND MISBEHAVING.
YOU ARE A SAD CASE.
SLEEP ON THIS FORUM. NO LIFE FOOL.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL IN GA.
J0eY LOnD0N 9 years ago
If you read tru the lines he was at a point emphasising for door to door campaign but then like His paid masters landed again on so called vote rigging.Certainly my beef with Adofo had nothing to do with this particular piec ... read full comment
If you read tru the lines he was at a point emphasising for door to door campaign but then like His paid masters landed again on so called vote rigging.Certainly my beef with Adofo had nothing to do with this particular piece of crap from him,it's a long story so enjoy your Sunday.
NICHOLAS 9 years ago
Adofo, in fact, you don't know what you are about. You are saying complacency and "Coat Coat" are costing NPP dearly at elections then in another vein you are creating the impression that NDC has been rigging elections and th ... read full comment
Adofo, in fact, you don't know what you are about. You are saying complacency and "Coat Coat" are costing NPP dearly at elections then in another vein you are creating the impression that NDC has been rigging elections and that they have set their rigging machine grinding.
To be honest with you, the NDC never rigged any election in Ghana. The fact must be made clear to you that most members of the CPP identify with the NDC and this has contributed significantly to the NDC being a force to reckon with in Ghana politics. The NPP would actually have to work extra hard to be able to wrestle power from the NDC.
And who told you Ghanaians badly need the NPP? Who has so soon forgotten what the NPP did when in government?
Amass 9 years ago
this adofo guy is very stupid,
this adofo guy is very stupid,
True Patriot 9 years ago
How i wished Kyei Mensah Bonsu and the other midiocre NPP leaders were reading this...all they know is to speak big dictionary english...but i can bet them nobody is gonna shield anybody in the upcoming parliamentary primari ... read full comment
How i wished Kyei Mensah Bonsu and the other midiocre NPP leaders were reading this...all they know is to speak big dictionary english...but i can bet them nobody is gonna shield anybody in the upcoming parliamentary primaries again....they can bet us on this
SAKNA 9 years ago
house against itself will not stand.All we need is power come 2016.Let us forget our internal politics and find ways to canvas votes in 2016.We can do that because Ghanians are tired of this bastards
house against itself will not stand.All we need is power come 2016.Let us forget our internal politics and find ways to canvas votes in 2016.We can do that because Ghanians are tired of this bastards
kutsii. 9 years ago
NPP agents shd be literate that's all. Adofo it is not complacency but naked thrashing of the arrogant and tribalistic NPP. Remember it is 8 against 2 regions. 2016 will be 9 against 1 and u will see the true length of the TO ... read full comment
NPP agents shd be literate that's all. Adofo it is not complacency but naked thrashing of the arrogant and tribalistic NPP. Remember it is 8 against 2 regions. 2016 will be 9 against 1 and u will see the true length of the TOAD Akufo Addo.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago
Better concentrate on your Asante chieftancy and stop parrading rubbish.Nana Addo keeps winning only 2 regions in every general elections yet he always says the verdict was stolen.You can be a fanantic of Nana Addo but you ar ... read full comment
Better concentrate on your Asante chieftancy and stop parrading rubbish.Nana Addo keeps winning only 2 regions in every general elections yet he always says the verdict was stolen.You can be a fanantic of Nana Addo but you are not doing him any good with such absurdity.What do you know about politics?Please go back to your Kumawu and Asantehene stories and stop hurting NPP.Thank you.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago
Correction
Correction
J0eY LOnD0N 9 years ago
That Rockson and his white friends are just noise makers. He knows they (the npp executives) need to lift up their fat butts( not my words but adofo's) and plan well in advanced in other for them to clinch power, yet he was ... read full comment
That Rockson and his white friends are just noise makers. He knows they (the npp executives) need to lift up their fat butts( not my words but adofo's) and plan well in advanced in other for them to clinch power, yet he was cowardly accusing others of vote rigging, when he knows deep inside his skull his bosses needs to lift up their strategy and plan very well.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago
Why is Nana Addo winning only 2 out of 10 regions in every general elections since 2008?Thank you.
Why is Nana Addo winning only 2 out of 10 regions in every general elections since 2008?Thank you.
OLDTIMER 9 years ago
A REGION CAN HAVE ALL HIS PEOPLE LTFT TO ASHNTI REGION FOR BETTER LIFE AND RENDER IT EMPTY
A REGION CAN HAVE ALL HIS PEOPLE LTFT TO ASHNTI REGION FOR BETTER LIFE AND RENDER IT EMPTY
anoba 9 years ago
I started reading this article thinking zou wrote it with open mind onlz to find outthat, zou also side with the small, shallow, narrow and hollow minded people who alwazs will never forget about their humiliating defeat and ... read full comment
I started reading this article thinking zou wrote it with open mind onlz to find outthat, zou also side with the small, shallow, narrow and hollow minded people who alwazs will never forget about their humiliating defeat and learn lesson from it, instaed claim there was rigging....too fool.
isaiah @Hohoe 9 years ago
a word to a wise is enough.
a word to a wise is enough.
Ibrahim Kungfu. 9 years ago
God forbid Nana meddles in chieftancy paticularly Bawku,Dagbon ,Nanung etc and we need peace to develop.
God forbid Nana meddles in chieftancy paticularly Bawku,Dagbon ,Nanung etc and we need peace to develop.
manu 9 years ago
Adofo or whatever you call urself, I Nova knew u were naive n bush page writer,in fact u need psychiatric treatment.U Nova accept the fact that u lost the elections but it was rigged.U will Nova win elections in Ghana cz of o ... read full comment
Adofo or whatever you call urself, I Nova knew u were naive n bush page writer,in fact u need psychiatric treatment.U Nova accept the fact that u lost the elections but it was rigged.U will Nova win elections in Ghana cz of or nativity.BUSH MAN
Ranger 9 years ago
goat headed idiot! we don't miss U, u are the idiot of our time. heheheeeee! the typical bushman.
goat headed idiot! we don't miss U, u are the idiot of our time. heheheeeee! the typical bushman.
Paul 9 years ago
From what Adofo is saying, clearly the NDC does not need to even attempt to "rig the election". It appears various members of his party are beginning to realise that rather than blame others for their loss, the problem sits l ... read full comment
From what Adofo is saying, clearly the NDC does not need to even attempt to "rig the election". It appears various members of his party are beginning to realise that rather than blame others for their loss, the problem sits left, right and centre within their own ranks.
I have never seen a party so divided and this was borne out by the 19 or so candidates who showed up for their presidential primaries at Legon in 2007. At the time, I said that I could see gross indiscipline in the party and I have been proved right.
They lack proper unified leadership that can bring all the factions to order and if what we keep reading from NPP passionate supporters is anything to go by, then I fear it would be a big mistake for the electorate to elect such a party to run the affairs of the country.
What we need is unity, strong leadership, integrity and a PLAN for our economic development.
Where do you get all that if people are busy back-biting, calling others names on tapes and now we have Adofo adding insult to injury by stoking the fire.
And you think on this showing, any other party will need to rig elections to win? The electorate are not fools you know. Adofo, why don't you turn your attention and devote all your energies to working for your party unity instead of this waste of energy on the "Kumawuman question"?
By the way, you knew this all along and still argued that NPP had won the last election? And by the way, some of us will hold you to account on this article come the end of the elections in 2016.
Boat, Boat, the New Yorker 9 years ago
You began well by addressing the inherent leadership crises in the party. Suddenly, you diverted the attention of readers with useless Kumawu wannabe hegemonic irrelevancy. Can Kumawu be equated to NPP? While some of us (N ... read full comment
You began well by addressing the inherent leadership crises in the party. Suddenly, you diverted the attention of readers with useless Kumawu wannabe hegemonic irrelevancy. Can Kumawu be equated to NPP? While some of us (NPP supporters) are thinking of breaking new frontiers, you and Okoampa are stacked with your Ashanti mentality, refusing to look beyond Ashanti. And you think you are different from Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong?
Akwasi Dwira 9 years ago
Almost four months after NPP was forced into early primaries, an election campaign manager and his team have not yet been named by Nana Addo and what has Alan got to do with this, how can he be expected to 'boldly campaign al ... read full comment
Almost four months after NPP was forced into early primaries, an election campaign manager and his team have not yet been named by Nana Addo and what has Alan got to do with this, how can he be expected to 'boldly campaign alongside Nana when Nana's team does not seem to know what it is doing. 'Complacency and book long' yes but place the blame squarely where it deserves. Any time Nana's preparedness and pace are cricitisized, one is doomed a 'saboteur'. I am blue blood NPP by tradition but we are a pity of a political party with a party heirachy of elitist, visionless, actionless, hardly Ghana dedicated opportunists like so called 'Rockson Adofo', waiting to be handed positions they do not qualify for. How as a party are we reaching ghanaians about ready and well thought through plans to remedy 'dumsor' and other national development problems. And our only penchant is insulting a sitting government - a strategy we know has not and will never guarantee us power. So sad, so sad for ongoing wasted opportunities and confused people like you Adofo Rockson or so have the nerve to put blame on sources you know have nothing to do with this partys' predicament(s). By the way, get a life and stop bothering Asantehene and Kumawuhemaa with your nonsensities.
If you keep on using your old 1957 Chinese made typewriter writing nonsense and polluting the next-generation with lies and duna pies.buluu.
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
... It was Novembe ...
read full comment
Brother Mahmoud, I thank you very much for this post from Craig Murray which ostensibly was published in 2009.
I was in Ghana in 2004 and heavily participated in the return of the NPP Government. My domain was Cape Coast a ...
read full comment
FRANCIS,THANK YOU TOO!
U/ROCKSON IS CAPABLE OF TURNING HIS BRILLIANCE TO GHANA POLITICS TOO.
HE IS EXCELLENT ON KUMAWUMAN ISSUES, SO IS HE WITH THE DIRE STRAIGHT GHANAIANS FIND THEMSELVES WRAPPED UP IN GRIPS OF THIS CROOKS, ...
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British interference in Ghana partisan politics. Craig Murray must be awarded Ph.D.by SOAS in this regard.
But WHY did he keep DEAD SILENT over Dr.Afari Djan's legendary steely honesty and integrity when Nana Akufo Addo and ...
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Correction.
Your nefarious political activities DID NOT, REPEAT NOT bring democracy to Ghana.
J0eY LOnD0N, you seems to be falling apart as a rejoinder. Why would you attack?
THAT GUY IS AN IDIOT WASTE NO TIME ON HIM. HE IS LOST.
I will deal with your fat arse, koborlor kuraasini.
I WILL EAT YOU FOR BREAKFAST. COWARD! SHOW YOUR REAL NAME!
Shamorlo, you will eat your papa's filthy dick for your sorry stinking throat une fills du pute. Come agan kuraseni as your life depends on my shit. This is Joey London and I approved this message.
YOU ARE MY REJECTED EMPTY HEADED SON, GOOD FOR NOTHING, CAN'T SPELL, CAN'T READ, CAN'T UNDERSTAND BASIC CONVERSATION. MIXING CAPITALS WITH SMALL LETTERS DEPICTS WHO YOU ARE, GO TO SCHOOL.
A BIT OF SCHOOLING WILL HELP YOU. B ...
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If you read tru the lines he was at a point emphasising for door to door campaign but then like His paid masters landed again on so called vote rigging.Certainly my beef with Adofo had nothing to do with this particular piec ...
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Adofo, in fact, you don't know what you are about. You are saying complacency and "Coat Coat" are costing NPP dearly at elections then in another vein you are creating the impression that NDC has been rigging elections and th ...
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this adofo guy is very stupid,
How i wished Kyei Mensah Bonsu and the other midiocre NPP leaders were reading this...all they know is to speak big dictionary english...but i can bet them nobody is gonna shield anybody in the upcoming parliamentary primari ...
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house against itself will not stand.All we need is power come 2016.Let us forget our internal politics and find ways to canvas votes in 2016.We can do that because Ghanians are tired of this bastards
NPP agents shd be literate that's all. Adofo it is not complacency but naked thrashing of the arrogant and tribalistic NPP. Remember it is 8 against 2 regions. 2016 will be 9 against 1 and u will see the true length of the TO ...
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Better concentrate on your Asante chieftancy and stop parrading rubbish.Nana Addo keeps winning only 2 regions in every general elections yet he always says the verdict was stolen.You can be a fanantic of Nana Addo but you ar ...
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Correction
That Rockson and his white friends are just noise makers. He knows they (the npp executives) need to lift up their fat butts( not my words but adofo's) and plan well in advanced in other for them to clinch power, yet he was ...
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Why is Nana Addo winning only 2 out of 10 regions in every general elections since 2008?Thank you.
A REGION CAN HAVE ALL HIS PEOPLE LTFT TO ASHNTI REGION FOR BETTER LIFE AND RENDER IT EMPTY
I started reading this article thinking zou wrote it with open mind onlz to find outthat, zou also side with the small, shallow, narrow and hollow minded people who alwazs will never forget about their humiliating defeat and ...
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a word to a wise is enough.
God forbid Nana meddles in chieftancy paticularly Bawku,Dagbon ,Nanung etc and we need peace to develop.
Adofo or whatever you call urself, I Nova knew u were naive n bush page writer,in fact u need psychiatric treatment.U Nova accept the fact that u lost the elections but it was rigged.U will Nova win elections in Ghana cz of o ...
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goat headed idiot! we don't miss U, u are the idiot of our time. heheheeeee! the typical bushman.
From what Adofo is saying, clearly the NDC does not need to even attempt to "rig the election". It appears various members of his party are beginning to realise that rather than blame others for their loss, the problem sits l ...
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You began well by addressing the inherent leadership crises in the party. Suddenly, you diverted the attention of readers with useless Kumawu wannabe hegemonic irrelevancy. Can Kumawu be equated to NPP? While some of us (N ...
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Almost four months after NPP was forced into early primaries, an election campaign manager and his team have not yet been named by Nana Addo and what has Alan got to do with this, how can he be expected to 'boldly campaign al ...
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