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Ghana the failed state

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  • NPP FANATIC 9 years ago

    NONSENSE!!! NPP AGAINST FO) ,,,THAT;S ALL YOU KNOW...NON-PRODUCTIVE WHINING COMPLAINTS.....MMMTTTCHHHEWWWW!

  • MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

    I completely disagree with your assessment.
    We are not a failed state
    Our nation has challenges, and we can overcome them if all of us do what we are supposed to do.

  • United Ghana 9 years ago

    Marcus, looking at trends over last 6yrs, we are heading in that direction rapidly. An incapacitated economy, tribal/chieftancy disputes on the rise, unmitigated corruption, ineffective public institutions - the list goes on ...
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  • HONEST 9 years ago

    With no interest in any political party, I can vouch that "nothing" has ever worked properly in Ghana for all the 52 years of my life.

  • NANA YAW 9 years ago

    Failed state like Somalia? Heck no my friend.

  • joe t 9 years ago

    You are most right. We as Ghanaians should look deep within ourselves

  • Ali Mahama 9 years ago

    The youth should blame themselves for the present state of GHANA because as soon as Atta Mills was killed they spontaneously burst into groups like Youtth for MAHAMA Boys for MAHAMA ,girls for Mhama etc and went to collect ...
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  • Balawo President 9 years ago

    All the politicians are educating their children/wards in overseas institutions which is lead by the president who has bought a $2m mansion in Dubai and has transferred all his children there to be educated in Europe and Amer ...
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  • CHINA MAN 9 years ago

    the youth in ghana is useless! the only thing interesting for them is facebook,whats app and going to dating sides.

  • joe t 9 years ago

    Speak for yourself. Dumb ass

  • Mr.Green. 9 years ago

    The horrorble condition is not Ghana alone but black race, so let do our best to find out the real cause of it. The educated among us are not Creative. Why.

  • Ghana Girl 9 years ago

    It is difficult to cure a sickness without diagnosis. WHAT LED TO THE CURRENT SITUATION? Could it be that certain people in the civil service were given jobs it was known they could not do? Are all our tax collectors (individ ...
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  • BlackC 9 years ago

    There's opportunity in Cocoa farming.

    Having a degree from University does not mean that the government must make a job in the area you studied.

    If there's a need in farming, then do farming until the jobs in the are ...
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  • godsway 9 years ago

    DO YOU ACTUALLY KNO WHAT A FAILED STATE IS? ELECTRICITY POWER CONSUMPTION IN ACCRA ALONE IS BIGGER THAN THAT OF FOUR COUNTRIES ADDED TOGETHER. TOGO, BENIN, LIBERIA,GUINEA. NPP WAS IN POWER FOR 8 YEARS. DID THEY PERFORM ANY MA ...
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  • Bascious King 9 years ago

    David Amoah Boateng, next time acknowledge the source of your quote when writing any article. It is academically prudent to do so. The definition of a 'failed state' is highly sensationalist, debatable and arbitrary. Even I w ...
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  • Prof Lungu 9 years ago

    We do not agree with method and the "failed state" label for Ghana!

    But David Amoah Boateng seems to understand perfectly there is a power/who get what factor at play here.

    READ: "...I charge the youth of the country to ...
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  • simon 9 years ago

    Oh my brother, I seriously agreed with you because we the youth have no where to go everything they will tell you this is how we do it. As a graduate whatever you learnt from wherever the action is the same then how can we gr ...
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  • Ebenezer Nii Amu First-Quao 9 years ago

    ....what you would consider a failed State by this definition?

  • joe t 9 years ago

    The truth is that when mills died just before election those at the helm used the opportunity to steal from the nations coffers as much as they wanted to. Coupled with 9 months haitus of the supreme court election case, the e ...
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