listening more and talking less which in this case could be interpreted as reading more and writing or replying less :). I was so quick to judge till I carried on reading the full script, quite a sensible view I share with, o ... read full comment
listening more and talking less which in this case could be interpreted as reading more and writing or replying less :). I was so quick to judge till I carried on reading the full script, quite a sensible view I share with, one that we all know exist but refuse to admit, no wonder our country and leaders are being dictated to with few pesewas by the Chinese and the likes.
Kojo T 8 years ago
I agree with you.There are channels of communications and people are employed and paid to work.Why should the wife of the VP now provide chalk?It shows we cannot differentiate between the levels. Soon we expect the Minister t ... read full comment
I agree with you.There are channels of communications and people are employed and paid to work.Why should the wife of the VP now provide chalk?It shows we cannot differentiate between the levels. Soon we expect the Minister to clear the lawns
Tojo K 8 years ago
The headmistress did not ask the stupid woman for chalk. She said she should send the request to the authorities. By the way, why did the stupid woman decide to donate computers to that school? Did she know the needs of the s ... read full comment
The headmistress did not ask the stupid woman for chalk. She said she should send the request to the authorities. By the way, why did the stupid woman decide to donate computers to that school? Did she know the needs of the school or she was trying to do something to get votes for his husband? She could have given the computers to the GES for submission to the school. She fucked up and she knows that by now!
Hanson 8 years ago
You called someone's mother stupid? For what reasons? By the way, had your vagina smelling ptostitute ugly looking mother any education? To hell with you and your family. May you be cursed forever. You are a Bush donkey to in ... read full comment
You called someone's mother stupid? For what reasons? By the way, had your vagina smelling ptostitute ugly looking mother any education? To hell with you and your family. May you be cursed forever. You are a Bush donkey to insult the lady. Somei
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 8 years ago
Kojo T, the question should be, why was the second lady providing computers to a school without electricity and not why should she provide chalk?
The 2nd lady is uncouth and either has no understanding of government policy ... read full comment
Kojo T, the question should be, why was the second lady providing computers to a school without electricity and not why should she provide chalk?
The 2nd lady is uncouth and either has no understanding of government policy or she was probably conveying what some government officials have been saying. Whatever it is, her behaviour was appalling and a disgrace to the government. She was almost like an out of control woman.
Why was she donating computers when the school lacked basic teaching materials? Why were the computers not provided by ministry of education officials? Why do the unelected unappointed wives of the President and his Vice perform operational and policy duties using state resources to pretend as if those items are from their own resources?
It shows how the government has no idea about the basic education priority in the country. How do you expect teachers to use computers to teach children when they do not have the bare necessities such as chalk?
Who is she to say, "I will not provide you with chalk?" After all, she was not asked to provide chalk but rather to convey a message to government about the basic needs of the school. She was not even listening. Perhaps, she was in the usual "yen tie obiaa"
BB 8 years ago
This show how Ghana doesn't have strong institutions because most people at the head of these institutions doesn't work and government is wasting money in paying their salaries and wages.A case in point, when Navrongo seconda ... read full comment
This show how Ghana doesn't have strong institutions because most people at the head of these institutions doesn't work and government is wasting money in paying their salaries and wages.A case in point, when Navrongo secondary school was headed by a whiteman, MacDonald the school was one of the best in the country during the 70s. There was discipline and development in the school but when MacDonald left the school and the Ghannians took over your guesses are as good as mine. We should not assume that there is no corruption in GES and the government is the problem because one may not like a government of the day.We should be putting the pressure on the national, regional and district directors of education to explain because all of them are being paid to do the job.
Mike Olongo, USA 8 years ago
It really makes me sad when some of our compatriots including Papa Appiah, the writer of this article, find it so hard to reason objectively. These people could not discern that
1. the Headmistress was appealing through the ... read full comment
It really makes me sad when some of our compatriots including Papa Appiah, the writer of this article, find it so hard to reason objectively. These people could not discern that
1. the Headmistress was appealing through the second lady purely out of respect for the latter's high profile status which she believed could be harnessed to influence the GES to supply the school's needs
2. attempts to get the school's supplies through the normal channels were apparently not yielding the desired results and that might have prompted the Headmistress' plan B.
3. the second lady's status in society and her unladylike, makola-style reaction to the appeal diminishes her husband's office and makes a mockery of the country as a whole
4.even if they believe the second lady had a point, lambasting the Headmistress in the presence of the school children was in appropriate and incongruous with Ghanaian values and,
5. that the disrespect shown to the Headmistress, by Ghanaian tradition, is extended also to the pupils, teachers and elders who were present at the gathering.
Since the writer has made up his mind nothing would make him rethink his position on this issue so let it be for him. My advice to the Second lady, however, would be to apologize to the Headmistress, Teachers and Elders of Kukurantumi and let the issue go away peacefully.
Dessy 8 years ago
Very good point:NDC administration spokesperson must come out and blantantly distance themselves from that comment by saying it doesn't reflect the administration values
Very good point:NDC administration spokesperson must come out and blantantly distance themselves from that comment by saying it doesn't reflect the administration values
SARPONG 8 years ago
"for there is no way on earth I will ever agree with my fellow Ghanaians that begging for chalk from a vice presidential spouse, not a Minister of Education, who has kindly presented a few computers to your school, is the pro ... read full comment
"for there is no way on earth I will ever agree with my fellow Ghanaians that begging for chalk from a vice presidential spouse, not a Minister of Education, who has kindly presented a few computers to your school, is the proper or even sensible thing to do."
Papa Appiah, the above quote from your article shows that your understanding of the issue here is out of whack.
First, the Hradmistress did not beg the second lady to provide them with chalks but was rather appealing to her to tell the government what her school needs.
Second, the Minister of Education was available together with her two deputies but this government rather sent the second lady as a messenger to deliver the computers and the Headmistress was using her services as a messenger of the government to tell her husband and this administration what her school needs, that is not begging since she did not appeal to her to buy them chalks.
Third, "kindly presented some few computers"? Did the second lady buy these computers from her own money? What is so kind about this? The computers were part of the donation the China government gave to Ghana for free to be given to schools so what kindly thing did she do?
The lady behaved like a primitive idiot and she should be told in plain language. Have you listened to yje audio of her spastic rantings? This is not how ladies especially the wife of a Vice President should behave.
The diplomatic thing she could have said is that, she will let the government know the plight of this school and we would not be discussing her but she wanted the people at Kukurantumi to know where power lies.
This is not the first time this woman has behaved foolishly. She went to Dzodze in Volta region and refused to shake the hands of the chiefs at a durbar because she did not want to contract ebola infection when there was no reported ebola case in Ghana.
ELINAM 8 years ago
The lady lacked curtesy from home.
Pastor Otabil on father's day 2000 preached from the pupil that everyone needs a second father, and people did not know what he meant at first, so he continue to elucidate that there're th ... read full comment
The lady lacked curtesy from home.
Pastor Otabil on father's day 2000 preached from the pupil that everyone needs a second father, and people did not know what he meant at first, so he continue to elucidate that there're those who came out from colleges but were not equipped to coordinate their cloths very well and he knew them from the congregation, and everyone was laughing, and he went on to say, there're some who do not know how to talk and so on and on.
He further went on to elaborate that no matter what your educational background is, if your mother is a market woman and talked certain ways, those are the ways you gonna be talking and it may not jell very well in your corporate world that you're trying to make a difference in so therefore, you need someone in the world your education has allowed you work as a mother or father to mentor you to grow and be polished in your work/profession.
He spoke of people who were in position to take clients for lunch to discuss business for their employers who do not know table manners and the same applied to them 'cos chances are you father was a local fisherman or a small trader or a carpenter and not that anything wrong with their choice of occupation, but you as a product of their environment CAN NOT grow higher than the environment that bred you no matter your level of education unless you find a new "father" outside that environment who understands your new world you're trying to evolve and succeed in to show you the ropes.
It was the year 2000 and I was at the stage as a saxophonist listening in and I believe he made a lot of sense that "you can not grow more than your makola market woman no matter your education" if you're NOT rescued earlier on and mentored on certain life lessons on customer service ethics.
Unfortunately, sister Matilda was not fortunate to have found a mentor in her life to have balanced her so she totally relied on her educational background as the only vehicle to make thru life forgotten the rotten environment she was bred from and the equally funky friends she surrounded herself with.
Hopefully hight sight 20/20,she'd get the message and be mannered next time around.
Osei Kofi 8 years ago
What ever the rational is behind the head mistress message and request,it could have been done in the quiet and in chambers.The political climate today is such that motives are deliberately misread and political capital made ... read full comment
What ever the rational is behind the head mistress message and request,it could have been done in the quiet and in chambers.The political climate today is such that motives are deliberately misread and political capital made out of matters which could be taken for granted before this boiling point political climate.
Now the opposition is making a capital out of a naive second lady whose only fault is that she doesn’t know how to lie.Now that the head mistress had succeeded with her plans and intent, a truck full of chalks from the opposition had been sent to the school relegating the computers donated to the school to the background.
The real story has been drowned and the opposition message is now playing loud.After the storm what ever the head mistress motive, she may sit back to reflect on the events of the day that the school is not a play ground for politics,it may engulf and drown you in the long run.
Pelicles 8 years ago
We should not support what is bad no matter what corner it is coming from or pointing to. On what capacity did the lady present the computer? Did she buy the computer with her own money? First of all, her husband is our vi ... read full comment
We should not support what is bad no matter what corner it is coming from or pointing to. On what capacity did the lady present the computer? Did she buy the computer with her own money? First of all, her husband is our vice president and there is a saying that "if you want to speak to God, do that through the wind". The second lady goofed big time and trust me, if you know the pressure on her, you will never come out with this article.
Now, let me ask you this, if you attended school in Ghana, when was the last time the government provided school uniforms and shoe to school children? What are the parents responsibilities? What I know is it the responsibility of every parent to provide school uniform and shoe, sandals etc to their children.
NDC government, due to vote buying, has taking the role of parents while the basic things are being ignored. Hello? Who should provide chalks, registers etc to our schools? We should not shift the goal post just to score a goal no matter what angle we are shooting the ball from.
The second lady goofed. What is the meaning of "I will not provide you chalks today or tomorrow"? What capacity was she speaking or when was the last time she provided chalks etc to any school in Ghana? She is too pompous thinking that as a second lady, she has the right to chastise anyone who dare her.
Do you know that the school that the second lady presented the computers has no electricity? So, how are they going to use the computer? As someone whose husband is our vice president, she should have known better or simply put, she could have responded like "okay, I will the authorities know your plight". So simple and that will cool tempers than that bloated ego and stupid pompousity.
Jake 8 years ago
The article touches on the truth for ALL SANE men, but that who wish to make political gain out of ot. I wonder how much th NPP paid that headmistress to say it the manner she did. Knowing their okro mouth, the truth would so ... read full comment
The article touches on the truth for ALL SANE men, but that who wish to make political gain out of ot. I wonder how much th NPP paid that headmistress to say it the manner she did. Knowing their okro mouth, the truth would soôn come out. Because you rather we had fertiliser thieves ruling the nation. Something you perhaps condone
Mike Olongo, USA 8 years ago
Sanity depends on who the observer is. Like color blindness where blue appears white and green appears pink so is insanity where the bad appears good.
Sanity depends on who the observer is. Like color blindness where blue appears white and green appears pink so is insanity where the bad appears good.
Concerned 8 years ago
Generally one of the biggest problems leaders have is being out of touch with reality and that's why normally they visit to find out for themselves the issues on the ground.
People telling them their basic needs should actu ... read full comment
Generally one of the biggest problems leaders have is being out of touch with reality and that's why normally they visit to find out for themselves the issues on the ground.
People telling them their basic needs should actually be welcomed and not be treated with contempt as if it's beneath them as indicated by the response Mahama gave when when he was asked about the toilets. He said he was concerned about strategic issues. A strategy can however be measured only by the outcome. For example how many toilets have we managed to build as a result of decentralisation, or the impact of having adequate toilet facilities on cholera.
Presidents who surround themselves with yes men should be seeking feedback from the grassroots. Does the president care whether there's chalk in the classroom. Well k4 and mills wanted to know the price of plantain at the market place and everybody would agree they were better leaders than the one we have now
Dabo 8 years ago
Nkwaseasem kwaa kwa! Stupid man!!
Nkwaseasem kwaa kwa! Stupid man!!
Jake 8 years ago
Take your insults back into your cage. You do not belong here
Take your insults back into your cage. You do not belong here
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Nice try, Papa Appiah, to condone that sort of callous disregard for public servants doing their best!
READ: "..Did the head teacher need Accra to remove dangerous broken furniture and make the environment safe for kids?.. ... read full comment
Nice try, Papa Appiah, to condone that sort of callous disregard for public servants doing their best!
READ: "..Did the head teacher need Accra to remove dangerous broken furniture and make the environment safe for kids?.."
WE SAY: Why not!
When Accra controls everything!
When Accra has not paid over 11,000 in 2 months!
When the President, the Vice-President and many other officials (Speaker of Parliament, Chief Justice, Justices of the Supreme Court, Chairman /mebers of the Council of State, Ministers of State, Deputy Ministers of State and Members of Parliament, etc., all DO NOT PAY INCOME TAXES!
Doesn't the fish rot from the head!
Give us a break!
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Imagine!
The President (Mahama), and his Vice-President (Amissah-Arthur) do not pay taxes on their incomes, and per diems!
But, all the poor teachers receiving little monthly incomes, do pay taxes!
In effect, Mrs. A ... read full comment
Imagine!
The President (Mahama), and his Vice-President (Amissah-Arthur) do not pay taxes on their incomes, and per diems!
But, all the poor teachers receiving little monthly incomes, do pay taxes!
In effect, Mrs. Amissah-Arthur is asking the teachers to pay taxes more than once!
Nonsense!
Fleetwood Mac 8 years ago
Orof Lungu, is it a constitutional provision that the President and his Vice should not pay taxes on their basic income (salary)? Has the constitution made an exemption from taxes for them?
But they have taxable property a ... read full comment
Orof Lungu, is it a constitutional provision that the President and his Vice should not pay taxes on their basic income (salary)? Has the constitution made an exemption from taxes for them?
But they have taxable property and my pay up. If they have shares in public companies, the taxes on the earnings from these assets are deductible from source. They can't set aside those due to the Pres and VP.
Even per diem allowances are tax deducible, aren't they?
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Fleetwood Mac,
Please see Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution.
(We've spoken about this - in essays and numerous comments online for more than 12 years).
ITEM: Teachers pay income taxes on their pay every month.
Tea ... read full comment
Fleetwood Mac,
Please see Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution.
(We've spoken about this - in essays and numerous comments online for more than 12 years).
ITEM: Teachers pay income taxes on their pay every month.
Teachers also may "..have taxable property and my pay up. If they have shares in public companies, the taxes on the earnings from these assets are deductible from source. They can't set aside those due to the Pres and VP..."
ITEM: As a rule, you do not pay taxes on per diems - they are theoretical expenses incurred privately doing work for government, as when one must travel outside the local commute area. (If we understand your question correctly, per diems are direct payments - they do not have anything to do with "tax-deductibles"
Fleetwood Macm you must agree that we need to govern a country of citizens, not rule a land where Monkey Dey Work, Bamboo They Chop"!
From our research, the President and his Vice each make about $6,000.00 each month, tax free. Teachers earn below $500, before taxes.
You can practically take what we are saying here today to the Bank. This is not a Fleetwood Mac "Rumor"!
Greetings!
Fleetwood Mac 8 years ago
Thanks for the explanation and the figures.
Yes, per diems are not incomes to be taxed. Many of our politicians and diplomats abroad save these in foreign bank accounts. Others use them to purchase things abroad that they ... read full comment
Thanks for the explanation and the figures.
Yes, per diems are not incomes to be taxed. Many of our politicians and diplomats abroad save these in foreign bank accounts. Others use them to purchase things abroad that they bring home. No matter which way you look at it, they are earn incomes far above those of the teacher at home who doesn't earn any per diems.
It's indeed too bad that the Pres and his Vice don't pay taxes on their relatively huge incomes. No doubt people are struggling so much to enter politics and can pour acid on you in that pursuit.
Tuyoo 8 years ago
It was the 2nd Lady who made that
"woman-to-woman small-talk about chalk" PUBLIC, just to put the headteacher in her humble place!
HUBRIS and ELITISM ran AMOCK!!
It was the 2nd Lady who made that
"woman-to-woman small-talk about chalk" PUBLIC, just to put the headteacher in her humble place!
HUBRIS and ELITISM ran AMOCK!!
SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago
STUPID USELESS, NDC GO AHEAD AND STEAL FOR UR CRONIES AND FAMILIES WHILST U DEPRIVE OUR KIDS OF CHALK IN CLASSROOMS
STUPID USELESS, NDC GO AHEAD AND STEAL FOR UR CRONIES AND FAMILIES WHILST U DEPRIVE OUR KIDS OF CHALK IN CLASSROOMS
SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago
NDC CREATE LOOT AND SHARE WITH CRONIES AND FAMILY ....STUPID FOOOOOLISH NDC GOVT, PAY OUT BILLIONS ON FAKE JDGET DEBTS WHILST UR SCHOOLS EVEN LACK CHALK?....STUPIDEST OF GOVTS IN AFRICA IS THE NDC GOVT....WICKED AND VISCOUS I ... read full comment
NDC CREATE LOOT AND SHARE WITH CRONIES AND FAMILY ....STUPID FOOOOOLISH NDC GOVT, PAY OUT BILLIONS ON FAKE JDGET DEBTS WHILST UR SCHOOLS EVEN LACK CHALK?....STUPIDEST OF GOVTS IN AFRICA IS THE NDC GOVT....WICKED AND VISCOUS INDEED,,,,NO WONDER THERE IS FIRE EVERYWHERE AND EVEN WATER AND FIRE COMBINED TO KILL POOR GHANAIANS WHILST NDC CRIMINAL LEADERSHIP DEPRIVE THE STATE SCHOOLS OF EVEN CHALK TO WRITE AND TEACH OUR KIDS.....STUPID FOOLISH SECOND LADY INDEEEEED, THIS IS NOT HER WORK, ALL SHE NEEDED TO DO WAS TO INFORM THE USELESS AND EVEN STUPIDER HUSBAND BUT SHE CHOSE TO FLEX HER UGLY MUSCLES AT POOR GHANAIANS...
Uncouth woman 8 years ago
Well done for exposing herself as an idiot and uncouth? If she were your wife you would know what she had done to herself. She will go down in history as the most uncouth second woman (not a lady). Please, don't bring more in ... read full comment
Well done for exposing herself as an idiot and uncouth? If she were your wife you would know what she had done to herself. She will go down in history as the most uncouth second woman (not a lady). Please, don't bring more insults on her. She herself knows she was foolish.
klinker 8 years ago
I wish I know you. Our Ghanaian teachers know how to form several unions to fight for higher salaries. They cannot call on govt to give them the logistics that will help them to deliver. How many years was there the shortage ... read full comment
I wish I know you. Our Ghanaian teachers know how to form several unions to fight for higher salaries. They cannot call on govt to give them the logistics that will help them to deliver. How many years was there the shortage of chalk in this school that the headteacher had to wait for the second lady to come before she appeals for chalk. She continues to pay GNAT dues. How is gnat helping our schools?
Kofi 8 years ago
Another idiot
Another idiot
Kwapps 8 years ago
So everything going wrong has to be engineered by NPP. And the dumsor vigil was also engineered by them. They caused recent floods too. What else?
If the poor headteacher had enough chalk for her school, she would NOT hav ... read full comment
So everything going wrong has to be engineered by NPP. And the dumsor vigil was also engineered by them. They caused recent floods too. What else?
If the poor headteacher had enough chalk for her school, she would NOT have made that request. Period. What was the poor headteacher to do after several unsuccessful attempts to secure chalk through the right channels and authorities? Who was she to turn to? She wasn't begging for the fun of it, she begged because she had reached the end of her tether! So for you to deride her for joining the begging bandwagon shows your ignorance of the real problems people face in their day to day discharge of their duties.
Fleetwood Mac 8 years ago
We have too much respect for the wives of our heads of state. It is an African phenomenon. We give this undue respect for these ladies only because they happen to marry someone, not because of any intrinsic qualities they hav ... read full comment
We have too much respect for the wives of our heads of state. It is an African phenomenon. We give this undue respect for these ladies only because they happen to marry someone, not because of any intrinsic qualities they have in themselves. We even have an Association of African First Ladies.
The term "First Lady" does not exist in our culture. We copied it from the West where it is not often used any longer. But like all such things, we copy and copy it into excess. And we even say Second Lady. Very soon we shall say Third Lady to the wife of the speaker of the Parliament if he is third in line for succession as head of state in the event the first two cannot perform the duty.
Nana Konadu took this First Lady thing to extremes and used it to acquire vast amounts of power. She attained a position she would never have attained but for her being married to Rawlings.
We should stop giving too much respect for first or second ladies. That position is not an elective one. We should start by abandoning the term First or Second Lady. They can just simply be called the wife of the President or VP. They should be prevented from going around presenting gifts or opening centres.
Papa Appiah's article is good but he should have balanced it by pointing out that Matilda's words were undiplomatic and showed unwarranted arrogance and condescension. She could have dealt with the matter in a more matured way. I think the woman should be prevented from making public appearances.
Kwame,USA 8 years ago
Seemingly, you are an educated individual;unfortunately,you are a victim of cognitive impairment. What effrontery do you have to extol the stupid response from the second lady?
In the first place, how many computers did pres ... read full comment
Seemingly, you are an educated individual;unfortunately,you are a victim of cognitive impairment. What effrontery do you have to extol the stupid response from the second lady?
In the first place, how many computers did presented to the school of about 180 pupils minimum? where is the power to operate these computers? finally do they have access to the Internet? My suggesting to you is go home and stick your head in the commode and flush; may be, that will clean your grey matter a little bit. Your hesd is full of SLUSH.
KKO 8 years ago
What a load of rubbish! How old are you and which schools did you attend in Ghana? When did you ever hear that parents were called upon to provide chalk and class registers for school children?
That woman simply exposed h ... read full comment
What a load of rubbish! How old are you and which schools did you attend in Ghana? When did you ever hear that parents were called upon to provide chalk and class registers for school children?
That woman simply exposed her stupidity and no amount of spinning is going to get her and her government out of that. If the idiot knows about PCs and databases, why doesn't she have a database of Ghanaians schools that do not have electricity?
Even in the ghetoes of America where you live, how often do governors who do not care about Black education anyway, ask n**** parents to provide chalk and registers for their wards?
Even by our usually low Ghanaian/African standards, you have to go back about fifty years to the days of "yea yea" CPP women or think of Kodwo Addison advising Ghanaians to "spread palm oil on their bread if they couldn't get margarine", to find something as stupid as what this woman did.
It really shows how low we have sunk as nation. Couldn't they find a more knowledgeable District Education Officer to make this useless presentation? What a bunch of idiots we have ruining our country!
Menua Kwadwo 8 years ago
Wao, KKO your are really pissed with all the stupidities going on in our dear country. Some people are so engrossed in tribalism and political affiliations that they cannot think straight. When something stupid is encountered ... read full comment
Wao, KKO your are really pissed with all the stupidities going on in our dear country. Some people are so engrossed in tribalism and political affiliations that they cannot think straight. When something stupid is encountered, comments are made on the basis of whether it will be a disgrace to a party or tribe. IT IS SO SAD!!!!!!!!
Tom 8 years ago
America fortunately has gone past the use of chalks in the classroom.
America fortunately has gone past the use of chalks in the classroom.
Nii Lartey Nartey. 8 years ago
For the first place, the teacher did not ask for chalk from the so called second lady.
She just made a passionate plea for much needed materials for the school to be sent across to the authorities responsible, the failed N ... read full comment
For the first place, the teacher did not ask for chalk from the so called second lady.
She just made a passionate plea for much needed materials for the school to be sent across to the authorities responsible, the failed NDC government.
After all, the teacher` even mistakenly made direct appeal to the second lady, how much is chalk to merit such outrageous attack in the present of school kids on the poor teacher, her colleague, the elders assembled and Ghanaians for that
matter?
I think Ghanaian teachers and parents should sue the GES for negligent of responsibility for adequate failed supply of school materials after paid school fees with understanding contract that the children would be thought by teachers with supplied chalk, what about that?
NO MESSING ABOUT 8 years ago
This toxic full Papa Appiah who wrte this piece is a complete is a complete idiotic full ; what on earth is he talking about because for me I don't get his drift -KWARRRA !!!!!!; there something called government responsibil ... read full comment
This toxic full Papa Appiah who wrte this piece is a complete is a complete idiotic full ; what on earth is he talking about because for me I don't get his drift -KWARRRA !!!!!!; there something called government responsibility all laid out in the constitution ;why on earth should people paying taxes again provide chalks ; tables and chairs plus toilets to communities ; this the responsibility of government ; when Jon loans Akomfem Mahama and this Lady were at school they provided with all these amenities and today they full citizens and enjoying but this village worm Papa Appiah is telling Ghanaians that this NDc government should negate their responsibility steal our monies and go out spend it outside the country ; ride V8 cars with their official and worst of all allow Jon Loans Mahama to set up massive transport business from Ivory Coast to Burkina ; PaPa Appiah if you do not just shut backside and stop backing this wife of a homosexual .
Prince Charles 8 years ago
Well said, my Brother; could'nt have said it any better. Ghanaians of all stripes, shapes, shades and characters are just beggers for everything. This sense of entitlement must stop and people must start to learn to do litt ... read full comment
Well said, my Brother; could'nt have said it any better. Ghanaians of all stripes, shapes, shades and characters are just beggers for everything. This sense of entitlement must stop and people must start to learn to do little things for themselves instead of waiting all the time for somebody to come and do things for them. I am sure if you give a Ghanaian who cries for a wife a woman to marry, he will next ask you for bed to sleep on with the woman. We are a sad bunch of people, and I applaud Matilda for her steadfastness.
Concerned 8 years ago
We pay taxes and fees and in return the government provides logistics to ensure teaching can take place. Asking parents and teachers to provide chalk is like asking a customer to bring his own plate to your restaurant. Your s ... read full comment
We pay taxes and fees and in return the government provides logistics to ensure teaching can take place. Asking parents and teachers to provide chalk is like asking a customer to bring his own plate to your restaurant. Your support for this woman hopefully is an emotional one and not an indication of your intellect
Nii Teiko 8 years ago
Apart from your stupid ass and that knuckle-headed Kojo T, how formers are taking you to the cleaners? The nest time you sit by your computer to type you must think twice.
Apart from your stupid ass and that knuckle-headed Kojo T, how formers are taking you to the cleaners? The nest time you sit by your computer to type you must think twice.
Jacob 8 years ago
Why was it her that presented the computers paid for by the state? Since the NDC sought to use her in the distribution of computers the headmistress was perfectly right to pass the request for chalk through her. It was only f ... read full comment
Why was it her that presented the computers paid for by the state? Since the NDC sought to use her in the distribution of computers the headmistress was perfectly right to pass the request for chalk through her. It was only for her to carry the message back to those who sent her. It would have been a different matter if the donated computers came from her personally.Who are the spoilt ones in Ghana? It is not the school children and the headmistress. Rather it is them the political office holders who are living fat on the taxpayers. Look at the cars in which they ride and all other allowances bestowed on them. I am sure since the days of her husband being the Governor of Bank of Ghana she had not stepped into the kitchen since the State pays the cook and the steward that serve them.
Dessie 8 years ago
Paapa Appiah:your analysis seems to be pretty advance point of view but,do Ghanaians really advanced in our thinking faulty?..No.the whole issue should have done in privately,but,in Ghana,to my perspective,we lack conflict r ... read full comment
Paapa Appiah:your analysis seems to be pretty advance point of view but,do Ghanaians really advanced in our thinking faulty?..No.the whole issue should have done in privately,but,in Ghana,to my perspective,we lack conflict resolving syndrome;both politicians to the grassroot,we lack that kind of substance;On the other hand;the first lady sould have find a way of swaying aside the conversation,.such straight talk by Second lady is inappropriate
listening more and talking less which in this case could be interpreted as reading more and writing or replying less :). I was so quick to judge till I carried on reading the full script, quite a sensible view I share with, o ...
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I agree with you.There are channels of communications and people are employed and paid to work.Why should the wife of the VP now provide chalk?It shows we cannot differentiate between the levels. Soon we expect the Minister t ...
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The headmistress did not ask the stupid woman for chalk. She said she should send the request to the authorities. By the way, why did the stupid woman decide to donate computers to that school? Did she know the needs of the s ...
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You called someone's mother stupid? For what reasons? By the way, had your vagina smelling ptostitute ugly looking mother any education? To hell with you and your family. May you be cursed forever. You are a Bush donkey to in ...
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Kojo T, the question should be, why was the second lady providing computers to a school without electricity and not why should she provide chalk?
The 2nd lady is uncouth and either has no understanding of government policy ...
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This show how Ghana doesn't have strong institutions because most people at the head of these institutions doesn't work and government is wasting money in paying their salaries and wages.A case in point, when Navrongo seconda ...
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It really makes me sad when some of our compatriots including Papa Appiah, the writer of this article, find it so hard to reason objectively. These people could not discern that
1. the Headmistress was appealing through the ...
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Very good point:NDC administration spokesperson must come out and blantantly distance themselves from that comment by saying it doesn't reflect the administration values
"for there is no way on earth I will ever agree with my fellow Ghanaians that begging for chalk from a vice presidential spouse, not a Minister of Education, who has kindly presented a few computers to your school, is the pro ...
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The lady lacked curtesy from home.
Pastor Otabil on father's day 2000 preached from the pupil that everyone needs a second father, and people did not know what he meant at first, so he continue to elucidate that there're th ...
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What ever the rational is behind the head mistress message and request,it could have been done in the quiet and in chambers.The political climate today is such that motives are deliberately misread and political capital made ...
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We should not support what is bad no matter what corner it is coming from or pointing to. On what capacity did the lady present the computer? Did she buy the computer with her own money? First of all, her husband is our vi ...
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The article touches on the truth for ALL SANE men, but that who wish to make political gain out of ot. I wonder how much th NPP paid that headmistress to say it the manner she did. Knowing their okro mouth, the truth would so ...
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Sanity depends on who the observer is. Like color blindness where blue appears white and green appears pink so is insanity where the bad appears good.
Generally one of the biggest problems leaders have is being out of touch with reality and that's why normally they visit to find out for themselves the issues on the ground.
People telling them their basic needs should actu ...
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Nkwaseasem kwaa kwa! Stupid man!!
Take your insults back into your cage. You do not belong here
Nice try, Papa Appiah, to condone that sort of callous disregard for public servants doing their best!
READ: "..Did the head teacher need Accra to remove dangerous broken furniture and make the environment safe for kids?.. ...
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Imagine!
The President (Mahama), and his Vice-President (Amissah-Arthur) do not pay taxes on their incomes, and per diems!
But, all the poor teachers receiving little monthly incomes, do pay taxes!
In effect, Mrs. A ...
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Orof Lungu, is it a constitutional provision that the President and his Vice should not pay taxes on their basic income (salary)? Has the constitution made an exemption from taxes for them?
But they have taxable property a ...
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Fleetwood Mac,
Please see Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution.
(We've spoken about this - in essays and numerous comments online for more than 12 years).
ITEM: Teachers pay income taxes on their pay every month.
Tea ...
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Thanks for the explanation and the figures.
Yes, per diems are not incomes to be taxed. Many of our politicians and diplomats abroad save these in foreign bank accounts. Others use them to purchase things abroad that they ...
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It was the 2nd Lady who made that
"woman-to-woman small-talk about chalk" PUBLIC, just to put the headteacher in her humble place!
HUBRIS and ELITISM ran AMOCK!!
STUPID USELESS, NDC GO AHEAD AND STEAL FOR UR CRONIES AND FAMILIES WHILST U DEPRIVE OUR KIDS OF CHALK IN CLASSROOMS
NDC CREATE LOOT AND SHARE WITH CRONIES AND FAMILY ....STUPID FOOOOOLISH NDC GOVT, PAY OUT BILLIONS ON FAKE JDGET DEBTS WHILST UR SCHOOLS EVEN LACK CHALK?....STUPIDEST OF GOVTS IN AFRICA IS THE NDC GOVT....WICKED AND VISCOUS I ...
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Well done for exposing herself as an idiot and uncouth? If she were your wife you would know what she had done to herself. She will go down in history as the most uncouth second woman (not a lady). Please, don't bring more in ...
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I wish I know you. Our Ghanaian teachers know how to form several unions to fight for higher salaries. They cannot call on govt to give them the logistics that will help them to deliver. How many years was there the shortage ...
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Another idiot
So everything going wrong has to be engineered by NPP. And the dumsor vigil was also engineered by them. They caused recent floods too. What else?
If the poor headteacher had enough chalk for her school, she would NOT hav ...
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We have too much respect for the wives of our heads of state. It is an African phenomenon. We give this undue respect for these ladies only because they happen to marry someone, not because of any intrinsic qualities they hav ...
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Seemingly, you are an educated individual;unfortunately,you are a victim of cognitive impairment. What effrontery do you have to extol the stupid response from the second lady?
In the first place, how many computers did pres ...
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What a load of rubbish! How old are you and which schools did you attend in Ghana? When did you ever hear that parents were called upon to provide chalk and class registers for school children?
That woman simply exposed h ...
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Wao, KKO your are really pissed with all the stupidities going on in our dear country. Some people are so engrossed in tribalism and political affiliations that they cannot think straight. When something stupid is encountered ...
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America fortunately has gone past the use of chalks in the classroom.
For the first place, the teacher did not ask for chalk from the so called second lady.
She just made a passionate plea for much needed materials for the school to be sent across to the authorities responsible, the failed N ...
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This toxic full Papa Appiah who wrte this piece is a complete is a complete idiotic full ; what on earth is he talking about because for me I don't get his drift -KWARRRA !!!!!!; there something called government responsibil ...
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Well said, my Brother; could'nt have said it any better. Ghanaians of all stripes, shapes, shades and characters are just beggers for everything. This sense of entitlement must stop and people must start to learn to do litt ...
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We pay taxes and fees and in return the government provides logistics to ensure teaching can take place. Asking parents and teachers to provide chalk is like asking a customer to bring his own plate to your restaurant. Your s ...
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Apart from your stupid ass and that knuckle-headed Kojo T, how formers are taking you to the cleaners? The nest time you sit by your computer to type you must think twice.
Why was it her that presented the computers paid for by the state? Since the NDC sought to use her in the distribution of computers the headmistress was perfectly right to pass the request for chalk through her. It was only f ...
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Paapa Appiah:your analysis seems to be pretty advance point of view but,do Ghanaians really advanced in our thinking faulty?..No.the whole issue should have done in privately,but,in Ghana,to my perspective,we lack conflict r ...
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