The two idiotic blood-brothers Kwarteng and Lungu are left with only nonsensical postings to Ghanweb.
I am sure Ghanaweb will take the necessary measures to ensure that either they are banned or no stupid articles are publ ... read full comment
The two idiotic blood-brothers Kwarteng and Lungu are left with only nonsensical postings to Ghanweb.
I am sure Ghanaweb will take the necessary measures to ensure that either they are banned or no stupid articles are published from the two mad homosapiens.
Kojo T 8 years ago
Why do you not come up with your ïntelligent"comments and rebuttals instead of insults? This is what Pres Kenyatta said just last week "We neither face East nor' West but progress"Is that not what Nkrumah said? Why do we hav ... read full comment
Why do you not come up with your ïntelligent"comments and rebuttals instead of insults? This is what Pres Kenyatta said just last week "We neither face East nor' West but progress"Is that not what Nkrumah said? Why do we have Chinese seats in our parliament if that was so bad? Today the buzz word is PPP and African integration .Dr Otto , what is another word for integration?So all the concepts are a re harsh of what the great man said .Thank you Prof Lungu for thegreat work you are doing with Kwarteng educating the youth
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Kojo T,
YOUR: "...Thank you Prof Lungu for the great work you are doing with Kwarteng educating the youth..."
WE SAY: When it is all said and done, the World will know the value of the works - what real contribution eac ... read full comment
Kojo T,
YOUR: "...Thank you Prof Lungu for the great work you are doing with Kwarteng educating the youth..."
WE SAY: When it is all said and done, the World will know the value of the works - what real contribution each made to writing African/Ghana history.
More to come, trust us!
Greetings, and thanks a million for your support!
Nii Teiko 8 years ago
Read Samia: "She said the EC report that described the CPP as non-functional was "one of those small challenges that the party could overcome."
On this we say the ratcheting and rantings of Prof Lungu and Kwarteng is much a ... read full comment
Read Samia: "She said the EC report that described the CPP as non-functional was "one of those small challenges that the party could overcome."
On this we say the ratcheting and rantings of Prof Lungu and Kwarteng is much ado about nothing. The general public is yet to celebrate the death of the CPP. Our advice to Kwarteng and Lungu is simply. They should stop mourning the ghost of the dead empire ( CPP)
francis kwarteng 8 years ago
Nii Teiku,
I am convinced you did not read the piece.
Prof. Lungu is not discussing partisan or colonial politics.
How many times have you seen him mention CPP in his essays?
When he critiques the NDC and Presid ... read full comment
Nii Teiku,
I am convinced you did not read the piece.
Prof. Lungu is not discussing partisan or colonial politics.
How many times have you seen him mention CPP in his essays?
When he critiques the NDC and President Mahama we hardly see you.
When he critiques the NPP and Kufuor we don't see you?
Have you even asked him or try to find out if he is a CPP? Or PPP? NPP? NDC?
Prof. Lungu has gone far to say the good deeds of Ghanaian leaders regardless of their political affiliation.
Nii Teiko, I have read some of your comments praising Busia and Danquah, but know did you say they were part of our colonial politics? You have also discussed the Kufuor presidence which belings to the past.
Even Kufuor found it necessary to visit Nkrumah's Five- and Seven-Development Plans. Kufuor found it wise to celebrate Ghana's 50th anniversay (which was a botched one, though) and make sense of the AU Day. We largely owe these to Nkrumah. Are you wiser than Kufuor?
Partisan politics is one Prof. Lungu's least concerns. Or that he argues for is good, exemplary, and visionary leadership, which is what Ghana has never achieved since Nkrumah.
That is the essence of this article. How can Ghana do so better than Liberia, a country that has been in existence for mora than a century?
And how can Nkrumah's Ghana under 9 years do so better than the Ghana of the post-Nkrumah dispensation?
Every great nation, including the United States, continues to celebrate its visionary leaders and still continue to adapt the vision of their greatest leaders to contemporary times.
American historians and media continue to stress, study, teach and write about their visionary leaders. Reagan went as far back as adopting some of Herbert Hoover's ideas. Clinton and Obama have done the same. All great leaders do.
Thus, Prof. Lungu is discussing why Ghana has not done enough since the overthrow of Nkrumah. I some remember American politicians, historians, and scholars asking theselves across America:
What would the Founding Fathrs have said about George Bush's presidency if they were alive here today?
Prof. Lungu's article has more depth if you had taken your time to read it. Please go back and read this short article closely like you have never done before.
Thanks.
francis kwarteng 8 years ago
Hello Nii Teiko,
You are here talking about "history of our beloved Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition" and you don't want Prof. Lungu to discuss Nkrumah?
Do you have any clue how colonial your Danquah-Busia-Dombo is? I rea ... read full comment
Hello Nii Teiko,
You are here talking about "history of our beloved Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition" and you don't want Prof. Lungu to discuss Nkrumah?
Do you have any clue how colonial your Danquah-Busia-Dombo is? I read this as part of your comments on Amposanh-Dadzie's article "Akufo-Addo Must Show True Leadership."
You see your Orwellian double standard! See how hypocritical you are! Is Dombo there an afterthought?
Thanks.
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Dr. Otto,
We will not bother with your insults.
Just to note you seem to have tightened you pithy prose, this time!
Further, we say this in Part 2.2 of the series:
READ: "...We are thinking Phillip Kobina Baidoo no ... read full comment
Dr. Otto,
We will not bother with your insults.
Just to note you seem to have tightened you pithy prose, this time!
Further, we say this in Part 2.2 of the series:
READ: "...We are thinking Phillip Kobina Baidoo now knows how to count social phenomena following the free education we've given him, more than once! In fact, on this one, we will hazard that he was probably one of 1,480,000 pupils who received free education in primary schools in 1966, whereas in 1951 when Nkrumah was appointed Leader of Government Business there were just 154,000 pupils enrolled..."
WE NOW ADD FOR YOUR PLEASURE: You must be one of the lucky "1,480,000 pupils" who got Free Primary Education, or your parents must have passed on that benefit to you, to allow you to spend so much time on your "nonsensical postings" as Dr. Otto.
Read more, at www.GhanaHero.Com/Visions.
Greetings!
JD 8 years ago
Otto, Lungu might be an idiot in real life, but it's difficult to tell from this thread. What is idiotic about the present post? You don't come across as an arrogant pr**k so don't try to be one.
As for Lungu, thanks, onc ... read full comment
Otto, Lungu might be an idiot in real life, but it's difficult to tell from this thread. What is idiotic about the present post? You don't come across as an arrogant pr**k so don't try to be one.
As for Lungu, thanks, once again for your thought-provoking thread. I'm no Nkrumaist but I do know that it offered a blueprint for Ghana's development despite its pockets of weaknesses. Unfortunately, our subsequent leaders failed to build on it.
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
To Say: "...Ghana was making huge strides in development and governance even with the antagonistic international and trade environment, until the overthrow. Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966..."
To Say: "...Ghana was making huge strides in development and governance even with the antagonistic international and trade environment, until the overthrow. Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966..."
Amanfo 8 years ago
Dear Prof. one thing is certain in life, the life of a good man still lives after contineous attempt to defame it. Ever since, 24th February, 1966. Ghana is yet to see another pragmatist and a leader like Nkrumah, none has c ... read full comment
Dear Prof. one thing is certain in life, the life of a good man still lives after contineous attempt to defame it. Ever since, 24th February, 1966. Ghana is yet to see another pragmatist and a leader like Nkrumah, none has come. Maybe it will come soon, perhaps it will take centuries. The good works of that greatest African personality are relevant and evident still today. Thank you
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Amanfo,
Thanks for your comments.
YOUR: "...one thing is certain in life, the life of a good man still lives after continuous attempt to defame it..."
WE SAY: The record is clear - above all, Nkrumah wanted Ghanaians/A ... read full comment
Amanfo,
Thanks for your comments.
YOUR: "...one thing is certain in life, the life of a good man still lives after continuous attempt to defame it..."
WE SAY: The record is clear - above all, Nkrumah wanted Ghanaians/Africans to write their own history. And so, as we show in this essay and others to come, Ankrah-Kotoka and the rest of them were actually Ghana's first losers.
Imagine, Ankrah, the new Ghanaian, the African educated in British way, actually demanded the US set the nuclear bomb on Vietman.
More to come from this side!
Thanks.
Nii Teiko 8 years ago
New wine in old wine skin or bottle. Nothing new. This is just recycling of of trashy you are boring. I think you guys should deviate from the politics of the colonial era and focus on this new world of advanced technology an ... read full comment
New wine in old wine skin or bottle. Nothing new. This is just recycling of of trashy you are boring. I think you guys should deviate from the politics of the colonial era and focus on this new world of advanced technology and scientific innovations. Your writings achieve nothing apart from the fact that it promotes hatred among those idiots leaning of old Nkrumah's CPP and the UP tradition. Nkrumah's CPP is dead whilst the UP Trading still lingers on; Is that your envy?
Amanfo 8 years ago
Dear Mr Nii Teiko, it seems to me you are taking this too personal and allowing falsehood to overcloud a common reasoning. Anyway, who misinformed you that Nkrumah leanings are dead and so is the tradition?. I don't know whet ... read full comment
Dear Mr Nii Teiko, it seems to me you are taking this too personal and allowing falsehood to overcloud a common reasoning. Anyway, who misinformed you that Nkrumah leanings are dead and so is the tradition?. I don't know whether you have been hearing the flagbearer of the largest opposition party in Ghana who is an astute Danquah-Busaist and his socialists promises?. Well if the ideals of Nkrumah are dead what makes of that of the flagbearer?. You can't cruxify the mother and have her child. Thank you
KKO 8 years ago
“In July, 1965, Nkrumah "...dismissed Major General Ankrah as deputy chief of staff, holding him to be a security risk...".
In July 1965 Major General JA Ankrah was the Chief of Defence Staff, with Major-General SJA Otu ... read full comment
“In July, 1965, Nkrumah "...dismissed Major General Ankrah as deputy chief of staff, holding him to be a security risk...".
In July 1965 Major General JA Ankrah was the Chief of Defence Staff, with Major-General SJA Otu as his deputy. Anybody who does not know that is NOT worth quoting! If a historian cannot get this very basic fact right, what else can anybody believe about what he writes?
francis kwarteng 8 years ago
Dear KKO,
Good point.
But how does that invalidate the data/statistics Prof. Lungu provides?
Please go ahead and tell us which of the data/statistics is questionable?
Have a great weekend.
Thanks.
Dear KKO,
Good point.
But how does that invalidate the data/statistics Prof. Lungu provides?
Please go ahead and tell us which of the data/statistics is questionable?
Have a great weekend.
Thanks.
KKO 8 years ago
Ever heard of "there are lies, damned lies and statistics?" We were told the Soviet economy was going all hanky dory until it collapsed beyond repair in December 1991!
If Ghana's economy had all those wonderful statistics ... read full comment
Ever heard of "there are lies, damned lies and statistics?" We were told the Soviet economy was going all hanky dory until it collapsed beyond repair in December 1991!
If Ghana's economy had all those wonderful statistics in July 1965, how did it collapse so spectacularly in January 1966? And don't tell me any stories by Asamoa-Botwe because I was there!
francis kwarteng 8 years ago
Dear KKO,
The answer is partially covered in the same article you are complaining about.
Just give me your own data/statistics contradicting Prof. Lungu's as regards the statistics/data he provides before and after Nkr ... read full comment
Dear KKO,
The answer is partially covered in the same article you are complaining about.
Just give me your own data/statistics contradicting Prof. Lungu's as regards the statistics/data he provides before and after Nkrumah's overthrow.
Please just give me that contrarian statistics/data. Otherwise what you are saying won't stand vigorus test of comparative critique. As simple as that. All you have done is to speculate. No numbers. No statistics. No data.
How good was the American in 1929 before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, ushering the Great Depression? How good was the American economy before the 2008 recession?
Data. Statistics. Numbers. Give me yours. I am not interested in speculations and wild guesses.
Thanks.
KKO 8 years ago
1961-Early 1966
“Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah introduces his Soviet-inspired Seven-Year Plan to establish state-owned factories and public authorities. The projects are financed by foreign loans and taxes, saddling the ... read full comment
1961-Early 1966
“Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah introduces his Soviet-inspired Seven-Year Plan to establish state-owned factories and public authorities. The projects are financed by foreign loans and taxes, saddling the country with debt and stifling certain sectors of the economy. Cocoa production in Ghana drops dramatically when farmers, whose income has been reduced by the government marketing board’s price controls, begin smuggling cocoa to neighboring countries or switch to other crops. As a result, Ghana ceases to be the world’s largest cocoa producer. Burdened with debt, the Ghanaian economy contracts, undermining the Nkrumah government’s popularity. The downturn brings widespread unrest which is exacerbated by criticisms that Nkrumah is focusing too much on the promotion of his vision of African-unity” (Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw 1998)
I know about this issue and especially, the useless chits that were given to cocoa farmers, because my folks were big time cocoa farmers and even today, my family has large cocoa plantations all over the place.
Does this sound like an economy that was booming in 1965? I am not in Ghana at the present time so I cannot give you hard figures, but if you care to know, like the people who wrote the reports of the Commissions of Enquiry after 24th February 1966, I saw a bit of pre-independence Ghana and in secondary school in 1965, I knew how hopeless the situation was.
By the way, why did Kwame Nkrumah have to go to the IMF in 1965? Has any country ever gone to the Bretton-Woods institution in good times? That is where you begin to question those figures, especially if you were not born at the time or too young to know what had happened.
Ironically the leftist governments of Ghana have been cooking the books from time immemorial, until it catches up with them. The CPP did it, Kwesi Botchey did it for years, Amissah-Arthur and Kwabena Duffuor did it and now Terkper and Wampah are following their footsteps. In spite of all the hardships that Ghanaians are going through today, twenty years from now, someone will come up with some outrageous statistical figures to show how Ghana was heaven on earth under John Mahama.
I am glad I paid attention in my Maths and Science classes at school, not to be fooled by cock and bull social science statistics!
francis kwarteng 8 years ago
Dear KKO,
Is that what you call statistics/data?
Nkrumah launched the Seven-Year Development Plan on March 11, 1964 and he was overthrown in February 24, 1966, how much of the Plan was implemented within this two-year ... read full comment
Dear KKO,
Is that what you call statistics/data?
Nkrumah launched the Seven-Year Development Plan on March 11, 1964 and he was overthrown in February 24, 1966, how much of the Plan was implemented within this two-year period?
And how much loans, etc., was acquired for the part of the plan that was implemented within this period, if indeed the Plan was implemented at all?
Remember that unlike the 5-Year Development Plan which was brought to fruition, the Seven-Year Development Plan was largely abandoned? That said, you have not provided me with any statistics/data on the debt the Colonial Government accumulated before and when Nkrumah assumed the head of government business (with the British still in control the Gold Coast and which the Nkrumah government had to take care of)!
KKO, you need to provide more data/statistics for this period and the total amount of loans, aid, and whatever for the project!
This is what Nobel Laureate (Economics, 2001) Joseph Stiglitz, a onetime adviser to the Obama Administration, had to say about America:
"Today, many are worried about America, whose growth is based on borrowing more than $3 billion a day from abroad" (Economist's View, "A Q & A With Joseph Stiglitz").
What does this statement mean? Does it mean America is bankrupt? If not, why is America borrowing from abroad that amount to finance "consumption, not investment" as Stiglitz implies?
For the same of argument, hasn't the American eeconomy been in a relative better health than Ghana's after Nkrumah's overthrow? Why is American still borrowing from abroad?
Did Kufour borrow even with debt cancellation and sale of state properties?
Was the economy that terrible under Kufuor even with those glossing GDP/statistics, debt cancellation, sale of state properties (which Nkrumah built), etc?
Didn't the World Bank/IMF, Western powers, and thin tanks laud the economy under Kufuor, though he saddled the country with debt in the midst of debt cancellation and sale of state property?
Why did he continue to borrow to fund projects? Were the World Bank/IMF and those others who lauded his regime lying?
Please data. Statistics. Numbers. You still have not given me one. Please more data. Statistics. Numbers. I don't believe in speculations and propaganda. You need numbers to back up your claims.
At least Prof. Lungu beats you on that. Get me the numbers, not non-numeric speculations, that contraditcs Prof. Lungu's.
And please, don't let you wild speculations look like the now-discretited canard that the British left Nkrumah a huge sum of money.
Google Dr. Botwe-Asamoah's recent essay where he put that speculation to rest.
Thanks.
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Nice try!
Right!
You know a lot, do not provide and data, then copies from a website without proper attribution.
You copied from a website no less titled as "www.us-uk-interventions.org/Ghana_fullchron.htm
Do you ... read full comment
Nice try!
Right!
You know a lot, do not provide and data, then copies from a website without proper attribution.
You copied from a website no less titled as "www.us-uk-interventions.org/Ghana_fullchron.htm
Do you see the irony?
UK-US Interventions...to go circular, just for you, OK K!
That entirely defeats your argument.
The US-UK interventions were more important in the overthrow than the loans some of which were used to build roads to your parents cocoa farms. Rigging the price of cocoa and providing loans to other countries to produce more, etc. (Imagine, capitalist manipulating prices!).
And do not even bother telling us you were the only cocoa farmers!
ITEM: The data we provide are not CPP data. After all Nuke-Vietnam-Ankrah and the other traitors destroyed the data, and other government assets.
So tell us, when Nkrumah went to the IMF in 1965, what happened?
Greetings!
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
KKO's focus in title is trivial.
In fact, if he did not notice, what we said about Ankrah's dismissal was in quotations marks - no opinion of ours inferred!
To the substance, the is what an expert say:
"...Some key ... read full comment
KKO's focus in title is trivial.
In fact, if he did not notice, what we said about Ankrah's dismissal was in quotations marks - no opinion of ours inferred!
To the substance, the is what an expert say:
"...Some key figures of the coup had come into personal conflict with Nkrumah. Otu, the Chief of Defense Staff, and Ankrah, the Deputy Chief, had been fired in August 1965 and replaced with officers considered more loyal.[15] The generals later claimed that actions such as these represented an overreach of civilian power over the military.
(www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Council)
THEN THIS:
After his experience in the Congo, he was rapidly promoted Brigadier then Major General[2] becoming the first Ghanaian commander of the Ghana army in 1961 and then Deputy Chief of Defence Staff.[2] He was dismissed from the Ghana army in July 1965[3] on suspicion of involvement in a coup plot.[1]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Former Leaders - Profiles:Lt-Gen Joeseph Arthur Ankrah". Official Website of The Osu Castle, seat of Ghana government. Ghana government. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
(www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Arthur_Ankrah#cite_note-castle-1)
SO: Take your pick, KKO, and tell us of what substance is "Chief" or "Deputy", then prove us wrong!
BTW: Who told KKO we were historians?
Nice try, again!
What a life!
francis kwarteng 8 years ago
Nii Teiko,
You are here talking about "history of our beloved Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition" and you don't want Prof. Lungu to discuss Nkrumah?
Do you have any clue how colonial your Danquah-Busia-Dombo is? I read this ... read full comment
Nii Teiko,
You are here talking about "history of our beloved Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition" and you don't want Prof. Lungu to discuss Nkrumah?
Do you have any clue how colonial your Danquah-Busia-Dombo is? I read this as part of your comments on Amposanh-Dadzie's article "Akufo-Addo Must Show True Leadership."
You see your Orwellian double standard! See how hypocritical you are!
Thanks.
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Title As Sent to Ghanaweb:
He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1).
Title As Initially Posted by Ghanaweb: He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1).
ACTION: We ... read full comment
Title As Sent to Ghanaweb:
He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1).
Title As Initially Posted by Ghanaweb: He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1).
ACTION: We just sent a note to Ghanaweb:
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> Subject: Feature: He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1)
> To: "Ghanaweb Feature Articles"
> Date: Monday, August 3, 2015 6:47 PM
> FEATURE: He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1)
MESSAGE TO GHANAWEB:
"....Sorry!
But it looks like someone at Ghanaweb actually edited the title of the essay to just "He Who".
Please revise the title to the correct title as sent to you yesterday,
"He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1)"
I am sorry but someone needs to explain why the title was edited in the first place.
Please see the title and the lead-in image I sent to Ghanaweb yesterday (Atch).
Thanks.
Pro Lungu.
Thanks
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(2 ITEMS WERE ATTACHED TO THE ORIGINAL EMAIL ON SUNDAY):
1. Article: "He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1)"
2. Lead-In Image - Can of Worm Image -Tree of Knowledge
Just so Ghanaweb knows....
Greeting to all!
Mensah Abrampa 8 years ago
Is frustration and disappointment over Nkrumaism truncated business driving Lungu and Kwarteng nuts?
This is C21 but you guys seem to be comfortable in the warm cocoon of the mid C20 Ghana politics and have become the cry ba ... read full comment
Is frustration and disappointment over Nkrumaism truncated business driving Lungu and Kwarteng nuts?
This is C21 but you guys seem to be comfortable in the warm cocoon of the mid C20 Ghana politics and have become the cry babies or perhaps cheerleaders of Nkrumah's truncated political agenda. Guys,there's nothing like a perfect political system in this world. Either they're left buried in the ashes of history or someone else advances it to the next level. Instead of being cry babies that's so nauseatingly boring why don't you try to make lemonade out of lemons? Good luck.
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
We are making lemonade out of the falsehoods of the rascals, the assets they destroyed, and the 10,000 workers who lost their jobs in Ghana after the NLC and Busia took over.
Imagine, Mitsubishi of Japan, a mere 3 weeks ag ... read full comment
We are making lemonade out of the falsehoods of the rascals, the assets they destroyed, and the 10,000 workers who lost their jobs in Ghana after the NLC and Busia took over.
Imagine, Mitsubishi of Japan, a mere 3 weeks ago, was in the US and on global TV apologizing for what they did to the record of history. That was a lot longer ago than what your self-centered self, your-way-or-the-highway will allow about the Nkrumah record.
But, you can't dictate or set the agenda here, we can assure you. (Or. you can write something and have all of us read - to be better informed, according to Mensah Abrampa!
Try that!
So here is a favor for you...Google and read....for your education and reflection:
Japan's Mitsubishi Apologizes For Using U.S. POWs As Forced Labor In WWII
JULY 19, 2015 3:02 PM ET!
No, better luck to you!
Clifford 8 years ago
I think that Prof Lungu has the facts & we must believe what he is writing than others who have adulterated our history ,because he was there! .That is first hand information! .My problem is that,this current crop of youth wh ... read full comment
I think that Prof Lungu has the facts & we must believe what he is writing than others who have adulterated our history ,because he was there! .That is first hand information! .My problem is that,this current crop of youth who are reading our history from characters like Amoako Baah are being misled.They have edited our history to suit the Danquah/Busia tradition where they belong.Unfortunately,the likes of Prof Lungu have all deserted the country for reasons which appear to themselves sufficient! .I wish people like Prof Lungu are in the country putting our history on its right perspective.Why are they out & why for so long? .
The two idiotic blood-brothers Kwarteng and Lungu are left with only nonsensical postings to Ghanweb.
I am sure Ghanaweb will take the necessary measures to ensure that either they are banned or no stupid articles are publ ...
read full comment
Why do you not come up with your ïntelligent"comments and rebuttals instead of insults? This is what Pres Kenyatta said just last week "We neither face East nor' West but progress"Is that not what Nkrumah said? Why do we hav ...
read full comment
Kojo T,
YOUR: "...Thank you Prof Lungu for the great work you are doing with Kwarteng educating the youth..."
WE SAY: When it is all said and done, the World will know the value of the works - what real contribution eac ...
read full comment
Read Samia: "She said the EC report that described the CPP as non-functional was "one of those small challenges that the party could overcome."
On this we say the ratcheting and rantings of Prof Lungu and Kwarteng is much a ...
read full comment
Nii Teiku,
I am convinced you did not read the piece.
Prof. Lungu is not discussing partisan or colonial politics.
How many times have you seen him mention CPP in his essays?
When he critiques the NDC and Presid ...
read full comment
Hello Nii Teiko,
You are here talking about "history of our beloved Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition" and you don't want Prof. Lungu to discuss Nkrumah?
Do you have any clue how colonial your Danquah-Busia-Dombo is? I rea ...
read full comment
Dr. Otto,
We will not bother with your insults.
Just to note you seem to have tightened you pithy prose, this time!
Further, we say this in Part 2.2 of the series:
READ: "...We are thinking Phillip Kobina Baidoo no ...
read full comment
Otto, Lungu might be an idiot in real life, but it's difficult to tell from this thread. What is idiotic about the present post? You don't come across as an arrogant pr**k so don't try to be one.
As for Lungu, thanks, onc ...
read full comment
To Say: "...Ghana was making huge strides in development and governance even with the antagonistic international and trade environment, until the overthrow. Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966..."
Dear Prof. one thing is certain in life, the life of a good man still lives after contineous attempt to defame it. Ever since, 24th February, 1966. Ghana is yet to see another pragmatist and a leader like Nkrumah, none has c ...
read full comment
Amanfo,
Thanks for your comments.
YOUR: "...one thing is certain in life, the life of a good man still lives after continuous attempt to defame it..."
WE SAY: The record is clear - above all, Nkrumah wanted Ghanaians/A ...
read full comment
New wine in old wine skin or bottle. Nothing new. This is just recycling of of trashy you are boring. I think you guys should deviate from the politics of the colonial era and focus on this new world of advanced technology an ...
read full comment
Dear Mr Nii Teiko, it seems to me you are taking this too personal and allowing falsehood to overcloud a common reasoning. Anyway, who misinformed you that Nkrumah leanings are dead and so is the tradition?. I don't know whet ...
read full comment
“In July, 1965, Nkrumah "...dismissed Major General Ankrah as deputy chief of staff, holding him to be a security risk...".
In July 1965 Major General JA Ankrah was the Chief of Defence Staff, with Major-General SJA Otu ...
read full comment
Dear KKO,
Good point.
But how does that invalidate the data/statistics Prof. Lungu provides?
Please go ahead and tell us which of the data/statistics is questionable?
Have a great weekend.
Thanks.
Ever heard of "there are lies, damned lies and statistics?" We were told the Soviet economy was going all hanky dory until it collapsed beyond repair in December 1991!
If Ghana's economy had all those wonderful statistics ...
read full comment
Dear KKO,
The answer is partially covered in the same article you are complaining about.
Just give me your own data/statistics contradicting Prof. Lungu's as regards the statistics/data he provides before and after Nkr ...
read full comment
1961-Early 1966
“Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah introduces his Soviet-inspired Seven-Year Plan to establish state-owned factories and public authorities. The projects are financed by foreign loans and taxes, saddling the ...
read full comment
Dear KKO,
Is that what you call statistics/data?
Nkrumah launched the Seven-Year Development Plan on March 11, 1964 and he was overthrown in February 24, 1966, how much of the Plan was implemented within this two-year ...
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Nice try!
Right!
You know a lot, do not provide and data, then copies from a website without proper attribution.
You copied from a website no less titled as "www.us-uk-interventions.org/Ghana_fullchron.htm
Do you ...
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KKO's focus in title is trivial.
In fact, if he did not notice, what we said about Ankrah's dismissal was in quotations marks - no opinion of ours inferred!
To the substance, the is what an expert say:
"...Some key ...
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Nii Teiko,
You are here talking about "history of our beloved Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition" and you don't want Prof. Lungu to discuss Nkrumah?
Do you have any clue how colonial your Danquah-Busia-Dombo is? I read this ...
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Title As Sent to Ghanaweb:
He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1).
Title As Initially Posted by Ghanaweb: He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light! (v2.1).
ACTION: We ...
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Is frustration and disappointment over Nkrumaism truncated business driving Lungu and Kwarteng nuts?
This is C21 but you guys seem to be comfortable in the warm cocoon of the mid C20 Ghana politics and have become the cry ba ...
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We are making lemonade out of the falsehoods of the rascals, the assets they destroyed, and the 10,000 workers who lost their jobs in Ghana after the NLC and Busia took over.
Imagine, Mitsubishi of Japan, a mere 3 weeks ag ...
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I think that Prof Lungu has the facts & we must believe what he is writing than others who have adulterated our history ,because he was there! .That is first hand information! .My problem is that,this current crop of youth wh ...
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