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Akufo-Addo should use Independence celebrations money to build toilets instead

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  • Prof Lungu 7 years ago

    Good idea!

    That would multiply Tourism headcounts thereby increasing receipts of foreign exchange, improve health of the people and cut down on the spread of diseases in Ghana (e.g cholera), increase attendance at schools, ...
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  • Ekow Essamuah 7 years ago

    I wish the celebration of independence is suspended indefinitely, not for the purpose of saving money, but to gag the 'Nkrumah never dies' town cries for good.

  • ADJOA WANGARA 7 years ago

    It is not only Kwarteng's "Bad/bogus" English grammatical but also the senseless intertwined paragraphs which does not relate to each other and therefore render the entire "garbage" from Kwarteng a complete no-import nonsens ...
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  • Kwadwo Ntim Afrancho 7 years ago

    This is what people do with their independence elsewhere:







    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJdfGQCmrYI




    Anaa?

  • francis kwarteng 7 years ago

    Kwadow,

    Thank you.

    I have learnt so much from your link. Just watched it. I meanrly wept why our leaders can be like this Tanzanian leader. I have been monitoring him though.

    Thanks.

  • Osei Boakye 7 years ago

    ADJOA WANGARA happened to be Francis Kwarteng himself. You & your buddy Prof Lungu should give the new President chance to turn things around.

    By the way, your President looks great in his colorful kente. Wish he wears it ...
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  • Kojo nkum 7 years ago

    Nkrumah never dies - nature for Ghana lives on his ideas yet those who do not understand it will never benefit from it because they think it means he never dies physically

  • amoah 7 years ago

    he who knows not and dont know he knows not is a child, teach him.

  • Baba Ajasco 7 years ago

    I can't think far; I don't really know whether it is their destiny or the Sea gods use eggs to create plant on the Gas; even those with nice toilets in their homes would prefer to hire Okada to the beach to shit. It is good t ...
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  • Sir Edem 7 years ago

    It's very sad we have some nonentity useless people like Kwarteng, Lungu, Andy-K, J.K. Bokor, etc showing up on our social media to display madness.

  • KOFI ACHEAMPONG 7 years ago

    sure --good suggestion--but we can celebrate as well as providing the suggested facility---Let us also point out that it's not duly the DUTY of govt to provide toilets--Individuals musts make it a priority to secure such pla ...
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  • Pat Boadu-Darko 7 years ago

    I am one for celebrations,pomp and pageantry. However, on this occasion,I think I agree with the writer. From reading various write-ups before and after Nana Addo's victory, our situation could be described as dire, economica ...
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  • Mr Bond 7 years ago

    Francis Kwateng,This is the second time you have write a brilliant article that I gave you a standing ovation.Congratulation for being bold to call a shade a shade and not beat around the bush to bootlick the government and e ...
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  • KWAME 7 years ago

    IF YOU ARE WRITING FOR THE PUBLIC TO READ, PLEASE LEARN TO WRITE GOOD ENGLISH! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN IN PRIMARY SCHOOL WE WERE TAUGHT TO SAY "YOU HAVE WRITTEN," "CALL A SPADE A SPADE," "WE HAVE BEEN," not "we has being," and al ...
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  • GPS 7 years ago

    Why public toilet? every house in ghana must have a toilet by law. you can not build a house without a toilet. we africans are without brains. are we animals or human beings? sometimes i cry for my people. when can we start ...
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  • Mr. Smith 7 years ago

    GPS, I'm with you. That was my first question when I began reading this piece. Same Ghanaian mentality from Francis Kwarteng. Just look at what is happening. NPP goons seizing toilets!! As you rightly put it. If there were to ...
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  • francis kwarteng 7 years ago

    Thanks for your comments.

    But did you and GPS read the article in its entirety?

    Please go back and read where I specifically said the government can only do so much........the answer you seek for your reservation theref ...
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  • Prof Lungu 7 years ago

    We know a thing or two about these things.

    No taking anything back.

    READ: "...Access to toilets lower in Ghana than in most African countries:
    "An analysis of Afrobarometer Round 6 (2014/2015) data from 32 African cou ...
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  • Dr. J.K. Bokor 7 years ago

    It's a pity and sad that the most illiterate and semi-educated guy on this platform, Francis Kwarteng seems to be the only person who can read... other people have never read before.

    He will post nonsense to all the place, ...
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  • Kwame Joe 7 years ago

    Makes you wonder why with all this shutting around Ghana was one of the only country in Weast Africa that didn't contract Ebola.

  • francis kwarteng 7 years ago

    I guess you and GPS also read the part where it says some Ghanaians even do the "open defecation" thing even though they still have toilets in their houses.

    So please put two and two together. And don't forget that the se ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 7 years ago

    Kwarteng but your mum is nonetheless still (even today) shitting on some of the toilets built by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo. What did Mahama do for your Mother...Mahama made life unbearably hard to such an extent that your M ...
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  • k, no problem, a 7 years ago

    Nonsense! We must not build public toilets for the purpose of residents. All homes shoukd have tiolets or they can't be habitable. That shoukd be the first step. The laws must be strctly enforced by tge sanitation ministry. ...
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  • francis kwarteng 7 years ago

    I will not bother because you did not read the article in its entirety.

    Do so and come back again.

    Thanks.

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  • The Anti-Corruption Squad 7 years ago

    The entire kleptocratic elite of Ghana simply has no culture! Absolutely no sense of refinement despite some, like Nana, having grown up in the developed world, maintaining lavish residences there and making frivolous travels ...
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  • BOY KOFI 7 years ago

    I totally disagree with you Francis on this one.In other words,you don't see the essence of Ghana's Independence.
    The new government has promised to give $1 million to every contituency,why can't you suggest that such amount ...
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  • peter 7 years ago

    Independence can be celebrated and all these projects can be built.Ebei Ghanafo

  • KOFI ACHEAMPONG 7 years ago

    NOT to Worry --that is why we have now a ministry of SANITATION----INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY is what is needed on this matter---enforce laws--Landlords must provide this--the municipal,district and town councils work on thic ...
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  • Kwadwo Ofori. 7 years ago

    Ghanaians are corrupt and dishonest. Corruption is their language.

  • yensiamoa 7 years ago

    Why are we lagging behind development? It is because of AFRC/PNDC/NDC governments. If Ghanaians had voted for NPP after Kuffour's government, we would have made some remarkable progress. Some tribes see the NPP as an Ashan ...
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  • A Happy Ghanaian 7 years ago

    Why can't we celebrate our 60 years of Independence in style where H.E. NANA ADDO DANKWAH AKUFFO ADDO will tell Ghanaians of his thinking about how to improve the living conditions of the populace and also the country to a le ...
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  • Koo 7 years ago

    Hi guys, this is a good article but I want to add a few more to it. There are a lot of public holidays in Ghana which needs to be cancelled. Eg the Ramadan holidays, the June 4th holidays, please readers help me to add more. ...
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  • KWAME 7 years ago

    IF IN FACT GHANA IS THE 7TH DIRTIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, THEN OUR SO-CALLED "INDEPENDENCE" IS MEANINGLESS. ARE WE WAITING FOR THE WHITE MAN TO COME AND TEACH US HOW TO KEEP OUR CITIES AND VILLAGES CLEAN? ANYONE WHO IS TRUL ...
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  • bob 7 years ago

    You are spot on. Sad after reading the comment. What are we celebrating. With all the felt around us. Politicians in Ghana are garbage.

  • bob 7 years ago

    THERE IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE.

  • Akyem Mafia 7 years ago

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  • kk 7 years ago

    I agree with you 100%. I hope someone close to the president talks to him about it.

    Building boreholes with the savings will not be a bad idea either.

  • Justice tachie menson 7 years ago

    You ve said it all God richly bless u