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Successive Ghana governments confuse themselves with democracy and monarchical governance

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  • Asantehene Nnomuahe 7 years ago

    It's stupid on your part to talk about Otumfour in your articles it's seems you're losing you head
    I

  • Concerned 7 years ago

    Is the otumfour God. The article was not about one chief but the chiefs in Ghana who try to usurp the power of the state and why they need to be controlled. Nana otumfour may be an icon to you but he's iconic in depicting the ...
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  • SALV@ION... 7 years ago

    God bless you.. You can say that again for the fools to learn from...

  • bantama 7 years ago

    just because someone uncovered the wrongs our chiefs are doing and added otumfour to the wrong side he is loosing his head ...hmmm isn't he human like you?...does he always get every right ?? we are in 2017 not 1950 wai my m ...
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  • OBREMPON NY, NY 7 years ago

    The British Imperial Administration ruled Ghana
    mostly through our Kings and their chiefs. Even
    they went on to institute police force for them,
    alongside the government police force. The
    kings and chiefs c ...
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  • Omanbapa 7 years ago

    Obrenpon You are right about certain things but time has changed and besides, those kings cared about their subjects and protected what our ancestors left behind. Today we have so many greedy and ungodly king who sell off t ...
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  • Kwabena Yeboah 7 years ago

    Adofo wrote:

    "Let it be known to our nationally-elected Presidents and Members of Parliament that Ghana is not an Absolute Monarchy but somewhat a Constitutional Monarchy..."

    I am floored and in fact bemused by Adofo's ...
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  • Richard 7 years ago

    You are very fool and ignorant.you are rather stupid than the writer himself. It's Ashanti Kingdom not ghana kingdom. We the people of Asante see His Royal Majesty as Asante King.Not you fool writing rubbish.Ashanti King does ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 7 years ago

    Cool it down Richard, l understand your frustration. The Asante hene is definitely above the paramount chief status. I am saying this because l did a research on this issue recently and l found out that, the framers of our fi ...
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  • Kwabena Yeboah 7 years ago

    It appears to me you are far more intelligent than those who responded to my comment. Are you saying the framers of Ghana's constitution in 1956 gave Asantehene some autonomy and then Nkrumah took that autonomy away? It appea ...
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  • Kwabena Yeboah 7 years ago

    What is your beef brother Richard? What does the Constitution of Ghana say? Does Ghana's Constitution designate Ashanti Region as a kingdom or it is a figment of Richard's imagination?

    Don't fight with me; the Constitution ...
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  • Richard 7 years ago

    Actually, I believe in one ghana and unity. Because I have been saying that United States of America is great because of oneness. In as much as we are all calling for unity does not mean we should distort the fact. My point i ...
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  • Kwabena Yeboah 7 years ago

    You wrote this:

    "My point is His Majesty is the king of Asante's not the other tribe, so we the people see him as such King.we don't expect recognition from anyone or any written documents before we called our leader as ki ...
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  • zakk 7 years ago

    Africa did not have chiefs. It is the cunning Britishers who brought the word chief to debase our royalty. We have Volta, Northern etc kingdoms and their kings! Asantehene is no different. It was just a device and rule by the ...
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  • dd 7 years ago

    @Kwame Yeboah,Where from your anger and hatred?Who is a chief and who is a king?You have a problem with Ashantis calling their king,KING then I guess you can go to hell.Where is the constitution of Ghana when a mere weed smok ...
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  • Kwabena Yeboah 7 years ago

    Oh Mr. dd or whoever you are, you can even get my name right. What's is the matter with you?

    Respect for Ghana's constitution is paramount if you want to call yourself a Ghanaian. Ghana's constitution is the law regardless ...
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  • zakk 7 years ago

    Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all its righteousness and all things shall be added unto you!!!

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  • obeng obeng 7 years ago

    I salute you Nana Osei Tutu.You are right but not hundred percent right, you are one of the great things on this earth but your kingdom is not the whole part of Ghana so you can rule over your land but not in Akyem or Fante o ...
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  • Concerned 7 years ago

    The man does not even rule the so called ashanti Kingdom. Nana Addo does. If I were to be president, I would have done to him what Osagyefo threatened to do to the chiefs.Make him run to Seychelles leaving behind his sandals. ...
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  • obeng obeng 7 years ago

    I salute you Nana Osei Tutu.You are right but not hundred percent right, you are one of the great kings on this earth but your kingdom is not the whole part of Ghana so you can rule over your land but not in Akyem or Fante or ...
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  • Nack 7 years ago

    You are intellectually dumb,just because you can read and write that makes you intelligent don't deceive your self intelligent person is the one who have insight on what he talk about, you just writing to create confusing in ...
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  • zakk 7 years ago

    Is Asantehene not chief?! Or he is different from the rest of them. He is not above the laws of the land!, OK. He is only a chief of a faction of Ghana. Get this thru that your little brain.

  • kofi Samson 7 years ago

    So upon all the noise of the Ashantis,they had no notable contributer to the independence if Ghana? In Akuffo Addo's speech,we heard of JB Dankwa, Ephraim Amo,Philip Gbeho etc but no single Ashanti.May be they were busy hunt ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 7 years ago

    In your illusion, But the UP which gave birth to the current NPP was founded by whom?, Nana Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh Il with the help of Baffour Akoto and co. Listen, don't deliberately twist what Nana said in his speech, It ...
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  • Kwasi Owusu Kyenkyehene, London. 7 years ago

    Rockson Adofo amuses me with his open display of emotinal ineptitude. He would do himself a great favour by learning the difference between fear and respect. Secondly, in his quest for cheap popularity, he must learn to pick ...
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  • SALV@ION... 7 years ago

    Who is Otumfour that his name can not be mentioned in an article??

    Is he Bigger than God? Is he made out of gold? Or he has no blood in his blood vessels ?
    Ghana will not progress if we don't stop behaving ourselves like ...
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  • Koo nimo 7 years ago

    Government for the people by the people. Did u not think that the people want the president to involve the chiefs? They do! Ghanaians would even want the president to involve pastors and preachers in governance too! They are ...
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  • Kotato 7 years ago

    I agree! When it comes to church and chieftaincy our people are idiots!