hi

Bro,


Good to hear that everything is working fine in Ghana. That is splendid news. We even acknowledge that as Nigerians and hope to emulate you in many ways


Companies moving to Ghana , Good news
Power Supply everyday, Good news
Oil discovery, Good news


But what baffles me is the insecurity of most Ghanaians. While acknowledging that you are leading, focus on striving forward rather than ALWAYS comparing yourselves with Nigeria.

Nigeria is at it lowest now, but when/if we get it right we will move at the speed of our bottled potential.


Charlie congrats


A proud Nigerian

deor03:

Bro,


Good to hear that everything is working fine in Ghana. That is splendid news. We even acknowledge that as Nigerians and hope to emulate you in many ways


Companies moving to Ghana , Good news
Power Supply everyday, Good news
Oil discovery, Good news


But what baffles me is the insecurity of most Ghanaians. While acknowledging that you are leading, focus on striving forward rather than ALWAYS comparing yourselves with Nigeria.

Nigeria is at it lowest now, but when/if we get it right we will move at the speed of our bottled potential.
Charlie congrats


A proud Nigerian

GOD BLESS YOU

deor03:

Bro,


Good to hear that everything is working fine in Ghana. That is splendid news. We even acknowledge that as Nigerians and hope to emulate you in many ways


Companies moving to Ghana , Good news
Power Supply everyday, Good news
Oil discovery, Good news


But what baffles me is the insecurity of most Ghanaians. While acknowledging that you are leading, focus on striving forward rather than ALWAYS comparing yourselves with Nigeria.

Nigeria is at it lowest now, but when/if we get it right we will move at the speed of our bottled potential.


Charlie congrats


A proud Nigerian

Exactly. I don't know what their problem is. There is a Ghanaian forum called ghanaweb.com, perhaps their most popular.
If you're on that forum all they discuss is Nigeria. In fact, it was on that forum that I first heard many fresh news, negative of course, about Nigeria.
They even lied that it was Mikel Obi of Nigeria that missed penalty that caused Chelsea semis in the ongoing carling cup http://discussions.ghanaweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=112915

deor03:

Bro,


Good to hear that everything is working fine in Ghana. That is splendid news. We even acknowledge that as Nigerians and hope to emulate you in many ways


Companies moving to Ghana  , Good news
Power Supply everyday, Good news
Oil discovery, Good news


But what baffles me is the insecurity of most Ghanaians.  While acknowledging that you are leading, focus on striving forward  rather than ALWAYS comparing yourselves with Nigeria.

Nigeria is at it lowest now, but when/if we get it right we will move at the speed of our bottled potential.


Charlie congrats


A proud Nigerian

I too really wonder why many Ghanaians feel that Ghana's achievement must always be highlighted alongside an essay about Nigeria's stagnation !!! I still insist that far too many Ghanaians are ignorant of the real problems of Nigeria. Many , with glee , speak as if Nigeria is a "cursed hellhole" without understanding the carefully contrived system in place that schemes out achievers to replace them with mediocre "business as usual" stooges.

I do agree with the comment from another thread that we Nigerians enjoy running ourselves down while Ghanaians are more patriotic but blind patriotism ' coupled with a constant desire to ridicule others , leads to complacency that decieves folks into thinking they are better than others to the extent that they begin to lose focus. Ghanaians should aim to become more like the UK and other western nations rather than thump their chest because they now do many things better than Nigeria when , in reality , Nigeria currently represents an unenviable 'bottom of the ladder' Nation no sensible and ambitious nation should compare itself to !!!!

In any case Ghana still learns from Nigeria (see below) in confirmation of the notion that When we have gained the odd performers as leaders they have actually turned out good enough to impart expert knowledge to our "big brothers" from the "next big thing" nation  contrary to how many Ghanaians speak as if they now do everything better than Nigeria and Nigerians!!!


http://www.nigerianobservernews.com/27112009/news/othernews5a.html

Ghanaians Arrive Lagos To Understudy Waste Management
By Raheem Ibrahim

By CLIFFORD AGBAJOR



Lagos - A high power team of Ghanaians led by the mayor of Tamele Metropolitan Assembly, Alhaji Abdulahi Haruna Friday, has arrived Lagos to specifically understudy the waste management and environmental sanitation prowess of the state government.


Haruna while speaking during a courtesy call at the seat of government in Alausa, Ikeja, disclosed that Ghana in spite of its many recent economic and political achievements still has a lot to learn in the area of waste management and sanitation from the state government.


According to him, though there have been calls for various interrelationships in socio-cultural, ideological and other life enhancing programmes among West African countries, none has been on waste management.


Admitting that Lagos state government blaze the trail in environmental sanitation, Abdullahi stated that he was impressed by his discovery in all the refuse sites visited in the last two days his team arrived the state.


Playing guest to the Deputy Governor Adebisi Sosan who represented Governor Babatunde Fashola, the mayor said, “This visit is a testimony of the effort to partner with one another for the needed progress in Africa . Coming to Lagos , we are convinced that we took the right decision in the area of waste management.
“I want to commend you for the manner of achievement in waste management. Going by your history, you have certainly made progress,” he said, noting that the Public Private Participation (PPP) that propped Lagos state to its enviable height in waste management was lacking in Ghana .


Abdullahi said the Ghanaian visit to Nigeria (Lagos ) has raised the needed hope for the workability of the PPP in waste management, saying, “We can see that PPP is really working in Lagos state.”


Responding, Deputy Governor Sosan stated that the envied state was ranked among the worst environmental friendly state until the administration of former governor Bola Tinubu who took the bull by the horn by devising many confrontational ways to combat the menace.

@deor03
U just said echoed my thoughts.
Ghanaians make me hate them with the way they always compete unneccessarily with Nigeria.I ve never seen a ppl so insecure like Ghanaians.Africans and their mentality sometimes feels me with rage.
The good thing is,Nigeria careless abt competing with Ghana,if Nigeria succeeds today,Ghana will be better for it but they don't understand that.They are so blinded by their hate that they 4get that they will be the biggest beneficiaries if Naija succeeds.

i don't know why this useless guy come here to talk nonsense. well it is true that we are going through some thing now. This Ghanaians always like to compare with Nigerian i don't know why. i haven't see or read in any Nigeria website or newspapers that wirte nonsense but Ghana. Ghana u people don't know that 1/4 of Nigerian hate u people. Ewu

Never try to come here to write nonsense ortherwise Amadiohia a mgbe gi.

deor03:

Bro,


Good to hear that everything is working fine in Ghana. That is splendid news. We even acknowledge that as Nigerians and hope to emulate you in many ways


Companies moving to Ghana , Good news
Power Supply everyday, Good news
Oil discovery, Good news


But what baffles me is the insecurity of most Ghanaians. While acknowledging that you are leading, focus on striving forward rather than ALWAYS comparing yourselves with Nigeria.

Nigeria is at it lowest now, but when/if we get it right we will move at the speed of our bottled potential.


Charlie congrats


A proud Nigerian

people like this make me proud, that i am a nigerian, which is slowly getting difficult to be with each passing day, i thank you my brother, and like you said, we will get it right soon. take care.

deor03:

Bro,


Good to hear that everything is working fine in Ghana. That is splendid news. We even acknowledge that as Nigerians and hope to emulate you in many ways


Companies moving to Ghana , Good news
Power Supply everyday, Good news
Oil discovery, Good news


But what baffles me is the insecurity of most Ghanaians. While acknowledging that you are leading, focus on striving forward rather than ALWAYS comparing yourselves with Nigeria.

Nigeria is at it lowest now, but when/if we get it right we will move at the speed of our bottled potential.


Charlie congrats


A proud Nigerian

You just made my day.
When I see we have people like you left in Nigeria, my hope is renewed.

I am equally tired of these pathetic Ghanaians who appear to be so obsessed with Nigerians so much that they fail to see the shortcomings of their little country.

The only inference one can draw is that they have an inferiority complex in relation to Nigerians.  I don't see any Nigerian caring a bit about what goes on in that inconsequential country called Ghana, please excuse my language.

@poster,
you are foaming at the mouth,like a rabid dog.go get a life.i know you do have some deep insecurities,some low feelings of no
self worth.it's understandable,however your therapist should bear the horror of listening to your frustrations,not us.
go take your meds,your poor mind is tired, pele.

Ghana is way too underrated!
Dubai is at least mentioned in the news everyday
and a center for all these wealthy men.

@imensah
you could have split your right up into a few more paragraphs would have made the content a lot more easier to read, point taken though, but Ghana is still not without it own problems.

Guys this is one to ignore, maybe they guy is forgetting what happened in Ghana before it got to where it is.

But well done to them

Perhaps our Ghananian friend should read this article written by his own Ghananian people and tell me why he thinks Ghana is going to be the next big thing.

[size=18pt]More children dropping out of school to work[/size]
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot

Accra, June 2, Ghanadot - Though the government and some private entities are helping in curbing the issue of school dropout in Ghana, the situation is getting quiet serious as the streets of Accra are still recruiting more ice water sellers.

About 70% of the iced water vendors are school dropouts who are on the street selling as a result of poverty, parental neglect, and being orphans.



Some are also students who sell only on vacations, weekends and holidays. They are mostly girls and a few boys who are between the ages 10 and 15 years.

Efia is 15 years old and a student. She lives with her parents at Kasoa and comes to sell in Odawna market every vacation, alongside her father who sells cassettes and her mum who sells ladies underwear.

Akose sets off early in the morning from Mataheko with her mum to Odawna. She then walks to Newtown where to buy her supply bagged water already in a fridge to sell. She goes back and forth for fresh supplies during the day. By 5:00 PM she ready to leave for hom with her mother.

In spite of the fact that basic education is free; these school dropots, mostly young, have ready credit to start their day much older partenrs. The pick up their supply, after credit and guarantor are established at the market.


A 12 years old Mansa who is a school dropout told GhanaDot that she did not have the capital to start the iced water business so a friend introduced her to a woman who gives the water out on credit, “so I went to her and she gave me GH2 worth of iced water and after selling it I paid later.”

With the introduction of the School Feeding Programme, many thought the problem of school dropout would be the thing of the past, but as it stands matters are getting worse and every day, more children come out of school to work.

Some Ghanaians are questioning whether the leaders in this country truly believe that children are vulnerable and marginalized group in the country because there is the need for targeted interventions which will take these children off the streets.

The minister of Women and Children’s Affairs, Akua Sena Dansua thinks the the leadershi, at least hers, is already working on the matter. She has assured the general public that her ministry is prepared to create harmonious society with equity and equality between male and female sexes in which the survival, protection and development of the child are guaranteed.

She said issues pertaining to children will be reviewed to assess the extent of its implementation and effectiveness to chart a future cause for the school children.

@Imensah59,
Nice achievement from Ghanaians, happy to hear Ghana is the Next Big Thing.
Nigeria is Rotten and in her final days, soon it will die a natural death, we pray God never let her resurrect.

may be nigeria will be the last bad thing

You are seriously dreaming. Your whole economy depends on foreign market. Ghanaians aren't even the power house of their own economy Nigerians and foreign investors are. Next big thing? that's a Ghanaian girl's behind ,  Dude even with instability in Nigeria many good girls (Companies) want to marry the bad boy cause they know it offers a lot. Who's balling in your country? Arabs, Nigerians, Africans from the diaspora not Ghanaians. You never start. 9JA go better and you folks will eat your words.

fucking ghanians :

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), while commissioning the Lagos State Drivers’ Institute in Oshodi has appeal to the Organized Private Sector to invest in the traffic sector in order to keep the State moving.
 
The Ikeja Centre of the Lagos State Drivers’ Institute located in Oshodi brings to two such an institute to be commissioned in one week by the Governor; the first being the Ikorodu Centre which was commissioned on Monday.
 
In his address at the ceremony which took place at the premises of the Institute located next to the LASTMA Yard in Oshodi, Governor Fashola said in commissioning the Institutes, his administration has reached a critical stage of its Traffic Sector Reform.
 
He declared, “We have reached what we believe is a critical stage of our Traffic Sector Reform. We appeal to members of the public, especially the Organized Private Sector, to seize the opportunity that exists in this sector to invest in it”, adding that the State Government will continue to unlock the gridlocks and keep Lagos moving.
 
The Governor, who reiterated his administration’s commitment to efficient traffic management in the State, said the State Government has purchased 25 new towing trucks to help in responding more efficiently to traffic breakdowns caused by some aging and not-well serviced vehicles which create traffic jams on the State’s roads.
 
He said pursuant to the same objective, the State Government has also acquired a crushing machine which will help to pick up abandoned, burnt and rickety vehicles off the roads and immediately crush and take them away from the roads, pointing out that this was in realization that traffic congestion in the city is attributable to vehicular breakdowns.
Recalling that his party, the Action Congress, had made a commitment during the electioneering campaigns that it has the best programmes with which to tackle the transportation problem in the State, Governor Fashola declared, “Since you massively voted us in, it has been one success story after the other in the transportation sector.
 
“Against all odds, we started the BRT and even the cynics have come out to say that it is working. But, even if they don’t say so, those who value good things already know that. Ghanaians have been here, the Chinese  have been here, the Egyptians have been here as well as others to study the BRT model and the World Bank has recommended it as a model of transportation for the whole of the African continent”, the Governor said.
 
The Governor commended the members of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) for their commitment in the discharge of their duties of traffic management in the State which he described as a herculean task.
 
“If you have any doubt in your mind about what it takes to keep Lagos moving, let me remind all of us that measures like the Park and Ride and others have been tried when I was a kid to address the Lagos Traffic and they have failed. LASTMA has survived in the last eight to ten years and it is still growing bigger”, the Governor said.
 
According to him, “Lagos has grown; our city has grown, from two million in the 1970s to five million in the 1990s and now we are 18 million. All these people have to move on a daily basis in search of food, water or Education or healthcare and as that number increases, the size of the State has not increased”.
 
Promising that his administration will continue to invest in the training of the members of LASTMA, Governor Fashola said “We will continue to invest in sharpening their skills and increasing their awareness of current transportation management methods across the world.
 
On the objectives of the Drivers’ Institute, Governor Fashola said, “The whole objective is that transport management and efficiency is a collaborative effort. It does not start and end with traffic wardens alone. It does not start and end with traffic lights alone. It also has a lot to do with road users, pedestrians and particularly motorists”.
 
“First of all, we emphasize the fact that motor vehicle is not a toy. It is a machine and like every other machine, like a camera, a mobile phone and all other machines made by man, you require to be trained in order to know how to use it and that is what the institute is all about”, Governor Fashola said adding that the ones for Epe and Badagry would be handed over for public use sometime in September this year.
 
The Governor said the reason the Epe and Badagry Drivers’ Institutes have not been handed over was because the State Government is still recruiting the complement of staff that will manage them, adding that traffic instructors, optometrists and other specialists would be needed as staff in order for the institutes to deliver on their objectives. 
In an interview with journalists, some of the beneficiaries thanked the State Government and Governor Fashola for the initiative saying they have gained a lot from the training as their driving knowledge has been greatly improved.
 
One of the beneficiaries, Mr. Isaac Ojo, a Vehicle Inspection Officer (VIO), said as a result of the training he received from the Institute, his whole attitude to driving has changed, adding, “I now know how to caution myself and be focused while driving. I now know how to overtake”, adding that these are some of the things that one learns from the programme.
 
In his reaction to the training, another beneficiary, Mr. Oyekunle Aleshinloye from the Public Service Office (PSO) Lagos State, said he has been expecting this type of programme because of the recklessness of many drivers on the roads. According to him, this type of programme should be a national one involving the Federal Government, adding that this would greatly reduce the number of accidents on Nigerian roads.
 
He advised other drivers who have not undergone the training to endeavour to undertake the training saying it has also enhanced the dignity of drivers. He said they have been thought to respect other road users and also not to kill domestic animals crossing the road if they can avoid them.
Earlier, in his welcome address, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation Mr. Kayode Opeifa said the commissioning of the Drivers’ Institute and the launch of the Brailer Crusher are in response to the growing bad traffic culture, unprofessionalism in the driving profession and for the security and safety on the State’s roads.
 
“This institute will re-train professional and commercial drivers in the art of vehicle driving maintenance, management, customer service relations, ethics and how to be road-user friendly among others. You are all aware that the present generation of vehicles have been designed by manufacturers with high level of   artificial intelligence, therefore, we are providing professional commercial drivers with the capacity to upgrade their driving skills and knowledge of road traffic rules and regulations that will enhance public safety and reduce road traffic accidents”, he said.
 
Also present at the ceremony were the Commissioner for Transportation, Professor Bamidele Badejo, Chairman Action Congress in Lagos State, Otunba Henry Oladele Ajomale, Chairman National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Rafiu Olohunwa, other members of the State Executive Council, Traditional Rulers and top officials of the Lagos State Drivers’ Institute, among other dignitaries.

Ghana is okay or so it seem today, because of one man, rwlings, but no matter the running stomach elephant surfeers,it can never be a goat, they can never be Nigeria, just wait let the man God want to pull us out come, ghanainas will be sleeping in our embassies for visa,ghana is good but they full naija

The Nigeria you are saying that will succeed is not even one country.

What little Ghana must realise is dat for it to be succesful it needs Nigeria! It must be happy dat it has a powerful neighbour like Nigeria. Instead of trying to compete with Nigeria, they must aspire to work with it!
The situation with Ghana is like with Botswana in the South. They have a strong currency, but their economy depends on the South African economy, they're like dwarf. Their citizens think that a country of 1.4 MILLION inhabitants which is dwarfed by that of Pretoria can compete with South Africa.

That's the case with Ghana, the cocoa producing country is nothing more than a darling of Barack Obama. They still have a long way to go, if they want to compete. For now they must just compete with the likes of Senegal, Angola etc!!

Ghana, aint that that tiny as.zz country the size of a street in lagos? The country of guys the color of coal, and chics wit phat azzes and "but her face" looks? Lol. Why they stay competeting with Nigeria? Is it just me or can't the poster write properly for ish?!

deor03:

Bro,


Good to hear that everything is working fine in Ghana. That is splendid news. We even acknowledge that as Nigerians and hope to emulate you in many ways


Companies moving to Ghana , Good news
Power Supply everyday, Good news
Oil discovery, Good news


But what baffles me is the insecurity of most Ghanaians. While acknowledging that you are leading, focus on striving forward rather than ALWAYS comparing yourselves with Nigeria.

Nigeria is at it lowest now, but when/if we get it right we will move at the speed of our bottled potential.


Charlie congrats


A proud Nigerian

Nice one

LOL! Naija don suffer!

Look at small Ghana! Imagine a Ghanian boasting to Nigerians! LWKMD!!!!

The problem with Nigerians is that we we have either failed or refused to understand this neighbor. Most Nigerians know zilch abt Ghana (pennywise no exception-but I do know they have beautiful women). Yet understanding that country and why things work there will enable us understand why things are the way they are in Nigeria.

Ghana has a moslem north and a christian south but you dont have the recurrent org.y of violence Nigerian northerners are notorious for. Infact the influence of the moslem north is largely imperceptible in Ghana polity. Ghana demographically is identical to Nigerian Christian south. Can we then say the North is responsible for our plight as a nation?

at least nigeria has succeeded in moving forward without a president. let ghana equal that record and we'll start talking

pres-elect:

at least nigeria has succeeded in moving forward without a president. let ghana equal that record and we'll start talking

you got jokes

At least they bought their 80 destroyer warship and 100 helicopters from our own industralized enyimba city of Aba, cos the poster said they bought "aba" 80 destroyer warships and "aba" 100 helicopters,