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 Politics › Re: Ghana Sends Another Delegation To IMF by CrudeGH: 11:52pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
politricks:funny guy! more and more nigerians are arriving in Ghana as we speak. they are all over the place in Ghana these days. who knows, Ghana may consider opening refugee camps for them soon,huh? 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Presently Are You Happy As A Nigerian ? by CrudeGH: 11:50pm On Oct 17, 2014 |
philantoxx:rubbish! how can a country "hide" anything in this era? are you okay? in this modern age how can any country "hide" anything? don't foreigners live in those countries. or is it only Ghanaians that live in GHana? typical shitnigerian! 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 5:47pm On Oct 16, 2014 |
Gabbysky:we are africans my azz! did you ediots just realise you are africans? Ghana and Ghanaians will solve whatever problems our country is facing. we don't your sympathy or help! you think I give a fvck about what you MUMUs say? sh1t |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 5:43pm On Oct 16, 2014 |
drnoel:so what if Ghana signed? Ghana will sign whatever it needs to sign and any non-Ghanaian who is not happy about that can go and jump into the sea!rubbish! who gives a fvck about what you shitnigerians think about anything? |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 6:55pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
[s] bakynes:[/s]oh my God! what a load of trash! so the salaries paid to footballers have now become the yardstick for measuring how poor or rich a country is? you are a certified MUMU. so the fact that the NFA has "mandated" r\teams to pay players $1000 means they are going to pay them $1000? you need to get your head examined asap? Ghana is a poor country because Ghana is not paying footballers $1000? well, Ghana may be "poor" but its people don't eat from the dustbin, Ghana may be poor but we 70% of our people have access to electricity  Ghana may "poor" but we dont have boko haram Ghana may be poor but we can sleep at night with both eyes closed at night, something considered a luxury in your zoo country Ghana may be a poor country but life expectancy is not 52 years and 90% of the people are not surviving on less than $2 a day so which country is poor then? by the way, Glo does NOT sponsor the football league in Ghana, ediot |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 6:44pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
drnoel:you are talking like a foooooooooooool. Ghana has not signed anything. when did Ghana sign anything? and how is he EPA responsible for anything? |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 6:41pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
Timehin:keep on deluding yourself! |
| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 4:23pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
JiggamanGh:haba, Jigga....6000M? who dashed them? they don't produce more than 4,000MW. more like 2000MW to be realistic 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 4:17pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
100Cents:stvpid goat. GDP na food? what is life expectancy in your GDP-ed country? 142 million are unemployed, malaria kills 300,000 mugus every year, pneumonia kills 200,000 children in your sh1thole per annum. 90% survive on less than $2 a day and you talking about GDP? people eat from the dustbin in GDP-ed country the MUMU spirit runs in your blood, walahi http://fabmagazineonline.com/fab-outburst-nigerians-are-mumus-fools-lagbaja/ See suffering and smiling country they were even in Ghana to learn about our health insurance scheme. SMH [url]http://www.spyghana.com/nigeria-delegation-gives-thumbs-up-to-ghanas-nhis-system/ [/url] 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 4:09pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
theSpark:first of all, the so-called nigerian investement is overrated. secondly, since our economy is "doomed" as one ediot said, why are nigerians not pulling out their investments from Ghana? you know what? if I were the president of Ghana, I would have closed down all nigerian businesses and deported them asap! let's see whether the Ghanaian economy will "collapse" as some fooools have been saying. most of these modafakas don't even know the road to Ghana yet talk rubbish. the Ghanaian economy is for Ghanaians. after all, no foreigner was forced to invest in Ghana. they did so because they saw the Ghanaian economy thriving. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 4:01pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
bakynes:of course Ghana is not in the same league with nigeria. your country is a certified sh1thole. so how can we be in the same league? Glo does not sponsor our local league. They did 419 with the Ghana FA. Apparently they wanted to use the crap about sponsoring the Ghana league to gain acceptance into the Ghana telecom market. It didn't work. most Ghanaians shunned them because they provide the most shambolic service among 6 existing telecoms. Tell Glo to go and pay the money they owe the Ghana FA. 419 company. your banks are just 5 out of 36 existing banks. I don't know by what you mean by "they have a strong presence" because the last time I checked no Nigerian bank was among the top 10 banks in Ghana nollywood? who gives a fvck about nollyshit, shittywood or whatever. most Ghanaians watch Agya Koo and the rest. who has time for jujufied nigerian movies these days? arrant crap! |
| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 3:53pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
pjosh1:sharaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap is this not a shitnigerian site? so what is a story about Ghana doing here? The IMF/World Bank did not publish any article declaring doom for the Ghanaian economy. The IMF/World Bank have reptaedly said Ghana's long-term prospects are very very bright. The concern is about the short-term. how can the World Bank/IMF declare economic doom for Ghana when the Ghanaian economy is still growing strong and investors are making huge investments? we Ghanaians know what went wrong and we will take steps to fix the problems. It is not a nigerian issue. It is for Ghanaians to solve whatever challenges our economy is facing. so, your comments and interventions are not needed! you have your own problems in your country go and deal with them. crude oil prices are falling, that should be a concern to you,huh? despite our so-called economic crisis your are people are still arriving here in their thousands every day in search of a better life and you better quit that nonsense talk about don't get me started. what can you fvcking do? arrant nonsense! don't try me ooooh 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 1:13pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
Timehin:stop talking nonsense. how is Ghana's economy dependent on the nigerian economy. in what specific way? what is the volume of trade between the two countries? those african neighbours are doing great to improve the lives of their people while you MUMUs dwell on past glories. the Ghanaian economy is well positioned to continue its growth. the economy is growing at nearly 7% and foreign direct investment remain strong. so what is there to suggest the economy is in crisis? you nigerians better focus on problems in your country because your problems are even bigger! hahahaha kettle calling the pot black |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 1:08pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
Explicit01:hahahahahahaha between Ghana and nigeria, which one is destined to go down? this is the case of the by-stander crying more than the bereaved,huh? I am a Ghanaian and I have absolute confidence in the Ghanaian economy. why won't I? I am looking at the fundamentals and I like what I am seeing, beyond the short terms challenges. The economy is growing nicely at 7%, foreign direct investment is very high- so why won't I be very optimistic? hahahahaha I am very familiar with conditions in both countries and can tell you if I ave to chose between the two countries, I can tell you Ghana's growth prospects are much better. why do you think investors from all over the world are rushing to invest in Ghana? fuckeduppedness
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| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 12:42pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
hahahahaha it is not as if your own economy is doing better than Ghana's. Happy Dutbin Days, my goat. nigerians are finally accepting eating from the dustbin as an entrehched culture enjoy your dustbin meals, mate THE DUSTBIN DAYS HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED! http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/72698/1/the-dustbin-days-have-finally-arrived.html Several years ago, Alhaji Umaru Dikko scandalized many right-thinking Nigerian citizens by publicly chastising those who were presumptuous enough to postulate that many Nigerians were beginning to go hungry. The astute Kaduna-based politician bluntly pointed out that there was no sign that Nigerians were going hungry, since they were were not yet eating out of dustbins… I don't know if Umaru Dikko (whom I have not heard about for some time now) is still alive, but if he is, I am sure he will be pleased to learn that the terrifying moment that he boldly predicted has long since arrived : Our people are actually eating out of dustbins all over the place! The genesis of the present article is that I recently personally witnessed unforgettable sight in Victoria Island, which is widely held to be the most elegant and most expensive part of Lagos, where the wealthy elite are concentrated… Night had already fallen, but security lights from some neighbouring houses were providing enough bright illumination for me to be perfectly certain that what I was witnessing was not a mirage of some kind: I had just climbed into my car and was getting ready to drive off when I saw a man approach a large rectangular-shaped dustbin near where I was parked. After casting a quick furtive look round, this Nigerian brother physically climbed into the dustbin to scavenge. As I looked on with a mixture of horror and fascination, he emerged a few minutes later and climbed out of the dustbin, munching happily on what appeared to be a piece of stale bread… The man passed directly in front of me thereafter, so I can confidently vouch that he was not a lunatic. If he was one, he did not appear to be giving any visible signs of madness: As far as I could judge, this unfortunate member of the human species was merely a desperate and hungry individual… And so, there before my very eyes, the terrible moment that had been predicted (or longed for?) by Alhaji Umaru Dikko had plainly manifested itself! A fellow Nigerian (I am unable to say how many more may now have chosen the same solution at this point in time) was eating his evening banquet from a dustbin… As I watched this terrible scene unfold, my blood ran cold. I was both fascinated and repulsed. At first I felt numb. Then I grew hot and angry…. I witnessed what I am now narrating only a few hours before sitting down to write the present article. And I am writing about it because I feel compelled to share this vision of hell with my fellow Nigerians, especially those who still have some vestige of conscience. Those of my brothers and sisters who have some conscience left will know what to think: I do not need to expantiate. For those who have thrown away their conscience and are busy celebrating all manner of scandalous weddings graced by a-list Nollywood actors and actresses while our nation is on fire, I wish to sound a timely word of warning : IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW IT, NIGERIA IS ON THE VERGE OF CRASHING! I am never sure to what extent the contents of religious books should be taken at face value (no offence meant!), but could it be that what we are currently witnessing in Nigeria is a modern day manifestation of the biblical description of Sodom and Gomorra…? When it was recently narrated in several newspaper publications that one of our highly esteemed State Governors took an eighteen year old undergraduate Safinatou Diallo clone on a shopping spree to London and bought her a N24 million naira sports jeep as a memento of the visit on their return to Nigeria, many people merely yawned and looked the other way. Most interestingly, this Nigerian elite colonialist class has many amazing characteristics, chief among which is a remarkable ability to operate in a fantasy world of their own… Most likely, the statistics on which all these wildly optimistic assessments of the rapid rate of Nigeria's economic growth are based are being beamed back to earth by our 'lost' satellites….Nigeria we hail thee! Balogun writes from Lagos |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 12:31pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
fvck ya all! and i thought these fuelish modafakas said this is a nigerian forum. so what is a story about Ghana doing on a so-called nigerian forum? arrant nonsense! |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 12:29pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
himkers:I am saying fvck ya, fvck ya entire family and fvck you dustbin country. the Federal Republic of Foooooooools |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 12:28pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
gboss4sure:your rubbish smelly dustbin zoo deserves to be sold to be turned into a plantation for rice, cocoa etc. unfortunately no one will want to buy a cursed land and people no one wants to but the armpit country of the world,huh? |
| Politics › Nigeria Tops Food-importing Nations’ List – Minister by CrudeGH(op): 12:19pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
Nigeria tops food-importing nations’ list – Minister http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/nigeria-tops-food-importing-nations-list-minister/ The penchant of Nigerians for imported materials has put the nation on top of the chart of food importing nations, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has said. For instance, he said Nigerians were spending N1bn daily on imported rice and N1.3tn annually on other imported basic items like wheat, sugar and fish. Akinwunmi, who spoke in Abeokuta at the opening session of the two-day Ogun State Investors’ Forum, however, did not give details of other nations on the high food importers’ list. He said the nation, which currently consumed about five million metric tonnes of rice per annum, could increase the rate of consumption to 36 million metric tonnes by 2015. The minister, however, said the Federal Government had commenced measures to address the problem and would stop the importation of rice by 2015, with abundant production of the produce expected from Taraba State. According to him, the Taraba rice project to which $40m is being committed, will lead to the production of 40 per cent of Nigeria’s rice demand. He also said three rice mills, being established in Niger, Ebonyi and Taraba states, would be capable of providing enough rice for Nigeria. The quality of local rice, including the Ofada rice from Ogun State, he added, would be improved upon to meet international standard and make it exportable. “We need to encourage local production of rice; we are doing import substitution. Ofada and Abakaliki rice can compete with Thailand rice. We will improve on the quality,” Adesina said. The minister also said that the Federal Government had decided to decentralise agriculture administration by allowing the states to take charge in order to accelerate the growth of the sector as a viable alternative to oil. He said that the decision to hands off the procurement and distribution of fertilisers and seeds was to drive sanity into the system and allow the private sector to do the business for the benefit of farmers and the nation. Adesina said, “We are bringing back market corporations,” adding that government had secured low interest loans for the private sector to run mills and take active part in other agricultural related businesses. |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 12:15pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
Nobleval:and Ghanaians will continue to say thank God we are not shitnigerians. how can one be proud of a country where people eat from the dustbin? 120 million apes don't have access to electricity life expectancy is a miserable 52 years how can one be proud of a country where nothing works Being born a shitnigerian is the greatest curse |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 12:09pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
CoolHunk:you own leaders have deceiving you since Lord Lugard's time and you apes have done nothing about it. hahahahaha the beautiful thing about the Ghanaian political situation is that Ghanaians will vote out Mahama at the next elections if they think he's not doing good enough. in your country, you don't have that luxury. you are stuck with goatluck jonathan and pdp, whether you like him or not. so leave Ghanaians to worry about their won problems. you have your problems don't you? and by the way, Mahama is not the most educated president i the histroy of Ghana. as matter of fact he is one of the least educated, so what is this nonsense about his good grammar. both busia and atta mils were respected university professor. Liman and Nkrumah had Ph.D. heard yar'adua was the first university graduate to rule in your country   |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 12:05pm On Oct 15, 2014 |
Dreyl:you guys don't get it,huh? Ghana is fine. yes, there are short term challenges, but there NO ECONOMIC CRISIS! hahahahaha I live in Ghana so I can tell you it is not as bad as being portrayed on nairaland. even the Cedi has rebounded and is doing very well against the dollar and others. I am not surprised no one had reported it on nairaland that the Ghanaian cedi is doing fine at the moment you evil -minded goats love to hear bad news about Ghana and yet complain when the western press report news you modafakas don't like. such hypocrites. the Ghanaian economy is currently growing at nearly 7% and foreign direct investments into Ghana is the third highest in africa. does that sound like an economy in crisis? more and more of nigerians are ariving here every second in search of a better life |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Broke Closes Embassies by CrudeGH: 11:59am On Oct 15, 2014 |
Explicit01:rubbish talk. every country has its own problems. or you nigerians don't have major problems? Ghanaians will solve whatever problems the country is going through. weighed against what is happening in nigeria, I think Ghana's problems are far less than those in your country. what happened to those 200 missing gals? are they still in sambisa forest? let nigerians focus on their own problems |
| Business › Re: Nigeria's Inflation Drops To 8.3% In September – NBS by CrudeGH: 11:58am On Oct 15, 2014 |
360command:please leave Ghana out of this |
| Sports › Re: Ghana Needs To Give Nigeria Some Footballing Lessons. by CrudeGH: 11:56am On Oct 15, 2014 |
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| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 11:27am On Oct 15, 2014 |
Thelionpride:oyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa post those pictures from Ghana quick quick,huh? hahahaha at least we can compare notes. I am patiently waiting ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh roforoforofo foool you are in Ghana,huh? what's the big deal? millions of your people are all over Ghana. Ghana's indeed have a better life, compared with you apes. and what are you doing in Ghana and not sticking your smelly butt in your crazy sh1thole, modafaka? such nonsense! oooh I forgot to share with you what a street looks like in your magg0t-infested sh1thole https://nigeriaworld.com/images/news/big/dividend-of-democracy/image023.jpg 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 11:20am On Oct 15, 2014 |
pjosh1:you are talking like a foooool. how can Ghana offering to sell electricity to nigerian amount to "comparing" or "dragging shoulders" with nigeria. The truth is that the little respect I have for you people keep dwindling fast every second when I read posts like this and there are a lots of such on this forum. I still don't understand why nigerians are outraged at Ghana's offer to sell electricity to them. Its like you people still live in primitive times. The rest of the world don't reason that way. Every sensible country is looking for means to improve the quality of life for its people, but in nigeria it appears pettiness and nonsense is what thrives in the minds of most of you foools. how can anyone be embittered about Ghana's offer to supply electricity to a country whose 120 million citizens don't have access to electricity. I still don't get it! Is it pride or is it sheer stvpidity? Meanwhile I guess all of you would have clapped if the US or Britain or indeed any European country had offered to supply elctricity to you apes? such inferiority complex. SMH Under the West African Power Pool (WAPP), any country in west africa can produce electricity and and sell to another country in the region. Some major power producers seeing that opportunity to produce electricity in Ghana and sell internationally are making huge investments in the Ghana power sector. This are strictly private initiatives and have nothing to do tiwh the Ghanaian government. so what is the big deal about Ghana supplying electricity to nigeria? Already, Ghana supplies electricity to Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin. There are many countries in the sub region who will be very happy to buy Ghana's excess electricity. you shitnigerian apes should continue to languish in darkness and inhale your generator fumes more grease to your nostrils and by the way, the Ghanaian economy is doing well, growing at nearly 7% per annum. The Ghanaian economy is the 3rd highest recipeint of foreign direct investment in africa. and nigerian companies are still rushing to set up here. even more and more of your people are arriving in Ghana every day in search of a better life. at least here people don't eat from the dustbin you can sleep with your two eyes closed at night because there is no boko haram, life expectancy is 64, not 52 years youth unemployment is not 90%. 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 10:59am On Oct 15, 2014 |
chidekings:stop smoking pawpaw leaves, ediot! hahahahaha shitnigerians are such a bunch of cowards. when you people start a fight you can't finish then you start looking for favours. after you apes started insulting Ghanaians who had no choice than to respond, you are calling the MOD to ban me? you must be MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD, magg0t! Segun can'r ban me because I didn't start the insults. I am only responding to previous insults, ediot! fvck ya! stop talking like a fooooooooool 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 10:38pm On Oct 14, 2014 |
Lilimax:of curse we are not mates. your magg0t-infested country is a sh1thole. to compare Ghana with such a useless country, the armpit is great insult to the good people fo that great country Ghana. Jeez, you guys even eat from the dustbin eating from the dustbin in the sh1thole is widespread,huh?hahahahaha Ghana is not rubbing any nonsense shoulders with anybody. since when did importing anything from another country amount to "rubbing shoulders?" i guess you apes are used to sleeping in darkness and inhaling generator fumes Can anyone tell me how many nigerians have access to electricity, potable water, motorable roads, personal security, quality education, health care? What is the infant mortality rate in nigeria? What is the maternal mortality rate? 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 10:10pm On Oct 14, 2014 |
Explicit01:Nigeria, one of Africa’s worst governed countries – Mo Ibrahim Governance Index October 1, 2014 Ibanga Isine Nigeria has been rated one of the worst governed countries in Africa based on the 2014 Ibrahim Index of African Governance [IIAG], which was released on Monday. In the report, obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Nigeria is rated 45.8 per cent lower than the African average (51.5 per cent) and ranked 37th out of 52 in the overall governance scale. The country scored lower than the regional average for West Africa which stands at 52.2 percent and ranked 12th out of 15 in the region. While Nigeria got the damning rating by the IIAG, Mauritius is adjudged the best governed country in Africa, with 81.7 per cent, followed by Cape Verde, with 76.6 percent. IIAG is sponsored by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, MIF, a non-grant making organisation committed to defining, assessing and enhancing governance and leadership in Africa. It presents annual assessments of the quality of governance in African countries. It also provides the framework for citizens, governments, institutions and the private sector to assess accurately the delivery of public goods and services, and policy outcomes, across the continent. Other countries that made it to the top of the list included Botswana which is rated the third best governed country in the continent with 76.2 percent and South Africa which comes fourth with 73.3 percent. Ghana is rated 7th ; Rwanda 11th; Benin Republic 18th; Egypt 26th; Mali 28th; Niger, 29th; Liberia; 31st; Cameroun 34th and Togo 36th; all ahead of far more endowed Nigeria.With a population of 173.6 million and population growth rate pegged at 2.8 percent, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, is put at $3013.3 USD, while inflation and unemployment rates stand at 8.5 percent and 13.7 percent, respectively. Nigeria also received appalling ratings in such categories such as safety and the rule of law where it is rated 44th with 38.1 per cent, 32nd in the rule of law with 41.0 percent and 30th in accountability with 36.6 percent. The country got its lowest rating in personal safety where it is ranked 49th with 16.5 per cent and second lowest in national security where it is ranked 48th with 58.2 per cent. Under participation and human rights, the country is rated 26th with 46.9 per cent, 31th on sustainable economic opportunity with 43.3 per cent and 34th in human development with 53.0 per cent. The Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Mo Ibrahim said the 2014 IIAG has revealed discrepancies in governance performance between countries and within the four conceptual categories. “More than ever, these discrepancies call for an Afro-realist approach, which tempers historical Afro-pessimism and current Afro-optimism,” Mr. Ibrahim said. To have a true grasp of African realities, he argued that one must reject the “one-size-fits-all” attitude, which he said, reduces the continent geographically or governance conceptually, in favour of a more granular approach. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 10:08pm On Oct 14, 2014 |
Explicit01:My presideent is intellectually dead? hahahahahahaha our economy is finished? hohohoho Nigeria jagajaga, Everything scatter scatter Poor man dey suffer suffer Gbosa, gbosa, gunshot inna de air. nigayrians? Bvllsh1t country inhabited by azzholes and thieving scvmbags. Such a miserable ,dirty stinking place mumugerians don’t believe in toilet paper. Instead, they use wipe their azz with their left hands! 6-year-old girls are eligible for marriage in sh1tnigeria And they breed unhindered, like pigs. The mumus will have 10 children when they hardsly have enough to feeds themselves- thereby breeding robbers, pr0stitutes, vagabonds etc Hahahaha no wondser sh1tnigeria is primitive sh1thole run by sh1tmongering twats- a dystonian sh1thole! magg0t, read what your fellow ape wrote about your goatluck president and President Mahama Ghana: Mahama, a truly African President http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/24435.html This Day (Nigeria), by Farooq Kperogi* / Monday, 04 November 2013 On September 30 this year, Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama was a guest at Kennesaw State University in suburban Atlanta where I teach. He came here to deliver a public lecture to crown the "Year of Ghana" country program, a year-long exploration of the history, culture, and peoples of Ghana through lectures, exhibitions, visits, etc. at KSU. When I got an invitation to attend the public lecture (which also featured a Question and Answer session), I was reluctant to go. I'd frankly grown tired of listening to witless buffoons from Africa coming to make a fool of themselves and their countries before Western audiences in the name of delivering public lectures. I didn't know what to expect of the Ghanaian president because I had no familiarity with his pedigree, so I chose to err on the side of cynicism. But a friend dragged me to the event at the last minute. I'm glad I attended it. President Mahama turned out to be one of the most inspiring and knowledgeable presidents one can ever wish to meet. He was a superb orator who was also thoughtful, incisive, insightful and supremely self-assured.His speech was about the "role of democratic governance in sustainable economic development in Ghana," but he veered off on high-minded intellectual excursions, on the discourses of Afro-pessimism; on the perniciousness of alterity; on the role of dominant historical narratives in the construction and reconstruction of the consciousness and image of a people, etc. The speech was certainly conscious of its audience because it read like a paper at an academic conference. Its profundity and high-flown, intellectually fashionable phraseology impressed students and professors alike. Well, you might say he didn't deserve much credit for the speech because it was written for him by his speech writers, but one couldn't help but admire the smoothness, naturalness, and rhetorical dexterity of his delivery. He was earnest, eloquent, and confident. But his true brilliance came out even more boldly during the question and answer session. He answered questions from professors and students with ease, grace, panache, depth, conviction, and creative humour. Everyone in the hall was bowled over by his brilliance, humility, and intellectual agility. This was evident from the rapturous applauses and good-hearted guffaws that greeted his responses to questions. I came away from the lecture proud of and overawed by the alertness and fecundity of the Ghanaian president's mind. All of us Africans in the lecture hall raised our heads high.While basking in the euphoric afterglow of the Ghanaian president's brilliant performance, I couldn't help recalling Nigeria's then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan's first official visit to America, which I wrote about in an April 17, 2010 article titled: "Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, that was Embarrassing." Among other things, I observed that in his speech and during the question and answer session at the Council on Foreign Relations, President Jonathan "couldn't articulate a coherent thought, hardly made a complete sentence, went off on inconsequential and puerile tangents, murdered basic grammar with reckless abandon, repeated trifles ad nauseam, was embarrassingly stilted, and generally looked and talked like a timid high school student struggling to remember his memorised lines in a school debate." I concluded that Jonathan "came across as unfathomably clueless." I certainly would never have attended the public lecture at my school-or anywhere else for that matter- if President Jonathan was the guest. I would never be able to survive the embarrassment of listening to a barely literate president who can't even read a speech much less answer unscripted questions from students and professors. President Mahama of Ghana has only a bachelor's degree while Nigeria's president claims to have a Ph.D. Nigerians like to describe ignorant people with grandiose paper qualifications as "educated illiterates." I've heard that phrase used several times to describe President Jonathan. Well, I think it is more appropriate to call him a highly credentialed ignoramus-if he indeed has a Ph.D.-than to call him an "educated illiterate; it is unfair to mention "educated" in the same sentence with "President Goodluck Jonathan." I know this sounds harsh, but it's true. I'm aware that the usual line of counter-attack from defenders of mediocrity in Nigeria would be that I am hung up on appearance at the expense of substance. Beautiful, confident verbal delivery is not a good measure of leaders' effectiveness. That is certainly true, except that President Jonathan, apart from being an inconceivably uninspiring and colorless president, is also notoriously ineffective. I would have been one of the staunchest defenders of his seeming illiteracy and depthlessness if he had a clue what governance entails. Alas, he does not; he has not the vaguest idea what it means to truly govern-much, to be fair to him, like many of his predecessors. So we have the tragedy of being burdened with a leader who neither inspires confidence nor knows what it means to lead. For inexplicable reasons, while Nigeria's elites have a habit of choosing the worst in their ranks to lead the country, Ghanaian elites are infinitely more discriminatory in their choice of leaders. I know of no Ghanaian leader in recent memory who isn't intelligent, inspiring, confident, and well-spoken. That's why Ghana has always been a far more progressive society than Nigeria. However much we might wish it weren't true; the reality is that there is a link between inspirational leadership and national growth. When will modern Nigeria produce an inspirational president, a president we all can be proud of anywhere? *Kperogi is an assistant professor of Journalism and Citizen Media, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta Georgia, United States. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Ghana's Laughable Offer by CrudeGH: 9:57pm On Oct 14, 2014 |
Explicit01:Ghana is not going to export power from its current generation capacity of 2,800MW. What Mahama is a saying is that by 2015/2016, Ghana plans to raise generation capacity to at least 5,000MW. The country will probably use 3,000MW and sell the rest to countries wishing to buy. if 120 million of your citizens don't have electricity, adding 2,000MW to your supply of 4,000MW will make a big difference. Ghana never said it was going to solve all your power needs. or did it? it is only willing to sell excess power, which I am sure other countries will grab with relish. I guess you people are long used to sleeping in the dark and inhaling generator fumes 1 Like |
I woulda killed myself 
