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Jeez, another Ghana bashing thread?

Poster,I don’t really care what point you are trying to make but I really think it was a dumb idea to pose such a foolish question. I am sure you knew the kind of reaction it was bound to generate on a Nigerian site where chillingly strong anti-Ghana sentiments abound.

All you’ve succeeded in doing is to create a perfect opportunity for some clueless and bombastic things to spew out arrant crap and run their smelly mouths about my beloved country, Ghana. I thought there were more pressing issues to talk about in Nigeria at the moment, such as the Boko Haram and the ongoing low-intensity civil war, and even plans to remove fuel subsidy, or even the fact that your national football teams are inherently bleeped up! These are issues that could have grave implications for the Nigerian state in the coming weeks and months.

Whether our actresses are hot or not, is none of your business!

Death traps, called federal highways

TUESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2011 00:00 SUNNY C. NWACHUKWU
Lack of maintenance culture in the country has been a known characteristic of the past administrations, and has indeed become an age-long ‘birth-mark’ in governance. President Jonathan’s administration is yet to prove otherwise with the physical results of the presently pursued goals of transformation in governance. Part of the transformation agenda is the recent pronouncement by the Finance Minister and the coordinator of the Presidential Economic Team, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Completion of a thousand & one government abandoned projects scattered all over the Federation, if successfully pursued and achieved would shift our present position & rating on infrastructure development to an advantage point under the ongoing transformation agenda.

Nigeria has suffered a great deal of losses (lives of very eminent and important personalities, alongside with that on millions of the Nigerian masses) through carnage on our roads. Just very recently, a very top government official lost the lives of his aides and driver in a road accident. These losses sincerely tell (directly or indirectly) on the nation’s economy, negatively. Apart from the fact that this is a singular source/contributor to the nation’s low life-expectancy (with respect to our population and the very high counts of deaths through road accidents involving the greater percentage of our youths), it is also a wasting source of trained professionals and very brilliant brains in the land.

Good roads improve the mental alertness, concentration and calculations of a driver on the wheels; in making sound decisions while contending with the road traffic. This comes to bear drastically reduced cases of carnage on the Federal Highways. The contrary is the case with badly damaged roads, full of potholes and undulated spots as a result of erosion and cracks on the highways. One early morning in the month of August, i travelled by road from Abuja to Onitsha. Just from the Abuja metropolis, all the way down to River Benue bridge (along Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja road) we recorded very fresh ghastly road mishaps (about nine cases within a space of fifteen to twenty minutes) because; it was raining “cat & dog” that morning. It was a worrisome observation indeed, which would have been averted were the roads to have been in good shape. This made families to lose their loved ones because of distractions created for the drivers/road users due to the multi-faceted potholes at specific spots. People at the same time lost their exotic cars, got them mangled and smashed beyond repairs. In addition to these, very unbearable road traffic jams that set in for hours each time such accidents occur; all contributing towards the nation’s economic losses.

This worrisome situation is indeed very painful when the cost of the suffering masses (the inter-city commuters) is counted. One very good example is the notorious Ore spot (along the Benin-Ore highway). Human beings who cannot afford to travel by air, suffer untold hardship by spending hours on a “near-madness” replica of jam-packed vehicles (cars, luxurious buses, trailers and various shades of tankers) all scrambling & struggling to gain access on a single lane way. This piece should sound and as well serve as a reminder to the Federal Ministry of works, the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and possibly their states’ counterparts, especially at this season of the “Ember months” with the Christmas season just next door (fast approaching). There is no point mentioning other deadly spots like the Shagamu-Ibadan road (along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway) ,Ugwuoba-9th mile (along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway) spots and many others in the Northern parts of course and the South-South (the Ikot-Ekpene road leading to Aba).

I have the opportunity to observe what people experience/pass through at Ore area just last weekend when i travelled to Lagos by road from Onitsha. This shouldn’t be at all, especially now that the government is preaching and confessing the promises of good governance and all the attached democracy dividends to the masses. The Federal Ministry of works and the FERMA should sit up and be up & doing in fixing our roads. The Christmas rush is just by the corner!

Whenever i try to compare notes with what obtains or goes on in some other countries of the world; where i always observe the ways these things are done right by them (like in China and in our own South Africa) i shudder. Their own kinds of our FERMA tackle these issues to the minutest level, on daily basis. Yes, this i know because, i have severally observed where you (for instance) ply a way and on your coming back the same way after a few hours later, behold, the road was already being resurfaced afresh within hours. I lamented in South Africa one day after observing such patriotism in them. The same striking note took place somewhere in China, when a local TV station constantly featured in their news, what i personally consider ‘a non issue’ by our own standard or in our own society; how Taxis & Buses were falling into a shallow pothole in the city of Guangzhou (along SangYuAnli road). Under 24 hours, that spot was fixed.

What does it take our FERMA to be doing the same? Is it due to lack of fund or poor management, or what? These death traps on our Federal Highways ought to be promptly and timely fixed/maintained so that further lives will not be lost due to our own negligence, recklessness and carelessness.

Ricky_Ross, it is the whole of Ghana we are talking about here, not just Accra. Nigeria is 3.8 times the size of Ghana-which means Ghana is a little over a quarter the size of Nigeria. So to arrive at any sensible and rational conclusion, I had expected the gov not only to give statistics of roads constructed in Lagos but detailed information about new roads going up in Ghana and Sierra Leone, so we can make a comparison. I didn’t see anything like that in the story. Instead, he sits in Alausa and makes rather sweeping and unsubstantiated statements. This is disgraceful. But hei I have heard top Nigerian officials say worse things about Ghana in the past. But who cares!

Now if 44 road projects will result in 77 kilomtres of new roads then that is very ridiculous! It means on the average 1.75 km of road is being constructed under each project? Does that make sense to you? Do you know the kilometers of road constructed in Ghana every year? Talk based on facts and get it out of your head that Nigeria can only be seen to be doing well if Ghana is made to look like a piece of rubbish. This attitude is sickening. Only sick people reason like that.

And what infrastructure are you talking about? You want to tell me there are no traffic hassles in Lagos? Or there are no power cuts in Lagos? Or infact the roads in Lagos are perfect condition, huh? Indeed what better infrastructure are you talking about? Even with your ‘better infrastructure’ we see Nigerian firms moving to Accra all the time!

folahann, the Ghana govt will complete those roads when the Benin-Ore road is fixed, as well as the Ibadan road. I have seen many, many horrible roads in Nigeria. In fact there is a portion of the road between Benue and Taraba that I consider the worst road in the world!

Arrant nonsense! How many kilometers has he constructed in Lagos, to compare with new roads in Ghana and SL? Provide the statistics to justify this claim.
How can he say such rubbish when I see road projects going up all over Ghana all the time?

Nigerians and their obsession with GHANA!!! What has Ghana got to do with roads in Lagos?

Pure crap!

Ricky_Ross, enough is enough. Indeed you are dog. Yes na mi talk am! How dare you describe Ghanaians as having low mentality! And you think Nigerians have high mentality? You must be mentally deficient with a medieval mentality worse than a panty bomber! A pathetic predator who is just depraved! Utter nonsense!

What Ghanaians think about Nigerians or what Nigerians think about Ghana/Ghanaians isn't going to change the fortunes of any of these countries. Ghana will be Ghana and Nigeria will be Nigeria. It is entirely my prerogative to like or not to like any particular group of people. I don't give a damn what any one thinks! Nigeria has its own problems just as Ghana, as a matter of fact I believe whatever problem Ghana has, one can find it in Nigeria multiplied a million times. Yet some of you clueless people would want to sit here and post rubbish. Yet, chances are that a Nigerian will hardly go to next door Cameroon,Benin or Niger. They are always coming to Ghana because they feel welcomed,huh? And what do we get in return? Outright scorn and insults at the least opportunity. Go to to the beginning of this particular thread and see how this whole nonsense unfolded. Some wimps simply went bersek because a story that sought to portray Ghana in good light had been posted.

Ghana deported Nigerians in the 1960s, and Nigeria followed with two mass deportations in 1983 and 1985. We are talking about TWO mass deportations by Nigeria here. Ghana needs to balance the score and I see it coming soooner than you think! Don't give a damn! All of you can go hug a fucking transformer! Oops just forgot transformers in Nigeria often lie fallow! Damn!

Ricky_Ross, you obviously don’t know Nigerian authorities make it very difficult, if not impossible for Ghanaians to do business in Nigeria. If you talk to Ghana exporters they will tell you the hassles they face exporting to Nigeria. There is a lot of hostility within Nigeria towards Ghanaians. For a long time, Nigeria arbitrarily placed embargo on the import of variety of goods from Ghana. I am not therefore surprised trade between the two countries is extremely low-outside oil and gas.

I see a lot more hatred among Nigerians towards Ghanaians than I see in Ghanaians vice versa. I know most of you will try to deny this, but that is the truth. I know what I am talking about. For me when anything I say about Nigeria is based on personal knowledge, not hearsay or third-party information. There is nothing about Nigeria I don’t know. There is no part of Nigeria I have not been to. Port Harcourt,Enugu,Owerri,Awka,Onitsa,Benin,Warri,Kano,Kaduna,Maiduguri,Yola,Makurdi,Wukari,Jos,Ibadan, Katsina,Lagos, Abuja and of course several more towns and cities. I visited some of these places a couple of times in the course of my official duties in Nigeria. I met a good number of your leaders as well as ordinary Nigerians. I saw and heard enough to know that Nigerians don’t like Ghanaians, period. I am not talking about me personally because I got the respect I deserved. But I am talking generally. So for me, I don’t need anyone to come to the Internet and talk about how Nigerians and Ghanaians are brothers and stuff. I used to think like that. How we are all Africans and brothers and stuff. No more. For me a Ghanaian is a Ghanaian, a Nigerian is a Nigerian,period. Nobody should come preaching about brotherliness and stuff like that. I know a brother when I see one.

You are being rather simplistic with a serious issue if you suggest the hostility is all about Nigerian women and stuff. And you seem to suggest Ghanaian men find it difficult to date Nigerian women. I think that is ridiculous, at least not based on my personal experience.

I have a Nigerian renting my house in Accra. I have also helped a lot more Nigerians that I have helped Ghanaians. What puts me off is the Nigerian tendency to assume they are better than everybody else!

Georessah, you can’t make any conclusive observations about Nigerians based on those you meet in Ghana. Of course I haven’t met any nasty Nigerian in Ghana, and I don’t expect to meet one (at least in Ghana). It is an entirely a different story back in Nigeria. I remember in 2009 I was in Abuja,and being a sports lover my favourite station was Brilla FM. That station had a particular presenter called Ignis Armah who simply loved to play Ghana music whenever he was on. And it was quite amazing the reactions he used to get. People will call in to ask are you a Ghanaian, did you live in Ghana and stuff like that. Must you live in Ghana or be a Ghanaian to play Ghanaian music on Nigerian radio? I remember an instance when callers actually called in to say please take off the Ghana music and play something else! This is just one small example of the several first-hand experiences of unbridled hostility.

I also want to correct the impression that Ghana deported and Nigeria also deported. The truth is that Nigeria carried out mass deportations twice-in 1983 and 1985.

Greatogwu, if indeed you live in Accra as you claimed then my advise to you is to start learning to appreciate your host country because your well-being and prosperity in that land is tied to that. This has nothing to do with Ghana or Nigeria, this is about you as an individual. This principle applies to everyone living outside his or her home country. If you learn to appreciate your host country, harbour positive thoughts about that country and even pray for that country you’ll see how prosperous your life in that country will be. I will never stay in a country I don’t have positive feelings about, because it will be extremely unhelpful to me.

I know you are an Igbo man so I have little experience to share with you. In 2004 I went to Awka to see Governor Ngige at Government House. Our meeting lasting well into the night and I had a pounded yam meal with the governor at 2 am. Yes, I didn’t eat much because I wasn’t used to eating that late and certainly not pounded yam at that time. But he told me he was used to eating pounded yam that late. I found that quite intriguing. But what I found even more striking was what happened when I was about to leave for my hotel. I had a driver waiting and thought I could just jump into my car and drive straight to my hotel to get some badly-needed sleep before starting what was going to be an even more hectic day.

When I got out of the Governor’s office, I was told I should wait for a few minutes for the police escort. I thought that was some joke. I realized later that to go out at the time without a police escort will be suicidal. Eventually I was escorted by some heavily armed group of policemen to my hotel.

That was in 2004 when the security situation wasn’t that bad. I shudder to think what people in that region go through today. My Nigerian friend, who is a top lawyer in Abuja from the east, can’t even go to his village in any of his posh cars.

If you live in Accra, as you claimed, at least you can enjoy the fact that you can go to sleep with your two eyes closed. At least you can appreciate the peace and tranquility that you can enjoy in Ghana and thank God for that, even if you see no good in Ghana! You can’t take your personal security for granted. That is my advice for you. If you like take, if you don’t that is entirely your business.

For you Yeske!, I think you are not even worth my time!

Ricky_Ross, Can you use your brain for once? You illiterate son of a slut! You gotta get your bleeped up head outta the sand,you freaking cannibal.

Now clearly you need to have your head properly examined so you can stop spewing out trash. Ghana has a large and growing Nigerian population so what the heck if Nigerian newspapers are sold in Ghana. Ghanaian newspapers are sold in many place,including Nigeria and Liberia (to mainly Ghanaian communities). The only Nigerian publication that I see at a few newsstands in Accra is City People, which has a special Ghana edition. Have Ghanaians finished buying the dozens of newspapers produced in Ghana daily to start looking to buy a foreign one? Ask your Nigerian friends in the media. The Ghanaian newspaper system is very difficult to break into, especially if you are not Ghana-based.

Before you start running your mouth again, let me ask you, have you heard of rlg? And where did you get this foolish idea about Zinox? I know more about Zinox than your silly arse. Well, rlg –a Ghanaian-owned and Accra-based computer manufacturing company signed a deals worth several millions of dollars with the Ogun state government to provide computer and ICT knowledge to Nigerians like you. Where was Zinox?

Forget about producing anything in Nigeria. Everything in Nigeria is freaking imported, and that is the truth. Why do you think your ports are always overcrowded? I will never forget what Ojo Maduekwe said some time ago to me a small group. He said apart from the upstream sector of the oil industry, nothing works in Nigeria. And he added, we know why that is the case and we laughed. What he implied was that the upstream sector of the oil industry was only functional because foreigners were running it!

You mentioned weavons and wigs, body creames, soaps. Were they produced in Nigeria. I know in Nigeria, the most sought-after weaveon is a particular type they import from Ghana. I am sure you didn’t know that,huh?

I live in Accra and see it as a shame that some of you Nigerians peddle false information just to massage your ego and make Nigeria appear more important than it is. I lived abroad and returned to Ghana last year to take advantage of the numerous opportunities that exist in my beloved country. What has struck me the most is the number of factories that exist here. There is virtually no field of activity that you won’t see someone manufacturing or at least processing something. And what gives me the greatest joy is to walk into a shop and see that ‘Made in Ghana’ label. Like I said, I live here and shop a lot –I am yet to see those Nigerian goods on sale here-yes, I have seen a few ndomis and stuff, but the impression being created here that Nigerian goods have flooded shops in Ghana is very pathetic!

Again you said most books in Ghanaian schools were written by Nigerians. That is absolutely trash. Indeed the oppositite is the case. I personally know books written by Ghanaians athat are used in Nigerian schools. I wasn’t told this. I saw them with my own eyes. I think there is one or two by Quartey and others I can’t immediately mention. Go do your research very well. The best teachers in Nigeria are still Ghanaians, and this is a fact!

Somebody says every pharmaceutical item in Ghana has a NAFDAC no, meaning they were made in Nigeria. Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? Perhaps I should explain for fickle-minded folks like you. If a company in India produces a drug for sale in West Africa, they will put NAFDAC code on it as well the code of the regulatory body in Ghana,otherwise that drug cannot enter Ghana. NAFDAC registration is not recognized in Ghana. So what is the relevance of a NAFDAC code to products sold in Ghana? If not for the fact that you are hell-bent on seeing Nigeria in every product in Ghana, you would have also seen FDB on the label.

Well, I have seen Nigeria buy more than kente,alomo bitters to sell in our country. I have seen,not heard, them buy shoes,clothes,gold etc etc to sell in Nigeria. They told me it is cheaper here. That is what they said.

greatogwu , what are you doing in Ghana if you don’t think Ghana is making progress? I hope you are not one of those Igbo boys doing yahoo yahoo here? Very soon people like you would be flushed out!

Yeske!, First of all how do you define a country being poor and another being rich? From what we have seen in most countries,including Nigeria, it would be absolutely misleading to apply GDP alone to arrive at any definite conclusion regarding how rich a country is. We all know GDP for Nigeria is a product of mainly oil revenues. But how many Nigerians get to see all the oil money that is declared on paper? After IBB had taken his share, Abubakar carry im own, Goodluck, Mrs Goodluck, Anenih, Danjuma, and even Clark plus the rest of the oligarchy had taken their share, how much will be left for ignoramus like you? Very little! So though in theory Nigeria could be earning billions in GDP, in reality most Nigerians at least 90%-remain desperately poor.

But let me say this,what is of outmost importance to me is the quality of life of the citizens. What defines a country being rich,in my reckoning, is how many people have access to potable water, reliable electricity,security,motorable road- I will paste the story about only 15% of Nigerians roads being motorable for you to see.I want to see how many citizens have access to functional health care, quality education,what is the life expectancy? How safe is the country?Have they found Mikel's papa yet? For me, that is a good way to define how rich a country is. My idea of how rich a country is is not defined by how many mansions there are, how many limos there are, how big someone's agbda is, or how often people throw a party, how outrageously expensive lace they wear, or how big they spend money.

By the way, I see lots of Nigerian women coming to Ghana to buy things to take back to Nigeria to sell. Go to the ABC, and all the terminals of Nigerian transport companies in Accra in the late evening and see the cargoes that are being packaged for Nigeria. I was speaking to a woman from Benin City the other day and she told me she makes good profit.Some of you are so ignorant and have your heads buried in the sand, and don't even deserve any attention!



But let me say this, if Nigeria is your idea of a 'rich' country, then I pray that no country in the world experiences such 'riches'


Only 15 per cent roads are motorable in Nigeria- Daily Trust

The Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP), under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, said while a large population of Nigerians live in the rural areas, only 15 per cent of federal roads are in good condition.
National Co-ordinator of Rural Access and Mobility Project, Engineer Ubandoma Ularamu, made this revelation yesterday in Osogbo, Osun State, while presenting his address at the opening ceremony of the 2010 RAMP Annual Retreat and Review Meeting.
“Out of over 160,000 kilometres of secondary and tertiary roads in Nigeria, with an average registered network of 4,000 kilometres per state, only about 10-15 per cent is paved.
Source: Daily Trust Newspaper

You people should leave Ghana alone. Every day Ghana this Ghana that. What is it?

I can see lots of deluded minds here. Nigeria may be "rich" and Ghana MAY be "poor" as some of you claim. But how come 90% of Nigerians survive on less than $2 a day? How come life expectancy is a pitiable 45. How come ordinary electricity that other people take for granted in the 21st century is still a huge problem in Nigeria? How come unemployment is officially 60%. How come insecurity is so widespread in this "rich" country? How come education is Nigeria is nothing to write about and most Nigerians are going to Ghana for education? You can get deluded and be blinded by the bitterness of the truth, but Nigerians need to wake and come to terms with the fact that most of its neighbours are growing their economies very fast. How come 100,000 Nigerians apply for the US visa every week? How come more and more Nigerians are leaving their ‘rich’ country today more than every before? How come only 15% of roads in ‘rich’ Nigeria are motorable? And how come ‘rich’ Nigeria is so violence-prone?What some of you people have to realise is that you people are not God. God gave Nigeria all the blessings he can and if Nigerians can't tap into God's abundant gift to them and have made a mess of their situation at least they can be happy that a country like Ghana is trying to make good use of what God has given it. Don't bring the wrath of God upon yourselves by running your mouths anyhow about Ghana. It is a nation blessed by God! A nation that has brought a lot of pride to Mother Africa!

Some idiot was talking about shops in Ghana filled with goods from Nigeria. What a joke. Who dash Nigeria electricity to produce even match stick sef? Nigeria that imports virtually everything including toothpick? Nigeria that cannot even refine its own crude oil? Abeg tell me something else. Come to Ghana and see what is happening here. If you guys chose to believe all the trash being peddled here about Ghana, I wish you luck.

Thanks to some of you great contributors for those wonderful sentiments about Ghana.   Ileke-Idi-you deserve an honorary citizenship.  Emofine, estatemark.

We are delighted with the progress Ghana is making and the tremendous prospects ahead. Yes, Ghana is definitely a country going somewhere.  But we Ghanaians know this is just the beginning of a long journey. We still have about five to 10 years to get to where we want to get to.  There is no point making noise about it yet.

When I hear people say Ghana is tiny, small and stuff like that, I ask myself what has size got to do with it? Britain isn’t much bigger than Ghana.  Of course Ghana is much smaller -Nigeria is 3.8 times the size of Ghana, but comparatively it isn’t the smallest country in the world, by any means.

$9 million for Nigeria? Why would Nigeria get $9 million. Isn't it supposed to be $8m, going by your profiling?

Otumfour, you haven’t realized hatred towards the Ghanaian runs deep in these species, huh? But who cares? We are blessed, brother.

What do you mean is Ghana "worth" the effort? Is somebody forcing you to go to Ghana? Close to a million tourists visit Ghana every year-most of them Westerners. I am sure they won't be going if they don't consider it "worthwhile." I recommend you go to Niger,Chad ,Cameroon or even Obudu-those one are even closer,huh?

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And Nigerian women are what, ? Pure crap! Don't get ahead of yourself, you piece of shit. Look at the pot calling the kettle black! Rubbish!!! Did someone say Ghana has become the headquarters of the devil because a woman [just one person in a country of 25 million] wants to marry her dog? Do you want me to start listing some of the things that go on in Nigeria that should make decent humans bow their heads in shame? Don't start, huh? Utter nonsense!

Abeg, let’s hear word o jare! We’ve been hearing about Nigeria’s potentials since ,  I guess it’s become a mantra for clueless bigots like you don’t even seem to see the direction your country is heading. Yes, we all pray Nigeria will remain one and thriving after the elections. But this will happen not because of anything Nigerians did to ensure that, but by the grace of God. It is only the mercy of God that is preserving your country because most of your people-including your rulers- frankly don’t care a hoot about your country.I've met several of them and know their mindset. Some of us are tired of the ‘Nigerian potential’ which exist in a few delusional minds. When will that ‘potential’ become a reality, for God’s sake?

Again, you don’t make sense when you say “We will beef up security at the borders so that Ghanaians don't come in again as usual”. Well, I really don’t know which part of the world you currently live, but it is not a secret that that tide changed long time ago and now Nigerians are flocking to Ghana every second. I guess you didn’t know that,huh? And did you say Nigeria is a giant? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, I don’t want to laugh this morning, Some giant indeed!

And do you have to go about telling people you are a giant? We know a giant when we see one.

Chamber2, let me educate you on a few things. You said “Ghana was once a hopeless country.” Well, I can see that most Nigerians can’t get tired reminding Ghanaians of a regrettable episode in the history of that great country. Now listen, it doesn’t matter how often you fall, but the ability to get up and move on is what matters. Yes, Ghana ran into a very turbulent era in the late 70s,80s and 90s, and it is to the credit of all the beautiful and hard-working people of that great country that Ghana is back on its feet today. What you probably don’t know is that before Ghana fell on hard times, it had one of the best economies on the continent. Ask your compatriots who flooded Ghana in their millions in those good days. Governor Akala is one of them,Mike Awonyinfa is another. There are many,many Nigerians who today occupy top positions in your country who were born and spent their childhood in Ghana before the Busia govt booted most of them out. Trust me, Ghana was a very prosperous country in the 60s and mid-70s. Now as Nigerians mock Ghanaians for that sad chapter in their history, I hope you are praying that your own country does not fall on such hard times. In your typical haughty attitude, I can hear you say ‘tufiakwa’ it can’t happen. But if there is one country in the world today that could plunge into unbridled anarchy and collapse, it is Nigeria. With elections around the corner, you better get on your knees and prayer like you’d never done before. A got some very frightening statistics last night about the level of political violence in your country. I don’t give damn whether Nigeria is better than Ghana, as you are arguing. But so long as I know more Ghanaians have access to potable water, electricity,education,security,food, health care etc. I really don’t give a jack! You can wallow in your delusions for all you want. The people will always vote with their feet, and we all know where your people are going to these days.

u don't like Ghanaians? Who cares? Tweaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Now I know why our folks say Onyankpon nte se Alata ni!

Collinsfbi, I guess it's all good when your people heap insults on Ghana on this forum, but very offensive when an 'inappropriate' comments are made about Nigerians,huh?

Now I will answer the fella who wasted space with that neblous CIA statistics.

Again it is all good to highlight the huge volume revenue accruable to the Nigerian state on account of massive oil sales. On paper, Nigeria looks good when the oil money is equitably shared among its 160million souls,or even applied in a manner that can develop the country.But we all  know very few Nigerians smell the oil money,huh? Goodluck will take his own, OBJ go take im share,IBB sef,plus Abdulsalami. Even sef Buhari,Danjuma and EK Clark dem all go take their share, plus the govs dem. How much of the money quoted by CIA gets to fix the roads,schools,hospitals and electricity that Nigerians desperately need? That is the crux of the matter,not some mundane statistics.

I still stand by what I said that more Ghanaians have access to potable water, electricity,motorable roads,health care,security,food etc than Nigerians. How else do you measure how a country or community is doing without refering to access to these basic amenities? Of course if it is about which of these countries has more mansions,limos and throws obscene parties,then I give it naija.But if it is about which of the two countries has a higher standard of living, then of course it is a no-contest,in my opinion.

Kai naija piple and their sense of delusion! You guys can badmouth Ghana all you can, something Nigerians are particularly good at. But I see boku,boku Nigerians on the streets of Accra every day, and more are coming every single hour. And by the way, how do you measure one country being better than another? Is it by looking at which of them has more mansions even where there is no electricity to power lifts, limousines when there are no good roads to drive them on, private jets etc. I guess most of you guys don’t realise that more people in Ghana have access to electricity, good roads, health care, potable water, food, education and security than people in Nigeria? Frankly, we can debate which is better between Ghana and Nigeria, but for me, I know if Ghana is ahead of Nigeria in all the indices i mentioned, then what is there to compare? Of course, unless you want to tell me one percent of the population being stupendously rich is a good measure of the quality of life of the generality of the people.

Now, if you want to get a good sense of how Nigeria is performing in terms of the quality of life of the average Nigerian, then why don’t you refer to the UNDP Human Development Index report? I suggest all of you should go and read that first before talking about what you don’t know anything about. In terms of the quality of life of ordinary folks, Nigeria compares with countries like Liberia,Chad, Somalia etc

Welcome to the noisy world of Ghana haters! What has this report gotta do with Ghanaian men lacking ambition(as one poster suggested)? . Another idiot said Ghanaian men are not worthy to be called men. Everything concerning Ghana will be turned on its head in this forum! Tweaaaaaaaaaa. Can you self-righteous Nigerians say you don’t have cases of women beating their partners in your country? Do you have any statistics on that? If you don’t, then shut up because it could be a much bigger problem in Nigeria than your deluded minds could grasp. And of course the likelihood of men reporting such abuses is another factor. I think by coming out to say there is a problem is the first step to stop it. Nigerian men can go ahead and proclaim they don’t suffer spouse abuse. No man needs to suffer any form of abuse in silence because he fears what the society will think of him. Do you guys also consider the fact that it may not always be that the women are physically stronger than the men, but the men believe in the rule of law and will rather seek redress through the law, rather than a savage response to these attacks? So if a man gets beaten up by his wife or girl friend and he reports to the police, it shouldn’t necessarily be a sign of weakness, but an affirmation of his firm belief in the rule of law. It is simple as that. These are civilised, not savages. Those ‘men’ relishing an opportunity to unleash brute force on their partners for such abuse instead of reporting to the relevant authorities are clearly demonstrating who they really are! Brutes! Please leave Ghana men alone! They are the best, in my opinion!

Point of correction-Ghanaians don't envy Nigerians, for what? Come to Accra and see Nigerians all over the place, and ask them if anyone is molesting them. Some of you have never stepped in Ghana but talk as if you know everything! If you come in as a genuine investor-without an attitude- then you will feel very comfortable in Ghana.

favouredib, I think you are making a big mistake when you assumed that all there is to the film industry in Ghana are the names you just mentioned-van,yvonne,jackie nadia and majid,including john dumelo. You obviously don’t realize that there is a thriving non-English genre of films in Ghana at the moment.

I don’t even remember the last I watched anything called Nollywood.I have Perfect Picture playing on my laptop at the moment while I work, but I hardly watch English versions of Ghanaian films. Instead, I prefer films in the local Ghanaian dialects, like Agya Koo and the rest. I think I can say the same for an increasing number of Ghanaians. I can watch a bit of Yoruba films on DSTV when I have the time-apart from the preponderance of juju in most of the the Yoruba films some of them can be interesting. So for me personally, this whole argument about Nollywood and Ghollywood is particularly irrelevant.

Clowns……some of you guys have to keep your heads outta the sand. 

Ghanian Film Makers Surrender To Nigeria? Where did you get this piece of garbage from? I don laf tire! How many Ghanaian actors and actresses work in Nigeria? Pure crap! 

Where in the story was there a suggestion that Ghana “surrendered”? Can anyone tell me which aspect of the story suggested Ghana’s capitulation? If anything at all, one can assume it is rather Nigeria that is seeking to mend fences-with Arinze’s palliative comment. The headline is totally misleading and condemnable. Very pathetic indeed! .

The story begins …there are strong indications- what simpleton indications, who are they quoting here? Nobody, but rather a vague and unsubstantiated “source.” Is that how the Nigerian press operate?

And why are they contemplating signing an MOU in Accra, and not in Lagos? I assumed since Ghanaians are the ones “begging or surrendering” they should be the ones coming to Nigeria to sign an MOU, abi? Very funny indeed.This is a story fit only for the dustbin.

Omo_Tier1 or whatever you call yourself. Who cares if Nigeria has all the money in the world and is still deluded by the -"money is not our problem,but how to spend" mentality of Gowon? Enjoy your 'wealth' and 'prosperity'

I have come across some bizarre commentaries over the years. I give you one example. A few years ago,the female national team of Ghana played a crucial game in Abuja against the Nigerian team for Africa's sole ticket to the Olympic games in Beijing. This was a match Nigeria needed to win to qualify while Ghana needed a draw. A group of Ghanaian supporters travelled to Abuja to cheer their team. They arrived shortly after the game started and took up position down the stand where I was seated. Of course they came with drums and all the paraphernalia of a supporters club. The stadium was almost empty, by the way. As soon they hoisted their banner and started hitting their drums, some Nigerians fans started throwing missiles at them. I asked one of those Nigerians fans why they will not allow the Ghanaians to sit where they had chosen to sit since the stadium was virtually empty and they were not obstructing anybody. Their reply was that Nigeria supplies free crude oil to Ghana and yet the Ghanaian authorities will not allow Nigerian traders to operate their shops in Ghana.

I am not aware Nigeria is in the habit of supplying free oil to countries. I reckon the national assembly will impeach any president who tries that. This particular incident happened a few days after the Lagos-based Guardian newspaper had published a rather parochial editorial making all sorts of outlandish claims. That explains why I cautioned against taking everything the news media spew out seriously.

Omo_Tier

Let me say here that some of these so-called loans are very fictitious. Corrupt Nigerian officials make such claims to siphon money from the national treasury, or justify their deceit and corruption.

Let me tell you what I know. Ghana bought some cars from PAN for its police during the Obasanjo regime. The Nigerian government offered an export credit facility to facilitate the deal. Now this arrangement is very common in international trade- and that explains why most trade-oriented countries have export/import banks. The whole idea is to sweeten the deal and make the merchandise/service more attractive to potential buyers. For example, the US Export/Import Bank can advance credit to clients to buy American products-and these apply strictly to American products. In the case of Ghana, the government may not ordinarily buy from PAN, but the fact that the Nigerian government provided a credit guarantees may have weighed considerably in arriving at a decision. I insist there is no big deal with this particular transaction. The implication is that the Nigerian government either provided guarantees or advanced credit for a transaction that clearly will benefit the Nigerian economy.

I also know the Nigerian government funded some part of the West Africa Gas project, which the Ghana govt should have paid for. Again I need to explain that the WAGP is in Nigeria’s interest because the country stands to earn substantial revenue from selling gas to Ghana and other West African countries.

Don’t swallow everything the Nigerian media feed you. You know very well it is not that easy to take your country’s money and give it to another country like that when your own country desperately needs funds to tackle its numerous problems. Unless of course you are screwed up,

What the heck.Some of you guys are incredibly pathetic!

I keep hearing about how Nigerian helps or helped Ghana, bla bla.Can anyone tell me what this 'help' is all about? I am not talking about beer parlour gist-which is what most of you engage in here on this forum. I am talking about officially confirmed 'help' that Nigeria has extended to Ghana-except you want to count the mass deportation of Ghanaians and other West Africans on two ocassions in the 80s or the selective targeting of Ghanaians living in Nigeria.


I am simply curious to know,