Atta Mills - No Blame Game, Witch-Hunting


NEWS  —  Ghana:   Atta Mills Preaches Unity, Rule of Law at Inauguration
This Day (Lagos)
7 January 2009

Newly sworn-in President of Ghana, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, yesterday shortly after taking the oath of office promised that there would be no room for game blame and witch-hunting by his ... [read more]

NEWS  —  Ghana:   Kufuor Takes a Bow in Final Speech
Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
6 January 2009

President J. A. Kufuor in his last sectional address to Parliament yesterday bemoaned his inability to hand over to his party's Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo. [read more]

NEWS  —  Ghana:   Mills Must Fulfill Promises - Kumasi Residents
Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
7 January 2009

With a few hours to the swearing-in ceremony of the president-elect, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, some residents of Kumasi in the Ashanti region have told The Chronicle about their expectations of ... [read more]

NEWS  —  Ghana:   Mills Promises to Rule by Consensus
African Elections Project (Accra)
7 January 2009

Professor John Atta Mills has sworn the oath office as the 3rd President of the 4th Republic at a colorful and well attended ceremony in Accra. The ceremony took place at the Independence Square, ... [read more]

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Author: dodanhank
Thu Jan 8 21:15:55 2009

Nigeria may be large in size and population and a wealthy nation but she is still a junior brother of Ghana.

First Ghana achieved her political independence in 1953 and Nigeria had to wait till 1960 because the North was not ready. Second Ghana had always led in all spheres of human endeavors from sports to politics. Yes, Ghana suffered a major economic set in the 80's but she learned her lesson and has turned out to be one of Africa's economic power houses.

Today Ghana has done it again to be the first Black African nation to witness a… [Read Full Text]

Author: dodanhank
Fri Jan 9 02:02:40 2009

Nigeria may be large in size and population and a wealthy nation but she is still a junior brother of Ghana.

First Ghana achieved her political independence in 1957 and Nigeria had to wait till 1960 because the North was not ready. Second Ghana had always led in all spheres of human endeavors from sports to politics. Yes, Ghana suffered a major economic set in the 80's but she learned her lesson and has turned out to be one of Africa's economic power houses.

Today Ghana has done it again to be the first Black African nation to witness a… [Read Full Text]

Author: chokora
Fri Jan 9 18:18:27 2009

" .. but she learned her lesson .. "

But did not learn the fundamental one well enough.

Did you notice that Mills was swearing on the foreign slave-trader's manifesto called 'bible' - the manifesto of those who raped and tortured and killed their ancestors?

- would he strive to be a good leader without the foreigners? Were there good leaders and thriving kingdoms in the land before the white killers arrived with their propaganda manifesto? Were these ancestral leaders sworn to upholding law and order and mindful of the happiness of their citizens? Does Mills… [Read Full Text]

Author: dodanhank
Fri Jan 9 20:03:24 2009

.."Did you notice that Mills was swearing on the foreign slave-trader's manifesto called 'bible.. It is a catch 22 because in whatever way he was sworn in, be it with the Koran, Bible or the Traditional way someone would still have something to say. So damn he does and damn he doesn’t

Let us bring the issues where they belong and the issue here is about a smooth transition of power ever witnessed in Africa. It was made possible because the party in power was able to supervise its failure without rancor. How did it happen? It was made possible… [Read Full Text]

Author: chokora
Fri Jan 9 20:24:11 2009

" .. because in whatever way he was sworn in, be it Koran, Bible the Traditional way someone would still have something to say. So damn he does and damn he doesn’t .. "

NO!

You can't get away with it that easy.

- It seems fitting that the traditional way take precedence among the natives. You wouldn't want to force the prime minister of Israel to be sworn according to the swearing-in traditions of the Ashanti, would you?

- trust me, the traditional ways of the whites/English will be observed in the ceremony coming up on Jan… [Read Full Text]

Author: dodanhank
Sat Jan 10 03:04:52 2009

.."Firstly, is there an issue regarding his name? Well, you would not get an augment from me on that. Yes, it negates everything Kame Nkrumah stood for but that said; it does not change the basis of the topic.

The traditional African political structure that existed before the advent of the Colonist could not stand the test of time today. It is the basis of modern day tribalism and hatred that has stalled West Africa in particular from advancement.

Good government in Africa would restore the African tradition. When African leaders learn to invest in their people there would be… [Read Full Text]

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