Martin Amidu Must Be Protected And Kept Safe - By All The Good People In Our Homeland Ghana

 Ghanaians are a wise and  aspirational African people, committed to maintaining their democratic system, at all cost. That is one of the reasons, why we must all ensure that Hon. Martin Amidu continues to  remain safe, and is given round the clock protection.

Without principled individuals, and the patriotic civil society organisations that boldly speak truth to power, in the fight to rid Ghanaian society of egregious-high-level-corruption, we will eventually end up becoming an enslaved people, beholden to greedy and powerful ruthless-criminal-types. 

It is said that those who fail to learn from the past, are condemned to make the same mistakes. In light of the recent revealations by Martin Amidu, Ghanaians must learn from the fate of the Odikro of Apedwa, Nana Akyea Mensah, who was murdered in 1943, by Akyem Abuakwa's ruling elites, after the death of the then Okyenhene, Nana Ofori-Atta 1,  during the British colonial era.

Nana Amyea Mensah, sealed his own fate,  when he warned his fellow royals, during an emergency  meeting of the Akyem Abuakwa State Council, after the death of Nana Ofori-Atta 1, that under no circumstances should there be any unlawful conduct, on their part (i.e. resorting to ritual murder in any of the funeral rites for Ofori-Atta 1), lest they  incur the wrath of the British colonial authorities. 

He also told them that he was also aware of corruption that had gone on, during the reign of Nana Ofori-Atta 1, and that at the appropriate time he would demand the rendering of  accounts, of all the monies that had been misappropriated, during the rule of Nana Ofori-Atta 1. He became a marked man from then onwards.

After his departure from that tempestous emergency meeting, the other royals, who had earlier heard Nana Akyea Mensah's demand for accountability, and his vociferous insistence on lawful conduct, as regards the late Okyehene's funeral rites, resolved to silence him, by murdering him  (to accompany Nana Ofori-Atta 1, on his journey to the land of his ancestors, as 'tradition' demanded, and kill two birds with one stone, so to speak).

In light of all the above, it is vital that patriotic and discerning Ghanaians, collaborate,  and work together, with Hon. Martin Amidu, to provide him with enough bodyguards, to assure  round-the-clock-security for him,  while at home, and wherever he goes, henceforth.

Finally, to be fair to President Akufo-Addo, it is crucial that former U.S. President Obana, is appraised of the looting that has allegedly gone on, in Ghana, since Nana Akufo-Addo came to power, in January 2017,  as soon as is practical. Obama will ensure that the relevant U.S. government agencies, move quickly, to investigate the ruthless and greedy thieves-in-high-places, now said to be busy looting our homeland Ghana,  brazenly, and shamelessly. The sods. In the meantime, the brave and patriotic Martin Amidu, must be protected, and kept safe, by all the good people in our homeland Ghana. Enough is enough. Haaba.

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A Quick Note To Brenda Thonsgaard Odhiambo - My Dear Texan Sister-In-Christ

Bless you, dear sister-in-Christ. Thanks for sharing. Those were  definitely some of the most beautiful chrysanthemums ever.  I have a very interesting history, with them, as it happens.

They were one of the most popular potted plants we sold, in a farm shop, which I co-owned, along London's Goldhawk Road (The Apple Man, 114 Goldhawk Road, London W12), once upon a time, during the heady Thatcherite-yuppy-years. Ditto foxgloves and African violets.

It was a very popular shop, which specialised in selling fresh organic produce, and products, from the Weald of England, Kent, where my business partner, a half-Jewish English gentleman (one of the few individuals at the time who owned a village green, Goddard's Green), owned apple orchards.

Our shop, 'The Apple Man  -  London's first farm shop', was regularly supplied with varieties of old English  apples, such as Egremont Russets, Scarlet Pimpernels, Jonagold, Coxes, and Crispins - all grown organically, and sold at the very affordable and ungeard of price, of 10p per lb, or £3 for 30lb boxes.

Because it was near the Virgin Music recording studios, The Townhouse, we had pop stars like Boy George and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, coming in to buy apples, homemade organic jams and single-variety apple juices.

The BBC's Lime Grove Studios, were also close by, and we had a clutch of television  producers, such as Katherine Seddon, and anchors,  also shopping at The Apple Man. Ditto lots of yuppies from the City of London, as regulars. 

At Christmas time, we sold living Christmas trees in large pots - selling them in the hundreds, weekly. Those were the days, my friend. If only we had registered the 'Apple Man', name, then. The mind boggles. Talk about missed opportunities. Hmmm, life...



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A Quick Note To Hon. Kojo Yankah - Who Has Been Reading Documents From The Office Of The Special Prosecutor

Massa, God Almighty truly loves Mother Ghana, ooooo, wai. The election of Joe Biden as the next American leader,  presents all Africa's anti-corruption campaigners, with a unique opportunity, to quickly rid the continent of its small army-of-looters (the respectable-looking thieves-in-high-places), currently in power, and  robbing African nations of their wealth, so ruthlessly, wai, Massa.

I can bet you my last worthless Ghana cedi that Ghana's current cohort of  arrogant-thieves-in-high-places, are definitely frightened of the possible consequences of their being investigated, and blacklisted, by U.S. anti-corruption agencies, wai.  

Those patriotic civil society organisations (CSOs), and media professionals, in Ghana, uniting to halt the single-minded, stealth-asset-stripping of the enterprise Ghana, must now focus on getting former President Obama, to take this matter up, quickly, on their behalf, in the corridors-of-power,  in Biden's Washington DC,   oooo. Yooooo...

Ditto the  concerned environmental activists fighting to halt the abomination, which mining bauxite in the Atewa Forest Reserve, represents (such as Awula Serwah's Eco-Conscious Citizens Group), who should also move quickly, to contact the new U.S. climate-change Czar, John Kerry, and get him to act swiftly to halt that crime against humanity, asap. Yoooooo...

It is their best opportunity of getting the Atewa Forest Reserve finally declared a national park, and having all mining banned from what is a designated Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA). Massa, Onyame enti se, alata ni, oooo, wai. Every day for thief-man, but one fine day, Master's hour, too, go come, wai. For sure. Who born dog? Haaba.

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Has The Ghanaian Media Failed Mother Ghana Miserably - By Not Protecting The Nation In Her Hour Of Greatest Need?

Ghana has enough resources to enable it transform itself into a prosperous, and equitable society, in which all demographics live extremely well, and enjoy some of the highest living standards in the world. 

Despite our abundant resources, our beautiful motherland, Ghana, still remains a hell-on-earth,  for millions, across the country. The reason is simple: The resources needed to transform our nation, continue to be looted, by respectable-looking, and greed-filled thieves-in-high-places, ruthlessly asset-stripping the enterprise Ghana, by stealth. 

The 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections, presented the Ghanaian media with the perfect opportuniy, to demand, on society's behalf, a commitment from campaigning politicians, and political parties, interacting with them,  to halt the high-level corruption that has bedevilled the 4th Republic, ever since the 1992 Constitution was promulgated.

As we are all aware, high-level corruption in Ghana, has steadily grown and become ever more pervasive and entrenched. Now it has reached a point where, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which, while in the political wiilderness, led Ghanaians to think that it would end corruption, if given the opportunity to govern the nation, has, as we speak, today ended up as the most corrupt regime, ever, in the entire history of the 4th Republic, despite being led by a politician widely acknowledged, as one of the most incorruptible public figures, ever, thus far (our hardworking and visionary leader), present-day President of our benighted Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

President Akufo-Addo's personal integrity and incorruptibility notwithstanding, Ghana under the NPP, has had  a litany of egregious public procurement scandals, such as the PDS and Agyapa Royalties transactions, which no one thought could possibly occur, under an administration led by President Akufo-Addo. 

The question is: In light of all the above, would the presidential and parliamentary elections, not have been the perfect opportunity, for the fourth pillar of our democratic system, the Ghanaian media, to play its watchdog  role, effectively,  by forcing campaigning politicians interacting with them, to commit to effective anti-corruption-measures, such as passing new anti-corruption laws, giving prosecutorial powers, to Ghana's Auditors General, for example?

For failing to grab the opportunity to get campaigning politicians interacting publicly, with them, to commit to protect public funds from respectable-looking thieves-in-high-places, if elected, by stopping them robbing Mother Ghana, in broad daylight, the Ghanaian media has failed miserably, to protect our nation, and its hapless citizens, when it mattered most:  with the December 7th 2020 presidential and parliamentary polls voting-day looming fast. Shame on them!

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A Quick Note To Eugene Kofi Boakye-Yiadom - On The Matter Of #IStandWithMartinAlamisiBenzKaiserAmidu

Favourite nephew, I too support #IStandWithMartinAlamsiBenzKaiserAmidu. However, speaking as  someone who has  unashamedly supported President Akufo-Addo, 100 percent, from day one, till this dreadful tragedy for our nation occurred,  only one question currently exercises my mind.

The question I am now pondering over is: Has President Akufo-Addo actually ever personally 'interfered' with Hon. Martin Amidu's work, directly, anaaaa?

The follow up question then is: Or, is it the case, perhaps, that this unfortunate situation (from the point of view of his legacy), is the egregious-culmination, of the many treasonable-ultra-vires-actions, of some of  those power-drunk-individuals, around him - who have  allegedly constantly usurped some of his powers (apparently from the very early days of his  presidency, according to bush-telegraph sources), and presented him with countless faits accomplis?  

Whatever be the case, I am traumatised, and feel very sorry for Mother Ghana, and, on a purely human level, for President Akufo-Addo too - who appears to be caught between a rock, and a very, very hard place, in this nepotistic-monstrousity, gone horribly wrong. Hmmm, eyeasem, oooo.

Why, at the onset of his presidency, did the president not warn all his family members, to keep their noses clean, at all material times, during his tenure, koraaaa - as he would let the law take its course if they messed up: as would be the case for every other Ghanaian citizen, in similar circumstances? Massa, na wa, ooooo.

Finally, we live in dangerous times, paaaapa, ooooo, favourite nephew. We need to be prayerful for that reason, wai. Our ruling-elites, need to understand clearly that transparency and accountability, are non-negotiable good governance principles, which the vast majority of the good people of Ghana, are no longer willing to be compromising  over, koraaaa,  ooooo, Massa. No one involved in corruption will be able to get away with it. Full stop. Hmmm, Oman Ghana, enti yewieye, paaaa enei? Asem kesie bi, ebeba, debi ankasa, ooooo.  Yoooooo...

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Should Discerning And Independent-Minded Ghanaians Take The PPP More Seriously?

Ghanaians must take the very capable presidential candidate of the Progressive People's Party's (PPP), Ms. Brigitte Dzogbenuku, and her very, very clever and able young team of aides, Mr. Kofi Owusu, her running mate, and Mr. Kwaku Bio, the party's lead-researcher, seriously, ooooo. Yooooooo...

They appeared on a GTV/National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) election programme, for about half an hour, which ended a moment ago,  and blew my mind. Wow.

Most God-fearing Ghanaians eould posit that it is poetic justice that it is the PPP, which has demolished all the self-serving, sleight-of-hand treacherous-reasons, given by those in the Akufo-Addo adminstration, who want to be indemnified from prosecution, and allowed  to also get away with zilch-regulatory-scrutiny, and national-interest-oversight, by Parliament, in being allowed to use the U.S.$200 million annual gold royalties, as cash for a Jersey-domiciled blank-cheque-company, to fund backdoor-opaque-gold-mining-sector-IPOs. 

Ghanafuo, the most creative suggestion, thus far, for the best use of the U.S.$200 million annual gold royalties, which today's dishonest-people-in-high-places, so desparately want to be allowed to hijack, and enrich themselves, by stealth, with, has now come from the PPP's vice presidential candidate, Mr. Kofi Owusu: ring-fence it to fund the construction of a network of  strategically-important tolled-dualised-motorways, linking the southern half of Ghana, to the northern part. Wow. Massa, brilliance be what! Cool.

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Honourable Abaas Fuseini Sbaabe: President Akufo-Addo Is Actually Incorruptible

Honourable Abaas Fuseini Sbaabe, take it from me, President Akufo-Addo is indeed an incorruptible leader. Full stop.

Massa, you know perfectly well that every Ghanaian President, though vested with so much power, is, in many ways, at the  mercy of people around him, who sometimes can act in his name, and present him with a fait accompli.

It is particularly pronounced in the Akufo-Addo administration, for a number of reasons, chief amongst which, is the egregious-greed, which drives some of those close to him. Mahama, similarly, was a tool in the hands of arrogant people, like the Stan Dogbes, at times, while in office  as Ghana's President. Full stop.

Massa, if our dear departed friend, and brother, Alhaji Bature, were alive, he would confirm to you that I always told him that those controlling the NDC, were playing with the power, which their party had won the hard way. Their insouciance, and smug-complacency, never failed to amaze me.

This is the COVID-19 era, oooo, Massa. Today, we face an existential threat, no less. With the greatest respect, in terms of leadership-qualities, former  President John Mahama, is not the co-equal of President Akufo-Addo, koraaaa, ooooo. Yoooooo...

In that sense, former President Mahama is much more like Vice President Bawumia: a man from a wealthy background, who has never suffered,  in life, before, and thinks politics is a tenure-long-chilling-party.

Well, actually, it isn't. Life, as you very well know, as a self-made man of substance, is pretty tough, for  most ordinary people in our country. Sadly, both former President Mahama, and Vice President Muhammadu Bawumia, are not serious men. In the COVID-19 era, Ghanaians and their nation,  desparately need serious leaders. Period.

On the nation-wrecking issue, of high-level corruption, in the present administration, quite  frankly, anyone who thinks President Akufo-Addo, is a corrupt man, busy stealing taxpayers' money, by stealth, somehow, hasn't the faintest idea, what that great leader's personal qualities, actually are, koraaaa, ooooo.

In light of the threat COVID-19 poses to our homeland Ghana, speaking personally, I support President Akufo-Addo 100 percent. As for the respectable-thieves-in-high-places, around him, who frustrated Hon. Martin Amidu, so, and think they will get away with their greed, Massa, they lie bad, oooo,  abi. They will all pay for their crimes against the good people of Ghana, as sure as day follows night.  For sure. In any case, one wishes you well, as always. Peace and blessings to you. Cool.

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A Quick Note To Peter Awoonor-Renner - A Longstanding Compatriot From My Surjourn In The UK

Thanks for sharing, Peter. Unfortunately, because he was not an intellectual, Former President Rawlings, though a highly-intelligent man, was often denigrated by some of Ghana's smug middle-class intellectual-types, despite the fact that his mercurial-leadership-style actually made a huge difference, for our nation, and its hapless, and oft-ruthlessly-exploited citizenry.

It is so easy to criticise leaders on the continent, Peter, but one needs to point out the fact that although Ghanaians are a civilised people, some of their crafty-and-disobedient ways, often make our country an especially difficult nation to govern, alas. That is why our leaders invariably have their work cut for them. Pity.

 

It will interest you to know that Nii Addy, former President Rawlings' elder brother, who predeceased him, and  who lived at Adjirigano, opposite the French School, and worked for the Mormon Church, once told my late girlfriend, Akwele Ali, and I, during a visit we paid to him in his East Legon home, that at a certain stage,  President Rawlings read the riot act to  his family members.

Long story short: they had to make sure that they always kept their noses clean - because any of them who messed up, had to understand clearly that he would not rescue them from their own folly, but that they would suffer the selfsame punishment,  which fellow Ghanaians who broke Ghana's laws, faced.  That was Jerry Rawlings for you. Never  minced his  words. Cool.

The softly-spoken Nii Addy proudly told us President Rawlings had never had cause to worry about him. We both knew what a good soul, and honest gentleman, Nii Addy was, and it did not come as a surprise to us, at all, that he had kept his nose clean - just as his dear younger brother wanted. Lovely man.

President Akufo-Addo needs to do same to those sly, greed-filled family members of his, who are busy disgracing  him, and ruining his legacy, such as it is, with their sly-and-corrupt ways. If only they were all like the hardworking and no-nonsense Hon. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the roads and highways minister. Hmmmm, eyeasem, ooooo...

In showing such respect to the memory of President Rawlings, by: declaring a seven-day national mourning period for the former President; ordering Ghana's flag to be flown at half-mast throughout the seven-day mourning period;  receiving Rawlings' surviving family members to the Jubilee House; and following that up, by calling at President Rawlings'  official residence at the Ridge residential area, in turn,  to pay his personal condolences to former President Rawlings' grieve-stricken widow, Naana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, his lovely children, and favourites amongst his closest extended  family members,  President Akufo-Addo has shown the world what a civilised and compassionate leader he is. Great man. Cool.

President Akufo-Addo, it ought to be pointed out, is also one of the most outstanding leaders, our nation has had, thus far, since independence in 1957. In my humble view, he definitely deserves a second term,  to enable him to continue his transformative agenda, that is laying a solid foundation, for a prosperous tomorrow, for Ghana's  dynamic  and ambitious younger generations. Cool.

Finally, and just as a matter of interest, was that photograph of yours, which you  took  with President Rawlings, shot during your dear Mama's funeral? Let's stay in touch, dear boy. Wish you well, as always. Peace and blessings to you, and to your young family - and do continue staying safe from COVID-19. You are precious to some of us, oooooo, Massa. Cool. 

A Quick Note To Obaa Paaapabi Yaa Kwramah - Who Hosts UTV's Adyenkyi Nsoroma

Ohemaa Paapabi Yaa Kwramah, please point it out to the-oft-reckless  Owusu Bempahs of our nation's feckless political world, that the English  phrase: 'Violence begets violence', is not an invitation to engage in violence, wai. Case closed. Haaba.

Massa, that simple phrase, is, on the contrary, sound advice from wise individuals  -  pointing out the fact that violence is counter-productive and pointless  (especially when such advice is  directed at the myrmidon-thugs employed by rogue-politicians to cause mayhem across Ghana)  -  and is consequently therefore best avoided. Simple. Haaba.

There are far too  many Ignorant-loudmouthed-sods, in Ghana's political world  -  who must not be allowed to continue making up their own daft-and-erraneous-meanings, of  idiomatic English phrases, and get away with that nonsensical-carrying-on. Not when they  arrogantly inflict them on society's younger generations, on national television, ooooo. Who born dog? Haaba. Ghanaian poiiticians, yabre mu, oooo. Yooooo...

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A Quick Note To God Almighty - For A Miracle To Make The Assembling In Ghana Of The Global Vehicle Trust's Ox All-Terrain Cross Country Vehicle Possible

Dear God Almighty,

For the sake  of all rural Ghana's long-suffering sundry-demographics, please open the eyes of the geniuses who make up our potentially very, very wealthy nation's political class, in this crucial mobility-matter, ooooo, wai, Awurade Nyame ahhh wu entise Alata ni.

Lord God Almighty, that is why  today, one prays that you will finally empower all our country's politicians (from across the spectrum!), to see in their minds' eyes, the dramatic transformation, which will be wrought, right across rural Ghana, if the Global Vehicle Trust (GVT), assembles the amazing Ox all-terrain cross-country vehicle, in our homeland Ghana.

Lord God Almighty, we pray that you will bless a joint-venture partnership, between Neoplan Ghana Limited, and all the transport  unions in Ghana, on one side, and the Global Vehicle Trust (GVT), the 1-D-1-F Secretariat and the Ghana Export and Import Bank (Exim Bank), on the other, to assemble the world-beating Ox -  because you know that it is the perfect workhorse,  to enable our aspirational-society, finally  cope effortlessly, with our dreadful pothole-riddled-countryside-roads effectively, no matter how abominable a state they might be in, across vast swathes of our countryside areas.  

For such a miracle, we thank you profusely, in advance, dear Lord God Almighty. 

Amen!

From your humble servant,

Kofi.

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A Quick Note To President Akufo-Addo - Urging Him To Declare The Atewa Forest A National Park: And Ban All Mining In It

Dear President Akufo-Addo, 

With the greatest respect, please ignore  all the advisors who are urging you to go ahead with plans to mine bauxite, in the Atewa Forest Reserve. Sir, in effect, what they are asking you to allow to happen,  is an abomination that  will destroy priceless natural capital, which  is also a unique upland evergreen rainforest, designated a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA), as well as a vital watershed providing vital  life-sustaining ecosystem services, for millions. 

The question is: Why threaten a rare and unique upland evergreen rainforest, which is a watershed area for three major river systems (the Densu, the Birim and the Ayensu rivers), and strategically important  eco-systems-provider, national-security-wise, from which the treated water, supplied daily, to over 5 million people, across southern Ghana,  is sourced for treatment, by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL)? Sir, to destroy it by allowing mining in it, will make future generations curse you.

Sir, in reality, as things currently stand, you are simply being urged on to what is a dangerous loser's-path, which, will, as sure as day follows night,  lead you to being judged rarher harshly, by Posterity. For those of us who support you 100 percent, without any reservations, that will be a most unfortunate and unecessary odevelopment - for, it will definitely deny you a well-deserved place in the Pantheon of the 21 century's greatest leaders, based on your record today.

Sir, why risk sullying your very, very impressive legacy, thus far, when, as a viable alternative (to the planned apocalyptic-destructon of the Atewa Forest Reserve, by allowing its bauxite deposits, to be mined!), your administration could actually create an integrated West African aluminium industry, which would enhance the stability of our sub-region, by including Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, as sources of bauxite supplies?

Mr. President, with the greatest respect, as the current chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), would it not be to your eternal credit, to be seen to be helping to create wealth that stays locally,  and generate jobs galore, for young people in Ghana,  Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, during your tenure as ECOWAS chairperson? Sir, ignore all your advisors - and go ahead to declare the Atewa Forest  Reserve as a national park and ban all mining in it. Case closed. 

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Should We Continue To Allow Morally-Bankrupt, Corrupt And Unprincipled Individuals To Lead Our Homeland Ghana?

“The pandemic is seen as a political campaign with huge promises and slogans. The virus does not tweet back or send out press releases. We just need some truthfulness, transparency about the data and the outcomes and decision making … Greater understanding gives greater trust and greater adherence for what we want people to do.”

                -    Sir John Oldham  (Adjunct professor in global health innovation, at Imperial College, London, and former leader of large-scale change, at the UK's  Department of Health.)

I was saddened, earlier this morning, when I viewed a viral video, featuring a furious, and, clearly-traumatised young lady (a Ms.Tracy Boakye, said to be a celebrity, and a brilliant film-maker), angrily reading the riot-act, to that bush and loudmouthed, nouveau-riche politician, Hon. Kennedy Adjapong. Good for her to teach these morons a useful lesson. Haaba.

As a mostly-decent, and civilised African people, the question we need to ponder over  is: Has the moral fabric of Ghanaian society, eroded, to the point, where, today, although we are so clearly governend by arrogant, corrupt,  lascivious old men, sans-moral-compasses, our ruling elites  are still given free-passes, by an equally corrupt, mostly-clueless and third-rate cohort, of so-called  media professionals:  who have so clearly abondoned their calling, and avowed-mission, to serve  as Ghanaian society's fearless-watchdogs, anaaaaa? Yoooooo...

Furthermore,  in calling out those arrogant serial-philanders (ace-hypocrites to a man, incidentally), who appeared on the centre-stage-podium, during the irresponsible, and  massive, New Patriotic Party (NPP), COVID-19-protocols-defying campaign-rally, organised by those now controlling that party's Bantama constituency, has the brave and fearless African-Amazon-Queen-type, the Yaa Asantewaa-like-figure, Tracy Boakye, not raised important good-governance-issues, which our equally mostly-corrupt media professionals, strangely continue to refuse, to bring to the attention of the good people of Ghana, anaaaaa? 

Finally, yet another valid-question we must also all  ponder over is: Should we continue to allow morally-bankrupt, corrupt and unprincipled  individuals, to lead our homeland Ghana, anaaaaa?  Hmmmm, Oman Ghana -eyeasem ooooo: enti yewieye paaaaa enei? Asem kesie bi, ebeba debi, ankasa, oooooo. Yoooooooo...

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A Quick Note To The Geniuses In Charge Of Ghana's Best-In-The-World National Security Apparatus

Recently, I visited my family's freehold 14-square mile upland evergreen rainforest property, at  Akyem Juaso. Today, I am publicly sharing my key observation, from that trip - and hope that it  will appear on the radar screens, of all those tasked with ensuring the safety of our Republic,  and assuring the personal security, of all who lawfully reside within the borders of Ghana

 

To begin with, for the information of those directed by President Akufo-Addo's administration, to search for, and retrieve, all the missing  excavators seized from illegal gold miners, across the Ghanaian countryside,  by the anti-galamsey task-forces, there are three excavators  hidden in my family's Akyem Juaso upland evergreen rainforest property, allegedly by Hagnela Mining Company and Oheneba Mining Enterprise, and their galamsay-assigns. 

The ruthless and super-greedy promoters, of both those lawless entities, and their galamsay-assigns, once upon a time mined gold illegally, in parts of our said freehold Akyem Juaso  upland evergreen rainforest property. 

I believe that the docket containing the investigative-report about that abominable-outrage, is with then-Inspector Nana Abronoma, who led the Ghana Police Service's Criminal Investigations Department's (CID) headquarters team, which went to Akyem Juaso to arrest the galamsay-assigns, of Hagnela Mining Company, and Oheneba Mining Enterprise, on the said P. E. Thompson Estate Akyem Juaso rainforest property. Cool.

As it happens, the promoters of both companies, and their assigns, apparently sponsored the illegal logging-for-bushcut-lumber, to enable them pay for their illegal gold mining  operations on our land (in collusion with my thoroughly dishonest cousin, the good-for-nothing-loser, Kwame Thompson, and his key accomplices, the now-deposed corrupt Abusuapanin, Bampoe, and our sacked crook-of-an-overseer, Awuku Red), on our still mostly pristine property.

Eeiiiii, Oman Ghana, enti yewieye paaaaaa enei? Asem, kesie bi, ebaba debi ankasa, ooooo. Yoooooo...

Finally, Ghanafuo, my most-alarming-take-away, from my said recent trip to our Akyem Juaso forest property - in case it escapes the geniuses in charge of our ever-so-brilliant  best-in-the-world, national security apparatus:

Osino, Akyem Saamang and Akyem Juaso, are actually crawling with scores of hungry-and-desparate-to-be-rich-youth, from sister West African nations - some of whom, it is actually  not  beyond the realms of possibility, are desperados who might even end up as part of tomorrow's terrorist-cells', advance guard, oooo. Yoooooo,..

The question we must all  ponder over is: Is it possible that somehow, one day, some of those hungry-and-desparate-to-be-rich-youth, might be used to replicate the resource-grab-inspired-war-lordism that fueled the brutal civil wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast, in Ghana too, anaaaa - as the price of gold continues to spike? Massa, who born dog? Hmmm, Oman Ghana, eyooooo, ooooo - enti yeweiye paaaaa, enie?  Asem kesie bi, ebeba debi ankasa, ooooo. Yooooooo...

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A Quick Note To Players In Ghana's Potentially World-Beating Creative Arts Sector

Ghana's creative arts sector, has the potential to earn our nation billions of dollars annually - generating wealth  that remains locally, and jobs galore, nationwide, on top,  too. Alas, the sector's players' main  problem, is that in the digitised-era of global livestreaming, they mostly still don't really see the transformative-possibilities that could be unleashed, through  international collaborations, incentivised by the granting of long tax holidays,  for their sector. Pity. 

Ghana's younger generation of film-makers (and other players in our  creative arts sector, such as our nation's brilliant musicians like the Shatta Wales, Kidis and Kofi Kinnatas), need to understand clearly, that it would  be far  more productive, in the longterm,  to ask Ghanaian governments of the day, to simply make the creative arts sector, a tax-free one. Case closed. Full stop.

The question  the sector's players need to ponder over is: Would a national  policy granting the creative arts sector tax-free status, not  definitely attract overseas filmakers, and other creative-types, from nations such as Finland (check Finnpartnerships.com), to come to partner young Ghanaian creative-types, in well-funded private-sector collaborative projects, right here, in Nkrumah's Ghana? Yoooooo...

Finally, would that not globalise their individual brands, and make  many of them hard-currency-miilionaires-and-billionaires? Ebeiii, Massa, mu kaasa, koraaaa, too much. Above all, it is time they stopped following fickle politrickcians, ooooo, and united instead - and took their collective-future into their own sodden hands. When, koraaaa, will our creative-types realise that in the post-COVID-19-livestreaming-era, they  are potential world-beaters? Haaba. Who born dog,I ask?



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Can Ghana-Japan Collaboration Lead To Japan Being Powered 100 Percent By Emission-Free Clean Power?

The relationship between the peoples of Ghana and Japan, goes back to the l920s, when the Japanese yellow fever researcher, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, first set foot on our shores, in 1927. Over the  decades since then, that Japan has been a generous friend, of our nation, and it's sovereign people, has never  been  in doubt.

One of the fruits of that relationship, is the world-class Noguchi Memorial Institute for Biomedical Research, generously funded, built and donated by the Imperial Japanese Government, to the government and people of Ghana - to honour the memory of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, who succumbed to the  yellow fever that he was researching,  in Ghana, himself: and eventually died from the disease in 1928.

 (According to the website of the Nuguchi  Memorial Institute for Biomedical Research, 'The Institute is the result of joint efforts by Prof. E. O. Easmon, former Dean of the University of Ghana Medical School, Prof. Kenji Honda of Fukushima Medical School in Japan and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA)'. Fantastic.)

Furthermore,  as a result of their unique culture, our relatiobship with Japan, is one based on  genuine mutual respect, trust, and, a desire to see Ghanaian-Japanese collaboration (anchored on a bedrock of  ethical-non-exploitative corruption-free win-win-collaboration), leading to the transformation of Ghanaian society, into an inclusive, happy and prosperous corruption-free-nation, that is democratic, and well-run, as well. Cool.

It is in light of that genuine, and altruistic bond, in the relationship  between Ghana and  Japan (as opposed to the hypocritical, distrespectful and largely-exploitative nature, of Ghana's relationship with other Asian powers), that this blog is bringing a game-changing, emission-free clean power invention, to the attention of Japan's national security officials. And  about time, too, in one's humble view.

That serenpiditious power-sector invention, will enable Japanese  private-sector power companies, to collaborate with the brilliant Ghanaian inventor, Merchant Marine Chief Engineer, Raphael Afoardonyi, to give Japan  energy-independence (a longheld strategic goal of Japan), by making it leverage Raphael's genuis. Ultimately, it will enable Ghana and Japan, to stop humankind  from reaching the climate-change-tipping-point-of-no-return. How marvellous. Cool.

Finally, such win-win collaboration, between private-sector Ghanaian and Japanese entities, will finally empower a 100 percent emission-free clean-powered Japan,  to become the global leader, and supplier, of off-grid stand-alone emission-free clean power systems (which produce eletricity that never goes off regardless of prevailing weather conditions!), and, at rates far, far heaper, than electricity from  even nuclear power plants. This blog is always happy to link Japan's secret services, to Raphael Afoardonyi, directly, whenever approached. Cool.

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Should God Almighty Bless The Manassah Azures Of The Ghanaian Media World?

In the end, honest and patriotic media professionals, will save Ghanaian democracy from being destroyed, by endemic high-level  corruption. That is why we must all pray that God Almighty  blesses the Manassah Azures of the Ghanaian media world. What a difference those brave young and patriotic investigative journalists make for the well-being of  Mother Ghana. 

Sadly, the plain truth about our nation,  is that the selfsame powerful vested interests, robbing Mother Ghana blind, have actually  succeeded in turning both the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), into cash-hungry and cash-dependant criminal-syndicates. Full stop.

Thus, to successfully stand up to their amazing-stealth-power and influence,  media professionals in Ghana (worried about that the miasma slowly but surely enveloping Ghanaian democracy), must,  perforce,  ally themselves, with progressive media organisations, overseas, such as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Simple.

Above all, every dedicated and patriotic young media professional in Ghana, who is keen to specialise  in investigative journalism, needs to understand clearly, that  being overly-materialistic, isn't a character-trait, which makes for good investigative journalism practice, in Ghana, koraaa, ooooo. Yoooooo...

Naturally, having indepedent  means, helps somewhat - if powerful thieves-in-high-places don't succeed in targeting that source of income,  too, that is. Hmmm, Oman Ghana, enti yeweiye, paaaa, enei? Asem kesie bi, ebeba debi, ankasa, oooo. Yoooooo...

It might interest the Manassah Azures to know that some of the assets, in my own family's considerable freehold-landholding, in Ghana's Eastern Region, have been under attack by illegal loggers, illegal gold miners and illegal sandwinners, all sponsored by powerful people, simply to impoverish moi, for decades now. 

That is how come 'orders-from-above', have resulted in the creation of  a number of gold concessions in our 14-square mile Akyem Juaso freehold upland evergreen rainforest property - which is part of an area of the Atewa Range, designated a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA)

Yet, we plan to transform that particular freehold rainforest  asset,  into a living laboratory, and global centre of excellence, for biodiversity researchers, by building what will be the world's longest forest canopy walkway (1000 metres long with 19 bridges), as the centrepiece  attraction, in a community-based  conservation-through-ecotourism initiative. Hmmmm, eyeasem, oooo...

The question is: How come officials of sundry regulatory bodies, boldly took over our privately-owned freehold rainforest property, and handed it over to other private entrepreneurs (and small-scale community-gold-miners), to mine gold in, without recourse to us, the bonafide owners (since 1921, from the British colonial era)? Because they boldly speak truth to power, one's prayer, is that God Almighty blesses, guides and protects the Mannasah Azures of Ghana's media landscape, always. Case closed. Full stop. Cool.

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