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Nkrumah, Rawlings and Kuffour ‘s achievements: Who has made the most difference?

Feature Article Nkrumah, Rawlings and Kuffour ‘s achievements: Who has made the most difference?
SUN, 13 JAN 2008

On the following areas please score 1-10 score each point for the each leader

Improvement of the educational system in Ghana

Addition of more subjects to school curriculum, for example, drama, gold smiting, pottery etc.

Offering work experience and apprenticeship for the youths

Law, order and civil stability

Improvement of health of the nation

Improvement in environmental issues

Increasing job creation and wider participation for the youths

Encouraging business opportunities

Freedom of speech

Freedom of Press

Introduction of the Freedom of information Bill

Deceitfulness

Determination to lead the country for a full transformation

Increase of loans and aid from foreign countries

Introduction of social responsibility by business organisations

Improvements in housing

Eradication of the growing rate of slums in Ghana

Addressing the inequality of employment, health etc

Introduction of the eradication of child labour on the cocoa farms

Ensuring a daily cleaning exercise
Cleanliness of our nation Ghana

Encouraging competition between towns and villages to motivate businesses to help to improve communities

Improvement of our beaches throughout our nation

Eradication of corruption from top to bottom

Promotion of business

Improving the business environment to improve more investments into the country

Expanding the opportunities of all to access further education through Open University and others

Expanding of the universities hence encouraging the private sector

Public consultations on issues that affect the general public

The building of more purposeful nursery schools.

Sending of children of foreign schools on the expenses on the taxpayer

Acquiring wealth at the expenses of the tax payer

The ethos of me, myself and family progress only

Significant improvement re the North South poverty divide

Improved the transportation system in Ghana i.e. re activating the rail system and others

Improving the general feeling of well being within Ghana

Encouraging people in Diaspora to return home to help with development opportunities?

Encouraging of students to be more challenging of our systems

Ensures transparency and accountability

Ensuring a systematic enforcement of governance of all our strategic systems

Leaders working with the public to tease out the key priorities

Strategic thinker and proactive thinker

Seizing the opportunity at the right time that would benefit the nation

Hidden agenda, power hungry leader

Made a difference globally

Open to constructive criticisms and suggestive to ideas.

Introduction of the disability bill

Introduction of the domestic violence bill

Introduction of child protection bill

Hardly at home to help solve domestic issues?

Voting tips: Why not base voting on the points scored to ensure the right leaders who have all it takes to be our next President?

Mercy Adede Bolus
Mercy Adede Bolus, © 2008

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