Dutch passport Vs Ghanaian PHD: Which is more valuable? || Bus Stop Diaries

[@eddiejnr8816]

The lady makes more sense. Talking fact 😊😊

[@iammemohammed9437]

The lady is making big sense big up yourself

[@erickofiackah7277]

Felicia is making sense ❤💯👍🏿

[@yunusaminbari3060]

Very interesting panel, Felicia is very smart and intelligent, I hope she run for president someday to change Ghana. Having a Dutch passport is better than anything you can think of in Ghana. Watching from NY

[@georgetitus-glover6228]

Including Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@EsDels]

I love the lady , she’s smart .

[@kwabenaamoako6726]

The lady is making sense

[@benbo7042]

The guy with the DUTCH PASSPORT has touch the nerves of the USELESS PHD holders in Ghana.😂😂😂

[@keltwondaglobal7250]

You talk my matter for me

[@akuakesewaa9715]

right? 😂😂😂😂 they will explain taya

[@kalaamumousa3387]

Aswear 😂😂😂

[@alfreddotsey3550]

😂😂

[@stanleykay4196]

😂

[@sesigozah7148]

He said 'Ghana" PHD. So he respects a Dutch or American PHD holder but with his Dutch passport and his menial job he has a better life than a Ghanaian living in Ghana with a PHD gotten from one of the Ghanaian universities.

[@benbo7042]

😂😂😂😂 You made a valid point.

[@Ebodonkor5977]

Simple as that, the guy is refusing to understand

[@samuelboateng4330]

All Kofi is trying to say is the benefits that comes with his new Citizenship. He'll never have to pay for medical care etc. Yes he's a toilet cleaner but the guy and his children will never go hungry and if what he earns is below national average, the system will top it up for him. The guy is an European Citizen now and will enjoy the same privileges in all member Countries and am talking about 27 of them. His Dutch passport is not just for travel, it is a resident / work permit in any of the Union with the same privileges. Dr Bawumiah told Ghanaians GH card is very important than 1000 interchanges but after covid he was in London for treatment. The man never used Korle Bu with his GH card. I honestly do not know the benefits of a PHD holders in GH apart from the tittles and status but can still sleep on the floor at 37Military Hospital because there's no bed with all the knowledge acquired. Kofi's statement is outrageous and provocative but I fully understand where he's coming from.

[@kwameghana5369]

I have an American passport and a PhD from an American university. My life is better here in America than when I was in Ghana 12 years ago

[@georgetitus-glover6228]

Tell them oooo, my guy! I’m an academic too. The truth hurts

[@victoriasomerset7656]

Thank you my lady for saying it like it is

[@mohammedali-ur8ob]

Even Bawumia at point in time he was holding British passport. The whole argument is about the benefits that comes with PhD against Dutch passport. He is not against PhD holding.

[@georgeplaymaker9806]

This lady is factual and intelligent. ❤❤❤❤

[@sam-pn2uj]

The lady is 100% right

[@thyword.3782]

Ghanaians are disrespecting PhD because of Bawumia who has failed the country with his PhD certificate.

[@DECEMBERQUEEN9620]

He'll choose Ghana card over 1000 interchanges😂😂

[@georgetitus-glover6228]

100%

[@alexadugyamfi3609]

Is Dr Bawumiah the president of Ghana? Mtweaw!

[@zigibeat3689]

I prefer any PhD holder to a drankard. 😂😂

[@oxygenalfarabi6041]

Yes he is, cry more​@@alexadugyamfi3609

[@AppiahKwame-m7l]

Please stop stressing yourself because Dutch passports is 100% better than Ghana PhD 😮

[@TIMEWILLTELL_TUGA]

In fact Felicia is more intelligent than some of our leaders 💯%

[@ericsasu4472]

Felicia u have well spoken

[@africaanti-corruptionchann8208]

I love the lady too much ❤ she said the truth.

[@linux-u3g]

Why do I love the lady soo much with sense in her submission on this topic after listening to jux 2min of her talk

[@martinabugriba]

Well said Felicia

[@preacher948]

The lady is right and wiser

[@AE-ben]

PhD is for acquiring knowledge not riches. That is why in the US and Europe the rich ones are not PhD holders

[@roseanne1466]

Not true, most CEOs in europe hold a PhD

[@AE-ben]

@@roseanne1466 of course there are CEOs in Europe with PhD who are rich. Does the riches man in the world Elon Mask, have PhD? What about Africa's richest man? Or even Bill Gate? He had an honorary doctorate. Even Mayweather( boxer 🥊)is richer than many PhD holders... PhD is for acquiring knowledge not riches. PhD can also make you rich anyway.

[@AE-ben]

Mr. happiness has a point but he should leave the PhD holders alone. Most PhD holders in Ghana are not poor. Most of the lectures enjoy what they do. Finding riches is different from PhD. I think Mr. Happiness has problem with a country called Ghana, not PhD.

[@abdulmajeedpiyam6199]

At least PHD holders in Europe don't stress to leave normal basic lives.

[@AE-ben]

@@abdulmajeedpiyam6199 You are right. The subject should be "a country called Ghana not PhD; because even the "unborn child" in Europe don't stress to live a normal life

[@naivenatives9597]

This Atsu guy is a potential politician and a chief gaslighter 😂😂

[@opinionist]

Too much schooling in Ghana but no development. It's like putting a Band-aid on a bullet wound.

[@DavidOppong-sy6ig]

The lady is intelligent

[@fideliskuunkor]

The guy is making sense to our leaders

[@mohammedali-ur8ob]

We have too many PhD holders and professors but ghana practically import everything so in which way the PhD holders are supporting ghana

[@paakwegyir3165]

Our importation of stuff has nothing to do with PHD.... The political leaders are the ones allowing imports....

[@EsDels]

This topic needs more discussion.

[@truth3785]

Mr Happiness is talking about the BENEFITS that comes with a HOLLAND PASSPORT and the BENEFITS that comes with a PHD degree in Ghana. Comparism between: 1. BENEFITS of HOLLAND PASSPORT. 2. BENEFITS of a PHD degree in Ghana.

[@clementokine8530]

Mr. Atsu’s introductory remarks were so misguided, unrealistic, and unfortunate - it extends (and frankly avoids) the grief of the ordinary Ghanaian by negating Kofi Garb’s intelligence and purpose for sharing his experiences. Ghana is struggling economically - review any publicly sourced data, from Ghana’s own Statistical Service to African/global market indicators, and you would know how many people are genuinely interested in how to make ends meet for themselves and their families. ‘Mr. Happiness’ is correct: Ghana’s leadership, private sector, and institutions of public trust must improve rapidly to meet the ever-evolving, competitive market conditions. Ghanaians are wonderful people; however, at times, the leaders and so-called higher-learners are disconnected from the real need to grow the nation…FOR THE PEOPLE. One Love! Less self, less tribe.

[@benbo7042]

The lady makes sense .

[@albertdanquah8693]

The lady is spot on! Atsu doesn't know what he's talking about!

[@gennjissh5850]

The lady's first few words absolutely demolished the guys "academic" argument. What is the purpose of getting the PhD. What change have the PhD holders done in Ghana?

[@humphreyasamoah1169]

Dutch passport is 100% better than a Ghanaian PhD holder

[@vesamas.r.oandassociates8857]

How much is the Ghanaian PHD holder paid? How much is the toilet cleaner in the Netherlands paid? Just check that and you will understand want he really meant

[@obedalemawor4599]

A military trainee in America receives 1000 usd a week , how much does military major in ghana takes home in a month? Kofi is right

[@nicanorthompson2432]

Get your facts right please. Monthly salary of an E1 is not even up to 2000 dollars the last I checked, talk less of a trainee. That being said Kofi is still right.

[@adekunleyussuf4259]

Ghanaians majority of them always comparing their country with another countries. Learn this: Ghana just needs to work hard and respect your own little contribution to the development of your country. Comparison with other countries will take nowhere.

[@techhub9295]

Why you people dey debate on this issue 😂 Passport wey dey give you: - Visa-free travel to many countries - Access to better job opportunities and higher paying jobs in the EU - Right to live and work in the Netherlands or other EU countries - Access to quality healthcare and education in the EU On the other hand, having a PhD in Ghana might be prestigious, but it may not offer the same level of practical benefits and opportunities as a Dutch passport

[@Boloblazer]

I live in germany since 2003 and with my Ghana passport i was always frustrated when i wanted to travel with my german wife and kids to our holidays destinations. I was frustrated to the extent that even serbian immigration office in germany nearly rejected me visa eventhough i have my german resident permit in my passport. The ghanaian passport frustrated me so i had to neutralize to take the german passport. Now i can travel to over 200 countries without applying for Visa. We went to the dominican Republic for holidays visa Free like with my Ghana passport wahala go come

[@Joshy14111]

Ghanaians are always angry about the wrong things. The Kofi dude wants us to question our leaders, leaders who have fleeced us to a really long time, this has nothing to do with education😂. Felicia hit the nail right on the head.

[@anthonydzameshie]

He should direct those questions to the leaders but not to disrespect your own countrymen because you have left and having some soft life somewhere. If he could not earn even a first degree in Ghana then that should tell him those few who have reached the PhD level have so well to even earn it in Ghana. It's leadership that has failed us and a PhD is a academic qualifications and doesn't represent leadership.

[@ALIBABA-vw1rp]

The lady nailed it...The passport will allow him have better education not chew and poor in Ghana

[@razak_tech]

The person defending the PHD self there’s nothing in his head I think he get the PHD some 😂😂😂

[@billyelson]

I think he's been infected with the PhD disease 😂😂😂

[@benansah1932]

Atsu, you are wrong, your social security number, justify that , you have legal documents, 2. Building credit is not about money, it’s about buying and being able to pay back and that helps you to built your credit. Phone can be delivered to you and you will pay in installment bases. Albert Einstein, once said, education does not make you intelligent, smart or rich but it gives you the ability to think and do critical analysis. ❤❤❤

[@benbo7042]

Didn't BAWUMIA, a supposedly PHd holder promise Ghanaians that he was going to use his PHd knowledge to fix the economy? Where are we today?

[@elliotvulley415]

Tell me which country's leaders have been able to fix their country's economy since the pandemic. Show me any country that's doing a 5 percent gdp since covid struck. You guys talk by heart. America only have to print more dollars to prop up their economy increasing their public debts into trillion of dollars which even occasioned a warning from from the IMF.

[@ghanamaninlondon3028]

We voted for him and his team. And now that he has visited the jesuits, hw will be ruling as the next president for 8morecyears unless a coup detait

[@atuwen3106]

Have we as a country benefited from all the good stuff that comes along with holding a PHD? Am sorry a foreign passport is not only for identification but comes with more goodies. Maybe in Ghana the card for identification serves only 1 purpose. The lady is a smart woman.

[@elizabethmensah2937]

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A PHD IS?

[@apaumichael954]

Can u educate me on some of the goodies please?

[@mantayax9967]

It's because phd holder's over there built a better system what about Ghana phd.

[@FREEthe-mind]

This lady is much favored with wisdom❤🤎💜🧡

[@vesamas.r.oandassociates8857]

When he buys a flight ticket with his Netherlands passport he can travel to hundreds of countries. Can you buy a flight ticket with the Ghanaian passport and travel to any country or hundreds of countries without applying for a visa

[@Boloblazer]

Ask him again? I live in germany since 2003 and with my Ghana passporti was always frustrated when i wanted to travel with my german wife and kids to our holidays destinations. I was frustrated to the extent that even serbian immigration office in germany nearly rejected me visa eventhough i have my german resident permit in my passport. The ghanaian passport frustrated me so i had to neutralize to take the german passport. Now i can travel to over 200 countries without applying for Visa. We went to the dominican Republic for holidays visa Free like with my Ghana passport wahala go come

[@lovebless5307]

Is sick mentality is when you acquire your PHD and still broke and can’t help your family😢😂. Kwasia sem sey sick mentality.

[@luqmanabdulqadir9258]

Beautiful and smart woman ❤❤❤

[@obedalemawor4599]

In ghana today how many PhD holders are business owners? When did they aquire it ? What's education without opportunities?

[@samuelowusu4755]

An attorney who has become a president , A PHD holder as a vice president , the speaker is an attorney , Minority leader is an attorney and majority leader also an attorney but Ghana is struggling . Mr Happiness was 100 % right .

[@adzimagboranasco5868]

Tell Atsu to go and sleep somewhere, Kofi Gabs can look after him and his entire family

[@gunnerfromghana221]

I think this question should feature in Waec exams. For or against

[@Adjeivi_Cleaning_Moving]

So Mr. Atsu did not see anything wrong with the vice president comparing the Ghana card with many interchanges?

[@georgetitus-glover6228]

Yoooooo! He’s an educated idiot

[@kalaamumousa3387]

May be😂😂😂

[@TheGhanianPigFarmer]

Dutch Passport is higher than Both Ghanaian PHD plus the Ghana Passport Mr PHD is talking tooooo much!!!

[@Kwaku-c7z]

In most of the western countries, the requirements for getting citizenship is made less strict if you have PhDs and highly educated people. Mostly those attained in the country. Simply because they want to keep such people. This clearly indicate that they know it is important.

[@jaykay3624]

Most women understand being successful in terms of financial wealth....The PhD holder can easily acquire a Dutch passport but can we say the same if the coin is flipped?

[@lovebless5307]

Most scholars in Ghana 🇬🇭 can’t even pay their loans or help their families. 😂😂😂

[@thyword.3782]

Atsu is being prideful. Who is supposed to clean our toilets? That's the problem we have in Ghana. We pick and choose which job is decent. That is why people are poor in Ghana.

[@mantayax9967]

Stop justifying failure of Ghanaian education .

[@roseanne1466]

Right, but they are paid by the corrupt government to act smart on air 😂

[@gideonkpami5646]

Mr. Atsu, why do phd holders earn more than degree holders in organization?

[@emmanuelyeboah1030]

Mr happiness is correct in all aspects of the argument. He’s not disrespecting education. He is challenging the lazy thinkers who can’t solve the nations problems!!

[@ibrahimmuhammadgadafi8097]

He Specifically Talked About The Respect Or Prestige He Will Get With His Dutch Passport Over A PhD Holder Anywhere He Goes In The World.

[@kojoaddo3901]

Lady you make the right point on the issue.

[@BeautyProblemsSolutions]

Indeed, Ghana is a broken society

[@elvisaddae1173]

The guy's comparison itself qualifies for a PhD thesis. For the fact that he is able to correlate a travel document to an educational certificate the guy himself needs to be awarded a Dutch PhD in addition to his passport.

[@aSa1223]

Thumbs 👍

[@emmanuelyeboah1030]

Yes it’s factual and reality. No disrespect for education. He’s educated himself. Why do you think many educated persons are in agreement with Mr. Happiness ?

[@soseipok]

The system in Ghana renders Ghanaian Phd holders useless. Apart from being a lecturer and becoming a government official that steals from the country’s coffers what other use do we have for Phd holders in this country. A perfect example being our vice president Dr Bawumia.He has proved to us how useless a Phd is in Ghana. The problem is we as Ghanaians are so motivated by titles so most people who go for higher education are driven by their egos. They end up as lecturers who fail students haphazardly . In short a Phd holder in Ghana is worthless in this Ghanaian system. Simple as ABC

[@georgetitus-glover6228]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@moyes2584]

Am marvel how people think getting a passport guarantee you for success.people are even having American passport but are homeless

[@AmeyawAmponsah]

And there are immigrants at American without documents who are making it big and there are people with American passport who have made it so its Al about individual choices and life decisions

[@qweciiyke8499]

Anybody can have 🇳🇱🇺🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪🇨🇦 in this world even a Kayaye in Ghana . You dont need knowledge , skill and talent to have it . All you have to do is getting married or having kids with citizens of these countries.You can even buy citizenship from these countries if you have money to invest. You cant have a PHD by marriage or pregnancy . The passport is just a travel documents that gives you travel benefits and dont determine how rich or successful you will become . You only touch your passport when you about to travel what other value does it add to your life . The whole comparison dont make sense

[@bahillosleepinggiant3446]

To be honest what can the whole Ghana offer anyone? Really to my opinion Dutch passport is better than the whole Ghana and not only PHD. I agreed with the guy totally. Please don't compere. PHD in Ghana is like a toilet paper. Just look at the people we gave our country to handle. Most of them have PHD but look at what they are doing with the PHD. Really Ghana PHD is a toilet Paper 🧻.

[@juniormarfo8561]

Smart Lady

[@nanaamaboakye9667]

What are the evidence of the PHD holders

[@odamelena]

Very well said Mr. Atsu!

[@raymondaryee4613]

the man in the studio doesn't understand 'wer' i am sure he is a PHD holder 🤣🤣🤣😅😅😂😂

[@ALIBABA-vw1rp]

If with PHD you can't liberate yourself,How can you liberate your people.

[@heliketv]

Mr. Atwu knows the truth just that the ego and nerves of his academic achievement has been touched. He has to be honest about in this debate. The lady is smart, honest and intelligent

[@oseisamuel9423]

The lady is make most sense

[@EsDels]

My best friend has PhD in food science from one best foreign universities and he’s in Ghana frustrated by the system. Dutch passport all the way.

[@Jaybilla4]

Atsu has said some real sense

[@SamuelForson-t9u]

Please play the guy’s video so that Atsu can appreciate what he was trying to communicate.

[@thyword.3782]

PhD is given by an educational institution, passport is given to an individual by a country. A passport is your citizenship status. In Ghana, people attach more importance to certificates than their country. What's more valuable; your nationality or your PhD?

[@sali9406]

On a sensitive issue of this nature you don't bring male and female to debate. Women are generally emotional and for them it's all about money money. So it would have make sense to use male to male or female to female.

[@jamesabban3637]

It's the truth why do our leaders send out their families to go and live in the white man's land, what is life without better basic needs?

[@charismakwesiviksenyagloh]

No! he definitely meant what he said!!!

[@jaykay3624]

The system is to blame. What's the use of a lexus if you do not have fuel to make it functional? A PhD can only be impactful if resources are made available for research and development..

[@oseiosei6649]

Out of all the top news stories this news media could have talk and debate about, they are debating whether a passport from Dutch is more valuable than a PhD In Ghana. This let me know Ghanians are not serious.

[@georgetitus-glover6228]

Life can’t be always serious. Comot for der, mr know all! Kwasiakwa

[@elliotvulley415]

What shows that the Ghanaian education system has failed. These same Ghanaian intellectuals are being engaged all over the world. And they didn't go there for re education. Stop the brainless argument.

[@FREEthe-mind]

Enrolling for a course in an institution for a better education and a higher qualification unlike PHD, is because you want to make impact in society, make your life valuable for the future………. But if you attain all these in a country whereby the SYSTEMS are not working, things are not in accordance then what is the NEED FOR PHD?? 🤔🤔 Pls can someone help maybe I don’t understand

[@delphinaquayson1959]

Sincerely and honestly, please get your panel to be well prepared like the lady. The gentleman seems to be prepared more for a sports forum than this debate on your platform. He was only explaining things we already knew. He was arguing out his points for us to follow. We all enjoyed listening to the lady even though we may share thoughts of the PhD being in a better standing. The lady and yourself as host did excellent

[@delphinaquayson1959]

Even the host and his co-debater from the other side were supporting him much better

[@nanacharles8428]

The lady should open her eyes to see what people with higher education are doing for the development of Ghana and Africa: Ghanaian doctors, engineers, professors, scientists, etc.

[@davidabaidoo5430]

Even a security guard in Dubai health more salary than many PHD holders in Ghana, cleaner's in Arab's wealth more many teachers and nurses in Ghana.

[@kwabenaoppong1269]

Mr atsu do you know that most, like 90% of PhD holders in Ghana here went for their papers and schooling outside of Ghana? Can you please let him answer that?

[@emmanuelyeboah1030]

Can you compare a ph.d holder to that of the ph. d holder in Dutch land or North America??

[@Nana-wr2yd]

His argument is based on the fact that: 1. What can you do with a PHD acquired in *Ghana* in terms of access to basic necessities of life? Emphasis on Ghana. I don't think he is completely against PHD in its entirety. 2. What can you do with a Dutch passport in terms of access to basic necessities of life? Think about it and draw your conclusion.

[@bernardasare5670]

The whole conversation is worthwhile. However, we have to consider the different factors in place. There is no connection between academia and policy in government. The department of Physics at KNUST produces all traffic lights in KNUST, however, various proposals to develop on a large scale to solve Ghana’s traffic issues have been turned down by the KMA and Ministry of Transportation. This is one example of such challenges that seems so render PhDs and Doctoral researchers in Ghana handicapped. Others include no available grants and funding from Government and Governmental Institutions for research to find local solutions for local problems in Ghana. If not for how broken the country is, I don’t think this would have been a conversation in the first place. If we find this country in its current state, we have our leaders to blame not our researchers and PhDs.

[@gh_blaqsoap2846]

Ghana, since independence, placed the cart before the horse. There should have been more emphasis placed on industries than the school. (not 'socialism' industry, govt-private partnership type of industries. And, govt procuring Made in Ghana products from the industries (i.e., contracts) by regulation/law! That's what developed countries did and still do. That is how even industries award grants to universities for research.

[@bernardasare5670]

@@gh_blaqsoap2846 Well said. This is exactly what we needed to do and still need to pursue. Sometimes, it seems our leaders are not in touch reality and don’t have or know the solutions to our problems. It’s heartbreaking.

[@gebusolomon5203]

A point many are missing is the quality of PhDs being churned out in Ghana. The fact that the PhD holders are only talkers and not doers emphasizes this. How many PhD holders in automobile engineering don't send their cars to the wayside mechanic to fix? Basic policies to optimize food production, stabilize the currency and keep our country clean; the PhDs cannot think about. The Dutch passport ushers him into a society that values merit, whose PhD holders think and do. Let's allow Me Happiness to be happy.

[@Trigger_the_Spirit_man]

Nonsense

[@sagoeemmanuel9775]

@@Trigger_the_Spirit_mananother waste of a citizen is u

[@HRM8511]

The process of acquiring a PhD is different from the process of acquiring a Dutch passport. The two cannot be compared. However, the inference I make from what he said is that, Ghana has not been fair to PhD holders.

[@Chapter7129]

Those our leaders withPhDs holders want impact are they making in this Country even see this our unstable education system

[@KiRiKoUtheBeAsT]

The guy in the Fugu is right you can't compare a passport to PhD. I would pick PhD over any countries passport.... You see the knowledge that comes with a PhD makes it very easy to make it in life regardless of anywhere you are living.

[@RSAGH4Sure]

I'm a Ghanaian living in Estonia in Europe and here we don't have credit system so you don't need to have any credit to your name. All you need is an Estonian ID and a Job and then you can order anything online including iPhone and it will be delivered to you the same day or next day or you can go fetch it yourself without you paying a cent immediately because you will pay for it monthly. No Credit required, just Estonian ID and a Job. Also Transportation is free here in Tallinn and Hospitals are free for anyone with an Estonian ID no Job required. Felicia speaks more sense than this Atsu guy - facts