Prof. Frimpong Boateng on his open letter to Ghana's next President and the galamsey fight

[@jamesosei6888]

Prof is a great man who really wanted to help his country but politics almost destroyed his reputation. Our mindset is the problem as a country.

[@benjaminaddy841]

I met this man when he chaired an event I organised at the golden tulip in 2007. He is a person I respect and think highly off. If I look at the rate of progress in Ghana I agree with him 100%.

[@gastonachina9228]

The countries he used as examples had presidents who stayed in power more than 8 years especially the Singapore one. We should have left Nkrumah on the seat

[@stephenagyirious772]

Excellent questions Bernard

[@amb969]

I respect you the more, Prof.

[@MrYahwehyireh]

it is time to honor Prof Frimpong Boateng a special honor.

[@kojotwum1656]

Hypocrisy and tribalism has killed Ghana, after overthrow him none of these so called leaders has not contributed nothing to Dr Nkorumah’s ideas very sad. God help us

[@akosuaacheampomaah2164]

I know this man he Studie here in Hannover germany he was very good and specialist for heart❤ and germans ask him to go and his Country but then Nobody know s what happens

[@benjamintetteh3855]

I think prof. Should have stayed in his profession and build himself as a renowned heart specialist in the subregion where many will travel to him for treatment. Sometimes we in Africa see politics as the easiest way. In the western world people like him with such a skill would not think of politics at all , but rather perform their duties to save lives.

[@nayak447]

Time stamp 31:22 profound statement by prof however I believe he forgot or wrongly classified the only catastrophe “leadership”.

[@abenaboatemaaasare-ansah1532]

Very insightful discussion. I hope young people can draw wisdom from this and impact their world! 😊

[@kskingboat2045]

Professor Frimpong Boateng is a great man. See the knowledge and the long term vision he thinks will make Ghana self reliant. Unfortunately, who among these presidential aspirants share such vision for Ghana? Take Bawumia and Kennedy for instance, none has been clear with their development agenda for Ghana. All Ken do is to say one thing on a radio in an interview. This way you can't hold him for it because it's easy to forget. Bawumia can't even say anything because his credibility will judge him. The only one who had a small clear vision was Alan but he resigned because of the actions of these corrupt evil NPP leadership headed by Nana Addo. Mahama is equally a terrible leader. He plunged Ghana into darkness for over 4 years. It's just sad

[@mensahadu4950]

Ghana will not have any transformational leader except we change our constitution, curtail our freedom and indpendence and introduce strict disciplinarian laws and punishment.

[@nafiulawal1443]

I agree to some extent but our current leaders will use that constitution to show us pepper.

[@EmmanuelMensah-c5x]

I agree with you 100%.Ghana today needs a very courageous leader who change this evil constitution and introduce drastic measures that might deemed unpopular in order to move the country forward.Remember Paul Kagame of Rwanda has adopted a similar approach.Ghanaians are hard headed people and need discipline

[@josephgbandi5108]

When he got the chance to lead what did he do at the galamsey sits?

[@kelugu3776]

He became aware of the cause only after he left office.😂😂. The irony of criticising others for being as useless as you.😅

[@godwinamegbor]

Good even he was not able to link 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😢Ghanaians with good info about Galamsay rather beaten about the bush go back to the hospital and stop your nonsense politics

[@ebenofori3048]

The problem in Ghana is a lack of confidence or negligence . Instead of taking advantage of wisdom vested in the country to practically implementing transformation, it has become a nightmare. Get rich quick schemes. The hallmark of fame. In fact, we have rich politicians without significant amounts of influence on the economy. Youths with talents have become migrants and enslaved. The famous Christian country that believes in miracles with no fundamentals of impacting exactly what Jesus Christ our risen King did. Critical thinking becomes essential.

[@ee7228]

Good discussion, but i would have preferred Bernard to push the professor further.

[@kelugu3776]

I agree. If those in power know what needs to be done, why aren't they doing it? What and/or who are these forces that act as barriers to progress? If he's not prepared to be courageous and speak the whole truth then he should remain quiet. Why do well connected Ghanaians speak in this cliquish insider knowledge way? How's that useful to Ghanaians on the outside looking in?

[@danidodoo6977]

With due respect Prof., when did you come to this realization? Prof., Someone realized your potential and gave you the leeway to operate freely in Ghana. Whoever gave you the opportunity is a transformational leader.

[@robwood6915]

*always

[@nafiulawal1443]

Prof didn't like Nkrumah's one party state yet the current two party state is a problem. I hope he may come to a realization that it may have been a good idea to have a democratic one party state. His ideologies prevents him from speaking the entire truth.

[@ee7228]

Is it fair to assume you're abreast with recent events along the West African region regarding dictatorship.

[@dennisjackson8292]

There is nothing like a democratic one party state. If it is a one party state, it is an autocratic state

[@dannybrown317]

I think Nkrumah should have shed more light on the one party state. What is a one party state? How does it function and the like. Nkrumah came, saw but did he really complete the panafrican mission? thing is that in those colonial/post colonial era the elites that schooled in the UK especially were indoctrinated with the British system. No wonder the main opposition in those days wanted independece later. The indoctrination they received prevents them from thinking outside the box and coming out with indegenous solutions to local problems. just like religion divides so does political philosophies. Why should a muslim attend a church, afterall he/she's got Allah. Why should a Christian attend a mosques? ideologies are just cages. He has caged himself

[@gh_blaqsoap2846]

@@dannybrown317 That indoctrination still remains intact, unfortunately. The school curriculum is an example. The colonialists came with scientific research methods under their belt; in our case, they were interested in the crust of the earth. They gave us their brand of religion so we can close our eyes or look up, while they were busy using their earth digging apparatus.

[@nafiulawal1443]

The problem here is the fact that it is actually difficult to conceptualize ideas that are unpopular. A democratic one party state will be like an NPP where the leader democratically elected by the party becomes the president. This can be variated by allowing local people to vote for their MPs within the same one party mechanism and those MPs will decide who becomes president. Basically removing the need for a political party and making the representatives represent the views of their people@@dennisjackson8292

[@snakedoctor0_018]

A politician will always be a politician.

[@anthonymark5097]

Poor Prof. They chased him out. Ghana is doomed because of the greed of the bushman and woman. What a shame! Ghana is doomed!

[@gordonkyereh192]

Why do some interviewers ask questions as if they are not Ghanaians.? Why ask the Professor if the government is not being transformational. Is that obvious to all after Nkrumah's rule?

[@EmmanuelMensah-c5x]

I’m very disappointed at Mr.Frimpong Boateng for not able to train any of our young Ghanaians to benefit the country and has rather wasted his enormous talent in politics.This is a view that has been expressed by many Ghanaians in diaspora.Some of us still don’t understand why he went into politics in the first place.We expected him to continue in his medical field and impart some of his knowledge on Ghanaian medical students to take over when he retires.Right now he has wasted the great talent God gave him in spite of the great opportunity he had.We are yet to hear from him to explain to Ghanaians how Ghanaians benefited from his expertise.

[@RocketCarpenter]

He has trained several Cardiothoracic Surgeons and left a legacy at the Cardio Center. I know at least 6 he trained who in turn are training more. That specialization takes time so he couldn't have trained more. I had an internship at the centre and the culture and etiquette he left there will make me vote for him any day if he was a presidential candidate.

[@kwabenasakyi2598]

Please ask your question based on the content of the letter.

[@JoshuaAdu]

No sound

[@asamoahnicholas6788]

Check again.. maybe it’s muted on your screen

[@archimedes0630]

This guy is a journalist in Ghana? No wonder???

[@benjaminansah9312]

Can you be explicit with your statement.

[@richardwemegah6539]

Hmmmm, it is unfortunate that Prof has to be enumerating or tooting his achievements now. Why didn't he remain on that trajectory as a respected scientist and break more ground in his field? He would have been a celebrated legend now. Monetary ambition along the line, drove him into politics, and he got 'himself' injured by the hard crows. Now he is trying to do damage control. The scars are already big and deep. I sympathise with him, but he has been part of the present sufferings Ghanaians are going through.

[@albertdanquah8693]

Well said my brother!

[@benjaminowusu-ansah5974]

Nkrumah had a lot of money and missed spent it on the whole continent instead focusing on Ghana. Above all using Government money to establish factories is a great mistake as they easily collapse by irresponsible workers. The Government enhances the economy and individuals establish factories. In the developed countries the government does not establish factories.

[@nanayawasante389]

Workers are workers. There is no difference between government(public) and private workers. The important factor is the management. The real problem with publicly owned enterprises has been the unpatriotic and wicked leaders we have had not workers. Kindly, ditch that misguided mindset about public enterprises because they have been successful under effective management in many countries. And, Nkrumah did not mis-spend Ghana’s money. Providing assistance to our African brothers who were fighting for independence was a noble act and we should all be proud of that.

[@jerometetteh4279]

I can swear everyone came here at 16:30 😂

[@stephenagyirious772]

This Npp guys think governance is all about bragging.

[@godwinamegbor]

Why he did not stand as a presidential candidate to help the nation, you are not able to come out clearly about Galamsay? All you people can not help this country so shut up......

[@wilsondanso7040]

Bernard, you see the problem. Npp has failed miserably but Prof don't want to admit. He knows clearly that they are out of power so he and they want to burden JM.

[@ProudGh-dc4sl]

JM who? Mr Deadgoat? Is he awake?

[@godwinamegbor]

You betrayed Akufo Addo after Profiting with him,

[@mosestekper7659]

Talk is cheap. You were given a ministry how did you transform it?

[@samuelbaah7017]

A fool from a volta region

[@wonderdakpo6330]

@@samuelbaah7017 ahhhh are you not ashamed being tribalistic person?

[@andrewsbempah970]

American billionaire Mark Cuban reportedly said there are some people if you tell them to do ABC they will do it and stop and not knowing that DEF exist. And there are some people if you tell them to do ABC,because they are not detailed oriented will be thinking about DEF. Nkrumah perfectly fits the latter group of people,since he neglected to provide rural farmers,including cocoa farmers and workers whose sweat provide ghana foreign exchange with electricity,clean drinking water etc to invest in development of a whole new city,black star lines, ghana airways etc which didn’t generate any revenue for ghana. By the way,for your information Fidel Castro ruled cuba for several years and couldn’t transform cuba the way Lee kuan Yew transformed Singapore. If Nkrumah had not been overthrown ghana at best would be like cuba today.

[@AkwesiHughes]

Are you serious? On what basis do you say this?