5 Quotes by Kwamena Ahwoi

Maybe fear is not an accurate word to describe the awe in which some of Rawlings’ appointees held him. The fact is his personality was over-powering and one needed a certain courage just to be in his presence.

A traitor is worse than an enemy.... the enemy you know and can take steps against- but the traitor you never know because he coming from within

Rawlings however did have a vision of a Ghana with values. The values of probity , accountability, integrity and transparency. ....But this w a vision that was difficult to attain, because it involved changing the attitudes of the people and , as is well known, attitudes are virtually impossible to change

Rawlings himself had never taken a hard line against the Bretton-Woods institutions. As explained earlier, he had never really taken an ideological position. It appeared that all along, what he was looking for was what was in the best interest of Ghana; what would work for Ghana.

Philosophically and ideologically, he does not appear very deep. He is no Kwame Nkrumah