Samia Nkrumah
journalist and politician, Former Ghanaian member of parliament
Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah (born 23 June 1960) is a Ghanaian politician and chairperson of the Convention People's Party (CPP). In the 2008 parliamentary election, she won the Jomoro constituency seat at her first attempt. She is the daughter of Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana.
Quotes
edit- consensus-building was the most important endeavour politicians, trade unionists, academicians, civil societies and think tanks on the African continent must embrace to allow them to collectively agree on national and continental priorities.
- For me, the greatest problem we have as a country and continent is we are not able to marshal the best minds or skills in Ghana and Africa because of multiparty politics.
- The world needs to be aware that this can't happen and we in Ghana, the people, must add our voice to the millions of people all over the world that there must be a humanitarian corridor enough, no more killing; war is never the solution; the solution is political. But before we get to the political, we need to stop the bombing, stop the killing, and stop the destruction .
- father died while their mother was still young was another painful sacrifice they had to endure while growing up.
- They were together for only 8 years. This young, beautiful woman was left with three children, but that’s how it was. That is the price we paid for our independence, and it’s a price we’re still paying to become economically independent.
- All Africans across the globe must come together to prosper.
- I wonder why we didn't think about five or six regional markets rather than one. I know the answer .
- I don’t think any government can perform to our satisfaction, without seriously taking up the challenge of working with other African governments. Our father wrote about this extensively. For our economic survival, we need to integrate with other economies.
- There are so many things we could do easier and cheaper, including even borrowing, if we collaborate.
- I think the solution to our economic wars and challenges as individual African countries is to take this very seriously.
- No government has delivered satisfactorily to the people of Ghana… The NPP government has not delivered satisfactorily. The NDC government has not delivered satisfactorily. Since we returned to multiparty democracy, we are floundering.
