The Most Useless Talk From Kwesi Pratt!

(Ghanaweb: General News of Monday, 2 May 2011)
Kwesi Pratt Blames Western Powers For Africa's Problems:

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has blamed the Western World especially Canada, U.S.A, Germany, Britain and others for the high levels of poverty in Africa. He said: “when we export our oil, gold, manganese, cocoa and other resources, who determines their prices? When we import cars and other products from them (West), who determines their prices? When we export, they determine, when we import, they determine. >>> HELLO! MR. PRATT! HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF WHY THE EUROPEANS DICTATE PRICES FOR US? IF YOU PRODUCE RAW MATERIALS AND CAN'T REFINE OR MAKE A FINAL PRODUCT OUT OF IT, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? GO AND ASK YOUR GOVERNMENT HOW THEY NEGOTIATE WITH THEIR FOREIGN BUSINESS PARTNERS IN TERMS OF PRICES. THEY WILL TAKE 5% FOR THEIR OWN POCKETS AND ACCEPT A RAW MATERIAL PRICE OF 15%.

Kwesi Pratt was contributing to a discussion on Ghana's Foreign Policy at the Second Ghana Policy Fair held in Accra. He sounded emotional throughout his speech and stated that, “foreign policy is not about sweet grandiose talking, it is not about suit wearing, it is about our lives”. According to him, if we could feed ourselves, do things without foreign assistance, they would have been no need for foreign policy. >>> KWESI! BUT WHY ARE WE NOT IN THE POSITION TO FEED OURSELVES? THIS MEANS KWESI PRATT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SO-CALLED DISCUSSION ON GHANA'S FOREIGN POLICY HELD IN ACCRA ONLY FOR TALKING SAKE, WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. AS USUAL FOR CHEAP POPULARITY.

He explained that, in today's world, no nation is an Island and that, it was important for Ghanaians to know where we came from, where we are, and where we were going. >>> OH! K-PRATT, WHY THEN DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST NANA KONADU'S AMBITION TO BEAR THE FLAG OF THE NDC PARTY IN 2012? YOU SEE HOW HYPOCRITE YOU ARE?

He added, “let us also know what we have taken from the outside world and what we can offer the outside world. That should inform our foreign policy”. >>> PRATT CAN ONLY THINK JUST A LITTLE BIT. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW APART FROM TAKING HUGE CREDIT FROM OUTSIDE WORLD AND PAYING IT QUADRUPLE BACK IN DECADES OF YEARS! KWESI! MAKE A RESEARCH FROM CHINA AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE HAVE TAKEN AND WHAT PERCENT INTEREST WE HAVE TO PAY BACK. >>>SECONDLY WE CAN OFFER THE OUTSIDE WORLD MANY PRECIOUS THINGS BUT ONLY FOR PEANUTS JUST BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION.

Kwesi Pratt stated that, Africans had lived civilized lives 3000 years before Jesus Christ was born and that it was sad our animal ranching was under the control of the Metropolitan West. He lamented that Ghanaians still walk long distances to carry out economic activities and said, “research indicates that 50 per cent of Ghanaians cannot read and write and only 5 per cent of revenue from our gold enters Ghana's economy. >>> AHAA! AFRICANS LIVED CIVILIZED LIVES FOR 3000 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST BUT YET STILL GOOD 50% CAN'T READ AND WRITE? KWESI! HERE AGAIN YOU ARE TALKING WEED, I MEAN YOU SOUNDS SENSELESS. CIVILIZED PEOPLE WITH 50% ILLITERATES AND UNEDUCATED? THIS IS A PURE NONSENSE TALK.

We are still importing match sticks. What is it? A piece of stick! We are importing everything including underwear-that is our today-we are still in the Stone Age, where some people still grind pepper on stones”, said Kwesi Pratt. OH! NO! CIVILIZED PEOPLE STILL GRINDING WITH STONES? KWESI! WHY? LET ME HELP YOU HERE VERY QUICKLY. IT'S ALL BECAUSE WE CAN'T MANUFACTURE AND THE CUSTOMS (CEPS) TOO IS TAKING 120% DUTY ON IMPORTED GOODS. WHAT ABOUT ASKING YOURSELF THE QUESTION WHY WE ARE INCAPABLE OF PRODUCING GRINDING MACHINES.

He blamed France and other Western powers for the crisis in Ivory Coast saying, “Alhassane Quattara is not the president of that country as he has to be sworn in by a constitutional council. Why is France not swearing him in and looking for a constitutional council to do so?” >>> PRATT WILL BLAME EVERYBODY BUT CANNOT SEE ANY FAULT WITH WHAT COMES OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH. >>> ALHASSANE QUATTARA CAN UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE BLAMED BUT THE POWER DRACULA GBAGBO MUST BE BLAMED. KWESI! TRY TO REASON A BIT.

Kwesi Pratt said African countries are subsidizing the economies of the West-Germany, US, Canada etc. Pratt added. HOW ARE WE AFRICANS SUBSIDIZING THE ECONOMIES OF THE THOSE COUNTRIES? YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPLAIN IT A BIT. ANOTHER TALKING CRAP FOR TALKING SAKE.

“take a look at Cuba, they have no resources yet they continue to give us doctors every year. There can be no reasonable excuse why we are poor, jobless and deprived because poverty is not God-given. To fight poverty, it requires thinking and we can do it” said Kwesi Pratt. >>> SINCE WHEN DO YOU NEED RESOURCES TO PRODUCE DOCTORS? >>> OH! YES POVERTY IS NOT GOD-GIVEN BUT GOVERNANCE GIVEN! WE HAVE TO BLAME OUR GOVERNMENT FOR OUR POVERTY.

He lambasted people who want to impose their religion on others and also spend most of their time praying instead of working. “Go to the various ministries in the morning and see what they do. The first thing they do is morning devotion when they go to work. It is a useless enterprise and must stop”, he said angrily. >>> ONE MOMENT!! MR. PRATT HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT PRESIDENT MILLS WISHES TO MAKE GHANA A PRAYER CAMP?

KWESI PRATT! WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU WRITE AND TALK ANYHOW YOU ARE PAID FOR ALL YOUR NONSENSE.

FRANCIS TAWIAH (Duisburg - Germany)