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Seasoned journalist, Kwesi Pratt has advised Ghanaians to stop comparing Ghana to other foreign countries whenever national issues, particularly with regard to the current spate of crime in the country, are broached.
Speaking on Peace FM’s "Kokrokoo", Mr. Pratt told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that the comparisons will not help to solve the security challenges in the country, but rather counseled the leaders and citizenry to appreciate the mercies of God bestowed on the country.
He was responding to arguments that countries like the United States have put stringent measures in place to curb crime rate.
Critics have wondered why the security agencies are not adopting similar measures to address armed robberies and other related criminal activities.
Supporting his argument on Kokrokoo, Kwesi Pratt disclosed that he has traveled lengthily across all the 50 States in the United States of America and has come to a conclusion that there are equally very underdeveloped poor places in the US.
He stated emphatically that he once experienced a Ghanaian national based in Philadelphia in the US living in an uncompleted building under very poor conditions, stressing that the “zongo communities in Ghana pales in comparison to the zongos in America”.
“I know America a bit. There’s no State in the United States of America I haven’t been to. I’ve been to all of them over a period of 30 years…The unemployment in America is very terrible. Any person who will say there’s no unemployment situation in America is a liar. In some of the communities, you’ll find people scavenging refuse sites for food. They eat garbage food.
“…we should appreciate the little mercies we have. There are so many things in Ghana that I will never sacrifice it for anything in the world”, he said.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Some people comment here about what Pratt said is total ***barred word*** at high level... Unless u are in one city in USA and every day you ride in a public bus to work that will only make u claim what the Gentleman was saying was wrong.. I am a truck driver by profession and i have been to about 48 states across the USA and the condition and the standardization of some people even USA citizen living in those states are nothing to talk about.. When u lives in the states of Michigan especially in the city of Detroit,then u will know what poverty and more hood/ghetto life in USA even though the states of Michigan is where all the major automobile manufacturing companies are based. My second example is just behind the White House in Washington District of Columbia(DC),u will notice that,its really the Hood/Ghetto.U can even see the kids/Adult running on the streets dirty and some of them looking for food in gas station trashcans to eat.. Also to the guy who said Pratt has traveled to all the 50 states with Mahama government,i just laugh loudly because i think he didn't read what Mr.Pratt said.According to Mr. Pratt, he said he has traveled to the 50 states in the USA in past 30 years. I really don't know if Mahama government has ruled Ghana for 30 years that made Mr Pratt has the advantage to traveled here in those 30 years. Ghanaian ,let us be real and stop this hypocrisy. I can give more of the states but that's okay for me. I have to hit the road now..
I hardly agree with Pratt, but not in this case. He is absolutely right about the obnoxious manner in which we often glorify America and the West generally. My mum was shocked when she visited me in the States. She couldn't believe that street beggars do exist here when she saw one. She left with a different mindset than the one she had before she came to the States.
THANK YOU PRATT
Start preparing the Special Prosecutor will invite you explain the 2000 cedis you took from Woyome. Nsawam Prison awaits you con man hahahah.
KWESI IS SPEAKING THE TRUTH. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAAT WE HAVE IN GHANA AND AFRICA. HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF WHY FOREIGNERS ARE TROOPING TO AFRICA? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO BE COLONIZED? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE SLAVES? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD TO WORK FOR THE FOREIGNERS FOR FREE? OH, IF ONLY WE KNEW WHO WE ARE. AFRICA. MENTAL SLAVERY. CHRISTIANITY. ISLAM. BUDDIST. ROMAN. PROTESTANT. HMMMMMMMM.
The most shallow-minded journalist journalist in Ghana is K Pratt. What does he know about America? Nobody is saying there is no unemployment in America or America doesn't have ghettos but you cannot compare America to Ghana. K. Pratt is condemning America, ask him where are his children.
Where in America is the living conditions like any Zongo in Ghana Anyone who lives in an uncompleted building has problem or other mental issues. Even the homeless have shelters to sleep in the night and breakfast in the morning. Yes some refuse shelter because they do not want to follow rules therefore live in the open or abandoned places. There are more jobs right now than people can fill. Obviously, if you are illegal you do not have access to facilities reserved for citizens. Kwasi should tell us the person he visited is legal or not? Almost all Ghanaians legally resident have far better standards than those in the Zongos.
AT WHOSE EXPENSE IN ALL 50 STATES IN THE USA? OF COURSE THE CLUELESS JOHN MAHAMA GAVE YOU THE TAXPZYERS MONEY RECKLESSLY THINKING YOUR FAMILY WIL VOTE FOR HIM TO WIN IN 2016?> WELL DOGDE
Amale lor.
First of all Kwesi Pratt is a liar! he has not been to all 50 states in America! Secondly, to state that the unemployment situation in America is very terrible is simply INSANE!! when America has unemployment of even 7%, they consider it a crisis and declare a recession. unemployment now is 3.5%!! and about 10% for African-Americans. All this misinformation coming from someone who is erroneously referred to as a "seasoned" journalist!!! LAUGHABLE!!