Popular sports presenter Ankrah quits job to support Ghana president John Mahama
Posted On Monday, 22nd October 2012
Yaw Ampofo Ankrah has quit his job at TV 3 to support President John Mahama
By Patrick Akoto
Ace broadcaster Yaw Ampofo Ankrah has quit his job to support the campaign of Ghana President John Dramani Mahama.
The former BBC presenter has resigned his post as the Sports Editor of TV3 network to focus on campaigning for president Mahama’s endorsement in the December polls.
The move is viewed as a huge gamble in some quarters as he may incur the wrath of his supporters who may belong to the main opposition New Patriotic Party.
But the popular TV host is unperturbed about the effect of his decision and ready to join the campaign to have president Mahama win the general elections.
“I have resigned my position at TV3 to focus on ensuring I campaign vigorously for president Mahama,” Ankrah told Radio XYZ
“I am not a card bearing member of the NDC but I have a democratic right to vote, have the ability to convince people and that’s what I am doing.
“I am going around doing my little campaign to help the president win the upcoming presidential elections.
“John Mahama is not desperate for power and so if he fails to win the presidency, that will not be the end of life for him.
“Some of us are tired of the smear campaign against him and that’s why some of us decided to join the team.
“It is important for people to understand that if we don’t believe in the same political philosophy, it doesn’t mean we can’t be friends. We can still have lunch, and go to the stadium together.
“If you are discerning and look carefully, there is one camp that is study and focus on the message while the other is only interested in smear campaign and some of us need to step up and do the right thing.
The former ETV presenter is the junior brother of Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, who is the campaign director of President Mahama.
A number of celebrities including Kasum Sinare, Bob Okala and Clement Booney (Mr Beautiful) amongst others have openly endorsed the Ghanaian leader.
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JM all de way. e dey bee k3k3
i hope there is nothing behind close door.
this is stupidity in the case of yaw.he was my favorite presenter but nw don’t think i can be his fan .even if you were and NDC man you shouldn’t have come out to say it .Yaw you’ve messed everything.that’s shameful.
this absolutely nonsense to tell yaw this,he knows the right thing to do
MASA, what is wrong if someone throws his support behind a presidential candidate… He is not ashame of who he’s supporting. So what is the big deal. He is still who he is. Only In Ghana, if you support a political party then it is sinful or an abomination. We have to stop this hypocrisy.
JM DE BEEE K3K3!!!!!
I WILL VOTE NOT B’COS SOME FREEE FREEEE FREEEE PROPAGANDA BUT REALISTIC ACHIEVABLE VISION AND AN HUMBLY HONEST PERSON LIKE JM. northerners this is our time to push one of our own and stop the unnecssary ethnic conflicts.
JM DEY BEEE K3K3!!!!!
I WILL VOTE NOT B’COS SOME FREEE FREEEE FREEEE PROPAGANDA BUT REALISTIC ACHIEVABLE VISION AND AN HUMBLY HONEST PERSON LIKE JM. northerners this is our time to push one of our own and stop the unnecssary ethnic conflicts. RESPECT!!!
Its funny bcos some pple will go on advanced retirement after 2012 election, jm=judgement money. We wont sit down and allow ndc chop our money in de name of judgement money. ndc pple were able 2 promise one tym premium and dey couldnt deliver.. Nana says he will channel all our jm in2 free s.h. education nd we are 4 it, gr8t minds tink big, nana nie..free shs nie
And who hasn’t chop our money before…? Who told you politicians care about you. Very funny indeed
i respectd dis guy a lot bt i jus got to know he is a stupid fool…am really disgusted at his utterance..who is desperate for power?..he is grown and shd no better…at least he is nt e only sports presenter in Gh…we ve a lot of quality ones like Kwabena Yeboah, Chris Opoku, Sammy Bartels , Henry Asante a lot..if ur elder bro is a politician n so u want to follow him,no one cares..at least where were u when kwabena yeboah, joe laker, sometimer, pj moshooshow were deliverin n broadcastin quality sports news……he shd get the fuck!!!
Oh… So you cannot tolerate your own countryman? Why should politicS always divide us. YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR NPP BUT U ARE ASHAMED TO SAY IT OR SHOW IT. WHY DO U INSULT SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ASHAMED OF WHO HE WANTS TO VOTE FOR AH!… WE NEED TO STOP THIS HYPOCRISY MY BROTHERS
What Yaw is doing is not shameful one bit. But what he is saying is shameful.I understand we all cannot belong to the same party. But at the end of the day we will all come back together so we should be mindful of the things we say. Who started the insults in Ghana? Do you know who said BALLONEY to MPs? It was the man you are following. I can add more but they will not be necessary. I still love u.
Studip greddy bustard, we liv 2 see… Wht hv dz useless presidnt achieve 4 d peopple of dz contry. Only using our money n studip slaves also support ém
Oh… So you cannot tolerate each other, right? Why should politics always divide us. YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR NPP AND YET U ARE ASHAMED TO SAY IT OR SHOW IT. WHY DO U INSULT SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ASHAMED OF WHO HE WANTS TO VOTE FOR AH!… WE NEED TO STOP THIS HYPOCRISY MY BROTHERS
U will regret your decision, JM will loss heavily this corrupt man n womanizer.
OH I SEE,SO THEY HAVE SLICED A PIECE OF THE WOYOME CAKE FOR THIS MAN.WHAT A SHAME THAT THIS YOUNG FULL OF POTENTIAL SPORTS PRESENTER WILL SELL HIS CONSCIENCE FOR PEANUT.
THOSE AMAZING AND MILKING THE STATE CONFERS DRY ARE SAYING”EDEY BEE KEKE”.GO OUT AND TELL THE SUGAR CANE SELLER SELLING ON THE SCORCHING SUN AND HEAVILY TASKED THAT ”EDEY BEE KEKE”BECAUSE YOU HAVE LOOTED THE MONIES AND RIDING IN AN AC 4X4.NOW YOU COME BACK AFTER ALL THE LOOTING AND SAY ”WORKING FOR YOU”.OKAY LET SEE.THE PRESIDENT AFTER ALL THE LOOTING AND CORRUPTION SCANDALS ARE NOW CONNIVING WITH THEIR CHINESE CRONIES TO TAKE AWAY THE LITTLE OIL RESERVE THE NATION HAS.BUYING JETS AND INFLATING PRICES FOR BUILDING CLASSROOMS.
AMPOFO ANKRAH,SURE YOU HAVE A TALENT IN PRESENTING SO WHY NOT STAY IN YOUR CORNER,PERHAPS YOU SEE YOUR ELDER BROTHER BRINGING THE SACKS OF THE STATES MONEY HOME SO YOU THINK ITS A GOOD AVENUE TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF THE PEOPLE SO YOU JUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIN OF THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE YOUR SHARE.GOD IS WATCHING!!
No kofioo wo bayi
GSN! What is wrong wit u? U want to turn this site into a political field or wat. Some of us are descerning nd wdnt like to insult ourselves jst like that. I’m sorry for Ampofo bcos Ghana hasnt reached the two party state nation where popular people cn declare their stands. SORRY.
Look at this stupid fool @nana who says someone is stupid. Do you think everyone will support this Akan party? Do you think everybody will heed to this all die be die call? Do you think everyone will follow a party that calls on its members to kill all Ewes and Gas?
@Lee, you call the president a womaniser, hahahah, do u know your father at all? How will you call your okomfuo, the business tycon of ashanti?
@kerry, from an idiotic family, give me one name of your family members who has acheived one quarter of what our president has done. Your king inherited alot from his fore fathers and he has decided to sell of those valuables. He has lost his little respect.
Nana cocaine chief can never rule kwame nkrumah’s Ghana. Let us see. You hate Ankrah bcos he wants to support ndc, what is wrong with that? You are big fools; nana, Lee, jesse, kerry rodulf and you
Yaw,u quit ur job for jm?That was not smart bro!Use ur head mf!
@ Lee abi e come fuck ur mama ,sister & galfriend.
Those insulting Ankrah should get a life of their own.da guy is a grown up n he took da decision 2 support jm. Why r u hating on him? After all only the lazy ones would say the govt has nt managed the economy well. I started my business in 2006 and i saw da govt that supports entrepreneurial ventures. I can confidently say my profit has sky rocketed unda this govt n i ve acquired my first car. I m an ashanti bt wud nt like 2 vote on tribal lines. Ghanaians must b discerning 2 keep da govt in power.thumbs up Ankrah,good work jm and God bless my Motherland Ghana.
No insults here. We are all ghanaians and we can join any political party that we want. Thank you.
@why do you insult people for airing their views?Because they gave you a slice of the state money they have looted,you come up here and talk crap about people who defend the helpless citizenry who are under the weight of this corrupt visionless government milking the nation dry.Jerry has already seen the hammer of judgement so he opts out.Now you common floor members and errand boys come and say crap.An era of judgement debts,inflated contracts and so on.
Why are you guys shock with Yaw’s decision. His brother Elvis Afriyie Ankrah is chopping funya funya from politics. Elvis can now boast of everything in life within this last four years when he came into politics.
So why won’t he join them even if it takes him to loose his job.
Stomach politicians Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, Kakra Asiamah, Kempes Ofosuware etc.
All those insult others for saying the truth,you better stay away of you have nothing to say.The people are being cheated and their monies are being spent by these wicked politicians.
Someone is proposing free education which is a constitutional mandate and you say it is impossible?Education is the only key to alleviate poverty out of the country.
This government and their Chinese cronies;Huawei and those Chinese fishing boats on our coast taking all the fishes away while the monies are being kept in secret bank accounts.God will blow your cover!!
Yaw Ankrah,jump the bandwagon and enjoy the monies that your brother has amassed but soon and very soon,you will be exposed!!The prosperity of a fool shall destroy him”
THIS STUPID,POMPOUS, EGOTISTICAL IDIOT. HIS EGO ALONE IS BIGGER THAN HIS ENTIRE BODY. KWASIA LIKE YOUR TYPE AMPOFO ANKRAH. HE THINKS HE KNOWS EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD. USELESS GUY. NDC WILL LOSE. BETTER FIND YOURSLF IN THE UK AFTER THE ELECTIONS. AFTERALL, U HAVE NO US PASPPORT N THE US GOVT WIL DEPORT YOUR LYING ASS. U CANT EVEN COME CLOSE TO CANADA EITHER. ONLY ILLITERATE GHPPL WILL LISTEN TO THIS GREEDY BITCH
MASA, DO YOU EAT, DRINK AND EXCUSE ME TO SAY DEFECATE INSULTS. AH! YOU ARE FOND OF INSULTING TOO MUCH ON GHANASOCCERNET FORUMS. WHY, Oh… So WE cannot tolerate our own countrymen? Why should politics always divide us. YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR NPP BUT U ARE ASHAMED TO SAY IT OR SHOW IT. WHY DO U INSULT SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ASHAMED OF WHO HE WANTS TO VOTE FOR AH!… WE NEED TO STOP THIS HYPOCRISY MY BROTHERS
this site is about sport…. not politics…we should respect the game of the field and leave the politicien to do their politics….
I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK POLITICAL ARTICLES SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED IN THIS FORUM KNOWING HOW DIRTY OUR POLITICS CAN COME AT TIMES
But this Yaw has always been an NDC Person and who is he going to convert,there is money so he was want go and chop men of integrity indeed. Judgement day is coming when all the monies will accounted for.Does he have a constituency with the politics of Ghana, the answer is no.Mahama is Giving out cash so let them enjoY.He sports life is gone forever.RIP
Yaw thump up,JM need our support to win this election,ignore those senseless people who all that they know best is to insult.
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