{"id":1170069,"date":"2022-08-08T07:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T07:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/08\/consider-the-substance-in-twene-jonas-vulgarity-and-stop-condemning-him-manasseh-azure-to-ghanaians\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T07:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T07:15:41","slug":"consider-the-substance-in-twene-jonas-vulgarity-and-stop-condemning-him-manasseh-azure-to-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/08\/consider-the-substance-in-twene-jonas-vulgarity-and-stop-condemning-him-manasseh-azure-to-ghanaians\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the substance in Twene Jonas\u2019 vulgarity and stop condemning him \u2014 Manasseh Azure to Ghanaians \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Manasseh Azure Awuni, a Ghanaian investigative journalist, has urged the country\u2019s top officials as well as the citizens to look on the bright side of the frequent vulgarity of Ghanaian social critic Twene Jonas.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>He stressed that the leadership must analyze the criticism\u2019s substance to ensure that everything is done properly.<\/p>\n<p>The seasoned journalist said on Facebook, \u201cTwene Jonas is frequently harshly criticised for his obscenity. But if you set aside the insults and consider the meat of his analogies, you will agree with him.<\/p>\n<p>He said those kind things about Twene Jonas after he aired a video from his trip to Germany boasting about the country\u2019s excellent transportation infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>In his post, Manasseh stated, \u201cIn this video, I stepped out of my hotel and wanted to take the \u201ctrotro\u201d train to a shopping centre in Bonn, Germany. See what happens under the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He quizzes, \u201cCan we ever get here? How can we when we seem to be retrogressing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>He continued lamenting that \u201cAre the parts of our cities and towns planned and built in the 1960s and 1970s not better than the settlements we are building today?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre the drains of Accra Central not covered while the new settlements, including the East Legons of this world, are built with open gutters?<\/p>\n<p>Manasseh\u2019s post concludes \u201cAre we making any attempt to change the narrative beyond challenging the unpleasant truth?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_271418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271418\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271418\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"674\"  data-lazy- src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-08-at-7.04.11-AM.png\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-08-at-7.04.11-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"674\"  \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-271418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manasseh Azure lauds Twene Jonas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Manasseh Azure Awuni, a Ghanaian investigative journalist, has urged the country\u2019s top officials as well as the citizens to look on the bright side of the frequent vulgarity of Ghanaian social critic Twene Jonas. He stressed that the leadership must analyze the criticism\u2019s substance to ensure that everything is done properly. 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