Happy New Year folks..trust everybody is doing good. Pretty difficult to read all the pages I have missed as this thread has been growing so fast, all the same, best of luck to the recently landed troops.
Just a word of encouragement though, for those waiting..keep forging on with your lives, the visa will surely come -it is a given..some of us waited for over 5 years and the wait did us lot of good. Hang in there if it is your desire to immigrate to Canada. This wait time is an opportunity to learn as much as you can so your settling and take off can be seamless.
The issue of Accra processing time growing longer has been discussed severally, please bear in mind that the visa quota is still very low and the number of applicants is still growing despite the cap on those NOCs.
There is no guarantee in life but it is better to give it your best shot. You can succeed anywhere in the world if you have the right attitude but Canada offer more in general terms (I am biased already). The country offers about the same opportunity to everybody as long as you can prove yourself; I have posted the youtube video of Robert Herjavec's road to riches, it should encourage somebody see things differently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HS321GrOAU&feature=related
Best of luck and don't give up..