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Bernasko 9 years ago

While the country is burning, Mahama and his incompetent fools are dancing around

While the country is burning, Mahama and his incompetent fools are dancing around
Repugnant. 9 years ago

Believe me! we need Suley Muntari in the house. The odor surrounding this government, requires detoxification!

Believe me! we need Suley Muntari in the house. The odor surrounding this government, requires detoxification!
MAHAMA KILLED MILLS!!!!!! 9 years ago

mahama vagina sanitary pad is pure madness especially now that Ghana is almost dead !! GHANA IS UNDER A CURSE BECAUSE MAHAMA KILLED MILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!

mahama vagina sanitary pad is pure madness especially now that Ghana is almost dead !! GHANA IS UNDER A CURSE BECAUSE MAHAMA KILLED MILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!
.......... 9 years ago

Ghanaians must read yesterday's article on venture article and business daily, how our government is selling our oil secretly to Swiss traders.

Ghanaians must read yesterday's article on venture article and business daily, how our government is selling our oil secretly to Swiss traders.
The 9 years ago

All those who voted for the NDC must bow down their heads in shame. The performance of the NDC 2 is beyond disgrace. Those who voted for the NDC did so either because of tribalism or the NDC lies or probably just the "Ide bee ...
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All those who voted for the NDC must bow down their heads in shame. The performance of the NDC 2 is beyond disgrace. Those who voted for the NDC did so either because of tribalism or the NDC lies or probably just the "Ide bee k3k3". Because NDC never presented any serious program during the campaign they were just busy debunking the NPP's free SHS program, and some people voted for them and now we are suffering. Next time look at the track record of the party and flagbearer and their programs and not tribalism and lies before casting your vote. Looking at what is happening by the day there is no hope in sight.
NII COMMEY 9 years ago

The precursors of a coup are slowly gathering in Ghana. The sum total of all these events can explode into serious civil unrest or a military take over. Ghana is on the brink.

The precursors of a coup are slowly gathering in Ghana. The sum total of all these events can explode into serious civil unrest or a military take over. Ghana is on the brink.
SUNKWA 9 years ago

WHICH ERA ARE YOU IN?
REPENT AND ASK FOR GRACE TO BE PURGED OF YOUR ILL WILL AND ENVIOUS FANTASIES.

LOVE IS WHAT OVERCOMES ALL ODDS; THE HATE IN THE HEARTS OF FOLK LIKE YOU IS THE REASON THE ECONOMY IS IN TROUBLE. GO WORK ...
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WHICH ERA ARE YOU IN?
REPENT AND ASK FOR GRACE TO BE PURGED OF YOUR ILL WILL AND ENVIOUS FANTASIES.

LOVE IS WHAT OVERCOMES ALL ODDS; THE HATE IN THE HEARTS OF FOLK LIKE YOU IS THE REASON THE ECONOMY IS IN TROUBLE. GO WORK HARD; LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF AND OUR COUNTRY WILL GET BETTER FAST.
NII COMMEY 9 years ago

You sound like a lazy, languid, latent dreamer who prays from dawn to dusk for fortunes and deliverance without hard work. Prayer is good. But prayer without hard work is fools gold. Mahama is to government what Kwasi Appiah ...
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You sound like a lazy, languid, latent dreamer who prays from dawn to dusk for fortunes and deliverance without hard work. Prayer is good. But prayer without hard work is fools gold. Mahama is to government what Kwasi Appiah is to football. They are both incompetent, and no amount of prayers and love can change that.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author: OYOKOBA.....

How I wish I had the wherewithal to appoint this man, Amidu as the Attorney General again.

John Dramani Mahama has no shame and no credibility otherwise he would have appointed this one and only goo ...
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Author: OYOKOBA.....

How I wish I had the wherewithal to appoint this man, Amidu as the Attorney General again.

John Dramani Mahama has no shame and no credibility otherwise he would have appointed this one and only good NDC man Attorney General, not today or yesterday but the very day he assumed the mantle of leadership of this country. But alas, he himself is soiled with corruption big time, hence wouldn't want somebody like Amidu looking over his shoulders. The only way Mahama can win the trust, respect and confidence of the people back in fighting corruption, is to get this man back as soon as possible in the AG's department. Anything less than that is just lip service.

How can we waste the talent of such a person as Mr. Amidu baffles and boggles my mind. Are we that stupid? Damn!
Homesense 9 years ago

The Enquirer has presented a classic propaganda piece to portray the members of govt as working so hard to come up with solutions to the economic challenges of the country, EVEN AT THE DANGER OF THEIR PHYSICAL BODIES AND REPU ...
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The Enquirer has presented a classic propaganda piece to portray the members of govt as working so hard to come up with solutions to the economic challenges of the country, EVEN AT THE DANGER OF THEIR PHYSICAL BODIES AND REPUTATIONS.

But like all propaganda materials their credibility falls when they are subjected to very simple logic. In this case, if Managers of the economy are so committed, why is the economy still so challenged? Or are they now waking up to that realization?
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Source: Daily Guide...

All of a sudden nonentities want to portray to the world how close they were to the late President.

Those who had to chat with him for one hour everyday, those Deputy Ministers who had to call him ...
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Source: Daily Guide...

All of a sudden nonentities want to portray to the world how close they were to the late President.

Those who had to chat with him for one hour everyday, those Deputy Ministers who had to call him every morning before the man could even brush his teeth, and still those who would be called to the Castle by the late President to express his appreciation for job well done after they had gone to insult political opponents in the media on his behalf. Shameless id.iots raising their egos
TRUTH 9 years ago

It's said of old that God spoke to his Prophets through,'dreams.' Tell us what the Dreamer posted on here to warrant that comment of yours? Take a moment to review the Dreamer's post and tell us about what you wrote. What i ...
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It's said of old that God spoke to his Prophets through,'dreams.' Tell us what the Dreamer posted on here to warrant that comment of yours? Take a moment to review the Dreamer's post and tell us about what you wrote. What is your response?
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author: OBAA YAA
...So, the people around the president including his wife and those Team “B” staffers were aware of the president failing health. Therefore, who were they kidding when they ruin insults on whoever quest ...
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Author: OBAA YAA
...So, the people around the president including his wife and those Team “B” staffers were aware of the president failing health. Therefore, who were they kidding when they ruin insults on whoever questions the former president health?
As much as I hate to admit Rawlings was right with his statement. If they have had listen to those who were concern with the president health, he might be alive today
SAMO JEWELLERY 9 years ago

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oba nyansani baako Pe in Ghana 9 years ago

Now, Mahama is sitting on a fire he said he would not listen to any one but he has realized that Ghanaians have every right to tell him to resign from his position by force whether he likes it or not. There is time for every ...
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Now, Mahama is sitting on a fire he said he would not listen to any one but he has realized that Ghanaians have every right to tell him to resign from his position by force whether he likes it or not. There is time for everything!
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, he had the gut to recommend his fellow journalists to be executed by PNDC. Pratt even recommended Baako to be killed by the regime, thank God Baako was instead touchered violently and severely but his life was spared. This is what Kwesi Pratt can do. Now Pratt is a secret agent to NDC and US Embassy in Ghana. May God forgive Pratt and spare him the untold evils that will come upon him and his generations. The souls of those journalist killed through Pratt's recommendations to PNDC will never forgive Pratt. Now Pratt has the guts to take Diplomatic Passport and smuggled his weak-headed children to work at the Ministries under Mills NDC, may God forgive Pratt and his dependance and spare them of the evils ahead of them...
YES,THE FORM 4 PROF 9 years ago

If GOV, do this people will pay their taxes and those importers will also bring more goods in and they will also afford to pay their import-duty then govt will get more money,at last the citizens will be feel free.

If GOV, do this people will pay their taxes and those importers will also bring more goods in and they will also afford to pay their import-duty then govt will get more money,at last the citizens will be feel free.
ODEHEHO KASAFADIE DWAASO 9 years ago

TWO CLEAVER THIEFS MAHAMA AND TEPKEY PLANING TO ROPE GHANA AGAIN

TWO CLEAVER THIEFS MAHAMA AND TEPKEY PLANING TO ROPE GHANA AGAIN
YES,THE FORM 4 PROF 9 years ago

I was importing vans to ghana since the time of pres k4 to pres mills,and business was some how good because duty was fair.But since JDM govt came and because of too much increases of duty and tax i have lost very heavily and ...
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I was importing vans to ghana since the time of pres k4 to pres mills,and business was some how good because duty was fair.But since JDM govt came and because of too much increases of duty and tax i have lost very heavily and now i have now stops importing vans since one and half yrs now and so as some of my friends.
Imaging in even nigeria toyota van can be cleared from harbor less than 1500eur right now but in ghana same van is about 4500eur to be cleared,why only stealing ghana govt want,they do not think at all.Now to work here and safe 4500eur in america and europe it can take around 3 yrs working hard.
Govt must rethink now and make things easier for all.
DAVI 9 years ago

Ghana Can Never Develop by only importation Tax But by Adding Value to Raw Material and Export more. NPP is talking about Salt,Cassava,Plam oil,ect. UNDER PSI Program.

Ghana Can Never Develop by only importation Tax But by Adding Value to Raw Material and Export more. NPP is talking about Salt,Cassava,Plam oil,ect. UNDER PSI Program.
Owusu 9 years ago

You are hundred percent right.you are sensible

You are hundred percent right.you are sensible
Gonzaga 9 years ago

Too much book, talk and titles no competent people to tackle problems in the country. The only solution all these PHD's have is borrow. Borrow for everything, even menstrual pads. What a shame!!!!

Too much book, talk and titles no competent people to tackle problems in the country. The only solution all these PHD's have is borrow. Borrow for everything, even menstrual pads. What a shame!!!!
Desmond 9 years ago

Is just like when Rawlings beat his former Vice President Arkaah mercilessly and nearly killed him for no reason. The late Arkaah never recovered from the injuries he recieved from Rawlings until his death

Is just like when Rawlings beat his former Vice President Arkaah mercilessly and nearly killed him for no reason. The late Arkaah never recovered from the injuries he recieved from Rawlings until his death
SAKAWA BOY 9 years ago

It is just the BEGINING ..there is more to come

It is just the BEGINING ..there is more to come
Tilapia 9 years ago

In the 15th paragraph of the story it is quoted that ".... the Vice President, who is a former deputy finance minister and governor of the Bank of Ghana and a respected consultant to the World Bank."

The Vice President is ...
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In the 15th paragraph of the story it is quoted that ".... the Vice President, who is a former deputy finance minister and governor of the Bank of Ghana and a respected consultant to the World Bank."

The Vice President is a "respected Consultant ...?" For where and for what reason?

Either we have all not been sufficiently informed about this Vice Presidents achievements or somebody, specifically, the Enquirer, is as usual, lying.

The Enquirer, a newspaper that was sponsored and put together into existence by Alfred Woyome, has come to represent the views and opinions of the buga-buga lunatic fringe of the NDC. It is standard practice for that paper to object to the more civilized ways of governance.
chuck wayo -WASHINGTON, DC 9 years ago

John D. Mahama, please for once, take charge of your goverment. Ghanaians "voted" for you to lead - and take charge. They did not put you in the Flagstaff House to lead from behind. If you can't control your own appointees, t ...
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John D. Mahama, please for once, take charge of your goverment. Ghanaians "voted" for you to lead - and take charge. They did not put you in the Flagstaff House to lead from behind. If you can't control your own appointees, then God save the good people of mother Ghana! Somtetimes, when you read or hear some of these stories, you would think you its a movie or a dream. This is the absolute worst. Ghanaian have never seen anything like this. NOT EVEN RAWLINGS CHAIN. And John D. Mahama appoints for political reason, SACK TEKPER AND SAVE GHANAIANS. DON'T KEEP HIM WHILE HE SUFFERS GHANAIANS BECAUSE YOU AFRAID OF LOSING THE VOLTA REGION IN THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. PLEASE PUT GHANA FIRST, AND LOSE THE ELECTIONS WITH DIGNITY!
princewilly@ymail.com 9 years ago

Man walking along a road in the countryside comes across a shepherd and a huge flock of sheep. Tells the shepherd, "I will bet you $100 against one of your sheep that I can tell you the exact number in this flock." The shephe ...
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Man walking along a road in the countryside comes across a shepherd and a huge flock of sheep. Tells the shepherd, "I will bet you $100 against one of your sheep that I can tell you the exact number in this flock." The shepherd thinks it over; it's a big flock so he takes the bet. "973," says the man. The shepherd is astonished, because that is exactly right. Says "OK, I'm a man of my word, take an animal." Man picks one up and begins to walk away.

"Wait," cries the shepherd, "Let me have a chance to get even. Double or nothing that I can guess your exact occupation." Man says sure. "You are an economist for a government think tank," says the shepherd. "Amazing!" responds the man, "You are exactly right! But tell me, how did you deduce that?"

"Well," says the shepherd, "put down my dog and I will tell you."
PASQUIN 9 years ago

IS THIS A SWIPE AT ECONOMIC PLANNERS?

IS THIS A SWIPE AT ECONOMIC PLANNERS?
danny 9 years ago

Hmmm Interest-ing times ahead.

Hmmm Interest-ing times ahead.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Whom are you fighting for? The corruption everyone is talking about started from ADAM inherited and revisited by Kuffour. It is a fact that the Busia faction in the NPP has had their share of looting again through Kuffour and ...
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Whom are you fighting for? The corruption everyone is talking about started from ADAM inherited and revisited by Kuffour. It is a fact that the Busia faction in the NPP has had their share of looting again through Kuffour and so the Dankwa faction must take their turn to have their share. That is the meaning of “all die be die” This is what has called gripped the minds of even the bishops, pastors and imams among them to prophesised falsely without checking the fundamentals. What is wrong with the conscience of these rogues who have pledge to sell everything in Ghana to foreigners with the aim of receiving just dividends for children’s children. They survive on the booty their fathers looted after overthrowing Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Today they have sold and misappropriate these ill-gotten wealth bequeathed to them by their forefathers through dirty campaign. Juxtapose Nana Addo and Kuffour, analyse these two men carefully (you can add what you know personally) what have these two men achieved personally if it has nothing to do with corruption? Kuffour`s corrupt allegations are very clear and glare that even the devil would be shocked to know the enormous mischief and evil this man possesses.All we saw in eight years of Kuffour in office was day light robbery of properties and owning them at all cost. He supervised a regime of no shame, penetrated into state reserve lands and forcefully paid peanut for them. Siphoning from state account and redenominated the currency with impunity. They portrayed glare demonstration of arrogant and abuse of power. It is unbelievable how their numerous presidential initiatives, ended up in “MATREKO WO” island. None of them prospered just like his mentor Dr. Abrefa Busia.Kuffour sold our precious assets: Ghana Airways and its properties abroad, Ghana Telecom, the oil Rig and Ashanti Gold Fields. He is the villain and the enemy of state Ghanaians must look for and demand justice, He is the demon and very evil who came to kill, steal and destroy. Kuffour did not construct any road in Accra yet he managed to change and rename what his predecessors have done to create the impression that he is workingNana Addo’s insincerity starts from his demeanour as a drug addict, his educational qualifications, and his dealings with the nation’s oil exploration which he is dying for to be president at all cost. This is what is making him to defy nature about his health condition. Nana sources of income did not come from his personal sweat. He is where he is as a result of the booty bequeathed to him by what his father looted from the economy and also the bribe his father took, serving as a traitor to overthrow Dr.Kwame Nkrumah. Now that he has used up all the wealth through dirty campaign and empty litigations, what he thinks of doing is using his demonstration talent to buy the conscience and lobby by using corrupt minds in leadership position in the country; some of them who pose as men of God, to chastise Government and make the country unstable. The tactics of Nana Addo is nothing new to what his father did to Ghanaians. Their sole interest is to make every regime ungovernable by castigating lies, ugly insults, throwing bombs, killing women, burning markets, lengthy shallow litigations in courts and false alarm blowers. What can they boast of themselves and what have they achieved for Ghana? They want Ghanaians to be sub-servants to them whilst in their own thinking and mental deliberations; they remain perpetually slaves to neo colonialism.Today, you can see and hear anyone blaming leadership by just talking and blowing false alarm. However, if you analyse those personalities in question you can easily tell that they are more corrupt than whom they are accusing of corruption. The voice of the wise have been watered down and rubbished. The use of gullible words is more appreciated and encouraged and this is what is being imbibed into the minds of the mass illiterate and semi-literate people in society. What can Nana Addo differently of which Mahama is not doing? This is what he needs to dialogue and preach by using of decent language.
FA 9 years ago

YOU ARE A FOOL AND YOU BETTER GO TO YOUR TOGOLAND .

YOU ARE A FOOL AND YOU BETTER GO TO YOUR TOGOLAND .
TEE 9 years ago

SPIO MUST IMPEACH MAHAMA IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

SPIO MUST IMPEACH MAHAMA IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
Kofi Wayo Teye BaakaJnr 9 years ago

BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!. You must just simply stop and think of how you will help your poor unemployed Ga boys. Am not Akan but the Ga where you come from are generally lazy like. Am sure after you lose your minister role you wil ...
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BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!. You must just simply stop and think of how you will help your poor unemployed Ga boys. Am not Akan but the Ga where you come from are generally lazy like. Am sure after you lose your minister role you will just be bootleaking to survive. Namoale , kust think and dont be stupid. Cant you see Mahama has maginalised the Gas. You fool. Its a shame i come from the same tribe with your stupid face.
Konongo Kaya 9 years ago

So what has all these nonsense long writings about? The fact that there is economic mess hitting the ordinary man on the street, the fact that this government cannot fathom the direction to take, the fact that the President h ...
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So what has all these nonsense long writings about? The fact that there is economic mess hitting the ordinary man on the street, the fact that this government cannot fathom the direction to take, the fact that the President has lost control of his team? All these equals all these nonsense you wrote? We have sick people in Ghana oooo!
Kofi Wayo Teye BaakaJnr 9 years ago

Guys BBC News is the MP Hon Namoale. Now you see the real grade B guys in government. Osu and La must mourn for voting this nonsense man

Guys BBC News is the MP Hon Namoale. Now you see the real grade B guys in government. Osu and La must mourn for voting this nonsense man
Branaboy 9 years ago

BBC News is a full of misinformation. I don't know if it is out of ignorance a deliberate attempt to deceive. Whatever the case maybe it is sad to read such nonsense emanating from a Ghanaian citizen. Patriotism my friend BBC ...
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BBC News is a full of misinformation. I don't know if it is out of ignorance a deliberate attempt to deceive. Whatever the case maybe it is sad to read such nonsense emanating from a Ghanaian citizen. Patriotism my friend BBC NEWS also involves HONESTY to COUNTRY AND FELLOW CITIZENS.
KPB 9 years ago

Mahama should do Ghanaians a favour by resigning

Mahama should do Ghanaians a favour by resigning
AKWAPIMBA,LAS PALMAS DE G.C., SPAIN 9 years ago

-MR.TERKER THE FINANCE MINISTER MUST GO.WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT WAITING FOR.A REVOLUTION TO KICK HIM OFF ? SOMEONE WELL JUMP IN TO SAVE GHANA.

-MR.TERKER THE FINANCE MINISTER MUST GO.WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT WAITING FOR.A REVOLUTION TO KICK HIM OFF ? SOMEONE WELL JUMP IN TO SAVE GHANA.
KP 9 years ago

A government in disarray. You can't tax your way out of this economic mess.

A government in disarray. You can't tax your way out of this economic mess.
MAHAMA - DOING MY POOR JOB 9 years ago

BUSINESS IS DEAD , NO JOB ,NO MORE MIDDLE CLASS , POOR CLASS NOW MULTIPLE - SO THERE NO WAY HIGHER TAX WILL HELP SOLVE GHANA ECONOMY RECOVERY . OUR LEADERS DO SUCKS DESPITE THEIR DEGREE .

BUSINESS IS DEAD , NO JOB ,NO MORE MIDDLE CLASS , POOR CLASS NOW MULTIPLE - SO THERE NO WAY HIGHER TAX WILL HELP SOLVE GHANA ECONOMY RECOVERY . OUR LEADERS DO SUCKS DESPITE THEIR DEGREE .
CHA 9 years ago

Ghanaians have seen enough- this mahana guy must go

Ghanaians have seen enough- this mahana guy must go
Beez 9 years ago

PROPAGANDA IS KILLING THE COUNTRY MORE THAN THE ECONOMIC "CRISIS". RESPECT THE PRESIDENT WHETHER INCOMPETENT OR NOT TILL HE IS VOTED OUT. LAST I CHECKED GHAHA WAS STILL BETTER OFF THAN ABOUT 80% OF AFRICA'S ECONOMY!!!!!

PROPAGANDA IS KILLING THE COUNTRY MORE THAN THE ECONOMIC "CRISIS". RESPECT THE PRESIDENT WHETHER INCOMPETENT OR NOT TILL HE IS VOTED OUT. LAST I CHECKED GHAHA WAS STILL BETTER OFF THAN ABOUT 80% OF AFRICA'S ECONOMY!!!!!
popski 9 years ago

ndc,where are the men u have always been preaching about? i pitty u guys

ndc,where are the men u have always been preaching about? i pitty u guys
YAA 9 years ago

MAHAMA -TERKPER IS YOUR DOWNFALL SO DO YOURSELF A FAVER AND PLEASE SACK HIM. HE IS NOT GOOD FOR HIS JOB, THANK HIM AND LET HIM GO. HE ALSO HAVE A BAD TEMPER AND DO NOT LISTEN TO ADVISE, SACK HIM.

MAHAMA -TERKPER IS YOUR DOWNFALL SO DO YOURSELF A FAVER AND PLEASE SACK HIM. HE IS NOT GOOD FOR HIS JOB, THANK HIM AND LET HIM GO. HE ALSO HAVE A BAD TEMPER AND DO NOT LISTEN TO ADVISE, SACK HIM.
ABENA 9 years ago

MR PRESIDENT THE EALIEAR YOU LET TEKPER GO THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR YOU.HE IS CAUSING YOUR DOWNFALL,HE IS A REAL STUBBON CAT,HE HAS NOTHING GOOD TO OFFER,ASK HIM IF HE IS NOT SCHOOLING TO GO AND JOIN WORLD BANK/

MR PRESIDENT THE EALIEAR YOU LET TEKPER GO THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR YOU.HE IS CAUSING YOUR DOWNFALL,HE IS A REAL STUBBON CAT,HE HAS NOTHING GOOD TO OFFER,ASK HIM IF HE IS NOT SCHOOLING TO GO AND JOIN WORLD BANK/
DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER 9 years ago

IS GHANA MOVING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS

IS GHANA MOVING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS
IN WASHINGTON DC 9 years ago

ANOTHER TEAM -B APPOINTEE

ANOTHER TEAM -B APPOINTEE
KP 9 years ago

Do you have any evidence that she was a bank teller? All I know is that she worked for Bank of America in Maryland

Do you have any evidence that she was a bank teller? All I know is that she worked for Bank of America in Maryland
oyinasky 9 years ago

But you that is the problem. once you go abroad you come back as a big man

But you that is the problem. once you go abroad you come back as a big man
Haba 9 years ago

The Minister of Energy and Mines was a Post Office worker in Maryland. Go and figure that out!

The Minister of Energy and Mines was a Post Office worker in Maryland. Go and figure that out!
Gonzaga 9 years ago

Bank Teller and the Post Office workers are Ministers in Ghana because the have degrees. Haba!Haba! Incompetent at the highest level.

Bank Teller and the Post Office workers are Ministers in Ghana because the have degrees. Haba!Haba! Incompetent at the highest level.
Kofi Wayo Teye BaakaJnr 9 years ago

Its a shame they did not pull a gun at each other and shoot. I am not happy it did not come to blows. I pray they shoot at each other next time at also at JM

Its a shame they did not pull a gun at each other and shoot. I am not happy it did not come to blows. I pray they shoot at each other next time at also at JM
YawZa 9 years ago

This is exactly what happens when you get a weak and incompetent leader at the helm.
If Mahama was a CEO of any business organization he would have been sacked by now. Replace Mahama he is our problem.

This is exactly what happens when you get a weak and incompetent leader at the helm.
If Mahama was a CEO of any business organization he would have been sacked by now. Replace Mahama he is our problem.
Only the Truth 9 years ago

Where is that Stupid man Rawlings who has kept so quiet about what is going on in this NDC government.

If this has been Kuffour's administration he will have led a demonstration to the Flag staff house.

PLease speak up. ...
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Where is that Stupid man Rawlings who has kept so quiet about what is going on in this NDC government.

If this has been Kuffour's administration he will have led a demonstration to the Flag staff house.

PLease speak up.Where is Probity and accountability.The country is burning. You are nothing but a chicken and a coward
XXX 9 years ago

You can also speak up

You can also speak up
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

John Mahama is a complete failure! He thinks that cheating in an election is cool. Now everything that Mahama touches becomes sand and dust. The whole world is witnessingthe true eeffects of election fraud. Strangely the NDC ...
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John Mahama is a complete failure! He thinks that cheating in an election is cool. Now everything that Mahama touches becomes sand and dust. The whole world is witnessingthe true eeffects of election fraud. Strangely the NDC will brush aside all talk about election fraud and the Supreme Court's bogus decision. There is nothing Mahama can do to make things better. The hands of God is not in this gov't.
Boakye 9 years ago

Nobody should buy into this propaganda targeted at diverting criticisms of the govt.
They can kill themselves, nobody cares.
All we are saying is that they should fix the economy and restore the value of the cedi.

Nobody should buy into this propaganda targeted at diverting criticisms of the govt.
They can kill themselves, nobody cares.
All we are saying is that they should fix the economy and restore the value of the cedi.
Kuuku 9 years ago

When tempers go to a meeting, reasoning excuses itself!

When tempers go to a meeting, reasoning excuses itself!
OBIBA-JUDAS 9 years ago

ONLY THE FOOLS WILL VOTE FOR NDC 2016

ONLY THE FOOLS WILL VOTE FOR NDC 2016
AMA 9 years ago

What genteel Prez? Terkper leave these people ooo, they'll drag your reputation down with theirs!!

What genteel Prez? Terkper leave these people ooo, they'll drag your reputation down with theirs!!
SON OF MAN 9 years ago

Ghanaian's are just unbelievable in reasoning. We have all these false sense of people's achievement based on something they put on paper without taking the time to actually scrutinize the embodiment of their position and the ...
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Ghanaian's are just unbelievable in reasoning. We have all these false sense of people's achievement based on something they put on paper without taking the time to actually scrutinize the embodiment of their position and the body of work they have achieved???
Talking about Terkper's reputation...because he was with the IMF as a technocrat for VAT implementation in developing countries such as Ghana which he was able to get because of his experience in implementation of VAT in Ghana??? That's actually what disqualifies him as a substantive finance minister. I have worked in Finance and accounting for years now here in the states and hardly would you see a tax person becoming a CFO or equivalent...there is a reason for that. Tax experts are not financial engineers by nature...tax is policy, law, it is status quo..it does not follow any logical and critical thinking path which is a trait you look for in a finance manager/engineer...If you need a creative financial engineer who can think through processes and come up with smart initiatives to restructure an entity or brainstorm innovative ideas to generate revenue, you do not go to a tax man...this is the problem Ghana have. And no one have the intelligence to point this out to the president. You can not tax a country of about 25 million people of which more than half of are unemployed and hence do not pay any form of taxes to salvation period... corporate tax is production driven, so if your taxes discourages investment, then you will not have the earning to tax.. it is that simple...you do not need stochastic calculus or linear equations to figure this out...that thinking, let's raise taxes to solve our revenue problems for a country like Ghana is fraud at birth...common sense will tell the president that. But he is too stupid to know this...
Akyem Mafia 9 years ago

Why is there no writer's name? It is this kind of animal nonsense which is destroying the Peace of this country. Who ever concocted this story is either a machine or an animal.

Why is there no writer's name? It is this kind of animal nonsense which is destroying the Peace of this country. Who ever concocted this story is either a machine or an animal.
Sincerity 9 years ago

Ghana needs a real Executive Presidency whereby the president could tap experts outside party line

Ghana needs a real Executive Presidency whereby the president could tap experts outside party line
NANA AKUFO ADDO 9 years ago

WHERE DID YOU SEE THE BLOWS? YOU MEAN THAT ONE FOR EATING FUFU. NO WAY. THE ECONOMY IS TURNING AROUND. THE ECONOMY IS RECOVERING. NPP IS SHIVERING COLD. MAHAM WILL WIN AGAIN IN 2016. LONG LIVE MAHAMA. LONG LIVE NDC.

WHERE DID YOU SEE THE BLOWS? YOU MEAN THAT ONE FOR EATING FUFU. NO WAY. THE ECONOMY IS TURNING AROUND. THE ECONOMY IS RECOVERING. NPP IS SHIVERING COLD. MAHAM WILL WIN AGAIN IN 2016. LONG LIVE MAHAMA. LONG LIVE NDC.
Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago

This was nothing but two economists trying to sell their belief in one of the two acceptable economic theories around. Dr. Nii Moi Thompson subscribes to the theory that lowering taxes on business will restart economic activi ...
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This was nothing but two economists trying to sell their belief in one of the two acceptable economic theories around. Dr. Nii Moi Thompson subscribes to the theory that lowering taxes on business will restart economic activities as most who favor business over rest of society always do. Mr. Terkper, on the other hand, is from the school where he feels business must share in the pain and not get preferential treatment at the expense of the society at large ; thus increasing tax premium on business to shore up any tax revenue shortfalls are necessary.

This fight is as old as the dust bowl era in the USA. With all other economic activities kept at current level, include letting the public bear brunt of all economic hardship, the lowering of business tax on business will surely spur economic growth. The problem is that the rest of society and their paychecks or disposable incomes stay the same and will not have the needed disposable income to patronize businesses which in turn spurs economic growth. And so for as long as business get to sell products and services at the current price level they can benefit with paying lower taxes even as some hide their profits in foreign banks and financial institutions. The business world thus tend to fights to retain those lower tax burdens even when the economy rebounds.
Seth Terkper is right to argue that for as long as everyone in society to share in the hardship, it is only more intuitive, economically, for workers to have disposable income to continue buying and patronizing business to spur on growth. This always become affront to those who carry water for business. After all, it is business community who can afford to pay for lobbyists to convince parliament and the president to enact laws and or executive orders in their favor; the average wage worker cannot convince a rotten parliament or president to lower the gas burden on them.
Amecole. 9 years ago

Thank you Abeeku, we need more sensible and educative comments like your's, than the rotten insults spewed out by many on the forum. Kudos to you.

Thank you Abeeku, we need more sensible and educative comments like your's, than the rotten insults spewed out by many on the forum. Kudos to you.
PEARL 9 years ago

ON POINT WITH YOUR ANALYSIS BUT THERE IS A BIGGER UNDERLYING PROBLEM: IGNORANCE!
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ON POINT WITH YOUR ANALYSIS BUT THERE IS A BIGGER UNDERLYING PROBLEM: IGNORANCE!
THE ECONOMY IS NOT TEKPER'S DOING, NEITHER CAN DR THOMPSON'S POSITION DO MUCH TO CHANGE ANYTHING UNLESS AND UNTIL THE CITIZENRY IS ENLIGHTENED ON THE IMPACT EACH PERSON, FAMILY AND COLLECTIVE MAKES ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORTUNES. THE INFANT MINDSET THAT THE ELECTED PRESIDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A GOOD ECONOMY NEEDS CHANGING.

OUR ECONOMIC FORTUNES WILL CHANGE WHEN FOLKS REALIZE THAT THEIR PRODUCTIVITY, CONSUMPTION, SPENDING AND BORROWING CHOICES ULTIMATELY DETERMINE OUR COMMON WEALTH, AND NOT MUCH ELSE.
APEETOO 9 years ago

RAWLINGS SAID IT ALL: TEAM B GOV'T, KONONGO KAYA, GOOD FOR NOTHING GOVT,WHO BORN DOG, ETC... THERE IT IS!

RAWLINGS SAID IT ALL: TEAM B GOV'T, KONONGO KAYA, GOOD FOR NOTHING GOVT,WHO BORN DOG, ETC... THERE IT IS!
PEKI TUMU 9 years ago

If the story is true, it is an admission that the ECONOMIC AND FINANCE TEAMS are at loggerheads and are unable to work together for the benefit of the country.

It is a case then of how can the President get a united team a ...
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If the story is true, it is an admission that the ECONOMIC AND FINANCE TEAMS are at loggerheads and are unable to work together for the benefit of the country.

It is a case then of how can the President get a united team and one voice to advice him about taking the economy forward? The answer points to one or the other making way depending on who the President thinks is more creditable.

The Finance Minister gives the impression he is more interested in raising revenue than taking rounded policy decisions that also include increasing the national cake, that is, the productive base of the economy. It is this narrow understanding of his brief that puts a lot of people off him.

The President will have to make up his mind about how long he can continue to use him.

With so much controversy surrounding the Minister and the economy not looking good, the minimum the President can do is to try someone else in the post. It is in the national interest that this is done as soon as possible.

A gentle way of doing this is to move the Minister into another senior post.

If I were the President I would create a Presidential post of CHIEF ADVISOR ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING VISOR ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING for him.

Remember how Nkrumah created post of Minster of Parks and Gardens for Nee Ocansey.

PEKI
Brobbsnet-USA 9 years ago

How did Such an IGNORAMUS become president? :Shootings,No Petrol,No Electricity,No Cedi Value,No Roads,No Jobs,No Health Insurance,High Food prices,Stealing Elections,Waves of Corruption at the highest-Levels. The gift keep o ...
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How did Such an IGNORAMUS become president? :Shootings,No Petrol,No Electricity,No Cedi Value,No Roads,No Jobs,No Health Insurance,High Food prices,Stealing Elections,Waves of Corruption at the highest-Levels. The gift keep on giving.........
senior citizen Germany 9 years ago

Yes, ex president Mills refused to bless Mahamahs presidency for obvious reasons known to Mahamah and the late president and for this reason the spirit of the late prsident has revealed to me that Mahamahs Government will be ...
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Yes, ex president Mills refused to bless Mahamahs presidency for obvious reasons known to Mahamah and the late president and for this reason the spirit of the late prsident has revealed to me that Mahamahs Government will be a disgrace.
Naija boy 9 years ago

Thought ghana was the best place in the world Ghanaians brag that they got the best economy in africa when they are almost dead of high rates and job, pay cuts, inflation e.t.c

Thought ghana was the best place in the world Ghanaians brag that they got the best economy in africa when they are almost dead of high rates and job, pay cuts, inflation e.t.c
Issac 9 years ago

"Is it true you are a difficult person to work with"?

Question put to Seth Terkper during his vetting. He said no, but the reality seems to be the opposite.

"Is it true you are a difficult person to work with"?

Question put to Seth Terkper during his vetting. He said no, but the reality seems to be the opposite.
DRINK DA RED PILL 9 years ago

RIGHT NOW GHANA IS GOING IS THRU HARDSHIPS BUT ITS STILL BETTER THAN DAT FAILED BOKO HARAM STATE CALLED NIGERIA U UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS ARE LUCKY DAT GHANAIANS TOLERATE U. CUZ DA WHOLE WORLD HATES U

RIGHT NOW GHANA IS GOING IS THRU HARDSHIPS BUT ITS STILL BETTER THAN DAT FAILED BOKO HARAM STATE CALLED NIGERIA U UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS ARE LUCKY DAT GHANAIANS TOLERATE U. CUZ DA WHOLE WORLD HATES U
DRINK DA RED PILL 9 years ago

RIGHT NOW GHANA IS GOING IS THRU HARDSHIPS BUT ITS STILL BETTER THAN DAT FAILED BOKO HARAM STATE CALLED NIGERIA U UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS ARE LUCKY DAT GHANAIANS TOLERATE U. CUZ DA WHOLE WORLD HATES U. INSTEAD OF LOOKIN AT OTHER ...
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RIGHT NOW GHANA IS GOING IS THRU HARDSHIPS BUT ITS STILL BETTER THAN DAT FAILED BOKO HARAM STATE CALLED NIGERIA U UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS ARE LUCKY DAT GHANAIANS TOLERATE U. CUZ DA WHOLE WORLD HATES U. INSTEAD OF LOOKIN AT OTHER PEOPLES MATTERS GO FIX UR OWN PROBLEMS
Koshie 9 years ago

aahh ye ka wontie no dabi dabi no wc b3 ho.. when you take what is not yours.... All the best as you try to solve the economic problems of Ghana

aahh ye ka wontie no dabi dabi no wc b3 ho.. when you take what is not yours.... All the best as you try to solve the economic problems of Ghana
Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

Alan must come n lead npp for victory 2016

Alan must come n lead npp for victory 2016
OYIWA 9 years ago

TERPKER OR WHOEVER OCCUPIES HAT POSITION WILL HAVE TO CONSULT MONEY-DOUBLING QUACKS, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS SIMPLY - NO MONEY. YOU CANNOT SQUEEZE BLOOD OUT OF STONE, HENCE THE NUMEROUS AGITATIONS OVER INCREASED COST OF PRODUC ...
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TERPKER OR WHOEVER OCCUPIES HAT POSITION WILL HAVE TO CONSULT MONEY-DOUBLING QUACKS, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS SIMPLY - NO MONEY. YOU CANNOT SQUEEZE BLOOD OUT OF STONE, HENCE THE NUMEROUS AGITATIONS OVER INCREASED COST OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. ANYWAY UNEASY LIES THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN - SO SOLVE IT, THAT IS WHY YOU ARE THE HEAD OGA JDM!
bashings 9 years ago

Ghanians are the cause of their own woes!!!!!!!! Always pull him down!

Ghanians are the cause of their own woes!!!!!!!! Always pull him down!
nangkuu sesew ease 9 years ago

father rawlings said it! sack those who are not ready to work. hmmmm who will lead these party in 2016? people NDC is dead,rawling will not forgive those in office!!

father rawlings said it! sack those who are not ready to work. hmmmm who will lead these party in 2016? people NDC is dead,rawling will not forgive those in office!!
BABS 9 years ago

MAHAMA KILLED MILLS NANA ADDO ALSO KILLED ALIU MAHAMA

MAHAMA KILLED MILLS NANA ADDO ALSO KILLED ALIU MAHAMA
OSO 9 years ago

Mahama, now I see your failures are because of this man with wrecked face, Seth Terkpeh!
Somebody at the IMF is using him against Ghana and your administration.Ghana is not his, so he cannot give us whatever he chooses; stra ...
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Mahama, now I see your failures are because of this man with wrecked face, Seth Terkpeh!
Somebody at the IMF is using him against Ghana and your administration.Ghana is not his, so he cannot give us whatever he chooses; strangulating the citizens with compartion.
Mahama, we, Ghanaians, detest and reject Seth Terkpeh, and he must go NOW !!!
Gyeeda, Sada, Subah, Woyome 9 years ago

this stupid president must resign or somebody from the Military must pull the trigger because that is what NDC is made for. They believe in coup d'etats and nothing good is good for them. They are all criminals and will peris ...
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this stupid president must resign or somebody from the Military must pull the trigger because that is what NDC is made for. They believe in coup d'etats and nothing good is good for them. They are all criminals and will perish the same way they kill others. I think the entire criminal NdC party must be burnt to ashes before Ghana can survive this many woes.
Wherever NDC is found, there is either corruption, stealing, destruction and or killing of innocent humans. NDC came first to kill Ghanaians. For instance, they killed high court judges for no reason; including Justice Koranteng Addow a nursing mother, and two other high court judges among thousands of innocent civilians, burnt them to ashes. NDC came to destroy all the good policies instituted by NPP including GETFUND, School Feeding Program, Free Maternal Care, National Insurance Scheme, District Assembly Common Fund and the Metro Mass Transportation system. They have managed to destroy all of these programs. How callous could they be? And finally they have stolen all assets belonging to Ghana, selling all to themselves. They have stolen Ghana's bulky money in the treasury and last but not the least, they have created Gyeeda, Woyome, Sada, Subah, Merchant Bank, all in the name of judgement debt but rather criminally sharing the monies among themselves. How dare you? I mean how callous are you to behave like this? NDC is typical in stealing, killing and destroying just as Satan the devil.
NTIKUMA ANANSE 9 years ago

TWO NDC MPS SLAPPED EACH OTHER IN PARLIAMENT, NOW MORE SLAPS AT PRESIDENCY TOO??????????? RAWLINGS TAUGHT THEM THIS SLAPOLOGY, WHEN HE SLAPPED AND BEAT ARKAAH UP IN A CABINET MEETING, TEARING ARKAAH'S SUIT TO SHREDS. VIOLENT ...
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TWO NDC MPS SLAPPED EACH OTHER IN PARLIAMENT, NOW MORE SLAPS AT PRESIDENCY TOO??????????? RAWLINGS TAUGHT THEM THIS SLAPOLOGY, WHEN HE SLAPPED AND BEAT ARKAAH UP IN A CABINET MEETING, TEARING ARKAAH'S SUIT TO SHREDS. VIOLENT MINDEDNESS, LIES, CORRUPTION, INCOMPETENCE, LAWLESSNESS IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE NDC, NO DOUBT.
Razak Seini 9 years ago

Mr president..... U need fresh thinkers. Ur economic team has reached her saturation point. They are not just pulling well.

Mr president..... U need fresh thinkers. Ur economic team has reached her saturation point. They are not just pulling well.
ANKOBEA-HENE 9 years ago

Mr Terkper must be a very good financial manager but I don't think he has so much blessings in economics. The veep and Nii Noi need to show him some respect and assist him.

Mr Terkper must be a very good financial manager but I don't think he has so much blessings in economics. The veep and Nii Noi need to show him some respect and assist him.
Kofi 9 years ago

Give a dog a bad name and hang it, right? Do we really have an economic management team or an economic mismanagement team?

Give a dog a bad name and hang it, right? Do we really have an economic management team or an economic mismanagement team?
kj canada 9 years ago

Well to draft up policies fior implimentation u will need to include all stakeholder by not doing so if the policies are implimented and they fails mahamas will be blamed so the president should sit up staight and bring the r ...
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Well to draft up policies fior implimentation u will need to include all stakeholder by not doing so if the policies are implimented and they fails mahamas will be blamed so the president should sit up staight and bring the right experts on board. its should not be left with the finance minister to decide. Ghanas problem has always been favoritisms, tribalism and witch hunting ect, its not becouse we dont have the compitent men to do the job.
Nii Boye. 9 years ago

It is not wrong or a sin to disagree with different opinions. It is rather healthy as it enriches the quality of a decision by considering other perspectives in the circumstances. It is only a backward and a non-productive gr ...
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It is not wrong or a sin to disagree with different opinions. It is rather healthy as it enriches the quality of a decision by considering other perspectives in the circumstances. It is only a backward and a non-productive group that which would impose views on others. What a the 'broo ha, ha' about this?. At least they disagreed on the issue not on personality.
Kwame Adzo 9 years ago

This is an obvious PR spin to make the president look good as though he is working.
well done Raymond Archer, I guess your money is getting finished due to your lifestyle. what a shame

This is an obvious PR spin to make the president look good as though he is working.
well done Raymond Archer, I guess your money is getting finished due to your lifestyle. what a shame
Kwame Baah 9 years ago

You are spot on.

You are spot on.
AS 9 years ago

H.E Please Seth Tepkper is a Professional Accountant NOT an Economist.Please relief him of the Post and get a better person.His Policies have made your Government unpopular.

H.E Please Seth Tepkper is a Professional Accountant NOT an Economist.Please relief him of the Post and get a better person.His Policies have made your Government unpopular.
Mr Okuru Kumah. S Africa 9 years ago

What has the ndc infighting to do with Pr. KUFFOUR? You fools.

What has the ndc infighting to do with Pr. KUFFOUR? You fools.
GEORGE ESHUN, USA 9 years ago

What a sick and cursed country. In the middle of economic crisis. We have men of economic integrity yet a meeting could be held without them and its acceptable by the president.Can you imaging a country blessed with EVERY RES ...
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What a sick and cursed country. In the middle of economic crisis. We have men of economic integrity yet a meeting could be held without them and its acceptable by the president.Can you imaging a country blessed with EVERY RESOURCES YOU CAN DREAM OF AND YET HAS ONE OF THE WORLDS WORSE ECONOMY.WE NEED DELIVERANCE.WAKE UP GHANA.
Kwame Baah 9 years ago

It's all being confirmed.
and there is more to come.
These two have to go to refresh the system.

It's all being confirmed.
and there is more to come.
These two have to go to refresh the system.
MAHAMA DOING POOR JOB 9 years ago

DR NII THOMPSON ADVICE IS WAY BETTER THAN TERKPER , BAD IDEA TO TAX HIGHER WHEN THERE'S NO JOB , UNEMPLOMENT IS RECORD HIGH . BUSINESS IS DOWN AND WEAK CEDI . FUEL PRICE IS WAY TOO HIGH BECAUSE OF POOR JOB BY TERKPER . FI ...
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DR NII THOMPSON ADVICE IS WAY BETTER THAN TERKPER , BAD IDEA TO TAX HIGHER WHEN THERE'S NO JOB , UNEMPLOMENT IS RECORD HIGH . BUSINESS IS DOWN AND WEAK CEDI . FUEL PRICE IS WAY TOO HIGH BECAUSE OF POOR JOB BY TERKPER . FIRED TERKPER ASAP - HE'S ECONOMY WRECKER .
GHANA 9 years ago

SAAYOO! CORRUPT INCOMPETENT IDIOTS NOW FIGHTING EACH OTHER. KWASIAFUOR!

SAAYOO! CORRUPT INCOMPETENT IDIOTS NOW FIGHTING EACH OTHER. KWASIAFUOR!
Kanawu 9 years ago

How dare CA Ghana member in the like of Terkper challenges ACCA & CIMA members. What do CA Ghana members know. We dont need their fake qualifications.

How dare CA Ghana member in the like of Terkper challenges ACCA & CIMA members. What do CA Ghana members know. We dont need their fake qualifications.
maame sewaah 9 years ago

Do you guy's know how to rule a country ,I do not think so. You all come to feel your pocket.The country now have oil which other country's use their own to do something better for their country.you guy's are putting the mon ...
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Do you guy's know how to rule a country ,I do not think so. You all come to feel your pocket.The country now have oil which other country's use their own to do something better for their country.you guy's are putting the money that come's out of it in your pocket.the refule Tema is old you can use three years in come from the cure oil to bulid new in Accra this will crate job for the country unemploy people .In ten year's time you do the same for aother part of the country. If investment people come to Ghana to open company the ministers want their pocket to be feel first.They do not care about the people.The time will come and they will pay for every thing they put Ghana into.
fren 9 years ago

yes time to go. MOF is not respected what he is trying to do is correct but going about all the wrong way. He has all the difficulty of single spine, judgement debts, loans for "nothing". Ghana needs to wake up and bite the b ...
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yes time to go. MOF is not respected what he is trying to do is correct but going about all the wrong way. He has all the difficulty of single spine, judgement debts, loans for "nothing". Ghana needs to wake up and bite the bullet and have some hard times for the next year and the country will come out great but I see greed corruption and thicko's that will not allow that. Ghana will end up a High debt country and will have to wait for a bail out while all around its water everyone is making good money.
Fidelis 9 years ago

Why is the Prez not sacking the finance minister who is trying had to collapse this economy? Or does he want to become a failed Prez? Well the ball is in his court!

Why is the Prez not sacking the finance minister who is trying had to collapse this economy? Or does he want to become a failed Prez? Well the ball is in his court!
KWAME KWAME 9 years ago

The public sector wage bill currently constitutes about 70% of the internally generated revenues for the Government. This definitely is unsustainable as it takes funds away from capital investments and trade that could be un ...
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The public sector wage bill currently constitutes about 70% of the internally generated revenues for the Government. This definitely is unsustainable as it takes funds away from capital investments and trade that could be undertaken to grow our economy. As a result, many economists have advised the Mahama Government to cut this wage bill by consolidating some ministries and laying off a lot of civil servants. Perhaps due to the current unemployment situation in the country, President Mahama has been reluctant to pursue this avenue; and he may have a point. However, I see the cutting of the wage bill as a unique opportunity for the Government to grow our private sector. We need to transform the affected civil servants into individual entrepreneurs and MSME owners. The private businesses they will end up creating and running will help expand the tax base and grow the Government revenues to be used for investments in other sectors including health, water, social etc. This way the Government will become leaner and more efficient while we also develop our private sector, our tax revenues and our economy as a whole.

SOLUTION: 1) First Government needs to setup a Fund or use a fund already established for this exercise.
2) Announce the layoffs BUT sensitize the affected persons with options available:
a) Take a severance package OR
b) Engaged in the proposed Micro, Small and Medium size enterprises Plus
c) any other options Government will think about

Since most of these civil servants do not have business management skills, a major component of the Fund's activity will have to be capacity building so as to guide these new business people from start-up, to implementation and growth of the their businesses for about a minimum of 2 years.
3) This retrenchment exercise should be carried out over 3 to 5 year period
Proper Kanawu 9 years ago

ACCA or CFAT or CMAA or CPWA I dont care in so far as the person knowsg what he is doing

ACCA or CFAT or CMAA or CPWA I dont care in so far as the person knowsg what he is doing
Tweaaaaaa 9 years ago

They have added more fools to the group. Mrs Helena Quartey a former bank teller and girlfriend to Ibrahim mahama will join Seth Tekper at MOF to further ruin Ghana. We are finnished in Ghana

They have added more fools to the group. Mrs Helena Quartey a former bank teller and girlfriend to Ibrahim mahama will join Seth Tekper at MOF to further ruin Ghana. We are finnished in Ghana
aboakyi katali 9 years ago

God help mahama and his team

God help mahama and his team
oyinasky 9 years ago

But Terpker is nothing but a chartered accountant. He is not an economist

But Terpker is nothing but a chartered accountant. He is not an economist
Kofi K 9 years ago

Mahama will be overthrown, or resign or die the same way he killed Mills but he will be the most humiliated and disgraceful president of all time

Mahama will be overthrown, or resign or die the same way he killed Mills but he will be the most humiliated and disgraceful president of all time
nana bronya 9 years ago

SHAME ON YOU DOG EATER!!

SHAME ON YOU DOG EATER!!
Wofa Koo 9 years ago

The subsequent of this aftermath is the fruits of the tribalism JJ P/NDC has planted in Ghana and the continuity of it will get thing worse. Sad, very sad!

The subsequent of this aftermath is the fruits of the tribalism JJ P/NDC has planted in Ghana and the continuity of it will get thing worse. Sad, very sad!
Akuokor 9 years ago

We undersntand why thjis is happending. No grown up peple to solve argument

We undersntand why thjis is happending. No grown up peple to solve argument
KWAME KWAME 9 years ago

The public sector wage bill currently constitutes about 70% of the internally generated revenues for the Government. This definitely is unsustainable as it takes funds away from capital investments and trade that could be und ...
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The public sector wage bill currently constitutes about 70% of the internally generated revenues for the Government. This definitely is unsustainable as it takes funds away from capital investments and trade that could be undertaken to grow our economy. As a result, many economists have advised the Mahama Government to cut this wage bill by consolidating some ministries and laying off a lot of civil servants. Perhaps due to the current unemployment situation in the country, President Mahama has been reluctant to pursue this avenue; and he may have a point. However, I see the cutting of the wage bill as a unique opportunity for the Government to grow our private sector. We need to transform the affected civil servants into individual entrepreneurs and MSME owners. The private businesses they will end up creating and running will help expand the tax base and grow the Government revenues to be used for investments in other sectors including health, water, social etc. This way the Government will become leaner and more efficient while we also develop our private sector (private sector jobs), our tax revenues and our economy as a whole.

SOLUTION: 1) First Government needs to setup a Fund or use a fund already established for this exercise and call for potential demand-driven business proposals
2) Announce the layoffs BUT sensitize the affected persons with options available:
a) Take a severance package OR
b) Engaged in the proposed Micro, Small and Medium size enterprises Plus
c) any other options Government will think about

Since most of these civil servants do not have business management skills, a major component of the Fund's activity will have to be capacity building so as to guide these new business people from start-up, to implementation and growth of the their businesses for about a minimum of 2 years.
3) This retrenchment exercise should be carried out over 3 to 5 year period
Majid Tata Kugure 9 years ago

The finances minister should be sent to a different ministry and a more competent and tolerant personnel appointed to help save the president and Ghana at large from all these challenges. This should be done with immediate e ...
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The finances minister should be sent to a different ministry and a more competent and tolerant personnel appointed to help save the president and Ghana at large from all these challenges. This should be done with immediate effect.
AMB 9 years ago

It will be a great decision

It will be a great decision
ADRIDRI 9 years ago

From what i read, is better for the Govt. to say bye bye to Mr. Terkper, since he is not providing the right inputs to help the people of Ghana.

From what i read, is better for the Govt. to say bye bye to Mr. Terkper, since he is not providing the right inputs to help the people of Ghana.
BIG JAY 9 years ago

Mr president, learn how to take hard and difficult decisions for the sake of mother Ghana.
If you continue to fear Jerry Rawlings, and refuse to sack the Finance Minister because of Jerry Rawlings and his Ewe caucus, Ghana ...
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Mr president, learn how to take hard and difficult decisions for the sake of mother Ghana.
If you continue to fear Jerry Rawlings, and refuse to sack the Finance Minister because of Jerry Rawlings and his Ewe caucus, Ghana would be compelled to go HIPC before your tenure of office in 2016, just as it was done immediately after Rawlings tenure of office. This country is not for Ewes.
Please, sack the Finance Minister before it is too late. Why can't your adviser on the economy be made to replace the Finance Minister if he has the magic wand to transform the Ghanaian economy.
This Terkpernomics is killing Ghana, and workers are suffering. I've done a lot of research in economics, and I find it difficult to see any Terkpernomics in any of the economics text books. May be his remedies are yet to be published.
TEE 9 years ago

SPIO IS THE BEST MAN TO LEAD NDC PERIOD

SPIO IS THE BEST MAN TO LEAD NDC PERIOD
Whatever 9 years ago

This is free advice

This is free advice
Nana Agyeman 9 years ago

Please Mr president let the finance minister go please... He doesn't have a clue wat the hell he is doing....

Please Mr president let the finance minister go please... He doesn't have a clue wat the hell he is doing....
Akuffi 9 years ago

What is the President waiting for?.Seth Tekpe must go, his incompetency is largely displayed by tbe economy. Arrogant in addition?.

What is the President waiting for?.Seth Tekpe must go, his incompetency is largely displayed by tbe economy. Arrogant in addition?.

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