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Mahama clarifies vehicle preaching restrictions amid public backlash

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  • Kate 17 hours ago

    I deeply regret voting for this Moron. Religiously intoxicated man!

  • Nene Sackitey 16 hours ago

    Even those who planted their Christianity on Africa don’t go about disturbing their fellow human beings on journeys and distracting the sensitive attention of the driver for safety and preservation of lives.

  • NPP SENIOR CITIZEN 16 hours ago

    Mr. President please with all due respect keep doing your great works for NPP CRIMINAL ORGANISATION PARTY ANIMALS THEY ARE CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY WILL ROT IN OPPOSITION FOR VERY VERY LONG.

  • KAYAYOO 15 hours ago

    So those developed countries we are trying to catch up with is this permissible on a stationary or moving bus in those countries??? So what if a moslem imam,buddhist monk, hindu believer, and african traditional religion prac ...
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  • Rex 14 hours ago

    Kate,u are the primitive moronic object who doesn't have sense enough to understand why this is a good law,England brought you Christianity coupled with slavery,go to their cities and see if people preaches in moving buses,go ...
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  • TAKE OR PAY DEMON 9 hours ago

    Mahama is antiChristian.

  • Karikackchar 6 hours ago

    With time where we all stand on issues will show. Construction of national cathedral, hajj village, preaching in vehicles and will show. Who sits in a stationary vehicle to preach to?

  • WHAT'S WRONG WITH GHANA'S FCUKING 8 hours ago

    THE UAE AND QATAR, RELATIVELY SMALL PENINSULA NATIONS, ARE EXTREMELY WEALTHY AND TAX-FREE ECONOMIES, YET THEIR RESPECTIVE ECONOMIES ARE OVER FIFTY (50) TIMES BIGGER THAN TAX-DRUNK HEAVILY-INDEBTED GHANA'S ECONOMY. WHAT AT ALL ...
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  • Uncle Ben 3 hours ago

    Yes, the president should not allow himself to be intimidated distracted by these so called "Men of God".
    The law is thel aw and is the law.
    Stomach religious leaders

  • KAMAJORR 16 hours ago

    HEY.....!!!! @KATE ANAMU SASABONSAM KRONFUOR BOY....!!!!! ONYAAYE GBEMI TUTULAPAATU....!!!!!

    THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, YOU HAVE LINED UP YOUR NPP PARTY LEADERS, WITH NAPO PREMPEH STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM... COLLECTING HUG ...
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  • Blue Pen 12 hours ago

    Eedyortic political party zombie, who only knows how to sing praises to criminal and evil politicians of their party. If it were members of his true religion, would this wolf in sheep's clothing, posing as a Christian pass an ...
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  • Yeboah 12 hours ago

    @ Blue Pen. You over smoked the weee. Why? Kwasea

  • YSL@ Blue pen 11 hours ago

    Dont mind him,he thinks he is a Christian but can't even adhere to or dont understand the bible,forgive the one who wrongs u seventy seven time Mathew eighteen verse twenty two,Here he is attacking people and politicians,conc ...
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  • YSL@ Blue pen 11 hours ago

    Forgive ur wrong doers 77 times,sorry

  • The Don 10 hours ago

    All the plenty things u have written tells me that, u lack common sense. And that is the thin line between faith and works.

  • Rex 9 hours ago

    You have common sense;yet u are following something dat you put ur faith in without evidence but sees the one who follows somebody or group for following all these as following politicians blindly?You see how stupid u npp peo ...
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  • YSL 9 hours ago

    Hes a fool,faith in not being able to defend why u think something should be maintained? but can insilt others who gives scientific and factual reasons why it should be abolished?Mad person,has the audacity to insult me,kwasi ...
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  • Kwame Appiah 15 hours ago

    Those pple have goods roads so don't compare yourself to them . Why are we so quick to compare ourselves to others . Your roads are death traps it's only God/Allah who takes us to our destination safely. Don't let your educa ...
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  • Rex 14 hours ago

    And you think u are making sense?Instead of advocating for good roads to be constructed all ovrr Ghana,God help those who helps themselves,you are okaying and normalising the bad roads and asking for prayers so Allah and God ...
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  • Kay 7 hours ago

    One of the best comment I have read here. It's amazing how some of our folks think. No wonder they say educated illiterates are more dangerous than illiterates

  • Kwame Appiah 7 hours ago

    Since when did u yourself start advocating for good roads and how many have been fixed for u. How many high ways in Ghana are in a good state and not to talk about the minor roads. Your politicians don't care about u so stop ...
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  • Rex 6 hours ago

    Why are the electorate powerful than the politicians?a political party came and have launched the big push(Maybe ur dead brain is oblivious to all that,becos ur comment tells me directly where tribalism makes u vote towards). ...
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  • Kate Aboa 14 hours ago

    I think sewer rat has better brain capacity than Kate

  • Etw3 is red not pale 9 hours ago

    Commort for there plus your heavily infested vagina. STDs nkoaaa

  • WHICH PUBLIC BACKLASH--Rented Media 14 hours ago

    The LAW IS STILL IN FORCE Effective 1st NOVEMBER.

    Nobody has Suspended any Law because of a FAKE PUBLIC BACKLASH-----FAKE NEWS!!!

    THE LAW IS THE LAW!!!

  • Etew 11 hours ago

    TO BE FRANK.. THESE NPP FOOLS KEEP OR DON'T UNDERSTAND COMMON ENGLISH.... PLEASE LET'S HELP THESE TRIBAL FOOLS TO STOP MISLEADING GHANAINS.

  • Abena 6 hours ago

    My bro you are right. With all these preaching for people to repent from their sins, what do we see nowwadays. Crimes everywhere on earth especially Ghana amoungs the youth

  • Mr. Smith 16 hours ago

    Mr. President, please allow the laws to work. Wether moving or stationary, passengers need some rest as soon as they're seated. Are we sure God is happy with us? This same president cannot help protect our water bodies. Is Go ...
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  • Wise Decision 15 hours ago

    It's your father and mother who are moron. You can never have some body like President Mahama in your family and generations to come

  • Blue Pen 13 hours ago

    Eedyort. Who goes to the election centre to vote for Papa or Wofa or Abusuapanyin? Stop this silly argument? If you put yourself up to be elected for public office and takes responsibility for public policy, you should be pre ...
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  • Metaphor 12 hours ago

    Bawumia will even wash his anus in the bus. In fact he has been washing it already. The idiot. With his stupid mouth like Afenyo Markin's anus

  • Gari Soakings 9 hours ago

    Bro... Chill. Enough of this. Saturday early morning. We want to do washing{Laundry}

  • Abiola 15 hours ago

    A fool.like you calling one of the best African President as a moronic. Wo mame tw3 wati. Idiot

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE the FOOL 14 hours ago

    The LAW HAS NOT BEEN SUSPENDED---IT IS FAKE NEWS FROM THE NPP.

    The LAW IS THE LAW!!

    Any PASTOR or MEDICINE MAN who decides to SELL or PREACH in a MOVING VEHICLE will be FINED or ARRESTED from 1st NOVEMBER

  • stanley 13 hours ago

    kate, with your mindless stupidity, you will continue to dwell in the bottom rung of any civilize society on earth. Infact, the height of your foolishness is baffling!

  • Obroni Ba 11 hours ago

    Kate, you are a stupid fool ok

  • Obibini 10 hours ago

    It’s only in Africa and for that matter Ghana where preaching is allowed in public vehicles. This cannot be allowed in the white mans country. Why is it always christians and not other religious groups? Is it only christian ...
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  • Jello pudding 9 hours ago

    Mahama, why are you retreating?
    Kagame did this, a few people protested, he did not care, and today, Rwandans travel in peace. He also banned fake churches, pastors, prophets and all manner of wayward preachers, allowing the ...
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  • Kay 7 hours ago

    Sensitive issues like religion demand bold and swift actions, as in the case of Rwanda. Those who flout this directive must be sacrificed regardless of their standing to serve as deterrence

  • Naomi 9 hours ago

    Anyone who voted for the present President truly have not regretted

  • Naomi 9 hours ago

    Anyone who truly voted for the current President has not regretted, so for you to say you have regretted voting for a moron is very foolish of you, what is wrong in banning people from preaching in a moving public transport a ...
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  • Akasanoma 9 hours ago

    @Kate. Stop spewing trash for you didnt vote for him. So we should vote Bawumia isnt it?

  • IF YOU TAKE TOO MUCH TAXES OUT OF THE POCKETS OF CONSUMERS, THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT IN THEIR POCKETS TO SPEND TO GENERATE GOVERNMENT TAX REVENUES. WHO SUFFERS? THE ECONOMY SUFFERS. SIMPLE COMMON SENSE! 8 hours ago

    THE UAE AND QATAR, RELATIVELY SMALL PENINSULA NATIONS, ARE EXTREMELY WEALTHY AND TAX-FREE ECONOMIES, YET THEIR RESPECTIVE ECONOMIES ARE OVER FIFTY (50) TIMES BIGGER THAN TAX-DRUNK HEAVILY-INDEBTED GHANA'S ECONOMY. WHAT AT ALL ...
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  • Jayhovah 6 hours ago

    @kare,you are the moron for spewing this incredibly stupid nonsense. The man said no preaching in moving vehicles. How can you not understand that, you asinine imbecile. Fck off, bytch

  • TWEAA DC 17 hours ago

    JUST BAN THE PREACHERS IN MOVING VEHICLES AS IT OBTAINS IN OTHER ADVANCED SOCIETIES...GOD LISTENS TO THEM TOO BUT THEY DO NOT PREACH IN BUSES...AAABA! GHANA...

  • Blue Pen 12 hours ago

    Mahama is evil and sat*nic. A devilish wolf in sheep's clothing. Do people preach in private cars, the small cars and taxis, etc that get involved in accident? Is preaching in buses responsible for the reckless overtaking, ...
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  • Matilda 11 hours ago

    But I will not vote fir Bawumia. Because he is a fool. His mouth is like that of a dog shitting on an asphalt road

  • Togbe Srisri 11 hours ago

    Ditto! Only the wilfully blind doesn't see the his anti-Christian government.

  • Rex @Togbe 11 hours ago

    The president is an elder of Assemblies of God,application of common sense can't be done by persons who have bn blinded by tribal bigotry into supporting and blindly following a political party which makes them hate and pray ...
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  • David Arvid Amuzu 16 hours ago

    Whether moving or stationary vehicles DO NOT PREACH OR SELL. PERIOD.
    Ghanaians are NOTORIOUSLY notorious.

  • Blue Pen 12 hours ago

    NDC and NPP zombies only know how to sing praises to the wicked politicians of their political parties. So they will defend whatever fuulish decisions they take. Mahama is evil and sat*nic. A devilish wolf in sheep's clothin ...
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  • Ghanaba 16 hours ago

    Is good idea to stop preaching in a vehicle and selling of drugs as well because if Muslims don't preach in the vehicles so how no one should be allow.

  • Simon 16 hours ago

    Please Mr President implement this policy for the safety and peace of mind of passengers. Some of these so called preachers could be dangerous or a nuisance to passengers. Thanks

  • Gabriel Narh @Labadi 16 hours ago

    Very good move by The Government , This so called pastors, Evangelist etc were just after money and not really preaching for salvation. When we were with them for 3 to 4 hours Sundays in the Church self their preaching couldn ...
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  • Mabel 16 hours ago

    Who cares? You can even instruct them to go preach in KLM. Kuraseni president!

  • As you like it 16 hours ago

    @kate wo maame tw3 kutuu s3 atwer3

  • Blue Pen 12 hours ago

    Kwasia, did your moda push you out through her backhole? Bankye

  • As you like it 16 hours ago

    @mabel w'anom Lankan s3 totobi

  • YSL 13 hours ago

    The girls only like church church things becos they sleep with the pastors and people's husbands there.They are here making noise.They respect their stupid con artists of pastors than their husbands,and will even leave their ...
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  • Blue Pen 12 hours ago

    And mindless NDC and NPP zombies are programmed to mindlessly sing praises to your political party misleaders for whatever they do.

  • YSL@ Blue pen 11 hours ago

    Blue pen,I follow,University of Education Wineba,University of Development studies,University of energy and natural resources,University of health and Allied science,University of environment and sustainable development,Univ ...
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  • Cuntiki 16 hours ago

    Stupid bitch Mabel.
    Bitch ass nigga.
    What has the president done to you?
    Go commit suicide.
    Idiot.

  • Innocous 16 hours ago

    @Ghanaba, since when did you hear that a moving vehicle in Ghana got accident because somebody preached in a moving car. Stop splitting hairs and making unnecessary and vain and unfruitful debates.Ban the alcohols, unnecess ...
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  • Sumanguru 16 hours ago

    Kwasiampanin ba gyimifuor kuraseni. You are struggling to travel outside 5his country. When you're finally able to step out, look out from the very first day you arrive whether you will see any animal even making any unnecess ...
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  • Blue Pen 12 hours ago

    You are the true kwasia. Answer the question he asked. Using wrong solutions for a problem doesn't solve anything. If you take paracetamol to solve your hunger pangs, the hunger still remains. The solution is to eat food. Is ...
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  • Innocent Ghanaian 16 hours ago

    HUMANITY; BREAKING NEWS!! No CLARIFICATION Needed! The GATES IF HELL Shall NOT Prevail!!
    WE On Behalf Of YHWH, Courageously DECLARE That;- The FRAUDULENT Document, Based On Which Ghanaians Are KILLED Cowardly In Secrecy, ...
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  • Kwame 16 hours ago

    President Mahama is more disappointing than the word disappointment. Chaaaiie

  • TKO 16 hours ago

    @Kwame. Wo maame tw3 asé wati. Go and disturb in your village and be drinking that cyanide water with the animals. Your morda!

  • Sansambila 16 hours ago

    Politicians are the main problem of Ghana. Why suspend it when it is a good law to protect passengers.

  • Justice 16 hours ago

    VERY GOOD MR PRESIDENT
    STOP THOSE IDIOTS FROM DISTURBING OUR EARS IN THE BUS
    IF ANYONE WANT TO LISTEN TO THEM, THAT PERSON MUST FOLLOW THEM TO THEIR CHURCHES SIMPLE

  • Yao 15 hours ago

    The law bans preaching or selling in a moving vehicle. It is due to safety concerns. Mahama doesn't need to explain anything.

  • Kj 15 hours ago

    Your ndc will loose. Ghana jollof will meet you

  • Kido 15 hours ago

    When you travel overseas, tell us where those who brought Christianity preach at the boarding stations or in the vehicles before the vehicles leave for their destinations? Do people preach at the Accra International Airport b ...
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  • Are drivers allowed to listen to preaching on radio? 15 hours ago

    Oh Mahama and populism. No no... Instead of building of roads you are there making unnecessary laws. How many accidents are caused by people preaching or selling herbal medicine? Per this logic are can drivers listen to preac ...
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  • Abiola 15 hours ago

    Massa massa Mahama didnt just make any law. This law has been in our books for a very.long time. NRSC will.begin to enforce it . That is all. Ofuiii

  • Twe 15 hours ago

    IF IT IS NOT GOOD IT IS NOT GOOD , HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE BOLD AND BANNED THIS PRACTICE , PEOPLE GAN GO TO HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND PREACH THERE , NOT IN A PUBLIC TRANSPORT,

  • JOHN K( Why does the NPP harbour too much stupid people?)) 15 hours ago

    This whole confusion is been speared by NPP pastors and the minority NPP parliamentarian. Ntim the Assign South MP and some NPP pastors are those creating the confusion. The NPP has no political message to convince Ghanaians ...
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  • Kwam 15 hours ago

    I don't know why the President should worry himself about some of these issues. I think he has more important problems to solve than involve himself in this trivialities. Fuel prices and transport fares are becoming unbearabl ...
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  • jo 15 hours ago

    Please, whether moving or stationary, the vehicle is not a church or anybody's or particular faith's space for preachers to use; how can I be paying for a service and somebody comes in to disturb with his or her beliefs. ...
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  • King Yobo 14 hours ago

    The Onus rest with the drivers. They should not allow people to preach or sell in their vehicles. The law is on their side.

  • Jefie 14 hours ago

    Mr president it is well with the people that you have banned preaching and selling in moving vehicles this could cause distractions of drivers so the move is for safety Dr Bawumia and the Npp morons are making this an issue.M ...
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  • Sycamore 14 hours ago

    This man is so pitiful! Mahama thinks governance is about pleasing everyone and winning the next elections. The Whiteman who introduced the scam called religion do not even preach in public transport. A very good decision tha ...
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  • Joe 13 hours ago

    Someone should respectfully remind the President that a bus only have passengers when it is in motion. A stationary bus does not have passengers when it is stationary because it is in the process of loading, and you cannot in ...
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  • Techieman 13 hours ago

    Mr President, you're wishy-washy. Just put your foot down and ban preaching in vehicles, period. As a Christian, I still respect other religions, so no one is to preach in vehicles,

  • Azumah 13 hours ago

    So So confusion nkooaa.
    Preaching stationary is not disturbing public peace.
    Anokwaa be decisive as a government or don't start things.
    Destroy peoples things at La Rambo style now to pay compensation with tax payers monie ...
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  • Kupp 13 hours ago

    Most ghana people are evil wicked and liars. meanwhile they are all preachers and bishops. a country of idiots wallowing in poverty. Mahama--please pass a decree to ban all those stupid satan churches.

  • Ewvevi 12 hours ago

    Stupidity. Mr president, you're not serious. I don't blame you because you don't use trotro for you to experience the saliva that pours from the smelly maaf of these fake preachers onto our faces when we sit in the front row. ...
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  • WEAK LEADERSHIP 12 hours ago

    Mahama and most Ghanaian leaders are weak and unprincipled. Why do you fear banning preaching on buses?

  • Kojo 12 hours ago

    How is preaching different from listening to the radio or playing music in the car? Only agents of satan will advocate such rule.

  • Kwaku 9 hours ago

    You need brains surgery

  • Onipaba 11 hours ago

    There goes Mr irresponsible and infantile The 69 years old who behaves like a teenager or a spoiled brat.Easily swayed.The most useless president ever.A deciever and a liar.

  • Eric 11 hours ago

    This is unnecessary please use wisdom first at your cabinet

  • Eric 11 hours ago

    This is unnecessary please use wisdom first at your cabinet , the same mistakes you did 2013 to 2016 Mr president reshuffle ya

  • biggi 11 hours ago

    we all know this practice is not civilized and very dangerous, Mr President pleasing people is the reason there is so much indiscipline in our society, Please stand your grounds and do the right things for God and country

  • Oduro 11 hours ago

    ENFORCE IT!!

    Governance is not about being a nice guy and a wimp. ENFORCE IT Mr President. It's very necessary. Too much indiscipline has been allowed to creep into Christianity and religion in general. Too much. It's time ...
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  • SENSUSUO AKWAASENSUO 10 hours ago

    What the President is saying makes a lot of sense. We side with him.

  • Kofi 10 hours ago

    Ghana, is governing by law,government can't allow people to do whatever their like.

  • Peter 10 hours ago

    Good job Mr president

  • Naomi 9 hours ago

    Anyone who truly voted for the current administration has not reg

  • Josh Bruno 9 hours ago

    Can Mahama clarify for Ghanaians why inflation is low: 5%, but the cost of electricity is unaffordable?

  • OZYMANDIAS 8 hours ago

    Even in the UK, preaching in public requires permission from the local council, including soliciting for alms.

  • KooFori 8 hours ago

    Why go back on your word! Always caving in to religious zealots. You allow religion to cloud your judgement, making you weak, not strong. Be careful, else you lose the trust repose in you

  • Ideology UK 8 hours ago

    Even that is fine, why disturbing travellers on a moving vehicle with preaching and selling.

  • Mike Oppong 8 hours ago

    Just like Kier Stammer.
    If it was in the UK he would have been gone many months ago for his flip flops

  • KD 8 hours ago

    I can see Mahama is coward. Period.

  • KooFori 8 hours ago

    So Mahama, you are Assemblies of God member, so people can continue to disturb others with their cacophonous preaching on stationary or moving vehicles. This is a backward attitude which keeps Ghana among uncivilised humans ...
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  • Joy 8 hours ago

    Good move.

  • Koti 7 hours ago

    Why should we allow people to impose their religious beliefs on others, what is public preaching for? We turned our factories to churches and go there to pray for jobs. Our TV channels, our FM stations, on our streets, around ...
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  • Kaakyire Kwasi 7 hours ago

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS LAW. IMAGINE LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND A VAN PAST YOUR HOUSE SELLING ALL SORTS OF STUFF WHAT DO YOU DO
    MR PRESIDENT YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB CARRY ON WITH THE GOOD JOB
    BRAVO !,,,, NOBODY HAS THE ...
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  • WG 7 hours ago

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  • Sammy 7 hours ago

    mahama is not a good president

  • Kwame Angel 7 hours ago

    John Mahama, stop the political nonsense! Ban this stupid practice outright, whether the vehicle is moving or stationary.

  • Nana Nuamah 6 hours ago

    After making your shopping and other runs, you need peace and quiet when you finally settle into your seat on the bus. Noone should be forced to listen to your preaching. In most cases the preaching is a prelude to selling it ...
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  • NANA TRUMU TRUMU ADDO 5 hours ago

    THIS IS THE REASON WHY ORAL IS NOT WORKING. MAHAMA IS VERY SOFT. HE LISTENS TO SOME EVIL PASTORS AND THAT IS HIS WEAKNESS

  • Moshe 5 hours ago

    Ghanaians are leaving sound reasons behind and counting on emotions and political convenience to ditch the progress of the nation. This is so sad fir the health of society. Do you entertain such things in d3veliped countries, ...
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  • Uncle Ben 3 hours ago

    Huge amount of tax payers money including church members, but these so called men eitger God looked on unconcerned or condoned it.
    Christianity is a good religion but it's abuses because of our stomachs makes mockery of it. ...
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  • THESE ARE RULES FOR MUMICIPAL ASSEMBLIES TO DECIDE. NOT A HEADMASTER PRESIDENT 2 hours ago

    If our President knows his job he won't have time pass by to indulge in petty matters and expose himself to embarrassment. Leave such issues to the Assemblies sir.

  • Nii 23 minutes ago

    Religion and politics has been the world's problem bcos Satan uses these 2 'horns' to attack Christianity in its pure form. If we don't turn from our wicked ways, our land will not be healed by God. Our righteousness is the o ...
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