Go on and sell everything under the sun. After all you will forever have fools who will support you and cry. Greedy bastards! I can only pity the pathetic kayayes and truck pushers. No wonder they start fighting over petty th ... read full comment
Go on and sell everything under the sun. After all you will forever have fools who will support you and cry. Greedy bastards! I can only pity the pathetic kayayes and truck pushers. No wonder they start fighting over petty things.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago
corrupt, incompetent, self-seeking and visionless
corrupt, incompetent, self-seeking and visionless
OLD SOLDIER 11 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 ... read full comment
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...
JEOUL 11 years ago
WE ARE TIRED OF IT
WE ARE TIRED OF IT
ASHANTI 11 years ago
GIVE IT UP BOY
GIVE IT UP BOY
TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago
RECKLESS HANDLING OF TOR RESOURCES, AS IS TYPICAL OF AN ASHANTI GROUP, CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF TOR AND ITS FINANCES. ALL KUFFOUR AND HIS CRONIES DID WAS TO LOOT GHANA BUTU BUTU TO NONSENSE. TODAY, HE BOASTS OF UNDESERVED WE ... read full comment
RECKLESS HANDLING OF TOR RESOURCES, AS IS TYPICAL OF AN ASHANTI GROUP, CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF TOR AND ITS FINANCES. ALL KUFFOUR AND HIS CRONIES DID WAS TO LOOT GHANA BUTU BUTU TO NONSENSE. TODAY, HE BOASTS OF UNDESERVED WEALTH. BIG IDIOT KUFFOUR. DISGRACED EX PRESIDENT.
HON SHAMO 11 years ago
STUPID FOOL LIKE YOU BENEFITED FROM NPP NUMERIOUS ADVANTAGES! DO YOU HAVE PROBLEM OF FUEL IN NPP ERA? THEN HOW CAN YOU SAY NPP SPOIL TOR? NKWASEAFO IN GOVT
STUPID FOOL LIKE YOU BENEFITED FROM NPP NUMERIOUS ADVANTAGES! DO YOU HAVE PROBLEM OF FUEL IN NPP ERA? THEN HOW CAN YOU SAY NPP SPOIL TOR? NKWASEAFO IN GOVT
KATE 11 years ago
WO YE ABOA PAA, KWASEIA, ALL YOU KNOW IS TO INSULT ASANTIES. CAN YOU COMPARE WHAT NDC IS DOING TO WHAT NPP DID? YOU'ER THE MOST IDIOT ON THIS SITE, GO TO HELL.
WO YE ABOA PAA, KWASEIA, ALL YOU KNOW IS TO INSULT ASANTIES. CAN YOU COMPARE WHAT NDC IS DOING TO WHAT NPP DID? YOU'ER THE MOST IDIOT ON THIS SITE, GO TO HELL.
KATE 11 years ago
BEFORE NPP CAME TO POWER, GHANA AIRWAYS PLANE WAS SIZED AT THE US AIRPORT FOR THREE MONTHS, WHERE WERE YOU? HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN SO SOON. YAW SAFO MARFO WAS THE ONE WHO PAID FOR IT. GHANA AIRWAYS OFFICE TOO IN LONDON WAS MOVED ... read full comment
BEFORE NPP CAME TO POWER, GHANA AIRWAYS PLANE WAS SIZED AT THE US AIRPORT FOR THREE MONTHS, WHERE WERE YOU? HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN SO SOON. YAW SAFO MARFO WAS THE ONE WHO PAID FOR IT. GHANA AIRWAYS OFFICE TOO IN LONDON WAS MOVED TO A SMALLER OFFICE DUE TO NONE PAYMENT OF AND STAFF TOO WERE NOT PAYED FOR MONTHS, ABOA WHAT DO YOU KNOW? NPP CLEARED JJ AND HIS FOOLISH NDC MESS. KWASEIA, NDC CANNOT DO ONE TENTH OF WHAT NPP DID, FOOLS LIKE YOU CANNOT RESIN.
HON SHAMO 11 years ago
LET NDC SELL EVERYTHING! WHAT GOOD THING HAVE NDC DONE FOR GHANA? APART FROM LOOTING AND DESTROYING OUR NATION?
LET NDC SELL EVERYTHING! WHAT GOOD THING HAVE NDC DONE FOR GHANA? APART FROM LOOTING AND DESTROYING OUR NATION?
PRINCE 11 years ago
WHAT OF OUR GHANA AIRWAYS THAT THE FOOLISH KUFFUOR/NPP SOLD? WHAT REASONS WERE GIVEN FOR THE SALE
WHAT OF OUR GHANA AIRWAYS THAT THE FOOLISH KUFFUOR/NPP SOLD? WHAT REASONS WERE GIVEN FOR THE SALE
TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago
NPP HAD NO OBTION THAN TO SELL GHANA AIRWAYS BECAUSE IT WAS A DEAD BODY IN A COFFIN! HERE NPP HAD LAID A BETTER FOUNDATION AND NDC FOOLS CAME TO LOOT EVERYTHING
NPP HAD NO OBTION THAN TO SELL GHANA AIRWAYS BECAUSE IT WAS A DEAD BODY IN A COFFIN! HERE NPP HAD LAID A BETTER FOUNDATION AND NDC FOOLS CAME TO LOOT EVERYTHING
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago
JUST GET A NEW CEO WHO IS INNOVATIVE AND CAN MAKE REVENUE GENERATING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF TOR AND THE PPL OF GH. THE CEO DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GH. JUST GET A QUALIFIED PERSON WHO CAN BRING REVENUE. LIST TOR ON THE GH STOCK EX ... read full comment
JUST GET A NEW CEO WHO IS INNOVATIVE AND CAN MAKE REVENUE GENERATING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF TOR AND THE PPL OF GH. THE CEO DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GH. JUST GET A QUALIFIED PERSON WHO CAN BRING REVENUE. LIST TOR ON THE GH STOCK EXCHANGE.
jak 11 years ago
Yes the incompetent managers of TOR and any other state institutions shouldnt be spared but fired and shouldnt stay on to wreck the place.
Yes the incompetent managers of TOR and any other state institutions shouldnt be spared but fired and shouldnt stay on to wreck the place.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 11 years ago
It's sad when Ghana is now an oil producer and more oil fields are being discovered, Ghana is selling the only oil refinery Kwame Nkrumah built. What a tragedy? It appears Ghana cannot manage her resources effectively or caug ... read full comment
It's sad when Ghana is now an oil producer and more oil fields are being discovered, Ghana is selling the only oil refinery Kwame Nkrumah built. What a tragedy? It appears Ghana cannot manage her resources effectively or caught up in the "public bad, private good" argument. Probably, privatisation is a better option provided Ghana gets a fair price so that the huge public subsidy and the large losses will end. That money could then be invested into other critical areas.
For the privatisation of TOR to be coming from the Presidency, it is clear that it is a done deal and nothing will stop that. I hope they do not sell it cheap to their cronies. What a 56th Birthday present to Ghana and Ghanaians?
DKB 11 years ago
How can it be sold at a fair price when the company is saddled with so much debt. This I why I was so mad with those who thought GT was sold for a pittance. If you have any knowledge on business valuation and acquisitions yo ... read full comment
How can it be sold at a fair price when the company is saddled with so much debt. This I why I was so mad with those who thought GT was sold for a pittance. If you have any knowledge on business valuation and acquisitions you people won't be making such ignorant statements. From PNDC/NDC days when Ghana telecom was sold to those useless Malaysians compared to present Vodafone, if you people will be honest with yourselves, which of these transactions has been worthwhile? NDC made so much noise about the sale only for them to realise they may also need to privatise a strategic national asset.
Unfortunately the state in which TOR is with its mounting debt indicates even though it is a going concern, any investor who knows what they are about will either buy TOR excluding the debt at a reasonable price or including the debt but at a low price. I hope NPP ministers will help the Govt get it right if there is a sale rather than take pot shots and politicise the sale.
Mediocrity Is-A-Sin. 11 years ago
All our state companies have become what they are for one simple reason.
Incompetence - The causes of incompetence is that Ghana and for that matter our politicians must realised that any state company like TOR, ECG, VRA, ex ... read full comment
All our state companies have become what they are for one simple reason.
Incompetence - The causes of incompetence is that Ghana and for that matter our politicians must realised that any state company like TOR, ECG, VRA, ex-Ghana Telecom etc etc must be run as real-world companies - managers should be real and proper managers and not incompetent party affiliates; All these managers should be given remit and targets with deadlines, if they are not able to achieve the targets on agreed timescale, they get the sack.
Also the managers must be given free hand to run the businesses, if there is the need to sack over-bloated workers, let them be sacked and the workers look for new jobs or create their own jobs.
Govts must appoint competent and experts to the various board of directors and not idiotic party members who cannot even look after a goat, let alone oversee the running of ECG or TOR.
As far as I am concerned the fault lies with our politicians, even Nkrumah made similar mistakes.
In Ghana we have politicise everything even the toilet houses in the towns and villages. The truth is that most Ghanaians main concern is about a better or improved living standards and not what party rules them.
So if our near brain-dead politicians would want to move Ghana forward, they should de-politise all our economic institutions and challenge the managers to rise to the occasion or get the boot, in this situation even if a foreign manager would be the solution, so be it.
If we adopt the above approach, Ghana would still be owing profit-making Ghana Telecom, and we would be owing our TOR in the midst of Ghana a washed with oil. Ghana Airways would still be with us. Ask anyone who worked or had an insight into the operations of Ghana Airways - incompetence and fraud galore, compare that with Ethiopian Airlines, state owned, profitable and efficient service.
Another basic question we should ask ourselves is that, why are foreign investors interested in buying these assets if they are potentially not profitable? The answer lies in incompetent management - Ghana seems to be expert in incompetent management despite the country soaked with so many university degrees.
If we are bent on the sale of TOR and others, then we should make sure that ordinary Ghanaians can be part owners or buy large proportion of the shares and management taken out of the hand of govt.
BlindMan 11 years ago
Wow, let's run with it! But before that, may we take a moment to reflect on ONE success, of State enterprise sold to a private establishment.
All the leadership does is make PROFIT by commission and pocketed by individuals, ... read full comment
Wow, let's run with it! But before that, may we take a moment to reflect on ONE success, of State enterprise sold to a private establishment.
All the leadership does is make PROFIT by commission and pocketed by individuals, - a loosing strategy highly supported by the players in the Government.
PRIVATIZATION is the best business solution but we are not there yet; we are still young despite our fifty-six(56) years of independence, we are very much embroiled with 'corruption' and 'individualism'. How many NSAWAN canneries do we want to see out there, or how many VODAFONE institutions do we care for!
The saddest part, of course being, we do not possess the technicality, and in the end, we shall see the leadership signing DOCUMENTATION for which he had no clue; we shall not WIN!
Gye Nyame 11 years ago
I guess as they say "Paul a wa ma ntem", now all of a sudden the preachers of socialism have become capitalist, they found a new loop hole to rob the country. I don't have a problem with privatization but hearing it from thes ... read full comment
I guess as they say "Paul a wa ma ntem", now all of a sudden the preachers of socialism have become capitalist, they found a new loop hole to rob the country. I don't have a problem with privatization but hearing it from these folks make me wonder.
Barima Yaw 11 years ago
true
true
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago
corrupt, visionless, selfseeking and incompetent
corrupt, visionless, selfseeking and incompetent
Gasco 11 years ago
Private companies does well in any part of the world. 90% 0f public workers are thives including those against the privatization.
Private companies does well in any part of the world. 90% 0f public workers are thives including those against the privatization.
HANNIBAL(Blessed by God) 11 years ago
The private companies will only raise prices and leave ordinary Ghanaians to suffer. Take a look at Vodaphone.
The private companies will only raise prices and leave ordinary Ghanaians to suffer. Take a look at Vodaphone.
Gasco 11 years ago
The reason why the prices are high,is because of the stealing at the work place from the top to security people and this is a fact, Anything that belongs to govt is not taken care of very well. Go and look at the properties e ... read full comment
The reason why the prices are high,is because of the stealing at the work place from the top to security people and this is a fact, Anything that belongs to govt is not taken care of very well. Go and look at the properties even a security person at TOR has and you will know what i am talking about.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago
incompetent, corrupt and self-seeking
incompetent, corrupt and self-seeking
Gasco 11 years ago
It is the workers from the top to the security who are stealing from the company, and they know, they can steal when a private company take over period.
It is the workers from the top to the security who are stealing from the company, and they know, they can steal when a private company take over period.
Gasco 11 years ago
i meant can not.
i meant can not.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago
corrupt, incompent and visionless
corrupt, incompent and visionless
Nationalist 11 years ago
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE REFINERY. IT IS THE MANAGEMENT. SACK ALL THE INCOMPETENT MANAGEMENT AND LEASE TO BETTER MANAGERS. REMEMBER: YOU SELL IT, YOU LOSE IT. TOR WAS ESTABLISHED FOR ALL GHANAIANS, NOT A GREEDY FEW.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE REFINERY. IT IS THE MANAGEMENT. SACK ALL THE INCOMPETENT MANAGEMENT AND LEASE TO BETTER MANAGERS. REMEMBER: YOU SELL IT, YOU LOSE IT. TOR WAS ESTABLISHED FOR ALL GHANAIANS, NOT A GREEDY FEW.
OK 11 years ago
What is wrong with the NDC? They sold Black Star Line and a number of SOLID companies to themselves. Now they are selling TOR.
The current imbalance in trade is largely due to Transportation Deficit!!
Our cocoa, timber ... read full comment
What is wrong with the NDC? They sold Black Star Line and a number of SOLID companies to themselves. Now they are selling TOR.
The current imbalance in trade is largely due to Transportation Deficit!!
Our cocoa, timber, and all exports are carried by foreign companies. That is one way traffic for money. All international flights are by foreign companies. Another one way traffic. In the case of airlines it is conservatively estimated that we are leaving $3 billion on the table. Sea shipping may not be too far from that.
The next thing they will sell VRA, ECG, Water Company.
The NDC government might as well sell the government!!!
Obenfo 11 years ago
OK,
You said what is left to be sold is the government. Ghana Gov't is already sold to foreigners. Do you know who finance our elections? The financiers own Ghana indirectly.
They rule from the back door, that's NEOCO ... read full comment
OK,
You said what is left to be sold is the government. Ghana Gov't is already sold to foreigners. Do you know who finance our elections? The financiers own Ghana indirectly.
They rule from the back door, that's NEOCOLONIALISM which Nkrumah predicted. You may see a Ghanaian on the thrown but he is just an image with no power to say otherwise, he does what his masters say.
TOR is sold in advance, it is just being broadcasted to see how the public will react. Our millions of comments won't change anything. It is part of the deal, the party financiers tell what they want even before the elections start.
Pelicles 11 years ago
How many government companies are making profit in Ghana? Government workers are the most lazy ass motherfuckers who do not care about the hands that feeds them.
TOR must be privatized to end the senseless pumping of hard ... read full comment
How many government companies are making profit in Ghana? Government workers are the most lazy ass motherfuckers who do not care about the hands that feeds them.
TOR must be privatized to end the senseless pumping of hard money into it then end up in lazy hands.
We are all Ghanaians and know the misery facing government companies. Those manning government companies, have the attitude of "eye aban de, so who care" and that is the reason why most government companies on the deficit side.
Privatized TOR and sack those lazy workers.
Gasco 11 years ago
Thank you very much, may God bless you.
Thank you very much, may God bless you.
Gye Nyame 11 years ago
Now we have come full circle, I guess the scales have fallen off our eyes. The private sector is what grows an economy and not BIG government, even China has woken up to eat the capitalist pie.
Now we have come full circle, I guess the scales have fallen off our eyes. The private sector is what grows an economy and not BIG government, even China has woken up to eat the capitalist pie.
KOO 11 years ago
Surely one of their own is going to buy it and for almost nothing.NDC is good for nothing.Afterall after being in power for almost half of Ghana,s years of independence,we are gradually slipping to the abyss,
Surely one of their own is going to buy it and for almost nothing.NDC is good for nothing.Afterall after being in power for almost half of Ghana,s years of independence,we are gradually slipping to the abyss,
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago
corrupt, incompetent, self-seeking
corrupt, incompetent, self-seeking
DAN 11 years ago
Must be sold to SHELL,BP,Exxon or total...anybody else will be a joke..If Ghanian buys they will keep it closed and bring finished products
Must be sold to SHELL,BP,Exxon or total...anybody else will be a joke..If Ghanian buys they will keep it closed and bring finished products
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago
corrupt, incompetent, visionless and self-seeking
corrupt, incompetent, visionless and self-seeking
KATE 11 years ago
YES YOU'ER RIGHT, THEY ARE CORRUPT, INCOMPETENT, VISIONLESS,SELF-SEEKING AND GREEDY. HOW CAN THEY SEE THE TOR WHEN WE HAVE OIL THE THIEVES WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT PROFIT THEM AND THEY CARE ABOUT GHANAIANS. 1.5 TONS OF GOLD CA ... read full comment
YES YOU'ER RIGHT, THEY ARE CORRUPT, INCOMPETENT, VISIONLESS,SELF-SEEKING AND GREEDY. HOW CAN THEY SEE THE TOR WHEN WE HAVE OIL THE THIEVES WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT PROFIT THEM AND THEY CARE ABOUT GHANAIANS. 1.5 TONS OF GOLD CAN LEAVE THE PORT OF GHANA AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS. WHAT GOOD WILL COME FROM NDC?
Ishmael usa 11 years ago
Stupidman
Stupidman
Kwadwo 11 years ago
So called social democrats disposing social assets as they did before.
So called social democrats disposing social assets as they did before.
PAA NII TESHIE. 11 years ago
I have had the shock of my life to read that Hon. Rashid Pelpou is advocating for the privatization of the Tema Oil Refinery. So when will our technocrats begin to face the realities of privatization which has always been the ... read full comment
I have had the shock of my life to read that Hon. Rashid Pelpou is advocating for the privatization of the Tema Oil Refinery. So when will our technocrats begin to face the realities of privatization which has always been the easy way of resolving national economic issues. In the same vane when the Water Company management crisis came to the fore, Government cheaply brought in Aqua Vitrans as private partners to manage the company only to collect the fortunes of the company and abandoning the infrastructural development of the the facility and resulting in what the nation finds itself today. The TOR is a strategic economic entity which its management should not be placed in the hands of foreigners. The fact is if the current management is inefficient they should be done away with and get competent people to take care of TOR. The fact is if private partnership is resorted to it is people who will be brought down to use same Ghanaian workers to work and so if there is managerial problems or whatever, Government should undertake a forensic audit of the work attitude, professional competence of the workforce and any other needs that will unearth the rot at the Tema Oil Refinery. There should be drastic overhall of the Refinery.
Isaac Kusi, Bronx, NY. 11 years ago
Anybody interested in a refinery should build their own. Fire incompetent managers
Anybody interested in a refinery should build their own. Fire incompetent managers
Gabaa 11 years ago
Ghanaians, if the refinenery falls into private hands we will all be dead. Nigeria produces oil but does not have a refinenery see how much they pay for petrol.
Ghanaians, if the refinenery falls into private hands we will all be dead. Nigeria produces oil but does not have a refinenery see how much they pay for petrol.
Patriotic citizen 11 years ago
You this SOB, I thought you had died to spare us from idiotic comments but unfortunately you are alive so please be reasonable and let your comments be fair and constructive. I worked at the refinery with people like the NPP ... read full comment
You this SOB, I thought you had died to spare us from idiotic comments but unfortunately you are alive so please be reasonable and let your comments be fair and constructive. I worked at the refinery with people like the NPP ING Kwabena Sarpong when it used to be operated by the Italians(Eni) in the 1960. Even after the overthrow of the Nkrumah's CPP, the GHAIP as was called, was profitable and efficient in its operation until when the PNDC the mother of NDC took over and then we who had foresight left the company to foreign countries to for better life to escape the brutalities of the PNDC. Had the vision been visualised by the NDC then to operate the refinery with foreign partners, I think we will not be in this mess. Please I do not know how old you are but all the same I will advise you to know that IT IS NOT NPP that kill the GHAIP or TOR but the senseless nationalisation with incompetent front office management that has caused this situation.
Kwamebeba 11 years ago
Only true Nkrumaists can save Ghana from this neo-colonialist backwards match. Even with all the sabotage, Nkrumah with his ideas was able to hold things together until the traitors struck just a month after making Power from ... read full comment
Only true Nkrumaists can save Ghana from this neo-colonialist backwards match. Even with all the sabotage, Nkrumah with his ideas was able to hold things together until the traitors struck just a month after making Power from the Akosombo Dam a reality. If this is their argument, then, why don't they privatise the Government? They will not even go and read and listen to what Nkrumah was saying instead, they were burning his books and articles as instructed by the CIA. All these little Mahamas, Rawlings etc. think they have a mind of their own comparable to that of the Seer: Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. Samia, who seems to believe more in Nkrumaism is also being fooled and corrupted with this CPP-name dogma to the extent that Nkrumaism is being ridiculed in Ghana.
As it stands now, the only hope is for true followers of Nkrumah to come together and get these so called progeny of the traitors of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah away from destroying Ghana and Africa. It was the forebears of these same leaders of today who corrupted Ghana and connived in the overthrow of Nkrumah for their own narrow mindedness and selfishness. The way things are going now, it would have been better if Ghana had no government at all.
BUSH 11 years ago
Once brilliant states' asset like the STATE GOLD MINING COOPERATION (SGMC)which was the backbone of our dear nation after cocoa, was divested in this same manner under the pretext "we are wasting resources on non profitable ... read full comment
Once brilliant states' asset like the STATE GOLD MINING COOPERATION (SGMC)which was the backbone of our dear nation after cocoa, was divested in this same manner under the pretext "we are wasting resources on non profitable cooperation" SGMC was having about 4850 workers by then, its work force could bear me out.
ACCRA BOY 11 years ago
The NDC is once again about to divest another valuable asset of mother GHANA.They disposed of ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS(NOW ANGLOGOLD), GCB-LONDON BRANCH ETC;with the same flimsy excuses.
We are fed up with so-called ministers and ... read full comment
The NDC is once again about to divest another valuable asset of mother GHANA.They disposed of ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS(NOW ANGLOGOLD), GCB-LONDON BRANCH ETC;with the same flimsy excuses.
We are fed up with so-called ministers and advisers at the presidency who are square pegs in round holes. MR. PRESIDENTyou better take control of the situation and in some situations seek bi-partisan advice.
SAM NII 11 years ago
MR. RASHID PELPUO I SHOULD THINK IT IS THE GHANA GOVERNMENT THAT SHOULD BE PRIVATISED.
MR. RASHID PELPUO I SHOULD THINK IT IS THE GHANA GOVERNMENT THAT SHOULD BE PRIVATISED.
KATE 11 years ago
THIS IS WHAT ONE MANAGER SAID ON ADOM FM WITH AFIA POKUWA THAT SOME OF THE NDC MAFIAS ARE BEHIND THIS MOVE. SHAME ON NDC THIEVES, GHANAIANS BE AWRE, BY THE TIMENDC LEAVES OFFICE, GHANA WILL BE SOLD. GOD SAVE GHANA FROM THIS ... read full comment
THIS IS WHAT ONE MANAGER SAID ON ADOM FM WITH AFIA POKUWA THAT SOME OF THE NDC MAFIAS ARE BEHIND THIS MOVE. SHAME ON NDC THIEVES, GHANAIANS BE AWRE, BY THE TIMENDC LEAVES OFFICE, GHANA WILL BE SOLD. GOD SAVE GHANA FROM THIS GREEDY BASTARDS.
KWESI AHINFRA-KENT-U.K. 11 years ago
WHAT,S WRONG WITH THESE BRAINLESS POLITICIANS IN GHANA?PRESIDENT SAYS PRIVATIZING TOR WILL ENABLE GOVT MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT BUT HE FORGOT THAT YOU DO NOT OWN OR HAVE A SAY IN A PRIVATIZED OUTFIT TO DECIDE HOW IT,S RUN.THEY ... read full comment
WHAT,S WRONG WITH THESE BRAINLESS POLITICIANS IN GHANA?PRESIDENT SAYS PRIVATIZING TOR WILL ENABLE GOVT MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT BUT HE FORGOT THAT YOU DO NOT OWN OR HAVE A SAY IN A PRIVATIZED OUTFIT TO DECIDE HOW IT,S RUN.THEY SHOULD ALSO ASK HOW THOSE PRIVATIZED IN THE PAST AR FARING
IF THEY SELL ALL OUR NATIONAL ASSETS AND ARE LEFT WITH NO CAPITAL BASE , WILL THE COUNTRY HAVE ANY BACKBONE TO CALL ITS OWN TO BOOST THE VALUE OF OUR ECONOMY?ALLOWING GOVT TO PARTICIPATE IN PRIVATIZED OUTFITS WILL TAKE GOVT BACK DUE TO INTERFERENCES BY GOVT IN SEVERAL WAYS.
ASUMADU EMESEWOELI, HO, VOLTA REGION 11 years ago
HYPOCRITES! THE PROPERTY-GRABBING DEMONCRAFTS. GOD WILL EXPOSE YOU FOR YOUR HYPOCRISY, ONE BY ONE. WHO KILLED ATTA MILLS TO VISIT THIS HOMOSEXUALS ON US AS AN ABOMINATION TO GOD? GOD LET YOUR VENGEANCE FALL!!!
HYPOCRITES! THE PROPERTY-GRABBING DEMONCRAFTS. GOD WILL EXPOSE YOU FOR YOUR HYPOCRISY, ONE BY ONE. WHO KILLED ATTA MILLS TO VISIT THIS HOMOSEXUALS ON US AS AN ABOMINATION TO GOD? GOD LET YOUR VENGEANCE FALL!!!
GOV 11 years ago
You are right Rashid why dont the goverment pravitise everything including the NDC and send you incompetent idiots who think you cant manage anything to your lazy homes
You are right Rashid why dont the goverment pravitise everything including the NDC and send you incompetent idiots who think you cant manage anything to your lazy homes
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago
NKRUMAH WAS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN DOWNFALL. AT THE HEAT OF THE COLD WAR, HE WAS FOUND FLIRTING WITH THE EAST. ALSO HE DECLARED HIMSELF A LIFE PRESIDENT OF GHANA, THEREFORE A DICTATOR, AND SENT MANY OPPONENTS TO PRISON WITH ... read full comment
NKRUMAH WAS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN DOWNFALL. AT THE HEAT OF THE COLD WAR, HE WAS FOUND FLIRTING WITH THE EAST. ALSO HE DECLARED HIMSELF A LIFE PRESIDENT OF GHANA, THEREFORE A DICTATOR, AND SENT MANY OPPONENTS TO PRISON WITHOUT TRIAL. HE WASTED A LOT OF GHANA'S WEALTH IN SPONSORING FREEDOM MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. IN EFFECT, THEN, HE COURTED THE WRATH OF THE WEST AND THE FREEDOM MOVEMENTS IN GHANA (RECENT EXAMPLES ARE THE LIKES OF SADDAM HUSSAIN, GADDAFFI AND A HOST OF OTHERS. THESE FLAWS MADE THE JOB ON HIM EASIER FOR THE CIA. DON'T GET ME WRONG, NKRUMAH HAD HIS GOOD SIDE. HAD HE BEEN WISER ON THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCENE AND ALSO DOMESTICALLY, GHANA WOULD HAVE, TODAY, BEEN ECONOMICALLY POWERFUL THAN MALAYSIA. NKRUMAH ALSO USED A LOT OF PROPAGANDA AS NDC IS DOING TODAY, WHICH HAS LED MANY GHANAIANS BEING TOTALLY BLIND. I WAS NOT YET BORN, LIKE MANY OF YOU, DURING NKRUMAH'S TIME, BUT I LOVE POLITICS SO I RESEARCH INSTEAD OF RELYING ON PROPAGANDA. TODAY, 2013, NDC OF GHANA IS BOLDLY CALLING THEMSELVES SOCIALISTS, AND SO IT IS CLEAR, THEY LACK INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL. REMEMBER THE QUEEN OF BRITAIN THREW A BIG BANQUET FOR EX. PRES. KUFFOUR BUT NOT FOR RAWLINGS IN HIS 19 YEAR RULE, NEITHER WILL MAHAMA, THE SOCIALIST, GET IT. I FEAR, GHANA UNDER NDC WILL BRING US NO PROSPERITY BUT GARGANTUAN RETROGRESSION. WHAT CAN GHANA GAIN FROM THE EAST???? NDC MUST DO THE RIGHT THING. "WISDOM IS BETTER THAN SILVER AND GOLD". NDC MUST SEEK THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE "BIG BOYS" IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, THE WEST, ELSE GHANA IS GOING NOWHERE. NDC MUST EXERCISE PRUDENCE IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. REMEMBER NDC'S CLOSE DEALINGS WITH GADDAFI'S LIBYA, CASTRO'S CUBA, ARAFAT'S PALESTINE ETC WAS LAUGHABLE. TODAY, OUR INTERACTION WITH IRAN IS BEING MONITORED. WHAT DO WE STAND TO BENEFIT FROM THESE COUNTRIES? BUT THAT IS NDC'S WISDOM. RECENTLY, A PLANE LOADED WITH GOLD LEFT OUR SHORES HEADING TO AMEDINAJAD'S IRAN,AN INTERNATIONAL PARIAH, AND WAS INTERCEPTED IN TURKEY. NDC WAKE UP AND LEARN FROM HISTORY.
MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago
Essential commodities like water and electricity should not be controlled by private companies nor by the government.
Straddling between private goods vrs public goods, these essential goods fall within the category of utili ... read full comment
Essential commodities like water and electricity should not be controlled by private companies nor by the government.
Straddling between private goods vrs public goods, these essential goods fall within the category of utilities. TOR can use an utility.
What we need right now in Ghana, to manage our utilities, is an independent body or bodies to regulate, monitor, evaluate and run them.
insight to the bone 11 years ago
is anybody here taking this crazy govt serious , they are just stupid incompetent jokers. when obama came he offered the solutions through his adviser for energy and ceo of the american power company General Electric, also th ... read full comment
is anybody here taking this crazy govt serious , they are just stupid incompetent jokers. when obama came he offered the solutions through his adviser for energy and ceo of the american power company General Electric, also they approved over 3 billion us dollars through the EXIM bank, enough for at least 2600 mw. did this corrupt ndc govt take them up , no because they all kept asking what is in for them. They didnt even care so what kind of committee again do we need to hear from , all lies
anna 11 years ago
sell it and the ndc will buy shame to all our leaders!!!!!!!
sell it and the ndc will buy shame to all our leaders!!!!!!!
Richie L 11 years ago
useless talks... r u tryna say upon all da masters and phd's we still cant do things right? why dont we sell ghana out to people who can better manage a country...
useless talks... r u tryna say upon all da masters and phd's we still cant do things right? why dont we sell ghana out to people who can better manage a country...
Go on and sell everything under the sun. After all you will forever have fools who will support you and cry. Greedy bastards! I can only pity the pathetic kayayes and truck pushers. No wonder they start fighting over petty th ...
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corrupt, incompetent, self-seeking and visionless
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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WE ARE TIRED OF IT
GIVE IT UP BOY
RECKLESS HANDLING OF TOR RESOURCES, AS IS TYPICAL OF AN ASHANTI GROUP, CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF TOR AND ITS FINANCES. ALL KUFFOUR AND HIS CRONIES DID WAS TO LOOT GHANA BUTU BUTU TO NONSENSE. TODAY, HE BOASTS OF UNDESERVED WE ...
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STUPID FOOL LIKE YOU BENEFITED FROM NPP NUMERIOUS ADVANTAGES! DO YOU HAVE PROBLEM OF FUEL IN NPP ERA? THEN HOW CAN YOU SAY NPP SPOIL TOR? NKWASEAFO IN GOVT
WO YE ABOA PAA, KWASEIA, ALL YOU KNOW IS TO INSULT ASANTIES. CAN YOU COMPARE WHAT NDC IS DOING TO WHAT NPP DID? YOU'ER THE MOST IDIOT ON THIS SITE, GO TO HELL.
BEFORE NPP CAME TO POWER, GHANA AIRWAYS PLANE WAS SIZED AT THE US AIRPORT FOR THREE MONTHS, WHERE WERE YOU? HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN SO SOON. YAW SAFO MARFO WAS THE ONE WHO PAID FOR IT. GHANA AIRWAYS OFFICE TOO IN LONDON WAS MOVED ...
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LET NDC SELL EVERYTHING! WHAT GOOD THING HAVE NDC DONE FOR GHANA? APART FROM LOOTING AND DESTROYING OUR NATION?
WHAT OF OUR GHANA AIRWAYS THAT THE FOOLISH KUFFUOR/NPP SOLD? WHAT REASONS WERE GIVEN FOR THE SALE
NPP HAD NO OBTION THAN TO SELL GHANA AIRWAYS BECAUSE IT WAS A DEAD BODY IN A COFFIN! HERE NPP HAD LAID A BETTER FOUNDATION AND NDC FOOLS CAME TO LOOT EVERYTHING
JUST GET A NEW CEO WHO IS INNOVATIVE AND CAN MAKE REVENUE GENERATING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF TOR AND THE PPL OF GH. THE CEO DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GH. JUST GET A QUALIFIED PERSON WHO CAN BRING REVENUE. LIST TOR ON THE GH STOCK EX ...
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Yes the incompetent managers of TOR and any other state institutions shouldnt be spared but fired and shouldnt stay on to wreck the place.
It's sad when Ghana is now an oil producer and more oil fields are being discovered, Ghana is selling the only oil refinery Kwame Nkrumah built. What a tragedy? It appears Ghana cannot manage her resources effectively or caug ...
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How can it be sold at a fair price when the company is saddled with so much debt. This I why I was so mad with those who thought GT was sold for a pittance. If you have any knowledge on business valuation and acquisitions yo ...
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All our state companies have become what they are for one simple reason.
Incompetence - The causes of incompetence is that Ghana and for that matter our politicians must realised that any state company like TOR, ECG, VRA, ex ...
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Wow, let's run with it! But before that, may we take a moment to reflect on ONE success, of State enterprise sold to a private establishment.
All the leadership does is make PROFIT by commission and pocketed by individuals, ...
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I guess as they say "Paul a wa ma ntem", now all of a sudden the preachers of socialism have become capitalist, they found a new loop hole to rob the country. I don't have a problem with privatization but hearing it from thes ...
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true
corrupt, visionless, selfseeking and incompetent
Private companies does well in any part of the world. 90% 0f public workers are thives including those against the privatization.
The private companies will only raise prices and leave ordinary Ghanaians to suffer. Take a look at Vodaphone.
The reason why the prices are high,is because of the stealing at the work place from the top to security people and this is a fact, Anything that belongs to govt is not taken care of very well. Go and look at the properties e ...
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incompetent, corrupt and self-seeking
It is the workers from the top to the security who are stealing from the company, and they know, they can steal when a private company take over period.
i meant can not.
corrupt, incompent and visionless
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE REFINERY. IT IS THE MANAGEMENT. SACK ALL THE INCOMPETENT MANAGEMENT AND LEASE TO BETTER MANAGERS. REMEMBER: YOU SELL IT, YOU LOSE IT. TOR WAS ESTABLISHED FOR ALL GHANAIANS, NOT A GREEDY FEW.
What is wrong with the NDC? They sold Black Star Line and a number of SOLID companies to themselves. Now they are selling TOR.
The current imbalance in trade is largely due to Transportation Deficit!!
Our cocoa, timber ...
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OK,
You said what is left to be sold is the government. Ghana Gov't is already sold to foreigners. Do you know who finance our elections? The financiers own Ghana indirectly.
They rule from the back door, that's NEOCO ...
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How many government companies are making profit in Ghana? Government workers are the most lazy ass motherfuckers who do not care about the hands that feeds them.
TOR must be privatized to end the senseless pumping of hard ...
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Thank you very much, may God bless you.
Now we have come full circle, I guess the scales have fallen off our eyes. The private sector is what grows an economy and not BIG government, even China has woken up to eat the capitalist pie.
Surely one of their own is going to buy it and for almost nothing.NDC is good for nothing.Afterall after being in power for almost half of Ghana,s years of independence,we are gradually slipping to the abyss,
corrupt, incompetent, self-seeking
Must be sold to SHELL,BP,Exxon or total...anybody else will be a joke..If Ghanian buys they will keep it closed and bring finished products
corrupt, incompetent, visionless and self-seeking
YES YOU'ER RIGHT, THEY ARE CORRUPT, INCOMPETENT, VISIONLESS,SELF-SEEKING AND GREEDY. HOW CAN THEY SEE THE TOR WHEN WE HAVE OIL THE THIEVES WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT PROFIT THEM AND THEY CARE ABOUT GHANAIANS. 1.5 TONS OF GOLD CA ...
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Stupidman
So called social democrats disposing social assets as they did before.
I have had the shock of my life to read that Hon. Rashid Pelpou is advocating for the privatization of the Tema Oil Refinery. So when will our technocrats begin to face the realities of privatization which has always been the ...
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Anybody interested in a refinery should build their own. Fire incompetent managers
Ghanaians, if the refinenery falls into private hands we will all be dead. Nigeria produces oil but does not have a refinenery see how much they pay for petrol.
You this SOB, I thought you had died to spare us from idiotic comments but unfortunately you are alive so please be reasonable and let your comments be fair and constructive. I worked at the refinery with people like the NPP ...
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Only true Nkrumaists can save Ghana from this neo-colonialist backwards match. Even with all the sabotage, Nkrumah with his ideas was able to hold things together until the traitors struck just a month after making Power from ...
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Once brilliant states' asset like the STATE GOLD MINING COOPERATION (SGMC)which was the backbone of our dear nation after cocoa, was divested in this same manner under the pretext "we are wasting resources on non profitable ...
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The NDC is once again about to divest another valuable asset of mother GHANA.They disposed of ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS(NOW ANGLOGOLD), GCB-LONDON BRANCH ETC;with the same flimsy excuses.
We are fed up with so-called ministers and ...
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MR. RASHID PELPUO I SHOULD THINK IT IS THE GHANA GOVERNMENT THAT SHOULD BE PRIVATISED.
THIS IS WHAT ONE MANAGER SAID ON ADOM FM WITH AFIA POKUWA THAT SOME OF THE NDC MAFIAS ARE BEHIND THIS MOVE. SHAME ON NDC THIEVES, GHANAIANS BE AWRE, BY THE TIMENDC LEAVES OFFICE, GHANA WILL BE SOLD. GOD SAVE GHANA FROM THIS ...
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WHAT,S WRONG WITH THESE BRAINLESS POLITICIANS IN GHANA?PRESIDENT SAYS PRIVATIZING TOR WILL ENABLE GOVT MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT BUT HE FORGOT THAT YOU DO NOT OWN OR HAVE A SAY IN A PRIVATIZED OUTFIT TO DECIDE HOW IT,S RUN.THEY ...
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HYPOCRITES! THE PROPERTY-GRABBING DEMONCRAFTS. GOD WILL EXPOSE YOU FOR YOUR HYPOCRISY, ONE BY ONE. WHO KILLED ATTA MILLS TO VISIT THIS HOMOSEXUALS ON US AS AN ABOMINATION TO GOD? GOD LET YOUR VENGEANCE FALL!!!
You are right Rashid why dont the goverment pravitise everything including the NDC and send you incompetent idiots who think you cant manage anything to your lazy homes
NKRUMAH WAS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN DOWNFALL. AT THE HEAT OF THE COLD WAR, HE WAS FOUND FLIRTING WITH THE EAST. ALSO HE DECLARED HIMSELF A LIFE PRESIDENT OF GHANA, THEREFORE A DICTATOR, AND SENT MANY OPPONENTS TO PRISON WITH ...
read full comment
Essential commodities like water and electricity should not be controlled by private companies nor by the government.
Straddling between private goods vrs public goods, these essential goods fall within the category of utili ...
read full comment
is anybody here taking this crazy govt serious , they are just stupid incompetent jokers. when obama came he offered the solutions through his adviser for energy and ceo of the american power company General Electric, also th ...
read full comment
sell it and the ndc will buy shame to all our leaders!!!!!!!
useless talks... r u tryna say upon all da masters and phd's we still cant do things right? why dont we sell ghana out to people who can better manage a country...