Waterville saga: Kufuor’s Gov't did nothing wrong – O. B. Amoah

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Zoobie-Zoobie 12 years ago

all the stealers should be arrested and prosecuted.

all the stealers should be arrested and prosecuted.
Nana,Aburi 12 years ago

I am NPP follower but I think people like O.B.Amoah are among those who have given the party a bad name.After thirty something years in opposition we thought the NPP would set a good example when we came to power,but people l ...
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I am NPP follower but I think people like O.B.Amoah are among those who have given the party a bad name.After thirty something years in opposition we thought the NPP would set a good example when we came to power,but people like OB allowed criminals to influenced them.Was he not aware Wayome was a fraudulent person when he was giving him so many freebies without no work done?
Kwame 12 years ago

I wonder how many contracts Kuffuor and his bunch of corrupt looting brigade signed without passing them through parliament. Yet the NDC looks on sheepishly, stupidly and helplessly without bringing them to light.
What kind ...
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I wonder how many contracts Kuffuor and his bunch of corrupt looting brigade signed without passing them through parliament. Yet the NDC looks on sheepishly, stupidly and helplessly without bringing them to light.
What kind of silly government is this at all?
Yet Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is the one scrutinising government contracts in parliament meticulously as if they were saints
ZoRRo 12 years ago

The NPP are smart thieves and the NDC are dumb thieves. But they are all thieves and are creating a mess in Ghana. They have not shown that they have a vision for Ghana. Their only vision is to become rich in their own pocket ...
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The NPP are smart thieves and the NDC are dumb thieves. But they are all thieves and are creating a mess in Ghana. They have not shown that they have a vision for Ghana. Their only vision is to become rich in their own pockets.
GH 12 years ago

NPP IS FULL OF THIEVES

NPP IS FULL OF THIEVES
Mahmoud 12 years ago

Mt. O. B. Amoah and others in the NPP government are perceived as tricksters, deceiving companies to sign incomplete contracts with them so that they could abrogate the contracts at will when it suits them. That is a dent in ...
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Mt. O. B. Amoah and others in the NPP government are perceived as tricksters, deceiving companies to sign incomplete contracts with them so that they could abrogate the contracts at will when it suits them. That is a dent in their image. As for the companies, I believe they did not have proper contracts and should not have to court for judgment debts to be paid to them by the state.
MATHS 12 years ago

Mr O.B. Amoah is rather the one making the "Political noise." Why would you deceive the Company by saying the Company sign the contract which you would bring to Parliament for approval but then refuse to do so and when you ar ...
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Mr O.B. Amoah is rather the one making the "Political noise." Why would you deceive the Company by saying the Company sign the contract which you would bring to Parliament for approval but then refuse to do so and when you are caught you tell Ghanaians that the call for your arrest is "Political noise". You should all be arrested and prosecuted.
Kofi Sarpong, Peckham, London 12 years ago

I need education here, maybe. My understanding of a contract is that until all paperwork and conditions have been met and signatures appended, it is not concluded, and therefore not binding. I would have thought that this inc ...
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I need education here, maybe. My understanding of a contract is that until all paperwork and conditions have been met and signatures appended, it is not concluded, and therefore not binding. I would have thought that this includes subjecting it to parliamentary approval.

I would also have thought that until all these had been done, either party or parties reserve the right to pull out. They may or may not advance a reason for withdrawing.

I find it disturbing that people are questioning why the NPP government pulled out of the ISOFOTON deal, and therefore did not subject it to the legal parliamentary process. The government DID NOT have to give reasons for pulling out.

Even more intriguing is the fact that when ISOFOTON sued, though there was no contract, people went ahead and paid them. Did the judges who awarded payment to ISOFOTON not realise that because it had not received parliamentary approval before Kuffuor's government pulled out, there was no contract? Does it not occur to people that the word 'abrogated' is not right in ths context? How could it have been abrogated when it was never completed and therefore, not a contract?

Do people also remember that after the infamous Okudzeto Ablakwa press conference, it was made public knowledge that the Prof Mills government paid a tidy sum to a team of international lawyers to ascertain whether Ghana had a case? And that the team recommended that Ghana should not pay because there was no contract? Why pay someone to advise and then ignore what they say? What was the point in engaging and paying them if you were not going to heed their advice? Did that in itself not amount to causing financial loss to the state?

Personally, I think we should be more concerned with berating government officials who abuse their positions of trust by paying these monies when they have no need to.

It may have been immoral of the NPP government to have allegedly led ISOFOTON up the garden path, but it is criminal to waste our money the way the Prof Mills government did.

Morality in this instance is subjective. However, criminality is illegal and punishable. Which one should we go for, immorality or criminality?

I would the former, and not hesitate to condemn those who helped to bleed Ghana dry.
Vuvuzela 12 years ago

A contract identifies the job at hand and such items like conditions pertaining to the job at hand after bids are accepted and evaluated. A contract phase, that is, signing documents and exchange thereof, is entered after a ...
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A contract identifies the job at hand and such items like conditions pertaining to the job at hand after bids are accepted and evaluated. A contract phase, that is, signing documents and exchange thereof, is entered after a bidder is retained, meaning definitions and working conditions and delay notices are accepted by the awarding party. Once signatures are appended and go ahead is given it means a contract deal is done.

In this Waterville case, it is understood Kufuor government clearly gave the green light that kickstarted the jobs so Waterville spent some resources as it engaged operations.
Whatever ensued was not clear later but the contract was terminated. Later, it was noted a different contract was re-entered with Chinese authorities who offered by far very competitive prices which might have offset Kufuor’s government’s decision following realization that money could be made with the later rather than the former, hence the decision to abrogate the contract as it stood.

What was wrong was the government’s decision to award contracts without recourse to parliament which imperatively had a say in such international contracts, an issue dictated by the constitution to which the government pledges itself. And the courts are holding on to the unconstitutionality of the contracts (since they have not been approved a priori by the parliament) to rule against Waterville.

The question for you is, don’t you find it weird that a foreign company scrambling to another to claim having signed job contract with the government and claiming judgment debt for unlawful abrogation (They would not be making claims in the first place it they didn’t think they had to) of the contracts? We aren’t talking of one company!!! I don’t envy the situation of Waterville because clearly they are pure evil-inclined since they were doing shaddy deals behind the naïve citizens of Ghana when they should have known better.

Kufuor’s government in similar situations awarded so many contracts that went behind parliament but latest info has it that the previous governments did the same. This promptly calls into mind the lawlessness and indiscipline of our governments when they want citizens to be well-behaved.
Kofi Sarpong, Peckham, London 12 years ago

Thanks for the insight. I bet you, every government we have had has been guilty then.

Thanks for the insight. I bet you, every government we have had has been guilty then.

abu 12 years ago

THE KICKBACK FROM WATERVILLE DID NOT GET TO MPIANIM SO HE ABROGATED THE CONTRACT AND ASKED WATERVILLE TO GO GET THE CONTRACT FROM OB AMOAH.OB YOU ARE LOUD BECAUSE YOU KNOW WATERVILLE WILL NOT COME OUT

THE KICKBACK FROM WATERVILLE DID NOT GET TO MPIANIM SO HE ABROGATED THE CONTRACT AND ASKED WATERVILLE TO GO GET THE CONTRACT FROM OB AMOAH.OB YOU ARE LOUD BECAUSE YOU KNOW WATERVILLE WILL NOT COME OUT
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.

“Good morning,” said the young man. “If I could take a couple of minutes of your ti ...
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A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.

“Good morning,” said the young man. “If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners.”

“Go away!” said the old lady. “I haven’t got any money!” and she proceeded to close the door.

Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open. “Don’t be too hasty!” he said. “Not until you have at least seen my demonstration.”

And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto her hallway carpet.

“If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder.”

“Well,” she said, “I hope you’ve got a good appetite because the electricity was cut off this morning.

KUFFUOR'S GOVERNMENT LIKE THE VACUUM SALESMAN WHO LEFT DIRT BEHIND.
Concerned 12 years ago

kuffour gov left the horse shit but the mills gov added water, stepped in it,for some strange reason smeared the walls and then forced the old lady to eat the rest

kuffour gov left the horse shit but the mills gov added water, stepped in it,for some strange reason smeared the walls and then forced the old lady to eat the rest
MOOROH ELVIS 12 years ago

IF NO CONTRACT FINE,BUT THE BEGING QUESTION GHANAIANS ARE ASKING IS, WHY DID SOME COMPANIES WERE AWARDED CONTRACTS WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL WHICH LEGITIMATE GOVERMENT CONTRACTS? ESPECIALLY THE SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTION COMP ...
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IF NO CONTRACT FINE,BUT THE BEGING QUESTION GHANAIANS ARE ASKING IS, WHY DID SOME COMPANIES WERE AWARDED CONTRACTS WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL WHICH LEGITIMATE GOVERMENT CONTRACTS? ESPECIALLY THE SHANGHAI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY DEALS MR?
Bfire 12 years ago

Why is it that some contract didn't go to parliament? The official in-charged at time were paid by the tax payer to do clean job and if they fail they must be called to answer. The courts should punish both sides.

Why is it that some contract didn't go to parliament? The official in-charged at time were paid by the tax payer to do clean job and if they fail they must be called to answer. The courts should punish both sides.
THE TRUTH 12 years ago

EVEN AKUFFO WHO PROCLAIMED ALL DIE BE DIE IS EVEN CALLING THE NAME OF GOD AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AS PER AFRIYIE BUT WHEN MAHAMA DOES HE IS BLASPHEMING Hmmmm VERY SOON WE WILL KNOW WHO IS A BLASPHEMER AKUFFO OR MAH ...
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EVEN AKUFFO WHO PROCLAIMED ALL DIE BE DIE IS EVEN CALLING THE NAME OF GOD AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AS PER AFRIYIE BUT WHEN MAHAMA DOES HE IS BLASPHEMING Hmmmm VERY SOON WE WILL KNOW WHO IS A BLASPHEMER AKUFFO OR MAHAMA AS FOR YOU AFRIYIE SOON YOUR TIME WILL BE UP JUST WAIT
dan 12 years ago

kufour himself should be arrested

kufour himself should be arrested
KOFI ADDO 12 years ago

You are now running awy,you will be arrested soon.

You are now running awy,you will be arrested soon.
Sweet Mary 12 years ago

Kufuor have sold Ghana Telecom and pocketed over $30 million and deliberately collapsed Ghana Airways and taken over the assets of the company, also granted presidential pardon to hardened armed robbers on the eve of his lea ...
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Kufuor have sold Ghana Telecom and pocketed over $30 million and deliberately collapsed Ghana Airways and taken over the assets of the company, also granted presidential pardon to hardened armed robbers on the eve of his leaving office only for one of them to set up an armed robbery academy in Ashaiman to be training the youth how to master the deviantart , allowed Wereko Brobbey and Kwadwo Mpiani to loot the resources of the state under the guise of celebrating Ghana at 50, allowed his daughter Nana Ama to own the huge shopping mall at Spintex Junction and his son to front for him to buy Hotel de Waa Waa , WAKE UP, MY BELOVED NATION!!!! enough is enough , those who abrogate contracts or betrayed the nation must be punish, K4 and his cohorts must appear before the high court to answer some questions.
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Concerned 12 years ago

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babandzida 12 years ago

When Atta Mills took over from Kufuor? government, he apealed to Kufuor´s Ministers to do handing over. None of them honoured or was prepared to do the handing over. By handing over, the former minister would have made the n ...
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When Atta Mills took over from Kufuor? government, he apealed to Kufuor´s Ministers to do handing over. None of them honoured or was prepared to do the handing over. By handing over, the former minister would have made the new Minister aware of what important contracts like the Waterville saga, what has been done and what need to be done. Since the NPP Ministers refused to do the handing over, the new ministers were left in darkness. As an independent person, I think the call for Kufuor? Ministers and the then officers to assist in clearing the case, is in place. They are the correct people to assist in clearing the air and not the NDC Ministers. In nutshell, mr Amoah is wrong to rubish the calls. They must not be arrested but help in geting to the bottom of the problems.
MR SPOILER 12 years ago

why is it that our leaders are so much corrupt?they dont think about the country but their pocket.the country will remain as it is for many years if they dont change this greedy attitudes. Idiots

why is it that our leaders are so much corrupt?they dont think about the country but their pocket.the country will remain as it is for many years if they dont change this greedy attitudes. Idiots
kb 12 years ago

INSIDE GHANA are you people deaf and blind? the SC said the people you are advocating for their arrest did not award any contract let alone abrogate it so on what basis did those who paid paid the monies? Anyway those who pa ...
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INSIDE GHANA are you people deaf and blind? the SC said the people you are advocating for their arrest did not award any contract let alone abrogate it so on what basis did those who paid paid the monies? Anyway those who paid are alive just like Amidu they should also go to court. Shameless people
Paa Kodwo 12 years ago

NPP CORRUPTED THE COUNTRY-

GHANA WOULD HAVE BEEN DOOMED TO HELL IF, NPP HAD THE NANDATE TO RULE GHANA AGAIN IN 2012.

IT IS TIME, THOSE MINISTERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE FICTITIOUS CINTRACT DEALS WITH FOREIGN COMPANIES ...
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NPP CORRUPTED THE COUNTRY-

GHANA WOULD HAVE BEEN DOOMED TO HELL IF, NPP HAD THE NANDATE TO RULE GHANA AGAIN IN 2012.

IT IS TIME, THOSE MINISTERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE FICTITIOUS CINTRACT DEALS WITH FOREIGN COMPANIES ARE ARRESTED, PROSECUTED AND SENTECED TO PRISON TERMS AT LABOUR CAMPS IN THE COUNTRY.

NPP WAS A CRIMINAL PARTY,and NEVER SHOULD THIS PARTY BE GIVEN THE MANDATE To RULE GHANA FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED(100)YEARS.

THEY ARE DISGRACEFUL AND SHAMEFUL PEOPLE ON EARTH

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