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Prosecute officials indicted by Auditor General’s report - Mahama

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  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    corruption from top to bottom

  • Ideal 10 years ago

    If anyone to be arrested because of corruption, Mahama is the first person to be arrested & send to Nsawam.

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    CORRUPTION COURTS IN GH
    WE NEED CORRUPTION COURTS IN GH.
    WE NEED A SYMPOSIUM TO ADDRESS WHY BRIBERY N CIRRUPTION STILL PERSISTS IN GH.
    WHY DO PPL ENGAGE IN BRIBERY N CORRUPTION?
    IS THE SALARY NOT ENUFF? FIX IT, PAY THESE ...
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  • YOOSI 10 years ago

    Just look at this president!!!!! is that the best forum to give that directive? This is a social function so 90% of the people; inlcuding the president himself, could be drunk. This is a serious matter which called for the ...
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  • polopolo 10 years ago

    Your are damn correct. He was hiding behind the scene. I expect my President to be bold and say it at the appropriate forum.

  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    pepeni after appointing mainly his alajih incompetent idiots is again lying saying winner takes all is unfortunate , the hypocrisy is unbelievable and very insulting. he is leading Ghana on a roller-coaster straight to war an ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

    AUTHOR: MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU....

    It would appear that those in control of the NDC, for the time being, were bent on excluding other bona fide members of the Party who may wish to lay democratic claims to who becomes the ne ...
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  • Kwaku A. Danso 9 years ago

    You made some good points about Decentralization of Power, but why bring in Ethnicity? do yo sincerely think the Northerners or any other tribe has interest in colonizing Akans, as you said?
    We need to decentralize power ...
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  • KOLA ,LONDON PROPER 10 years ago

    Whoever thought Bro. John was going to be soft should think again.

    2016 is a forgone conclusion.

  • HHHHMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

    I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ORDER INCLUDES THE POLITICAL APPOINTEES. SOMEBODY TELL ME.

  • Oba Nyansani Baako Pe In Ghana! 10 years ago

    Mahama should be the first man to be arrested in Ghana. MAHAMA WHERE IS GHANA's MONEY?

    MAHAMA IS THE MOST CORRUPT MAN I EVER MET IN MY LIFE. HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED.

  • Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

    This court will be welcome with all
    loving Gnanains who have the country
    at heart.

  • KOFI ADDO 10 years ago

    WHY DON'T YOU SAY K4 IS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE ARRESTED,FOOL

  • Donboli 10 years ago

    John Mahama is pretending, he trusted, hand pick to steal from us. Its NDC government lost Ghana all these money. If they care they wouldnt be stealing from us.

  • Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

    Now President Mahama is going to play
    his masters tune,the founder of the
    NDC party and is going to involve a lot of Cabinet Ministers,even Mahama
    himself,this is serious house cleaning
    All those affected should chew the ...
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  • Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

    Mahama this announcent too late,it
    should have come earlier than this to
    shovel all the bad nuts out of our mist and make the country a better
    Gnana as before.

  • dirty man ewe 10 years ago

    prosecute mahama too.

  • KKK 10 years ago

    Why should the president give orders before anything can be done by our law enforcement agencies? That is the problem facing this country, the police dont have any empowerement or dont know when they should move in.

  • GAWUKO 10 years ago

    KKK you are damn right. If State institutions are functioning the President does not need to give this directive. Infact if the President himself faults the instituions will take him on. Sadly the Attorney General's which is ...
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  • Nyansafo 10 years ago

    The Public Accounts C'tee of parliament is supposed to look into the Auditor Generals' report. It is not the place of the president to set up arbitrary 'desks' to jail people.

  • Asante Original - Ghanaian Patriot 10 years ago

    AG should start with John Mahama, Elvis Afriyie Ankra, Doffour, Aseidu Nketia and all the NDC never-do-wells who have become rich overnight.

  • GHANANI 10 years ago

    Why don't you say start with Kuffuor?Why is it that we are always politicising issues which are of national concern?Corruption,in the public sevice is the main factor stalling the nation's progress and every effort must be ma ...
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  • The African Patriot 10 years ago

    The credit must be given to Mr. Ana Aremeyaw, because he was the first knowingly and boldly investigated the matters and publicly announce it. He deserves an award as well as Mr. Amidu.

    It is quite clear!!!

  • Ellen 10 years ago

    You do not respect what about you.

  • Fellow citizen. 10 years ago

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  • Fellow citizen. 10 years ago

    28 June 2013 Last updated at 05:28 GMT
    China 'sex-tape' official Lei Zhengfu jailed for 13 years
    Chinese ex-official at the centre of a sex tape extortion scandal has been jailed for 13 years for accepting bribes.?Lei Zhen ...
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  • GAWUKO 10 years ago

    President Mahama, this is encouraging news. You will not be alone in the fight and if you make your appointees accountable, you would have created a huge name for yourself. Start by cracking down on the party officials who ma ...
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  • Shamu 10 years ago

    Start from the year 2000. They will be up rooted. We now need to clean Ghana from this rot politicians and administrators. We no go sit down make you cheat us everyday. E.O. should be involved. Over 90% of this people could ...
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  • HAWA YAKUBU 10 years ago

    Mahama will clean the house with a pen and paper not with a gun like JJ.

  • KOKOLIKOKO 10 years ago

    When he Mahama and his predecessor were cleaning the house with pen-and-paper, not only was Woyome getting over 51 million dollars richer but even wives of officials in the Attorney General's office were laughing all the way ...
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  • KOKOLIKOKO 10 years ago

    According to the Auditor General's report, the theft is going on in the very Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department that the President is instructing to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of thievery in ...
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  • Koo Nimo 10 years ago

    The former AG Mould Iddrisu should the first. We should also not that when fish rots it starts from the head

  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    She was shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and pretty soon she realized that she needed an in-house counsel.

    She began to interview young lawyers. "As I'm sure you can understand," she started off with one of ...
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  • Woman's wisdom 10 years ago

    How can a thief prosecute another thief? But by the way, who the hell is mahama referring to as those indicted by the auditor general's report? Did he forget that when we talk of thieves, Mahama is number one on the list? Com ...
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  • mahama must come clean 10 years ago

    SHAME UNTO YOU MAHAMA CRIMINAL,EVIL JUJU DWARFS,MAHAMA HANDS ARE BLOOD,KILLED MILLS MOST GHANIANS,EVEN HIS OWN WIFE FOR POWER,GOD WILL PUNISHED HIM TILL HE DIED,IDIOT

  • Bashiru usman 10 years ago

    Stupid person your father n you morther are thifes nonsense lene how to respect your president

  • ---------- 10 years ago

    Fool, you can continue to respect thieves but count the decent ones out. Useless idiotic fool soldier who supports greedy bastards.

  • Bashiru usman 10 years ago

    Your akoufor addo n bawumia n all the members of npp are stupid nonsens

  • Ellen 10 years ago

    You are kidding wait and see who is going to be jailed soon

  • Tijani 10 years ago

    every person in Ghana is corrupt, but we think only politicians are corrupt. we tell our families in govt and public office to steal and if they don't, we say he/she is not wise.

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  • AKONFEM ERROR PREZ 10 years ago

    MAHAMA IS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE ARREST,CORRUPTS MAHAMA MUST STOP HIS LIES AND PROPERGANDER,GHANIANS,THE WORLD KNOWS THAT YOUR THE BIGGEST NUMBER ONE CORRUPT GHANA,NONSES

  • Ellen 10 years ago

    baseless comment

  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 10 years ago

    Corruption is so serious and rampant in the public service that the government must tackle it with the brutality that it deserves.A special fast track tribunal should be established to deal with all cases of corruption.Those ...
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  • asuk 10 years ago

    SO HE MUST GIVE ORDER TO HIMSELF TO BE ARRESTED FIRST THEN THE WHOLE GANG INCLUDING BETTY MOULD, BUTON, WAYOMI, ECCT ECT I MEAN THIS GUY IS JUST A WANGGA AND SMOOTH CRIMINAL!!

  • Efie nnyé 10 years ago

    Meanwhile Adansi North has been coersed to vote on and for Alhaji Lateef as DCE today upon all open protestations by the people on the grounds of incompetence, disloyalty to the district and having been cited by the auditor g ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    IT MUST START NOW! USE THE MALAYSIAN MODEL. IT WORKS...

  • Jojo 10 years ago

    If so why is the govt dragging its feet on Woyome and others cases.

  • Donboli 10 years ago

    We have yearly Auditor General report. Within a year on the watch of John Mahama as president Ghana lost all yhis amount.
    Why is he the president for. We dont wait for people to steal before we look for them.
    These are peo ...
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  • Daavi 10 years ago

    GHANAIANS LETS US STOP THE COMPLAINTS AND SIT UP WITH THE GOVERNEMNT TO SOLVE AND ARRIVE AT SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE A SAY IN HOW THE STATE MONEY IS USED.

  • ---------- 10 years ago

    Do you really have a say in this "winner takes all" democracy? The only solution to this nonsense is for all Ghanaians to discard their tribal lens and surprise these greedy bastards with a Ghana spring.

  • PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI- McA 10 years ago

    PROCRASTINATION = FORGONE CONCLUSION
    ========================================
    DEMOCRATCY IN THE MAKING
    ==============================
    FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ???
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    PROFESSOR THOMAS ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    TELL DR. MOSQUITO TO FIND A CURE FOR MALARIA.


    JOHN DROSS-MAN MAHAMA 101
    ALL OUR LEADERS KNOW IS BEG FOR LOANS N GRANTS. STEAL THE MONIES AND GO AROUND COMPLAINING N BITCHING ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS.
    BLAMING EVERYTHING ON T ...
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  • AKAN 10 years ago

    LOOK WHO IS TALKING

  • James 10 years ago

    Too many fools talking nonsense here. Do you have any evidence against Mahama? If you do you can ask for him to be prosecuted as well otherwise shut up and act like a rational human being.

    Yes, all those found guilty must ...
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  • ---------- 10 years ago

    Fool, what do you call a leader who shields corrupt and evil people like Woyome, Barton Oduro, Betty and appoints his concubines to be deputy ministers? Is this the leader you want, when there is an allegation of corruption a ...
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  • Kojo Opoku-London 10 years ago

    Arrest them all. You cannot steal our monies or misuse our meagre and borrowed resources. There should be honesty, accountability, transparency, openness otherwise Ghana and Africa will fail. So I support the President. We mu ...
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  • Nii Boye Tagoe 10 years ago

    Surely this is going to affect everybody as nobody is above the law. The only thing matters here is that the judiciary has to be strong and faithful to prosecute all those involved in this terrible crimes against all of us, s ...
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  • Akua Yirenkyi 10 years ago

    This is long over due. Every where corruption in Ghana. They should be indicted, prosecuted, pay interest on the amount involve and jail them as well. They steal and put up big big buildings, buy flashy cars with our stolen m ...
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  • Righteous Adams 10 years ago

    It is very unfortunate to realize that all this things have been going on for a longer time now and no one to cough to bring this offenders on board for prosecution. The auditors have been very transparent and honest to the p ...
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  • Abba 10 years ago

    THE SPIRIT OF JUNE 4TH 1979 REVOLUTION IS TOTALLY DEAD BECAUSE MAHAMA LED NDC HAS LOOTED THE COFFERS OF THE NATION. NOW IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE BLOOD OF THOSE WHO WERE EXECUTED ARE INNOCENT.

  • Abba 10 years ago

    IF THIS PRESIDENT IS FAITFUL THEN WHY HAS HE LEFT WOYOME TO WALK AWAY WITH HUGE AMOUNT OF GHANA MONEY. GHANAIANS SHOULD BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF IS CORRUPT.

  • angle man 10 years ago

    MAY GOD HELP U SUCCEED.THIS PUBLIC OFFICIALS LOOKS ENY COMMING IN PRESIDENT AS A FOOL,GOOD ADEA INDEED.

  • EZEKIEL 10 years ago

    Should THIS DIRECTIVE ALSO come from the President ?? I had thought SUCH FINDINGS always HAVE INVESTIGATIVE follow-ups!
    I BET even Jesus of Betlehem wouldn't be able to GOVERN Ghana to the satisfaction of many!!!!!

  • Pelicles 10 years ago

    The late president Mills set up a committee to investigate Mahama for buying a plane and since his death, what had happened to that committee and its finding?

    Mahama is just dressing windows thinking that we are fools an ...
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  • Oba Nyansani Baako Pe In Ghana! 10 years ago

    THIS POWER HUNGRY MAN IS TAKING GHANAIANS FOR GRANTED AS YOU HAVE SAID IT.

  • Cynthia 10 years ago

    Its just like knocking the door to the empty room.Move all at AG DEPT HEAD OFFICE TO A QUASI JUDICIARY INST.EMPLOY NEW STAFFTO DEAL WITH THIS. OR ALL AFFECTED MUST PROCEED ON AMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.FAST TRACK THE PROCEEDINGS.

  • Paa Joe 10 years ago

    WITHOUT THE FULL WEIGHT OF JUSTICE,GHANAIANS WHO ARE APPOINTED TO POSITIONS AT THE PUBLIC SECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO MILK THE REWSOURCES OF THE NATION FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH INTEREST.

    NOTHING BUT THE RULE OF LAW.

  • Mumuni Iddrisu 10 years ago

    Mr. John Dramani Mahama cannot let the courts prosecute other people and he sits at home and enjoys his many pussies.
    This is a guy, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, who is extraordinary corrupt such that the only place for him now ...
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  • km agyin 10 years ago

    Those involved in the judgement debt saga must also be prosecuted

  • Sankofa 10 years ago

    Track down all those culpable officials and let them pay back every pesewa embezzled.

    We need to foster probity and accountability in our public services.