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SGT ANANI FIADZOE 12 years ago

Mahama should resign, and he should be made to tell the majority people of this nation where gone the proceeds of our oil money.

Mahama is a corrupt, deceitful, dishonest, a liar, incompetent and
totally economical confus ...
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Mahama should resign, and he should be made to tell the majority people of this nation where gone the proceeds of our oil money.

Mahama is a corrupt, deceitful, dishonest, a liar, incompetent and
totally economical confusionist.

Mahama is not a credible person, he is
a thief. Judgment debt and dumso, dumso is Mahama's priorities.
DONBOLI 12 years ago

He cant take care of his work like a corrupt stupid watchman. They know him and use him to see.

He cant take care of his work like a corrupt stupid watchman. They know him and use him to see.
OLD SOLDIER 12 years ago

Author:Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings...
Hahaaaaa, Afari Djan on the ropes !

Dr. Afari Djan, the self-acclaimed god of elections, currently finds himself between a rock and a hard place.

The noose around his neck is gettin ...
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Author:Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings...
Hahaaaaa, Afari Djan on the ropes !

Dr. Afari Djan, the self-acclaimed god of elections, currently finds himself between a rock and a hard place.

The noose around his neck is getting tighter and tighter with ever lie that spews out of the mouth of the Tilapia fish-farmer.

The chief returning officer of elections in Ghana is today claiming never to have heard what 'pdf'(portable document format)means.

Lucky for Afari Djan, the NPP will teach him what pdf is all about today for free.

We shall make every NDC foolsoldier see the gargantuan stealing prowess of Afari Djan.
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Paul Amuna 12 years ago

"while shepherds watched their flock by night....". Being a "watchman" is a good thing as it puts food on the table, prevents you from lazying about and even stealing.

I have seen many an "African graduate" doing "watchma ...
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"while shepherds watched their flock by night....". Being a "watchman" is a good thing as it puts food on the table, prevents you from lazying about and even stealing.

I have seen many an "African graduate" doing "watchman work" (they call it "security" whilst studying for their advanced degrees in Europe and America. Some are even "Car Park Attendants" and I see them every time I travel in Europe, the USA and elsewhere. What is wrong with that?

For your information, the children of "wathcmen" in Ghana (of which Mahama was not fortunate enough to belong to the club because his father was a politician and minister of State) are today's intellectuals, doctors, engineers, lawyers, politicians, you name it.

Continue to live in the primitive, colonial period with your "colonial mentality" and think that you can use cheap insults against others just because you have the freedom to express yourself. President Obama has been called these names (and worse) and has been depicted in famous new magazines in 'tattered' clothes and told to "go back home to Kenya".

The good thing is that good leaders always see the funny side of these and ignore these insults but it hurts to think that fellow human beings will so despise their own country's leader as to resort to such cheap name-calling.

What I wish to see on ghanaweb is for people to come here and address policy issues and be critical of the government in its performance.

Hold them to account, take them to task, but when you come here ONLY to insult without really raising any points of issue, you not only make a fool of yourself, you are simply not looking in the mirror to see your own face!!! You are probably labouring away right now as a 'real watchman' or 'cleaning other people's toilets' like the hotel worker who just finished cleaning my hotel room whilst I am composing this comment.

However I value and respect that hotel worker because he is doing a job to help himself and his family. Sadly, you do not see anything good in the very job you are doing - being an ungrateful and foolish watchman!! You better grow up, all of you idiots!!
SOL PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED 12 years ago

Attention to all landlords, if you have a property to let out in London, we can take all that work of your shoulders, and find tenants for you

Attention to all landlords, if you have a property to let out in London, we can take all that work of your shoulders, and find tenants for you
DONBOLI 12 years ago

John Mahama is confused, DCE is a government office whose work is to get information from the district to the regional administration office in the region. DCE has nothing to do with politics and it will always be like it is ...
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John Mahama is confused, DCE is a government office whose work is to get information from the district to the regional administration office in the region. DCE has nothing to do with politics and it will always be like it is now.
John Mahama should have been on something to think its a good idea. Have a rest John Mahama you stress to the max and it confusing you.
william 12 years ago

Donboli the confusion in your mind is blinding you from seeing the sense in what President Mahama is saying! Please ask your friends to explain to you or just google!!!

Donboli the confusion in your mind is blinding you from seeing the sense in what President Mahama is saying! Please ask your friends to explain to you or just google!!!

ohenenana 12 years ago

DCE must changed to mayor, and elect them all.

DCE must changed to mayor, and elect them all.
CAPE COAST BOY 12 years ago

HE IS A THIEF AND STUPID WATCHMAN WHO JUST WANT'S TO BRING THIS COUNTRY A BIG PROBLEM BUT HE CAN NOT

HE IS A THIEF AND STUPID WATCHMAN WHO JUST WANT'S TO BRING THIS COUNTRY A BIG PROBLEM BUT HE CAN NOT
Papa 2 12 years ago

If he agrees, what is stopping him from getting it done?

If he agrees, what is stopping him from getting it done?
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

I support the idea of inviting potential candidates to put themselves forward after publicising the process, shortlisting of the candidates based on a fair, transparent meritocratic process (devoid of party influences).

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I support the idea of inviting potential candidates to put themselves forward after publicising the process, shortlisting of the candidates based on a fair, transparent meritocratic process (devoid of party influences).

This should then be followed by vetting to make sure that these individuals have integrity and are 'fit' for public office. Then put them up for the public to vote for their choice.

The only downside of this is that if an otherwise excellent candidate is not known to the people locally for one reason or another, they may miss out on the chance to serve because they may not garner enough votes to win the contest.

There are no easy answers to this process and a methodical approach is therefore the sensible thing to do.

In the mean time if people are put in charge and are found to be performing well and meeting key performance indicators (KPIs) set for all DCEs etc. then they should be considered for renewal of appointment after going through an appraisal system which again should be fair, clear and transparent.

Please take PARTY out of the equation. I am opposed to the idea that just because a party won the national elections, they fill most positions with their own party kind. It does not encourage national cohesion, inclusiveness and certainly does not make full use of all our talents as a nation.

We should be moving towards a more inclusive ONE-NATION APPROACH to governance which though maintains party affiliations, but more importantly sees us more as one people, one nation (under God) and a UNITED people.

There is surely unity in diversity and that is what we want to see in Ghana. Our national flag is made up of FOUR colours, not ONE.
william 12 years ago

This is also in line with the spirit of Preident Mahama's speech on Republic Day. Previous leaders have also wished to do same with difficulty. Now is the time to move forward on this. The youth in the political parties need ...
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This is also in line with the spirit of Preident Mahama's speech on Republic Day. Previous leaders have also wished to do same with difficulty. Now is the time to move forward on this. The youth in the political parties need to support this move.
Abeeku Mensah 12 years ago

The MMDCE system was put in place as a result of proponents who wanted to decentralize the urban and rural planning and development in Ghana; they resented the centralized system. The process was a failure from the get go.
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The MMDCE system was put in place as a result of proponents who wanted to decentralize the urban and rural planning and development in Ghana; they resented the centralized system. The process was a failure from the get go.
Of the civilized, developed nations currently using the decentralized planning and development scheme, governments did have a parity/equity scheme in place to make sure prices for farming and dairy products in mostly rural farming/agricultural communities are steady and consistent with inflation and global realities. Excess products are purchased by national governments. In Ghana we do not really care what happens to fishermen and farmers as long as concentration of wealth comes by way of civil service jobs in big cities and metro areas and associated bribery and pilfering of government money.
By creating the MMDCE system without equity and parity in our income generation schemes between rural and urban areas we have just added employees to an already bloated government workforce. In the meantime the MMDCE system has become a tool of a winning political party to fill posts with cronies and party loyalists who cannot find their way out of brown paper bags if their own lives depended on it.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

You raise some very important points about the system and what it was meant to do. It is interesting that in the UK over many years, mayors have either been elected or appointed for similar reasons to lead at local levels. Th ...
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You raise some very important points about the system and what it was meant to do. It is interesting that in the UK over many years, mayors have either been elected or appointed for similar reasons to lead at local levels. This is an evolving system and from time to time people feel that ALL majors or regional district leaders must be elected etc.

Most recently, there is a drive to have elected "Police Commissioners" who themselves may not be Police Officers, and it is still too early to know how effective these individuals and roles pan out.

Local government has to be dynamic and focus on development at local level. The District Assembly Concept though laudable, has become a political affair with party fielded candidates campaigning on party tickets etc.

As you say, the original idea of devolving government to districts etc. somehow seems to have lost its way. One would hope that the Constitutional Review body's recommendations have recognised some of the fundamental ills of the system and that they have made sound recommendations that if implemented properly should improve the system.

I am all for a system which is non-partisan and allows talent to be recruited to help drive administration and development. This way, good individuals especially from the "smaller parties" who otherwise would be left out, can become involved and demonstrate their worth in the country.

The notion also for some people that it is an opportunity for them to become "powerful" and enrich themselves, goes against the grain of good governance.

As we have just witnessed in Zimbabwe, when Morgan Tsangirai was given his chance to serve and demonstrate what he is made of, he succeeded in proving to his critics who he actually is, enjoying the "power" and ignoring his own base. The result was this shocking electoral defeat for which he is now crying foul, forgetting that he was dealing with an "old pro" in the business". Sorry i think I am now digressing.
william 12 years ago

Say it loud Abeeku. This can and should be corrected. That is why the political parties need capacity building to appreciate such important issues.

Say it loud Abeeku. This can and should be corrected. That is why the political parties need capacity building to appreciate such important issues.
Kofi 12 years ago

This is Local government and must done at local levels. This is what happens in the developed countries so if we are copying their democracy then we must do same.

This is Local government and must done at local levels. This is what happens in the developed countries so if we are copying their democracy then we must do same.
CORNEY 12 years ago

The government stand should not be allowed to happen, it is backward.

It is uncivil and undemocratic to select five people to be vetted by a so called Public Services Commission before the public elect one of them.

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The government stand should not be allowed to happen, it is backward.

It is uncivil and undemocratic to select five people to be vetted by a so called Public Services Commission before the public elect one of them.

What shows the five would be accepted by the public or what shows the selected three would be accepted by the public, what shows the so called Public Commission will not give the nod to only the highest bidders?

Let us allowed anybody who wants to contest that election feel free to do so as in case of presidential and parliamentary elections.
It does not make any sense to do that when presidential candidates don't go through similar process.

BABA 12 years ago

DONBOLI AND CAPE COAST BOY,YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS ARE FOOLS YOU ARE BROUGHT UP LIKE PIGS.WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT HE IS YOUR PRESIDENT YOU CAN GO TO HELL OR LIVE GHANA

DONBOLI AND CAPE COAST BOY,YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS ARE FOOLS YOU ARE BROUGHT UP LIKE PIGS.WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT HE IS YOUR PRESIDENT YOU CAN GO TO HELL OR LIVE GHANA
Adama 12 years ago

Paa Kwasi Nduom has been drumming about this since 2008 and it has taken 5years to be realised by a sitting prez as a true statement. Vote Nduom next time as he is ahead of all the others.

Paa Kwasi Nduom has been drumming about this since 2008 and it has taken 5years to be realised by a sitting prez as a true statement. Vote Nduom next time as he is ahead of all the others.
Ato John 12 years ago

Well said Adama

Well said Adama
km agyin 12 years ago

There is no doubt in my mind that chief executives must be elected through voting by all eligible voters in the district in order to make the local government concept work effectively. More economic power should be given to t ...
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There is no doubt in my mind that chief executives must be elected through voting by all eligible voters in the district in order to make the local government concept work effectively. More economic power should be given to the local governments to be able to initiate projects in their districts. Individuals and opinion leaders should be allowed to contest.
joe,boston 12 years ago

Only direct election of the district and regional officer will guarantee peace and development. And to make these elected officials responsible and accountable, these officials should be subject to RECALL in case of abuse or ...
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Only direct election of the district and regional officer will guarantee peace and development. And to make these elected officials responsible and accountable, these officials should be subject to RECALL in case of abuse or usurp of power. in my view, appointment of Regional Minister and district Executive are not important.
Tommy Wood 12 years ago

How will an elected MCE support a president of an opposing party in power to retain power at the next election? That arrangement will make fast tracking of the country's development an illusion due to the needless antagonism ...
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How will an elected MCE support a president of an opposing party in power to retain power at the next election? That arrangement will make fast tracking of the country's development an illusion due to the needless antagonism between the president and MCEs that will be visited upon the country.
Ato John 12 years ago

No no no, that will make them work together because they all want to be reelected into office. They can't work against each other.

No no no, that will make them work together because they all want to be reelected into office. They can't work against each other.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

this mentality is at the heart of our problems as a nation!!! Unless, and until you cease thinking like this, we will forever remain a polarised stagnant nation, trust me.

this mentality is at the heart of our problems as a nation!!! Unless, and until you cease thinking like this, we will forever remain a polarised stagnant nation, trust me.
Kofi 12 years ago

Who cares if a president is not re-elected? If our local government functions well, who needs a president?

Who cares if a president is not re-elected? If our local government functions well, who needs a president?
Ato John 12 years ago

Mr. President if you believe that MMDCE's should be voted or as you say the people are agitating for, then why don't you let us vote for who we want and still want to impose someone on us.

If we can vote for our president ...
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Mr. President if you believe that MMDCE's should be voted or as you say the people are agitating for, then why don't you let us vote for who we want and still want to impose someone on us.

If we can vote for our president and mp then I believe we can vote for our MMDCE's.

The PPP has been advocating for voting for our MMDCE's since it coming into being and has it as one of it's main objectives when given the mandate.

Awake for Ghana.

JH New York 12 years ago

What does the president mean by"tread cautiously not to politicize the issue" ?.
We all acknowledge the facts that APPOINTED as he's trying to do politicize the issue and not Elected as he's manuvering to paint.
Oh, "demoa ...
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What does the president mean by"tread cautiously not to politicize the issue" ?.
We all acknowledge the facts that APPOINTED as he's trying to do politicize the issue and not Elected as he's manuvering to paint.
Oh, "demoafricacy politrickscians"
Kofi 12 years ago

Are the MMDAs not already politicized? Why can't we learn to speak the truth?

Are the MMDAs not already politicized? Why can't we learn to speak the truth?
ohenenana 12 years ago

In fact municipal governments must form the pillars of the national government. And also the regional adminsiom must be arms at arms length from the national government in Accra, and should also be elected.

In fact municipal governments must form the pillars of the national government. And also the regional adminsiom must be arms at arms length from the national government in Accra, and should also be elected.
JOE DEE 12 years ago

Ring ring!!!!!!!
Helloo Mr President, oh fine. How are you and the family? Oh! can you hear me now? Oh ok! Well I couldn't charge my phone Last Night Because of Dumso Dumso. Yes! Well If we have to Run This DCE elections, th ...
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Ring ring!!!!!!!
Helloo Mr President, oh fine. How are you and the family? Oh! can you hear me now? Oh ok! Well I couldn't charge my phone Last Night Because of Dumso Dumso. Yes! Well If we have to Run This DCE elections, then please Advice your thief Mate Afari Djan that this time we want a mathematical tally. Total votes cast must not exceed the ballots, otherwise these foreign materials will not be accounted for. Oh! by the way please make sure Afari Djan Googles the meaning of a PDF file. Yes. Oh! sorry One last thing before you leave the line. I may need some GYEDA money top up my minutes since the oil Money cannot be accounted for. Just Wire the money to account number: 001135587766,I am counting on you otherwise NO VERIFICATION NO VOTE!!!
JM 12 years ago

THESE SSS GRADUATES SHOULD WRITE BETTER ENGLISH FOR THEIR READERS

THESE SSS GRADUATES SHOULD WRITE BETTER ENGLISH FOR THEIR READERS

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