Akufo-Addo and NPP have brought a curse on Ghanaians - NDC Scribe

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Ozymandias 12 years ago

Let's talk serious issues

Let's talk serious issues
akosua 12 years ago

thinks ghana belongs to them

thinks ghana belongs to them
Gye Nyame 12 years ago

24 years of P/NDC power, 5 years in the current administration and yet they are still complaining and can't get it together. NDC folks give NPP too much power and credit. What a shame!

24 years of P/NDC power, 5 years in the current administration and yet they are still complaining and can't get it together. NDC folks give NPP too much power and credit. What a shame!
Homesense 12 years ago

I thought that after yesterday's landmark court proceedings and Justice Atuguba's powerful statement against politicians for endangering the peace of Ghana, political activist would be sober and refrain from provocative and ...
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I thought that after yesterday's landmark court proceedings and Justice Atuguba's powerful statement against politicians for endangering the peace of Ghana, political activist would be sober and refrain from provocative and unsubstantiated utterances.

What empirical proof has Gabby Assumeng to substantiate what he is saying here?

The effect of the petition is a controversial issue, with the President reported to be saying it has no effect on him and his administration. So does Assumin know more than the President?
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IVY 12 years ago

WE SAID IT BEFORE ELECTION

WE SAID IT BEFORE ELECTION
PAA 12 years ago

Npp stop burning markets and open your eyes you will see president Manama’s capability. Npp you know very well that Kuffour couldn’t have ruled Ghana for six months should NDC went on burning markets and demonstrating eve ...
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Npp stop burning markets and open your eyes you will see president Manama’s capability. Npp you know very well that Kuffour couldn’t have ruled Ghana for six months should NDC went on burning markets and demonstrating everywhere scaring investors. NPP would surely pay for their demonic and evil plans. You have been found out and God will punish you for wasting Ghanaian tax-payers money. Thieves. The BNI has stayed too long to arrest the leaders of NPP because on their platform they declared that they would throw bombs, set fires and will cause commotions across the country therefore there was no need that fire detective experts were flown into the country to do what the BNI can do best. They must begin to arrest all of the npp leaders now!
PAA 12 years ago

Npp criminals, thieves, looters, nation wreckers, arsonists, murderers, lairs’ what npp are looking for is to come to power to loot the nation's resources. Npp thinks Ghanaians have soon forgotten when they were stealing go ...
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Npp criminals, thieves, looters, nation wreckers, arsonists, murderers, lairs’ what npp are looking for is to come to power to loot the nation's resources. Npp thinks Ghanaians have soon forgotten when they were stealing gold, money, land and other state properties. Ministers saving government loans in their individual foreign accounts and keeping the interest accrued before releasing the capital to nation's coffers. In fact, the SC is really wasting time that is why these crooks think they still stand a chance. Where on earth have you seen SC removing democratically elected president and putting in a 70 years old drug baron, greedy and arrogant man as president? You have been found out and God will punish you for wasting Ghanaian tax-payers money. Npp would surely pay for their demonic and evil plans. Useless npp leaders you have become a laughing stock, you know the truth yet you are fighting it are you not ashamed of yourself? Akuffo Addo, you will never be president of this great country. Npp are so desperate that each day they pollute the airwaves and electronic media with lies and lies and these lies are propagated and boomed by their mouthpieces such as adomfm, peacefm, joyfm, ghanaweb etc. Shame on to you. You will never succeed. Thieves!

CAMERON 12 years ago

PAA I think you are describing the NDC and its government that has been in power for almost 5 years and not NPP?. I guess you are either blind and deaf or you have sold your conscience. JJ Rawalings used to call the NPP a bun ...
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PAA I think you are describing the NDC and its government that has been in power for almost 5 years and not NPP?. I guess you are either blind and deaf or you have sold your conscience. JJ Rawalings used to call the NPP a bunch of Thieves. After Wayome, SADA, GYEEDA and other stealing and looting, we know better. Mahama and his EWE thieves ( Agams.RLG, Woyome) have been exposed. Now JJ has shut up so shut up as well. You COWARD! No one believes any thing you NDC propagandist say. Fiafito, Awi, julor, Akronfo NDC Party. That is why we call you Ayimegbe or Hwafo. Understand? FOOL!!!
Bonso 12 years ago

Those who have brought CURSE on Ghana are the following:

Ibrahim Mahama
P V Obeng
Ato Dadzie
E T Mensah
Tsatsu Tsikata
The 3 Ahwoi Brothers
Cecilia Johnson
Woyome Woyome
John Mahama
Judgement debts
Obed Asamoah
...
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Those who have brought CURSE on Ghana are the following:

Ibrahim Mahama
P V Obeng
Ato Dadzie
E T Mensah
Tsatsu Tsikata
The 3 Ahwoi Brothers
Cecilia Johnson
Woyome Woyome
John Mahama
Judgement debts
Obed Asamoah
Sipa Yankey
Betty Mould Iddrissu
NDC Anloga Fiaffitors

May they be cursed all the thieves in NDC and CPP who have stolen all the resources of state including Timber, Gold, Oil, Manganese, Black Star Line Ships, Nsawam Cannery... and everything that has been stolen by all these many, many thieves in Ghana politics

Nana Akuffo Addo has not stolen a dime of Ghana's money

Shame on corrupt liar liars!
Yaw 12 years ago

Akufo Addo aka 'All die be die' will never become President of Ghana so they should give us a fuckin' break.

Akufo Addo aka 'All die be die' will never become President of Ghana so they should give us a fuckin' break.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 12 years ago

Our country is now a hopeless State because of NDC thievery, corruption and
lack of transparency, probity, accountability and social justice.

Our country is now a hopeless State because of NDC thievery, corruption and
lack of transparency, probity, accountability and social justice.
Say Akiba 12 years ago

Is that how stupid you are? Were you really concieved and born of a woman? or you were concieved through invitro fertilization? Were you born by your biological mother or a surogate mother? I'm asking all these questions beca ...
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Is that how stupid you are? Were you really concieved and born of a woman? or you were concieved through invitro fertilization? Were you born by your biological mother or a surogate mother? I'm asking all these questions because you are a big fool, were the NPP incharge of burning state assets in the Nkwanta district of the VR and else where in Ghana? If you have people like this guy called paa as a citizen in your country, how can that country grow, he is living in no man's land and so he can't see nothing can't hear nothing a real dumb.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 12 years ago

Feature Article of Sunday, 18 September 2011 Columnist: Boateng, Chris Gyamfi

Chronicle's Kofi Koomson sleeping soundly without a threat from Akuffo Addo

The Chronicle’s Nana Kofi Koomson stunned many in the country w ...
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Feature Article of Sunday, 18 September 2011 Columnist: Boateng, Chris Gyamfi

Chronicle's Kofi Koomson sleeping soundly without a threat from Akuffo Addo

The Chronicle’s Nana Kofi Koomson stunned many in the country when he took an uncompromising stand in 2008 and without mincing words announced that he would never feel comfortable in the event Mr. Akuffo Addo became Ghana’s president.
Mr. Koomson’s singularly act in rejecting, denouncing and renouncing the defeated 2008 NPP presidential candidate like the big bang about to befall Ghanaians underscores the popular aphorism that the frog which emerges from the waters to announce the drowning of a crocodile must be taken with all seriousness. After all, the two men had been in the UP/NPP trenches and had known each other from inside-out for a considerable period of time when they plotted against the PNDC/NDC, culminating in their senseless Kume Preko Demonstrations in the 1990s.

Albeit their long time friendship and Mr. Koomson’s declaration that he had been in association with Mr. Addo for a number of years, he mustered and marshaled the courage to dissuade Ghanaians from voting for his once bosom friend. In a profound consternation among Ghanaians when Mr. Koomson was washing his friend’s dirty linen in public, one could sense and feel the awe, the anguish, the nightmare and the utmost concern vibrating in Mr. Koomson’s voice during a radio interview in which he stated categorically that the defeated candidate, Mr. Akuffo Addo is really an unqualified character who should never be allowed near the presidency. He reinforced his stance by declaring that he could never sleep a wink in the unlikely event of Mr. Addo Dankwa-Akuffo Addo becoming president of Nkrumah’s Ghana.
In the nutshell, Mr. Koomson was telling Ghanaians and the whole world that indeed Mr. Akuffo Addo had the potential of plunging the country into unimaginable consequences due to his vindictiveness, temperamental, arrogance, womanizing, lack of coordination and organization and penchant for anything that appears in skirt.
And like a bad omen about to befall a generation, the wikileaks’ revelations about Akuffo Addo have re-echoed and confirmed Kofi Koomson’s assertion without a shred of doubt.
While complimenting Mr. Koomson for the stance he took against the NPP candidate in order to help preserve the sanctity, unity and peace in Ghana, we must hasten to add that the former suffered a barrage of embarrassment and humiliation at the hands of Akuffo Addo and his NPP hit squad.
By attempting to avoid a theory called the Groupthink Mentality (a hallmark of NPP) postulated by psychologist Irving Irving L. Janis in 1971 whereby Mr. Koomson played the devil’s advocate on behalf of Ghanaians, Mr. Akuffo Addo and his thugs descended heavily on him and employed all communists’ tactics imaginable against him in his quest to enter into Ghana’s august house.
As a payback for voicing his concern over Akuffo Addo’s unfitness to lead the country, thus calling on the electorates to jettison him, a huge impediment was placed in Mr. Koomson’s way by his own party-NPP. And going by a symptom of the Groupthink theory which dilates on Unanimity (members of a groupthink share an illusion of unanimity within the group concerning almost all judgments expressed by members who speak in favor of the majority view), the NPP declared en masse that Kofi Koomson be debarred from contesting one of the parliamentary slots in the Western Region. He was, at a point in time, threatened with a court action by Ghana’s apostles of democracy for adopting the party’s insignias in his campaign. God knows what became of Mr. Koomson’s parliamentary ambitions.
Even though we cannot pinpoint with certainty as to what happened to Mr. Koomson’s parliamentary ambitions, we know for sure that Akuffo Addo was humiliated at the polls in 2008, thus nipping his unbridled ambitions in the bud for four years. We also know for sure that the victory of the NDC in the 2008 polls ensured Kofi Koomson’s sound sleep and the protection of his newspaper empire for four years. And oh, Thank God Almighty Ghana was salvaged from the hands of a warmonger, a womanizer and a drug addict whose mornings are heralded by thick clouds comparable to smoke emitting from a seventy year old locomotive engine.
Nana Kofi Koomson and discerning Ghanaians are reassured once again that even though the NPP is deep seated in the Groupthink theory of Rationalization, whereby members ignore warnings or develop rationalizations to discount the warnings and negative feedback as pertains to Mr. Akuffo Addo’s infamous “wee” Akanfuor and all-die-be-die speech, the NDC will thrash the NPP in the 2012 elections to give them another four year sound sleep as well as protecting their businesses, except the cocaine ones, of course. Indeed, Nana Koomson is assured beyond any reasonable doubt that Ghana will never die and that Akuffo Addo will be retired from politics and consigned to run a corner store at Kyebi, come 2013.
Chris Gyamfi Boateng ( Koo Boateng), MS-Info, Philadelphia , USA .
The Chronicle’s Nana Kofi Koomson stunned many in the country when he took an uncompromising stand in 2008 and without mincing words announced that he would never feel comfortable in the event Mr. Akuffo Addo became Ghana ’s president.
Mr. Koomson’s singularly act in rejecting, denouncing and renouncing the defeated 2008 NPP presidential candidate like the big bang about to befall Ghanaians underscores the popular aphorism that the frog which emerges from the waters to announce the drowning of a crocodile must be taken with all seriousness. After all, the two men had been in the UP/NPP trenches and had known each other from inside-out for a considerable period of time when they plotted against the PNDC/NDC, culminating in their senseless Kume Preko Demonstrations in the 1990s.

Albeit their long time friendship and Mr. Koomson’s declaration that he had been in association with Mr. Addo for a number of years, he mustered and marshaled the courage to dissuade Ghanaians from voting for his once bosom friend. In a profound consternation among Ghanaians when Mr. Koomson was washing his friend’s dirty linen in public, one could sense and feel the awe, the anguish, the nightmare and the utmost concern vibrating in Mr. Koomson’s voice during a radio interview in which he stated categorically that the defeated candidate, Mr. Akuffo Addo is really an unqualified character who should never be allowed near the presidency. He reinforced his stance by declaring that he could never sleep a wink in the unlikely event of Mr. Addo Dankwa-Akuffo Addo becoming president of Nkrumah’s Ghana.
In the nutshell, Mr. Koomson was telling Ghanaians and the whole world that indeed Mr. Akuffo Addo had the potential of plunging the country into unimaginable consequences due to his vindictiveness, temperamental, arrogance, womanizing, lack of coordination and organization and penchant for anything that appears in skirt.
And like a bad omen about to befall a generation, the wikileaks’ revelations about Akuffo Addo have re-echoed and confirmed Kofi Koomson’s assertion without a shred of doubt.
While complimenting Mr. Koomson for the stance he took against the NPP candidate in order to help preserve the sanctity, unity and peace in Ghana , we must hasten to add that the former suffered a barrage of embarrassment and humiliation at the hands of Akuffo Addo and his NPP hit squad.
By attempting to avoid a theory called the Groupthink Mentality (a hallmark of NPP) postulated by psychologist Irving Irving L. Janis in 1971 whereby Mr. Koomson played the devil’s advocate on behalf of Ghanaians, Mr. Akuffo Addo and his thugs descended heavily on him and employed all communists’ tactics imaginable against him in his quest to enter into Ghana’s august house.
As a payback for voicing his concern over Akuffo Addo’s unfitness to lead the country, thus calling on the electorates to jettison him, a huge impediment was placed in Mr. Koomson’s way by his own party-NPP. And going by a symptom of the Groupthink theory which dilates on Unanimity (members of a groupthink share an illusion of unanimity within the group concerning almost all judgments expressed by members who speak in favor of the majority view), the NPP declared en masse that Kofi Koomson be debarred from contesting one of the parliamentary slots in the Western Region. He was, at a point in time, threatened with a court action by Ghana ’s apostles of democracy for adopting the party’s insignias in his campaign. God knows what became of Mr. Koomson’s parliamentary ambitions.
Even though we cannot pinpoint with certainty as to what happened to Mr. Koomson’s parliamentary ambitions, we know for sure that Akuffo Addo was humiliated at the polls in 2008, thus nipping his unbridled ambitions in the bud for four years. We also know for sure that the victory of the NDC in the 2008 polls ensured Kofi Koomson’s sound sleep and the protection of his newspaper empire for four years. And oh, Thank God Almighty Ghana was salvaged from the hands of a warmonger, a womanizer and a drug addict whose mornings are heralded by thick clouds comparable to smoke emitting from a seventy year old locomotive engine.
Nana Kofi Koomson and discerning Ghanaians are reassured once again that even though the NPP is deep seated in the Groupthink theory of Rationalization, whereby members ignore warnings or develop rationalizations to discount the warnings and negative feedback as pertains to Mr. Akuffo Addo’s infamous “wee” Akanfuor and all-die-be-die speech, the NDC will thrash the NPP in the 2012 elections to give them another four year sound sleep as well as protecting their businesses, except the cocaine ones, of course. Indeed, Nana Koomson is assured beyond any reasonable doubt that Ghana will never die and that Akuffo Addo will be retired from politics and consigned to run a corner store at Kyebi, come 2013.

Chris Gyamfi Boateng ( Koo Boateng), MS-Info, Philadelphia , USA .
Asempaneye 12 years ago

KOO Boateng we now know what this generation of NDC politicians can do. We have 56 months experience with them. And Are you proud of what you hear or read since you are comfortably hiding in orderly Phila-PA. Kofi Koomson lik ...
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KOO Boateng we now know what this generation of NDC politicians can do. We have 56 months experience with them. And Are you proud of what you hear or read since you are comfortably hiding in orderly Phila-PA. Kofi Koomson like Kwasi Pratt are unrepentant extortionist and goes for the highest bidder.No one take them serious. Quote better discerning. Did you read about Justices Atubuga and Dotse speech to Ghanaian and Owusu Afriye in court yesterday? I suppose you have nothing better to talk about excerpt this old propaganda news/

If your unemployment checks have stopped come to Ghana and help solve corruption to make the NDC government accountable. Otherwise enjoy your time in diaspora!
Kwaku Danso 12 years ago

Fiadzoe, my father's house boy had that name . He sole everything his eyes set on. You may related ?

Fiadzoe, my father's house boy had that name . He sole everything his eyes set on. You may related ?
Say Akiba 12 years ago

This Fiadzoe guy is troubled, he really, really need's help.Your NDC will soon come down and NDP will take control.That is the word of God , Amen.

This Fiadzoe guy is troubled, he really, really need's help.Your NDC will soon come down and NDP will take control.That is the word of God , Amen.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 12 years ago

The history as regards to how NDC came
into Government or how to become a political party is very fresh in the minds of a total majority people of this nation except he who is an idiot, monkey, animal who eats shit as dinner ...
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The history as regards to how NDC came
into Government or how to become a political party is very fresh in the minds of a total majority people of this nation except he who is an idiot, monkey, animal who eats shit as dinner
can't remember where from NDC before it became a political party.

By such actions we are demanding to know where lies the credibility of
such a bunch of criminals who call
themselves politicians, when they are
arm robbers? Kwasea, Fiafeto!!!

MYSTIC JOE. LONDON 12 years ago

What is wrong with this Gabby Assumeng? He talks as if he has left his gumption in his knees. He is a real twat. Politics has become so cheap in Ghana, thanks to NDC, giving way for people of his calibre to voice out their ga ...
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What is wrong with this Gabby Assumeng? He talks as if he has left his gumption in his knees. He is a real twat. Politics has become so cheap in Ghana, thanks to NDC, giving way for people of his calibre to voice out their garbage of comments. It is very unfortunate. I hope the NPP wins this court case to bring a change and sanity to the nation.
concerned citizen 12 years ago

This team z member don't have shame,how many mps and ministers were involved in this ongoing election petition,and they should tell us how does that affect their duties.the truth is that the president has given positions to p ...
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This team z member don't have shame,how many mps and ministers were involved in this ongoing election petition,and they should tell us how does that affect their duties.the truth is that the president has given positions to people who can't performed all what the do is to mismanaged the nation resources simply because they don't know what they are doing and they are lazy that is why our dear country is in this state. Stop being idiot by blaming people whom you know they can deliver.get back to work fool.
IVY 12 years ago

THIS NOT NEW

THIS NOT NEW
Kondendiara Kakraba 12 years ago

Gabby Assuming is so daft I am sick in the stomach for his stupid statement. If someone goes to court, what has that got to do with proceedings in parliament and of what hindrance is that to ministerial duties. Ghana is in th ...
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Gabby Assuming is so daft I am sick in the stomach for his stupid statement. If someone goes to court, what has that got to do with proceedings in parliament and of what hindrance is that to ministerial duties. Ghana is in this state because of the incompetence of NDC. It wasn't any better under Mills but its worse under Mahama. Didn't he hear what His Lordship Justice Dotse said? That you have formed, albeit, a loot and share brigade to lick the national coffers dry. You are about to be booted out of office and you'll see real governance.
DR. Bokor Jnr 12 years ago

ANOTHER ILLITERATE ON THE MIC

ANOTHER ILLITERATE ON THE MIC
kpmg-kickout president mahama governm 12 years ago

this man is a real unintelligent illiterate who should not be entertained in the Ghanaian society. Assumeng might be a fool. I;m sorry but that's the only fitting word for such unthinkable person.

this man is a real unintelligent illiterate who should not be entertained in the Ghanaian society. Assumeng might be a fool. I;m sorry but that's the only fitting word for such unthinkable person.
Son of Ghana 12 years ago

You Ndc zombies are so thick. You know you are incompetent. You have been in power for 5 years and you still blame npp for the bad state you have pit the country. We Ghanaians are so stupid to believe you zombies. You have st ...
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You Ndc zombies are so thick. You know you are incompetent. You have been in power for 5 years and you still blame npp for the bad state you have pit the country. We Ghanaians are so stupid to believe you zombies. You have stolen through gyeeda,sada , agams , rlg , woyome , and all the other Ndc scams. You have presided over an increase of debt from 9bn to 39bn with NOTHING!!! To show for it. You zombies have conned ghana and we are so stupid to allow it. So get lost. Take responsibility for you actions and stop blaming npp. You zombies are in power so get on with it.
daavi 12 years ago

Clueless rented press full of evil dwarfs and men with pick axe teeth. The NATIONAL DEMONS CONGRESS is fit to be the watchmen of the nation not leaders. They are only good at demonic and spirit wickedness. If you know how the ...
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Clueless rented press full of evil dwarfs and men with pick axe teeth. The NATIONAL DEMONS CONGRESS is fit to be the watchmen of the nation not leaders. They are only good at demonic and spirit wickedness. If you know how they came to being, you would understand why.
asem beba dabi 12 years ago

The problem facing this country currently is a cursed and a blasphemous presidency.

They are a blood thirsty bunch who mock God with their unchanging and helpless evil ways.

The happenings in this country is due to Some ...
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The problem facing this country currently is a cursed and a blasphemous presidency.

They are a blood thirsty bunch who mock God with their unchanging and helpless evil ways.

The happenings in this country is due to Some one cheating his way to power In a bid the change the WILL OF GOD.

The blood of their political opponents - murdered during the so called revolution are cry in for justice
URBERT ISL 12 years ago

I WONDER WHY ALL NDC PEOPLE HAVE ONE USELESS BRAIN WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT GOING WELL IN GHANA IS NPP TANI CALLED akosua HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHINK GOOD EVER COME OUT IN GONJA TELL YOUR BRAINLESS MAHAMA THAT IF HE DONT KNOW WHAT ...
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I WONDER WHY ALL NDC PEOPLE HAVE ONE USELESS BRAIN WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT GOING WELL IN GHANA IS NPP TANI CALLED akosua HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHINK GOOD EVER COME OUT IN GONJA TELL YOUR BRAINLESS MAHAMA THAT IF HE DONT KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING IS BETTER FOR HIM TO GO BACK AND TAKE CARE OF IS COWS AND NKOMFEM

Kwaku Manu 12 years ago

Every tribalistic slur is imature, uninformed and uncuth. Come out of tribal politics and be civilised. NPP has all tribs in it, or are you intending to destroy our party.

Every tribalistic slur is imature, uninformed and uncuth. Come out of tribal politics and be civilised. NPP has all tribs in it, or are you intending to destroy our party.
Wofa Ata 12 years ago

This guy will benefit from free education so as to educate his party and stop playing the blame game

This guy will benefit from free education so as to educate his party and stop playing the blame game
Ogwah 12 years ago

If much of the country's life was ruled by P/NDC the current culture of no respect for elderly must have been encouraged by NDC. Does the NDC youth respect Rawlings?

If much of the country's life was ruled by P/NDC the current culture of no respect for elderly must have been encouraged by NDC. Does the NDC youth respect Rawlings?
YAW BARIMA 12 years ago

Take a critical look at what could have accounted for the situation where the total number of votes obtained by all the parliamentary candidates of the NDC was less than what was obtained by their counterparts in the New Patr ...
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Take a critical look at what could have accounted for the situation where the total number of votes obtained by all the parliamentary candidates of the NDC was less than what was obtained by their counterparts in the New Patriotic Party. In simple terms, I find it “curious” how the NPP Minority could record 121,214 more votes than the NDC Majority in the 2012 general elections.
Concern 12 years ago

I'm curious too.

I'm curious too.
Nicholas J Bedzo 12 years ago

Nana Akufo Addo is a sturborn man.

Nana Akufo Addo is a sturborn man.
Say Akiba 12 years ago

It is good to be stubborn, come to the whiteman's land and you will see how stubborn their kids are and that is why they don't fear nothing.

It is good to be stubborn, come to the whiteman's land and you will see how stubborn their kids are and that is why they don't fear nothing.
Joe 12 years ago

No wonder this piece is coming from N D C sympathizer. They blame their failures on anything. Several months into governance they are still blaming NPP. Incompetent government. Time will tell.

No wonder this piece is coming from N D C sympathizer. They blame their failures on anything. Several months into governance they are still blaming NPP. Incompetent government. Time will tell.
NANAO!! MOTHER 12 years ago

A fool like you Gabby Assumeng is one of those who have brought a curse to Ghana not NPP. aboa Where is Mills?how and what kills him? Gabby Assumeng go and asked your Evil dwarfs leaders in NDC and they will tell you where t ...
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A fool like you Gabby Assumeng is one of those who have brought a curse to Ghana not NPP. aboa Where is Mills?how and what kills him? Gabby Assumeng go and asked your Evil dwarfs leaders in NDC and they will tell you where the curse on Ghana comes from.Idiot!! Ogwan ba sorry for my words but you deserve it.
Emma. 12 years ago

This absolute trash. Is NPP now equal to God.how can this be. please wise up. fix the problem and stop blame game.

This absolute trash. Is NPP now equal to God.how can this be. please wise up. fix the problem and stop blame game.
CAPE COAST BOY 12 years ago

STOP POINTING HAND ON PEOPLE AND LET'S CALL FOR PAECE.THIS STUPID NDC AND NPP SUPPORTER'S ARE TRYING EVERTHING TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY BUT GOD WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN ON US

STOP POINTING HAND ON PEOPLE AND LET'S CALL FOR PAECE.THIS STUPID NDC AND NPP SUPPORTER'S ARE TRYING EVERTHING TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY BUT GOD WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN ON US
Kojo T 12 years ago

NPP is not patriotic. As for Nana what has he done for the country for so many years? J B danquah is not different. Obetsebi lamptey the same They surround themselves with tunnelled vision sycophants who stroke their egos and ...
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NPP is not patriotic. As for Nana what has he done for the country for so many years? J B danquah is not different. Obetsebi lamptey the same They surround themselves with tunnelled vision sycophants who stroke their egos and they go on the rampage
Son of Ghana 12 years ago

You zombies know you are useless that's why you always blame npp although you have been in power for 5 years. Do something before you die and shut up.

You zombies know you are useless that's why you always blame npp although you have been in power for 5 years. Do something before you die and shut up.
Concerned 12 years ago

1. Global warming
2. Nelson Mandela getting sick
3. Egypt falling apart politcally
4. Current gov't not being mature enough to admit that things that go wrong under their administration will be their fault - this too is Ak ...
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1. Global warming
2. Nelson Mandela getting sick
3. Egypt falling apart politcally
4. Current gov't not being mature enough to admit that things that go wrong under their administration will be their fault - this too is Akufo-Addo's fault
FIRE 12 years ago

Listen To The Fool, Assumeng You Evil Dwarf. Which Party In Ghana Was Formed With Human Blood. Your Useless P/NDC Idiots Fools.Fire Burn You All.

Listen To The Fool, Assumeng You Evil Dwarf. Which Party In Ghana Was Formed With Human Blood. Your Useless P/NDC Idiots Fools.Fire Burn You All.
kennedy 12 years ago

Western plans 80 yrs ahead and learn from their past,why cant we accept our mistakes and grow than pointing fingers on others oppositions are there to help build the nation not to bring it down,pull out your policies and we w ...
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Western plans 80 yrs ahead and learn from their past,why cant we accept our mistakes and grow than pointing fingers on others oppositions are there to help build the nation not to bring it down,pull out your policies and we will support you.
Easy P London 12 years ago

This motherfucker Asumeng should shut the fuck up.You stupid idiots are talking about peace,where is the fucking justice?Mutterficker!!!!!

This motherfucker Asumeng should shut the fuck up.You stupid idiots are talking about peace,where is the fucking justice?Mutterficker!!!!!
NANA BANKU 12 years ago

Another ndc liar who has escaped the supreme court wrath he too is guilty of supreme court summons.and contempt He is also part of the thievery all the ndc party men HEIS A BIG TIME THIEF WHO MUST BE ASHAMED OF THE THEIR ABYS ...
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Another ndc liar who has escaped the supreme court wrath he too is guilty of supreme court summons.and contempt He is also part of the thievery all the ndc party men HEIS A BIG TIME THIEF WHO MUST BE ASHAMED OF THE THEIR ABYSMAL PERFORMANCE increasing the level of poverty.
Queen 12 years ago

NDC and NDC only has brought a curse upon the country.The current hardships and economic challenges being experienced in the country is mainly as a result of the curse NDC has brought upon the country and their gargantum stea ...
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NDC and NDC only has brought a curse upon the country.The current hardships and economic challenges being experienced in the country is mainly as a result of the curse NDC has brought upon the country and their gargantum stealing of all the country's wealth. May God deal with you all.
serwa 12 years ago

MAY THE CURSE OF GOD DESCEND ON THIS STUPIID MAN CALL NANA. I HATE U NANAA

MAY THE CURSE OF GOD DESCEND ON THIS STUPIID MAN CALL NANA. I HATE U NANAA
PIERRO 12 years ago

Nana Addo will attend your funeral soon you fool. You think you and your murderer-in-chief John whatever he calls himself can kill him like you killed the innocent Atta mills in cold blood?

Nana Addo will attend your funeral soon you fool. You think you and your murderer-in-chief John whatever he calls himself can kill him like you killed the innocent Atta mills in cold blood?
The Prophet 12 years ago

Thou shall not curse anyone. The Lord forgives you and I

Thou shall not curse anyone. The Lord forgives you and I
NDC ANIMALS WILL BURN HOUSES!!! 12 years ago

this foool; and his foolish party dont learn, did the petition in court share money during the elections? did the petition gives cars to legon girls and money and cars to chiefs? you eat the meat to the bone and u speak nonse ...
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this foool; and his foolish party dont learn, did the petition in court share money during the elections? did the petition gives cars to legon girls and money and cars to chiefs? you eat the meat to the bone and u speak nonsense. foooooooolish Gabby assumeng
This Is Democrasy 12 years ago

Gabby, is that what you feel in your neck or what? Do you not think that Nana Addo's action has rather ensured that Ghana continues to enjoy the peace which is very Ghanaian, considering what has been happening around us? I b ...
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Gabby, is that what you feel in your neck or what? Do you not think that Nana Addo's action has rather ensured that Ghana continues to enjoy the peace which is very Ghanaian, considering what has been happening around us? I bet the curse that has come on Ghana was brought on us by the (P)NDC? Even the way PNDC turned into NDC is a curse! Everything about the party is a curse on the rest of us! We are all waiting for the day the NDC party will be proscribed before the curse it has brought on the nation will be lifted.
The NPP has always been rooted in the practice of peace and justice. That is why there are more lawyers and
proper politicians in NPP than NDC!
Owus 12 years ago

Yes you are right. Wait NDC can pay back in a worse form.

Yes you are right. Wait NDC can pay back in a worse form.
VAVIOTO 12 years ago

THE ONE MAKING THIS STATEMENT IS DRASTICALLY INSANE. HIS BRAINS SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT AND WASHED WITH SOAP. PEOPLE TALK AS IF GHANA BELONGS TO THEM.

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THE ONE MAKING THIS STATEMENT IS DRASTICALLY INSANE. HIS BRAINS SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT AND WASHED WITH SOAP. PEOPLE TALK AS IF GHANA BELONGS TO THEM.

WE MUST BE SERIOUS IN THIS COUNTRY AND STOP THIS SORT OF "BUSHIATIC" POLITICS.
lil 12 years ago

AM NOT SURPRISED AT ALL AT THE COMMENTS MADE BY THIS NDC GUY.....THEY MUST SIMPLY FIND SOMEONE TO BLAME FOR THE SHAMEFUL PERFORMANCE IN GOVERNMENT.

AM NOT SURPRISED AT ALL AT THE COMMENTS MADE BY THIS NDC GUY.....THEY MUST SIMPLY FIND SOMEONE TO BLAME FOR THE SHAMEFUL PERFORMANCE IN GOVERNMENT.
Ericus-Ericus 12 years ago

This 'low key lawyer' called Gabby Assuming wing will always receive insults from the public because of his unguided statements.

This 'low key lawyer' called Gabby Assuming wing will always receive insults from the public because of his unguided statements.
Kwadzo 12 years ago

WHO HAS THE POWER NOW, USE IT OR SHUT UP YOUR STINKING MOUTH.

WHO HAS THE POWER NOW, USE IT OR SHUT UP YOUR STINKING MOUTH.
Adjei, Yaw 12 years ago

NPP NEVER ACCEPPT THE TRUTH OR ANY SENSIBLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT. THEIR AGENDA IS ALWAYS MUST INSULT AND CALL NAMES,JUST DISAGREE WITH WHATEVER OPPONENTS SAY AND MAKE VIOLENT AND AGRESSIVE NOISES. TO NPP OPPOSITION MEANS JUST TO ...
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NPP NEVER ACCEPPT THE TRUTH OR ANY SENSIBLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT. THEIR AGENDA IS ALWAYS MUST INSULT AND CALL NAMES,JUST DISAGREE WITH WHATEVER OPPONENTS SAY AND MAKE VIOLENT AND AGRESSIVE NOISES. TO NPP OPPOSITION MEANS JUST TO DISAGREE WITHOUT APPLYING COMMON SENSE. THIS IS THE TYPICAL BEHAVIOUR OF AN NPP, IRRESPONSIBILITY, INDISCIPLINE, POLITICAL SYNCHOPHANCY AND LACK OF INTEGRETITY.
Mr Jay ******************London 12 years ago

This NDC people do they really have brains in their amorphous heads.

Their words makes any sane person thinks these NDC folks only SHIT in the HEADS instead of a real BRAIN.

This NDC people do they really have brains in their amorphous heads.

Their words makes any sane person thinks these NDC folks only SHIT in the HEADS instead of a real BRAIN.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

A seven-year-old tells his four-year-old brother that they should start swearing. "When we go downstairs for Lunch, I'll say 'hell' and you say 'ass.'" The four-year-old happily agrees.

At Lunch, the seven-year-old says, " ...
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A seven-year-old tells his four-year-old brother that they should start swearing. "When we go downstairs for Lunch, I'll say 'hell' and you say 'ass.'" The four-year-old happily agrees.

At Lunch, the seven-year-old says, "Aw hell, Mom, I'll just have some Banku."

The surprised mother quickly smacks him. The boy runs upstairs crying. The mother turns to the younger boy, "And what would YOU like for Lunch?"
"I don't know," the four-year-old blubbers, "but you can bet your ass it's not gonna be Banku!"
boobuoo 12 years ago

Hopeson Adoye had confessed that it is difficult to be in opposition,NPP is struggling hard to be in government so that they can 'chop chop'and sleep comfortably no wonder Nana Ado is desperate to turn the laid banquet table ...
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Hopeson Adoye had confessed that it is difficult to be in opposition,NPP is struggling hard to be in government so that they can 'chop chop'and sleep comfortably no wonder Nana Ado is desperate to turn the laid banquet table upside down.
MENSAH 12 years ago

Why should the SUPREME COURT,comprising of our HONOURABLE, LEARNED JUDGES,waste their time on a subject that has plunged GHANA INTO A BAD STATE:
BRINGING GHANA A CURSE?

GABBY MUST BE DREAMING!

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Why should the SUPREME COURT,comprising of our HONOURABLE, LEARNED JUDGES,waste their time on a subject that has plunged GHANA INTO A BAD STATE:
BRINGING GHANA A CURSE?

GABBY MUST BE DREAMING!

Rather,your MAHAMA & AFARI GYAN have to be blamed for all these mess.
Because,they have the elections.
NPP HAS PROVEN THEIR CASE SQUARELY,AT THE SC.
That alone,cancels your assertion.

Every economic activities,that have gone astray,will once more quicken, when you(the NDC) are gone.
Ghana gave you NDC her reigns,but it looks like,you've blown it,big time.

GHANA NEEDS A CHANGE:
MAHAMA OUT,NANA ADDO IN.

Why:
Because,change is necessary,in every success equation.And Ghana needs to succeed.
OUR SUCCESS WOULD NOT COME OUT OF YOUR RECKLESS SPENDING,THE UNNECESSARY JUDGEMENT DEBT PAYMENTS & UNCONTROLLABLE BORROWING,NO FOCUS AND WITHOUT ANY STRATEGIC PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT/SUCCESS.
GHANA HAS US$39 BILLION TO PAY,FROM OUR REMUNERATION IN THE CYBERSPACE.

NDC HAS TWO MORE WEEKS TO GO.
Gold 12 years ago

Evil short man bringing Ghana into a standstill.

Evil short man bringing Ghana into a standstill.
KWAA 12 years ago

is all the NDC knows.In any normal civlised society,what has a court case to do with a national economy?Only in NDC`s Ghana is where a court case can bring the Country to a standstill.
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is all the NDC knows.In any normal civlised society,what has a court case to do with a national economy?Only in NDC`s Ghana is where a court case can bring the Country to a standstill.
Why is this guy not talking about the huge corruption going on at TOR,GYEDEE and infact all Government Organizations?
Is it because of the Court case that Government can`t pay Contractors,or Government not being able to start new projects,or Government stopping allowances being paid to Teacher Trainees?
NDC has been clueless from day one,from 1992 till date,they have no clue how to move this nation forward,all they know is steal,share and distroy.
Atleast the NPP introduced something like the NHIS,Mass Transpotion programme.
The 13ysrs +PNDC rule in Ghana,which innovative programme have they introduce in Ghana?
They will do evrything thing to keep most Ghanaians in illitracy just to stay in power.
"you can fool some of the people some of the time,but you can`t fool all the people all the time".
dede 12 years ago

nkwaseasem

nkwaseasem
Woman's wisdom 12 years ago

Gabby assuming is talking shit. He must come out and tell us if Nana Addo is the one who gave as much as 52 million Ghana Cedis to Woyome. He must come out and tell us if all the monies stolen by his stupid party for which th ...
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Gabby assuming is talking shit. He must come out and tell us if Nana Addo is the one who gave as much as 52 million Ghana Cedis to Woyome. He must come out and tell us if all the monies stolen by his stupid party for which there is no money to pay for the salaries of the working populace. This is all bull shit so read the following because following so you would know that NDC is a curse to Ghana jon mahama is a thief and Ghabby Assuming is an idiot to have come to this conclusion. Keep on rading:
Philip A. Bannor, pbannor2@gmail.com

The Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Djan, a respondent (or defendant, if you will), in the ongoing electoral petition, ( *Nana Akufo-Addo, et al. v. Mahama, et al.), *before the Supreme Court of Ghana, has made several revealing statements under oath, that require further scrutiny.

*"I am not sure of what the notion [or connotation] of Over Voting is," EC Chair, Afari-Djan:*

The EC Chair made quite a surprising statement when he said, he did not understand the notion of "*Over-Voting*". One would expect the EC Chair to either offer an explanation for over-voting, or expand on how to curtail the perennial problem of ballot stuffing in African politics. Rather, he claimed not to understand the very nature of the problem. The "classical" definition and the "technological" definition of "Over-Voting," he desperately sought to offer under oath, were nothing more than an attempt to be evasive, when a simple truth could suffice. How about, more votes in the ballot box than verified voters? Simple enough?

Checking the number of votes in the ballot box against the Voter Register has its own problems. It will not account for those who registered, but did not vote (because of travel, re-location, students at school, or those who unfortunately died between the time of registration and the election day). Furthermore, some voters were denied or simply unaware of the avenue for proxy voting, an option that allows a designated individual to vote on ones behalf.

Of the options available to detect over-voting, using the voter-register, I am afraid to hint, will allow even the dead to vote. The pink sheet, which is the primary record of voting, in-spite of its occasional imperfections, is the best available tool we have to detect over-voting.

After much court room theatrics, the EC Chair, finally admitted that, indeed over-voting did occur in the 2012 presidential election, under cross-examination by the lead petitioners' counsel, Mr. Philip Addison, when the witness was shown the "pink-sheet'" from the temporary booth of Jinpenhi, (with polling station code K030405). The total votes cast were 67, while only 21 voters were on the voter register. A case that illustrates the inherent difficulties of relying on the voter register, as stated above. This is not to assert that, the voter register for a particular polling station is completely unhelpful, but as a matter of fact, the statement of poll, (aka "pink sheet") should be the primary record of election on the voting day. After all, The EC Chair has admitted that the voter register can be quite "dynamic," or "fluid," changing as more voters are added, deleted, or re-assigned elsewhere. With that knowledge, the "pink sheets," in all fairness, should really be the reference record of voting on the election day.

*" I will allow well known figures to Vote-Without [bio-metric] verification," Afari-Djan:*

Secondly, the EC chair astonishing declaration under oath that, he would allow potential voters who were not bio-metrically verified, but well known to him, like the paramount chief, to vote, smells like allowing the old problems of multiple voting with multiple identification cards, to creep back into the current voting system, which the BVD machines were procured at a hefty price tag to avoid.

If the EC chair can allow a "well known figure" to vote without verification, the presiding officers, and presumably the polling station agents may allow "well known figures" to them, to vote without bio-metric verification. The sub-chiefs, the chief electrician, the chief driver, the chief welder, the chief nurse(s), the chief local school principal(s), the teachers, the church deacons, the local mosque imam(s), the chief trader(s), the national service student(s), the phone seller(s), at the local level are ALL well known figures to someone, who can vouch for their eligibility as voters. The comical nature of Afari-Djan's reasoning is obvious.

You see, Afari-Djan's admission of allowing "well-known figures" to vote, invariably opens a back door to ineligible, unverified voters to vote creating the problem of over-voting, to say the least. The statement may be tacit invitation for double voting, and worse, ballot malfeasance. Foreign material in the ballot box?

In any event, the chair of the EC, is not vested with the power to over-ride what is otherwise, proscribed by applicable law. If we allow the EC chair to act in such manner, any one can take tangential liberties with the law, and doom our destiny. We deserve better.

*"We did not have enough money for the election," Afari-Djan:*

A whopping Ghc 234M (approximately $125m US Dollars) was appropriated for the 2012 Parliamentary and Presidential elections in Ghana, including procurement of BVD machines. The statement was a big surprise indeed, coming from the EC Chair who requested for the stated amount, and was duly granted by parliament. Who is Afari-Djan kidding? Or who was he trying to "hood-wink". The huge sum of money he requested and approved for the conduct of the election needs to be audited, if not fully investigated, in light of the new revelation that insufficient BVD machines were procured, with several stations without BVD back-ups, causing undue delays, and voter frustrations at the polls.

Voting without verification should really be in our rear-view mirror. We need to know the truth; who the electorate voted for, to govern the affairs of the nation. Enough with the meddling of the will of the people of Ghana. A credible EC should take all steps to ensure the sanctity of the vote.

*'There were Double-Registrations," Afari-Djan:*

Next is the issue of "*Double Registration*". Several names on the voters register were entered on more than one occasion, making the overseas voter register for example, swell from 705 to 240,000. There can be very little explanation as to why such a scale of error could not be spotted prior to the election. The 'gargantuan error" only came to light, when the petitioners filed their "supreme" case. Does anyone really believe that the error of double registration would have been uncovered, had the petitioners not sought relief at the mercy of the supreme court of the land?

The lack of credibility on the part of the EC with respect to double registration, is undeniably too obvious to ignore, given the fact that the registration abroad was conducted by senior permanent members of the EC, who unlike the hired temporary election workers, are experienced in what they do. For instance, we now know that, double registration can simply occur if the electoral agent fails to edit the "picture" of a registrant. The re-take of a picture of a voter can simply create 2 new voters out of one. Whew Ghana ! Are we making progress or back-paddling? Why risk our future to a highly manipulative system?

Can Afari-Djan adequately explain the issue of double registration after spending over $125M on a new voting system? We had hoped he purchased a voting system capable of stopping multiple registrations, since multiple registrants will have same finger prints.

To add insults to injury, the EC chair was hopelessly uncertain as to what legal instrument he derived his authority to conduct foreign voters registration exercise. Additionally, the highly selective nature of the overseas voter registration, was discriminatory, as observed by the lead petitioners' counsel, Mr. Addison. Only Ghanaians serving in foreign missions, their dependents, students on government scholarships, and military personnel on international assignments were registered. Large sections of Ghanaians residing outside Ghana were excluded from the registration, and therefore the chance to exercise their constitutional right to vote.

*"Unique numbers and serial numbers*," *Afari-Djan:*

More problems with registration. Not all polling stations had BVD machines with back-up equipment to spare. In case of software or hardware failures, a unique number on the BVD machine could help match the data to the device, and the polling station. Afari-Djan admitted that each BVD had a unique number, but the EC Chair won't reference such numbers as serial numbers, even though he admitted each BVD machine could be identified by its unique number.

*A serial number is a number that is unique to a device or a document and as such could be used to identify the device or the referenced document. *

The chassis number of an automobile (or the vehicle identification number) embossed on a vehicle makes it unique to the vehicle. If two vehicles have the same VIN or chassis number, you know very well, one of the vehicles is * stolen.* Ask anyone who is an authorized car dealer from any corner of the planet earth.

Let me offer one more example. The unique numbers on any one Ghana cedi note is UNIQUE to that note. No two Ghana cedi notes of the same denomination have the same UNIQUE/SERIAL numbers. If two Ghana cedi notes have the same UNIQUE/SERIAL numbers, believe me, one is counterfeit!

*If we can catch car thieves by Unique/Serial (Chassis/VIN) numbers, and catch counterfeit money printers with unique/serial numbers, we can detect electoral fraud with unique/serial numbers on pink-sheets, ballot papers, and BVD machines.*

Friends, I offer to you that, the existence of more than one "pink sheet" with the same serial number is the "prima-facie" evidence that the election may have been "stolen," "counterfeited" or simply rigged. Since the "pink sheets" are the primary record of election, the unique numbers on them are our best chance to detect fraud. The Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana must marshal the courage to rule accordingly.

*"I hired temporary Technical Support techs for the election," Afari-Djan: *

Mr. Afari-Djan admitted the EC trained some permanent Technicians and some temporal tech support employees to provide technical assistance for the BVD operations. Question is, to what extend were these technicians supervised? What changes to captured data could these techs, temporal or permanent, make to the Voter database(s). The answer to these questions may sound mundane to the non-tech savvy, but the bomb-shell admission by Afari-Djan, that the captured data could be removed by use of "jump-drive" or "flash-drive" is worrisome. One also needs to worry about the fact that, the BVD machines do not have centralized data base. The lack of centralized database could open avenues for the mischievous to be dubious. Can the Tech support network improve the protection of the database from manipulation?

*"I am not a registration Officer", Afari-Djan:*

Now as if the above surprises were not enough, the "venerable" EC Chair, Mr. Afari-Djan, the sole return election officer for the presidential elections, and the one person constitutionally charged to register, and to conduct ALL elections in Ghana, stated under oath that, he is not a "registration officer," and cannot answer questions about the process of registration. OMG! SSG (Oh my God, Someone save Ghana, as these text and #hash-tags would put it). The exasperating statement was Afari-Djan's anemic effort to answer (or dodge) the lead petitioner counsel, Philip Addison's cross-examination query about what Forms 1A, 1B and 1C were. The EC chair needed some prodding to answer that question.

Afari-Djan lost more than his credibility. Appearing uninformed about electoral procedures in Ghana, after stating impressive resume and "self-trumpeting" awards from notable world institutions, supposedly for conduct of elections, is self-inflicted blood-letting. Must Afari-Djan resort to such ends to secure a victory for anyone? At what point is the truth important ? At what point is the common good of Ghana more important than the entrenched partisanship on display.

Where is the statesmanship needed for the office of Chair of Electoral Commission?

Afari-Djan should come across as someone who wants to help cleanse the mess in the EC, not its cover-up. Or is the veteran electoral officer under such undue pressure from the "powers that be," that the once revered and celebrated Ghana's electoral chief, needs our help? If so, Our Lords, the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the collective will of ALL discerning Ghanaians, must be brought to bear to salvage the present predicament we find ourselves in, and to ensure the once bright future forefathers envisioned.

*"I did not personally see the pink sheets before I declared the results," Afari-Djan:*

Finally, The above statement by the EC Chair, was made before he admitted in the witness box that, he had not personally seen any of the "pink sheets," aka "statement of poll" sheets, before the declaration of the presidential election. If so, why didn't the EC Chair take his time to investigate the petitioners "alleged irregularities," (which he has now admitted indeed occurred in the 2012 presidential election), before announcing the presidential results, when the issue was first raised in the meeting with the petitioners, the respondents and the members of the PEACE Counsel on Dec 9, 2012?

The EC chair could have delayed the declaration of the results for say 48-72 hours, and critically examine the concerns of the petitioners if they had a case. He could have called for an audit of the pink sheets, and even sanction by means of annulment where credible evidence of irregularity, malpractices or violations of the electoral law or procedures had occurred.

Given the novelty of the introduction of the BVD machines, and the impact the historic election will have on the fate of the nation, Ghanaians as patient as we are, would have given him sufficient time to do his just duty.

*"The presiding officers do not have to sign the pink sheet" Afari-Djan:*

If presiding officers do not have to sign the statement of polls, then why even bother having presiding officers at all. Afari-Djan may be compromised beyond believe.

Friends, the above jaw dropping statements by the Chair of Ghana EC, may actually bolster the petitioners case before the supreme court. I believe more than statutory violations, irregularities, and trans-positional errors occurred in the 2012 presidential election in Ghana. CRIMINAL intent is quite obvious when one reads between the lines. Why? A credible EC that honors the sanctity of the ballot box, and voting as a sacred intent of the people, in my opinion, will not risk embellishing its conduct and outcome. Isn't the EC constitutionally bound to perform such a function above reproach? A properly conducted election could have spared mother Ghana the ordeal of the last six months.

Ghana has come a long way in our democratic journey. We deserve a better Electoral Commission to safeguard the sanctity of voting, and the clear will of the people. It is TIME to dissolve the EC and reconstitute a new body to conduct credible elections in Ghana. That should be part of the relief the petitioners are seeking from the Lords of the land.

Philip A. Bannor, MD pbannor2@gmail.com.
OSIAHENE Darko-Obiri 12 years ago

This guy must be sick.
But it's typical NDC tactic to sidestep the issues to create a scapegoat for their own evil deeds. This a party that's had no conscience from its birth.
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This guy must be sick.
But it's typical NDC tactic to sidestep the issues to create a scapegoat for their own evil deeds. This a party that's had no conscience from its birth.
If I think you are cheating me, my complaining brngs a curse all around if NDC is on other side!! How very foolish!
anna 12 years ago

pls let stop this nonesense talk positively that will affect the lives of ppl for good!!!!!

pls let stop this nonesense talk positively that will affect the lives of ppl for good!!!!!
Mahomet 12 years ago

OK. Akuffo Addo advised them to sign all those checks and also give the loans and freebies to AGAMS.
Ewuradze ......all these people can talk.

OK. Akuffo Addo advised them to sign all those checks and also give the loans and freebies to AGAMS.
Ewuradze ......all these people can talk.
Nsiah 12 years ago

qHAT gABBY HAS SAID IS TOO DEEP FOR nppNPP FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND AND AS USUAL THE ONLY THING THEY CAN RESORT TO IS INSULTS

qHAT gABBY HAS SAID IS TOO DEEP FOR nppNPP FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND AND AS USUAL THE ONLY THING THEY CAN RESORT TO IS INSULTS
gg 12 years ago

just shut up get the election judgement and move on you . That is EVERYONE move on and make Ghana good. Stop trying to F***** up ghana with all this shite everyday you are a complete and absolute asshole.

just shut up get the election judgement and move on you . That is EVERYONE move on and make Ghana good. Stop trying to F***** up ghana with all this shite everyday you are a complete and absolute asshole.
ONYAME NIPA (Man Of God) USA 12 years ago

two fools

two fools
GUY 12 years ago

This so-called NDC scribe is talking absolute nonsense. Ghana needs people who can make an educated and informed civil discussions that would benefit the country and not such provocative statements in the media. It is long ov ...
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This so-called NDC scribe is talking absolute nonsense. Ghana needs people who can make an educated and informed civil discussions that would benefit the country and not such provocative statements in the media. It is long overdue and I think the time has come for all the LEADERS and Senior Politicians of political parties to seriously embark on a type of CIVIL EDUCATION for their members to desist from the Politics of Insults and rather come out with a credible alternatives and discussions to the problems facing the country.
peasah darkwah .new york city 12 years ago

this N.D.c guy is very very STUPID

this N.D.c guy is very very STUPID
Akonfem Mahama 12 years ago

tsseeeaaa

tsseeeaaa
Mensah 12 years ago

Even if there is anything at all, the whole World is getting to know African politic of cheat and deceit. Should the NPP allow the NDC to steal the election, this will have continued till the return of Jesus Christ. Let the S ...
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Even if there is anything at all, the whole World is getting to know African politic of cheat and deceit. Should the NPP allow the NDC to steal the election, this will have continued till the return of Jesus Christ. Let the Supreme Court decide whether this was a curse or the failure of the EC to be fare in declaring Mahama the winner of 2012 election. You should have known when the EC cooked everything for Mahama to win. It was first Mrs. Rawling being denied of the presidential bid for the mear fact that someone did not sign their name. Yes, they got those people to sign but Afari Djan ruled that they were late only to find that some pool captains failed to sign but he counted them. What a coincidence, as they say you are damned if you and damned if you don't. It shows how Afari Djan feel about the power he thought he had.
MP 12 years ago

You should expect the worse curse to come because the battle is not ended yet. Why Not blame your stupid party and idiots who are ruling the nation that can boast of all natural resouces on earth,and have turned things upsid ...
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You should expect the worse curse to come because the battle is not ended yet. Why Not blame your stupid party and idiots who are ruling the nation that can boast of all natural resouces on earth,and have turned things upside down within just five years.In this democratic society any FOOL can say any thing without being questioned because their stupid and useless party is in power. God safe us from the hands of these wiked people before we all perish.
Gt 12 years ago

Ok national security trace this guy and advise him what the law is

Ok national security trace this guy and advise him what the law is
YC 12 years ago

Nantwie muu ,Gte !!

Nantwie muu ,Gte !!
ATUB 12 years ago

You are talking about law? Where is the law?Dont you know that Ghana has become a lawless country of late?

You are talking about law? Where is the law?Dont you know that Ghana has become a lawless country of late?
MP 12 years ago

God safe us from these wiked NDC people before we all perish.

God safe us from these wiked NDC people before we all perish.
Asona Ba 12 years ago

how can you write such stupid things like this.who is ruling the country at the moment?is it not your ndc thieves?think before you write.

how can you write such stupid things like this.who is ruling the country at the moment?is it not your ndc thieves?think before you write.
Analyst 12 years ago

It is pathetic for a country to use close to 9 months disputing the results of a presidential election described as free and fair by all the observers, local and international including the local and international media. What ...
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It is pathetic for a country to use close to 9 months disputing the results of a presidential election described as free and fair by all the observers, local and international including the local and international media. What a waste of precious time. No party agent or observer saw any irregularity because there was none.
It is ridiculous that Akufo Addo, who would not concede defeat in a free and fair election everybody knows he lost, is expecting that the SC will declare him winner on August 29 and somebody will concede defeat for him to become president. He must be crazy!!!
NPP must be blamed for all the ills that this useless election petition has brought to Ghana. It is amazing that NPP which claims to be foremost in the culture of democracy could allow man's ambition to ruin the country like this.
Rans F 12 years ago

You reason like a GOAT! Free and fair by which observers? Ghana is broke because your VISIONLESS government was of the stupid conviction that it could BRIBE its way through to the seat of government! Who in Ghana, doesn't kno ...
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You reason like a GOAT! Free and fair by which observers? Ghana is broke because your VISIONLESS government was of the stupid conviction that it could BRIBE its way through to the seat of government! Who in Ghana, doesn't know Afari Gyan was bribed?
Kofi - USA 12 years ago

THIS IS NONSENSE AND GABBY SHOULD GET HIS FACTS RIGHT. HOW DID NPP BRING A CURSE ON GHANAIANS. WHEN YOU APPOINT AMATEURS AND PEOPLE WITH NO TECHNICAL KNOW HOW TO HIGHER POSITIONS THAT IS WAHT YOU GET IN RETURN. ABYSMAL RESULT ...
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THIS IS NONSENSE AND GABBY SHOULD GET HIS FACTS RIGHT. HOW DID NPP BRING A CURSE ON GHANAIANS. WHEN YOU APPOINT AMATEURS AND PEOPLE WITH NO TECHNICAL KNOW HOW TO HIGHER POSITIONS THAT IS WAHT YOU GET IN RETURN. ABYSMAL RESULTS. SINCE NDC TOOK OVER IN 2009 THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN GOING DOWNHILL. YOU PUT PEOPLE LIKE ABLAKWA, FIFI KWEETEY AND THE REST TO LEADERSHIP POSITION AND YOU EXPECT SOMETHING GOOD? PLEASE GET A LIFE. DONT BLAME NPP FOR ALL YOUR WOES BECAUSE NDC IS THE PARTY RUNNING THE SHOW AND CAN NOT PLAME OTHER PARTIES FOR THEIR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND HOW TO RUN THE COUNTRY. LOOK AT ALL THE JUDGEMENT DEBTS NDC HAS BEEN PAYING AND INCREASING FUEL PRICES; THE CEDI GOING DOWN AGAINST THE DOLLAR. THE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN PATHETIC TO SAY THE LEAST.
Jane 12 years ago

This is Mill's curse on his murderers. They may be more hardships ahead.

This is Mill's curse on his murderers. They may be more hardships ahead.
agyapong 12 years ago

when will ndc learn since

when will ndc learn since
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 12 years ago

NPP AND NANA ADDO HAVE ALREADY BEEN CURSED BY GOD. AND MORE CURSES WILL COME THEIR WAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, JUST WAIT AND SEE. NPP WILL NOT TASTE POLITICAL POWER IN GHANA FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS.

NPP AND NANA ADDO HAVE ALREADY BEEN CURSED BY GOD. AND MORE CURSES WILL COME THEIR WAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, JUST WAIT AND SEE. NPP WILL NOT TASTE POLITICAL POWER IN GHANA FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS.
TerriblY Spe cifiC 12 years ago

Hey Gabby blame Ataa Ayi( Afari Gyan) and the one who killed Prez Mills(John Mahama) ok .woye aboa ba paa wate?

Hey Gabby blame Ataa Ayi( Afari Gyan) and the one who killed Prez Mills(John Mahama) ok .woye aboa ba paa wate?
John Appenteng 12 years ago

Akufo Addo and NPP have brought a curse on Ghanaians

Akufo Addo and NPP have brought a curse on Ghanaians
kwabena Kwaa 12 years ago

Akufo Addo and NPP has brought a course onGhanaians

Akufo Addo and NPP has brought a course onGhanaians
observer. 12 years ago

But God forgives all sins including blood shed.

But God forgives all sins including blood shed.
LORD KARISHNA 12 years ago

Don't kid yourself. The Law of Kharma ultimately extracts its vengeance on one's evil deeds

Don't kid yourself. The Law of Kharma ultimately extracts its vengeance on one's evil deeds
ChaChaToo 12 years ago

ndc gov brought bad luck 2 d ppl

ndc gov brought bad luck 2 d ppl
Osman 12 years ago

Akoffo Addo and NPP has brought

Akoffo Addo and NPP has brought
KRETZ - D 12 years ago

What kind of leaders is Africa producing? Political leaders are always blaming their incompetence on curse. The other time I read that the past Nigerian president Obansanjo was saying similar thing about Nigeria - that Nigeri ...
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What kind of leaders is Africa producing? Political leaders are always blaming their incompetence on curse. The other time I read that the past Nigerian president Obansanjo was saying similar thing about Nigeria - that Nigeria is cursed with poor leadership. African leaders are so corrupt, greedy and lack of vision that any good thing is a curse. Example discovery of oil is a curse to Africans because of poor leadership. Is Africa crude oil different from other oils in the middles east, Russia, America etc?
OMAN BA PA USA 12 years ago

Gabby Assuming is rather a curse to the "COUNTRY OF GHANA " period. He is a cure to his family. This is a stupid talk.

Gabby Assuming is rather a curse to the "COUNTRY OF GHANA " period. He is a cure to his family. This is a stupid talk.
John Ak. 12 years ago

Big rubbish. Talk wise instead. Lots of rubbish in Ghana. aaaaba. What stupidity is this? I feel ashamed to be aGhanaian now in this stupid government. Talking from the anus.

Big rubbish. Talk wise instead. Lots of rubbish in Ghana. aaaaba. What stupidity is this? I feel ashamed to be aGhanaian now in this stupid government. Talking from the anus.
BENGUN 12 years ago

The PNDC/NDC ruled for 19 years and took the country to HIPC. The NPP ruled for just 8 years and took the country from HIPC to a LOW MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY.This clearly shows that NPP can better manage the economy than NDC.Now ...
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The PNDC/NDC ruled for 19 years and took the country to HIPC. The NPP ruled for just 8 years and took the country from HIPC to a LOW MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY.This clearly shows that NPP can better manage the economy than NDC.Now,PNDC and NDC have ruled this country for about 24 years, yet they say NPP thinks the country belongs to them and blame NPP for their poor performance.It is the badly run election that resulted in the election petition and hence what Gabby Assumeng alone perceives as a curse.In anycase,nobody has stop Mr Mahama from operating as President.Infact he has all the resources and State machinery at his disposal.
Kk 12 years ago

Nonsense! Who talks like this modern world. NDC IDIOTS.

Nonsense! Who talks like this modern world. NDC IDIOTS.
Issah Ayuma London 12 years ago

According 2 Gaby Assumeng, Nana ve the power n the keys of Motherland Ghana.

According 2 Gaby Assumeng, Nana ve the power n the keys of Motherland Ghana.
tttp 12 years ago

Another loose talk from a loose mind.

Another loose talk from a loose mind.
GX 12 years ago

No more npp in system

No more npp in system
Kafui Detsi 12 years ago

John mahama has made ghana a hell. it is only in his time that all bad things which have never happened in ghana are happening. he is more than a curse

John mahama has made ghana a hell. it is only in his time that all bad things which have never happened in ghana are happening. he is more than a curse
Joe Turkey 12 years ago

What an ironic way to admit one's failure. But this is not funny. It is foolish talk and adds insults to the injuries of Ghanaians.

What an ironic way to admit one's failure. But this is not funny. It is foolish talk and adds insults to the injuries of Ghanaians.
Obiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

That is the result chaos and anarchy

That is the result chaos and anarchy
Z.Zoe 12 years ago

This analysis is true. Enough of the useless election case at the SC when all observers declared a fair and transparent 2012 election.

This analysis is true. Enough of the useless election case at the SC when all observers declared a fair and transparent 2012 election.
KAMM 12 years ago

You brain dead wait and see the final verdict.If foreign observers come and watch television in their hotels in only Accra and say the elections were free and fair because there were no violence you believe? Did they so -call ...
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You brain dead wait and see the final verdict.If foreign observers come and watch television in their hotels in only Accra and say the elections were free and fair because there were no violence you believe? Did they so -called observers went to Hintaado in Eastern Region, Odododiodio in Accra,Ketu SOUTH,Bantama,Binduri,Ntomem.Dameso.Yaw Tenkorang,etc to see what was happening behind the scences? Never thrust the praise singers to conclude anything in life.The elections were stolen period.It is your incompetence that is sending Ghana to the abyss not the court case
Papa Yaw 12 years ago

Poor

Poor
Sunkwa 12 years ago

A typical idiot---thank NPP for upholding the rule of law.

A typical idiot---thank NPP for upholding the rule of law.
NEW MAN 12 years ago

SEE THE DRUNKERD TALKING. SOME ONE SHOULD TELL DRUNKERD GABBY ASSUMENG WHY VIRGIN ATLANTIC IS STOPING IT'S OPERATION IN GHANA PLEASE.

SEE THE DRUNKERD TALKING. SOME ONE SHOULD TELL DRUNKERD GABBY ASSUMENG WHY VIRGIN ATLANTIC IS STOPING IT'S OPERATION IN GHANA PLEASE.
Kwadwo 12 years ago

I wonder why people takes for granted that all Ghanaians are illitrates. How will you attribute this to a curse. It has affected investors confidence but the corruption is just too much. If the results are not challenges NDC ...
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I wonder why people takes for granted that all Ghanaians are illitrates. How will you attribute this to a curse. It has affected investors confidence but the corruption is just too much. If the results are not challenges NDC will always rig elections and impose corrupt government on us.
Joe 12 years ago

I feel sorry for Ghana. A nation which was filled with milk and honey; in those days, you are asked which part of Ghana do you come from in Africa but thee days this nation is being ruled by THUGS. No wonder everything is i ...
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I feel sorry for Ghana. A nation which was filled with milk and honey; in those days, you are asked which part of Ghana do you come from in Africa but thee days this nation is being ruled by THUGS. No wonder everything is in disarray and instead of facing the truth, they continue to blame NPP. God help us. Anyway time will surely tell.
Ampaafo, Toronto 12 years ago

No nody should blame Nana, Ghanaians should repent from their ways for God to heal the land. Too much corruption not thinking about the future generation. Only for yourselves.Turn from your wicked ways.

No nody should blame Nana, Ghanaians should repent from their ways for God to heal the land. Too much corruption not thinking about the future generation. Only for yourselves.Turn from your wicked ways.
mahama big thief 12 years ago

MAHAMA SOLD GHANA GOLD TO TURKEY,KILLED MILLS FOR POWER,JUJU BLOOD MAHAMA,SINKING COLLAPS GHANA,CRIMINAL EVIL DWARFS NDC,MAHAMAHANDS ARE BLOOD,IDIOTS

MAHAMA SOLD GHANA GOLD TO TURKEY,KILLED MILLS FOR POWER,JUJU BLOOD MAHAMA,SINKING COLLAPS GHANA,CRIMINAL EVIL DWARFS NDC,MAHAMAHANDS ARE BLOOD,IDIOTS
mahama big thief 12 years ago

BIG SHAME TO MAHAMA AND HIS THIEVES NDC CRIMINALS,HUUUUUUU,ONYAME AHU MOOOOOOO

BIG SHAME TO MAHAMA AND HIS THIEVES NDC CRIMINALS,HUUUUUUU,ONYAME AHU MOOOOOOO
Hazor 12 years ago

This is absolutely nauseating statement coming from NDC communicating team that NPP challenging Mahama legitimacy is the result of the hardship bedevil the country.The court challenge did not seize the wisdom of Mahama and hi ...
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This is absolutely nauseating statement coming from NDC communicating team that NPP challenging Mahama legitimacy is the result of the hardship bedevil the country.The court challenge did not seize the wisdom of Mahama and his ministers thinking faulty to prevent them from performing.The economic hardship that has devour the country is Mahama own incompetence and mental deficit that has brought the country into this present state.Since 2009 that NDC came to power til today blaming NPP of their non performance and incompetence.Mahama must go.
Odiamono Sarpong 12 years ago

.Ghana is bigger than NDC,May God keep on blessing our motherland,and peace prevail.

.Ghana is bigger than NDC,May God keep on blessing our motherland,and peace prevail.
Justice 12 years ago

If you do not know how to GOVERN due to evident lack of efficient leadership, do not BLAME others. NDC. IS SIMPLY NOT MADE TO GOVERN BUT TO RULE WITHOUT THE RULE OF LAW and DISTRIBUTE TAX PAYER'S MONEY AMONG CROONIES. EYE DE ...
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If you do not know how to GOVERN due to evident lack of efficient leadership, do not BLAME others. NDC. IS SIMPLY NOT MADE TO GOVERN BUT TO RULE WITHOUT THE RULE OF LAW and DISTRIBUTE TAX PAYER'S MONEY AMONG CROONIES. EYE DE BI KEKE
TJ Hooker 12 years ago

This Gabby Assumeng is another moron. Nothing good can be done from this lunatics in Ghana government. The administration has demonstrate incapacity and incompetency from their immature and low level politicians.Mahama need ...
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This Gabby Assumeng is another moron. Nothing good can be done from this lunatics in Ghana government. The administration has demonstrate incapacity and incompetency from their immature and low level politicians.Mahama need to revise his appointees if he was to move Ghana forward, Ghanaian s are fed up with dirty and unprofessional propaganda.
Bushman 12 years ago

Oh, what a block empty head. In fact, a wasted sperm!

Oh, what a block empty head. In fact, a wasted sperm!
NANA YAW 12 years ago

u are a big fool. you dont talk sense

u are a big fool. you dont talk sense
AGYABRONI 12 years ago

SUPREME COURT PEOPLE HERE COMES ANOTHER CULPRIT.GET HIM OVER THERE.ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!111

SUPREME COURT PEOPLE HERE COMES ANOTHER CULPRIT.GET HIM OVER THERE.ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!111

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Akufo-Addo and NPP have brought a curse on Ghanaians - NDC Scribe

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