Reports warn of trouble signs in Ghana's new oil sector

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• Zoobie-Zoobie 12 years ago

  no vision, no plan, no clue

  no vision, no plan, no clue

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• ATSU, HO 12 years ago

  WE NEED VERY SERIOUS APPROACH TO SOLVING NATIONAL CHALLENGES. WHEN I HEAR FROM PEOPLE LIKE ABLAKWA, KWETEY, YAMIN, ATTIVOR DZIFA AND THE DEPUTY INFORMATION MINISTER I WONDER WHETHER WE HAVE THE WHILRWITHAL AS A NATION TO RESO ...
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  WE NEED VERY SERIOUS APPROACH TO SOLVING NATIONAL CHALLENGES. WHEN I HEAR FROM PEOPLE LIKE ABLAKWA, KWETEY, YAMIN, ATTIVOR DZIFA AND THE DEPUTY INFORMATION MINISTER I WONDER WHETHER WE HAVE THE WHILRWITHAL AS A NATION TO RESOLVE THESE CHALLENGES. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US ...

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• Oman Ba Pa 12 years ago

  Why won't we pass as we compare ourselves to worst situations! Nigeria? Equitorial Guinea? Why not successful countries like Norway, UAE, even Venezuela?

  Why won't we pass as we compare ourselves to worst situations! Nigeria? Equitorial Guinea? Why not successful countries like Norway, UAE, even Venezuela?

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• CONCERN CITIZEN 12 years ago

  GOD HAS BLESS OUR NATION ALREADY,IT IS THE EVIL DWARFS AND BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH THAT ARE STEALING,MPs TAKEN BRIBES,AND GIVING OUR GOLD FREE TO NEWMONT AND CO.
  ASK MAHAMA TO DECLEAR HIS ASSETS B4 AND AFTER.FIND OUT HOW MUC ...
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  GOD HAS BLESS OUR NATION ALREADY,IT IS THE EVIL DWARFS AND BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH THAT ARE STEALING,MPs TAKEN BRIBES,AND GIVING OUR GOLD FREE TO NEWMONT AND CO.
  ASK MAHAMA TO DECLEAR HIS ASSETS B4 AND AFTER.FIND OUT HOW MUCH HE PAID FOR THE HOUSES HE BOUGHT,WHAT PERCENTAGE DID HE MAKE ON THE LATEST OIL DEAL.SINCE THE POLITICIANS ARE DELIBRATELY GOING INTO BOGUS AND FRAUDULENT AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGNERS, WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY DONT ENJOY THOSE ILL GOTTEN WEALTH IN PEACE.WE ARE NOT FOOLS.

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• insight to the bone 12 years ago

  If it is the will of God that pepeni rigs elections, poison Akan waters , steal our gold and embezzle govt funds , select incompetent and amateur ministers , marginalize the will of the majority through trickery and deceit ,s ...
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  If it is the will of God that pepeni rigs elections, poison Akan waters , steal our gold and embezzle govt funds , select incompetent and amateur ministers , marginalize the will of the majority through trickery and deceit ,sabotage in favor of chinese and indians all development projects and jobs , ndeny potable water and electricity to the common man ,give us bugga bugga judges who are blind to what is right and turns us all into refugees in our own country, it will be his will when we finally drag him in the streets and cut off his head , in fact these pepefuo are so retarded in their thinking i wonder what they were doing all these years. once upon a time we made to believe all Ghanians are equal and at least the state would protect the rights of the individual but today we see only alajihs are good enough to be ministers and if you are Akan sooner or later you will be persecuted. the pepeni is a traitor and will answer for high treason since he orchestrated the murder of mills so he could take his place . justice we shall soon have and if it takes a war to achieve that we are ready , long live the republic of Akan

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• OBURUMANKUMA 12 years ago

  the president is yet to declare his assets and no body is challenging him neither in parliament or in court..Because all the politicians do not want to declare their assets...wink, wink.....they are all stealing

  the president is yet to declare his assets and no body is challenging him neither in parliament or in court..Because all the politicians do not want to declare their assets...wink, wink.....they are all stealing

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• Pumpuni 12 years ago

  18% of $287 million = $51,660,000.00 for the Office of the President and who else? Ei Ghana.

  18% of $287 million = $51,660,000.00 for the Office of the President and who else? Ei Ghana.

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• canada 12 years ago

  The whole problem is that the ruling party, the NDC doesnt have a clue on how to rule instead they are masters of corruption period

  The whole problem is that the ruling party, the NDC doesnt have a clue on how to rule instead they are masters of corruption period

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• BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12 years ago

  At this juncture , the Ghanaian Citizens Abroadhas collected over 70 thousand signatures all over the world in support of His Excellency President Mahama to continue his good job in office. The Citizens will like Supreme Cour ...
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  At this juncture , the Ghanaian Citizens Abroadhas collected over 70 thousand signatures all over the world in support of His Excellency President Mahama to continue his good job in office. The Citizens will like Supreme Court of the land knows that ,we recognized President John Mahama as the choice of the Ghanaian Voters as 2012 election is concern.We therefore asking the Supreme court to throw the petitioners diabolic and divisive case into the nearest Garbage cane for GHANA to move forward.

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• CONCERN CITIZEN 12 years ago

  YES THIS IS THE NDC SYTLE.REPEAT THE LIES AND IT BECOMES THE TRUTH.WE KNOW YOU ALL.YOU FEAR NANA ADDO BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL CORRUPT.
  DONT INVITE NANA FOR YOUR CORRUPTION TEA PARTY.

  YES THIS IS THE NDC SYTLE.REPEAT THE LIES AND IT BECOMES THE TRUTH.WE KNOW YOU ALL.YOU FEAR NANA ADDO BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL CORRUPT.
  DONT INVITE NANA FOR YOUR CORRUPTION TEA PARTY.

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• Ato John 12 years ago

  The Presidential candidate for the Progressive Peoples Party said in his campaign tour of the nation several times that if the oil was not going to benefits Ghanaians the it should be left down underground.
  
  It is time that ...
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  The Presidential candidate for the Progressive Peoples Party said in his campaign tour of the nation several times that if the oil was not going to benefits Ghanaians the it should be left down underground.
  
  It is time that as Ghanaians we take up the CHALLENGE of holding our politicians responsible and demanding accountability from them after all we vote them into power. We must not allow the few we have chosen to lead us lead us blindly. Our Destinies are ours and they are linked to our votes, if we vote wisely, we will benefit if not we will all lose to the few.
  
  Let us awake from our slumber and take charge of our future and destinies now, if we don't we will live to regret it. Let us start thinking progress and development for the nation and all, and not selfishly and individually.
  
  The PPP led by Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom will make sure that the purchasing power of Ghana is used to the benefit of all Ghanaians.
  
  The PPP's 10 point Agenda for Development:
  
  1 Create a Just and disciplined society, with a passion for excellence with ten years and with science and technology as the cornerstone, become a higher level middle income country. This will include modernizing agriculture and providing a market to sustain our farmers and fishermen. And how are we going to achieve this?
  
  2 Improve the Performance of Government by reforming state institutions, make government efficient and raise revenue to be able to pay public servant well to motivate them facilitate the work of the private sector and Ghanaian society in general.
  
  3 Give power to the People for Development by sponsoring changing the constitution to enable the election of all District Assembly Members and District/Municipal/Metropolitan Chief Executives to ensure local accountability and rapid development. This we will do in one term. This has already be capture in the CRC report, which the ndc is trying to circumvent.
  
  4 Strengthen Parliament to perform its legislative duties effectively. Sponsor changing the Constitution to abolish the provision that allows Ministers of State to also serve as Members of Parliament. We believe that this move will make available for governance a large pool of qualified, experienced Ghanaian talent whose expertise is currently unused and therefore lost to Ghana. This we will aim to complete in one term of office. Concurrent with this objective will be a solid determination to give Parliament the facilities and resources needed to pass good laws and scrutinise the proposals submitted by the Executive effectively.
  
  5 Provide Quality Education For Every Ghanaian Child. Standardize schools facilities from kindergarten to Senior High School with libraries, toilets, classrooms, kitchen, housing teachers, playground, etc: and Ensure free and compulsory education in public schools from kindergarten to Senior High School (including computer training). We will deploy an “Education Police” to enforce the compulsory aspect of our policy. An integral part of this objective will be an objective to significantly increase vocational training so that all school leavers gain employable skills. This will include a comprehensive sports program to instill discipline and promote better health.
  
  6 Provide Energy for Industrialization and Rapid Development. Implement solutions with a sense of urgency to meet domestic needs for industry and domestic use and make Ghana a net exporter of power again in four years. To enable us achieve this objective, we will provide tax incentives to enable development of alternative source of fuel and power – bio fuels and solar. We aim to ensure that the contribution from alternative source of energy reaches a minimum of 10% of what we need in a decade. Harness our natural resources (particularly oil and gas) to ensure maximum benefit and prosperity for all Ghanaians.
  
  7 Provide Better Healthcare and a Cleaner Environment. Ensure a cleaner environment free from preventable diseases like malaria, cholera and guinea worm. Provide affordable and accessible healthcare for all in every region. Ensure emergency care throughout the country to save lives. Our focus will be in the area of prevention where education is the key.
  
  8 Attack Crime, The Drug Trade and Corruption. Attack crime, the drug trade and corruption aggressively using leadership by example, being modest in government, passing and implementing the Right to Information Bill and ensuring an independent prosecutors office exists separate from the Ministry of Justice. Strengthen the Narcotics Control Board to make it the agency responsible for fighting the drug trade with all the human, financial and other resources needed for success. Strengthen the Police Force by providing resource and training to fight crime.
  
  9 Empower the Diaspora. Establish a Secretariat to cater for the needs of Ghanaians Abroad and the African Diaspora by June 30th 2013. Provide a support system to encourage re-entry, investment, safe and healthy vocations and transfer of knowledge and technology. Ensure full citizenship of Ghanaians Abroad so they can vote and serve in public sector positions.
  
  10 Create Jobs. Use government’s purchasing power to ensure that we eat what we grow and use what we produce in Ghana. Improve Ghana’s business climate to enable investment in job creation so that our people will stay at home to help develop the country and its economy. We will be relentless in providing support to Ghanaian industry and our farmers and fishermen using low interest loans, technical assistance, tax incentives and priority access to the Ghanaian market. To accelerate job creation nationally, an inter-region highway will be built with the same high quality throughout the country to open up the country for investment and development.
  
  AWAKE FOR GHANA.

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• Ghost 12 years ago

  Fam they are all the same

  Fam they are all the same

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• Gandalf 12 years ago

  LOOPHOLES IN TAX REGIMES ARE INTENTIONAL TOOLS OF POLITICIANS TO SIPHON MONEY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR PARTIES AND CRONIES. THEY KNOW IT.

  LOOPHOLES IN TAX REGIMES ARE INTENTIONAL TOOLS OF POLITICIANS TO SIPHON MONEY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR PARTIES AND CRONIES. THEY KNOW IT.

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• Agmote 12 years ago

  Were we expecting to hear something different??
  When everyone is going on strike including those who have sworn to save lives, where do we think the monies to satisfy these people will come from.

  Were we expecting to hear something different??
  When everyone is going on strike including those who have sworn to save lives, where do we think the monies to satisfy these people will come from.

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• Mann Mann 12 years ago

  I have always maintained that until our Police Force stop receiving bribes of GHc 1.00 from motorist, our nation is not going anywhere! The rot in the Police is even more pronounced at the CID department where if you are quic ...
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  I have always maintained that until our Police Force stop receiving bribes of GHc 1.00 from motorist, our nation is not going anywhere! The rot in the Police is even more pronounced at the CID department where if you are quick to bribe a CID, they will be quick to falsify a case to make the bribing party win a case in court.
  It is amazing how this canker called corruption has eaten deeply into the the very fabric of our society.
  Check Education Service offices and teachers have to pay bribes before they can secure documentation to help them to be rolled on Government payroll. Some education director are bold enough to tell unsuspecting teachers looking for an appointment to pay an amount of money as bribes.
  Accountant General's department is filled with people who want to extort money from workers at the least opportunity in order to process their salaries. Vehicle License Authority do not spare us either from this canker! Private companies have unscrupulous people who have a complex cartel of bribe-paying machinery in order to be recruited for a job. Some well-intent women in dire need of survival have to pay with the pride they carry as a woman!
  Political Parties will go to all extent to seduce and buy peoples conscience with the power of money just for political office - the big question is why are our politicians ready to bribe heavily just to win power, can it be that they have something to gain in office? I thought people get into political office to serve? The people, however, are also ready to rake-in in this practice of corruption because of the belief that our politicians have nothing to offer except to exploit our common resources. Corruption is everywhere in Ghana!!!
  What do we stand to gain if this continues unstopped, except to DESTROY our collective future and the future of our unborn folks???
  Our leaders must do more to collectively stamp out this canker out of society. Corruption in Ghana cannot be tagged as 'perception' any more. Christian leaders must lead the crusade against corruption and perceived corruption, from the pew.
  ... and then how serious are we as a nation if the police force which is suppose to play a major role in clamping down on corrupt practices are themselves openly engaging in this nation-wrecking diabolic activity?

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• Appletus 12 years ago

  Even Nigeria is by far better than Venezuela. Do some research on these countries. Venezuela falls flat interns of management. I fact,late Chavez destroyed their economy with his communist or socialist tendencies. It,s not a ...
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  Even Nigeria is by far better than Venezuela. Do some research on these countries. Venezuela falls flat interns of management. I fact,late Chavez destroyed their economy with his communist or socialist tendencies. It,s not a good standard to use for comparison in the oil economy

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• Nkawkaw Abrantie 12 years ago

  We have an incompetent and a corrupt government running Ghana and therefore will not expect any more that what this report is afirming.
  The NDC government of President Mahama cannot be thrown out of office by SC fast enough ...
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  We have an incompetent and a corrupt government running Ghana and therefore will not expect any more that what this report is afirming.
  The NDC government of President Mahama cannot be thrown out of office by SC fast enough for me.

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• CONCERN CITIZEN 12 years ago

  WHY SHOULD THEY THESE THEIF LEAVE A LOOP HOLE FOR ALL THIS TIMES AND STILL NO CORRECTION IS MADE?IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE NOT YET SATISFIED FROM THE SIPHONING.
  WHY SHOULD MAHAMA SPEND 20% OF THE OIL REVENUE,ON WHAT?AND WHY.WHY ...
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  WHY SHOULD THEY THESE THEIF LEAVE A LOOP HOLE FOR ALL THIS TIMES AND STILL NO CORRECTION IS MADE?IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE NOT YET SATISFIED FROM THE SIPHONING.
  WHY SHOULD MAHAMA SPEND 20% OF THE OIL REVENUE,ON WHAT?AND WHY.WHY LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY CAN YOU HEAR?THIS IS THE PEACE YOU WANT.TOO RICH AGAINST TOO POOR.OOOKKK.

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• CONCERN CITIZEN 12 years ago

  THE SENSIBLE PEOPLE THINKS FIRST OF GHANA BEFORE THEIR POLITICAL PARTY.WE HAVE BEEN DINIED ACCESS TO FREE EDUCATION WHICH IS OUR RIGHT,GOOD HEALTH CARE,DECENT ACCOMMODATION,BETTER JOB AND BETTER PAY.BECOS OF CORRUPT RULERS.
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  THE SENSIBLE PEOPLE THINKS FIRST OF GHANA BEFORE THEIR POLITICAL PARTY.WE HAVE BEEN DINIED ACCESS TO FREE EDUCATION WHICH IS OUR RIGHT,GOOD HEALTH CARE,DECENT ACCOMMODATION,BETTER JOB AND BETTER PAY.BECOS OF CORRUPT RULERS.
  HOW COME THAT MAHAMA WASTE 20% OF OUR OIL MONEY?ARE WE SO STUPID THAT NO BODY IS ASKING HIM WHY?WHEN WE SUFFERING.THE PASTORS GET CHEAP MONEY SO THEY WOULD NOT TALK,WHY,WHY.YOU WASTE SUCH MONEY,THEN GO AND QUEUE FOR THE DEVIL'S MONEY(IMF AM I NOT RIGHT IN SAYING YOU ARE THE AGENT FOR THE WEST?YES YOU ARE.WELL TAILORED IMPOVESHMENT OF GHANAIANS.

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• Mactonto 12 years ago

  This is what we need to talk about, how we can improve our standard of living, and not to worship politicians and pastors as god. There is a simple way of doing this: go to your MP and tell him/her that you want to see some i ...
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  This is what we need to talk about, how we can improve our standard of living, and not to worship politicians and pastors as god. There is a simple way of doing this: go to your MP and tell him/her that you want to see some improvements in your standard of living, and he has only one parliamentary term to do this. If you don't feel you have stronger purchasing power, or unimpeded water and electricity supply after his term, DON'T VOTE FOR HIM/HER. We have allowed politicians to ride us for far too long. This is one reason why they have no respect for the electorate. We don't demand what we want as a right. We have to.

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• Kiddo 12 years ago

  Government should just close the loopholes not only in the oil and gas industry but also in the mining industry.
  Government should increase the royalties the companies are paying.
  The Kenyans did this recently, Ghana can h ...
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  Government should just close the loopholes not only in the oil and gas industry but also in the mining industry.
  Government should increase the royalties the companies are paying.
  The Kenyans did this recently, Ghana can have our ways with the companies and use this revenue to our beloved country.

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• Julor Agyekum Kwakwe (JAK) 12 years ago

  Thieves, KEJTIA IDIOTS!

  Thieves, KEJTIA IDIOTS!

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• km agyin 12 years ago

  I fully share these sentiments. We have to straighten ourselves up. We need to check the spate of corruption among our politicians and civil servants else we shall surely and gradually end up like Nigeria. Let's always be min ...
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  I fully share these sentiments. We have to straighten ourselves up. We need to check the spate of corruption among our politicians and civil servants else we shall surely and gradually end up like Nigeria. Let's always be mindful of the fact that the oil will not be there forever.

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