The war mongering will take you nowhere.What uprising??? OFUI.
The war mongering will take you nowhere.What uprising??? OFUI.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago
check at the office of the presidency... see nothing do nothing president
check at the office of the presidency... see nothing do nothing president
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 10 years ago
AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am c ... read full comment
AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am compelled to do this expose on the former junta head for those who do not know his role in promoting corruption as a national concept. Read on!
In June 1979, eight top military officers, including three former heads of state, were lined up and executed at the Teshie Military Firing range in two batches. Gen. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Gen. Frederick William Kwasi Akuffo, Gen. Robert Kotei, Lt-Gen. Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa, Rear Admiral Joy Amedume, Air Vice-Marshall George Yaw Boakye, Emmanuel K. Utuka and Colonel Roger Felli were accused of corrupting the body politic.
In an interview with New Nation, a monthly magazine circulating in Nigeria and now defunct, the Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, which supervised over the most famous case of extra-judicial killings in the history of the political evolution of Ghana, justified the action of his military junta as a necessary action to rid the body politic of corruption.
“They were jumbo-sized armed robbers whose killings left the world smelling nicer,” Flt-Lt. Rawlings was quoted by the magazine as saying in explanation.
Jerry Rawlings said the officers had to be killed, “because Ghana was faced with their type of thievery breed of criminals who were worse than Nigeria’s armed robbers” in the 1970s.
“Now, I’ll tell you what we have here. We have a breed that is, perhaps, worse than your armed robbers,” he told reporters of the New Nation in an exclusive interview. “They are the pen robbers. These species of vermin have for long perpetrated corruption with impunity.
“They have not only bled the nation white, but as a result of their thievery, Ghana has suffered hunger, loss of national spirit, loss of pride and respect in the military uniform. So, as you can see, while Nigerians have perceived their main social problems to be the proliferation of six Naira armed robbers, we, in Ghana, think that our problem is that of people who take widow’s mite from a bankrupt nation.”
In the words of the ex-junta head: “While you (Nigeria) content yourself at the Bar Beach by watching the executions of mal-adjusted labourers, mechanics or clerks, we in Ghana, have killed the jumbo armed robbers, call them generals or brigadiers – whose going to leave the world smelling sweeter.”
One interesting thing about this claim is that Jerry Rawlings and his righteous AFRC members could not account for monies lodged in AFRC Account 48, which was specially created to lodge huge monies paid by businessmen and other persons and institutions found guilty by a so-called people court to have corrupted the system. Monies from seized goods auctioned to the public at so-called control prices were also lodged in the account.
When President Hilla Limann took power after the AFRC had left the scene on September 24, 1979, the new Head of State complained that there was nothing in the coffers, insinuating that the famous Account 48 could not be traced.
When Flt-Lt. Rawlings, who had refused to accept the new government’s offer to go on course abroad, was questioned on the disappearance of the huge lodgings in the account, he replied that he was not an accountant. Incidentally, the fate of PNDC Account 48, established by the second junta led by the same person, has not been accounted for as you read this piece.
One of the most interesting developments in Ghana’s political evolution was the decision to abolish the General Certificate of Examinations -Ordinary and Advanced levels- by the Provisional National Defence Council. The main reason given was that the old educational system had favoured only the children of the elite class.
At a time ordinary folks of the land were enrolling their children in what became known as the Junior and Senior Secondary schools, whose certificates -BECE and SCCE- were not recognised beyond the four corners of the country, Jerry Rawlings enrolled his children at the expensive Ghana International School in Accra to read subjects that qualified them to sit for the GCE Ordinary and the Advanced levels his PNDC administration had prohibited the mass of Ghanaian children from.
I do not believe corruption is only putting state money in one’s pocket. Exploiting state resources for one’s advantage could even be a worse form of corruption. That is why I have an axe to grind with Jerry Rawlings for enrolling all his children abroad to study with the GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels, acquired outside the formal sector in the country.
What I call Jerry’s Stupid Schools has debased education up to the tertiary level, where lottery numbers, other than real academic work, determines qualification at the first degree level.
To add insult to injury, when asked to tell Ghanaians how he was funding the education of all the three children -Ezanator, YaaAsantewaa and Kimathi- in expensive universities in Britain and Ireland, Jerry Rawlings looked at Ghanaians in the face and answered that unknown benefactors were picking up the bills for their fees.
The Almighty is a kind Lord. It emerged that companies the state of Ghana was dealing with and which were milking Ghana dry, were picking up the bills of Jerry Rawlings’ children. And such a person has the audacity to complain about leaders being corrupt.
I dare state that corruption was elevated into an art under Jerry Rawlings. The circumstances under which he transformed himself from a military dictator into a civil constitutional President smells of corruption all the way to the Castle.
After eleven and a half years of the ‘Gospel According to Jerry Rawlings,’ a period he himself identified as the ‘culture of silence’, Jerry Rawlings and those who claim to believe in him used the resources of state to convert his military oligarchy and the entire governance system into a political party. With the Electoral Commission and the entire process under his thumb, Jerry Rawlings exchanged his military garb for a description as Constitutional President of the Republic of Ghana. God Almighty should remain where he is.
The eight year administration he led, as Constitutional President of this Republic, eulogised corruption as a state-sponsored event. State asserts were transferred to cronies under the guise of divestiture. As you read this piece, Nsawam Cannery, one of the flagship projects of the now defunct Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation, belongs to Caridem, a company floated by Mrs. Rawlings’ 31st December Women’s Movement, in a purchasing agreement that parceled the company to Caridem for a pittance.
Under the Government of the National Democratic Congress Mark One, corruption festered on a large scale. It would take volumes to chronicle corruption under the NDC. But four prominent issues stand out. Getting to the end of the first term of office, newspapers that had been freed from the bondage of the culture of silence began chronicling evidence of corrupt deals by leading members of the regime.
In 1996, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice investigated one matter and established massive corrupt deals against Ibrahim Adam, then Minister of Agriculture, Colonel E.M. Osei Owusu, a former Minister of the Interior, P.V. Obeng, a Presidential Staffer, and Dr. Adjei Marfo, a Chief Executive Officer of a state-run company.
Instead of prosecuting them, the Government of Saint Rawlings rather issued a While Paper exonerating the corrupt elements, and rather indicted the media for highlighting the issue.
In Britain, Mabey and Johnson was prosecuted not too long ago for corruptly influencing Ghanaian politicians between 1994 and 1999 to gain bridge contracts, The news in these contracts is that barely one year after completing two bridges in Ghana, including one over River Oti, the Ghana Government had to contract experts from Britain to repair them as they threatened to cave in.
In 2002, the former Managing Director of Ghana Rubber Estates Limited, Mr. Etienne Arthur Marie Popeler, told an Accra Fast Track High Court that he gave millions of dollars to Mr. Dan Abodakpi, then Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Shirley Ayittey, then Treasurer of the 31st December Women’s Movement, in bribes before his French company, SIPH, could secure GREL.
The case of Ms. Cotton, an unemployed American, secured $20 million of scarce state cash from compromised state officials, ostensibly to grow rice for Ghanaians at Aveyime in the Battor area of the Volta Region. Even when Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States had sent a warning letter about the background of Ms. Cotton, and intimating that she was incapable of undertaking the task, state officials paid the money. As it turned out, the main motivating factor was the cut they all stood to make.
If corruption is endemic in the body politic after the so-called June 4, uprising, the genesis could be traced to Jerry Rawlings who executed eight Ghanaians officials on unproven trivial charges, and out-doored full- blown corruption as a state policy.
In other exposé next week, I intend to draw the link between the free for all looting that assails the body politic in the Mills-Mahama regime, and the adventure of Jerry John Rawlings as Head of State of this Republic. I shall return!
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago
Author: OYOKOBA...
The truth must be told, anokware John Mahama cannot do the job.
This guy came to the job offering no real vision for the nation, instead he only served up absolute nonsense - Ede be keke - which for so ... read full comment
Author: OYOKOBA...
The truth must be told, anokware John Mahama cannot do the job.
This guy came to the job offering no real vision for the nation, instead he only served up absolute nonsense - Ede be keke - which for some, loosely translates into just existing at the wheels, not knowing which direction to go. To add insult to injury, he is telling us that, like a car, he is only in the first gear in a four-year term, so we can expect to see a fourth gear only in the fourth year. To hear that allegory from a guy and a president who had been a vice-president for the previous four years, and claims that because of the ill-health of Atta Mess, he John Mahama was really the one in charge behind the scenes, then we have reasons to conclude nothing good or extraordinary can be expected that is different from what we have seen from the last four years. The value is going to be the same, and corruption is going to consume all of us under Mahama. Our people tell us, 'Edwa beso'a efiri anopa', to wit, one can gauge the prospects of a good market day from the signs the morning activities project. Right now the country is sinking fast from all reliable indicators. In the last four years, the cedi has depreciated a whole 100 percent under Mahama and Atta Mess. What other assurances are we waiting for? To be hit on the head with bricks?
Look, John Mahama is not cut for prime time, he does not know how, and all his protestations are excuses to cover incompetence and corruption in high places, of which him and his party are direct beneficiaries. What the fuck is Ede be keke? Nonsense!
insight to the bone 10 years ago
now we see the international community through their credit agencies moody's marking the state of the country's economy as going from bad to worse in reality its just hopeless as long as pepeni and his crooks are there . this ... read full comment
now we see the international community through their credit agencies moody's marking the state of the country's economy as going from bad to worse in reality its just hopeless as long as pepeni and his crooks are there . this time their feeble hogwash bullshit excuses of blaming the npp and the Akans has been exposed .they did not fall for the story of not being able to work because of a petition or that a drill ship saga undermines their ability to perform but looked at the facts and saw the govt is a useless piece of shit and the only reason its not worse is the effort of the industrious enterprising Akan. they are so busy stealing and working to sabotage and undermine the Akan economy due to their intrinsic envy and hate that they have got no time for anything else . even here we see they go into a hysterical frenzy when they hear the patriotic nationalist call of yen Akanfuo as they do not know what it means so think it means what they think when they conspire against the Akans . Akans unlike the scots , yugoslavs , russians etc are not allowed to think of political solutions that dont include them ruling .pepeni is a natural born toxic liar who has surrounded himself with grossly incompetent ministers with suspect criminal motives . not a single minister came to to office with projects, ideas, solutions or even concepts of how to move the economy forward except steal and take bribes for work not done . they count on the blind support of their tribesmen and a system that ensures they will always declare themselves as the winners of any election . we saw the determination of the people to remove them from there and how very naively some went to sleep over night to exercise this power , little did they know that ayigbe jj had already put his key men in place to rig these elections . the only way to secure true democracy is with a war or revolution until then we remain in this desolate wilderness of pepeni /ayigbe evil. long live the republic of Akan
EKOW 10 years ago
EDUCATED ILLITRATE
EDUCATED ILLITRATE
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago
YOU ARE AN IDIOT TO BONE!!
YOU ARE AN IDIOT TO BONE!!
insight to the bone 10 years ago
see how your so called leaders are cracking and talking shit . jj lies are so apparent no one even bothers to listen to that barking dog idiot like yourselves
see how your so called leaders are cracking and talking shit . jj lies are so apparent no one even bothers to listen to that barking dog idiot like yourselves
ISA ABONGO 10 years ago
You are an absolute asshole!!!
You are an absolute asshole!!!
OSEI TAWIAH 10 years ago
Foolish cow, what do you know? You think your foolish son of a hooker JJ is innocent? Ofui, do you know how much this fool is worth today after killing people for taking some small amount from government coffers?
Foolish cow, what do you know? You think your foolish son of a hooker JJ is innocent? Ofui, do you know how much this fool is worth today after killing people for taking some small amount from government coffers?
DADABA 10 years ago
Even you wha had "parents" talk as if monkeys brought you up. You are a shame to humanity. Blinking Sot!!
Even you wha had "parents" talk as if monkeys brought you up. You are a shame to humanity. Blinking Sot!!
DADABA 10 years ago
You dont deserve to live among humans. You are such a hopeless fool that you have to make friends only with wild animals in some jungle outside this earth. If you are truly Akan, then I don't know which Akan stock you belong ... read full comment
You dont deserve to live among humans. You are such a hopeless fool that you have to make friends only with wild animals in some jungle outside this earth. If you are truly Akan, then I don't know which Akan stock you belong to. Were you born to dogs? or did dogs bring you up? Dirty brute!!. Don't disgrace Akans because you drag their name in the mud with your animalistic behaviour. Let me ask you: woye aboa a, anka wobeye aboa ben? Stupid little shit.... before I call you an asshole!!!
Ghanababa 10 years ago
If these illitrates know any curropt officials or anyboby in Government, why are we not asking police to arrest them? i am fed up with people singing curruption but fail to report it to police for action! Report them to polic ... read full comment
If these illitrates know any curropt officials or anyboby in Government, why are we not asking police to arrest them? i am fed up with people singing curruption but fail to report it to police for action! Report them to police, if there is any cover ups, then we will sort it out from there.
the mass curruption comes from the lower level. Passport office, port, regitrar general, makola market, ama, class room, church and even our homes! i think we need to correct thr society by cleaning our house first. Some officials at registrar general office fly to Kumasi twice in a week to visit the girlfriend, house built a house for another girl friend, police taken bribes, the whole country is a rot! we should rather point ourselves first!
THE LONE PROPHET OF JEHOVAH 10 years ago
Ghanababa even most of our policemen are corrupt with nepotism that is the problem.
Ghanababa even most of our policemen are corrupt with nepotism that is the problem.
RONNIE 10 years ago
AND WILL THAT BE THE OPTION OR WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE PATH WE CHART FOR OURSELVES.
GII, HELP EDUCATE GHANAIANS THAT DEALING WITH CORRUPTION IN A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM REQUIRES TIME AND PROCEDURE.
AND WILL THAT BE THE OPTION OR WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE PATH WE CHART FOR OURSELVES.
GII, HELP EDUCATE GHANAIANS THAT DEALING WITH CORRUPTION IN A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM REQUIRES TIME AND PROCEDURE.
Frank 10 years ago
NONSENSE AND IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENT FROM CROOK.
NONSENSE AND IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENT FROM CROOK.
bashings 10 years ago
this is a stupid statement, what basis are u going to stage this uprising? do you have evidences? if you do talk about it and if nothing is done you have the opportunity to vote the government out in the next presidential and ... read full comment
this is a stupid statement, what basis are u going to stage this uprising? do you have evidences? if you do talk about it and if nothing is done you have the opportunity to vote the government out in the next presidential and governmental elections!
kpakpo osu 10 years ago
Oh, then the next one will come n do the same. An uprising will change laws, change attitudes, amend constitution and punish the wrongdoers walking around enjoying the stolen money.
Oh, then the next one will come n do the same. An uprising will change laws, change attitudes, amend constitution and punish the wrongdoers walking around enjoying the stolen money.
YMCMB 10 years ago
Everywhere in this world there are people who take heed to good counsel and there are the rest who prefer to learn things the hard way.
For every path you choose,there are results and consequences.
This advice will be seen ... read full comment
Everywhere in this world there are people who take heed to good counsel and there are the rest who prefer to learn things the hard way.
For every path you choose,there are results and consequences.
This advice will be seen as partisan by zombie citizens whose heads are stuck far up their bums and have forgotten that mother Ghana comes before any party or person in this wonderful land of ours.
When taps don't flow in your area,does it affect only certain party affiliates or supporters?
Wake up from your early sleep and stand for what is right.
Remember,your time on earth as an adult will be called into account by the Almighty one day.
What account are you giving?
Sappey-Agboh -Atsiame 10 years ago
Will this Azeem guy ever shup up and and offer room for JDM to steer the country to a Better Ghana? Where in the world was there an uprising because of a perception of corruption? What happened in Egypt and Tunesia were not r ... read full comment
Will this Azeem guy ever shup up and and offer room for JDM to steer the country to a Better Ghana? Where in the world was there an uprising because of a perception of corruption? What happened in Egypt and Tunesia were not results of perception of corruption. It was due to the intrasigence of the ruling class. Is this bufoon advocating for an uprising? How old is he? We are always talking about corruption without offering any tangible solution. And besides even though we all abhor corruption, just like ex-President Kufuor explained, corruption is a canker that has been with us since the inception of the world. Can this Azeem guy vouch that he or someone he knows never offered to grease someone's palm? It is not only the politicians that are corrupt. It is embedded in the social fabric of the nation.
Ganyo 10 years ago
Nonentity looking for relevancy. Does this guy have shea butter for brains.
Nonentity looking for relevancy. Does this guy have shea butter for brains.
GOG 10 years ago
I WILL LEAD THE GROUP
I WILL LEAD THE GROUP
K. Tabi 10 years ago
Virus, hit the streets and see how Ghanaians are cheating in traffic crossing each other every day and they call it indiscipline. I call it a morally corrupt society. Check how we all want favours when we go to the banks in ... read full comment
Virus, hit the streets and see how Ghanaians are cheating in traffic crossing each other every day and they call it indiscipline. I call it a morally corrupt society. Check how we all want favours when we go to the banks instead of waiting patiently for our turns. We are all corrupt!!!!corruption is not practiced by one person and we should be bold to say our society has become corrupted. Virus please take a stand on our streets and tell all those bad persons including yourself who continuously jump the traffic to change and we would begin to make a difference.
BIRAHMA 10 years ago
It beats my imagination why these GII guys are not advising Ghanaians in general to change their corrupt practice rather than blame govt.Every worker in Ghana is uncertain about his future and will want to make it in life whi ... read full comment
It beats my imagination why these GII guys are not advising Ghanaians in general to change their corrupt practice rather than blame govt.Every worker in Ghana is uncertain about his future and will want to make it in life while still in active service.We rather need social protection after retirement
Anana 10 years ago
You will be the first to die from that uprising. corruption is at this level when the former government refused to do anything about it. Where were you then when Kuffour bought those chains and hung them around his neck like ... read full comment
You will be the first to die from that uprising. corruption is at this level when the former government refused to do anything about it. Where were you then when Kuffour bought those chains and hung them around his neck like a dog whiles the country needed money for other important issues.
MAHAMADU KONTOLI KOKU 10 years ago
WE THE YOUTH ON CAMPUS ARE READY FOR THE ALL OUT SCALE WAR. THE NDC CANNOT GUARANTEE OUR FUTURE WITH THIS LEVEL OF CORRUPTION.
WE THE YOUTH ON CAMPUS ARE READY FOR THE ALL OUT SCALE WAR. THE NDC CANNOT GUARANTEE OUR FUTURE WITH THIS LEVEL OF CORRUPTION.
kanko 10 years ago
If there is going to be any uprising then this man may know its genesis. He must be arrested and give the basis of his statement. He is just doing politics. shamme! nana ado will loose 2016 elections if he dares
If there is going to be any uprising then this man may know its genesis. He must be arrested and give the basis of his statement. He is just doing politics. shamme! nana ado will loose 2016 elections if he dares
cha 10 years ago
This is where leadership is lacking - no encforcement because leadership is part of the corruption
This is where leadership is lacking - no encforcement because leadership is part of the corruption
Paul Amuna 10 years ago
Sometimes I really wonder what some of these so-called "Think Tanks" and pressure groups are up to, or what they think. You may mean well by raising the issue of corruptionand the need for the government to tackle it but to t ... read full comment
Sometimes I really wonder what some of these so-called "Think Tanks" and pressure groups are up to, or what they think. You may mean well by raising the issue of corruptionand the need for the government to tackle it but to talk of an "uprising" in our new democratic dispensation is tantamount to saying that anyone who has a gun and wields some amount of undue 'power' over the rest of us has the 'right' to undertake a mutiny just because he feels the government is not doing a good job!!!
May I remind Dr Apaak and his group that if anything the military in Ghana and indeed the rest of Africa has no good track record itself of either weeding out corruption or improving the situation. If anything, their track record is one of the very opposite and therefore, they have no business in politics nor have they the right anywhere to take up arms and overthrow an elected government.
After the national reconcialition efforts involving the illegal intervention of the likes of president Rawlings, it was clearly spelled out in the 1992 constitution and I for one would argue that anybody taking up arms and forcefully overthrowing any government (however poor they are at running the country) should be brought before the law and the harshest punishment meted out to them.
Look all around you in Africa and elsewhere where the military have had a hand in government including Egypt, Mali, Central African Republic, DRC, Pakistan (just to name a few) and you will see that the military have never been able to restore democracy nor have they ever been able to run any country successfully.
Soldiers and the armed forces are trained to defend the security of the nation, no less, no more, and you tell me where the training, know how and capacity is within the military to run civilian administrations!!!
If by "uprising" Apaak means the likes of the mass demonstrations that we are witnessing across the globe from Europe to Latin America, Asia and to Africa, then again he and his organisation are deeply mistaken that somehow this approach would solve any problems. In South Africa, recent riots and mass demonstrations by various groups have cost the economy no less than 20 billion dollars in losses!!! During the silly 'shut down' of the US public system by the foolish acts of recalcitrant politicians there, it cost the economy no less than 24 billion dollars in 2 weeks!!! At the moment, the Ukraine is undergoing a similar chaotic "uprising" and we have all seen what happened in Syria and where they are now. There have been sporadic demonstrations in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Spain, and currently chaotic scenes in Bangladesh. Can anyone tell me what any of these "uprisings" have yielded?
But for the fact the the US and other Western powers foolishly (and may be indavertently) broke the new code of the Africa Union about not supporting forceful military interventions in African countries, the likes of what happened in Libya would not have occured and we wouldn't have the 'spill over' that is playing out in Mali and other parts of Africa now, nor would we have accpeted the silly military intervention in Mali over a year ago now. I am mightily pleased that the coup leader in Mali is currently under trial on remotely related charges of 'taking the law into his own hands.
We need to start growing up and stop this nonsense where people think that if an elected government is not performing to their expectation, then people should take to the streets and defy law, order and common sense and decency.
For me it is very simple. If a government is elected and it fails to deliver, by all means make your voice heard, well meaning politicians worth their salt should rise up and be counted and take the government on, expose their incompetence and lack of effort in tackling our problems. Tell the electorate the truth about the failings of government (but make sure you are telling the truth) and by all means campaign against the re-election of that government or ruling party. What is so difficult about this? Is that not why we have 4 year election cycles?
On the other hand, we must all also think about what we can do in our own little ways to help the government deal with the issues, including giving them useful, consistent and balanced advice whilst being critical of their stewardship. Where possible and appropriate, we should join hands with them in the fight against corruption and other ills, and not take part in it nor seek to profit in any way.
But what we mustn't do is spew out statements which bother on irresponsibility on our part as citizens and civil society organisations. However well meaning we want to be, we need to be careful at all times what messgaes we put out and what impressions we give the public and / or our military.
Paul Amuna 10 years ago
Sorry I wrongly attributed the statement to Dr Apaak instead of Vitus Azeem who leads the GII.
Sorry I wrongly attributed the statement to Dr Apaak instead of Vitus Azeem who leads the GII.
DICKSON 10 years ago
we all know the WOYOMES JOHN MAHAMAS FORTIZ RLG-COLLUSION ZOOLION COLLUSION ETC ETC DESTROYING GHANA BUT CAN'T SPEAK OUT............ide biiiii keke....
we all know the WOYOMES JOHN MAHAMAS FORTIZ RLG-COLLUSION ZOOLION COLLUSION ETC ETC DESTROYING GHANA BUT CAN'T SPEAK OUT............ide biiiii keke....
ASH 10 years ago
Corruption will not stop as far as we continue to accept gifts from the poor.
Corruption will not stop as far as we continue to accept gifts from the poor.
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago
Thanks, you have said it all.
Thanks, you have said it all.
Papa Yaw 10 years ago
How
How
Listowell Lawson 10 years ago
I never knew Azeem can talk loosely to that extent.
I never knew Azeem can talk loosely to that extent.
Mr tina 10 years ago
Some of you insulting this man shows how foolish you are. Ghanaians are suffering because we have alot of you in Ghana. POliticians can easily buy you like tomatoes and you still defend them. Is there anything wrong of what h ... read full comment
Some of you insulting this man shows how foolish you are. Ghanaians are suffering because we have alot of you in Ghana. POliticians can easily buy you like tomatoes and you still defend them. Is there anything wrong of what he said.
ISA ABONGO 10 years ago
AND when it happens, those who have looted STATE LANDS should look out - KUFOUR & RAWLINGS WILL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THEIR WEALTH TOO
AND when it happens, those who have looted STATE LANDS should look out - KUFOUR & RAWLINGS WILL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THEIR WEALTH TOO
kofi 10 years ago
no Arab spring in Ghana.
no Arab spring in Ghana.
jim 10 years ago
No, this cannot happen in Ghana because none of us has the nation that dear to sacrifice for it. If not, we should have seen something by now.
No, this cannot happen in Ghana because none of us has the nation that dear to sacrifice for it. If not, we should have seen something by now.
Cpt.Sowu 10 years ago
IMMEDIATE UPRISING ON CORRUPT POLITICIANS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL,PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS AND SONS AND DAUGTHERS OF GHANA IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO SAVE GHANA FROM BECOMING THE MOST CORRUPTED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.GUN THEM DOWN I SAY ... read full comment
IMMEDIATE UPRISING ON CORRUPT POLITICIANS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL,PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS AND SONS AND DAUGTHERS OF GHANA IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO SAVE GHANA FROM BECOMING THE MOST CORRUPTED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.GUN THEM DOWN I SAY !!!!
THERE IS CORUPTION IN THE USA BUT THE LAW TAKE CARE OF THEM NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. GUN THEM DOWN NOW NOW !!!
Whatever 10 years ago
What is the scale of corruption now compared to the Kufour era? Unless you were napping when Kufour ruled Ghana, you shouldn't be talking like this... even during that time, there was no uprising, how much more today when the ... read full comment
What is the scale of corruption now compared to the Kufour era? Unless you were napping when Kufour ruled Ghana, you shouldn't be talking like this... even during that time, there was no uprising, how much more today when the current Government is even prosecuting it's own for that offense.
CHARCOAL SELLER. 10 years ago
Capitalism is the mother of corruption, even the Vatican is awash in corruption, hypocrites and opportunists pretend to address corruption, while conveniently sidestepping discussion on the root cause of widespread corruptio ... read full comment
Capitalism is the mother of corruption, even the Vatican is awash in corruption, hypocrites and opportunists pretend to address corruption, while conveniently sidestepping discussion on the root cause of widespread corruption, which is the capitalist system itself.
Corruption is an aspect of a capitalist system that's designed to benefit a few at the expense of the toiling masses, it is not possible for the very leaders (NDC&NPP) who benefit tremendously from corruption, to seriously fight against it, and to add insult to injury, they are asking the corrupt law enforcement agencies in Ghana to police corruption.
The war mongering will take you nowhere.What uprising??? OFUI.
check at the office of the presidency... see nothing do nothing president
AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am c ...
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Author: OYOKOBA...
The truth must be told, anokware John Mahama cannot do the job.
This guy came to the job offering no real vision for the nation, instead he only served up absolute nonsense - Ede be keke - which for so ...
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now we see the international community through their credit agencies moody's marking the state of the country's economy as going from bad to worse in reality its just hopeless as long as pepeni and his crooks are there . this ...
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EDUCATED ILLITRATE
YOU ARE AN IDIOT TO BONE!!
see how your so called leaders are cracking and talking shit . jj lies are so apparent no one even bothers to listen to that barking dog idiot like yourselves
You are an absolute asshole!!!
Foolish cow, what do you know? You think your foolish son of a hooker JJ is innocent? Ofui, do you know how much this fool is worth today after killing people for taking some small amount from government coffers?
Even you wha had "parents" talk as if monkeys brought you up. You are a shame to humanity. Blinking Sot!!
You dont deserve to live among humans. You are such a hopeless fool that you have to make friends only with wild animals in some jungle outside this earth. If you are truly Akan, then I don't know which Akan stock you belong ...
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If these illitrates know any curropt officials or anyboby in Government, why are we not asking police to arrest them? i am fed up with people singing curruption but fail to report it to police for action! Report them to polic ...
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Ghanababa even most of our policemen are corrupt with nepotism that is the problem.
AND WILL THAT BE THE OPTION OR WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE PATH WE CHART FOR OURSELVES.
GII, HELP EDUCATE GHANAIANS THAT DEALING WITH CORRUPTION IN A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM REQUIRES TIME AND PROCEDURE.
NONSENSE AND IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENT FROM CROOK.
this is a stupid statement, what basis are u going to stage this uprising? do you have evidences? if you do talk about it and if nothing is done you have the opportunity to vote the government out in the next presidential and ...
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Oh, then the next one will come n do the same. An uprising will change laws, change attitudes, amend constitution and punish the wrongdoers walking around enjoying the stolen money.
Everywhere in this world there are people who take heed to good counsel and there are the rest who prefer to learn things the hard way.
For every path you choose,there are results and consequences.
This advice will be seen ...
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Will this Azeem guy ever shup up and and offer room for JDM to steer the country to a Better Ghana? Where in the world was there an uprising because of a perception of corruption? What happened in Egypt and Tunesia were not r ...
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Nonentity looking for relevancy. Does this guy have shea butter for brains.
I WILL LEAD THE GROUP
Virus, hit the streets and see how Ghanaians are cheating in traffic crossing each other every day and they call it indiscipline. I call it a morally corrupt society. Check how we all want favours when we go to the banks in ...
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It beats my imagination why these GII guys are not advising Ghanaians in general to change their corrupt practice rather than blame govt.Every worker in Ghana is uncertain about his future and will want to make it in life whi ...
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You will be the first to die from that uprising. corruption is at this level when the former government refused to do anything about it. Where were you then when Kuffour bought those chains and hung them around his neck like ...
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WE THE YOUTH ON CAMPUS ARE READY FOR THE ALL OUT SCALE WAR. THE NDC CANNOT GUARANTEE OUR FUTURE WITH THIS LEVEL OF CORRUPTION.
If there is going to be any uprising then this man may know its genesis. He must be arrested and give the basis of his statement. He is just doing politics. shamme! nana ado will loose 2016 elections if he dares
This is where leadership is lacking - no encforcement because leadership is part of the corruption
Sometimes I really wonder what some of these so-called "Think Tanks" and pressure groups are up to, or what they think. You may mean well by raising the issue of corruptionand the need for the government to tackle it but to t ...
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Sorry I wrongly attributed the statement to Dr Apaak instead of Vitus Azeem who leads the GII.
we all know the WOYOMES JOHN MAHAMAS FORTIZ RLG-COLLUSION ZOOLION COLLUSION ETC ETC DESTROYING GHANA BUT CAN'T SPEAK OUT............ide biiiii keke....
Corruption will not stop as far as we continue to accept gifts from the poor.
Thanks, you have said it all.
How
I never knew Azeem can talk loosely to that extent.
Some of you insulting this man shows how foolish you are. Ghanaians are suffering because we have alot of you in Ghana. POliticians can easily buy you like tomatoes and you still defend them. Is there anything wrong of what h ...
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AND when it happens, those who have looted STATE LANDS should look out - KUFOUR & RAWLINGS WILL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THEIR WEALTH TOO
no Arab spring in Ghana.
No, this cannot happen in Ghana because none of us has the nation that dear to sacrifice for it. If not, we should have seen something by now.
IMMEDIATE UPRISING ON CORRUPT POLITICIANS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL,PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS AND SONS AND DAUGTHERS OF GHANA IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO SAVE GHANA FROM BECOMING THE MOST CORRUPTED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.GUN THEM DOWN I SAY ...
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What is the scale of corruption now compared to the Kufour era? Unless you were napping when Kufour ruled Ghana, you shouldn't be talking like this... even during that time, there was no uprising, how much more today when the ...
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Capitalism is the mother of corruption, even the Vatican is awash in corruption, hypocrites and opportunists pretend to address corruption, while conveniently sidestepping discussion on the root cause of widespread corruptio ...
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