Kufuor arrives in New York for UN Special Envoy Role

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truth 11 years ago

God richly bless you for the good work you did for ghana and u being appointed on this climite summit,dont mind that mad man try to call u names .

God richly bless you for the good work you did for ghana and u being appointed on this climite summit,dont mind that mad man try to call u names .
goodman 11 years ago

I agree with u my brother. My role model should not mind this Rawlings man who has nothing doing, but only attacking people's personality.

God bless you my mentor Kufour

I agree with u my brother. My role model should not mind this Rawlings man who has nothing doing, but only attacking people's personality.

God bless you my mentor Kufour
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

It would be recalled that before Election 2000, the Rawlings's P/NDC had ruled Ghana for 19 solid years. This era, as we all know, was marked by human rights abuses, tribalism, corruption, economic hardship, cash and carry sy ...
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It would be recalled that before Election 2000, the Rawlings's P/NDC had ruled Ghana for 19 solid years. This era, as we all know, was marked by human rights abuses, tribalism, corruption, economic hardship, cash and carry system, and more seriously, serial killings of women.

What then did President John Agyekum Kufuor and his NPP do with the power given him between 2001 and 2009? This write-up seeks to find the answer under social infrastructure, policies & programmes, and good governance.

ON SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE • Kufuor's tenure witnessed the construction of two new sports stadia at Essipong and Tamale; the rehabilitation of both Accra and Kumasi sports stadia, and another sports complex in Cape Coast.

• Under Kufuor, a new Presidential Palace was built to house the president and his family; the Accra-Tema commuter railway line was constructed, and the Keta Sea Defence wall was built to protect the people of Keta.

• A $622m loan was secured for the construction of the Bui Dam & Bui City Project; the Boankra Inland Port was started (now abandoned); major feeder and trunk roads (Accra-Kumasi-Aflao-Kasoa-Cape Coast, Aburi), several by-passes in Accra and Kumasi including the Sofoline and Asafo interchange, and George Walker Bush 14km High Way were all constructed.

• The Peduase Lodge, which had been abandoned was restored; several boreholes were drilled to end the perennial water problems in Cape Coast and Tamale; the Aboadze Thermal Plant was expanded; the Kofi Annan ICT Centre for Excellence, and state-of-the art wood village at Sokoban in Kumasi for Anloga carpenters were all built.

• Another legacy of Kufuor is the construction of the Accident and Emergency Centre with a landing base at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). This has saved several precious lives.

• Besides, 56 existing senior high schools were upgraded as Model Schools; two institutions (University of Education, Winneba, and University of Mines & Technology) were given autonomy to run as public universities, UDS had Campuses at Wa and Bolgatanga, 21 new senior high schools, 1,334 new JHS blocks, 1,331 primary schools, and 5,164 pre-schools were built.

• Also, over 5,000 affordable housing units at various parts of the country were built. A cocoa processing plant was built in Kumasi. The West African Gas Pipe Line was nearly completed. There was expansion of the road network from 39,000 km of accessible roads to 65,000 km by 2008.

• The Ghana @ 50 ‘legacy’ projects like recreational parks, renovation of public buildings, and historical monuments across all the 10 regions and their district capitals were built. The government also built 14 fishing harbours in our fishing communities.

ON POLICIES & PROGRAMMES • The Kufuor government introduced free basic education through the capitation grant (fee- free). There was school feeding programme where pupils from some selected public basic schools were given one hot meal a day.

• The National Health Insurance Scheme was introduced to replace the cash and carry system and make health care affordable. There was also the introduction of free maternal care to reduce child mortality.

• The government frequently released brand new buses to GPRTU, and introduced the metro mass transit, replaced the Ghana Airways with Ghana International Airlines (all meant to improve the transportation system.

• The NPP introduced the Northern Development Fund with a US$25m seed fund to reduce the North-South poverty gap; free bus ride for school kids, brought Zoom Lion Company Limited to rid our cities of filth, created Youth Fund with a $50m seed money and instituted the National Youth Employment Programme, which rolled out seven programmes including community police, teaching assistance, health care, agric extension, etc to reduce the country’s high unemployment.

• Kufuor also introduced the mass cocoa spraying exercise, frequently increased the producer price of cocoa; subsidised fertilizer, and made prompt payment of bonuses to cocoa farmers.

• In his quest to mechanise agriculture, the Kufuor government imported 3,331 brand new tractors, but unfortunately, Mahama Ayariga, and Alban Bagbin used their positions in government to buy some at only GHC1,000.

• The annual cocoa yield increased from 350 metric tonnes in 2000 to 750 metric tonnes in 2006 with an income of US$1bn to the economy. By 2010, Ghana had hit 1m cocoa production. This feat alone moved Ghana from the 4th position to the 2nd position in terms of the world’s leading producers of the product.

• The size of the Ghana's economy quadrupled from US$3.9m in 2008 to US$16.3m in 2008, thus ending the year with GDP growth rate of 8.4%.

• Whilst inflation was reduced from 40% in 2000 to 9.8% in 2006 (single digit) and later 18% in 2008, interest rate fell from 50% to 25% during the period under consideration. The daily minimum wage was increased from 42Gp (4,200 old cedis) in 2000 to GHC2.25 (22,500 old cedis) in 2009.

• A New Education Reform was put in place in 2007 with special emphasis on Maths, Science, Vocational and ICT. Kindergarten education officially became part of our basic education system.

• The admission of JHS graduates into SHS was computerised to reduce corruption and hassle of parents; there was Baah-Wiredu Laptop project aimed at giving one laptop to every school child.

• All the 38 Teacher Training Colleges were upgraded into tertiary status (Colleges of Education); Distance education programme was introduced for teachers and workers.

• The government also introduced Untrained Teacher Education Programme for Pupil Teachers to become trained teachers, Access Course to Teacher Training Colleges for SHS graduates who could not do well in Maths and English. The purpose was to upgrade the knowledge of the teacher, beef up the teacher population, and subsequently help to address the falling educational standards in the country.

• Private universities sprung from 4 to over 50, whilst existing infrastructure in the public universities and other public tertiary institutions were expanded through the GETFund.

• The SSNIT Loan Scheme was restructured for students to take more loans. Plans were far advanced to start not only Single Spine Salary Structure for public sector workers, but also a new 3-tier pension scheme for both private and public sector workers.

ON GOOD GOVERNANCE • His Excellency, President J. A. Kufuor tolerated all shades of opinion and verbal abused from ‘Dr.’ Asemfoforo, an NDC paid serial caller, and J. J. Rawlings, who at one time referred to the then sitting President as ‘Ataa Ayi’ - a notorious armed robber.

• Ghanaians witnessed the National Reconciliation; the reburial of three former heads of state namely; Okatakyie Afrifa, Gen. I.K. Acheampong and Gen. F.W.K Akufo and five senior military officers, who were executed in 1979 by J. J. Rawlings.

• In addition, over 100 assets of noble and hard working citizens seized by J.J. Rawlings were deconfiscated to their owners.

• The criminal libel and seditious laws which had provided 10 years’ maximum imprisonment for offenders was repealed. The People’s Assembly concept which made it possible for Ghanaians to interact with the President and his Ministers on yearly basis was instituted.

• There was all-inclusive governance with the likes of Mallam Issah (PNC), Dr. Paa Nduom, Prof. Badu Akosah, Prof. Hagan - all CPP leading members, working under the NPP administration. Kufuor also facilitated the appointments of Dr. Ibn Chambas as the Secretary General of ECOWAS, and Ekwow Spio-Garbrah as Chief Executive Officer of CTO.

• Kufuor created 60 additional districts and raised some of them to municipal & metropolitan status to facilitate local governance. The District Assembly Common Fund was increased from 5% to 7.5%.

• There was a plethora of FM Radio stations, regular media encounters with the President, broadcasting of news in the major local dialects on the Ghana Television (GTV), which hitherto had been in English and Akan.

• The Kufuor government passed the Representation of the People Amendment act (ROPAA) into law to enfranchise Ghanaians in the diaspora, though Afari Gyan failed to make it operational.

• Kufuor should also be commended for the expansion of mobile phone network across the length and breadth of the country as he removed tariffs on mobile phone importation.

• Kufuor created a Ministry for Public Sector Reform with the view to developing a new and positive mindset for public sector workers; Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs to empower women and improve their lot; and the Ministry of Chieftaincy Affairs to tap the rich expertise of our noble traditional leaders.

• Also, June 4 and the 31st December were removed from the statute books as public holidays. The 64th Infantry Regiment were disbanded to other units to ensure discipline in the Armed Forces.

• Kufuor featured regularly at all G-8 Summits. His excellent diplomatic relations with world leaders enabled Ghana not only to attract attention and investment worldwide, but also he was unanimously elected to chair both the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Under his leadership, Ghana had the opportunity to assume the rotational presidency of the UN Security Council.

• President Kufuor also won several international awards including the Chatham House Prize Award in 2008 as a result of peace and economic growth which characterised his two terms in office. No wonder he was given a rousing welcome by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England.

• Again, President Kufuor took a leading role in mediating in regional conflicts including those in Liberia, La Cote D’Ivoire, Kenya, Sudan, and Zimbabwe.

• As a true democrat, he was even criticised by his own party members and sympathisers for not hanging onto power before the Tain by-elections when the NPP’s Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo was leading in the 2008 Presidential elections.

• Kufuor is on record as the only President who left office in the peaceful manner in which he entered it. This is indeed a lasting legacy because all his predecessors were either overthrown by the military or metamorphosed themselves into civilian presidents.

• Kufuor introduced the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, where the aged and other vulnerable people in Ghana were paid monthly allowances of between 8 and 15 Ghana cedis.

• Under President Kufuor's leadership, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to cut in half the proportion of its people who suffer from hunger. He and LUIZ DA SILVA of Brazil jointly received the 2011 World Food Prize.

• He introduced micro finance loans to help small and medium-scale businesses, the Export Development Fund (EDIF), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which makes it possible for local producers to access the US market, as well as, the Ghana Poverty Reduction Programmes I & II were all aimed at improving the lot of Ghanaians.

• The Kufuor-led NPP administration purchased VALCO from the Americans at a cosmic sum of US$20m.

• On corruption, a minister of state under his administration was charged for wilfully causing financial loss to the state and together with other members of the previous government, was sentenced to a prison term.

• Ghana was the first country in Africa to submit herself to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). It would also interest readers to note that for the first time in 50 years, Ghana under the leadership of Kufuor earned a respectable B+ rating on the international financial scene in 2006 and this indeed, facilitated the country’s successful bid to access over US$ 750m from the Eurobond market.

• The passage of the Public Procurement Act, Financial Administration Act, Internal Audit Agency Act, which made the agency exceed its revenue target every year, the Office of Accountability Act, the Whistle Blowers Act, the importation of new police uniforms and over 1000 police vehicles to combat crime, the Right to Information bill, the establishment of Fast Track High Courts, the strengthening of state institutions like the SFO, CHRAJ, among others, were all geared towards the eradication of this social evil in the Ghanaian society.

• Last but not the least, Ghana under Kufuor’s reign became the largest recipient of Millennium Challenge Account funds of US$547m to combat poverty in Ghana. The bilateral and multilateral debt cancellations as a result of Ghana joining the Heavily Indebted and Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and the UN's and World Bank’s lucrative jobs for His Excellency, J. A. Kufuor even before the 2008 general elections make him stand tall among his contemporaries. He made Ghana, an oil producing country as oil was struck in commercial quantities in 2010.

How could the excellent record enumerated above be a factor to the NPP's electoral defeat? I leave it for the judgement of the Ghanaian voter in 2016.

God bless Ghana! God bless the NPP!! God bless Kufuor!!!

Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyemang, Asante Bekwai-Asakyiri (Free SHS Ambassador) Official blog: (www.katakyie.com) katakyienpp@yahoo.co.uk 0202471070 : 0264931361 :
LUCKY DUBE 11 years ago

Let's all laugh together.Hey hey heeey!
Kuffour an envoy to climate change? Laughter again- Heey heey heeeey!

Let's all laugh together.Hey hey heeey!
Kuffour an envoy to climate change? Laughter again- Heey heey heeeey!
The 11 years ago

When it is clear that things are not going on well in Ghana the NDC will like to push it down our throats that whether we like it or not things are going well. Same with Rawlings, the man Kuffour has done his bit and quite ex ...
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When it is clear that things are not going on well in Ghana the NDC will like to push it down our throats that whether we like it or not things are going well. Same with Rawlings, the man Kuffour has done his bit and quite excellently, he has been recognised and being utilised by the world, but hey JJ wants to push down our throats, whether we like it or not Kuffour did nothing that to Rawlings he was corrupt. But we the wise once Ghana are not prepared to accept the lies of Rawlings and his NDC. If nothing at all we will not forget the NHIS, Capitation Grant, School Feeding Program, Free bus Riding for School children, the Bank Loans that banks were chasing us with, Gas sellers were chasing us with the gas, Ghana Black star went to world cup for the first time. the highways N1 etc. Rawlings stop the enviness because because you can't wish away these achievements by Prez Kuffour people will only think you are getting mad, just stop it.
george 11 years ago

Currency changed

Currency changed
ABIOLA 11 years ago

your analysis is excellent

your analysis is excellent
Homesense 11 years ago

I, also, remember that for the first time as a very ordinary Ghanian worker, Barclays and Standchart Banks chased me to come for huge loans. After one year of repayment I had calls from the banks, asking whether I didn't care ...
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I, also, remember that for the first time as a very ordinary Ghanian worker, Barclays and Standchart Banks chased me to come for huge loans. After one year of repayment I had calls from the banks, asking whether I didn't care for more money.

I encountered, also, many people owning vehicles, courtesy various banks, especially Nigerian ones which relocated or opened branches in Ghana.

BUT let's not hide the fact that corruption and rumors of it, were ripe, but the government handled it it with kids gloves.
Kofi Virginia 11 years ago

The man JJ continues to undrrmine the presidency while Kufuor brings honor to himself and our country. Rawlings is a frustrated aimless bully!

The man JJ continues to undrrmine the presidency while Kufuor brings honor to himself and our country. Rawlings is a frustrated aimless bully!
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 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 ...
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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!

Sethoo 11 years ago

Kufour is greedy he should have gone with Efo Gyato Rawlings at least to console him for being permanently unemployed.Efo Gyato is brainless so he can't be used for anything purposeful.

Kufour is greedy he should have gone with Efo Gyato Rawlings at least to console him for being permanently unemployed.Efo Gyato is brainless so he can't be used for anything purposeful.
Dumegah Prosper JNR 11 years ago

Ghanaians must under study Kuffour and his fetid corruption when he came into power!! Where did he get all the big monies from??? He is a greedy dog!!
He destroyed Ghana Airways so that we cou7ld walk abroad???
He is now tr ...
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Ghanaians must under study Kuffour and his fetid corruption when he came into power!! Where did he get all the big monies from??? He is a greedy dog!!
He destroyed Ghana Airways so that we cou7ld walk abroad???
He is now travelling to New York??? Nonsense!!
He personally sold the Ghana Telecom and pocketed the briibes!!! Where is the remaining Drill ship money your government took from the UK??? Must you be called to the Judgement Commission by subpoena before you nspeak the naked truth!!! Attah Yie n33!!!
Anyemi 11 years ago

Now we know why asimesi is red with envy! They should send a delegation of volta chiefs to beg Ban Ki Moon to find something small for their country trokosi brother to do.

Now we know why asimesi is red with envy! They should send a delegation of volta chiefs to beg Ban Ki Moon to find something small for their country trokosi brother to do.
TRUTH HURTS 11 years ago

HAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHA
TRUTH HURTS 11 years ago

NDC VOTERS CAN GO HANG. INTELLIGENT NPP VOTERS WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY OR SLEEP IN THE OPEN

NDC VOTERS CAN GO HANG. INTELLIGENT NPP VOTERS WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY OR SLEEP IN THE OPEN
Asobayere Mumuni 11 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA This is what is killing the bastard called Rawling. Jealous you go shame ooooooo

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA This is what is killing the bastard called Rawling. Jealous you go shame ooooooo
Emperor 11 years ago

Ayigbeman shame on you after u left office no body need you any more b'cus they see u as a lunatic stop your jealousy

Ayigbeman shame on you after u left office no body need you any more b'cus they see u as a lunatic stop your jealousy
Rawlingsboto 11 years ago

enshiwo against

enshiwo against
Kojo! 11 years ago

Munim tantain ti se kufour nim wae.

Ostriches and stool zombies

Munim tantain ti se kufour nim wae.

Ostriches and stool zombies
Sethoo 11 years ago

Tell the trokosi priests to employ Rawlings as a cleaner in one of their shrines,he could even act as an errand boy for them he has a lot of muscles and energy to perform that job.

Tell the trokosi priests to employ Rawlings as a cleaner in one of their shrines,he could even act as an errand boy for them he has a lot of muscles and energy to perform that job.

adwoa 11 years ago

J J Will die of Greed and jealousy!FOR KUFFOUR

J J Will die of Greed and jealousy!FOR KUFFOUR
ZUARUNGU 11 years ago

CONGRATULATION MR FORMER PRESIDENT. YOUR GOOD DEEDS HAVE LED YOU TO THE TOP. MAY GOD BE WITH YOU IN YOUR ENDEAVOURS.

CONGRATULATION MR FORMER PRESIDENT. YOUR GOOD DEEDS HAVE LED YOU TO THE TOP. MAY GOD BE WITH YOU IN YOUR ENDEAVOURS.
TEE 11 years ago

RAWLINGS YOU ARE THE DOWN FALL OF GHANA AND YOU ARE FULL OF A COMPLEX SO WHO EVER COMES YOU HAVE YO KILL HIM OR HER. SEE HOW GOD WORKS, ALL THESE YEARS KNOW THE WHOLE WORLD HEARD YOUR OWN CONFESSION. I BELT YOU JJ YOU WILL PA ...
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RAWLINGS YOU ARE THE DOWN FALL OF GHANA AND YOU ARE FULL OF A COMPLEX SO WHO EVER COMES YOU HAVE YO KILL HIM OR HER. SEE HOW GOD WORKS, ALL THESE YEARS KNOW THE WHOLE WORLD HEARD YOUR OWN CONFESSION. I BELT YOU JJ YOU WILL PAY FOR IT PERIOD
TEE 11 years ago

RAWLINGS IS EVIL KILLER AND THIS TIME HE WILL PAY FOR IT. A SON OF A PROSTITUTE BITCH TOGOLESE

RAWLINGS IS EVIL KILLER AND THIS TIME HE WILL PAY FOR IT. A SON OF A PROSTITUTE BITCH TOGOLESE
THE TRUTH 11 years ago

FOR WHAT? YOU CAN TAKE THE MONKEY FROM THE BUSH BUT YOU CANNOT TAKE THE BUSH OUT OF THE MONKEY.IF BATHING MAKES THE BODY CLEAN WHY SHOULD THE TOWEL BE DIRTY??.....A CLEVER WAY OF DECORATING MONKEYS WILL ALWAYS BE USED...

FOR WHAT? YOU CAN TAKE THE MONKEY FROM THE BUSH BUT YOU CANNOT TAKE THE BUSH OUT OF THE MONKEY.IF BATHING MAKES THE BODY CLEAN WHY SHOULD THE TOWEL BE DIRTY??.....A CLEVER WAY OF DECORATING MONKEYS WILL ALWAYS BE USED...
Naa Lamley 11 years ago

Thank you president Kuffour for bringing so much honour and glory to the motherland. You've carried yourself with so much dignity even after leaving office. The mark of a true statesman. We are grateful.

Thank you president Kuffour for bringing so much honour and glory to the motherland. You've carried yourself with so much dignity even after leaving office. The mark of a true statesman. We are grateful.
KOK 11 years ago

Rawlings, this is what we expect from you as a statesman but not to be going round insulting your fellow leaders. Kuffour has brought dignity and respect to the people of Ghana. Learn from him.

Rawlings, this is what we expect from you as a statesman but not to be going round insulting your fellow leaders. Kuffour has brought dignity and respect to the people of Ghana. Learn from him.
KUNG FU 11 years ago

I UNDERSTAND JJ NOW.HE IS MAKING NOISE BECAUSE OF K4'S APPOINTMENT.JEALOUSY GO KILL AGBOTSUI KOSI JEREMIAH RAWLINGS.

BAN KIN MOON SHOULD CONSIDER JJ FOR 'BOKO HARAM ENVOY'.HE IS GOOD AT ABDUCTION AND KILLING IN THE NIGHT W ...
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I UNDERSTAND JJ NOW.HE IS MAKING NOISE BECAUSE OF K4'S APPOINTMENT.JEALOUSY GO KILL AGBOTSUI KOSI JEREMIAH RAWLINGS.

BAN KIN MOON SHOULD CONSIDER JJ FOR 'BOKO HARAM ENVOY'.HE IS GOOD AT ABDUCTION AND KILLING IN THE NIGHT WHETHER PREGNANT OR NURSING MOTHER.WHETHER JUDGE OR OLD MAJOR.
Me 11 years ago

Ah! I see why someone is jumping up and down with envy. Typical of you know whos. They are never at hearts ease when they behold one greater than themselves.

Eat your heart out Efo Jakpata.

Ah! I see why someone is jumping up and down with envy. Typical of you know whos. They are never at hearts ease when they behold one greater than themselves.

Eat your heart out Efo Jakpata.
GHANABOY 11 years ago

K4 STOOD FIRM BEHIND IBN CHAMBAS AND KOFI ANNAN IN THEIR UN DUTIES.THIS IS THE MARK OF A STATESMAN.SOLIDARITY IS THE WORD NOT 'ABODAM'.

K4 STOOD FIRM BEHIND IBN CHAMBAS AND KOFI ANNAN IN THEIR UN DUTIES.THIS IS THE MARK OF A STATESMAN.SOLIDARITY IS THE WORD NOT 'ABODAM'.

OTOMPO 11 years ago

I LEARNT JJ SAID, KOFFOUR WAS WARNED BY CIA OF USA.WHY HAS HE BEING APPOINTED TO SPEAR HEAD AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN WHICH USA IS MORE POWERFUL TO INFLUENCE THE DECISION TO APPOINT A CORRUPT PRESIDENT FOR SUCH POSITION? I AM ...
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I LEARNT JJ SAID, KOFFOUR WAS WARNED BY CIA OF USA.WHY HAS HE BEING APPOINTED TO SPEAR HEAD AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN WHICH USA IS MORE POWERFUL TO INFLUENCE THE DECISION TO APPOINT A CORRUPT PRESIDENT FOR SUCH POSITION? I AM REALLY CONFUSED.
Kwesi Agbenu 11 years ago

Rawlings is the special envoy to Hogbetstso and Samanpiid festuvals

Rawlings is the special envoy to Hogbetstso and Samanpiid festuvals
Dumegah Prosper JNR 11 years ago

Is a corrupted and a very selfish, greedy person who travelled just for the per diems and interested in running down Ghana for his parochial interest.l He can't even speak sensibly. A Twi-English speaker!!

Is a corrupted and a very selfish, greedy person who travelled just for the per diems and interested in running down Ghana for his parochial interest.l He can't even speak sensibly. A Twi-English speaker!!
Peter 11 years ago

Obviously somebody is jealous. one ruled for 19 yrs, the other only 8yrs. Which of them should be frequenting the high corridors of the UN?

Obviously somebody is jealous. one ruled for 19 yrs, the other only 8yrs. Which of them should be frequenting the high corridors of the UN?
Dumegah Prosper JNR 11 years ago

How can Kronfuor Kuffour give off 5 % of our Oil shares to his 3 personal friends while the whole country gets obnly 13%. Is that fair?? nIs that nationalistic enough?????
If this is not gargantuan corruption, tell me what i ...
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How can Kronfuor Kuffour give off 5 % of our Oil shares to his 3 personal friends while the whole country gets obnly 13%. Is that fair?? nIs that nationalistic enough?????
If this is not gargantuan corruption, tell me what it is!!!! God will punish him and his family for rubbing Ghana in that manner!!! After he made his children and in fact his whole family!! Tweah!!
Akans 11 years ago

Only Akans can make Ghana visible and respected by the world. Why can't the Ewes just return to TOGO and leave the rest of us alone to prosper??

Only Akans can make Ghana visible and respected by the world. Why can't the Ewes just return to TOGO and leave the rest of us alone to prosper??
gideon 11 years ago

God has started rewarding the good deeds of our beloved president.Lord pls continue blessing him marvelously

God has started rewarding the good deeds of our beloved president.Lord pls continue blessing him marvelously
JJ ENVY YOU BAD !!! 11 years ago

THANK YOU FOR MAKING GHANA PROUD, PRESIDENT KUFUOR. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS OUR FORMER PRESIDENT AND ELDER STATESMAN. WHILE YOU ARE BUSY HELPING THE WORLD AND PROJECTING A GOOD IMAGE FOR OUR COUNTRY, YOUR SEMI-LITERATE PR ...
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THANK YOU FOR MAKING GHANA PROUD, PRESIDENT KUFUOR. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS OUR FORMER PRESIDENT AND ELDER STATESMAN. WHILE YOU ARE BUSY HELPING THE WORLD AND PROJECTING A GOOD IMAGE FOR OUR COUNTRY, YOUR SEMI-LITERATE PREDECESSOR IS BUSY INSULTING EVERYBODY AND JUSTIFYING TO SCHOOL CHILDREN HIS MURDER OF ALL THE FORMER PRESIDENTS OF GHANA HE CAME TO MEET. IF HE IS NOT KILLING A FORMER PRESIDENT, HE IS INSULTING A FORMER PRESIDENT. THAT IS THE ONLY OCCUPATION HIS "O" LEVEL CERTIFICATE QUALIFIES HIM FOR NOW THAT HE IS UNABLE TO USURP THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNTRY. DO NOT MIND THE FATHERLESS SON OF A PROSTITUTE. HE ENVIES YOU BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr Okuru Kumah. S Africa 11 years ago

No international appointment for Efo, jj hence envy.

No international appointment for Efo, jj hence envy.
Mr Okuru Kumah. S Africa 11 years ago

President Kufuor excellent job has earned him great reputation in the world affais Bravo! JAK

President Kufuor excellent job has earned him great reputation in the world affais Bravo! JAK
HALL 11 years ago

This is why Rawlings is bitter.God bless u former President K4

This is why Rawlings is bitter.God bless u former President K4
YOU AND I 11 years ago

officials of United Nations and the World Bank has appointed Rawlings as Special Envoy of the United Nation to Togo

officials of United Nations and the World Bank has appointed Rawlings as Special Envoy of the United Nation to Togo
Some day 11 years ago

So what exactly does that involve - hardly needs a diplomat of international standing I would have thought.

So what exactly does that involve - hardly needs a diplomat of international standing I would have thought.
TRUE GHANAIAN 11 years ago

KUFFOUR IS CRIMINAL,HE STOLE ALL OUR MONEY,HE AND HIS FAMILY GOT 1% OF GHANA OIL MONEY,GOD WILL DECIDE FOR US,WICKED MAN.

KUFFOUR IS CRIMINAL,HE STOLE ALL OUR MONEY,HE AND HIS FAMILY GOT 1% OF GHANA OIL MONEY,GOD WILL DECIDE FOR US,WICKED MAN.
Boy Alinko 11 years ago

I have the papers right here. K4 is a gargantually rich man. JJ got -10%. Thats right, mr. probity and accountability got negative 10% what ever that means. No wonder he is soooo unhappy.

Ban Ki Moon also got 55%. That is ...
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I have the papers right here. K4 is a gargantually rich man. JJ got -10%. Thats right, mr. probity and accountability got negative 10% what ever that means. No wonder he is soooo unhappy.

Ban Ki Moon also got 55%. That is why he is constantly honoring K4 with all these juicy international appointments.

Oh and Pope Francis also got some. I am yet to calculate how much of the Ghana oil money, but I think his share of the loot was less than what Kofi Annan got.

Saint JJ will soon boom to show the world how corrupt the pope is. All Ghanaians, especially nyebros shouldn't worry. The heroic, incorruptible mountain of Probity and Accountability will soon show the world that he is the ONLY incorruptible head and ex-head of state.

Last but not the least, Mandela got 40%.
Onyame Bekyere 11 years ago

Dumega Prosper Jnr. Onyame Ahuooo.Unnecessary jelousy. God has already blessed President Kufour and Rawlings will never reach that fame. Amen

Dumega Prosper Jnr. Onyame Ahuooo.Unnecessary jelousy. God has already blessed President Kufour and Rawlings will never reach that fame. Amen
Kubi Kofi 11 years ago

Mr.Rawlings, how long will you be the special envoy of Somalia, why have you not been given chances in the UN like Kuffour? It is bcos of your bad deals. you were given the chance to go Somalia just not to feel dull at home b ...
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Mr.Rawlings, how long will you be the special envoy of Somalia, why have you not been given chances in the UN like Kuffour? It is bcos of your bad deals. you were given the chance to go Somalia just not to feel dull at home but not bcos of your intelligence.
Some day 11 years ago

This sort of appointment for K4 must drive JJ mad!!!

This sort of appointment for K4 must drive JJ mad!!!
Some day 11 years ago

No international body ever asks JJ to do anything - whats wrong with him. Do they think he's suffering from some crazy illness, or is he dangerous or just stupid.

No international body ever asks JJ to do anything - whats wrong with him. Do they think he's suffering from some crazy illness, or is he dangerous or just stupid.
Ok 11 years ago

Where is jj Rawlings ? Is he still preaching at Volta secondary school?

Where is jj Rawlings ? Is he still preaching at Volta secondary school?
Biggie joe 11 years ago

I found it hard to believe people comparing Kuffour to Rawling.Hello is orange and apple the same?No Kuffour has brains still left while Rawling brains were consumed by smoking too much of wee and he is still doing it.His exc ...
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I found it hard to believe people comparing Kuffour to Rawling.Hello is orange and apple the same?No Kuffour has brains still left while Rawling brains were consumed by smoking too much of wee and he is still doing it.His excuse is the wee smoking takes care of his pains and sleepless nights.Until he bcomes a born again he would still keep walking with this madness.So help him God.
BEN KOFI,CALIFORNIA-USA. 11 years ago

WONERS WILL NEVER SEIZE.WHAT EXPERTISE HAS KUFOUR ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO INFLUENCE POLITICAL DECISION ON SUCH?IS BAN KI MOON ALRIGHT WHEN MAKING SUCH CHOICES WITH ALL THESE CLIMATE EXPERTS THAT ABOUNDS.FOR SURE HE WILL FUMBLE A ...
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WONERS WILL NEVER SEIZE.WHAT EXPERTISE HAS KUFOUR ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO INFLUENCE POLITICAL DECISION ON SUCH?IS BAN KI MOON ALRIGHT WHEN MAKING SUCH CHOICES WITH ALL THESE CLIMATE EXPERTS THAT ABOUNDS.FOR SURE HE WILL FUMBLE AND BE A DISGRACE TO GHANA.A TYPICAL SQUARED PEGS IN ROUND HOLES.SURE GIFTY ANTI WILL JOIN HIM.
George Best. 11 years ago

YOUR MENTAL STATE AT THE MOMENT DOESN`T PERMIT YOU TO REASON PROPERLY. PERHAPS YOUR PRESENCE IN THE STATES(EVEN IF YOUR CLAIM IS TRUE) IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF THE SERIOUS CLIMATIC CHANGE BRINGING HARDSHIPS IN PARTS OF THE U.S. AS ...
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YOUR MENTAL STATE AT THE MOMENT DOESN`T PERMIT YOU TO REASON PROPERLY. PERHAPS YOUR PRESENCE IN THE STATES(EVEN IF YOUR CLAIM IS TRUE) IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF THE SERIOUS CLIMATIC CHANGE BRINGING HARDSHIPS IN PARTS OF THE U.S. AS IN THE CASE OF THE BIBLICAL JONA.
GET AWAY WITH YOUR STUPIDITY AND LET SENSIBLE BEINGS MAKE COMMENTS HERE. YOU FOOL!
Some day 11 years ago

You miss the point - he does not have to be an expert on climate change to act in this capacity - the UN has experts to produce the briefing papers etc. It is the envoy's job to be able to read and understand the briefing pap ...
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You miss the point - he does not have to be an expert on climate change to act in this capacity - the UN has experts to produce the briefing papers etc. It is the envoy's job to be able to read and understand the briefing papers prepared by the UN experts and to negotiate the UN position based on these papers. Diplomatic skills are the primary skills of an envoy - not specialist technical knowledge. K4's role is also to represent the position of the developing world in international climate change discussions to ensure that their developmental interests are not lost sight of in the developed world's insistence on a reduction in carbon emissions that automatically increase as you get industrial development which is what a lot of developing nations such a Ghana see as a gateway to their future.
Therefore, the role of this job is substantially involved with geo- economic concepts and discussions
david addy 11 years ago

patapaa bugubugu jjooooooooooo.IS THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD,THAT COUNT

patapaa bugubugu jjooooooooooo.IS THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD,THAT COUNT
All Die be Die 11 years ago

For Climate change?Does he know what climate we have in kumasi?

For Climate change?Does he know what climate we have in kumasi?
All Die be Die 11 years ago

You can thank Rawlins,that you have something you call Democracy and An Economy.You bunch of kejetia beer bar politician.

You can thank Rawlins,that you have something you call Democracy and An Economy.You bunch of kejetia beer bar politician.
odumodu 11 years ago

A stoge of secret societies. what is k4 achvment all his life. he is the reason 17 pple want to be prez.

A stoge of secret societies. what is k4 achvment all his life. he is the reason 17 pple want to be prez.
Efua 11 years ago

This what Rawllings can't fathom He doesn't understand why Kuffour gets the attention internationally and make gin spew the way he does Whoever is blessed by GOD no human being can curse him so Rawlllings just shut your beak ...
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This what Rawllings can't fathom He doesn't understand why Kuffour gets the attention internationally and make gin spew the way he does Whoever is blessed by GOD no human being can curse him so Rawlllings just shut your beak and imitate his statesmanship period
QUEEN 11 years ago

This is what pains the VOLTA ENVOY-RAWLINGS. Rawlings is too CRAZY to be invited by Ban Ki Moon to the United Nations. He will go and spill GARBAGE.

This is what pains the VOLTA ENVOY-RAWLINGS. Rawlings is too CRAZY to be invited by Ban Ki Moon to the United Nations. He will go and spill GARBAGE.
foolish 11 years ago

The problem with rawlings is that he
has now father. What was the trade of his
mother?

The problem with rawlings is that he
has now father. What was the trade of his
mother?
Kokuvi Ameto 11 years ago

These hourners that Kufour is receiving is what is paining Rawlings. Rawlings' dilelious rantings will surely suffocate and kill him one of these days. Mark my words!!!

These hourners that Kufour is receiving is what is paining Rawlings. Rawlings' dilelious rantings will surely suffocate and kill him one of these days. Mark my words!!!
jake 11 years ago

That thief is an ex-president, get your facts right.

That thief is an ex-president, get your facts right.
STRAIGHTPOINT 11 years ago

Listen Rawlings,you belong to the same class as the deceased DADA IDDI AMIN of UGANDA.Like Iddi Amin ,your are very evil, vicious, blood-thirsty,murderer, usurper,manipulator, corrupt, deficient in logic and reasoning, jealou ...
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Listen Rawlings,you belong to the same class as the deceased DADA IDDI AMIN of UGANDA.Like Iddi Amin ,your are very evil, vicious, blood-thirsty,murderer, usurper,manipulator, corrupt, deficient in logic and reasoning, jealous and above all a maniac. You can never be described as a "statesman" because you suck.Shame unto you and just leave Ghanaians to enjoy their freedom.
Paa Kodwo 11 years ago

WHAT KNOWLEDGE DOES KUFFOUR HAVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

WAS HE EVEN IN A POSITION TO CONTAIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AFFECTING GHANA IN HIS TIME OF OFFIce:

WHY WASTE FUNDS ON UNNECESSARY APPOINTMENTS.

WHAT KNOWLEDGE DOES KUFFOUR HAVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

WAS HE EVEN IN A POSITION TO CONTAIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AFFECTING GHANA IN HIS TIME OF OFFIce:

WHY WASTE FUNDS ON UNNECESSARY APPOINTMENTS.

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