Oil production is raising cost of living

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• KANE 10 years ago

  JUST LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF GHANA AND MINISTER OF FINANCE, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHY GHANA'S ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES.
  
  I'LL NEVER INVITE SUCH PEOPLE TO AN INTERVIEW FOR SUCH POSITIONS, LET ALONE OFFER THEM SUCH SENSIT ...
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  JUST LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF GHANA AND MINISTER OF FINANCE, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHY GHANA'S ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES.
  
  I'LL NEVER INVITE SUCH PEOPLE TO AN INTERVIEW FOR SUCH POSITIONS, LET ALONE OFFER THEM SUCH SENSITIVE JOBS.
  
  THE TWO, TERPKER AND WHATEVER THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR IS, DO NOT OOZE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE OR TRACK RECORD OF SOLID ACHIEVEMENTS IN ANYTHING THEY DID BEFORE THEN.
  
  THE CONTINUED FALL OF THE GHANA CEDI HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OIL DISCOVERY AND PRODUCTION IN GHANA.
  
  THE FALL OF THE CEDI SHOULD BE BLAMED SQUARELY ON FLAWED AND VISIONLESS LAZY FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE USELESS GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF GHANA AND HIS DUMB MINISTER OF FINANCE, ALL CHEW, POUR PASS, GET A DEGREE AND THE REST IS HISTORY TYPE OF "THINK TANKS".
  
  IN A COMPETITIVE FREE MARKET ECONOMY LIKE GHANA'S YOU JUST DO NOT HIKE FUEL PRICES, IMPORT DUTIES AND TAXES WILLY-NILLY, RELAX AND EXPECT YOUR ECONOMY TO GROW WITHOUT ANY MANUFACTURING BASE AND AN AGGRESSIVE EXPORT MARKET SHARE TO SUSTAIN THOSE POLICIES.
  
  TERKPER AND THE BOG GOVERNOR WOULD HAVE BEEN SACKED AGES AGO IF THEY WERE WORKING IN A CIVILIZED "FORWARD-LOOKING" ECONOMY.
  
  IN GHANA, MANY LAZY SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS UNDERPERFORM, ARE ALLOWED TO STAY ON THEIR JOBS AND CONTINUE COLLECTING HEFTY SALARIES AND
  ALLOWANCES WHILE ENJOYING .ANY OTHER PERKS.
  
  THIS DOES NOT MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO WORK HARD TO JUSTIFY THEIR PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

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• Billy Moe 10 years ago

  THERE ARE HEADLESS POLITICIANS. THEY HAVE NO CONCEPT. THERE JUST TRYING AND HOPING FOR MIRACLE TO COME... THIS IS THEIR BETTER GHANA! Loool! GHANAIANS ARE TO THEMSELVES TO BLAME BECAUSE THEY VOTE AND CHOOSE PARTIES BECAUSE OF ...
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  THERE ARE HEADLESS POLITICIANS. THEY HAVE NO CONCEPT. THERE JUST TRYING AND HOPING FOR MIRACLE TO COME... THIS IS THEIR BETTER GHANA! Loool! GHANAIANS ARE TO THEMSELVES TO BLAME BECAUSE THEY VOTE AND CHOOSE PARTIES BECAUSE OF TRIBAL AFFILIATION AND IDEOLOGY BUT NOT BECAUSE OF COMPETENCE THE CANDIDATES. I HOPE THEY HAVE LEARNT NOW!

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• Billy Moe 10 years ago

  THERE ARE HEADLESS POLITICIANS. THEY HAVE NO CONCEPT. THERE JUST TRYING AND HOPING FOR MIRACLE TO COME... THIS IS THEIR BETTER GHANA! Loool! GHANAIANS ARE TO BE BLAMED BECAUSE THEY VOTE AND CHOOSE PARTIES BECAUSE OF TRIBAL AF ...
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  THERE ARE HEADLESS POLITICIANS. THEY HAVE NO CONCEPT. THERE JUST TRYING AND HOPING FOR MIRACLE TO COME... THIS IS THEIR BETTER GHANA! Loool! GHANAIANS ARE TO BE BLAMED BECAUSE THEY VOTE AND CHOOSE PARTIES BECAUSE OF TRIBAL AFFILIATION AND IDEOLOGY BUT NOT BECAUSE OF COMPETENCE THE CANDIDATES. I HOPE THEY HAVE LEARNT NOW!

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• mensah abrampa 10 years ago

  I share your views, bro. The jobs are just not there . A job search is like the old cliche, looking for a needle in a haystack. What a blessing, the rare privilege and opportunity it is to find a job. You must be well connect ...
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  I share your views, bro. The jobs are just not there . A job search is like the old cliche, looking for a needle in a haystack. What a blessing, the rare privilege and opportunity it is to find a job. You must be well connected to find even a low paying job. Because most jobs and contracts are never won on merit but through the back door's shady deals job performance is grossly affected. There's no incentive for hard work because it's never rewarded. Haba! We're rewarding mediocrity and laziness? People are coping and hanging on to their jobs to merely exist? Unbelievable!
  It's a monkey dey work baboon dey chop syndrome .In an unstable and unfair job market the monkeys soon learn the ways of the baboons and join their ranks . You join them if you can't beat them.The rate of conversion from monkey to baboon is so fast that it won't be long before Ghana becomes a monkey free/all baboons state and then the end will come. A country of fraudsters, four one niners and lazy workers can hardly survive. We are not too far from being declared a failed state. Since most job hirings and promotions are determined on who you know basis rather than on merit it's no wonder we're also experiencing unprecedented levels of brain drain. Square pegs in round holes is what is prevailing. Who's going to do the thinking and who'll be left behind to do the heavy lifting? Gird up your loins.

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