AFCON 2015: Gov't blows $6m on flying fans to watch 6 games

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OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

Author:-SARPONG...
Ethiopia is building three new airports at a total cost of $64.5 million. Ghana is extending Kumasi airporf runway with lightening for night landing at a cost of 29 million dollars, "hoohoo" Haba, Mahama, ...
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Author:-SARPONG...
Ethiopia is building three new airports at a total cost of $64.5 million. Ghana is extending Kumasi airporf runway with lightening for night landing at a cost of 29 million dollars, "hoohoo" Haba, Mahama, stop this stealing, it is too much.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 10 years ago

AUTHOR: MR. FIGURE-OUT----------------
It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Mou ...
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AUTHOR: MR. FIGURE-OUT----------------
It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Moulds guilty of judgement debt payments the only thing he could do was to move her to the Education dept to continue her looting. Readers would recall that Betty Mounds was the one who awarded SCHOOL building contracts at a triple price of the existing contract sum of some GH 80,000.00. And this happened at a time when they claim inflation was in the single digits. Could you imargin how foolish these criminal liars were. Kuffour built similar structures with 80,000 at a time when inflation was around 14.8% and under Mills it was 240,000 at a rate of 8.8%. And these buffoons turn around to blame the fall of the cedi on some mysterious dwarfs. I don't blame those African countries that have been ripped apart by civil unrest because if you have such buffoons in power who always turn our local elections into a West Africa one
by contracting Togolese Trokosis, Burkinabe and Wangaras from La Cote D'ivoire to vote for them, the " Road To Kigare", is sometimes, a likely option to kick their ass from power.
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

Author:-PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE)...

DR. BAWUMIA:-----------
“In the last six years, the NDC has borrowed US$27 billion. Before that, we, the NPP, borrowed a total of US$5.5 billion in eight years. Compare that to the ...
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Author:-PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE)...

DR. BAWUMIA:-----------
“In the last six years, the NDC has borrowed US$27 billion. Before that, we, the NPP, borrowed a total of US$5.5 billion in eight years. Compare that to the NDC borrowing $27 billion in six years and ask yourself what they have done with all that money,” the running mate to Nana Akufo-Addo said.

He said, though a lot more money has been spent, it is a paradox of economic management that this level of excessive spending has only led to greater hardships being visited on the people.

“NDC inherited a public debt stock of GHS9.5 billion in 2009,” the former Deputy Governor of the central bank said. “Today, Ghana’s debt has gone up to GHS65.7 billion. So when I say the stakes are high I am talking about the destiny of our country, Ghana, the future of the youth.”

“The NDC has been taxing everything, including condoms and cutlasses. In terms of resources, this NDC government has had more resources than any other government. We did not have oil. Yet, Ghanaians know what we did with the limited resources we had. We spent money responsibly to create the NHIS, introduce Capitation Grant, expand access to education, we spent wisely on infrastructure and built more roads than any other government,” he said.
Close Observer 10 years ago

THE TRIBAL DISCRIMINATION AND DIVISION IS ENOUGH. VOTE NDC OUT IN 2016.

IF THEY CAN'T DO IT IN 26 YEARS, THEY CAN'T DO IT IN 1000 YEARS; VOTE THEM OUT.

GHANAIANS have given 26 years out of the country's 58 years to the ...
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THE TRIBAL DISCRIMINATION AND DIVISION IS ENOUGH. VOTE NDC OUT IN 2016.

IF THEY CAN'T DO IT IN 26 YEARS, THEY CAN'T DO IT IN 1000 YEARS; VOTE THEM OUT.

GHANAIANS have given 26 years out of the country's 58 years to the NDC PARTY. We have seen nothing, but USELESS RULE. THEY ARE NOW KILLING SMALL BUSINESSES. VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016

YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PLANS TO BANK MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEFORE THEY QUIT POLITICS TO LEAD YOU; they won't have time for you, they will be taking care of their own.
NEITHER DO YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO WILL WEAR LADIES GARMENT ON FOREIGN TRIPS.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DISGRACE YOU.
To get your life back and be respected all over the world VOTE NDC OUT IN 2016
VOTE THE CLUELESS, NO VISION, IDEAS STARVED AND HOPELESS YOUNG MAN OUT IN 201
SUSAN 10 years ago

don' t you have better things to report? stupid ghanaian journalists spoiling Ghana's name in the name of politics

don' t you have better things to report? stupid ghanaian journalists spoiling Ghana's name in the name of politics
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 10 years ago

MAHAMA AND HIS BUNCH OF CROOKISH INCOMPETENT CORRUPT MONSTERS CAN NEVER DO IT! NO! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!!! NDC LACK THE BRAINS. JUST LOOK AROUND; CAN'T YOU SEE? JUST OPEN YOUR EARS; CAN'T YOU HEAR? IS THIS THE GHANA K4 HAND ...
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MAHAMA AND HIS BUNCH OF CROOKISH INCOMPETENT CORRUPT MONSTERS CAN NEVER DO IT! NO! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!!! NDC LACK THE BRAINS. JUST LOOK AROUND; CAN'T YOU SEE? JUST OPEN YOUR EARS; CAN'T YOU HEAR? IS THIS THE GHANA K4 HANDED OVER TO NDC GREEDY CORRUPT BASTARDS??? ---------------WHO CAN PROVE KWASI ADADE WRONG? I AM SAYING, THAT, GHANAIANS VOTED FOOLISHLY!!-- IS THIS NDC'S BETTER GHANA? THEN WHAT WILL THEIR BITTER GHANA BE?--- IF THIS IS NDC'S PRAISE THE LORD, THEN, WHAT WILL THEIR CRUCIFY HIM BE?--- GHANA'S PROBLEM, TODAY, IS NOTHING BUT THE RESULT OF CRIMINAL NDC'S ALLIANCE TO CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE POLICY***---------------*** "IT IS ONLY A FOOL, WHO ALLOWS HIS TESTICLES TO BE STEPPED ON, TWICE"-------GO OUT THERE AND RECEIVE YOUR REWARD, ALL GHANAIANS. GO AND PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR FOOLISHNESS. YOU DON'T GIVE A SECOND MANDATE TO AN INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, NO!! NOT AT ALL, THAT IS ABOMINATION IN DEMOCRACY, VERY SUICIDAL. HAD NDC MANAGED THE ECONOMY WELL, THESE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SITUATION. NDC HAS PRESIDED OVER THE BIGGEST RESOURCES GHANA HAS EVER HAD. THEY HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED MORE LOANS THAN ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT IN OUR HISTORY, BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THIS. GHANAIANS SHOULD HAVE ENJOYED SOME ECONOMIC PROGRESS AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY. THE ECONOMY IS COLLAPSING BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS SO CORRUPT. TO RESCUE THE SITUATION, THE POOR IS NOW BEING FORCED TO PAY. THIS IS INJUSTICE. THIS IS NOT THE GHANA KUFFOUR HANDED OVER TO NDC, HE EVEN ADDED FRESH CRUDE OIL WELLS. NPP TRANFORMED GHANA TO A MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES BUT GOOD POLICIES. NDC IS WOEFULLY REVERSING THESE NPP ACHIEVEMENTS. GHANA'S CURRENT SITUATION IS VERY DISTURBING. WHEN THE HISTORY IS TOLD, IT WILL BE SAID THAT GHANAIANS WERE OFFERED FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION, IMPROVED UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL HOUSING FOR THE POOR AND AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY BUT 50% SAID NO THANK YOU. THEY PREFERRED ECONOMIC "WOYOMISATION" , PHANTOM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, PHILANDERERS FOR LEADERS, MACHIAVELLIAN DISRESPECTFUL CORRUPT LOUTS AND A VISIONLESS EVIL GOVERNMENT. I AM SO PROUD I VOTED FOR NANA AKUFFO ADDO.
Don Blunt 10 years ago

Don't let the truth hurt you.
Don#t feel disgraced to be informed about realities in Ghana.

You will begin to be thankful for all this one day.

I cry, not because I spent enough on the education of a girl child, for ...
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Don't let the truth hurt you.
Don#t feel disgraced to be informed about realities in Ghana.

You will begin to be thankful for all this one day.

I cry, not because I spent enough on the education of a girl child, for her to become a trained Nurse.
I cry because she has been posted to a Hospital far away from home and family.
I cry because she has not received even a Pesewa of her salary since September 2014.
I cry because at my age, I am getting too fray to keep on paying for her accommodation, TnT, and upkeep, without knowing when she can rely on herself.
I cry to be comforted with the words "The other nurses say they have not been paid", and "Ghana de3 saa ara".
I cry because there is obviously enough money to be spent on those chosen to go and witness a football match
Abeku_USA 10 years ago

Susan u have Had ur share,can go ahead n defend,today is ur turn but remember is taxpayers money n must be used judiciously.No funs to generate electricity but for fans,don't forget whatever has a beginning has an end

Susan u have Had ur share,can go ahead n defend,today is ur turn but remember is taxpayers money n must be used judiciously.No funs to generate electricity but for fans,don't forget whatever has a beginning has an end
kb 10 years ago

susan or whatever u call yourself u are a fool. aint we as ghanaians supposed to know what the ghanaian tax payers money is used for? where did the writer go wrong?

susan or whatever u call yourself u are a fool. aint we as ghanaians supposed to know what the ghanaian tax payers money is used for? where did the writer go wrong?
Awura Ama 10 years ago

Your government is spoiling the name of Ghana by chop,chop. Who in the world doesnt know ndc have nothing good for Ghana apart from create,loot and share ? If you have any advise give it to your government to fix the economy ...
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Your government is spoiling the name of Ghana by chop,chop. Who in the world doesnt know ndc have nothing good for Ghana apart from create,loot and share ? If you have any advise give it to your government to fix the economy and think big to find solution to the numerous problems of the citizenry rather than making merry.

Neutral Zone 10 years ago

Money well spent!

The haters who did by get the chance to go are the once making all the noise. Some of the supporters almost got killed in support of our dear Black Stars.

Money well spent!

The haters who did by get the chance to go are the once making all the noise. Some of the supporters almost got killed in support of our dear Black Stars.
KWASI IN EUROPE 10 years ago

So some of you still don't know that that pepeni has no brains to rule a country? Some time ago they used to carry pan-toilet on their heads from people's homes to go and throw away. How can such a person be president?

So some of you still don't know that that pepeni has no brains to rule a country? Some time ago they used to carry pan-toilet on their heads from people's homes to go and throw away. How can such a person be president?
Neutral Zone 10 years ago

They wised up now n u can't stand it. Just do the same for ur colonial master. Hahahaaa!!!

They wised up now n u can't stand it. Just do the same for ur colonial master. Hahahaaa!!!
They Say They Say 10 years ago

Boy you are really hurting. Want some pain med?

Boy you are really hurting. Want some pain med?
K. A. 10 years ago

This government spends money as if there is no tomorrow. Why are they before the IMF?

This government spends money as if there is no tomorrow. Why are they before the IMF?
Photosy 10 years ago

What is all this rubbish ? Don't people just get tired of writing rubbish ?

What is all this rubbish ? Don't people just get tired of writing rubbish ?
Moses 10 years ago

waste of money.you uno get,but the little you get too you waste em. Ehhh bei Ghana

waste of money.you uno get,but the little you get too you waste em. Ehhh bei Ghana
anna 10 years ago

This is bettet ghana for u ndc theives

This is bettet ghana for u ndc theives
KOFI ANNE 10 years ago

Better Ghana Agenda $ 6 Millions dollars' on flying fans to watch football, supporters only $6m dollars My god Ghanaians instead of Dumso, oh why? What can of leaders we have now GOD HELPERS

Better Ghana Agenda $ 6 Millions dollars' on flying fans to watch football, supporters only $6m dollars My god Ghanaians instead of Dumso, oh why? What can of leaders we have now GOD HELPERS
k, no problem, a 10 years ago

Oh Ghana! Ayariga is going to build mansions out of this. Why. Meanwhile there no funds to undertake important assignments in the various ministries.

Oh Ghana! Ayariga is going to build mansions out of this. Why. Meanwhile there no funds to undertake important assignments in the various ministries.

The mask 10 years ago

Equatorial guinea isn't far from Ghana. The government should have sent the fans there in boats.

Equatorial guinea isn't far from Ghana. The government should have sent the fans there in boats.
@@@@@@@@ 10 years ago

Can't provide lits/water for human beings but animals will spend this amount just for entertainment. They were praying to whom issis god? They will bury pregnant woman a life and win an election but pray to God to win cup God ...
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Can't provide lits/water for human beings but animals will spend this amount just for entertainment. They were praying to whom issis god? They will bury pregnant woman a life and win an election but pray to God to win cup God damn you all.
obibini 10 years ago

Can't provide lits/water for human beings but animals will spend this amount just for entertainment. They were praying to whom issis god? They will bury pregnant woman a life and win an election but pray to God to win cup God ...
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Can't provide lits/water for human beings but animals will spend this amount just for entertainment. They were praying to whom issis god? They will bury pregnant woman a life and win an election but pray to God to win cup God damn you all.
OH GHANA 10 years ago

WE HAVE WORKED FOR 8 MONTHS AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN PAID....IT IS REALLY REALLY SAD....WE HAVE USED BANK OVERDRAFT TO RENDER SERVBICES TO NHIS PATIENTS....ISNT IT SAD

WE HAVE WORKED FOR 8 MONTHS AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN PAID....IT IS REALLY REALLY SAD....WE HAVE USED BANK OVERDRAFT TO RENDER SERVBICES TO NHIS PATIENTS....ISNT IT SAD
nii nii niiiii 10 years ago

I've always said that Mills is being whipped daily for setting Ghana backwards.Imposing on us nonentities to run our country.I bet all our deceased leaders have descended on him over there.Corruption in Gh will end only when ...
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I've always said that Mills is being whipped daily for setting Ghana backwards.Imposing on us nonentities to run our country.I bet all our deceased leaders have descended on him over there.Corruption in Gh will end only when we train the unborn child.
outlaw 10 years ago

God will punish you mahama and co

God will punish you mahama and co
vic 10 years ago

Countries take taxes from its citizens and donates some to Ghana and then Ghana will waste the money whilst Ghanaian(the intended)continue to suffer. this time donor countries are saying they will not take the taxes from its ...
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Countries take taxes from its citizens and donates some to Ghana and then Ghana will waste the money whilst Ghanaian(the intended)continue to suffer. this time donor countries are saying they will not take the taxes from its people and bring you to waste on election or take fans to watch a soccer match. Mahama waste 80million on elction, buying cars for chiefs and legon girls. the donors the IMF and the world bank see all this. THAT IS WHY WE ARE SUFFERING.
Concerned 10 years ago

So whenever this government wants to hide a loan or some kind of expenditure, it uses gnpc as a conduit to do that. The recent court judgement seems to add some legality to it but our international partners would not be hoodw ...
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So whenever this government wants to hide a loan or some kind of expenditure, it uses gnpc as a conduit to do that. The recent court judgement seems to add some legality to it but our international partners would not be hoodwinked by it. If the transactions are above board why does the government need to resort to that. The supreme court must work with the substance of the case not it's legal form to stop this practice which does allow the government to escape scrutiny.
ATIA FRAFRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

TANII IS STILL TANII, WHAT EVER IT IS. MAHAMA IS TANII, NO BRAINS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TANII IS STILL TANII, WHAT EVER IT IS. MAHAMA IS TANII, NO BRAINS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bature 10 years ago

Senseless sensation to get attention. What investigation has you conducted? Who is supposed to shuttle Ghanaians to the game to show support? Think and think.

Senseless sensation to get attention. What investigation has you conducted? Who is supposed to shuttle Ghanaians to the game to show support? Think and think.

obibini 10 years ago

Go away wit ya 'bissilike' teeth. Wat kinda investigations r u talkin abt. Shine ur eyes

Go away wit ya 'bissilike' teeth. Wat kinda investigations r u talkin abt. Shine ur eyes
Adam 10 years ago

Even the worse government(NPP) ever ruled Ghana will not spend that money on afcon, Let alone NDC. The entire amount CAF is going to share among the countries that took part in the afcon2015 is 10million dollars, the overall ...
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Even the worse government(NPP) ever ruled Ghana will not spend that money on afcon, Let alone NDC. The entire amount CAF is going to share among the countries that took part in the afcon2015 is 10million dollars, the overall winner takes home 1.5 million dollars. How on earth can any sensible government spend 6million dollars hoping to win a prize of 1.5million dollars? Mr Reporter go get your facts well and come back. If you belong to the NPP let us know so that we can address you very well.
myyak 10 years ago

Haters of the gov't will always lie through their teeth even if the glaring truth is b4 them. How much will winners of the tournament b paid n gov't is spending 6m dollars on supporters alone, haabaaah!!!!. give us some cred ...
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Haters of the gov't will always lie through their teeth even if the glaring truth is b4 them. How much will winners of the tournament b paid n gov't is spending 6m dollars on supporters alone, haabaaah!!!!. give us some credit, we ar not dat stupid!!!!!.
KB New York 10 years ago

What kind of government do we have. VRA is claiming that the government owes them $2million that's why they cannot buy diesel to produce power for people to work with and we can fly people to watch football at $6th. GOD HELP ...
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What kind of government do we have. VRA is claiming that the government owes them $2million that's why they cannot buy diesel to produce power for people to work with and we can fly people to watch football at $6th. GOD HELP US.
kwesi Prempeh Agogo 10 years ago

What's wrong with flying supporters for the Black stars? Did we see the overwhelming supporters for cote d'ivoire during the finals? Are they any better than us?
Why do we carry envy so far? At the end of the day someone mus ...
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What's wrong with flying supporters for the Black stars? Did we see the overwhelming supporters for cote d'ivoire during the finals? Are they any better than us?
Why do we carry envy so far? At the end of the day someone must do the work for this nation of ours. We want to win the AFCON trophy and we're so envious of each other. What prayer will God hear? God save our mother land Ghana.
Al 10 years ago

I now understand why, the cup "went" to Cote d'Ivoire. Imagine Ghana had won, how much "money" will have been used to celebrate the achievement. These people are scoping any available means to "chop" money

I now understand why, the cup "went" to Cote d'Ivoire. Imagine Ghana had won, how much "money" will have been used to celebrate the achievement. These people are scoping any available means to "chop" money

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