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We can’t fly stowaways – Gov’t

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  • kofi adu 8 years ago

    You are right, ambassador. There are no freebies for your stupid choices. Family has to pay.

  • John,Tema 8 years ago

    How could you support such a silly statement from this ambassador?They can be transported back to Ghana and the cost of their air fares surcharge to them or family.A civilized country don't treat its citizens this way?

  • Martin 8 years ago

    Those stowaways are in no financial position to reimburse the government for their airfares, should the government decide to send them back. If they could, they wouldn't have been in this predicament in the first place. I wou ...
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  • Close Observer 8 years ago

    Ghana has become very unattractive. It is unbelievable that airfare cannot be paid for three people from Angola to Ghana, but can be afforded for hundreds of NDC supporters to Brazil and back? WHAT A COUNTRY?

  • Martin 8 years ago

    What you fail to understand is that money was budgeted to ferry those supporters to Brazil. In the case of the stowaways, the Embassy in Angola does not have money for the kind of situation the stowaways find themselves in. T ...
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  • Nii Teiko 8 years ago

    Would it cost The government 1-million US dollars to bring these innocently naive poor boys back home to Ghana? The callous NDC government should act now to bring these poor guys to Ghana. I don't think this Ambassador would ...
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  • abena-kwabena 8 years ago

    They are still in Africa, why can't they stay if they choose to? So you see how kind and tolerant US is? They treat people better than their own people would treat them. Africa is indeed the dark continent. They are lucky the ...
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  • jk 8 years ago

    Every passport holder has guarantors. Let the guarantors pay

  • Chechecu 8 years ago

    If you had followed the story you would not have rebutted the statement made by the ambassador. These guys were able to pay about $1000 each to a connection man to put them on the vessel so they should be made to pay their ow ...
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  • NPP SENIOR CITIZEN 8 years ago

    From top to down Ghanaians never learn to change their ways,They know the risks yet they took the risk.They are very lucky like by now they will be the best meal for the sharks

  • CORNEY 8 years ago

    I don't support stowaways but the government should pay for them to get back home,we waste money on unnecessary things,we just wasted thousands of dollars to send some so called celebrities to America to attend Ghanafest in C ...
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  • The beauty of ignorance 8 years ago

    It seems to me that the definition of the word 'illiterate' needs to be redefined for the specific purposes of the strange species of apparent humans who appear to be able to read and write but only use that ability to make f ...
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  • CORNEY 8 years ago

    No wonder you call yourself the "beauty of ignorance",you are really ignorant.

    What smart people do is to debate issues and make their points for others to judge,you don't write trash without pointing out even a single wor ...
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  • The beauty of ignorance 8 years ago

    If you had any sense in your thick head you would have realized that the moniker, 'The beauty of ignorance' is directed at silly people like you who are fond of writing nonsense on this platform. In your particular case the p ...
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  • CORNEY 8 years ago

    Then you must be retarded for responding to my comments,you are just one of those animals that unfortunately tamed to live with humans,get lost,idiot,you lack knowledge to debate,I don't come here to deal with people who just ...
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  • ghana 8 years ago

    They made a mistake but they ghanaians the embassy should by the tickets for them

  • Mosi Tatupu 8 years ago

    If you are bringing them home so their families can pay for it before they are released, I support the idea.

  • the don 8 years ago

    Incompetent bastards.You can't even wipe your ass,how can you help the needy.I just pity those who still expects anything from this government.

  • Sam 8 years ago

    I'm not surprised to hear this from a fool.

  • Mosi Tatupu 8 years ago

    The government should bring them to Ghana and release them to their families after they pay the cost of transportation

  • Togbuiga 8 years ago

    Ambassadors, Boards of Banks, Directors, ministers, etc etc. is Bukari, Damba, Atonga, Atinga, Yaro, Ayariga, Fuseini, Mohammed, Zintim, etc. Are we surprised the country has collapsed? To the Ayigbe, Fantis and BA people, wh ...
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  • observer 8 years ago

    Why should Government pay for the ticket?
    they entered the country illegal, let them go and work to earn some money for their return
    flight. Fools!!

  • Michael 8 years ago

    In ur mind does it mean those tribes u mentioned are not fit to rule GH? By the way how is the NPP going to treat Bawumia? As a pepeni or akan?

  • Bramso 8 years ago

    Often Politician, civil servants, Medical Doctors stowaways etc are all stealing from the innocent Ghanaian directly or indirectly. Ambassador is right let the families pay for their return from the "new America"

  • Constable Joy 8 years ago

    Let the thief and crook politicians Ken Agyepong,Woyomi etc put their hands into their pockets and fly them home.

  • Pepeni 8 years ago

    Togbui, agoooooo.
    Please the people you mentioned ,are they Ghanaians? You are very idiot.

  • Azaglo 8 years ago

    You will continue to sit on the pontoon during mahamas reign, continued to be promised that it is now your turn for development that never comes, under developed, in your stupidity. Do you want me to reming you of the promise ...
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  • Papa Abouchie 8 years ago

    Although this guys are wrong in stowing away, they are lucky to be alive. They are Ghanaians , the ambassador should see to it that, he flies them back home for further necessary actions.

  • Martin 8 years ago

    Your ignorance baffles me. Where is the ambassador going to find money to pay for their tickets back home. In civilized societies, governments deal with budgeted funds and if there are no funds budgeted for these unforeseen e ...
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  • Palogo 8 years ago

    They this behaviour from nyebro

  • Ottawa 8 years ago

    My honest opinion: Corruption, tribal division and discrimination is a major problem in our politics across Africa where Ghana is not exception :both NPP/NDC have learn to play by this dreadful rules which will not do any goo ...
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  • Douglas. Bristol-UK` 8 years ago

    allow them to suffer there. they like cheap side too much.idiots

  • agyaa 8 years ago

    If it were to be your brother. ......

  • Michael 8 years ago

    Those guys shld just be allowed to work in That country. Bless the heart of those Filipino crew, though they tricked them, they are very humane, others wld have thrown them into the sea.

  • Amidini 8 years ago

    The Hon Ambassador aired and he must render apology to the stowaways family. Who should make resources available for their air tickets ? Mr Ambassador if you don't know ur responsibilities over there better resigns. When such ...
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  • Yeyo 8 years ago

    The word is "erred "

  • Ojojo 8 years ago

    This is the most sensible comment I have read here. Mr ambassador, pay for their air thicket or keep them in your consulate.

  • BLACK-STAR-COAST 8 years ago

    THEY SHOULD RATHER SEARCH FOR MARITIME RULES AND REGULATIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL LEVEL,IS THE WAYS,THE VESSEL THREW THEM INTO WATER,AND SHIP AUTHORITIES MUST ANSWER FOR THEIR EVERYTHING,EVEN,THEY SHOULD CONPENSATES THEM

  • Bramso 8 years ago

    Often Politician, civil servants, Medical Doctors and stowaways are all stealing from the innocent Ghanaian directly or indirectly. Ambassador is right let the families pay for their return from the new america.

  • CASSAVA FARM 8 years ago

    IF THIS HONOURABLE HAS NAME OF THE VESSEL,THEN,WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR,THE FOUR GUYS HAVE WON LOTTERY,HE SHOULD HAVE CONSULTS SOME HARBOUR MASTER,FOR MORE INFORMATIONS ABOUT THIS,SHIPPING MOVEMENT

  • The beauty of ignorance 8 years ago

    My friend, let sleeping dogs lie. The stow-aways committed the crime of illegally boarding their ship. They were very lucky that the personnel of the ship had mercy on them and gave them a raft to safely get ashore. Secondly ...
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  • Kofi Illinois USA 8 years ago

    wow I have learn so much from you. I now understand why they throw people into the sea.

  • OWEN,NEW YORK. 8 years ago

    GOVERNMENT SHOULD BUY THEIR TICKETS JUST AS THE GOV'T DID FOR THAT STOMACH POLITICIAN-AKUA DONKOR.

  • OWEN,NEW YORK. 8 years ago

    EVEN MEXICANS DON'T GET IT EASY TO CROSS OR ENTER ALMIGHTY GOD'S LAND(AMERICA) HOW MUCH MORE ECOWAS BROTHERS. THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE ASIAN TIGERS . BETTER GHANA FOR THEM. VOTE FOR BETTER PARTY TO MAKE GHANA GREAT. STAY ...
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  • SEAMAN 8 years ago

    Iknow the parents of this ambassador they are from Burkina Faso true speaking.If Ghana doesn't take care soon the country would be in the hands of foreigners like Ivory Coast and a Nigerian being a minister of FINANCE.True Gh ...
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  • Pepeni 8 years ago

    HHahahahaha, Ghanaians have found a new America in Angola. I wiijust stay in my small hut up there and chew my colanut.

  • N............. 8 years ago

    Seaman, you are a BIG BIG liar. You do not know his parents. He is nowhere near where you claim he has his roots.
    In any case Ghanaians are used to such utterances, Kutu Acheampong fron Lagos, Nigeria, JJ Rawlings from Scotl ...
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  • Banana Tree 8 years ago

    THE COUNTRY IS HARD. THE SHIP CREW DID WELL BY NOT THROWING THEM OVERBOARD BUT RATHER SENT THEM TO "AMERICA". BUT THE BOYS TOO THEY FOOLED. WHEN THE SHIP MOVED FROM TAKORADI, DIDN'T THEY CHECK ITS DIRECTION TO KNOW THAT THE A ...
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  • The beauty of ignorance 8 years ago

    If we have such Senior Diplomatic representatives who have no linguistic finesse and who therefore do not know how to be diplomatic in their speech and whose embassies are not of any use to their nationals when in trouble, do ...
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  • Arthur 8 years ago

    keep the Fante fishermen there. Your voting pattersns have landed you there,although i am a Fanti.You cannot take your children to school due to no Free education, fishing stocks depleted due to over fishing. Be smart as apeo ...
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  • Kofi 8 years ago

    I presume you are blaming the people in Kintampo for the overfishing in Fantiland.And as soon soon as Akufo Addo comes to power the ocean will be restocked with enough fish. Isn"t life wonderful?

  • kweku trouble 8 years ago

    Hahahahaha!!

  • inercycl 8 years ago

    The monies they have are for their salaries and thief thief.Why does ghana need an embassy in Angola? Paying fat salaries to cronies for nothing.As poor as we are, there should be just 1 embassy in the sub- region, that shoul ...
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  • Last warrior 8 years ago

    Ghanaians don't think about each other again all you see is ministers treating Ghanaians with no respect and they alway get some Ghanaians to defend them.how much does it cost to bring them home,when we spend money to buy mor ...
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  • Alhaji A Brutus Germany 8 years ago

    How can the govt finance Akua Donkors trip to Italy her hotel bills but not the bilss of these poor boys on the same African continent?

  • truth 8 years ago

    This coming from a smart guy like you?

  • NIPA TUNTUM 8 years ago

    TA NI AS AMBASSADOR UNWILLING TO HELP.

  • Akoo 8 years ago

    The Consulate is really funny. Does he expect money from parents? Even then it is his responsibility to find money to send them home period. What is he talking about? If iy were to be a party for NDC activist visiting Angola ...
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  • insp we.i 8 years ago

    Connection connection connection, stupid ghanaians.

  • Comfort Abrokwah 8 years ago

    These stupid guys do not want to work in Ghana but are willing to work in other countries. They don't want to listen when people like myself who have lived abroad for many years tell them how good they have it in Ghana, if on ...
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  • Jonny 8 years ago

    Use some of your corrupt stolen money to bring them to Ghana and send to school to learn a profession

  • agya kramo 8 years ago

    NTAFOOO ALL THE WAY, HARUNA ATTA MOSES AND WHAT HAVE YOU

  • common sense 8 years ago

    Kwasiaa ambassador. Your head is pure African head. You are a big disgrace if you can buy ticket for those poor guys to get back home.

  • Yiddana 8 years ago

    What a shame, government can afford 2 cross country vehicles for ministers but cannot afford air tickets to bring her citizens home.

  • Zandy 8 years ago

    Had the government created jobs for the youths they'll never risk their lives looking for greener pastures. There's corruption at top places, money for creating jobs looted into foreign banks,
    Its government responsibility t ...
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  • Kwabena Ansa 8 years ago

    Is this person Moses Bukari Mabenga fit for his ambassadorial job? I don't think so. As an Ambassador for Ghana, even if your consulate has no budgetary allocation for repatriation to Ghana of the four Ghanaians who are sadly ...
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  • Long John Silver 8 years ago

    I'm very sad for Ghana.People talk as if the word mistake was inserted in the dictionary. to beautify it.They've made a mistake but that doesn't make them less Ghanaians.With those saying they shouldn't be brought home,I beg ...
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  • Ekow Samuel. 8 years ago

    How much of the tickets feer to Ghana, they have to save there life back to home and it is very good for that, God bless you Oman Ghana.

  • Kwame Nkrumah 8 years ago

    AMBASSADOR

  • OBOATANTO 8 years ago

    DISGRACEFUL PEOPLE. HEARTLESS PEOPLE IN POWER.

  • GBEWAA 8 years ago

    SO THIS AMBASSADOR WANTS TO TELL THE WORLD HIS EMBASSY IS SO BROKE IT CANNOT BUY ONE WAY TICKETS TO GHANA FOR THESE FOUR GHANAIANS.

    GHANAIANS LEADERS ARE ALWAYS DOING THINGS TO DISGRACE GHANA AND GHANAIANS.

    IF IT\S MONE ...
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  • victor london 8 years ago

    a country that can flky OVER 3million dollars on a private jet but cannot buy tickets for stranded citizens in africa is a disgraceand people in ghana still vote for politicians like this
    that is why you are allin your sit ...
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  • Koo 8 years ago

    Hey Mr Embassy, if you don'n know let me tell you that your first president was a stowaway to USA. Rememember that the incompetent Ghana NDC goverment estamlished by Murdere JJ Rawlings is the cause of people stowaway from Gh ...
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  • Maxpee 8 years ago

    To those attacking the Ambassador over his comments, when the U.S. Or Brittain depots a Ghanian by flying them back to Accra, does the embassies in Washington or London pay the air fair? Don't think so. The country deporting ...
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