Politicians stealing Ghana’s money big time – Akosa

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LAST DON 10 years ago

I am too old to steal but I have mercenaries like Afenyo Markin who can steal for me, John Boadu, Freddie Blay and Abankwa or Ab3 nkwan can all steal with minimum trace this is what I mean by invincible forces.

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I am too old to steal but I have mercenaries like Afenyo Markin who can steal for me, John Boadu, Freddie Blay and Abankwa or Ab3 nkwan can all steal with minimum trace this is what I mean by invincible forces.

I trained them hard and I know they can deliver. I am invincible that’s why it is very hard to trace me with corruption but I know I am indelibly corrupt.
Kwame Atta 10 years ago

In Ghana the quickest way to be rich is by being a politician. The second most profitable business is by being a "prophet" and charging people for prophesies

In Ghana the quickest way to be rich is by being a politician. The second most profitable business is by being a "prophet" and charging people for prophesies
KOFI 10 years ago

THIS IS VERY TRUE COS THERE'S A THREE STOREY HOUSE CONSISTING OF 4X3 BEDROOMS
BELONGING TO ONE OF THE SHARP TEETH BOYS AT OFANKOR IN JUST 7 YEARS.

THIS IS VERY TRUE COS THERE'S A THREE STOREY HOUSE CONSISTING OF 4X3 BEDROOMS
BELONGING TO ONE OF THE SHARP TEETH BOYS AT OFANKOR IN JUST 7 YEARS.
Abontua ooo Abontua 10 years ago

Speak the truth
Thieving politicians

Speak the truth
Thieving politicians
Omanhene (U$A) 10 years ago

Hey, NPP, where the hell do you stand on the size of government & the number of ministers? What about income & property taxes? And—your core ideological positions on higher education, CORRUPTION, abortion, healthcare for th ...
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Hey, NPP, where the hell do you stand on the size of government & the number of ministers? What about income & property taxes? And—your core ideological positions on higher education, CORRUPTION, abortion, healthcare for the people, job creation, and decentralization of power to the regions? And when we’re at it, what about ELECTING M/DCEs, Negroes?

*Class: The same questions to the NDC, CPP, Akua Donkor & the others and, boy, you would get the same doggone answers or no answers at all. That is: “our politicians believe or disbelieve in the same damn things.” These fools are in politics not HAVING one strand of political ideology in their veins, but they call themselves POLITICIANS? In the western democracies like the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, etc., we always have hard conservatives as well as hard liberals—on the opposite sides of major issues. Take a stand on big issues, Negro!!

Professor Akosa is dead right, because after Independence, some one million years ago, when the governance of Ghana was handed over to these African Negroes, WHAT HAVE BEEN THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES & DEVELOPMENTS DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR—except poverty, joblessness, hunger, reckless borrowing, etc.

So, give credit to Dr. Nkrumah for his political foresight to do many things, with very little funding, in a very short period of time: Examples: Tema motorway, Kole Bu hospital, WACRI, Akosombo dam, Government Educational Trust (GET) by which several secondary schools, technical & training colleges were built, Job 600, etc., etc., although I disagreed with his political ideology of socialism—government control of means of production.

But, unfortunately, with all the resources Ghana has, nothing is happening in that Mickey Flick—because our village politicians are damn BUSY STEALING from state coffers and that's why Ghana is still POOR and under developed!!
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Worried Nana 10 years ago

Kwame Atta, you sound funny but all the same, I think I side with you. God bless

Kwame Atta, you sound funny but all the same, I think I side with you. God bless
James Osei 10 years ago

So Kutu was right that were not ready for the cut and paste western style Democracy and that we needed to create our own

So Kutu was right that were not ready for the cut and paste western style Democracy and that we needed to create our own
MAHAMA 10 years ago

Prof, i really agree with you 100 percent. They are theives and rubbers in the coat of politics. Have a look at them before and after going into politic and no one will tell you they are staeling. hush... twea ju
lo nkoaaa

Prof, i really agree with you 100 percent. They are theives and rubbers in the coat of politics. Have a look at them before and after going into politic and no one will tell you they are staeling. hush... twea ju
lo nkoaaa
Kwame 10 years ago

Western democracy is a ruse to lead us astray. Western leaders are now jumping over each other as to the percentage of the Syrian pie they can have, after sharing those of Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia ...
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Western democracy is a ruse to lead us astray. Western leaders are now jumping over each other as to the percentage of the Syrian pie they can have, after sharing those of Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Ivory Coast.
koffi parker 10 years ago

Akosa probably could be no different given the chance as a minister,you have been sitting on the touch line much too long to see the evil that is being carried out on government treasury,once you are in it its a different bal ...
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Akosa probably could be no different given the chance as a minister,you have been sitting on the touch line much too long to see the evil that is being carried out on government treasury,once you are in it its a different ball game

Martin 10 years ago

Since politics attract unsavory characters with the goal stealing from the treasury, what then is the solution. Politicians cannot be relied on to police themselves through legislation. That leaves the voters with the option ...
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Since politics attract unsavory characters with the goal stealing from the treasury, what then is the solution. Politicians cannot be relied on to police themselves through legislation. That leaves the voters with the option of voting for those who are deemed honest. Alternatively, rich people, who will not steal from the government should be enticed by the voters to run for office. When was the last time self-made rich man run for a political office?
Aj 10 years ago

Kwame.I can not understand your comments,what's has western democracy got to do with our baseless politicians.no western politicians would steal money and bring it to Africa to build empire for himself/ herself and their fami ...
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Kwame.I can not understand your comments,what's has western democracy got to do with our baseless politicians.no western politicians would steal money and bring it to Africa to build empire for himself/ herself and their families. hmmm most of the nations you made mention are suffering from religious and tribal rheumatoid. it's time for the ordinary Ghanaian to sit and think out of the box that the so called politicians are using them for their political gains and nothing else.you could imagine the both parties have their head quoters in Accra yet they deceive the ordinary Ghanaian,telling them Ashanti region is this party strong hold of npp,Volta region is the strong hold of NDC.automatically there's tribal nonsense cards been playing around so if that damn party fail to govern.they now play the tribal bells then you see the whole nation bye into it and starts dancing to the sound.how long are we going to blame the western world for just a common sense.?
Niibii 10 years ago

You are right sir there are soo many criminals in Ghana politics

You are right sir there are soo many criminals in Ghana politics
Benoit Kalala 10 years ago

This has been known for decades.Africans in general feel the road to riches in politics.

This has been known for decades.Africans in general feel the road to riches in politics.
anna 10 years ago

100 percent true shamless politicians

100 percent true shamless politicians
Amoateng 10 years ago

This man is talking like he just woke up from a deep slumber.He is going to have get used to it,

This man is talking like he just woke up from a deep slumber.He is going to have get used to it,
Agbesi Kwesi 10 years ago

Go and see how Prez Mahama of Ghana has transformed Gonjaland with Ghana money just within the two and half years that he has been in power. Every town, village and hamlet in Gonjaland has received a facelift with new facilit ...
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Go and see how Prez Mahama of Ghana has transformed Gonjaland with Ghana money just within the two and half years that he has been in power. Every town, village and hamlet in Gonjaland has received a facelift with new facilities such as roads, toilet facilities, markets, mosques, good quality water projects, electricity extension projects, etc. The question is did J. J. Rawlings do the same thing to Voltarians when he was in power for twenty years? What about Atta Mills. The good old Prof was in power for three and a half years yet he was not selfish to only concentrate on his people in Ekumfi Etuam and the central Region but rather his whole thought was for the general good. No wonder under the care of Prez Mills, Ghana achieved a growth rate of 11%, single digit inflation and the smooth implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy where newly recruited police personnel received the nominal equivalence of 500dollars as monthly salary. Compare these achievements to the nepotism and selfish policies of the Mahama government that has crippled the Ghanaian economy. I really weep for Ewes and Fantis whose votes brought Mahama to power and yet are the hardest hit by the current hardship prevailing in the country.
Young pioneer 1966 10 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah and atta mills were the best presidents of Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah never carried a pesewa in his pocket and he never built for himself and family a house. He was so mindful for the betterment of the whole Ghanaians ...
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Kwame Nkrumah and atta mills were the best presidents of Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah never carried a pesewa in his pocket and he never built for himself and family a house. He was so mindful for the betterment of the whole Ghanaians. He didn't steal state money for himself and family. His enemies led by late abrefa busia and Edward akuffo addo on several occasions attempted to assassinate him through bombings but that failed until they used unprofessional Ghanaian soldiers like ek. Kotoka and Afrifa to over throw him by armed force on 24th February 1966. Thereafter busia and his gang of thiefs paid to themselves a two year salary advance , deeped their dirty hands into our state coffers and amassed a lot of wealth. In the process all the good works of dr. Kwame Nkrumah in his attempt to equate Ghana to other leading and successful countries in the world were all abandoned by those nation wreckers. If anybody doesn't know prof busia and his bloody team started the problems of Ghana we are feeling today. Infact they had the characteristics of the elephants and termites' LOCATE AND DESTROY' the off springs of those nation destroyers, are the very people who are today raising the political
temperature in the country and wishing that the country is in flames because their leader and tin-god akuffo addo wasn't made the president of Kwame nkrumah's Ghana. Like fathers like sons!
Ekow Hagan 10 years ago

Nkrumah would have imprisoned you for life and torture you to death for critising him. He was a murderous tyrant like Maumar Gadafi, Iddi Amin, Pol Pot and Hitler. CPP will never come to power again because we do not want kan ...
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Nkrumah would have imprisoned you for life and torture you to death for critising him. He was a murderous tyrant like Maumar Gadafi, Iddi Amin, Pol Pot and Hitler. CPP will never come to power again because we do not want kankan nyame, young pioneers, one-party state, dictatorship, rule of fear and all those evils committed by Nkrumah and his CPP. He was so bad that his own CPP hench men led by Tawia Adamafio tried to finish him at Kulungugu and chased him all the way to his bedroom at Flagstaff House but Ametewe could not finish the job
Maame Abena 10 years ago

Ghana democracy is actually monecracy saids Akosa.
Since independence Ghana has actually made no headway.
When I was young in Ghana, I could take a train ride to Accra,Kumasi and Takoradi. To day you can do that. The polit ...
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Ghana democracy is actually monecracy saids Akosa.
Since independence Ghana has actually made no headway.
When I was young in Ghana, I could take a train ride to Accra,Kumasi and Takoradi. To day you can do that. The politician is all talk to get the power, after that they lord it over you while they embark on stealing.
Nana Akufo-Addo knows what he is talking about,since he telling Ghanaians he is not seeking political power to steal,but to leave a legacy for the people. He knows we have suffered too long.
The sad thing is those who are stealing will use the stolen money to buy vote from the poor.
What a sad situation we have in Ghana.

Nii Adjei 10 years ago

who is in charge of ghana?
who decides for ghana?
who controls ghana?
who calls the shorts for ghana?
who owns ghana?

who is in charge of ghana?
who decides for ghana?
who controls ghana?
who calls the shorts for ghana?
who owns ghana?
Sam 10 years ago

Prof, no ordinary Ghanaian can stop the monetisation of politics except by a civil revolution. But who will lead the masses as no Ghanaian is trustworthy as they will eventually be disappointed by the leaders. May be more pat ...
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Prof, no ordinary Ghanaian can stop the monetisation of politics except by a civil revolution. But who will lead the masses as no Ghanaian is trustworthy as they will eventually be disappointed by the leaders. May be more patriotic citizens like Anas will be born to save the nation.
Kwaku Fosu ( Mampong Ash) 10 years ago

Quest For Money & Wealth

Through greed/fruadulent enterprises majority- Ghanaians DNA it is in the blood.

Why people have been making feel so emotionally depressed by reminding always that "as for you Mr Fosu alwa ...
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Quest For Money & Wealth

Through greed/fruadulent enterprises majority- Ghanaians DNA it is in the blood.

Why people have been making feel so emotionally depressed by reminding always that "as for you Mr Fosu always helping people but the same people betraying you ?"

Whenever I hear such words my reply consistently ' there is nothing I Kwaku Fosu about it , because of being born and raised as an Seventh Days Adventist Church (SDA)

Also my dad. was a practising Catholic / CPP member from 1949 till death Oct. 2001 (Age-104 yrs)
The question is how many Ghanains have I trained at ( Fosu & Co) since (1982- 2010) over the past 33 yrs )!to qualify as Chartered Accountants //Chartered Secretaries/Bankers.
Provided - practical experience in the UK ( ?)

Those who have since returned back home in Ghana since 1990s now occupying top level positions in Industry/State Corporations/Private Practice/s
They know me to be helpful and humble person, though very poor - in wealth but very wealthy in spirit .
I am always a happy old man, because of my achievement in life.
Please if you believe in integrity ,honesty and ethitics get in touch with me.
(k.fosu@aol.co.uk) also (Facebook)
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 10 years ago

Three contractors were BIDDING to fix a broken fence at the Flag Staff House in Ghana
One was from Nigeria , another from Ghana and the third, from
China .

They went with a Flag staff house official to examine the fenc ...
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Three contractors were BIDDING to fix a broken fence at the Flag Staff House in Ghana
One was from Nigeria , another from Ghana and the third, from
China .

They went with a Flag staff house official to examine the fence.

The Nigerian contractor took out a tape measure and did some measuring,
then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job
will run about $900. ($400 for materials, $400 for my team and $100 profit
for me)".

The Chinese contractor also did some measuring and figuring, then says, "I
can do this job for $700. ($300 for materials, $300 for my team and $100
profit for me)".

The Ghana contractor didn't measure or figure, but leans over to the
Flag Staff House official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official says, incredulous, "You didn't even measure like the other
guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The Ghana contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we
hire the guy from China to fix the fence."

"Done!" replied the government official
G. K. Berko 10 years ago

Prince Willy, your imaginative story tells it all. That is exactly how Ghanaians function. We screw ourselves and turn around and blame everyone else.

We need a massive, stringent cultural adjustment to rectify the situat ...
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Prince Willy, your imaginative story tells it all. That is exactly how Ghanaians function. We screw ourselves and turn around and blame everyone else.

We need a massive, stringent cultural adjustment to rectify the situation fast.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Otu 10 years ago

The prof could not control the corrupt doctors are Ghana Health Service. They forge invoices all the time.

The prof could not control the corrupt doctors are Ghana Health Service. They forge invoices all the time.
GUNSHOT 10 years ago

thier intention is to bring Ghana to its needs.
And when they caught,people would want to sympatize with them.
the miltary gunshot in succession can only stop these corrupt official.
Rawlings took a brave stands by killing ...
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thier intention is to bring Ghana to its needs.
And when they caught,people would want to sympatize with them.
the miltary gunshot in succession can only stop these corrupt official.
Rawlings took a brave stands by killing the corrupt leaders; at end of his sevice to Ghana,the impression was and has been that, his team was more worse off.
My problem with this is not Rawlings and his team ending up with "big booty" -very sad,yes very bad indeed.
Other Politicians look at this group and say to themselves,and say, afterall when i embezzle State Money,nothing would done to me,so why not? They go on and grab and truelly,they go free and "chop their booty".
Kufour as a successor should have killed them like Rawlings did. If Kufour had gone all out like Rawlings did by killing the corrupt leaders of the previous goverment,i can bet that the corruption which has become endermic in our system,would have eroded by 90% if not 100%.
In fact, i'm afraid this is how we should fight corruption in Ghana. This rule of Law approach would not help, let us try this successive killings of leaders who come in only to loot. We should even go further to include their immediate families in the killings as a deterrent to those who will come forward for these leadership positions. If they do not think twice,their family members will own them up before they complete their term office. I see this as the only system we should put in place to address corruption in our society.
I think we are following the western developed countries in hurry without thinking of the fact that,they put up systems in place to check corrupt officials.
My question is ,HAVE WE PUT UP THESE SYSTEMS IN PLACE ? NO! WHY THEN ARE WE RUSHING?
Kwaku 10 years ago

Dont worry Anas next stop for passengers to alight is parliament

Dont worry Anas next stop for passengers to alight is parliament
Abeku Quansah Ativorgbe. 10 years ago

Why not, the people are divided on tribal and party lines, they would vote for you no matter what. Our low life expectancy, high cost of living, low living standard, high infant mortality rate etc do not mean a thing to the a ...
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Why not, the people are divided on tribal and party lines, they would vote for you no matter what. Our low life expectancy, high cost of living, low living standard, high infant mortality rate etc do not mean a thing to the average Ghanaian. It is the survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle, pastors, fetish priest, actors etc all telling lies to promote superstition and steal from the ignorant masses big time. Politicians can display their ill acquired wealth publicly and still be worshipped, they are called "honourables" The people deserve all what they are going through because they are "sick"
nokor3 y3 10 years ago

ah mepa wo ky3o wosuro s3 wob3ka s3 Mahama ne na aban ewia Ghana sika anaa s3 wosuro a maka ama wo

ah mepa wo ky3o wosuro s3 wob3ka s3 Mahama ne na aban ewia Ghana sika anaa s3 wosuro a maka ama wo

DIET 10 years ago

GHANA IS PRACTICING KLEPTOCRACY NOT DEMOCRACY.WE ARE PRACTICING GOVERNMENT OF THIEVES FOR THIEVES AND BY THIEVES. THE FEW WHO GAIN ACCESS TO POWER OR GOVERNMENT ARE FABULOUSLY RICH WHEREAS MAJORITY OF CITIZENS ARE WALLOWING I ...
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GHANA IS PRACTICING KLEPTOCRACY NOT DEMOCRACY.WE ARE PRACTICING GOVERNMENT OF THIEVES FOR THIEVES AND BY THIEVES. THE FEW WHO GAIN ACCESS TO POWER OR GOVERNMENT ARE FABULOUSLY RICH WHEREAS MAJORITY OF CITIZENS ARE WALLOWING IN ABJECT POVERTY.
Zoobe-Zoobe 10 years ago

Mahamah is the chief thief

Mahamah is the chief thief
ZED 10 years ago

Imagine poor Ghanaians being duped by BETTY MOULD and BARTONODRO and kumbuor and woyome etc..... Where is attamills now, the hypocrite...

Imagine poor Ghanaians being duped by BETTY MOULD and BARTONODRO and kumbuor and woyome etc..... Where is attamills now, the hypocrite...
Anas is unstoppable 10 years ago

Afenyo markins has stolen some

Afenyo markins has stolen some
G. K. Berko 10 years ago

We all seem to know what is killing us. Our sickness has been many times established, recognized, diagnosed. But what potent remedy exists for curing it?

All we have been doing over these many years is crying about the can ...
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We all seem to know what is killing us. Our sickness has been many times established, recognized, diagnosed. But what potent remedy exists for curing it?

All we have been doing over these many years is crying about the canker, the evil Corruption, that is killing our Economy. Yet, no one has ever provided any reasonably effective solution.

Our Elites and loud-mouth intellectuals, many of whom are Professors with PhDs., have only been trading insults at each other for belonging to opposing Political Parties. They are not even fighting over which alternative solutions they are offering to solve our problems. All they care for is screaming their Academic laurels and exhibiting their prowess in the Queen's English to belittle all who dare question their purpose of writing or interacting with the Public.

The closest we have come to finding a solution to our almost incurable corruption is the current video exposure of our Judges' engagement in the evil practice. But even so, we still do not know how that work of Anas' would last to make any change.

When Rawling's AFRC crashed in unto our Political scene, it drove a hard rod down our spine to help us sit up and smell the coffee. The harsh, brutal way the AFRC went about its function offered only a momentary reprieve as many feared to victimized like the executed Generals and the flogged Market Women. Soon after the AFRC left the scene, after its 90-day duration, we scrambled back into the field of economic cannibalism, devouring each other with impunity and anything that has a State label on it. The Corruption we had termed as 'Kalabule' and the AFRC thought it had suppressed to its barest minimum, or even uprooted, then resurrected with a more dangerous hydra-headed mutation. So, now we have it as Woyomegate, SADA-gate, Gyeeda-gate, Drill-Ship-gate, and Divestiture-gate... and more.

We must therefore stop wailing and trading blame and tie our aprons to that of Anas to expose the rot and demand a swift and thorough Justice for all who flaunt our Laws to keep us under the spell of Corruption.

This may be our very last line of survival to redeem ourselves and the Nation. I would even dare suggest we entreat the Hague to take cases of massive corruption as crime against Humanity to ensure better Justice to the culprits.

Long Live Ghana!!!
GUNSHOT 10 years ago

... but successive killings of the corrupt officials by the military gun.
THE KEY WORD HERE IS SUCCESSIVE KILLINGS OF THE CORRUPT.
You rightly said that AFRC did a good job but we we failed because,we could not continue;hen ...
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... but successive killings of the corrupt officials by the military gun.
THE KEY WORD HERE IS SUCCESSIVE KILLINGS OF THE CORRUPT.
You rightly said that AFRC did a good job but we we failed because,we could not continue;hence the reason for the resurrection of corrupt leaders/officials.
adanko 10 years ago

Where is your evidenc?????

Where is your evidenc?????
Banza Yaro 10 years ago

Politicians steal directly from the coffers while our public servants milk from both the coffers and ordinary Ghanaians super big time. Anytime the politicians take one, the public servants take three. Their equation is, pay ...
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Politicians steal directly from the coffers while our public servants milk from both the coffers and ordinary Ghanaians super big time. Anytime the politicians take one, the public servants take three. Their equation is, pay me for stealing so that I can help you get what by law is yours. A double whammy. To me, the politicians are the lesser of the two evils. At least we all know why the politicians are there for. But our public servants, there is nothing to write home for. All the pain and suffering we are enduring can be traced directing to their aloof ways of doing their work.
Kwame Atta 10 years ago

Democracy is not working in Ghana. Too much poverty in this country

Democracy is not working in Ghana. Too much poverty in this country
tony germany 10 years ago

Sir you are right

Sir you are right
Paul London 10 years ago

Spot on brov

Spot on brov
danny 10 years ago

my father,I.concur with you...you are very very truely right...politicians of today don't think about Ghanaians in anywhere....all they thiink about is their big mouth and evil stomach but not the welfare and the development ...
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my father,I.concur with you...you are very very truely right...politicians of today don't think about Ghanaians in anywhere....all they thiink about is their big mouth and evil stomach but not the welfare and the development of this country.....I always have a very serious question to ask our previous and current government of this country that....the question is,where do they get the money to pay our members of parlianent and the ministers in this country such a huge sum of money but cannot pay a common teacher and a nurse....this shows or prove that politicians are thiefs and corrupt and the first person is the president...he is the first thief....
Balderash 10 years ago

They may not be able to steal from coffers but the West are just as corrupt. They lie to destroy countries and people's lives all for money too. But he is right; Ghanaian politicians are a bunch of thugs. They don't care abo ...
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They may not be able to steal from coffers but the West are just as corrupt. They lie to destroy countries and people's lives all for money too. But he is right; Ghanaian politicians are a bunch of thugs. They don't care about their country; it is only them and their family members.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

The dead goat is the king of the stealing gang

The dead goat is the king of the stealing gang
HAWA YAKUBU 10 years ago

Don't figure point because of your own failures. You wanted to be one but you couldn't so now you are figure pointing. That is very stupid of you my party member. Lets have a clean campaign by talking on issues and not blame ...
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Don't figure point because of your own failures. You wanted to be one but you couldn't so now you are figure pointing. That is very stupid of you my party member. Lets have a clean campaign by talking on issues and not blame others. Its a sign of deficiency.
The killer 10 years ago

Mahama is number one thieve

Mahama is number one thieve
kwame 10 years ago

Yes that is true. In fact stealing from government coffers in many ways started during the Nkrumah regime

Yes that is true. In fact stealing from government coffers in many ways started during the Nkrumah regime
Dessie 10 years ago

if those corruption of those politicians will be stop unless media and investigated journalist like Anas and law enforcement step out and root out any politicians who bribe voters for the purpose of getting votes to win an el ...
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if those corruption of those politicians will be stop unless media and investigated journalist like Anas and law enforcement step out and root out any politicians who bribe voters for the purpose of getting votes to win an election..Document their actions and air to the public for citizens to know who they should vote for
tsalekpor 10 years ago

Multi party politics is all about money dude. You can not get elected to any elective office in the US if you are poor. Check how much Obama used to become president. There is no way you become a governor, congressman/woman a ...
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Multi party politics is all about money dude. You can not get elected to any elective office in the US if you are poor. Check how much Obama used to become president. There is no way you become a governor, congressman/woman and the president if rich people are not in your corner. Our politicians are mostly stupid and very inexperienced.
Kooofi 10 years ago

This is why many do not want to leave office because when they do they would be found out just like the judges. Do you blame them. Salaries of poor nurses are delayed until they went on strike. In contrast the politicians bri ...
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This is why many do not want to leave office because when they do they would be found out just like the judges. Do you blame them. Salaries of poor nurses are delayed until they went on strike. In contrast the politicians bribes and corrupted yet gets their pay in time. This is the sort of world we live in when inequalities is staring at you in the face.
Kofi 10 years ago

This time I fully agree with Prof Akosa.

This time I fully agree with Prof Akosa.
Concen Citizen 10 years ago

If I have evidence of anyone stealing Ghana's money I will make it available to the security agencies. Unless you are being speculative, please prof, report them to the CID or present it in the media like Anas did.

If I have evidence of anyone stealing Ghana's money I will make it available to the security agencies. Unless you are being speculative, please prof, report them to the CID or present it in the media like Anas did.
Samuel Asare-Nkansah(USA) 10 years ago

Prof, you expressed it just perfectly!!! About 99.999% of these aspiring politicians irrespective of party affiliation have two things on their mind to accomplish while in office. 1) To steal money from the state's coffers 2) ...
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Prof, you expressed it just perfectly!!! About 99.999% of these aspiring politicians irrespective of party affiliation have two things on their mind to accomplish while in office. 1) To steal money from the state's coffers 2) To gain cheap popularity and social influence or niche to be used even when they leave office.They believe that they have occupied that position by virtue of scoring high to have been selected and that the office belongs to them for them to use it anyway they want to use it. They forget that they have been chosen to serve the state and the people. The western arena especially in the USA is significantly different.They come into office to leave a legacy of patriotism through 'service to the nation". The type of problem is not limited to only Ghana but widespread through out the continent of Africa. Presidents come into office very poor but at the end of their tenure if they choose to step down, they become filthy rich without any accountable and auditable efforts.Why is the USA politicians so different from the politicians in Ghana? Afterall, the two groups are the same human beings.It seems like everybody in Ghana is aspiring to get into politics to get rich.
Owusu B 10 years ago

Not only the politicians are stealing from the state coffers but almost all the intellectuals in Ghana.

Not only the politicians are stealing from the state coffers but almost all the intellectuals in Ghana.
Ogyam 10 years ago

That is true and you have hit the nail right on the head. This is the more reason why the economic malaise continues with social decay. The once good life of the citizenry is festering at an alarming rate and there is no hope ...
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That is true and you have hit the nail right on the head. This is the more reason why the economic malaise continues with social decay. The once good life of the citizenry is festering at an alarming rate and there is no hope in sight.
Salifu 10 years ago

Why don't you name names, Prof?
Please name just one politician and tell us how much money he has stolen. If you are unable to do this, then you are talking just like the ordinary Ghanaian in the street. Surely, as a profess ...
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Why don't you name names, Prof?
Please name just one politician and tell us how much money he has stolen. If you are unable to do this, then you are talking just like the ordinary Ghanaian in the street. Surely, as a professor, you must have evidence to back up anything you say, otherwise, your statement carries no weight, which for a professor, is a bit disappointing.
Enko Besie 10 years ago

It is not entirely true that politicians in western nations go into politics just to leave legacy. I live in the US, and there are several stories about politicians caught in stealing public funds. The only difference is that ...
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It is not entirely true that politicians in western nations go into politics just to leave legacy. I live in the US, and there are several stories about politicians caught in stealing public funds. The only difference is that in most of the western countries, the law works, so when a politician is caught, he is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. For example, the son of Rev. Jessie Jackson has just been released from jail for embezzling public funds when he was serving as a Member of House of Representative. If it was in Ghana, nothing would happen. Look at how the allegation of bribery by some judges are being handled.
Kwame 10 years ago

AMen!!!! You said it, thank God. This is exactly what is happening in Ghana. The politicians have no interest in developing the country otherwise Ghana would have been the greatest country in Africa. What has the NDC governme ...
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AMen!!!! You said it, thank God. This is exactly what is happening in Ghana. The politicians have no interest in developing the country otherwise Ghana would have been the greatest country in Africa. What has the NDC government of Mahama Done for Ghana to point to Today.
Kwamina Kwabina 10 years ago

Tell that to President Mahama. I guess he is not aware of the stealing going on in his own gorvernment. He play like person who is aware of the stealing going. He plays naivete like he has not heard, seen and read about wh ...
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Tell that to President Mahama. I guess he is not aware of the stealing going on in his own gorvernment. He play like person who is aware of the stealing going. He plays naivete like he has not heard, seen and read about what goes on in his own country for which he elected president
duked 10 years ago

aaaaHere is an out of college boy politician with no previous experience of having done any job in his life, over a political life of 8 years in parliament and in government now as a minister, in 2013 was the 9th richest man ...
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aaaaHere is an out of college boy politician with no previous experience of having done any job in his life, over a political life of 8 years in parliament and in government now as a minister, in 2013 was the 9th richest man in Ghana, telling nurses that it is normal to work and not be paid for one year and any protest or strike to get paid after failed promises is illegal. Can you believe this? Shame on you!

The voters asked you to manage the affairs of the country and what you do is to steal the resources and enrich yourselves. What is your salary as a minister to enable you to amass $300 million in a few years to be the 9th richest person in Ghana. Let the facts speak and Ghanaians make up your minds about who is fooling who and whether you continue to sit on your arses and be fooled.

Twenty Richest People In Ghana For 2013

1. Ibrahim Mahama -$1.9 billion /Businessman , Brother of the current President of Ghana. Only Ghanaian to own a private jet.

2. Alfred Mahama -$1.3 billion./ Businessman, brother of the current President of Ghana.
3. Roland Agambire – $1.1billion/ RLG (eBay type of business) (Business man )
4. Joseph Agyepong – $1.05billion/Businessman (Zoomlion waste management company and other businesses)….. title=”Company banned by World Bank in Liberia” target=”_blank”>
5. John Mahama – $900 million/President of the Republic of Ghana, Politician.
6. Alhaji Azuma Banda – $724 million./Businessman, owner of antrak air.
7. Ato Ahwoi – $684 million/ Politician, Businessman.
8. Dr. Sam Jonah – $430 Million/Businessman (Executive Director of Jonah Capital, Equity in Johannesberg, south Africa)
9. Haruna Iddrisu – $300million/Politician, Minister of Trade.
10. Alex Mould – $282 million/GMPC
11. Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor – $250million./ Physician, Politician.
12. Tsatsu Tsikata – $245million/Lawyer, Businessman and Politician
13. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah -$112 million./ Minister of Youth and Sports, Politician.
14. Dr. Kwesi Nduom – $110 million./ Businessman and Politician.
15. Ken Agyapong – $104 million/Politician/Businessman
16. Prince Kofi Amoabeng – $98million/ CEO, UT Bank…… title=”He has an ongoing fraud case gaianst him” target=”_blank”>
17. Asiedu Nketiah – $89million/Politician, Secretary of the ruling NDC Party.
18. Alfred Woyome – $75million/Politically connected Businessman.
19. Tony Lithur – 30million/ Lawyer
20. Baba Kamara – $ 11million/ Politician (Commissioner to Nigeria)

Source: Forbes Ghana

The full list of the 20 Richest in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Cote d’ivoire and Morocco would be published in the December 2013 Edition of Forbes Africa
GUNSHOT 10 years ago

STOLEN MONEY? WHEREVER THEY HAVE SAVED THESE MONIES SHOULD NOT BE A WORRY TOO MUCH.
LET US KILL THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES-PERIOD.

STOLEN MONEY? WHEREVER THEY HAVE SAVED THESE MONIES SHOULD NOT BE A WORRY TOO MUCH.
LET US KILL THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES-PERIOD.
duked 10 years ago

Twenty Richest People In Ghana For 2013

1. Ibrahim Mahama -$1.9 billion /Businessman , Brother of the current President of Ghana. Only Ghanaian to own a private jet.

2. Alfred Mahama -$1.3 billion./ Businessman, brother ...
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Twenty Richest People In Ghana For 2013

1. Ibrahim Mahama -$1.9 billion /Businessman , Brother of the current President of Ghana. Only Ghanaian to own a private jet.

2. Alfred Mahama -$1.3 billion./ Businessman, brother of the current President of Ghana.
3. Roland Agambire – $1.1billion/ RLG (eBay type of business) (Business man )
4. Joseph Agyepong – $1.05billion/Businessman (Zoomlion waste management company and other businesses)….. title=”Company banned by World Bank in Liberia” target=”_blank”>
5. John Mahama – $900 million/President of the Republic of Ghana, Politician.
6. Alhaji Azuma Banda – $724 million./Businessman, owner of antrak air.
7. Ato Ahwoi – $684 million/ Politician, Businessman.
8. Dr. Sam Jonah – $430 Million/Businessman (Executive Director of Jonah Capital, Equity in Johannesberg, south Africa)
9. Haruna Iddrisu – $300million/Politician, Minister of Trade.
10. Alex Mould – $282 million/GMPC
11. Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor – $250million./ Physician, Politician.
12. Tsatsu Tsikata – $245million/Lawyer, Businessman and Politician
13. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah -$112 million./ Minister of Youth and Sports, Politician.
14. Dr. Kwesi Nduom – $110 million./ Businessman and Politician.
15. Ken Agyapong – $104 million/Politician/Businessman
16. Prince Kofi Amoabeng – $98million/ CEO, UT Bank…… title=”He has an ongoing fraud case gaianst him” target=”_blank”>
17. Asiedu Nketiah – $89million/Politician, Secretary of the ruling NDC Party.
18. Alfred Woyome – $75million/Politically connected Businessman.
19. Tony Lithur – 30million/ Lawyer
20. Baba Kamara – $ 11million/ Politician (Commissioner to Nigeria)

Source: Forbes Ghana

The full list of the 20 Richest in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Cote d’ivoire and Morocco would be published in the December 2013 Edition of Forbes Africa
Cash 10 years ago

You did say it all.Now, how can the problem be solved? This problem of "monkey see, monkey do" is indeed troubling. As politicians are doing it left and right, by way of stealing and buying big houses, and nothing being down ...
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You did say it all.Now, how can the problem be solved? This problem of "monkey see, monkey do" is indeed troubling. As politicians are doing it left and right, by way of stealing and buying big houses, and nothing being down to them even when caught red handed, what do you expect others to do? So we are in a situation where you are a big fool if you don't grab your share if an opportunity knocks at your door. The current 34 judges on suspension just did what others (politicians, police men) are doing and getting away. Ghana is indeed rotten to the bone.
2016 10 years ago

Just say John Mahama is stealing Ghana's money and be free. The kids even know this. You can ask them and they will tell you John Mahama is stealing Ghana's money big time.

Just say John Mahama is stealing Ghana's money and be free. The kids even know this. You can ask them and they will tell you John Mahama is stealing Ghana's money big time.
WHO CARES. 10 years ago

Your father DC Akosa was stealing the .same

Your father DC Akosa was stealing the .same
fear woman 10 years ago

I will shower this last don with acid

I will shower this last don with acid
Ali Mahama 10 years ago

That's very TRUE. And because the Top men are neck-deep in the corruption nobody cares.God will talk One day.

That's very TRUE. And because the Top men are neck-deep in the corruption nobody cares.God will talk One day.
Isaac Mensah 10 years ago

Yes.. This is really true.
Politics in Ghana has become the easiest way to make money. Due to the big time corruption that is going on the country.

Ghana needs a Military president(Person) to rule the country.
The system ...
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Yes.. This is really true.
Politics in Ghana has become the easiest way to make money. Due to the big time corruption that is going on the country.

Ghana needs a Military president(Person) to rule the country.
The system is bad and the youths are suffering ..The leaders are only thinking about their pocket and not how the country "Ghana" will develop..

Ghana is a develop country and we need to change it to be a developed country .. like the others.(American and Europe)

Call me to hear more from me 0547409111
Kanawu 10 years ago

Thieves all round

Thieves all round
Yaa yaa 10 years ago

Prof. I agree with whatever you have said and I congratulate you. But if our time corruption is done with impunity , then I could imagine what happened during your father's time . You are also a product of corruption , the ...
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Prof. I agree with whatever you have said and I congratulate you. But if our time corruption is done with impunity , then I could imagine what happened during your father's time . You are also a product of corruption , the son of Kwame Nkrumah's minister .

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Smart Frempah, UK 10 years ago

I totally agree but what can we do next? Should we sit down for the spree to go on and on? It's what all Ghanaians should think about.

I totally agree but what can we do next? Should we sit down for the spree to go on and on? It's what all Ghanaians should think about.
OBOATANTO 10 years ago

you're very right. a friend of yours, formally based in the uk wants a certain party to come into power so as to send all her children back to gh. whant does that mean? can't her send her children to gh. without that party co ...
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you're very right. a friend of yours, formally based in the uk wants a certain party to come into power so as to send all her children back to gh. whant does that mean? can't her send her children to gh. without that party comes into power? this is outrageous and flabergasting
A A B 10 years ago

young pineer i totall agree with u

young pineer i totall agree with u

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