I did not mismanage GNPC – Tsatsu Tsikata

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John 10 years ago

This ex convict should shut up. Period.

This ex convict should shut up. Period.
Kofi, US 10 years ago

NPP GANG OF NATION WERECKERS CAN'T ACCOUNTED FOR THE DRILLING SHIP MONEY STOLEN.

NPP GANG OF NATION WERECKERS CAN'T ACCOUNTED FOR THE DRILLING SHIP MONEY STOLEN.
GHANA MUST WAKE UP 10 years ago

AROUND THAT TIME IT WAS PUBLISHED IN ONE EDITION OF THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE IN BRITAIN, THAT, THE GNPC IS DESTROYING THE IMF PROGRAMME IN GHANA DUE TO WASTE OF MONEY . NO WONDER JJ CAN'T BOAST OF ANY MEANINGFUL LEGACY.

AROUND THAT TIME IT WAS PUBLISHED IN ONE EDITION OF THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE IN BRITAIN, THAT, THE GNPC IS DESTROYING THE IMF PROGRAMME IN GHANA DUE TO WASTE OF MONEY . NO WONDER JJ CAN'T BOAST OF ANY MEANINGFUL LEGACY.
Mahmoud 10 years ago

Don't blame crows for Job 600 leakage, the real culprit is Nkrumah's unrestrained spending spree on prestigious projects to boost his "Show Boy" communist image in the African continent, despite specialist advice against buil ...
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Don't blame crows for Job 600 leakage, the real culprit is Nkrumah's unrestrained spending spree on prestigious projects to boost his "Show Boy" communist image in the African continent, despite specialist advice against building the wasteful job 600. By 1970, the huge white elephant building was already sinking, and the poor Ghanaian taxpayer has been pouring hard earned millions of dollars into it ever since. Nkrumah was indeed an incompetent nation wrecker. What a shame!
Agbodaze (USA) 10 years ago

If u don't jail KT, then, prepared to remain in Accra, never step on the land of Volta Region. I warn u Efo

If u don't jail KT, then, prepared to remain in Accra, never step on the land of Volta Region. I warn u Efo
EKOW 10 years ago

Voltarians want the world to know that they too are now residents abroad. Kofi USA, Agbodaze, Koola LONDON, Douglas Bristol, uk. They never imagined that they too could make it. The source of their envy.

Voltarians want the world to know that they too are now residents abroad. Kofi USA, Agbodaze, Koola LONDON, Douglas Bristol, uk. They never imagined that they too could make it. The source of their envy.
mannie's 10 years ago

We are not suprised you are displaying the common ayigbe inward-looking trait in support of your fellow ayigbe thief. When wise people are trying to take Ghana back to normal you are still defending foolish ayigbe political t ...
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We are not suprised you are displaying the common ayigbe inward-looking trait in support of your fellow ayigbe thief. When wise people are trying to take Ghana back to normal you are still defending foolish ayigbe political thieves. You have no credibility in Ghana except thievery and tribalistic tendencies.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Tsatsu is a Shasta . What precipitated for the sale of the Discover 511? This thief will not tell Ghanaians. You used the said drill ship to hedge on oil futures which you lost and the French company seized the drill ship.

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Tsatsu is a Shasta . What precipitated for the sale of the Discover 511? This thief will not tell Ghanaians. You used the said drill ship to hedge on oil futures which you lost and the French company seized the drill ship.

What some Ghanaians don't know is that, at the time the drill ship was sold to pay the debt Tsatsu incurred, the ship was in the French company possession and it was through the hardwork of Kufuor government that the ship was released to be sold to settle the amount owed to the French company with $5 million more left for other expenses.

Tsatsu, this forum is not patronized by only Ndc dummies who believe every nonsense you crap here. You left GNPC in bad shape and that is why Rawlings dismissed you as the CEO of GNPC.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

I really wonder why some ethnocentric bigots and ignorant morons have been calling Tsatsu a thief. The case against him was that he had caused financial loss to the state, arising from the fact that he used GNPC to guarantee ...
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I really wonder why some ethnocentric bigots and ignorant morons have been calling Tsatsu a thief. The case against him was that he had caused financial loss to the state, arising from the fact that he used GNPC to guarantee a loan for a cocoa plantation project, Savannah something something, owned by a white man (I suppose), in a quid pro arrangement which secured a loan for a GNPC itself. The Board claimed Tsatsu didn't seek their permission.

It was a well known fact that the GNPC was not adequately funded to carry out its tasks and Tsatsu had to resort to all kinds of extraneous activities to raise funds to build and run the activities of GNPC, actions, some of which were speculative trading in the risky futures market, which earned him the accolade of "Financial Wizard".

The company defaulted and GNPC paid the loan, about $240,000 or so. The GNPC then took more equity in the farm project to compensate itself. Had that cocoa farm been sold by the Kufuor regime and the GNPC lost in the deal?? A big NOOO!!!

Tsatsu's prosecution was one of the most frivolous witch-hunting trials in Ghana's history. The man lost millions in the oil hedging or derivatives deals but since his loss was dwarfed by Sam Jonah's own derivatives losses which saw the Ashanti Gold Fields losing 100s of millions of $$$s, forcing its eventual sale, charges couldn't be brought against him on that score, and leave Jonah alone.

Andy-K
Cool 10 years ago

FINANCIAL LOSS? SAM JONAH SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL BUT HE WAS KNIGHTED AND HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY THE ASANTE PRESIDENT KUFFOUR. THESE ASANTES ARE REAL EVIL AND IT IS NONLY WAR IN THIS COUNTRY THAT CAN LET THEM KMOW THAT THI ...
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FINANCIAL LOSS? SAM JONAH SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL BUT HE WAS KNIGHTED AND HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY THE ASANTE PRESIDENT KUFFOUR. THESE ASANTES ARE REAL EVIL AND IT IS NONLY WAR IN THIS COUNTRY THAT CAN LET THEM KMOW THAT THIS IS 2015 NOT 1844

OFOSUAA 10 years ago

COOL DO U HAVE FAECES OR BRAINS IN UR HEAD

COOL DO U HAVE FAECES OR BRAINS IN UR HEAD
Kwame 10 years ago

It was Valley Farms Novi...

It was Valley Farms Novi...
Tawiah 10 years ago

Why does being a convict spoil anything in his life? You wish you were his driver , kwasiaaaa pinyin the s3 wo.

Why does being a convict spoil anything in his life? You wish you were his driver , kwasiaaaa pinyin the s3 wo.
BRIGHT 10 years ago

YOU ARE A THIEF AND A NATION WRECKER

YOU ARE A THIEF AND A NATION WRECKER
Amanaman 10 years ago

NPP intentionally mismanaged GNPC and ended up selling its assets for what no one could understand. My problem is the same judges who would throw cases made against these criminals like K.T. Hammond and others in court.

NPP intentionally mismanaged GNPC and ended up selling its assets for what no one could understand. My problem is the same judges who would throw cases made against these criminals like K.T. Hammond and others in court.
Yaw 10 years ago

After 8 years you deserve an ex gratia of one million cedis, ok so how much should be paid to an ex university vice chancellor after Thirty five years to university of Legon?

After 8 years you deserve an ex gratia of one million cedis, ok so how much should be paid to an ex university vice chancellor after Thirty five years to university of Legon?
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

But for ungratefulness, we wouldn't be having this discussion. You did your best laying the foundations for GNPC. Whilst you were doing all these, some stupid fools were in London enjoying and those in Ghana who could even ma ...
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But for ungratefulness, we wouldn't be having this discussion. You did your best laying the foundations for GNPC. Whilst you were doing all these, some stupid fools were in London enjoying and those in Ghana who could even manage a mere brick factory were getting JBs in taxis. Thanks to politics, those things too can bleat.

I will always remind those ingrates about Sam Johan's expose on the Tsatsu and the GNPC story, published by the Daily Graphic on 16 September, 2009.

"Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC"

ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Oil-find-in-Ghana-Sam-Jonah-Praises-GNPC-168733

Kufour's beef with Tsatsu stems from their believe that it was Tsatsu that put an iron-clad around Ghana's constitution and therefore made it impossible to get to J.J. Rawlings.
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kk 10 years ago

Tsatsu is talking about GNPC assets but craftily fails to mention the level of GNPC's liabilities (debt). Why do you go investing in Airtel and Salt etc. when you are mandated to prospect for oil? And you take loans with oil ...
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Tsatsu is talking about GNPC assets but craftily fails to mention the level of GNPC's liabilities (debt). Why do you go investing in Airtel and Salt etc. when you are mandated to prospect for oil? And you take loans with oil you haven't found as collateral? That's the mismanagement we're talking about. And you dabble in hedging (another name for gambling) with state funds. All the while the oil was still hiding underneath. And why do you wait 7 years after NPP left office before you're claiming your ex-gratia? Was ex-gratia paid to all retiring or retrenched Managers and Directors? or it was to you and your wife alone? Please, lets be transparent in some of these issues. Ghana is bleeding !!!
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC

16 September 2009

Source: Daily Graphic

ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Oil-find-in-Ghana-Sam-Jonah-Praises-GNPC-168733

I have followed with keen interest the ne ...
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Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC

16 September 2009

Source: Daily Graphic

ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Oil-find-in-Ghana-Sam-Jonah-Praises-GNPC-168733

I have followed with keen interest the news of a commercial oil find in Ghana and the optimism that it has engendered in the country.

There is a welcome buoyancy in the mood of many Ghanaians as they look forward to being an oil-producing country.

There are many people and institutions that deserve credit for the oil find — members of staff of the GNPC through to its present staff and of course to the public that patiently supported the difficult, protracted but unavoidable exploration effort.

There is indeed enough credit to go round.

I cannot therefore help being disappointed that amidst all the celebrations, no mention is made of the pioneering role of Tsatsu Tsikata.

When I compare the exciting prospects generated by the discovery with the state of affairs 20-odd years ago, I am reminded of the contrast between the situation of the mining sector before and after the implementation of the reforms of the mid-1980s.

I first joined the board of the Minerals Commission in September 1984. At that time, the mining sector was in a parlous state.

As a result of the work done by a few dedicated people under the leadership of Kofi Ansah, the sector was completely transformed in less than a decade.

In the mining sector, we at least had the benefit of over 100 years of mining and considerable technical expertise.

The oil sector in the early 1980s did not enjoy any such stature. I recall the scepticism with which prospects of Ghana finding oil in commercial quantities was greeted at the time.

I remember in 1985, while on a trip to the U.S., asking a chief executive of one of the major oil companies why they were not showing interest in searching for oil in Ghana.

His response was that their geophysicists had told them that our geological structures were too tight and too badly faulted to host significant reservoirs.

Today, we know just how wrong those geophysicists were. One man who defied the prevailing scepticism of the time and, with a persistence bordering on stubbornness, led the efforts to get us where we are today, is Tsatsu Tsikata.

Indeed, when I shared with him, shortly after it was made, the observation by the chief executive of the oil major, Tsatsu's response was: "Let's all wait and see".

Tsatsu led in the rethinking of petroleum sector policy. He led in crafting the petroleum (Exploration and Production) law that was the "investment code" for the oil sector.

He led in drafting model exploration agreements including fiscal regime and Accounting Guide that is still state-of-the-art 20 years later.

He led in the development of a specific Petroleum Income Tax Law.

Beyond this intellectual and professional contribution Tsatsu emerged as a corporate leader — building GNPC itself from the ground up.

His vision was sufficiently infectious to attract even hard-nosed oil men to work on Ghana's potential, often with very little reward.

However, it is in his identification, recruitment and promotion of local talent that Tsatsu truly excelled.

He was truly passionate about building the capacity of Ghanaian professionals in the sector.

Companies and government's that had dealings with GNPC were pressured into funding scholarships and providing or funding attachments for GNPC staff and even staff from related MDAs.

Tsatsu foresaw that this investment would in its own way be as valuable to Ghana as any oil find. And history has proved him right.

Today, even before the first oil has flowed, Ghana has a solid cadre of industry professionals ready, given the opportunity, to lead us into the next phase of oil industry development.

We have seasoned exploration geologists and geophysicists, drilling engineers, field development engineers.

We have specialised market and financial analysts and lawyers. In the late 1980s GNPC was already developing boat and helicopter services expertise for production operations. In the 1980s (20 years before the West African Gas Pipeline and before climate change became a global preoccupation), GNPC was training staff in the economics and management of natural gas.

Tsatsu was relentless, even obsessive, about the meticulous exploration of Ghana's oil potential.

He recognised that geological and geophysical data were essential preconditions for any serious effort to attract private capital into exploration efforts.

He thus focused GNPC's meagre resources on an ambitious data project.

GNPC scoured corporate and public archives around the world collecting geological and seismic materials, data and analysts from earlier exploration efforts.

GNPC then constructed the most complete database of seismic information about Ghana anywhere in the world.

Then through a joint venture with the Norwegian state oil company, GNPC seismologists began to reprocess and re-analyse this data using new technology. Tsatsu did not stop with old data.

He worked with state oil companies from Canada (Petro-Canada International), Norway (Statoil) and Brazil (Petrobras) and Nigeria (NNPC's seismic subsidiary) to acquire new data.

Through these bilateral arrangements GNPC staff became familiar with modern technology such as "3-D" seismic surveys.

Eventually, Tsatsu persuaded these collaborators to support GNPC's acquisition of the expensive computer technology to enable her Ghanaian explorationists to undertake much of this analysis in Ghana.

This in turn provided a platform for a massive upgrade of GNPC's computer technology with positive impacts on all other sectors of its work and with distinct benefits for example for Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

It was the availability of this extensive database and the challenging analyses of old data by Ghanaian geophysicists working under Tsatsu that made Ghana such an attractive exploration destination in the mid-'80s despite earlier scepticism.

It was the ceaseless interpretation and re-interpretation of the GNPC's growing geological and geophysical database inspired by and supervised by Tsatsu that identified many new prospects.

Tsatsu literally set the course of Ghana's exploration drilling for an entire generation. Those who worked with him in the sector are in a better position than I to give further details.

But I saw enough to be able to say that his investment in institution building and in exploration have contributed immensely to the recent discoveries at Cape Three Points.

For the health of our nation, for the sake of posterity and the development of a culture that recognises selfless and dedicated service, we must all acknowledge the immense contribution that Tsatsu made to the development of the petroleum sector.

It is not too late to do so.

Jake 10 years ago

KT Hammond, Kuffour and Akuffo-Addo ganged up and stripped GNPC assets, sold them off, never accounted for the proceeds. Akuffo-Addo for fear of being unmasked as a fake lawyer failed to turn up in a LONDON COURT to defend th ...
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KT Hammond, Kuffour and Akuffo-Addo ganged up and stripped GNPC assets, sold them off, never accounted for the proceeds. Akuffo-Addo for fear of being unmasked as a fake lawyer failed to turn up in a LONDON COURT to defend the state. Yet, oh yes yet, same old KT Hammond and Kuffour teamed up with the then Akuffo Addo A.G, to jail and silence Tsikata. To cap it all the same IDIOT CALLED KT HAMMOND has the audacity to question ex-gratia payments to people they have villified. Mr. Tsikata, if I were you I would sue KT Hammond for all his earthly possessions. There are times GOD'S will ought to be carried out by sons of GOD.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

One other asset that Kufour sold was the fibre cable network that GNPC put in place.

One other asset that Kufour sold was the fibre cable network that GNPC put in place.
Susubiribi 10 years ago

You are criminal shut up

You are criminal shut up
KKO 10 years ago

What a load of tosh!

How much was the D511 bought for? How much did it cost to refurbish it and how much was its daily maintenance cost? What was the total cost of the $14m gross project it did in Mexico?

How about all ...
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What a load of tosh!

How much was the D511 bought for? How much did it cost to refurbish it and how much was its daily maintenance cost? What was the total cost of the $14m gross project it did in Mexico?

How about all the institutions home and abroad that were owed by GNPC? You are lucky that NPP's accounting was as hopeless as your own!
Suroakata 10 years ago

Why is NDC always giving you free Ghana money? Is it because you are a lawyer with speciality in stealing government money. Atta Mills gave you $5million when you graduated from Nsawam Prison and now this. Prepare to go back ...
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Why is NDC always giving you free Ghana money? Is it because you are a lawyer with speciality in stealing government money. Atta Mills gave you $5million when you graduated from Nsawam Prison and now this. Prepare to go back to Nsawam Prison.
Joe Turkey 10 years ago

GNPC was interested in Airtel. Are you mad? Where is the synergy between GNPC and a telecom company. That was how our monies were wasted. Tsatsu also gave out monies to his girlfriend to go into rice farming. How much of it w ...
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GNPC was interested in Airtel. Are you mad? Where is the synergy between GNPC and a telecom company. That was how our monies were wasted. Tsatsu also gave out monies to his girlfriend to go into rice farming. How much of it was paid back? Tsatsu went into derivatives on an European Stock Exchange and lost millions of dollars; how much was lost? And all these decisions, according to reports, were taken by Tsikata, NOT the Board.
kofi abas 10 years ago

By saying GNPC had interest in airtel Tsatsu meant GNPC was a part owner. So Joe turkey should sit up. The asantheifuo like u,
sarpong, kojo opoku etc are primitive bush animals. Any civilised person who reads ur posts c ...
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By saying GNPC had interest in airtel Tsatsu meant GNPC was a part owner. So Joe turkey should sit up. The asantheifuo like u,
sarpong, kojo opoku etc are primitive bush animals. Any civilised person who reads ur posts can tell u from the bush part of Ghana. Living in civilised countries like uk & usa could not change u."u can take the bush man out of the bush but u can't take the bush out of the bushman". This must be a truism.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Kofi Abas, as long as your kind keep sending me your kayayeyes and smelly kaya kaya watchmen to slave in my bush farm for their daily bread, I don't have any problem at all.

Kofi Abas, as long as your kind keep sending me your kayayeyes and smelly kaya kaya watchmen to slave in my bush farm for their daily bread, I don't have any problem at all.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

“THESE AKANS” AND THEIR HANGERS-ON

The long awaited searchlight on these particular breed of human kind is soon at hand. This is just an interlude to warm you up, WITH SPICE ADDED TO IT. It is opportune in the light of ...
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“THESE AKANS” AND THEIR HANGERS-ON

The long awaited searchlight on these particular breed of human kind is soon at hand. This is just an interlude to warm you up, WITH SPICE ADDED TO IT. It is opportune in the light of the current consternation caused by the senseless and completely intellectually and academically bankrupt political puke vomited by Prof. Mike Ocquaye, a hanger-on, on us again; and the perennial bigots dogging our path. Enough! Is Enough!

It has now become normal that when one logs into the comments section of news posts and articles on Ghanaweb with intent to provide what one thinks are sensible comments, or find out what fellow Ghanaians think on the subjects at stake, one is NOT surprised at finding out that some jaded, dirty-minded, foul-mouthed, over-bloated and overrated, jealousy and envy-ridden Akan cyber trolls, have found the news or article as just another opportunity to heap insults and vituperation on Ewes with intent to demean and demonise them. “Northerners” have been added since President Mahama assumed the presidency. So to the Ayigbe this, trokosi that, we are now also greeted with pepeni this, ntafuor that. However, I won’t be concerned about the recent addition here.

For “these Akans,” no doubt some Asantes and others from within the former Asante Kingdom without a history of their own except that of Asante, being subjects, vassals and scions of their slaves, and their hangers-on from among the Fantes they used to war on, enslaved and slaughtered in thousands in the past, everything is about dissing Ewes as dirt and evil impersonated; while proclaiming at the same time that Ewes are dominating them in the civil and the security services besides other unfounded accusations. Some of them had even written books incorporating such accusations. This anti-Ewe vilification and demonisation, as I had shown elsewhere, were simply a fall-back on the virulent anti-Ewe campaign of Busia and his Progress Party during the 1969 General Elections against Gbedema’s National Alliance of Liberals which introduced the Akan/Ewe schism into Ghana’s politics, which is still lingering with us. Afterall, back in Ghana, some of their political leaders within the NPP which they invariably belong to, openly advocate attacking and killing Ewes and they are all so mentally warped that they find nothing wrong with it! And they have the temerity to be condemning xenophobia in S. Africa! Too many people, including Ewes themselves, have become too comfy with these threats and insults which have been going on for decades now!

Some Ewes who think the minds of “these Akans” are impervious to reason have unfortunately also taken to wholesale insult of Asantes in particular, whereas a Bono jerk and a scion of former vassals like Osei Tawiah might be the offender. Or, even someone with origins from the Elmina area, known for their close historical links to the Asantes since the latter got the Notes to the Castles after the defeat of Ntim Gyakari might be the culprit. Of course, they were all known as Asantes before, including even the Denkyira rebels that joined the other Denkyira subjects to overthrow their king. Well, it is the collateral damage innocents suffer in case of conflicts like this; just as all Ewes are subjected to these insults, stereotyping and demonization because of the actions of a few. So, those smug ones who think they are above descending into the mud-pit shall have some mud hitting them too. And when the shit hits the fan, they better take cover! Nobody shall be left unscathed.

Of course, these claims of dominance are not supported by any of the available statistical studies but was inbred into the psyche of “these Akans” by Dr Abrefa Kofi Busia and his Progress Party during the 1969 General Elections, the records of which I had drawn attention to several times by quoting Dennis Austin, even though the memories of that anti-Ewe campaign are indelibly implanted in the minds of some of us who were old enough to know what was going on. They have coined a word for it: “Ewenisation”! BUT then, curiously, they’d claim Ewes envy them (often mentioning Asantes as the major victims) when they are challenged, and often calling on the “brave Asantes” to do their dirty jobs for them! Envy them whaat??? When Ewes were supposed to occupy even ALL the late President Mills’ ministerial posts, as claimed by a Phd holder Kwabena Akurang-Parry, masquerading as Akadu Mensema, and many of “these Akans”, such as Justice Sarpong, were praising him for "telling the truth"??? What truth??? Such warped and convoluted thinking is hailed among them as articles of faith and the eternal truth to guide their sorry lives!

Some go about insulting Ewes as thieves. Now, if the prison population of Ghana is taken, can any one of you prove that Ewes dominate significantly those in prison for stealing? What about Ghanaians imprisoned abroad? Which ethnic group from Ghana predominates; not almost all people from the Akan ethnic group? Who are often cited among the most corrupt in Ghana?

I am sick and tired of this JJC sons of peasants, newly miseducated foolish and ignorant wannabes, constantly insulting we Ewes simply because they think, in their warped and prejudiced minds, that some Ewes have taken what belonged to them, presumed former overlords of what is now Ghana. So can anyone tell me what “these Akans” had which I, Andy C.Y. Kwawukume, a scion of Alfred K. Kwawukume of blessed memory; I, grandson of NC (Nathaniel Cooma) Kwawukume, Court Registrar and Chief of the Native Police of the Eastern Province, Keta, and of course, nephew of Torgbui Sri II (privately known as Cornelius K. Kwawukume), KMAC, OBE, MCE, the first Gold Coaster to be co-opted into the LegCo in 1916, all of us who can trace our ancestry to the leader of all Ewes before they split up way back in history to far back in Nigeria, do not have and I envy? By the way, times have changed and so I have been eking out a living off my own business for over the past ten years in London. Not easy keeping my nose above the raging meltdown but I had given jobs to Sri Lankans, Nigerians and Ghanaians and survived the credit crunch while many didn’t! Hurraayy!

I won’t say I don’t know about how some other Ewes feel, and I speak for myself and family only. I know most don’t have a clue as to how to respond to these abuses. Glibly proclaiming, as the Anlos do, that they are just “dzimakplaviwo” – unbred people (which they are); “gbemelawo” – bush animals (which they are not despite the deceptive appearances of some); “egbe tso mo na wo” – bush has covered their faces (which is debatable); “mi da asi le wo nu” - leave them (the docile and pathetic Don’t Mind Them Mentality Syndrome I have little respect for), are not the appropriate responses at this time in our association with the Akans, even if they were decades back when Ewes were first penetrating Akan areas after WW1. As for many non-Anlo Ewes, especially from northern Eweland, the problem is an Anlo one which is bringing opprobium on all Ewes, and they should deal with it. One of them, the late Dr Kodzi, even wrote a book in the 1990s in which he pointed out the Anlos as culprits to be targeted by “these Akans” in case of the reprisal attacks being threatened from way back in the 1980s, just as that demented man Kennedy Agyapong in Ghana recently advocated on air! Holy smokes! Can “these Akan” Avengers tell the difference between an Anloga man and a man from Hohoe? Neither is the renewed, open calls for secession (no longer a clandestine activity in the VR; perhaps, thanks to the demise of my notorious, secessionist busting uncle?), with same Antor’s divisive slant that derailed the Ewe Unification quest started by Torgbui Sri II in 1915, which will see the Anlo, Tongu and Peki areas left behind in Ghana, the way to go. “These Akans” will jump though with joy, and proclaim: good riddance! They won’t have that satisfaction though. I have what I think are the appropriate responses to them and the situation: the personal and collective. This one is personal - a case study you may call it - heralding the collective which comes later. Komla Dumor also did it his own way with his “Ayigbe Jokes” series on MyJoyFm in the late 1990s, in response to the wholesale abuse of Ewes in the pro-NPP press then, which mortified me tremendously. Something like that on radio in Norway would have seen him and his employers in jail!

So how many of the parents of “these Akans” could afford to buy and use a Mercedes from proceeds of their private enterprises like my late father did from 1960, after parking the Jeep he used in the North, when he and his British partner were liquidating the Gonja Settlement Scheme at Damongo on behalf of the departing colonial authority? Yes, we were there when President Mahama was born, just as two siblings after me at the same Government Hospital, no doubt. Were my father alive, I’d have heard all about the courtship that led to one of my many aunties giving birth to Ibrahim, step-brother to the President. Oh! The Tamakloes are not just members of the Adzorvia Royal Clan founded by my ancestor, Torgbui Sri I but a daughter of Tamakloega himself gave birth to my paternal grandfather. As for the Gonjas, we go a long way back. It is a pity that we haven’t as yet unraveled the saga that led to my own great grandfather reportedly marrying 32 of their women, earning a sub-titleship over what he built up and becoming one of them but that is another story situated at the Daboya area. It is, of course, such stories that shaped some of us while growing up. We don’t look up to anyone; others look up to us, so why on earth must I envy “these wretched Akans”?

So what were the parents and grandfathers of “these Akans” when my father was appointed the first African Administrative Manager of John Holt Bartholomew with over 20 whites underneath him when S. Africa was getting Apartheid? So where were the forebears of “these Akans” when my great, great grandfather, father to Torgbui Sir II who was in the Legislative Council from 1916-42, sat in prime position to negotiate peace with the British after the Sagrenti War? So what do “these Akans” and their hangers-on have in privileges, educational attainment, material well-being, physical looks - name it - which I as an Ewe who writes against the prejudices “these Akans” express against my ethnic group [and others] does not have and I envy? When we are supposed to be monopolizing all the goodies already? Doesn’t make sense! What has happened to the “Ewe hegemony”?

A couple of weeks ago, one of such ignorant fools, O.T. Oheneba, wrote on SIL that had it not been for the largesse of Nkrumah with his grandfather’s cocoa money, I, Andy C.Y. Kwawukume, would have been an illiterate; just as they often blame Nkrumah for allegedly allowing us to be a part of Ghana! You see, that is their images of us, based on their utter, bloody-minded ignorance! They have no clue that the VR was a major grower of cocoa and Ewes also own cocoa farms, besides engaging in other productive activities which add more to our GDP than cocoa! Yes! Growing maize and cassava can be more remunerative in some years than cocoa, and indeed add more to overall agricultural GDP than cocoa! If Adjei Marfo doesn’t that, how can we expect “these Akans” to know? All that reminded me of how much the late Torgbui Tamakloe VI was upset when Kofi Koomson in early 1993 devoted a whole centre spread in his “The Chronicle” insulting with reckless abandon the Tsikatas - fellow members of the royal Adzorvia clan of Anlo and unarguably one of the most educationally accomplished families in Ghana - calling the long deceased mother of Kojo an illiterate woman, blissfully ignorant of the fact that that woman was a Gold Coast icon and an educationist who was the first Gold Coaster to head the Catholic Convent for Girls in Keta, which is now Ola Secondary School in Ho. Yes, the school the wife of President Kufuor attended and learned to speak Ewe in Keta. As Torgbui remarked then, because their parents were illiterates, they just assumed that the parents of all Ewes were illiterates too! The issue is taken up in the collective response; such crass arrogant ignorance must not be allowed to continue to fester and poison the body politic. I therefore devoted a whole chapter to that! In that chapter, I deconstructed what was aptly expressed by no less a person by an Asante thus:

CONFRONTING THE ETHNIC DEMONS, PART 3

NEW MYTHS: WHY ASANTES DISRESEPCT THE GBE AND “NORTHERNERS”

Below we read Marc's reasons, given during exchanges on the Okyeame forum, for why there is "phenomenal disrespect" of the Gbe people and people from the north of Ghana, classified as “Northerners”, among his ethnic group the Asantes, and how he thinks this could or would be eradicated. What follows is my cross-examination (deconstruction) of his views to see if there are any merits to them, and if not, then what are the real reasons behind the disrespect and how to eradicate it.

"Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:15:00 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Marc < > Subject: ETHNICITY AND TROUBLES

“The problem of 'disrespect' towards migrant workers in this case, Ewes and people from the north, is phenomenal and indeed happens in any part in the world. Had it been back-migration, in this case Asantes going in large numbers to those areas, that problem would still be there. Migrant workers normally take on the worst jobs and that creates some social barrier, but I think such a problem can only be solved with time when the new generation fight their way up the ladder through education.
This, I think, is where we lack the contributions of sociologists on the net when it comes to such issues. Screaming that Asantes are this or that is meaningless. It only fuels the already loaded tension."
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There are poor Ewes and there are poor Akans. There are educated and uneducated Ewes just as same for Akans. Yes, we have our Adaklu Amangotsidekas so do you also have your wicked adobe hovels with occasional buruli ulcer infected inmates. That much I saw and was horrified when I travelled extensively in parts of the Central, Western and the Ashanti Regions in December 1992 and early 1993 collecting data for my dissertation on the rural banks. As for the Eastern Region, I know it quite well. I did my National Service there. By the way, Akurang-Parry, aka Akadu Mensema, I didn't write on the appalling lack of toilet facilities in Ghana, though it is a topic deserving urgent attention by scholars too! Teachers are now falling into those monstrosities that pass for places of convenience! [Since writing the foregoing, a journalist had written on the disgraceful toilet situation in Ghana.]

Are “these Akans” aware that 33% of present Asantes are descendants of the slaves they kept, that is, those "lucky" not to be sold or killed in grissly rituals, and some of them are Ewe in origins? Are they aware that some ancestors of Ewes even fought on the side of the Asantes in those predatory pre-colonial inter-ethnic, genocidal wars of plunder and loot, including against the English? Indeed, the time to break the “afisem” taboos, etc., has arrived. I am pissed off mightily! These ignoramuses and fools need to be taught some proper history, not that Mansa Musa died in a pair of trousers and Yaa Asantewaa the heroine folk tales (she actually wanted the slave trade to be re-introduced by the British!) we were all fed in basic and secondary schools. As a matter of fact, same refined and polished yarn (anansesem) are taught in our universities.

To the Asantes specifically, from the former Asante Protectorate which included the Brong Ahafo Region, let me tell them that they have indeed made much progress in joining the Civil Service and the security forces, considering the fact that they were not part of the Gold Coast colony until 1946, whereas a large section of the Ewe homeland was from the C19th. They were therefore not recruited into those bodies until after 1946 unlike southern Ewes who were part of the Gold Coast colony decades before the annexation of Asante and the Northern Territories (NT). That's why out of the 29 Gold Coasters who had reached officer ranks in the Army (I have their full bios data), Afrifa was the only officer in the Ghana Army from both present Ash/R and B/A combined on the eve of independence. Northerners, specifically from among the “Frafras”, though not in the colony, were recruited into non-officer positions in both the Army and Police because of their presumed fighting spirit and undoubted loyalty to authority similar to the same beliefs about the Gurkhas of Nepal. Only Col. Bawa who was shot and killed allegedly by Afrifa himself during the 1966 coup made officer rank from the NT, thanks to the fact that he came from the TVT part of it with better education under the Germans. Ewes were recruited for similar reasons but to fill middle level and senior positions too because they had education. Because of the very early missionary activity and formal education in the Ewe areas, which stretch from the Atlantic coast to the Peki/Ho/Hohoe areas, it meant that many Ewes acquired formal education from the early C19th. Even some coastal people, Ewes included, who did not go to school in those days learned to speak European languages through working for white people. And then there were those with European parentages who even had it better, taken to Europe to be educated and returned, or educated by their parents to serve them as clerks, factors, etc, in their businesses.

In fact, those mulattoes, from the Western Region to Angola, ran the slave trade from the coast and formed the core of the earliest educated Africans/Gold Coasters. Yes, the slaves the ancestors of you the Akans used to bring to the coast from the interior to be sold were bought and sold by those people after fattening them up to gain back weight lost on the grueling march to the coast. That's why a former white VC of Legon said the Fantes made more money from the slave trade than the Asantes except that you won’t catch them boasting about how rich they are! Wait until I tell you all about it, bloody-minded ignorant fools! If you are really educated and read, you should have known about that already by the way.

Now, the ignorant fools on Ghanaweb, like the rest of them in Ghana, do not know that trokosi came from among the Adangmes to Eweland. It is thus found along the Volta River in the Tongu Districts where the Adangme fugitives from the Akwamu wars settled among the Agaves and other places in Eweland, to as far as Togo, where those fugitives settled. That's why trokosi is found in the Ada area, which area, by the way, was first settled by the Agaves before the Adas came as fugitives to join them. An examination of the clan origin of the trokosi priests would reveal their Adangme origins. That's why trokosi is not found in the Ewe areas where the Adangmes did not settle for long, specifically, the whole of northern Eweland from Ho, Peki to Hohoe areas [they left the Avatime area where they settled to Agortime]. The northern Ewes therefore have no clue what it is! We in the south know because the Ga-Adangmes settled among us and are now part of our clan system. Only some very few uneducated, particular clan members, mostly with Ga-Adangmes origins, still patronise those trokosi shrines.

The vast majority of Ghanaians, literate or illiterate, are superstitious beyond belief. It is a topic I have been grappling with for over two decades now. It is simply some ignorant and foolish “these Akans” and their hangers-on who believe that all Ewes practise juju and trokosi. That Ewes who are mostly Christians now and, increasingly, Muslims and Buddhist as I found out in 2003, practise traditional religion too can only be claimed by ignorant Morons with capital M. I don’t even believe in the myths found in the Bible and, for that matter, the Qur’an, about a god creating this universe, human beings, the flora and fauna and causing floods and what not! I did not go to “school plenty, plenty”, come from a fourth generation educated background and still have my cosmology and cosmogony rooted at the Weberian primitive, substantive rationalisation level like the mass of you miseducated “these Akans”, your hangers-on and others! I knew that most Ghanaians were/are not civilized as a child in the 1960s before Ken Kuranchie came out of prison for contempt of court and pronounced sweepingly that Ghanaians were not civilized, as if Ghana was ever wrongly classified among the comity of acclaimed developed and civilized nations.

Yes, there was a time Ewes were encouraged to burn the cliché mid-night candle, as we're told education was our cocoa. Many Ewes therefore shined in their studies, leading to their recruitment by the colonial authority and the merchant houses to run their administrations. Upon independence, Ewes were thus among the top elite with experience to take over the positions the whites were vacating. My father and uncles, not to mention a host of clansmen, women and tribesmen, were among those people recruited from the private sector to set up and run the myriad of new projects the CPP started. The 1966 coup saw my father in the role of the Acting Financial Comptroller of the Workers Brigade again from his role as the substantive Deputy from its inception. The incompetent Brit the CPP had recruited again, still under the cloud of white superiority, with my father doing all the work for him to be signing, had deserted post too after getting what he wanted. Some of those CPP Ministers couldn't hold a candle to my father during the colonial era, not to mention white people, and Papa used to be so incensed with their unwise decisions and actions, which included sending that fair complexion man (name withheld) to the house to convince Papa to help them steal public monies! You see, Papa never took a penny home which didn't belong to him; that's why I am writing publicly about it now, even though the Kom Commission Report is there to support me. Those corrupted upstarts thus refused to pay him his full contract entitlements because they said he thought he was rich and so would not share in stolen public money and so did not need the extra money for acting as the head. Even after a number of court judgments in his favour, the full entitlements were not paid before his passing away in 1982! The lawless bastards and nobodies that took over the running of the Ghanaian state have since increased in their numbers! Today, it is thievery and lawlessness that are the badges of honour! That is not how the model colony of the Gold Coast was built by the grand and great fathers of some of us under British supervision.

Now, which dog born you these trolls, you “these Akans”? Where were your great, great grandfathers when the Gold Coast was being formed? Mine were at the negotiating table after leading the battles against the British too! I refuse to be insulted and demonized constantly with reckless abandon by the scions of nonentities and so-called royals of ill-repute alike! Is it because the ancestors of the latter plundered, massacred, kidnapped and sold the relations of some present Ghanaians more than my ancestors did, things which still make you proud today, mentally warped that you are? We sold a few too and is part of our shame, you know? Eweland was not known as the Slave Coast for nothing. Our misfortune was the great cowry inflation of the C19th that turned most of the “hotsuitorwo” (lit. owners of cowries) into paupers when it was over and cowries ceased to be medium of exchange in Africa. Yeah! I know you haven’t heard of this super hyperinflation before but I read long ago that even a very good teacher could only teach about 45% of what a student needs to become educated. I have done my part, start doing yours, bloody fools!

I shall return with the bazookas, as I go on the offensive! I did warn you all repeatedly before.

Andy C.Y. Kwawukume

cyandyk@ymail.com
kofi abas 10 years ago

U sooooo primitive n ethnocentric that u've never seen asanthiefuo working for non-asanthiefuo b4. Maybe you need to visit the farm of my brother the national best farmer to see asanthiefuo at work. Am sure all the non-asant ...
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U sooooo primitive n ethnocentric that u've never seen asanthiefuo working for non-asanthiefuo b4. Maybe you need to visit the farm of my brother the national best farmer to see asanthiefuo at work. Am sure all the non-asanthiefuo in USA work for you. A primitive arrogant bush animal u are

kofi abas 10 years ago

U sooooo primitive n ethnocentric that u've never seen asanthiefuo working for non-asanthiefuo b4. Maybe you need to visit the farm of my brother the national best farmer to see asanthiefuo at work. Am sure all the non-asant ...
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U sooooo primitive n ethnocentric that u've never seen asanthiefuo working for non-asanthiefuo b4. Maybe you need to visit the farm of my brother the national best farmer to see asanthiefuo at work. Am sure all the non-asanthiefuo in USA work for you. A primitive arrogant bush animal u are
Godswill 10 years ago

Greedy Liar and wife Grabber. God is watching u.

Greedy Liar and wife Grabber. God is watching u.
Yaw Owusu 10 years ago

Tsatsu Tsikata looking for Gas / Oil is the same fetching water, laying telephone lines.

He basically did not know what the hell he is doing, why did you not go to court to look for oil reserve.

You brought GNPC to its ...
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Tsatsu Tsikata looking for Gas / Oil is the same fetching water, laying telephone lines.

He basically did not know what the hell he is doing, why did you not go to court to look for oil reserve.

You brought GNPC to its knees.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

Too many semi-illiterates opening their stinking mouths and spewing their limited knowledge.

Oil exploration needs a communication platform, something GNPC had the vision to put in place to support its activities.

Wha ...
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Too many semi-illiterates opening their stinking mouths and spewing their limited knowledge.

Oil exploration needs a communication platform, something GNPC had the vision to put in place to support its activities.

What we are talking of is not an operation that equals that in your mother's 2 by 4 kitchen.
chief 10 years ago

Ofui, then they also need trucks, cables and engineers, so GNPC should owned part of a car company, a cable company and build a university to train engineers..

Ofui, then they also need trucks, cables and engineers, so GNPC should owned part of a car company, a cable company and build a university to train engineers..
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

The situation was so because we had a nascent undertaking. Even the laws governing the exploration and production of oil was spearheaded by Tsatsa. Where were you dumbass dummies then? The infrastructure wasn't there for GNP ...
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The situation was so because we had a nascent undertaking. Even the laws governing the exploration and production of oil was spearheaded by Tsatsa. Where were you dumbass dummies then? The infrastructure wasn't there for GNPC to even rely on? It was a greenfield from the very crash.

Stupid people like you should go and ask Kyeretwie Opoku what exactly did Tsatsu do for GNPC to deserve an ex-gratia.
Kojo Opoku-London 10 years ago

Shut up you INWARD LOOKING EWE. JJ Rawlings and Kodjo Tsikata put you there. You did not deserve to be there. You mismanaged GNPC. Ewes are from Togoland. Ewes have destabilized MOTHER Ghana. Secede to your country. TOGO. Dr ...
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Shut up you INWARD LOOKING EWE. JJ Rawlings and Kodjo Tsikata put you there. You did not deserve to be there. You mismanaged GNPC. Ewes are from Togoland. Ewes have destabilized MOTHER Ghana. Secede to your country. TOGO. Dr Kwame Nkrumah made a mistake
GEORGE 10 years ago

We know why the name Tsatsu Tsikata brings out so much hatred from you Ashantis. You hate Ewes and it shows everywhere.

Mention just one person in your family that performed what Tsikata brings to the table, just one.

We know why the name Tsatsu Tsikata brings out so much hatred from you Ashantis. You hate Ewes and it shows everywhere.

Mention just one person in your family that performed what Tsikata brings to the table, just one.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Mention one thing Tsikata has achieved in his Professional career. He is a useless thief who cried like a baby when he was imprisoned and faked asthma attack to get out of prison.

Mention one thing Tsikata has achieved in his Professional career. He is a useless thief who cried like a baby when he was imprisoned and faked asthma attack to get out of prison.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

What did he steal, you ethnocentric bigot of the worst kind? This what Sam Jonah said he did!

Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC

16 September 2009

Source: Daily Graphic

ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchi ...
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What did he steal, you ethnocentric bigot of the worst kind? This what Sam Jonah said he did!

Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC

16 September 2009

Source: Daily Graphic

ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Oil-find-in-Ghana-Sam-Jonah-Praises-GNPC-168733

I have followed with keen interest the news of a commercial oil find in Ghana and the optimism that it has engendered in the country.

There is a welcome buoyancy in the mood of many Ghanaians as they look forward to being an oil-producing country.

There are many people and institutions that deserve credit for the oil find — members of staff of the GNPC through to its present staff and of course to the public that patiently supported the difficult, protracted but unavoidable exploration effort.

There is indeed enough credit to go round.

I cannot therefore help being disappointed that amidst all the celebrations, no mention is made of the pioneering role of Tsatsu Tsikata.

When I compare the exciting prospects generated by the discovery with the state of affairs 20-odd years ago, I am reminded of the contrast between the situation of the mining sector before and after the implementation of the reforms of the mid-1980s.

I first joined the board of the Minerals Commission in September 1984. At that time, the mining sector was in a parlous state.

As a result of the work done by a few dedicated people under the leadership of Kofi Ansah, the sector was completely transformed in less than a decade.

In the mining sector, we at least had the benefit of over 100 years of mining and considerable technical expertise.

The oil sector in the early 1980s did not enjoy any such stature. I recall the scepticism with which prospects of Ghana finding oil in commercial quantities was greeted at the time.

I remember in 1985, while on a trip to the U.S., asking a chief executive of one of the major oil companies why they were not showing interest in searching for oil in Ghana.

His response was that their geophysicists had told them that our geological structures were too tight and too badly faulted to host significant reservoirs.

Today, we know just how wrong those geophysicists were. One man who defied the prevailing scepticism of the time and, with a persistence bordering on stubbornness, led the efforts to get us where we are today, is Tsatsu Tsikata.

Indeed, when I shared with him, shortly after it was made, the observation by the chief executive of the oil major, Tsatsu's response was: "Let's all wait and see".

Tsatsu led in the rethinking of petroleum sector policy. He led in crafting the petroleum (Exploration and Production) law that was the "investment code" for the oil sector.

He led in drafting model exploration agreements including fiscal regime and Accounting Guide that is still state-of-the-art 20 years later.

He led in the development of a specific Petroleum Income Tax Law.

Beyond this intellectual and professional contribution Tsatsu emerged as a corporate leader — building GNPC itself from the ground up.

His vision was sufficiently infectious to attract even hard-nosed oil men to work on Ghana's potential, often with very little reward.

However, it is in his identification, recruitment and promotion of local talent that Tsatsu truly excelled.

He was truly passionate about building the capacity of Ghanaian professionals in the sector.

Companies and government's that had dealings with GNPC were pressured into funding scholarships and providing or funding attachments for GNPC staff and even staff from related MDAs.

Tsatsu foresaw that this investment would in its own way be as valuable to Ghana as any oil find. And history has proved him right.

Today, even before the first oil has flowed, Ghana has a solid cadre of industry professionals ready, given the opportunity, to lead us into the next phase of oil industry development.

We have seasoned exploration geologists and geophysicists, drilling engineers, field development engineers.

We have specialised market and financial analysts and lawyers. In the late 1980s GNPC was already developing boat and helicopter services expertise for production operations. In the 1980s (20 years before the West African Gas Pipeline and before climate change became a global preoccupation), GNPC was training staff in the economics and management of natural gas.

Tsatsu was relentless, even obsessive, about the meticulous exploration of Ghana's oil potential.

He recognised that geological and geophysical data were essential preconditions for any serious effort to attract private capital into exploration efforts.

He thus focused GNPC's meagre resources on an ambitious data project.

GNPC scoured corporate and public archives around the world collecting geological and seismic materials, data and analysts from earlier exploration efforts.

GNPC then constructed the most complete database of seismic information about Ghana anywhere in the world.

Then through a joint venture with the Norwegian state oil company, GNPC seismologists began to reprocess and re-analyse this data using new technology. Tsatsu did not stop with old data.

He worked with state oil companies from Canada (Petro-Canada International), Norway (Statoil) and Brazil (Petrobras) and Nigeria (NNPC's seismic subsidiary) to acquire new data.

Through these bilateral arrangements GNPC staff became familiar with modern technology such as "3-D" seismic surveys.

Eventually, Tsatsu persuaded these collaborators to support GNPC's acquisition of the expensive computer technology to enable her Ghanaian explorationists to undertake much of this analysis in Ghana.

This in turn provided a platform for a massive upgrade of GNPC's computer technology with positive impacts on all other sectors of its work and with distinct benefits for example for Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

It was the availability of this extensive database and the challenging analyses of old data by Ghanaian geophysicists working under Tsatsu that made Ghana such an attractive exploration destination in the mid-'80s despite earlier scepticism.

It was the ceaseless interpretation and re-interpretation of the GNPC's growing geological and geophysical database inspired by and supervised by Tsatsu that identified many new prospects.

Tsatsu literally set the course of Ghana's exploration drilling for an entire generation. Those who worked with him in the sector are in a better position than I to give further details.

But I saw enough to be able to say that his investment in institution building and in exploration have contributed immensely to the recent discoveries at Cape Three Points.

For the health of our nation, for the sake of posterity and the development of a culture that recognises selfless and dedicated service, we must all acknowledge the immense contribution that Tsatsu made to the development of the petroleum sector.

It is not too late to do so.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Idiot, do you know EO group also was credited?

The same Tsatsu crafted laws gave Ghana the 10%, fool.

"Tsatsu led in the rethinking of petroleum sector policy. He led in crafting the petroleum (Exploration and Produc ...
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Idiot, do you know EO group also was credited?

The same Tsatsu crafted laws gave Ghana the 10%, fool.

"Tsatsu led in the rethinking of petroleum sector policy. He led in crafting the petroleum (Exploration and Production) law that was the "investment code" for the oil sector.

He led in drafting model exploration agreements including fiscal regime and Accounting Guide that is still state-of-the-art 20 years later.

He led in the development of a specific Petroleum Income Tax Law.

Beyond this intellectual and professional contribution Tsatsu emerged as a corporate leader — building GNPC itself from the ground up.

His vision was sufficiently infectious to attract even hard-nosed oil men to work on Ghana's potential, often with very little reward."
SARPONG 10 years ago

Since independence it has been part of every government's policy to explore Ghana's hydrocarbon deposits.

Historically, exploration for oil and gas reserves in Ghana had been very limited due to the high risk nature of its ...
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Since independence it has been part of every government's policy to explore Ghana's hydrocarbon deposits.

Historically, exploration for oil and gas reserves in Ghana had been very limited due to the high risk nature of its terrain and low oil price environment in 2004 when the Kosmos /E.O group made initial contact with GNPC.

Between 1898 to the late nineties an estimated hundred exploration wells had been drilled in Ghana with no significant discovery except for the Saltpond oil find in 1970.

Our expert opinion on the recent oil discovery in Ghana is that it should be seen as a blessing that should serve as a catalyst to drive investment to the country.

It is imperative that we give credit to Ghanaians who have at various times facilitated the inflow of investors into Ghana.

It is an established historical fact that the US diasporans have been trail blazers of solid investment to Ghana. Tribute should be paid to Mr.Ken Ofori- Atta who established the Ghana stock exchange (Databank) in Ghana. Dr. Manny Tuffour who established the Aniwaa Hospital at a location near Kumasi, Mr. Kofi Amoah who brought Western Union to Ghana and many others in various professional disciplines.

Credit also goes to Mr.Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of GNPC, Mr.Sekyere Abankwah, Mr. Moses Boateng and the exploration team led by Nana Boakye Asafu-Adjaye and supported by the Mr.Thomas Manu for their untiring efforts in promoting Ghana's hydrocarbon potential overseas in the past.

In recent times some noble Ghanaian professionals who have a clear and documented track record of Humanitarian assistance to Ghana dating back to the nineties during President Rawlings era are being placed under the political radar for their roles in facilitating investment in the oil sector. Their honorable reputation is being ripped apart when factual and verifiable information is available.

Here are some facts gathered from our expert investigations into the activities of E.O Group. The E.O group is wholly owned by two Ghanaians being Mr. George Yaw Owusu and Dr. Kwame Bawuah -Edusei.

Dr. Kwame Bawuah- Edusei is a physician trained in Ghana and specialized in Family Medicine in The US. He is a known community leader who worked as a private physician partner in various medical clinics until he opened his own in Alexandria, Virginia. In 1994 he took a medical team to Ghana to work in deprived areas and small villages around the Volta Lake, Buduburam refugee camp, Nima in Accra , Akwatia Zongo and other places.

Dr.Kwame Bawuah- Edusei later initiated medical missions to the Northern parts of Ghana as a follow up.

George Owusu on the other hand is a trained Environmental scientist and worked in the energy industry for about twenty years and rose to the rank of Commodity manager for Shell oil Company in the US. He was a known community leader in Houston, Texas at the time of his retirement.

It is on record that the E.O Group partners distributed ICT equipments, books, office furniture and others to various traditional bodies to the youth in Ghana in the late 1990.

Inspite of their humanitarian efforts the partners in 1999 embarked on a job creation venture to reduce poverty. Their first business venture was the formation of E-link Inc. in 1999 to use satellite technology to transfer data between West Africa and United States. The other partners in this venture were Mr. Kwabena Darko of Darko Farms and one Mr.Yaw Sarpong. The venture folded in 2001 due to some challenges.

Mr. George Yaw Owusu and Dr. Bawuah-Edusei regrouped to form the E.O group in 2002 to focus on the potential energy industry in Ghana.

The following companies had been to Ghana for exploration activities without success: NUEVO 1998, Dana 1999, Hunt oil 1999, Fusion oil and gas from Australia in 1999, Santa Fe, 2000. Unfortunately all the wells drilled by these companies yielded no viable commercial discoveries.

The oil industry worldwide therefore regarded Ghana as a place too risky and expensive and their petroleum agreements business unfriendly. It is against this background that the E.O Group sought to convince international oil companies to come to Ghana and overcome all the biases of Africa and invest in what had become known as the “grave yard”

In 2001 with the help of the Greater Houston Partnership, a major business group in Houston, Texas dedicated to the promotion of Business between Houston, Texas companies and the rest of the world,Mr. George Owusu organized a conference in Houston to enable Ghana's energy experts from GNPC and the Energy ministry address the industry on the offshore hydrocarbon potentials in the Country. Many companies in Texas and the rest of the World attended the conference. The E.O Group facilitated a visit to Ghana by Vanco Energy.

As a result of the E.O groups interaction with industry experts in both Ghana and the USA they stepped up their effort to find a suitable partner for a prospecting lease with the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC). The group was able to partner with Ennex Energy of Ireland who came to Ghana but Ennex gave up on the deal as they evaluated Ghana too risky to invest. The EO group solicited interest from many companies including Texaco, Oxy, Shell, Hess, Addax Petroleum of Switzerland and the Chinese oil company but they were all reluctant due to the risk.

Talking about risk, it costs one million dollars a day to drill an oil well. It can cost up to 80 million dollars to drill one oil well.

In December 2003,Mr. George Owusu came into contact with the Technical personnel of Kosmos Energy whose primary focus was to explore for high risk petroleum prospects in Africa. This group all previously of Triton Energy found oil in Equatorial Guinea in 1999.

The E.O group and Kosmos then formed a partnership to review data in Ghana and initiate the negotiation of a Petroleum Agreement. When in 2004 the Kosmos / E.O group submitted an application for the West Cape Three Points Block, two other companies being Africa Petroleum and Sahara Petroleum submitted their applications for the same block. GNPC after the necessary due diligence approved the application from the Kosmos/E.O Group. The Kosmos /E.O Group therefore won on merit particularly due to their proven track record, financial base and the caliber of experts behind them.

The E.O Group and Kosmos on the sidelines entered into private negotiations and E.O was entitled to 3.5% working interest. They could have asked for a higher percentage in accordance with industry practice. The 3.5% is a private arrangement with Kosmos Energy and not the Ghana Government.

The agreement between Kosmos / E.O Group and GNPC was in accordance with the Ghana Petroleum Law and was approved by the GNPC Board, the ministry of Energy, and upon approval by Cabinet was presented for ratification by Parliament in July 2004.

Neither of the partners of the E.O group, Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei and Mr.George Yaw Owusu were party nor Government officials during these negotiations till approval in July 2004.

It took the Kosmos /EO Group three years from agreement signing in 2004 to oil find in the deep waters of Ghana in June 2007 which is now a record in Africa. It is also possibly one of the largest oil finds in the last decade offshore West Africa

All the four wells drilled by the Kosmos/E.O group encountered significant accumulation of hydrocarbons.

Later in 2006 Kosmos Energy added Anadarko Energy as partner to the WTCP block.

It is worth noting that after the negotiations and agreement was signed in July 2004 Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei sacrificed and took an appointment as Ambassador to UN in Geneva, Switzerland/Austria in August 2004 and in September 2006 he was made Ambassador to the United States.

As a physician in the Diaspora it was a big pay cut. His duty tour ended on February 15, 2009. Within these five years the E.O group had been inactive and Mr. George Owusu had taken over the few affairs of the Group.

Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei who a very respected and influential personality within the Ghanaian community has gone back to his medical practice in the Washington Metro Area. He has also moved back to the House he purchased about fourteen years ago where he lived before his appointment as Ambassador.

Our expect investigations have also revealed that Anadarko, one of the partners in the Jubilee field waited till oil discovery and requested a comprehensive review of Kosmos and the E.O group's operations which both partners gave their maximum cooperation. The New Government in Ghana has also conducted their review which E.O Group has fully been cooperative. Prior to Dr.Kwame Bawuah-Edusei's appointment he was in no doubt screened by Ghana, Swiss, Austria, United Nations and the United States security apparatus with a clean record. His tenure in the US was exemplary. The E.O Group has thus been transparent in all their activities.

Considering the undeniable facts in the midst of the political rumblings on the activities of the E.O group I believe the Government of Ghana should round it up and take a positive stance in ensuring that the Country would leap to a middle income status.

There is no need to politicize the good intentions of our honorable citizens because it makes it a disincentive to future investment prospects. Ghanaians living in the Diaspora have been involved in life saving events in Ghana and their efforts must be applauded.

Let us not crisscross corporate greed and misplaced politics to mar our God given potentials.

The E.O Group participation solidifies local content and must be lauded in our efforts to promote long and sustainable investment in Ghana.

Afrikan Post USA
GEORGE 10 years ago

Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC

16 September 2009

Source: Daily Graphic

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Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC

16 September 2009

Source: Daily Graphic

ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Oil-find-in-Ghana-Sam-Jonah-Praises-GNPC-168733

I have followed with keen interest the news of a commercial oil find in Ghana and the optimism that it has engendered in the country.

There is a welcome buoyancy in the mood of many Ghanaians as they look forward to being an oil-producing country.

There are many people and institutions that deserve credit for the oil find — members of staff of the GNPC through to its present staff and of course to the public that patiently supported the difficult, protracted but unavoidable exploration effort.

There is indeed enough credit to go round.

I cannot therefore help being disappointed that amidst all the celebrations, no mention is made of the pioneering role of Tsatsu Tsikata.

When I compare the exciting prospects generated by the discovery with the state of affairs 20-odd years ago, I am reminded of the contrast between the situation of the mining sector before and after the implementation of the reforms of the mid-1980s.

I first joined the board of the Minerals Commission in September 1984. At that time, the mining sector was in a parlous state.

As a result of the work done by a few dedicated people under the leadership of Kofi Ansah, the sector was completely transformed in less than a decade.

In the mining sector, we at least had the benefit of over 100 years of mining and considerable technical expertise.

The oil sector in the early 1980s did not enjoy any such stature. I recall the scepticism with which prospects of Ghana finding oil in commercial quantities was greeted at the time.

I remember in 1985, while on a trip to the U.S., asking a chief executive of one of the major oil companies why they were not showing interest in searching for oil in Ghana.

His response was that their geophysicists had told them that our geological structures were too tight and too badly faulted to host significant reservoirs.

Today, we know just how wrong those geophysicists were. One man who defied the prevailing scepticism of the time and, with a persistence bordering on stubbornness, led the efforts to get us where we are today, is Tsatsu Tsikata.

Indeed, when I shared with him, shortly after it was made, the observation by the chief executive of the oil major, Tsatsu's response was: "Let's all wait and see".

Tsatsu led in the rethinking of petroleum sector policy. He led in crafting the petroleum (Exploration and Production) law that was the "investment code" for the oil sector.

He led in drafting model exploration agreements including fiscal regime and Accounting Guide that is still state-of-the-art 20 years later.

He led in the development of a specific Petroleum Income Tax Law.

Beyond this intellectual and professional contribution Tsatsu emerged as a corporate leader — building GNPC itself from the ground up.

His vision was sufficiently infectious to attract even hard-nosed oil men to work on Ghana's potential, often with very little reward.

However, it is in his identification, recruitment and promotion of local talent that Tsatsu truly excelled.

He was truly passionate about building the capacity of Ghanaian professionals in the sector.

Companies and government's that had dealings with GNPC were pressured into funding scholarships and providing or funding attachments for GNPC staff and even staff from related MDAs.

Tsatsu foresaw that this investment would in its own way be as valuable to Ghana as any oil find. And history has proved him right.

Today, even before the first oil has flowed, Ghana has a solid cadre of industry professionals ready, given the opportunity, to lead us into the next phase of oil industry development.

We have seasoned exploration geologists and geophysicists, drilling engineers, field development engineers.

We have specialised market and financial analysts and lawyers. In the late 1980s GNPC was already developing boat and helicopter services expertise for production operations. In the 1980s (20 years before the West African Gas Pipeline and before climate change became a global preoccupation), GNPC was training staff in the economics and management of natural gas.

Tsatsu was relentless, even obsessive, about the meticulous exploration of Ghana's oil potential.

He recognised that geological and geophysical data were essential preconditions for any serious effort to attract private capital into exploration efforts.

He thus focused GNPC's meagre resources on an ambitious data project.

GNPC scoured corporate and public archives around the world collecting geological and seismic materials, data and analysts from earlier exploration efforts.

GNPC then constructed the most complete database of seismic information about Ghana anywhere in the world.

Then through a joint venture with the Norwegian state oil company, GNPC seismologists began to reprocess and re-analyse this data using new technology. Tsatsu did not stop with old data.

He worked with state oil companies from Canada (Petro-Canada International), Norway (Statoil) and Brazil (Petrobras) and Nigeria (NNPC's seismic subsidiary) to acquire new data.

Through these bilateral arrangements GNPC staff became familiar with modern technology such as "3-D" seismic surveys.

Eventually, Tsatsu persuaded these collaborators to support GNPC's acquisition of the expensive computer technology to enable her Ghanaian explorationists to undertake much of this analysis in Ghana.

This in turn provided a platform for a massive upgrade of GNPC's computer technology with positive impacts on all other sectors of its work and with distinct benefits for example for Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

It was the availability of this extensive database and the challenging analyses of old data by Ghanaian geophysicists working under Tsatsu that made Ghana such an attractive exploration destination in the mid-'80s despite earlier scepticism.

It was the ceaseless interpretation and re-interpretation of the GNPC's growing geological and geophysical database inspired by and supervised by Tsatsu that identified many new prospects.

Tsatsu literally set the course of Ghana's exploration drilling for an entire generation. Those who worked with him in the sector are in a better position than I to give further details.

But I saw enough to be able to say that his investment in institution building and in exploration have contributed immensely to the recent discoveries at Cape Three Points.

For the health of our nation, for the sake of posterity and the development of a culture that recognises selfless and dedicated service, we must all acknowledge the immense contribution that Tsatsu made to the development of the petroleum sector.

It is not too late to do so.
SARPONG 10 years ago

EO GROUP

Since independence it has been part of every government's policy to explore Ghana's hydrocarbon deposits.

Historically, exploration for oil and gas reserves in Ghana had been very limited due to the high r ...
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EO GROUP

Since independence it has been part of every government's policy to explore Ghana's hydrocarbon deposits.

Historically, exploration for oil and gas reserves in Ghana had been very limited due to the high risk nature of its terrain and low oil price environment in 2004 when the Kosmos /E.O group made initial contact with GNPC.

Between 1898 to the late nineties an estimated hundred exploration wells had been drilled in Ghana with no significant discovery except for the Saltpond oil find in 1970.

Our expert opinion on the recent oil discovery in Ghana is that it should be seen as a blessing that should serve as a catalyst to drive investment to the country.

It is imperative that we give credit to Ghanaians who have at various times facilitated the inflow of investors into Ghana.

It is an established historical fact that the US diasporans have been trail blazers of solid investment to Ghana. Tribute should be paid to Mr.Ken Ofori- Atta who established the Ghana stock exchange (Databank) in Ghana. Dr. Manny Tuffour who established the Aniwaa Hospital at a location near Kumasi, Mr. Kofi Amoah who brought Western Union to Ghana and many others in various professional disciplines.

Credit also goes to Mr.Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of GNPC, Mr.Sekyere Abankwah, Mr. Moses Boateng and the exploration team led by Nana Boakye Asafu-Adjaye and supported by the Mr.Thomas Manu for their untiring efforts in promoting Ghana's hydrocarbon potential overseas in the past.

In recent times some noble Ghanaian professionals who have a clear and documented track record of Humanitarian assistance to Ghana dating back to the nineties during President Rawlings era are being placed under the political radar for their roles in facilitating investment in the oil sector. Their honorable reputation is being ripped apart when factual and verifiable information is available.

Here are some facts gathered from our expert investigations into the activities of E.O Group. The E.O group is wholly owned by two Ghanaians being Mr. George Yaw Owusu and Dr. Kwame Bawuah -Edusei.

Dr. Kwame Bawuah- Edusei is a physician trained in Ghana and specialized in Family Medicine in The US. He is a known community leader who worked as a private physician partner in various medical clinics until he opened his own in Alexandria, Virginia. In 1994 he took a medical team to Ghana to work in deprived areas and small villages around the Volta Lake, Buduburam refugee camp, Nima in Accra , Akwatia Zongo and other places.

Dr.Kwame Bawuah- Edusei later initiated medical missions to the Northern parts of Ghana as a follow up.

George Owusu on the other hand is a trained Environmental scientist and worked in the energy industry for about twenty years and rose to the rank of Commodity manager for Shell oil Company in the US. He was a known community leader in Houston, Texas at the time of his retirement.

It is on record that the E.O Group partners distributed ICT equipments, books, office furniture and others to various traditional bodies to the youth in Ghana in the late 1990.

Inspite of their humanitarian efforts the partners in 1999 embarked on a job creation venture to reduce poverty. Their first business venture was the formation of E-link Inc. in 1999 to use satellite technology to transfer data between West Africa and United States. The other partners in this venture were Mr. Kwabena Darko of Darko Farms and one Mr.Yaw Sarpong. The venture folded in 2001 due to some challenges.

Mr. George Yaw Owusu and Dr. Bawuah-Edusei regrouped to form the E.O group in 2002 to focus on the potential energy industry in Ghana.

The following companies had been to Ghana for exploration activities without success: NUEVO 1998, Dana 1999, Hunt oil 1999, Fusion oil and gas from Australia in 1999, Santa Fe, 2000. Unfortunately all the wells drilled by these companies yielded no viable commercial discoveries.

The oil industry worldwide therefore regarded Ghana as a place too risky and expensive and their petroleum agreements business unfriendly. It is against this background that the E.O Group sought to convince international oil companies to come to Ghana and overcome all the biases of Africa and invest in what had become known as the “grave yard”

In 2001 with the help of the Greater Houston Partnership, a major business group in Houston, Texas dedicated to the promotion of Business between Houston, Texas companies and the rest of the world,Mr. George Owusu organized a conference in Houston to enable Ghana's energy experts from GNPC and the Energy ministry address the industry on the offshore hydrocarbon potentials in the Country. Many companies in Texas and the rest of the World attended the conference. The E.O Group facilitated a visit to Ghana by Vanco Energy.

As a result of the E.O groups interaction with industry experts in both Ghana and the USA they stepped up their effort to find a suitable partner for a prospecting lease with the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC). The group was able to partner with Ennex Energy of Ireland who came to Ghana but Ennex gave up on the deal as they evaluated Ghana too risky to invest. The EO group solicited interest from many companies including Texaco, Oxy, Shell, Hess, Addax Petroleum of Switzerland and the Chinese oil company but they were all reluctant due to the risk.

Talking about risk, it costs one million dollars a day to drill an oil well. It can cost up to 80 million dollars to drill one oil well.

In December 2003,Mr. George Owusu came into contact with the Technical personnel of Kosmos Energy whose primary focus was to explore for high risk petroleum prospects in Africa. This group all previously of Triton Energy found oil in Equatorial Guinea in 1999.

The E.O group and Kosmos then formed a partnership to review data in Ghana and initiate the negotiation of a Petroleum Agreement. When in 2004 the Kosmos / E.O group submitted an application for the West Cape Three Points Block, two other companies being Africa Petroleum and Sahara Petroleum submitted their applications for the same block. GNPC after the necessary due diligence approved the application from the Kosmos/E.O Group. The Kosmos /E.O Group therefore won on merit particularly due to their proven track record, financial base and the caliber of experts behind them.

The E.O Group and Kosmos on the sidelines entered into private negotiations and E.O was entitled to 3.5% working interest. They could have asked for a higher percentage in accordance with industry practice. The 3.5% is a private arrangement with Kosmos Energy and not the Ghana Government.

The agreement between Kosmos / E.O Group and GNPC was in accordance with the Ghana Petroleum Law and was approved by the GNPC Board, the ministry of Energy, and upon approval by Cabinet was presented for ratification by Parliament in July 2004.

Neither of the partners of the E.O group, Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei and Mr.George Yaw Owusu were party nor Government officials during these negotiations till approval in July 2004.

It took the Kosmos /EO Group three years from agreement signing in 2004 to oil find in the deep waters of Ghana in June 2007 which is now a record in Africa. It is also possibly one of the largest oil finds in the last decade offshore West Africa

All the four wells drilled by the Kosmos/E.O group encountered significant accumulation of hydrocarbons.

Later in 2006 Kosmos Energy added Anadarko Energy as partner to the WTCP block.

It is worth noting that after the negotiations and agreement was signed in July 2004 Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei sacrificed and took an appointment as Ambassador to UN in Geneva, Switzerland/Austria in August 2004 and in September 2006 he was made Ambassador to the United States.

As a physician in the Diaspora it was a big pay cut. His duty tour ended on February 15, 2009. Within these five years the E.O group had been inactive and Mr. George Owusu had taken over the few affairs of the Group.

Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei who a very respected and influential personality within the Ghanaian community has gone back to his medical practice in the Washington Metro Area. He has also moved back to the House he purchased about fourteen years ago where he lived before his appointment as Ambassador.

Our expect investigations have also revealed that Anadarko, one of the partners in the Jubilee field waited till oil discovery and requested a comprehensive review of Kosmos and the E.O group's operations which both partners gave their maximum cooperation. The New Government in Ghana has also conducted their review which E.O Group has fully been cooperative. Prior to Dr.Kwame Bawuah-Edusei's appointment he was in no doubt screened by Ghana, Swiss, Austria, United Nations and the United States security apparatus with a clean record. His tenure in the US was exemplary. The E.O Group has thus been transparent in all their activities.

Considering the undeniable facts in the midst of the political rumblings on the activities of the E.O group I believe the Government of Ghana should round it up and take a positive stance in ensuring that the Country would leap to a middle income status.

There is no need to politicize the good intentions of our honorable citizens because it makes it a disincentive to future investment prospects. Ghanaians living in the Diaspora have been involved in life saving events in Ghana and their efforts must be applauded.

Let us not crisscross corporate greed and misplaced politics to mar our God given potentials.

The E.O Group participation solidifies local content and must be lauded in our efforts to promote long and sustainable investment in Ghana.

Afrikan Post USA
kofi abas 10 years ago

He taught some of your fellow bush people to become lawyers. He left GNPC in a better position than it was when he went there and sponsored a lot of ungrateful bush people to acquire knowledge for the benefit of GNPC. He al ...
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He taught some of your fellow bush people to become lawyers. He left GNPC in a better position than it was when he went there and sponsored a lot of ungrateful bush people to acquire knowledge for the benefit of GNPC. He also bought a valuable drill ship n made lucrative investment in airtel.It's now your turn to tell me the achievements of your bush father n yourself in your primitive bush careers
George Nutsugah 10 years ago

Tsatsu Tsikata wants to use Woyome's method to steal money from the state. If he goes ahead and Nana Addo becomes president, he will serve a long term in prison. A word to the wise is enough.

Tsatsu Tsikata wants to use Woyome's method to steal money from the state. If he goes ahead and Nana Addo becomes president, he will serve a long term in prison. A word to the wise is enough.
mannie's 10 years ago

Goodness, what at all do these fools want from Ghanaians? Hopefully these idiots will be kicked out of politics and Ghana will get back to normal. Useless twats with a herd mentality and stark hatred for Akans.

Goodness, what at all do these fools want from Ghanaians? Hopefully these idiots will be kicked out of politics and Ghana will get back to normal. Useless twats with a herd mentality and stark hatred for Akans.
Cool 10 years ago

AND YOU HAVE GUTS TO CALL OTHERS HATERS? AKAN MY FOOT. ASANTE BIGOT

AND YOU HAVE GUTS TO CALL OTHERS HATERS? AKAN MY FOOT. ASANTE BIGOT
OFOSUAA 10 years ago

STUPID FOOL, USE UR HEAD AND U WILL SEE HOW CRIMINAL UR PEOPLE ARE WHICH HAS IMPOVERISHED GHANAIANS SO MUCH,,,,NO WONDER U GUYS ARE THE POOREST IN GHANA WHEN STUPID BRAINS LIKE URS ARE AROUND

STUPID FOOL, USE UR HEAD AND U WILL SEE HOW CRIMINAL UR PEOPLE ARE WHICH HAS IMPOVERISHED GHANAIANS SO MUCH,,,,NO WONDER U GUYS ARE THE POOREST IN GHANA WHEN STUPID BRAINS LIKE URS ARE AROUND
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

Ashantis must go and ask Kyeretwie Opoku why Tsatsu deserves an ex gratia.

I think it is about time that the media interview the likes of Kyeretwie Opoku to throw light on how things were at the begining at GNPC.

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Ashantis must go and ask Kyeretwie Opoku why Tsatsu deserves an ex gratia.

I think it is about time that the media interview the likes of Kyeretwie Opoku to throw light on how things were at the begining at GNPC.

Akans like Kyeretwie Opoku who are beneficiaries of Tsatsu's leadership and tutelage must speak out when you Ashantis descend on Tsatsu.
attu zongo 10 years ago

Nevertheless you shall return to jail if Nana ADDO comes back. This time you and your criminal corrupt wife. You are a big GLUTTON. Ooh shame criminal in government.

Nevertheless you shall return to jail if Nana ADDO comes back. This time you and your criminal corrupt wife. You are a big GLUTTON. Ooh shame criminal in government.
Victor Asiedu-Young 10 years ago

You're a "tiiif" and a big liar! Please get lost!

You're a "tiiif" and a big liar! Please get lost!
Efo Kwaawaaku Canada 10 years ago

You really mismanaged GNPC buddy, you did steal the money, by taking brand new drilling ships price and bought used ones, you're an idiot and wrecker to Ghana economy fool think twice before sending someone to court trust me

You really mismanaged GNPC buddy, you did steal the money, by taking brand new drilling ships price and bought used ones, you're an idiot and wrecker to Ghana economy fool think twice before sending someone to court trust me
Cool 10 years ago

WELL YOU SOLD THE FDATA HE GENERATED SO EO GROUP CAN TAKE 10% OF GHANA'S OIL.
WHY NOT JAIL KUFFOUR and the EO GROUP

WELL YOU SOLD THE FDATA HE GENERATED SO EO GROUP CAN TAKE 10% OF GHANA'S OIL.
WHY NOT JAIL KUFFOUR and the EO GROUP
OFOSUAA 10 years ago

COOL, U ARE REALLY DYING FROM AKAN JEALOUSY BUT AKANS DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT U GUYS BCOS WHO JAH BLESS NO ONE CURSE

COOL, U ARE REALLY DYING FROM AKAN JEALOUSY BUT AKANS DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT U GUYS BCOS WHO JAH BLESS NO ONE CURSE
Yellow man 10 years ago

Dr. Tsatsu Tsikata that son of a bitch.A thief who got away with a felony due to legal technicalities.But dont worry,remember he who want to swallow an avocado seed must first consider size of his anus because it shall surel ...
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Dr. Tsatsu Tsikata that son of a bitch.A thief who got away with a felony due to legal technicalities.But dont worry,remember he who want to swallow an avocado seed must first consider size of his anus because it shall surely come out.
Bingo 10 years ago

Under Tsatsu's watch GNPC were planting cocoa trees, exploiting salt, dredging lagoons and doing all sorts of things but failing to concentrate on the core mandate of looking for oil. So this mighty ex-convict should tell the ...
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Under Tsatsu's watch GNPC were planting cocoa trees, exploiting salt, dredging lagoons and doing all sorts of things but failing to concentrate on the core mandate of looking for oil. So this mighty ex-convict should tell the world why he was sacked by his notorious clansman Rawlings?
Gyeeda, Subah, Sada, Woyome 10 years ago

Tsatu Tsikata is a thief. He stole money from GNPC that led to his dismissal. Now he wants to be paid ex-gratia on top of his thievery. That man must be hanged on a mango tree so that after his death, he will fall down for vu ...
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Tsatu Tsikata is a thief. He stole money from GNPC that led to his dismissal. Now he wants to be paid ex-gratia on top of his thievery. That man must be hanged on a mango tree so that after his death, he will fall down for vulture to eat his rotten flesh. Kwasea standing in for NDC. No doubt the entire party is made up of thieves and murderers.
Kwame 10 years ago

Thanks again Novi C.Y. Andy Kwawukume. I have the article by Kwesi Jonah lying just behind me, but time did not allow me to reproduce it. Thanks again.

Thanks again Novi C.Y. Andy Kwawukume. I have the article by Kwesi Jonah lying just behind me, but time did not allow me to reproduce it. Thanks again.
Kwashiga 10 years ago

Tsikata thinks he is talking to kids. He should be languishing in jail now.

Tsikata thinks he is talking to kids. He should be languishing in jail now.
the crusader. 10 years ago

THEN WHERE FROM THE CHACHA CASH? WHY WRRE YOU REMOVED BY YOUR OWN NYRBRO onRADIO.IS THIS NOT UNCALLED FOR.JJ OWNS GHANA THE REAL REASON SAS.WE PAY HIM.

THEN WHERE FROM THE CHACHA CASH? WHY WRRE YOU REMOVED BY YOUR OWN NYRBRO onRADIO.IS THIS NOT UNCALLED FOR.JJ OWNS GHANA THE REAL REASON SAS.WE PAY HIM.
ALHAJI 10 years ago

NANA ADDO NPP THE BATTLE STILL THE LORD IS HUNTING THEM ONE BY ONE,GHANA FIRST FOOLISH CORRUPT MAN

NANA ADDO NPP THE BATTLE STILL THE LORD IS HUNTING THEM ONE BY ONE,GHANA FIRST FOOLISH CORRUPT MAN

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