Refund “ludicrous” Smarttys ad money – NPP to NDC

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Haile Selaise Mengistus III 9 years ago

Ex-President Kuffour must be directed to return to the national coffers all the stolen state monies he used in upgrading his residence and the monies he used for the golden chains he bought to decorate himself and his other c ...
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Ex-President Kuffour must be directed to return to the national coffers all the stolen state monies he used in upgrading his residence and the monies he used for the golden chains he bought to decorate himself and his other cohorts. Shameless NPP thieves.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:-PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE)...
Ivor Greenstreet said directly to President John Mahama and Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur that: “You don’t care”.

“Nobody is feeling your better Ghana”, Greenstreet sho ...
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Author:-PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE)...
Ivor Greenstreet said directly to President John Mahama and Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur that: “You don’t care”.

“Nobody is feeling your better Ghana”, Greenstreet shouted when he delivered his party’s solidarity message to the NDC at the congress at the Baba Yara Stadium in the Ashanti regional Captial, Kumasi – stronghold of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

In the full glare of the President, Vice President, former President Jerry Rawlings, and thousands of leaders and supporters of the NDC, a defiant Greenstreet said: “…Currently nobody, I mean nobody is feeling your better Ghana.”

“Continuous ‘dumsor dumsor,’ corruption from top to bottom, left right inside out, and all the challenges you are facing [are] suffocating the Ghanaian people.”

He added: “We would have thought that perhaps you may have used an occasion like this to discuss policies, programmes and solutions to all the difficulties we are facing as a nation, but no, you chose today to share your Christmas gifts with each other.”

“Ghanaians are not happy at all. This ‘bronya’ is dry. Too too dry,” he told the President, adding: “The most painful thing of all is that you don’t care.”

“NDC continue, we are watching you, Ghana is watching you, do what you want to do, we also know what we’ll come and do…make sure you’ll elect executives who will be able to steer your parties affairs when you are in opposition. Boys abr3.”

The wheelchair-bound Politicians has been called names and criticised by leaders and supporters of the NDC after his bluntness. While Majority Leader Alban Bagbin has said he believed Greenstreet was possessed by some demons, which caused him to be “so emotional”, presidential staffer Sam George wrote on his Facebook wall that: “Ivor Greenstreet apparently needs elevation to see the Better Ghana.”

However, Nkrumah said Greenstreet’s message was crafted by the CPP to capture the mood and mind of the entire country.
Douglas. Bristol-UK°` 9 years ago

tell 'thief' kufour to refund the $4m HIPC cash and tell ugly Akufo-Addo to tell where the money from the sale of the drill ship went to. idiots

tell 'thief' kufour to refund the $4m HIPC cash and tell ugly Akufo-Addo to tell where the money from the sale of the drill ship went to. idiots
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, he had the gut to recommend his fellow journalists to be executed by PNDC. Pratt even recommended Baako to be killed by the regime, thank God Baako was instead touchered violently and severely but his life was spared. This is what Kwesi Pratt can do. Now Pratt is a secret agent to NDC and US Embassy in Ghana. May God forgive Pratt and spare him the untold evils that will come upon him and his generations. The souls of those journalist killed through Pratt's recommendations to PNDC will never forgive Pratt. Now Pratt has the guts to take Diplomatic Passport and smuggled his weak-headed children to work at the Ministries under Mills NDC, may God forgive Pratt and his dependance and spare them of the evils ahead of them...
Ampabeng 9 years ago

Has any of those Presidents been able to achieve anything meaningful? What are they talking about? All presidents of the fourth Republic have stolen from state coffers, none of them has been sympathetic to the tax payer in Gh ...
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Has any of those Presidents been able to achieve anything meaningful? What are they talking about? All presidents of the fourth Republic have stolen from state coffers, none of them has been sympathetic to the tax payer in Ghana, they are all rogues.
DrJay 9 years ago

How can branding buses improve the quality of life for Ghanaians? Hmmm God help us because corruption is deep seated across party lines in Ghana for years now. We need another Revolution or what?

How can branding buses improve the quality of life for Ghanaians? Hmmm God help us because corruption is deep seated across party lines in Ghana for years now. We need another Revolution or what?
Efo Kwaawaaku Canada 9 years ago

Oh ndc, I think you guys have prove of K4 using state coffers to renovated his house, and the award of gold chains wasn't do in secret, K4 deserves more than gold chain compare his wisdom of running Ghana with Mahama administ ...
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Oh ndc, I think you guys have prove of K4 using state coffers to renovated his house, and the award of gold chains wasn't do in secret, K4 deserves more than gold chain compare his wisdom of running Ghana with Mahama administration, his policies, social intervention programs, creating jobs for the youth with 20 billion for 8 years and Mahama 200 billion within 7 years killing all social intervention programs, no jobs created for the youth, K4 deserves more than gold chain, Mahama Dubia mansion and ndc multi million office complex within 4 years, cheques given to EC to rig elections for ndc is coming soon, but don't ever compare useless thief John Mahama with the most second to none president K4
Kwasi Asamoah 9 years ago

Former president Kufour must first refund the total cost of taxpayers money used for the gold chains he imported for decoration of his cohorts and the Ashanti comedian. Kufour stupidly took one for himself. JJ Rawlings former ...
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Former president Kufour must first refund the total cost of taxpayers money used for the gold chains he imported for decoration of his cohorts and the Ashanti comedian. Kufour stupidly took one for himself. JJ Rawlings former president and president Mills refused to be decorated by one. Has the NPP every questioned Kufour for this corrupt act. By the way where are the rest of the gold chains?
Kofi 9 years ago

Presidents faces on public buses for political purposes? Insanity at the highest level.

Presidents faces on public buses for political purposes? Insanity at the highest level.
Haile Selaise Mengistus III 9 years ago

Even the $4.2 Bn HIPIC monies. Where are they? They put up certain structures called HIPIC toilets and shared the rest of the money.
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Even the $4.2 Bn HIPIC monies. Where are they? They put up certain structures called HIPIC toilets and shared the rest of the money.
For the first time in the history of this country we had a Party which filed 17 contestants for Presidency because they had a taste of how it was to steal state money and each and everyone of them wants the seat of the Presidency for himself. Shameless NPP.

Pearl Eshun 9 years ago

If you're President have good idea to Rule the Nation you can't waste taxpayers money for certain things, Stupid President Stupid leaders fools

If you're President have good idea to Rule the Nation you can't waste taxpayers money for certain things, Stupid President Stupid leaders fools
Alo koti 9 years ago

You very stupid... Idot

You very stupid... Idot
PRINCE KWASI ADADE ( OFIE P33 ) 9 years ago

AUTHOR : TIMBUKTU - - - - - - WHY DO I WANT NANA TO WIN? UNLIKE KUFFOUR WHO JAILED ONLY 6 HIGH PROFILE NDC THIEVES , NANA HAS THE BALLS TO JAIL ALL THESE NDC CRIMINAL MOTHER-FUCKERS! Things are improving FAST in Tanzania, Nig ...
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AUTHOR : TIMBUKTU - - - - - - WHY DO I WANT NANA TO WIN? UNLIKE KUFFOUR WHO JAILED ONLY 6 HIGH PROFILE NDC THIEVES , NANA HAS THE BALLS TO JAIL ALL THESE NDC CRIMINAL MOTHER-FUCKERS! Things are improving FAST in Tanzania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, etc, because they now have no-nonsense, incorruptible presidents who are determined to improve the socio-economic statuses of their respective countries. Ghana too MUST change for the better. Ghana NEEDS Akuffo Addo!
No Mercy 9 years ago

You are idiot living in Ghana.not knowing the true.ex President Kuffour put up the Flag star house

You are idiot living in Ghana.not knowing the true.ex President Kuffour put up the Flag star house
Son of Ghana 9 years ago

Get lost corrupt ndc

Get lost corrupt ndc
Haile Selaise Mengistus III 9 years ago

Ex-President Kuffour must be made to account first for the $4.2Bn HIPIC monies.

Ex-President Kuffour must be made to account first for the $4.2Bn HIPIC monies.
Nana Adjapong NTRA SAKYI 9 years ago

How stupid can you be? Who gave hipic money to who? If you go for hipc the country's debt is written off but nobody gives you money. So which hipic money are you talking about?

How stupid can you be? Who gave hipic money to who? If you go for hipc the country's debt is written off but nobody gives you money. So which hipic money are you talking about?
Abu 9 years ago

There are bunch of illiterates who don't even understand what we are asking for. Don't waste your time my friend in answering them

There are bunch of illiterates who don't even understand what we are asking for. Don't waste your time my friend in answering them
Mr Agymang Kodua USA 9 years ago

You NPP people are fools, when u were in power you wrote on even stone and toilets using ghanaian tex peyers money and even commissioned them saying their HIPIC initiative, so what are talking about? There is nothing NDC wil ...
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You NPP people are fools, when u were in power you wrote on even stone and toilets using ghanaian tex peyers money and even commissioned them saying their HIPIC initiative, so what are talking about? There is nothing NDC will do and you will be happy with it why? This character of me a lone must stop ,comes December you will see your level you people should wait foolish people
Efo Kwaawaaku Canada 9 years ago

You're really funny guy buddy Use your Ewes name and stop hidden behind kitchen, my name is Kofi Alavandjo, your inferior mindset is killing you idiots, your low self-esteem conscience is leading you to hate and vote for peop ...
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You're really funny guy buddy Use your Ewes name and stop hidden behind kitchen, my name is Kofi Alavandjo, your inferior mindset is killing you idiots, your low self-esteem conscience is leading you to hate and vote for people who have wisdom to manage and transform the lives of poor Ghanaians, I really can't stand people like your calibre, and remember travel to overseas have to bring you some exposures in life but sorry to say that you still have your village mentality buddy

ALHASSAN ABASS 9 years ago

See this mumu.If you are that proud of your fucking tribe you equally will not use Efo as your name.Stupid ashanti idiot.
Wawa benza

See this mumu.If you are that proud of your fucking tribe you equally will not use Efo as your name.Stupid ashanti idiot.
Wawa benza
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Really? We witnessed your so-called people with wisdom and better management almost a decade ago and there was nothing transformational that occurred in one's life. They were spectacularly booted out of power instead and Ghan ...
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Really? We witnessed your so-called people with wisdom and better management almost a decade ago and there was nothing transformational that occurred in one's life. They were spectacularly booted out of power instead and Ghanaians sworn not to return them to power anytime soon.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

My friend, pay them no heed since they do not have any convincing message for the electorate going into the upcoming elections, that's all.

My friend, pay them no heed since they do not have any convincing message for the electorate going into the upcoming elections, that's all.
PAA NII 9 years ago

Even giving a contract to a prostitute to brand a dead goat on a bus to inflate the cost is enough message to carry across the electorates.

Even giving a contract to a prostitute to brand a dead goat on a bus to inflate the cost is enough message to carry across the electorates.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Go ahead and make NDC's day or should I say political calendar?

Go ahead and make NDC's day or should I say political calendar?
deoygh 9 years ago

when was he when kuffour re-branded metro mass with "then n now" projects. what was that. did he ask npp to pay or did npp pay for that.
where was he. let's stop being hypocrites in Ghana

when was he when kuffour re-branded metro mass with "then n now" projects. what was that. did he ask npp to pay or did npp pay for that.
where was he. let's stop being hypocrites in Ghana
AGBEVE 9 years ago

Mmmmmmmm,,

Mmmmmmmm,,
abankus 9 years ago

How ludicrous a claim such as this can be made. Please we've grown beyond such infantile politricks. Where were they when Akufo-Addo's was flying all over the country with the National copter during the 2008 elections?

How ludicrous a claim such as this can be made. Please we've grown beyond such infantile politricks. Where were they when Akufo-Addo's was flying all over the country with the National copter during the 2008 elections?
kaketonti 9 years ago

ADVERT BUSES BETTER THAN DOG "golden" CHAIN AND HOTEL WAWA

ADVERT BUSES BETTER THAN DOG "golden" CHAIN AND HOTEL WAWA
Osei 9 years ago

Charity begins at home
NPP and Nana AKomea should ask kuffour to refund the 500 million cedis he spent hanging chains around his neck, then they can have a moral right to demand refund from NDC.
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Charity begins at home
NPP and Nana AKomea should ask kuffour to refund the 500 million cedis he spent hanging chains around his neck, then they can have a moral right to demand refund from NDC.
Was there no poverty in the country when Kuffour was busy hanging medals around his neck and those of his cronies?
when you have no message for a campaign, this is what happens, you dwell in pettiness.
Ghana is doomed with this bunch of politicians like the NPP.
NPP is a shame to politics.

Kofi Ghana 9 years ago

Npp now see they have no campaign messages.. Haha.. They should keep dreaming..

Npp now see they have no campaign messages.. Haha.. They should keep dreaming..
Baako 9 years ago

Is Kuffour Listening

Is Kuffour Listening
BlackC 9 years ago

I don't care if it's NDC, NPP, whether you're in power or some leader who did something wrong 10 years ago. Who ever had any little connection to the process of using a portion of oil revenue to put posters on a bus should be ...
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I don't care if it's NDC, NPP, whether you're in power or some leader who did something wrong 10 years ago. Who ever had any little connection to the process of using a portion of oil revenue to put posters on a bus should be questioned and exposed.

Shame on you.
Paa Joe 9 years ago

IT IS PRIMITIVE, SHAMEFUL AND DISGRACEFUL TO HAVE PICTURES OF FORMER AND PRESENT PRESIDENTS DISPLAYED ON NATIONAL BUSES IN THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WERE TO BE SEEN IN COUNTRIES LIKE IRAQ AND LIBYA WITH PICTURES OF ...
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IT IS PRIMITIVE, SHAMEFUL AND DISGRACEFUL TO HAVE PICTURES OF FORMER AND PRESENT PRESIDENTS DISPLAYED ON NATIONAL BUSES IN THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WERE TO BE SEEN IN COUNTRIES LIKE IRAQ AND LIBYA WITH PICTURES OF SADAM HUSSEIN AND GHADAFI POSTED AT ALL CORNERS OF THE THEIR COUNTRIES.

THIS IS TO BE SEEN PRESENTLY TOO IN JORDAN AND SYRIA WITH PICTURES OF THE KING HUSSAIN AND SYRIA PRESIDENT ASSAD.

DOES THE PLACING OF PICTURES OF PAST AND PRESENT PRESIDENTS ON BUSES AND BILLBOARDS THE ANSWERS TO OUR ECONOMIC BACKWARDNES, UNDERDEVELOPMEMT AND EXTREME POVERTY IN THE COUNTRY.

WHY ARE WE STILL PRIMITIVE.

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SINCE 1945, AND IT IS TIME WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING IN THE 21st CENTURY.
jogha 9 years ago

HISTORY

HISTORY
Gonzaga 9 years ago

The useless President paid so much money to put his and other ex-Presidents picture on buses. What an ignorant fool. Instead of using the buses for companies to advertise on the buses to make money he rather spend money to fr ...
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The useless President paid so much money to put his and other ex-Presidents picture on buses. What an ignorant fool. Instead of using the buses for companies to advertise on the buses to make money he rather spend money to frame his picture on the buses. What a fool. No wonder the country is in a BIG mess. People stealing left and right.
kwesi tarkwa 9 years ago

When former president branded the first MMT buses with his pictures where was this AKOMEA and this blady minority group in parliament
This is pure ANIMAL FARM STORY .THESE GUYS FEEL IF ITS THEM THEN THEN ITS OKAY. THEY JUST ...
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When former president branded the first MMT buses with his pictures where was this AKOMEA and this blady minority group in parliament
This is pure ANIMAL FARM STORY .THESE GUYS FEEL IF ITS THEM THEN THEN ITS OKAY. THEY JUST THROWING DUST INTO THE EYES OF GHANAIANS. I BEG THEY GIVE US A BREAK.IDIOTS
oppong london 9 years ago

ghana is suffering because of bad governance,resources are in abundance but ndc government of 27 years in power has looted everything and rendered the people poor,please vote these stupid crooks out.africa as a whole is suff ...
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ghana is suffering because of bad governance,resources are in abundance but ndc government of 27 years in power has looted everything and rendered the people poor,please vote these stupid crooks out.africa as a whole is suffering because of thievery.
Obibini Blackman 9 years ago

This guys are not serious at all. We need policies to alleviate the plight of Ghanaians and not resurrecting issues that have been resolved. it appears they lack practical alternatives. We knew what happened in 2008 when the ...
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This guys are not serious at all. We need policies to alleviate the plight of Ghanaians and not resurrecting issues that have been resolved. it appears they lack practical alternatives. We knew what happened in 2008 when the MMT buses were branded with the inscription 'Then and Now' which had a lot pictures on the buses. Place give us alternatives to decide and stop shouting from roof tops.
prince 9 years ago

akuffo addo and his npp rogues should return Ghana s drill ship

akuffo addo and his npp rogues should return Ghana s drill ship
STEVE 9 years ago

The NPP are quite aware that the AG had ordered a refund of the excess money to Smarttys, and secondly they have come to payment terms with the AG to meet the final payment date of 31st. March 2016, but on condition that they ...
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The NPP are quite aware that the AG had ordered a refund of the excess money to Smarttys, and secondly they have come to payment terms with the AG to meet the final payment date of 31st. March 2016, but on condition that they make the first installment by 29th. January,an amount of GHC300,000.00 which they paid through their lawyers. I mean what is the WAHALA for. This "SMELLY FACE" Akomea and his cohorts are fools.
toshiba 9 years ago

You loose Votes from floating voters with this kind of press statement. It is so insulting and sound like when you come to power you will imprison all NDC members for corruption

You loose Votes from floating voters with this kind of press statement. It is so insulting and sound like when you come to power you will imprison all NDC members for corruption
Ali 9 years ago

Mop as a floating voter I rather see how more corrupt the current govnt is. Why will I doubt when the truth is been said when all have forgotten

Mop as a floating voter I rather see how more corrupt the current govnt is. Why will I doubt when the truth is been said when all have forgotten
Ernest 9 years ago

Bloody hypocrites! When JAK was branding the Antie Dede busses with himself and npp colors Akomea and co were grabbing wawawa, it was all joy for the ndc at the time was dumb! JAK even hanged gold chains on the neck of some o ...
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Bloody hypocrites! When JAK was branding the Antie Dede busses with himself and npp colors Akomea and co were grabbing wawawa, it was all joy for the ndc at the time was dumb! JAK even hanged gold chains on the neck of some of them but they're only bamboozled by self-glorification not the cost. Look we've a history, so if npp wanna sing the chorus of 'I care for U', they should do that with moderateness.
Osono 9 years ago

Corruption is the reason why I want Ghanaians to vote for NPP. I want Akufu Addo to prosecute these corrupt thieves.

Corruption is the reason why I want Ghanaians to vote for NPP. I want Akufu Addo to prosecute these corrupt thieves.
Siaw 9 years ago

It is now very clear that my party has no campaign message for Ghanaians. I can not believe all this foolish nonsense going on. If the npp thinks that this stupidity would win them power, then am afraid, we should forget it c ...
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It is now very clear that my party has no campaign message for Ghanaians. I can not believe all this foolish nonsense going on. If the npp thinks that this stupidity would win them power, then am afraid, we should forget it completely. Are there not more important things for this homosexual idiot to talk about ? Just look at the reactions. It tells you that, the npp is finished. Nonsense rattlings all the time instead of talking substance. Tell Ghanaians why they should vote for the party and stop this nonsense for once. Ghanaians are not fools anymore. Smelling homosexual.
ORIGINAL VOICE OF REASON 9 years ago

That is the irony of president Mahama....despite his acclaimed low IQ pea brain he himself does things that suggest he thinks he is smart and even can outsmart Ghanaians?This bus branding saga is one such example

That is the irony of president Mahama....despite his acclaimed low IQ pea brain he himself does things that suggest he thinks he is smart and even can outsmart Ghanaians?This bus branding saga is one such example
shirafa 9 years ago

see who is talking about stealing . you came to Teshie Bus with a young guy called Kofi who sells wee in the area claim he own a land there . i was thinking you been a lawmaker u should think a little bit but you are followi ...
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see who is talking about stealing . you came to Teshie Bus with a young guy called Kofi who sells wee in the area claim he own a land there . i was thinking you been a lawmaker u should think a little bit but you are following this lunatic . claiming he own a land .
Ghanaman 9 years ago

Npp, were you sleeping when Kuffour used tax payers money to renovate his private house and also used some to buy himself a gold chain? Wonders will never end.

Npp, were you sleeping when Kuffour used tax payers money to renovate his private house and also used some to buy himself a gold chain? Wonders will never end.
kweku 9 years ago

NPP has no solutions for GHANA. They only criticize. They have no ideas. All they want is power to come and rob Ghana.

NPP has no solutions for GHANA. They only criticize. They have no ideas. All they want is power to come and rob Ghana.
Adu 9 years ago

Mahama p3 tumi dodo. 3de3n koraa nie? He will kill for power, maim for power, steal for power. Ad3n, Mahama?

Mahama p3 tumi dodo. 3de3n koraa nie? He will kill for power, maim for power, steal for power. Ad3n, Mahama?
Rex 9 years ago

Were they able to make proper account of the money spent durin de Gh@50 celebratn??? The naughty peoples party (npp) shuld shut their sintky mouths up........FOoLs..

Were they able to make proper account of the money spent durin de Gh@50 celebratn??? The naughty peoples party (npp) shuld shut their sintky mouths up........FOoLs..
Willy Garbon : Chorkor 9 years ago

So when ex prez JA kufours pix was fix on Same Buses during his turn there was nothing wrong are we Serious at all? Mr Akomea shld give us a break, Ghana is for us all ,

So when ex prez JA kufours pix was fix on Same Buses during his turn there was nothing wrong are we Serious at all? Mr Akomea shld give us a break, Ghana is for us all ,
Ghanaman 9 years ago

Nana Akomea, have you asked your Efutu Mp, Afenyo Markings to refund the millions of dollars he took from ADB? He is now hiding, but Ghanaians have not forgotten.

Nana Akomea, have you asked your Efutu Mp, Afenyo Markings to refund the millions of dollars he took from ADB? He is now hiding, but Ghanaians have not forgotten.
save ghana 9 years ago

mahama is shameless thief. Atta aryee will envy mahamas stealing talent. DKM monies have been stolen in order to make people of brong ahafo and the 3 northern regions poor. so he can buy you during elections. kwaseas3m come a ...
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mahama is shameless thief. Atta aryee will envy mahamas stealing talent. DKM monies have been stolen in order to make people of brong ahafo and the 3 northern regions poor. so he can buy you during elections. kwaseas3m come and put the coins in our pocket. kor)mfo)
Gee 9 years ago

Hmmmm eiii,Ghanaians can easily forget de past.where was Nana n co when kuffour used tax payers money to bribe some MP's to vote in favor of de sale of Ghana telecom,where is dat money?where is de drill ship money? Where r de ...
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Hmmmm eiii,Ghanaians can easily forget de past.where was Nana n co when kuffour used tax payers money to bribe some MP's to vote in favor of de sale of Ghana telecom,where is dat money?where is de drill ship money? Where r de Ghana @50 houses n cars ?look ladies n gentlemen,be wise n don't listen to des guys
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 9 years ago

I say NPP is a stupid party. A party of dummies. Why do I say so? It looks like the NPP either want to remain in opposition or is not serious about winning power.

Look, there are big ideas and there is pettiness. Pursuers ...
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I say NPP is a stupid party. A party of dummies. Why do I say so? It looks like the NPP either want to remain in opposition or is not serious about winning power.

Look, there are big ideas and there is pettiness. Pursuers of big ideas bring about change, pettiness I don't know but even if you are stupid, you might know that that is a road travelled by small minds; nothing big.

I don't know who is behind Akufo Addo's campaign and by that I mean his inner circle. I know that are people like Gabby (a dumbass bozo, to put it mildly), Osafo Marfo (not stupid but I was disappointed in him when he preached tribalism to his folks that his people must be the ones controlling resources and ruling Ghana), there is one Atta Akyea (I have no dirt on him but I don't think he is giving and "wise" advice to Akufo Addo), and finally the gamut of Akyem mafia and the komininis.

Sad to say that NPP has been pursuing politics of small ideas, pettiness, lies, and fabrications. These are wholesale symptoms of a party that isn't going anywhere. It's stuck in a quagmire.

One wouldn't say NPP as a party has a united front or has broad appeal over the whole of Ghana, something that is making NPP lose precious votes to the NDC. NPP must look within itself to make the necessary corrections that will make the party attractive and welcoming to people like me who have been convinced beyond doubt that followers NPP show disrespect to others. How on earth do you expect me to vote for someone who disrespects me?

If we can make Ghana a success story, a better place, a shining city on the hill, we would have succeeded as a country but I am afraid to say the situation is far from being what I wish it should be. The people participating in politics have been selfish and disappointing and this did not start today. From the days of UGCC, UP, CPP, NLC,PNDC, NDC, NPP, whatever, greedy bastards have hijacked the governance process to their own benefits. They have disappointed the vast majority of the people while they themselves are busy feathering their own nests. There is no more public service where people serve selflessly. The new norm is each one for him/herself so when the politician comes telling you something take it with a pinch of salt. I don't trust any of them but to the one that disrespects, I will never give my vote or support.
BORN-FILLA(B-FILLA). 9 years ago

If Npp is stupid part ,then we don't know where we are going to put u and that thing so call mahama.

If Npp is stupid part ,then we don't know where we are going to put u and that thing so call mahama.
Nana 9 years ago

it seems like nana peoples party (NPP) don't have any election campaign massage for Ghanaian that can win them election so they just complain about any baseless issue. sorry for you guys

it seems like nana peoples party (NPP) don't have any election campaign massage for Ghanaian that can win them election so they just complain about any baseless issue. sorry for you guys
Omono Asamoah. 9 years ago

Hmmm Ghana. Whilest somebody tries to bring buses to solve transport problems another thinks of posting pictures and we see nothing wrong. All bcos of politics. Hmhmhmmm

Hmmm Ghana. Whilest somebody tries to bring buses to solve transport problems another thinks of posting pictures and we see nothing wrong. All bcos of politics. Hmhmhmmm
Freedom & Justice 9 years ago

Confused and hungry for power NPP. You have no message. Keep searching for message. Useless and greedy Akyems.

Confused and hungry for power NPP. You have no message. Keep searching for message. Useless and greedy Akyems.
george 9 years ago

NPP does not have conscience. They have so soon forgotten the Ghana then Ghana now branded buses during their time in government. what do they take us for? God have mercy.

NPP does not have conscience. They have so soon forgotten the Ghana then Ghana now branded buses during their time in government. what do they take us for? God have mercy.
kwam 9 years ago

When I think about this bus branding saga, it makes feel as if the whole country Ghana is sick of ideas. Does the president thinks that that is branding will win him more votes? If yes how? Who doesn't know Pelresident Mahama ...
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When I think about this bus branding saga, it makes feel as if the whole country Ghana is sick of ideas. Does the president thinks that that is branding will win him more votes? If yes how? Who doesn't know Pelresident Mahama in this County? Those who thought of this branding did a great disservice to the President.he needs no branding to win the 2016 elections.
Kwame Anshong 9 years ago

President Mahama never asked that the buses should be branded for him. Such decisions are not taken by the President. This decision was taken by the Ministry of Transport.

Inasmuch as this bus branding was an unfortunate ...
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President Mahama never asked that the buses should be branded for him. Such decisions are not taken by the President. This decision was taken by the Ministry of Transport.

Inasmuch as this bus branding was an unfortunate incidence, we must commend the approach, the President has adopted in manging the matter ever since it came out. First and foremost he directed the Chief of Staff to investigate the matter, it is based on that investigation that we have all the information we bundle around today. This shows that Mahama is not a leader who supports corruption and will do everything within his power to stop it.

The statement by the NPP for the refund of the smartty money was a waste of time since, the A.G is working on retrieving our money.
Joe tango 9 years ago

The wrath of God is visited upon any person who preaches virtue and practice vice that is the reason why Ghana is in crises.No. Rains,epidemics and unnecessary deaths.

The wrath of God is visited upon any person who preaches virtue and practice vice that is the reason why Ghana is in crises.No. Rains,epidemics and unnecessary deaths.
Kwame Ofori 9 years ago

Is that all that you can comment on? This is not going to move Mahama. The best is to take him to court and stop waisting our ears. Or is this also part of our campaign. We are finnished. Lord have mercy on our party.

Is that all that you can comment on? This is not going to move Mahama. The best is to take him to court and stop waisting our ears. Or is this also part of our campaign. We are finnished. Lord have mercy on our party.
GYAKARI 9 years ago

WHY MAHAMA/NDC USING GHANA MONEY TO CAMPAIGN?

ANSWER/ANSWER!!!!!!!!

THIS IS `OPEN`STEALING OF GOVERNMENT MONEY(PERIOD),

WHY MAHAMA/NDC USING GHANA MONEY TO CAMPAIGN?

ANSWER/ANSWER!!!!!!!!

THIS IS `OPEN`STEALING OF GOVERNMENT MONEY(PERIOD),
Kwame Anshong 9 years ago

Sorry your money can not fund Mahama's campaign. President Mahama hasn't not and will not take a dime from the state coffers to run his campaign.

In all instances where there has been corrupt deals, the President has never ...
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Sorry your money can not fund Mahama's campaign. President Mahama hasn't not and will not take a dime from the state coffers to run his campaign.

In all instances where there has been corrupt deals, the President has never been mentioned as part of those involved. He is focused on ensuring that the right thing is done always.

The President will fund his campaign from well wishers who believe that he should be given a second term. They will voluntary support the President, because the hope of this country relies on him.
bb 9 years ago

While the people of AKYEM TAFO were mourning J.B. ADU , the Minority mps and Nana Akomea were holding press conference on bus ???? branding and Gitmo detainees. Haba !!! .

While the people of AKYEM TAFO were mourning J.B. ADU , the Minority mps and Nana Akomea were holding press conference on bus ???? branding and Gitmo detainees. Haba !!! .
samuel villa 9 years ago

Nana Addo, akomeah,hachman O.A, K Ofori Atta,Attah Kyiea Nana obiri bohene ,redie blay and all the npp untouchable criminal gangs must refund all the loot of Ghanaians cash including npp party cash they have stolen so that Gh ...
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Nana Addo, akomeah,hachman O.A, K Ofori Atta,Attah Kyiea Nana obiri bohene ,redie blay and all the npp untouchable criminal gangs must refund all the loot of Ghanaians cash including npp party cash they have stolen so that Ghana will be a real middle country they claimed to have left while they have killed Ghanaians politically,economically socially and financially before npp exit office .refund kuffour's irresponsible distribution of expensive awards to some criminals like Nana Addo of blessesed failure.
Thomas Garbrah 9 years ago

Workers Needed...call 0579116866

Workers Needed...call 0579116866
Kwame Anshong 9 years ago

Shame on you NPP, your cheap propaganda has been exposed. You always accuse the government of asking people found in corrupt practices to refund their money. You claim that the government is not doing much when they ask that ...
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Shame on you NPP, your cheap propaganda has been exposed. You always accuse the government of asking people found in corrupt practices to refund their money. You claim that the government is not doing much when they ask that money be refunded.

Today, the NPP calls a Press Conference and all they can say is that the Smarttys moeny must be refunded. How different is what you are saying different from what the government is doing. The NPP is just confused.

If you don't then permit me to tell you the Smartty money is being retrieved by the A.G, hence your Press conference was a waste of time and resources. What we expect from the NPP is what they will do when they come into power. Because they don't have any plans. They are feasting on death issues.
facts 9 years ago

NDC government is bad. No transparency, they rule Ghana like their property or Family affare,no Body have the rightr to question them,they are Ghana downfall judgement will come over them. I supported NDC back in the days,bu ...
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NDC government is bad. No transparency, they rule Ghana like their property or Family affare,no Body have the rightr to question them,they are Ghana downfall judgement will come over them. I supported NDC back in the days,but I`m schock at their looting of state properties.
We getting nowhere with leaders like this,Look at Europe and America,there is transparency,is a shame how our own leaders have taken power into their Hands forgetting we put them there.
Judgement shall fall on them,fact is the poor People are suffering.
yaw apa nigeria 9 years ago

why ghana is goin dis way nawaaao

why ghana is goin dis way nawaaao
Nancy Forson 9 years ago

A leopard may get wet falling into water, but its spots are eternal – a Ghanaian adage.

This proverb confirms the assertion that apart from the name change of the leadership of the New Patriotic Party from President John ...
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A leopard may get wet falling into water, but its spots are eternal – a Ghanaian adage.

This proverb confirms the assertion that apart from the name change of the leadership of the New Patriotic Party from President John Agyekum Kufuor, to now Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the flagbearer of the party, the value of corruption, mismanagement, and incompetence remains the same.

Nana Akuffo-Addo was a key member of former President Kufuor's administration; in fact he was more or less a de facto president during the NPP's term in office that presided over the unprecedented corrupt dealings and practices in the history of Ghana, yet he did very little if not worse to erode the canker.

Without much ado, The Al-Hajj serializes to its cherishing readers some socio-economic and political crimes that the NPP during its eight years in office committed.

The Al-Hajj does so by asking this question; does the NPP have the moral right to accuse functionaries of the National Democratic Congress of corruption? Or is it the case of the pot calling the kettle black? Wonders they say will never end!

1. Hotel Kufuor
The Ghana Palaver news paper provided a vivid explanation on circumstances that could not have supported the claim that the Ex-President Kufuor had no knowledge of what would have been a brazing act of public corruption involving John Addo Kufuor, the 41-year old Chartered Accountant son of President John Agyekum Kufuor.

The Hotel was situated two doors away from the residence of Chief Kufuor's father, John Agyekum Kufuor.

The cost of US$3.5 million was funded by Prudential Bank, a Bank part-owned by SSNIT, a state-owned enterprise, and by the National Investment Bank, another state-owned Bank, and by the ECOWAS Regional Investment Bank, which advanced US$1 million to the Hotel.

At that time, President Kufuor was the Chairman of ECOWAS and Mr. J. S. Addo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prudential Bank, was President Kufuor's representative on the ERIB and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ERIB. Yet, the President was found to be clean.

2. 'Epistle' According to Esseku
In 2005, the Chairman of the NPP, Mr. Harruna Esseku was caught on tape telling NPP supporters that President Kufour was the chief recipient of kickbacks from contractors at the castle.

He lamented that unlike in the past when he could go to the castle and have his car boot stashed with kickback funds, President Kufour was at the time withholding those funds and this had affected his ability to provide resources for the running of the NPP.

For this revelation Mr. Esseku was held hostage in a hotel and prevented from attending the NPP delegates' conference at Legon.

3. Diversion of 6o billion cedis of tax payer's money to fund NPP propaganda machine

A 2009 audit report revealed that up to 60 billion Cedis of the tax payer's money taken from the TOR debt recovery levy, the HIPC etc. was used to fund a so called communication strategy which was only a euphemism for a conduit used to siphon state funds into the NPP campaign.

The auditors could not find details of this strategy or how it was executed, except dubious payments to amorphous groups such as BLOW, PRIM, and FIRST RESPONDERS.

4. Minister Deposits 2b Billion Cedis in Bank Account

Under President Kufour, a minister of state at the Castle, Charles Bintim was able to deposit 2billion cedis cash into his account at a Bank in Accra. There was no explanation how the Minister came by that amount of money.

5. E.O Group Shares in Jubilee Field
While 25 million Ghanaians had to make do with only 13.6% stake in the Jubilee field. Two NPP top shots, George Owusu and Ambassador Edusei, both pals of President Kufuor, were given 3% shares which amounts to a colossal US$300 million.

It is instructive to note that in one of the Wikileaks cables President Kufour was quoted as having told a US senator that his interests in Ghana's oil are being coordinated by Mr. Kwabena Darko of Darko Farms.

When investigations were carried out into the EO group's affairs by Ghanaian authorities, it emerged that their company address was the same as the address of Darko Farms

The explanations given for how EO group came to own such a significant stake in the Jubilee field do not wash. We are told that they found Kosmos and brought them in to discover oil for Ghana.

It is strange that GNPC which was formed in 1983 and which has all the expertise one can think of in the oil industry could not find a partner to discover oil but it took a two-man company with no experience or track record in the oil industry to find a partner for us.

Even strange is the fact that the EO group was allowed to be part of the joint operating agreement signed among the partners in the jubilee field when they do not meet the basic requirements to be part of such a venture.

First they have no track record of having being part of such a venture in the past neither did they possess the financial capacity to make good their part of the cash calls which are necessary for the operation of the jubilee field.

As it turned out they were carried by Kosmos and seeing as Kosmos is no father Christmas, the conclusion that can be drawn was that the EO group shares was made a conditionality for giving Kosmos the exploration license.

6. GHANA @ 50
After spending a US$ 75 million dollars on Ghana's 50th birthday celebration, it emerged that Dr Wireko Brobey, Chief executive of the Ghana @50 secretariat made cash payments to supposed contractors and service providers in polythene bags without any supporting documentation

7. Macmillan Textbook Printing Saga
Mr. Yaw Osafo Marfo, then Education Minister was embroiled in a dubious scandal involving the printing of some textbooks for Ghanaian schools leading to his sack by President Kufuor.

8. Sale Of Lands To NPP Ministers And Cronies

A recount of the sale of government bungalows and public lands to Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, President Kufour, Kwadwo Mpiani and other NPP Ministers and cronies points to evidence of corruption.

9. Bamba Gate
Alhaji Moctar Musah Bamba, former MP and former Deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs co-floated a company called 'Emirates Investments Limited' that used Presidential letterheads to guarantee private loans.

The company attempted defrauding a bank with a letterhead from the 'Office of the President' with a forged signature of the Minister for Private Sector Development purporting to give a Government of Ghana guarantee.

Emirates Investments Limited presented a fraudulent Canadian Bank draft for $93,000 out of which it enchased $30,875.35 but the draft bounced upon presentation. He was involved in a junk bond visa scam, which further exposed an incredible abuse of the Presidency.

He sponsored six NPP activists to an NPP function in Austria using fraudulently obtained Austrian visas and also attempted to obtain visas for another squad of 19 young people on a so-called business trip to Austria

10. Sekyi Hughes Loots his Bungalow
Former speaker of Parliament under the NPP, Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi Hughes when leaving his official bungalow looted it empty. He carried along all the curtains, furniture and fixtures in the house. Some media reports had it that Mr. Sekyi Hughes even took away flower pots.

11. Dr Agambilla Slams NPP for Engaging in Procurement Politics

Former deputy finance minister under the NPP, Dr Gheysika Agambilla described the NPP's approach to politics and governance as procurement politics in a widely circulated book he wrote after he left office.

Dr Agambilla also told American officials that there was widespread corruption in the Kufour regime especially in the forestry sector. This was contained in the leaked US diplomatic cables.

12. Thomas Broni Gate
The Deputy Minister of lands and forestry in the Kufour regime, Thomas Broni, seduced the wife of a financier of his own party-NPP, Martha Nkrumah, and setting her up in business with ¢500 million in kind of public money from the state-owned GNPA, an allegation made by no less a person than the henpecked husband of the lady, Tony Osei Tutu.

13. Kufour's House Renovation
In 2001, President Kufuor's private residence was renovated at a cost of 40 million cedis. It was claimed later by NPP government officials that the renovation was financed by a farmer named Mr. Marfo.

It is instructive to note that the same Mr. Marfo was flown abroad for medical treatment at the expense of the tax payer. How is it that a farmer who was rich enough to pay for the renovation of the residence of the President needed the tax payer's money to seek medical treatment or was it a case of one good turn deserves another?

14. International Students hostel Appropriation

The former International Students Hostel at the Airport City, which was initially allocated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was re-zoned for residential development by the government in 2007, and sold to functionaries and cronies of the NPP for GH¢2O,OOO or GH¢15,000 per plot.

15. Phantom VRA Plant
Dr. Charles Yves Wereko Brobby, as Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority, got the VRA to lease a national electricity back-up power plant called the "Strategic Reserve Plant" at Tema, at a cost of US$6 million.

He paid a monthly rent for it until the cost of the plant came to US$30 million, but the Plant never worked until all the 5 units were secretly returned to their owners; ¢14 billion (US$ 1.7 million) penalties was paid by the VRA for not lifting crude oil on schedule when the VRA had not been invoiced for payment.

He spent a whopping US$700,000 on publicity and advertisements alone within a one-year period; He paid a local Public Relations firm up to ¢300 million just to produce VRA's in-house newsletter which over the years had been produced by regular Public Relations staff of the VRA. He willfully and inexplicably changed a VRA contract award to a Company from ¢51 million to US$51 thousand

16. Professor Kassim Kassanga Harmattan Project

Professor Kassim Kassanga, former Minister of Lands and Forestry secretly re-awarded 42 Timber Utilisation Contracts from the NDC era that the NPP Government had cancelled to cronies and favorites of the NPP in gross violation of the principles of transparency, among which beneficiaries was Mrs. Comfort Wereko-Brobbey, President Kufuor's sister whose husband was a member of the Forestry Commission Board and who was given 89 square kilometres of the Asukese Forest Reserve.

He took ¢3 billion belonging to the Forest Plantation Development Fund without the knowledge of the Board of Directors of the Fund, used it to import mango seedlings from Burkina Faso for planting to create forests, which seedlings arrived during the harmattan season resulting in the wilting away of all of them and therefore rendering the ¢3 billion a total financial loss to the state.

17. Visa Fraud
Peter Kwaku Amoabeng, former NPP MP for Lower West Akim fraudulently attempted to obtain an Austrian visa for a woman and two children who he falsely represented as his wife and children respectively, and in the process committed the offences of fraud by false pretences, forgery, perjury, impersonation and deceit of public officer

18. Conflict of Interest
Mr. Wilson, former DCE for Mfantesman awarded an Assembly contract to himself. In the course of execution of the contract, the building on which the workmen were working collapsed.

As a result of the collapse, three persons died and seven were seriously injured. He was merely removed from office.

19. Anane's Bed Warming Saga
The Minister of Health under President Kufuor's presidency, Dr. Richard Anane attending an international AIDS Conference, had raw sex with a foreign lady, had a baby with the lady, and transferring as much as US$100, 000 to the said lady in the USA, an allegation made by no less a person than the very same lady concubine, Alexandra O'Brien, herself.

20. Popular Cocaine Trade:
Even more disturbing was the linkage of government and public officials to cocaine trading and smuggling. A significant amounts of 77 parcels of cocaine, vanished from police surveillance

An NPP parliamentarian, Eric Amoateng, went to jail, and is now serving a prison sentence in the US for heroin trafficking. Amoateng was arrested in 2005 for smuggling 136lbs of heroin into Newark airport. He was jailed in 2007 by a US court after resigning his seat but enjoyed significant support from fellow NPP MPs.

21. Atta Akyea's Court Case Against EC

The NPP MP for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Kyea went to court; with the aid of the Chief Justice, Theodora Woode trying to restrain the Electoral Commission from conducting the Tain Election

In the wake of this, he planed arranging to export dead bodies to the Volta Region with the intention of providing the evidential support to impugn the integrity of the election of the good people of the Volta Region.

22. The Infamous Dzorwulu Women.

Under Nana Akufo-Addo's watch as the Attorney General, three NPP women from Dzorwulu, were caught trying to smuggle narcotics out of the country. The dockets of the three narcotic women got lost under mysterious circumstances.

23. Raymond Amankwah's Diplomatic Passport

Raymond Kwame Amankwah, who is well known in the International Community as a hard core drug baron was arrested and sentenced to a 14-year prison term at the Provisional Detention Centre at Caucaia in Brazil for drug trafficking.

But according to the Daily Graphic's front page lead story of Monday February 13, 2012, when Amankwah was arrested by the Brazilian authorities he was holding a Ghanaian Diplomatic Passport which was issued to him at the time that Akufo-Addo was Ghana's Foreign Minister.

With the above unprecedented corrupt practices of the NPP, it is however not surprising that former President Kufuor made that infamous declaration that corruption “was as old as Adam” and that on a daily basis he and his officials are tempted with all manner of things including the proverbial apple of the Garden of Eden

On the issue of which party has the political will to fight corruption and uproot its root cause, Ghanaians will be the better judges on December 7th.

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