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Corruption suffocating Ghana's economy - UK Minister

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  • Baffour Owusu 8 years ago

    LAUNCH OPERATION FEED YOURSELF

  • ATSU, HO 8 years ago

    WE NEED TO SURELY DEAL WITH CORRUPTION AND STOP MAKING IT A POLITICAL TAG OF WAR. JM IS A NICE GUY ND THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS HIS LIMITATION HE CANNOT DISCIPLINE THE FRIENDS.

  • Adjei Okoe 8 years ago

    Political tag of war????? What's that? or did you mean "A political tug-of-war?"

  • ZOOBIE-ZOOBIE 8 years ago

    corruption in chief...Mahamah

  • ZOOBIE-ZOOBIE 8 years ago

    head of state... MAHAMAH vs. KUFFOUR?

  • NIVE 8 years ago

    THERE IS MORE CORRUPTION IN UK. JAMES SHOULD START TALKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE . AFTER ALL CHARIRTY BEGINS AT HOME. REMOVE THE LOG IN OWN EYS BEFORE U THINK OF SOMEBODY. DAVID CAMERON HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN DISPATCH IN PANAMA, ...
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  • Grow up 8 years ago

    Mahama listen at least this is coming from a neutral party. This is not the opposition parties ooh.

  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    The president had heard every advise given to him by the good people of Ghana but he also expects us to walk along with him and fight against the social canker affecting the development of the country. If i am right corruptio ...
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  • B'Mark 8 years ago

    You very stupid and useless suppprter of NDC, don't you know Mahama is criminal and corrupt, that is why he can't do anything about corruption. Also he has a weak side which is haunting him and he is afraid if he takes a stro ...
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  • Hoo 8 years ago

    Useless hopeless man like you.

  • A mega hohoooo 8 years ago

    NDC gov over to you. People like wot one and afriyie Ankrah are parading the streets and campaigning for them. Mahatma and his cronies have houses in uk and Dubai. Vote them out

  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    Whether the NDC, Mahama and his cabinet has a house or not, doesn't change the developmental change in the country. That is their personal lives and when it comes to national development, i think Mahama has shown signs that h ...
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  • B'Mark 8 years ago

    Maybe you have not travel outside Ghana before, that is why you think, we are developing, it funny. Just pray for changes else you will run from the country next year . just don't support blindly, Mahama is sinking Ghana.

  • kum 8 years ago

    My brother don't mind them
    They should just travel and see,to know whether Ghana is dying or not
    He should even stop thinking that Ghana is moving from a less developed country to a developed country.
    Apuuu

  • kum 8 years ago

    Blessed indeed
    I think you are still sleeping and don't know what is going on in the country
    Wakeup

  • bombay 8 years ago

    From a neutral party. UK himself. They are all NPP. The UK government is instigating the people of Ghana against our president. Our works and infrastructure talks for itself. NDC will win one time. Insha allah. Stop the corru ...
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  • Anokye8 8 years ago

    You are a sick person and needs help

  • Balfour Asare 8 years ago

    Can you stop this stupid talk and talk sense Is British mp an NPP ?of course no so why are talking like this ? Talk sense

  • Kwasi USA 8 years ago

    Ghanaians ar suffering because of people like u.u need education.they don't want to hear the truth keep fooling urself...u need travel out Ghana kurasinii.Afoum.

  • Koopia 8 years ago

    How could this most incompetent and corrupt president that Ghana has elected fight corruption when he himself is very corrupt. You wait until 2016 and we will reveal all the corrupt practices of him and all the other Mahama s ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    President Mahama has been ordained and accepted as the next president to govern the country for another term of office. It will good for us Ghanaians to give him that mandate based on the developmental project he is commissio ...
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  • Tanko 8 years ago

    Dramani Mahama John is the leader of NDC corrupt people's how can he jail those seen in corrupt practice. Mahama is like Gen San Abacha of Nigeria. Who stole oil money and deposited at Uk

  • Tkn 8 years ago

    You've said it all sir but don't think this shit call president is not aware. He knows everything and he is part of it. Mills was the same that wad why he freed those criminals at the port. He did transfered them instead of j ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    The president is committed to his words. loooking around us, when we wake from bed and tour the streets of Accra, all that we see nowadays is development; construction of roads, schools, hospital, universities and other socia ...
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  • B'Mark 8 years ago

    God punish you for defending that criminal. Mahama. You will one day vomit all the money from this contract.

  • Akans Prophecies 8 years ago

    THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT IN GHANA. THE ADMINISTRATION OF GHANA SINCE PRES ATTA MILLS IS REPLACED BY MEGA THIEVES FOR THE SCRAMBLES OF FORTUNES THEY HUSTLED TO RELIASED THEIR EVILISH FORTUNES FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THEIR OCCU ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    It is only when you decides to close your eyes on certain that makes u conclude differently in life. Upon all the developmental project executed by the president we still fine problems just because there is no money in the sy ...
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  • Tony 8 years ago

    This man have said it all, a word to a wise, CLS ( create loot & share)MUST STOP

  • vdf 8 years ago

    WE WILL VOTE NDC OUT DKM AND REVOKED 70 MICROFINANCES PLS LETS DO THIS FOR OUR FUTURE . IN FACT PRES MAHAMA HAVE FAILED US PARTICULAR WE THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTHERN REGION. OUR SUFFERING WILL NEVER END UNTILL WE GET OUR MONER ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    The issue with DKM, the president has come out to testify that he had no hand in the transaction. after-all if the people could have investigated well and knew the sort of micro finance they were dealing, they would have thou ...
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  • Attu zongo 8 years ago

    He can't oo he can't.
    Incorruptible and God fearing Ghanaians just drop mahama ( J.D.M ) for Nana ADDO and Bawumia plus NPP with 77 % hands down victory so that corruption and incompetence can be arrested and jail at gambag ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    Corruption started way back in Dr Nkrumah regime leading the country to go into bankrupt. The money was used for developmental project such as the Akosombo Dam to generate power to the various business in the country. Corrupt ...
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  • Oboy Danny 8 years ago

    Thief to arrest thieves? Hahahahaha. How can this be? May b a different govt may do something. but mahama l am sorry

  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    I issued directives in March this year to Ministers and Heads of Public Sector Institutions to implement NACAP in particular, as well as take other measures to prevent corruption in their institutions and report on them to CH ...
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  • inercycl 8 years ago

    The umpire is also a serious player!

  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    President Mahama is not the cause of corruption but its we the citizen of Ghana. we need to change our attitude towards corruption; it is a national call and responsibility and not government and president alone. We need to h ...
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  • B'Mark 8 years ago

    You are bastard paid writer on this issue.

  • Jahloo 8 years ago

    Yes is true , even in SAMARTEX TIMBER company at Samreboi in the western region, they have handle the company for twenty one years now and due to their big cheating by GM & Board of directors, they don't want to pay for ou ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    Government has been concerned about the lack of an Office to manage assets recovered from corruption and other criminal activities in the country and has been exploring ways to set up an office for that purpose.
    With regards ...
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  • NYANTAKYI BOATENG. ASSIN SOUTH 8 years ago

    FIGHTING CORRUPTION SHOULD NOT BEEN SEEN AS ONE MAN SHOW.IF OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE BETTER THAN TODAY THEN ALL STAKE HOLDERS MUST COME TOGETHER FOR ITS FIGHT. I THINK THE BELOW BE FORMED AS SUCH. GOVERNMENT:POLITICIANS ' TRADITI ...
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  • Ben 8 years ago

    If you have a President who is corrupt himself what action do you then expect from him? He has equally soiled both hands and so he doesn't have any moral right to prosecute anyone.

  • Banza Yaro 8 years ago

    The only time I can score 100% for Mahama is, his faultless ability to steal and hide all the keys to the jail houses where possible corrupt officials could and should be serving time. The man is protecting and encouraging an ...
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  • Kind 8 years ago

    OYEWA,, CORRUPTION GOVT MAHAMA AND HIS NDC LOOT AND SHARE PARTY YOU HEAR THE ADVICE FROM UK MINISTER? SHAME YOUR TIME IS UP BIG CHANGE IS COMING SOON NDC WILL GO AMEN AMEN AMEN.

  • Kalabuley 8 years ago

    Mahama should check the ministry of land natural resources and Lands commission the massive conniving of the way contracts are given out to friends and cronies at the at the technocratic level from the past four years .

  • AMINA 8 years ago

    Soon Kofi Adams will brand this minister as NPP sympathiser even though he is speaking sense to us. Wayome is walking free, SADA Looters are walking free, and a host others are still robbing Ghana and our President doesn't bo ...
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  • BRIGHT 8 years ago

    IT IS TRUE. THE GOVERNMENT PLAY LESS OR NO SERIOUSNESS IN FIGHTING IT. IT'S A BIG HEADACHE IN GHANA. THE GOVERNMENT ONLT THINK OF WINNING VOTES BUT NOT INSTITUTING POLICIES TO HELP BUILD THE FUTURE.

  • jamaica 8 years ago

    The prez. is himself very corrupt. He wears innocent face but within him is a bad leader. Change we need period

  • rahman 8 years ago

    Very good advice to presdt mahama

  • THE CRUSADER 8 years ago

    You are right they wear corruption and propagada as skirt and blouse disgraceful hypocrates Hollyghost fire burn you all who have contaminated Ghana animguasefoo akromfoo Onyame ntua moka

  • Ben 8 years ago

    Do I have that moral right to tell my son not to smoke when am a chain smoker myself?

  • Akwasi Nyame Adom 8 years ago

    Mahama is the most corrupt President in the history of this nation. He is surrounded by his criminal crooks in NDC. They are even prepared to kill their fellow Ghanaians to keep themselves in power. They've just forggotten th ...
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  • Ekow Samuel!. 8 years ago

    They must to eliminate the corruption and the crime and we do not need and to matain the peace in oman ghana, God bless you!.And oman ghana.

  • JH. New York 8 years ago

    Thank you,Hon British MP!

  • Kwasi USA 8 years ago

    James forget about it.this useless president will never fight against corruption because he is corruption in chief....he feeling his dirty pocket.

  • power 8 years ago

    You are going to be insult

  • Idrissu Nava- pio. 8 years ago

    The president himself is neck deep in this evil canker. All the ministers and appointees are equally rotten. The judiciary not exempted. Corruption everywhere. Ghana is bleeding badly.

  • give us a break 8 years ago

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOICE.

  • i dont know 8 years ago

    Mr. honourable this government is a corrupt bastard and he cannot prosecute any one who is as corrupt as he is. this is due to fear of exposing him and his cabinet.

  • Marquis 8 years ago

    UK Minister corruption in Ghana? What about your PM David Cameron and his father from the Panama Papers?