It doesn't pay to be sacarstic.What's the big deal if u like America car and the President doesn't. I live in the States but I don't like America cars. Elizabeth Ohene get something better to write about and stop the cheap sh ... read full comment
It doesn't pay to be sacarstic.What's the big deal if u like America car and the President doesn't. I live in the States but I don't like America cars. Elizabeth Ohene get something better to write about and stop the cheap shots.
ndc 7 years ago
I think u re also not serious. de president has taken bribe and it's very serious. advise him to stop taking bribes
I think u re also not serious. de president has taken bribe and it's very serious. advise him to stop taking bribes
Kayanka 7 years ago
The president can call himself a "dead goat", but when it comes to "commercial/product endorsement", he has to pause and think deep and not belch all over competing products!!
The president can call himself a "dead goat", but when it comes to "commercial/product endorsement", he has to pause and think deep and not belch all over competing products!!
Johnson Adjei 7 years ago
Who does not know Elizabeth Ohene
she was Editor of Daily Graphic during JJ's time in Ghana. Please just get off and lets think. Ford Expedition is no big deal in America, only in third world country people cry over cars. He ... read full comment
Who does not know Elizabeth Ohene
she was Editor of Daily Graphic during JJ's time in Ghana. Please just get off and lets think. Ford Expedition is no big deal in America, only in third world country people cry over cars. Here in America you can own any car provided you pay your car note every month.
Rastafara"I" 7 years ago
He just repeats cliches....what he said was 1960ish
He just repeats cliches....what he said was 1960ish
Kwesi 7 years ago
It is well known that John Agyekum Kufuor was a mentor of yours in whose Govt you played a significant role.
Then you saw nothing wrong with Kufuor's rejection of Chrysler vehicles as part of his retirement package. Be remi ... read full comment
It is well known that John Agyekum Kufuor was a mentor of yours in whose Govt you played a significant role.
Then you saw nothing wrong with Kufuor's rejection of Chrysler vehicles as part of his retirement package. Be reminded, in case you've forgotten (or wished that we had forgotten) that Kufuor on his way out of office deemed Chrysler cars beneath his status as an expresident, preferring custom-made BMW 7 series cars.
Elizabeth, if your boss Kufuor is granted a right to state his preference for BMWs over American-made Chryslers which he deemed inferior, why is Mahama to be denied his preference for Japanese cars?
Please concentrate on helping your party win the next election rather than this pathetic hatchet job designed to paint President Mahama negatively.
Marcus Chris Lawson 7 years ago
This sarcastic write up does not amuse some of us in anyway . Elizabeth could have written something much worthy of enriching the thoughts and minds of independent thinking Ghanaian
Who says journalists are above taking side ... read full comment
This sarcastic write up does not amuse some of us in anyway . Elizabeth could have written something much worthy of enriching the thoughts and minds of independent thinking Ghanaian
Who says journalists are above taking sides with political parties.
How did he get to the NPP,? Of course she flirted with the camp whilst writing down on the PNDC
Who cares if she likes American cars though
Get a life, woman
Shomto 7 years ago
So who are you. Are you more than the president.shot up.....
So who are you. Are you more than the president.shot up.....
CHICKEN GEORGE. 7 years ago
Thank you soo much Madam! lets not get into the bribery allegations even yet. lets focus on the critical questions the President needs to answer first!!!
Thank you soo much Madam! lets not get into the bribery allegations even yet. lets focus on the critical questions the President needs to answer first!!!
joeboat 7 years ago
I like the way this lady writes.We should not be partisan in our understanding of this beautiful piece.We should make our leaders much more responsible than they have been AND ONE WAY OF DOING IT IS TO MAKE THEM ACCOUNT FOR E ... read full comment
I like the way this lady writes.We should not be partisan in our understanding of this beautiful piece.We should make our leaders much more responsible than they have been AND ONE WAY OF DOING IT IS TO MAKE THEM ACCOUNT FOR EVERY GIFT THEY GET.The question is where is the vehicle and why is it that there appears to be no record of it in the nation vehicle registration data?Is the first citizen above the law?
Sam 7 years ago
That was really a great peace of work!
Keep it up!
That was really a great peace of work!
Keep it up!
Alhassan Yussif 7 years ago
John mahama is a bad leader .He is corrupt and very incompetent.Arise for change
John mahama is a bad leader .He is corrupt and very incompetent.Arise for change
Katakyie 7 years ago
Does John Mahama appreciate the gravity of the problem regarding the gift of Ford car to no less a person than the president of a nation. That he will dismiss it with a stupid comment like that tells me how irresponsible. Re ... read full comment
Does John Mahama appreciate the gravity of the problem regarding the gift of Ford car to no less a person than the president of a nation. That he will dismiss it with a stupid comment like that tells me how irresponsible. Remember his comment about being a dead goat ? This is man who has no shame and does not think through what he says. He reminds me of the village idiot who does not care how his actions impact his standing and respect in the community. For a man who is in charge of the whole resources of a nation to stoop so low as to accept a car gift tells me he has no class and would provide anything in exchange for favors at the least beckoning . Never in the history of a nation has a man display such " crass stupidity" as to betray the very office that he has sworn to uphold. . SHame on you !!!!!
Katakyie 7 years ago
This is a well written article that captures the saga of this Ford gift.
This is a well written article that captures the saga of this Ford gift.
fred Williams 7 years ago
I love you madam!Beautiful article.
Yes the toyata cars driven at the presidency are well fitted to the specifications of the USA. You are wonderful!
Moreover $100,000 ford expedition could stand any Japanese toyota even a ... read full comment
I love you madam!Beautiful article.
Yes the toyata cars driven at the presidency are well fitted to the specifications of the USA. You are wonderful!
Moreover $100,000 ford expedition could stand any Japanese toyota even a German mercedes. I know this for a fact!
fred Williams 7 years ago
He'd prefer goat meat to American cars if asked now! thief
He'd prefer goat meat to American cars if asked now! thief
kofi mensah usa 7 years ago
america cars are great qualities reliable and durable
america cars are great qualities reliable and durable
Adanko,LA 7 years ago
Which part of the US do you live. dumb ass.
Which part of the US do you live. dumb ass.
oh boye 7 years ago
VILLAGERS THOUGHT TOYOTA IS THE BEST . AMERICA WAS FIRST TO MANUFACTURE CARS ON PLANET BEFORE JAPANESE . WE HAS 60 YEARS AMERICAN CARS STILL ON ROAD .
VILLAGERS THOUGHT TOYOTA IS THE BEST . AMERICA WAS FIRST TO MANUFACTURE CARS ON PLANET BEFORE JAPANESE . WE HAS 60 YEARS AMERICAN CARS STILL ON ROAD .
oh boye 7 years ago
THIRD WORLD COUNTRY LIKE GHANA THOUGHT THEY KNOW .
THIRD WORLD COUNTRY LIKE GHANA THOUGHT THEY KNOW .
edjwa 7 years ago
we don't care what mahama says or do
we don't care what mahama says or do
Theghanaian 7 years ago
You may be proud of your American Ford escape, but someone may not like it, what's wrong with that. The president never condemned American automobiles, but just that he doesn't like those American cars. If you have an axe to ... read full comment
You may be proud of your American Ford escape, but someone may not like it, what's wrong with that. The president never condemned American automobiles, but just that he doesn't like those American cars. If you have an axe to grind with him please don't use the car story as a means to.
Honestly, I'm petrified by the attitude of Elizabeth. She is and still is one of those Ghanaian journalists I call JOURNALISTS, not what we have now.
Lizzy this is "off color"
Kantata 7 years ago
The Prez said: "I don't like American cars", period.
He did not say he didn't like "Ford Expeditions".
So what's this fool-soldier nonsense?
The Prez said: "I don't like American cars", period.
He did not say he didn't like "Ford Expeditions".
So what's this fool-soldier nonsense?
Kwadwo 7 years ago
Mahama was simply caught for taken a bribe and his response is simply I don't like the form of the bribe but I took it. Omg, he is not that smart and shallow.
Mahama was simply caught for taken a bribe and his response is simply I don't like the form of the bribe but I took it. Omg, he is not that smart and shallow.
Ken 7 years ago
Even prostitute have a say in journalism to criticize the president unjustly, because of human rights.Ghana politicians na wa o.
Even prostitute have a say in journalism to criticize the president unjustly, because of human rights.Ghana politicians na wa o.
KOKOTII 7 years ago
Who cares what you drive?
Ford Escape is a peace of S#$@t anyways
F-Ford
O-on
R-Road
D-Dead
Just shut up and drive your mess.
The president is expressing his preference of motor Vehicles
Take your old journalism somew ... read full comment
Who cares what you drive?
Ford Escape is a peace of S#$@t anyways
F-Ford
O-on
R-Road
D-Dead
Just shut up and drive your mess.
The president is expressing his preference of motor Vehicles
Take your old journalism somewhere
Adanko,LA 7 years ago
It's actually F-found O-on R- road D-dead.
It's actually F-found O-on R- road D-dead.
Kutsii 7 years ago
Go way u over there, damn old witch. Has Elizabeth Ohene also become a scavenger? Let sleeping dogs lie. I hate coffins, and a walking coffin in the person of Akufo Addo scares me.
Elizabeth Ohene should join me to help G ... read full comment
Go way u over there, damn old witch. Has Elizabeth Ohene also become a scavenger? Let sleeping dogs lie. I hate coffins, and a walking coffin in the person of Akufo Addo scares me.
Elizabeth Ohene should join me to help Ghana avoid another presidential funeral. Pensioneer Akufo Addo nose oozes CONDENSED MILK in public and He sleeps by heart in public basabsa.
Mahama All the way.
kWAME AMO 7 years ago
I fell in love with the work of this illustrious lady from Ghana as a young JSS pupil growing up in a village somewhere in BA as a devoted BBC world service forecast on Africa listener from the 90s. I continue to follow this ... read full comment
I fell in love with the work of this illustrious lady from Ghana as a young JSS pupil growing up in a village somewhere in BA as a devoted BBC world service forecast on Africa listener from the 90s. I continue to follow this great lady by reading her insightful works particularly those published on the BBC website. I will like to urge you guys to treat this lady with respect and not attack her personality she is best international Ghanaian journalist ever.
Kongfumasters 7 years ago
Shit piece ! U call urself a journalist ? Shit , a complete scrapped
Shit piece ! U call urself a journalist ? Shit , a complete scrapped
kakraba 7 years ago
What if Obama said publicly he prefers Ivory Coast's COCOA to Ghana? the USD577m grant from the US funded the N1 Highway. There's another compact currently to be received; both under the Millennium Development Authority. You ... read full comment
What if Obama said publicly he prefers Ivory Coast's COCOA to Ghana? the USD577m grant from the US funded the N1 Highway. There's another compact currently to be received; both under the Millennium Development Authority. You think the Americans will be happy at such a pronouncement? A cheap cheap loose-talking president...
jacob 7 years ago
This time round, u have hit below d belt. It is absolutely unnecessary to waste ur time writing on this subject. What will u achieve at all by creating animosity between our president and America. We Africans should be posit ... read full comment
This time round, u have hit below d belt. It is absolutely unnecessary to waste ur time writing on this subject. What will u achieve at all by creating animosity between our president and America. We Africans should be positive about ourselves, leaders and interests. To be honest I read alot of ur articles but this time round I a highly disappointed. Think of positive minded subjects to write. Thank u
Elizabeth 7 years ago
Stupid girl
Stupid girl
Poise 7 years ago
Everytime I read articles on Ghanaweb, I become more aware of how hopeless Ghana's plight remains. What the politicians focus on, what the reporters write, what the majotity of the citizenry deem worthwhile and important, it ... read full comment
Everytime I read articles on Ghanaweb, I become more aware of how hopeless Ghana's plight remains. What the politicians focus on, what the reporters write, what the majotity of the citizenry deem worthwhile and important, it all is so depressing and pedestrian. Increasingy, retirement to a South American country, rather than Ghana, makes so much more sense. Like they say, when you lie down with dogs you pick up fleas. Asem! Soooo sad.
Kwapps 7 years ago
She writes: "...if this is the type of riposte our President could come up with when accusations of serious misconduct have been levelled against him, then we should worry about how he performs on our behalf in serious negoti ... read full comment
She writes: "...if this is the type of riposte our President could come up with when accusations of serious misconduct have been levelled against him, then we should worry about how he performs on our behalf in serious negotiations." This is the passage that did it for me. Think about it.
Mohammed A Abdulsamed 7 years ago
MADAM LIZZY , YOU ARE RIGHT TO PROFESS YOUR TASTE, AS PRESIDENT MAHAMA AND ANY OTHER GHANAIAN . BUT THE "TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH" IS THAT, IF YOU ARE TO "COUNT CARS ON AMERICA ROADS" NOW, YOU WILL BE "SHOCKED TO THE S ... read full comment
MADAM LIZZY , YOU ARE RIGHT TO PROFESS YOUR TASTE, AS PRESIDENT MAHAMA AND ANY OTHER GHANAIAN . BUT THE "TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH" IS THAT, IF YOU ARE TO "COUNT CARS ON AMERICA ROADS" NOW, YOU WILL BE "SHOCKED TO THE SPINE" TO SEE THAT EVEN "AMERICANS" PREFER "JAPANESE CARS" . MISS ,OR,MRS. OHENE , GONE ARE THE "OLD-DAYS" ,WHEN "GHANAIANS" WERE "FOOLISHLY BRAINWASHED" BY THE "IMPERIALIST" TO "LABEL EVERYTHING JAPANESE AS FAKE" . SO MADAM OHENE, REST ASSURED, YOUR LIKE FOR "FORD" WILL NEITHER CHANGE "AMERICANS" LIKE FOR "JAPANESE CARS" NOR "GHANAIANS" . IN THIS "MODERN ERA" , (JAPAN) DOESN'T MEAN (JOHN THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA) , BUT "RATHER" IT MEANS "QUALITY ROUND THE WORLD" . EVERYTHING "JAPAN" NOW, IS THE "BEST" IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU MADAM LIZZY .
Freddie 7 years ago
Ohene you can be driving a China made car, who cares.
Ohene you can be driving a China made car, who cares.
It doesn't pay to be sacarstic.What's the big deal if u like America car and the President doesn't. I live in the States but I don't like America cars. Elizabeth Ohene get something better to write about and stop the cheap sh ...
read full comment
I think u re also not serious. de president has taken bribe and it's very serious. advise him to stop taking bribes
The president can call himself a "dead goat", but when it comes to "commercial/product endorsement", he has to pause and think deep and not belch all over competing products!!
Who does not know Elizabeth Ohene
she was Editor of Daily Graphic during JJ's time in Ghana. Please just get off and lets think. Ford Expedition is no big deal in America, only in third world country people cry over cars. He ...
read full comment
He just repeats cliches....what he said was 1960ish
It is well known that John Agyekum Kufuor was a mentor of yours in whose Govt you played a significant role.
Then you saw nothing wrong with Kufuor's rejection of Chrysler vehicles as part of his retirement package. Be remi ...
read full comment
This sarcastic write up does not amuse some of us in anyway . Elizabeth could have written something much worthy of enriching the thoughts and minds of independent thinking Ghanaian
Who says journalists are above taking side ...
read full comment
So who are you. Are you more than the president.shot up.....
Thank you soo much Madam! lets not get into the bribery allegations even yet. lets focus on the critical questions the President needs to answer first!!!
I like the way this lady writes.We should not be partisan in our understanding of this beautiful piece.We should make our leaders much more responsible than they have been AND ONE WAY OF DOING IT IS TO MAKE THEM ACCOUNT FOR E ...
read full comment
That was really a great peace of work!
Keep it up!
John mahama is a bad leader .He is corrupt and very incompetent.Arise for change
Does John Mahama appreciate the gravity of the problem regarding the gift of Ford car to no less a person than the president of a nation. That he will dismiss it with a stupid comment like that tells me how irresponsible. Re ...
read full comment
This is a well written article that captures the saga of this Ford gift.
I love you madam!Beautiful article.
Yes the toyata cars driven at the presidency are well fitted to the specifications of the USA. You are wonderful!
Moreover $100,000 ford expedition could stand any Japanese toyota even a ...
read full comment
He'd prefer goat meat to American cars if asked now! thief
america cars are great qualities reliable and durable
Which part of the US do you live. dumb ass.
VILLAGERS THOUGHT TOYOTA IS THE BEST . AMERICA WAS FIRST TO MANUFACTURE CARS ON PLANET BEFORE JAPANESE . WE HAS 60 YEARS AMERICAN CARS STILL ON ROAD .
THIRD WORLD COUNTRY LIKE GHANA THOUGHT THEY KNOW .
we don't care what mahama says or do
You may be proud of your American Ford escape, but someone may not like it, what's wrong with that. The president never condemned American automobiles, but just that he doesn't like those American cars. If you have an axe to ...
read full comment
The Prez said: "I don't like American cars", period.
He did not say he didn't like "Ford Expeditions".
So what's this fool-soldier nonsense?
Mahama was simply caught for taken a bribe and his response is simply I don't like the form of the bribe but I took it. Omg, he is not that smart and shallow.
Even prostitute have a say in journalism to criticize the president unjustly, because of human rights.Ghana politicians na wa o.
Who cares what you drive?
Ford Escape is a peace of S#$@t anyways
F-Ford
O-on
R-Road
D-Dead
Just shut up and drive your mess.
The president is expressing his preference of motor Vehicles
Take your old journalism somew ...
read full comment
It's actually F-found O-on R- road D-dead.
Go way u over there, damn old witch. Has Elizabeth Ohene also become a scavenger? Let sleeping dogs lie. I hate coffins, and a walking coffin in the person of Akufo Addo scares me.
Elizabeth Ohene should join me to help G ...
read full comment
I fell in love with the work of this illustrious lady from Ghana as a young JSS pupil growing up in a village somewhere in BA as a devoted BBC world service forecast on Africa listener from the 90s. I continue to follow this ...
read full comment
Shit piece ! U call urself a journalist ? Shit , a complete scrapped
What if Obama said publicly he prefers Ivory Coast's COCOA to Ghana? the USD577m grant from the US funded the N1 Highway. There's another compact currently to be received; both under the Millennium Development Authority. You ...
read full comment
This time round, u have hit below d belt. It is absolutely unnecessary to waste ur time writing on this subject. What will u achieve at all by creating animosity between our president and America. We Africans should be posit ...
read full comment
Stupid girl
Everytime I read articles on Ghanaweb, I become more aware of how hopeless Ghana's plight remains. What the politicians focus on, what the reporters write, what the majotity of the citizenry deem worthwhile and important, it ...
read full comment
She writes: "...if this is the type of riposte our President could come up with when accusations of serious misconduct have been levelled against him, then we should worry about how he performs on our behalf in serious negoti ...
read full comment
MADAM LIZZY , YOU ARE RIGHT TO PROFESS YOUR TASTE, AS PRESIDENT MAHAMA AND ANY OTHER GHANAIAN . BUT THE "TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH" IS THAT, IF YOU ARE TO "COUNT CARS ON AMERICA ROADS" NOW, YOU WILL BE "SHOCKED TO THE S ...
read full comment
Ohene you can be driving a China made car, who cares.