Pay more for power to save the industry - Alhaji Sorogho

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ivy 9 years ago

FACTS ARE FACTS

FACTS ARE FACTS
ofori Kodjo 9 years ago

WE WANT TO BE DEVELOPED SO SHALL WE BE READY TO PAY A HIGHER PRICE;
GO HARD TODAY FOR A BETTER GHANA TOMORROW:

WE WANT TO BE DEVELOPED SO SHALL WE BE READY TO PAY A HIGHER PRICE;
GO HARD TODAY FOR A BETTER GHANA TOMORROW:
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

AUTHOR : DR TRUTH --------WAS THE WALL AT THE SMALL GHANA MISSION COMPOUND LIKE 'THE WALL OF JERICHO? WAS IT BUILT WITH GOLD AND ADORN WITH DAIMONDS OR WHAT ? NOT EVEN WALL BUILT FOR UNITED STATES MISSIONS IN GHANA AND BURKIN ...
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AUTHOR : DR TRUTH --------WAS THE WALL AT THE SMALL GHANA MISSION COMPOUND LIKE 'THE WALL OF JERICHO? WAS IT BUILT WITH GOLD AND ADORN WITH DAIMONDS OR WHAT ? NOT EVEN WALL BUILT FOR UNITED STATES MISSIONS IN GHANA AND BURKINA COMBINED COST $650,000. THIS IS TSOBO CORRUPTION OH! NDC!!!!!
facts 9 years ago

The easiest and nearest solutions are not the best. Sologho should do more reasoning to worth his salt. We all do not have the opportunity he has, some of us are even unemployed graduates.

The easiest and nearest solutions are not the best. Sologho should do more reasoning to worth his salt. We all do not have the opportunity he has, some of us are even unemployed graduates.
Onye mahama 9 years ago

Idiot continue to put hardship and they will rob and kill u idiot...my even wish to be called a Ghanaian anymore full of idiot like u

Idiot continue to put hardship and they will rob and kill u idiot...my even wish to be called a Ghanaian anymore full of idiot like u
ivy 9 years ago

correction

correction
osei Tawiah 9 years ago

GHANAIANS ARE LAZY AND WHAT EVERYTHING FROM THE GOVT FOR FREEE

GHANAIANS ARE LAZY AND WHAT EVERYTHING FROM THE GOVT FOR FREEE
Grow up 9 years ago

Ghanaians are not lazy.. It all about numbers Osie or whatever you call yourself. When one is paid Gh500 and the expectation is for this person to use that money to feed his household, pay school fees and utility etc. How do ...
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Ghanaians are not lazy.. It all about numbers Osie or whatever you call yourself. When one is paid Gh500 and the expectation is for this person to use that money to feed his household, pay school fees and utility etc. How do you expect people to make ends meet. The Minister saying this used to be in that same position. He could not afford it until he started looting the state money.. Now he has the brains to ask minimum wage employees to pay more.. where is the money coming from.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:- kk.....
Is only people who have no vision would say this type of things. Is rather NDC party which is confused and full of liars. You better think before you talk. Enough with all these bragging NDC and fix "dumsor" ...
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Author:- kk.....
Is only people who have no vision would say this type of things. Is rather NDC party which is confused and full of liars. You better think before you talk. Enough with all these bragging NDC and fix "dumsor". Is a disgrace to Ghana in this 21st Century to live in darkness because it has no stable eletricity. Shame NDC.
GITMO6 9 years ago

You expect Ghanaians to suffer for your incompetence

You expect Ghanaians to suffer for your incompetence

aikins 9 years ago

Is paying the more for power going to save industry after 4 years dumsor where almost all the industries has collapsed already ? And he call himself law maker, no wonder our dear nation is retrogressing day in and day out ...
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Is paying the more for power going to save industry after 4 years dumsor where almost all the industries has collapsed already ? And he call himself law maker, no wonder our dear nation is retrogressing day in and day out under mahama.
Nana Kwaku,Madina 9 years ago

When you keep on voting for nonentities to lead you this what you get,how come Cote D'ivoire firms are paying less for power than Gh.Readers shd research about the background of Sorogho Amadu & they would understand what I am ...
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When you keep on voting for nonentities to lead you this what you get,how come Cote D'ivoire firms are paying less for power than Gh.Readers shd research about the background of Sorogho Amadu & they would understand what I am saying.
@VOTE MAHAMAH OUT.COM. 9 years ago

VOTE THESE IDIOTS OUT BEFORE THEY KILL YOU ALL WITH THEIR STUPID INCREAMENT AND LOOTING THAT HAVE CRIPPLED THE ECONOMY OF THIS COUNTRY.VOTE MAHAMAH OUT PERIOD.

VOTE THESE IDIOTS OUT BEFORE THEY KILL YOU ALL WITH THEIR STUPID INCREAMENT AND LOOTING THAT HAVE CRIPPLED THE ECONOMY OF THIS COUNTRY.VOTE MAHAMAH OUT PERIOD.
J.Opoku 9 years ago

We are not paying for the electricity bills which seems not to be realistic. We are paying for the corruption and the shared looting of Woyome and the numerous fraudulent deals in high places in the country.

We are not paying for the electricity bills which seems not to be realistic. We are paying for the corruption and the shared looting of Woyome and the numerous fraudulent deals in high places in the country.
GHANAVIA 9 years ago

NDC government, please eliminate the waste and inefficiencies in the system and make utility bills reasonable and affordable for Ghanaians.

NDC government, please eliminate the waste and inefficiencies in the system and make utility bills reasonable and affordable for Ghanaians.
BED 9 years ago

INCREASE THE PRICES

INCREASE THE PRICES
EBEI !!! 9 years ago

How much more must we pay for your corruption and incompetence ? How much more? We are dying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How much more must we pay for your corruption and incompetence ? How much more? We are dying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bayor David ,Kumasi 9 years ago

The MP shd give us a break because at the moment there is no subsidy for domestic electricity consumers . He shld ask his govt the last time they paid subsidy even for those below the lifeline.

The MP shd give us a break because at the moment there is no subsidy for domestic electricity consumers . He shld ask his govt the last time they paid subsidy even for those below the lifeline.
Ghana must know. 9 years ago

What has happened to the better Ghana agenda you promised Ghanaians?. When criminally minded politicians find their way into government, all they do is to CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE. After the unprecedented borrowing, unpreceden ...
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What has happened to the better Ghana agenda you promised Ghanaians?. When criminally minded politicians find their way into government, all they do is to CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE. After the unprecedented borrowing, unprecedented taxes plus oil revenues Ghanaians are still suffering under John Mahama and his incompetent thieves. How much is our debt now?. You inherited middle income economy why are we back to the IMF. WAKE UP GHANAIANS AND VOTE THIS USELESS JOHN MAHAMA 'S INCOMPETENT NDC GOVERNMENT OUT .
Kaleleawo 9 years ago

That the poor should support the rich capitalist industries? Absolute nonsense!!!!!!!!!!. Dead goat, the soldiers and the idiotic small boy ministers should also begin to pay.

That the poor should support the rich capitalist industries? Absolute nonsense!!!!!!!!!!. Dead goat, the soldiers and the idiotic small boy ministers should also begin to pay.

OFOSUAA 9 years ago

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that President John Dramani Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama, have a hand in the murky $510 million dollar Ameri Power deal believed to have been inflated by governme ...
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The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that President John Dramani Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama, have a hand in the murky $510 million dollar Ameri Power deal believed to have been inflated by government.

The party in a statement issued on Monday, cited ten reasons why there must be an “immediate, open, public, bipartisan and parliamentary enquiry into the $593 million agreement.”

Government on the other hand has explained the deal cost $510 million.

Critical questions have been raised about the deal after two journalists working for VG; a Norwegian Newspaper blew the lid on some details of the contract between Ghana’s Power Minister and Ameri Power.

Below is the NPP’s full statement

Following on from the damning revelations from the two Norwegian investigative journalists on President John Mahama’s NDC government’s alleged fraudulent deal on 10 power turbines from Ameri Group of Dubai, and its rather weak, contradictory and porous response this morning, it is now evident that an urgent, immediate open public inquiry by Parliament, through a bipartisan committee, into details of the deal is urgently required.

In February this year, the NDC Government entered into a Built, Operate, Own and Transfer agreement with Ameri Energy of Dubai for the supply of 10 turbines with 230-250MW capacity of power. The total cost of the deal to Ghanaian taxpayers for the five-year period will be US$593 million, comprising of the $510 million direct cost plus a “variable charge” of $83 million ($16.6 million x 5 years). This is 16.3 per cent of the total cost of the project. Normally, a variable charge never exceeds 2 per cent of the total cost of any contract of this nature. So what explains this astronomical mark up?

These 10 GE turbines, according to industry experts, go for a total basic cost of some $220 million. This, naturally, has raised questions over the justification for the additional whopping $360 million.

The investigations, done by the two foreign journalists, first of all, confirm several suspicions raised by local observers, surrounding this deal, as well as raise questions that have not, and will not be answered by the President’s agents merely issuing statements and press releases. It calls for an open, bipartisan full-scale enquiry into it.
For clarity, let us summarize some of the issues:

1. Two of the companies connected to this transaction are also closely connected to President John Mahama. These are Engineers & Planners, owned by the President’s brother, and entrepreneur, Ibrahim Mahama. In fact, President John Mahama was at one time a director of Engineers & Planners. The other firm, Amandi Construction, which has also generously benefitted from government contracts and its executives are very close to the President, is a sister company to STL, the controversial firm that is a contractor to both the Electoral Commission and the National Health Insurance Authority regarding the biometric register of both institutions. The involvement of these two firms in a deal that is reportedly inflated to the tune of some US$360 million is a serious cause for concern, adding to the worrying matter of how the cost of corruption is sinking our nation under this NDC Government.

2. The NDC Government has come out to deny the key financial details of the transaction, but evidence from the contract before Parliament, especially the key annexures (Annexes ‘G’ & ‘C’), clearly contradicts the NDC Government’s position. In fact the contract suggests that together with the specific, quoted costs, other contingent costs will lead to a total outlay far in excess of US$1 Billion. This is a worrying matter, given the precarious position of Ghana’s finances, including a near GHS100 billion public debt.

3. The structure of the deal is itself troubling. President John Mahama’s government also has a working relationship with GE, the global American conglomerate from whom the plants were acquired. GE is also working in the energy sector to supply electric power. Why did the Ghana government choose to enter into an arrangement that would cost us, in specified terms, some 130% more (and potentially, if contingent liabilities fall due, cost five times more what it would have been if we purchased the plants outright)? Why go through an inexperienced middle company?

4. Why did the deal go through Ameri Group, which appears to have been created shortly before this deal? Who are the real people, Ghanaian contacts, behind this Ameri deal? This question is legitimate because Ameri came from nowhere to be handed this lucrative deal on a ‘golden’ platter.

5. Amund Bakke, the Editor of the Norwegian paper which broke the story, VG, contradicted the statement from the Minister of Energy this morning that the alleged Norwegian fugitive, Umar Farooq Zahoor, was not connected to Ameri and was merely a witness, who signed the agreement. Mr Bakke insists Mr Umar Zahoor was the CEO of Ameri at the time the deal was signed earlier this year and that the Minister is on tape, admitting to same when he was interviewed by the two Norwegian journalists last October. When was Mr Umar Farooq Zahoor removed from Ameri as CEO of Ameri Energy?

6. We also want the NDC Government to come clean on the involvement of US Company, APR Energy on this project. Our information is that, APR Energy, which former US Secretary of State, Magdelene Albright and financier, George Soros, reportedly have controlling shares in, won the bid for the 10 GE turbines in Ghana. It appears, for some reason yet to be explained, that deal was frustrated and handed to Ameri Energy without any competitive tender.

7. In the President’s own State of the Nation Address this year, given on 26th February, 2015, he stated that, “Guarantees are currently being agreed for the following: Karpower ship (Turkey) 450MW, APR (UAE) 250MW, GE 300MW.” Whiles making this statement to the Ghanaian people before Parliament, the President was fully aware that the contract with Ameri Energy had been signed on 10th February, 2015, 16 days earlier. So why did he give the impression that some Dubai-based APR was the company contracted to provide the 10 turbines? Was Ameri Power or Ameri Energy created to deceive the procurement process that it was still APR (US) that Government was dealing with?

8. Why did Government take out the Florida-based APR Energy, with years of experience in the business, offering a far cheaper option, to bring in Ameri Energy, which had no experience in the field? Was it all to make hundreds of millions dollars of unconscionable windfall on the back of the needless Dumsor misery visited on suffering Ghanaians in the past four years?

9. This is because we have been made aware that Ameri has effectively sold the entire operational aspects of the contract to Metka, to be the operator of the five-year BOOT project between Ameri Energy and the Government of Ghana. Indeed, the terms of agreement paved way for exactly that to happen. The contract is worth $350 million to Metka, which will undertake the entire project, including the procurement of the 10 turbines and the management of the plant. Government should explain to us, does this mean that for being the needless agent, Ameri Energy simply walked away with at least $160 million or possibly $240 million, if you add the peculiar $16.6 million per annum “Variable Charge” slapped on top of the contract for five years.

10. Our final question for now, there is actually a company based in China and Pakistan called Ameri Energy Group (www.amerienergygroup.com) which has been in operations since 2005. It has no links with Ameri Energy, which is also linked to Ameri Group, both in Dubai. Could this be a case of passing off created by a person allegedly wanted for multi-million Euro fraud in Europe?

We have reason to believe that the public information available on this Ameri deal is significantly more in what it covers than it reveals, especially the key players behind the deal, the extremely high costs of acquisition, how much the government has paid in cash, guarantees and escrowed amounts and other issues.

This murky, and allegedly fraudulent deal has come at a time when Ghanaians have suffered four years of power outages that have collapsed businesses and added to the growing unemployment and desperation of Ghanaians. It has come at a time, today, Monday, 14th December, when Ghanaians are being demanded to pay a 60% price increase in the cost of electricity to their homes and businesses.

This “Ameri Christmas” gift is probably the straw which will break the back of the camel, regarding the incompetence and corruption of this NDC Government. We, the New Patriotic Party, are extremely concerned about the reckless and wicked manner that the affairs of our country are being conducted under President John Mahama and his NDC Government.

On these and other burning questions requiring answers, we of the New Patriotic Party are convinced and feel obliged to demand, on behalf of the people of Ghana, an immediate and public inquiry into the Ameri Group deal. Nothing below this will satisfy Ghanaians as to the propriety of this deal.

…Signed…

Freddy Blay
(Ag. National Chairman)
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OFOSUAA 9 years ago

OPERATIONAL COST OF POWER SUPPLY IS WHAT NDC HAS USED TO DESTROY GHANA BCOS THEY ARE FLEECING GHANAIANS BIG TIME...The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that President John Dramani Mahama and his brother, Ibrah ...
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OPERATIONAL COST OF POWER SUPPLY IS WHAT NDC HAS USED TO DESTROY GHANA BCOS THEY ARE FLEECING GHANAIANS BIG TIME...The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that President John Dramani Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama, have a hand in the murky $510 million dollar Ameri Power deal believed to have been inflated by government.

The party in a statement issued on Monday, cited ten reasons why there must be an “immediate, open, public, bipartisan and parliamentary enquiry into the $593 million agreement.”

Government on the other hand has explained the deal cost $510 million.

Critical questions have been raised about the deal after two journalists working for VG; a Norwegian Newspaper blew the lid on some details of the contract between Ghana’s Power Minister and Ameri Power.

Below is the NPP’s full statement

Following on from the damning revelations from the two Norwegian investigative journalists on President John Mahama’s NDC government’s alleged fraudulent deal on 10 power turbines from Ameri Group of Dubai, and its rather weak, contradictory and porous response this morning, it is now evident that an urgent, immediate open public inquiry by Parliament, through a bipartisan committee, into details of the deal is urgently required.

In February this year, the NDC Government entered into a Built, Operate, Own and Transfer agreement with Ameri Energy of Dubai for the supply of 10 turbines with 230-250MW capacity of power. The total cost of the deal to Ghanaian taxpayers for the five-year period will be US$593 million, comprising of the $510 million direct cost plus a “variable charge” of $83 million ($16.6 million x 5 years). This is 16.3 per cent of the total cost of the project. Normally, a variable charge never exceeds 2 per cent of the total cost of any contract of this nature. So what explains this astronomical mark up?

These 10 GE turbines, according to industry experts, go for a total basic cost of some $220 million. This, naturally, has raised questions over the justification for the additional whopping $360 million.

The investigations, done by the two foreign journalists, first of all, confirm several suspicions raised by local observers, surrounding this deal, as well as raise questions that have not, and will not be answered by the President’s agents merely issuing statements and press releases. It calls for an open, bipartisan full-scale enquiry into it.
For clarity, let us summarize some of the issues:

1. Two of the companies connected to this transaction are also closely connected to President John Mahama. These are Engineers & Planners, owned by the President’s brother, and entrepreneur, Ibrahim Mahama. In fact, President John Mahama was at one time a director of Engineers & Planners. The other firm, Amandi Construction, which has also generously benefitted from government contracts and its executives are very close to the President, is a sister company to STL, the controversial firm that is a contractor to both the Electoral Commission and the National Health Insurance Authority regarding the biometric register of both institutions. The involvement of these two firms in a deal that is reportedly inflated to the tune of some US$360 million is a serious cause for concern, adding to the worrying matter of how the cost of corruption is sinking our nation under this NDC Government.

2. The NDC Government has come out to deny the key financial details of the transaction, but evidence from the contract before Parliament, especially the key annexures (Annexes ‘G’ & ‘C’), clearly contradicts the NDC Government’s position. In fact the contract suggests that together with the specific, quoted costs, other contingent costs will lead to a total outlay far in excess of US$1 Billion. This is a worrying matter, given the precarious position of Ghana’s finances, including a near GHS100 billion public debt.

3. The structure of the deal is itself troubling. President John Mahama’s government also has a working relationship with GE, the global American conglomerate from whom the plants were acquired. GE is also working in the energy sector to supply electric power. Why did the Ghana government choose to enter into an arrangement that would cost us, in specified terms, some 130% more (and potentially, if contingent liabilities fall due, cost five times more what it would have been if we purchased the plants outright)? Why go through an inexperienced middle company?

4. Why did the deal go through Ameri Group, which appears to have been created shortly before this deal? Who are the real people, Ghanaian contacts, behind this Ameri deal? This question is legitimate because Ameri came from nowhere to be handed this lucrative deal on a ‘golden’ platter.

5. Amund Bakke, the Editor of the Norwegian paper which broke the story, VG, contradicted the statement from the Minister of Energy this morning that the alleged Norwegian fugitive, Umar Farooq Zahoor, was not connected to Ameri and was merely a witness, who signed the agreement. Mr Bakke insists Mr Umar Zahoor was the CEO of Ameri at the time the deal was signed earlier this year and that the Minister is on tape, admitting to same when he was interviewed by the two Norwegian journalists last October. When was Mr Umar Farooq Zahoor removed from Ameri as CEO of Ameri Energy?

6. We also want the NDC Government to come clean on the involvement of US Company, APR Energy on this project. Our information is that, APR Energy, which former US Secretary of State, Magdelene Albright and financier, George Soros, reportedly have controlling shares in, won the bid for the 10 GE turbines in Ghana. It appears, for some reason yet to be explained, that deal was frustrated and handed to Ameri Energy without any competitive tender.

7. In the President’s own State of the Nation Address this year, given on 26th February, 2015, he stated that, “Guarantees are currently being agreed for the following: Karpower ship (Turkey) 450MW, APR (UAE) 250MW, GE 300MW.” Whiles making this statement to the Ghanaian people before Parliament, the President was fully aware that the contract with Ameri Energy had been signed on 10th February, 2015, 16 days earlier. So why did he give the impression that some Dubai-based APR was the company contracted to provide the 10 turbines? Was Ameri Power or Ameri Energy created to deceive the procurement process that it was still APR (US) that Government was dealing with?

8. Why did Government take out the Florida-based APR Energy, with years of experience in the business, offering a far cheaper option, to bring in Ameri Energy, which had no experience in the field? Was it all to make hundreds of millions dollars of unconscionable windfall on the back of the needless Dumsor misery visited on suffering Ghanaians in the past four years?

9. This is because we have been made aware that Ameri has effectively sold the entire operational aspects of the contract to Metka, to be the operator of the five-year BOOT project between Ameri Energy and the Government of Ghana. Indeed, the terms of agreement paved way for exactly that to happen. The contract is worth $350 million to Metka, which will undertake the entire project, including the procurement of the 10 turbines and the management of the plant. Government should explain to us, does this mean that for being the needless agent, Ameri Energy simply walked away with at least $160 million or possibly $240 million, if you add the peculiar $16.6 million per annum “Variable Charge” slapped on top of the contract for five years.

10. Our final question for now, there is actually a company based in China and Pakistan called Ameri Energy Group (www.amerienergygroup.com) which has been in operations since 2005. It has no links with Ameri Energy, which is also linked to Ameri Group, both in Dubai. Could this be a case of passing off created by a person allegedly wanted for multi-million Euro fraud in Europe?

We have reason to believe that the public information available on this Ameri deal is significantly more in what it covers than it reveals, especially the key players behind the deal, the extremely high costs of acquisition, how much the government has paid in cash, guarantees and escrowed amounts and other issues.

This murky, and allegedly fraudulent deal has come at a time when Ghanaians have suffered four years of power outages that have collapsed businesses and added to the growing unemployment and desperation of Ghanaians. It has come at a time, today, Monday, 14th December, when Ghanaians are being demanded to pay a 60% price increase in the cost of electricity to their homes and businesses.

This “Ameri Christmas” gift is probably the straw which will break the back of the camel, regarding the incompetence and corruption of this NDC Government. We, the New Patriotic Party, are extremely concerned about the reckless and wicked manner that the affairs of our country are being conducted under President John Mahama and his NDC Government.

On these and other burning questions requiring answers, we of the New Patriotic Party are convinced and feel obliged to demand, on behalf of the people of Ghana, an immediate and public inquiry into the Ameri Group deal. Nothing below this will satisfy Ghanaians as to the propriety of this deal.

…Signed…

Freddy Blay
(Ag. National Chairman)
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baba 9 years ago

do mp's pay for anything at all.....

do mp's pay for anything at all.....
ERIC 9 years ago

U ARE NOT SERIOUS AT ALL, WHERE IS UR SENSE AS HUMAN BEING OR LAW MAKER, FIRMS AND HOUSEHOLD WHO HAS THE MONEY, SOMEONE OF U NEED TO THANK.

U ARE NOT SERIOUS AT ALL, WHERE IS UR SENSE AS HUMAN BEING OR LAW MAKER, FIRMS AND HOUSEHOLD WHO HAS THE MONEY, SOMEONE OF U NEED TO THANK.
flamboyant 9 years ago

Born idiot,

Born idiot,
Kofi 9 years ago

Master stop talking that rubbish. Why should we consumers pay more electricity for industries to pay less?

Master stop talking that rubbish. Why should we consumers pay more electricity for industries to pay less?
kwabena Edusei 9 years ago

It is amazing to see how some of our leaders speak. How do we reconcile stupidity and arrogance

It is amazing to see how some of our leaders speak. How do we reconcile stupidity and arrogance
gh 9 years ago

kwasia man.

kwasia man.
Akoloogo fra fra 9 years ago

Complete foolish analysis by one stupid member of parliament

Complete foolish analysis by one stupid member of parliament
Branaboy 9 years ago

Here is another moron on the loose. With the massive decline in REAL household incomes over the past decade how can households pay more for utilities. Rather government should be reducing taxes on these services by becoming m ...
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Here is another moron on the loose. With the massive decline in REAL household incomes over the past decade how can households pay more for utilities. Rather government should be reducing taxes on these services by becoming more streamlined, more smart, efficient and transparent in its procurement processes.

With morons like him feeding greedily at the public trough (That is stealing taxpayers' money through corrupt deals) this insensitive and clues politicians is telling us plebians to continue tightening our belts while he and his corrupt and incompetent colleagues gorge themselves at our expenses.

Sekyere 9 years ago

Hey Sorogho, how much do you pay for electricity per month? You see, it's idiots like your type who are pulling down the government. Listen to the rubbish from your mouth. Are we supposed to pay electricity bills for indust ...
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Hey Sorogho, how much do you pay for electricity per month? You see, it's idiots like your type who are pulling down the government. Listen to the rubbish from your mouth. Are we supposed to pay electricity bills for industries in order to operate? Where from some of you at all? Are you making the least sense in the rubbish you are telling Ghanaians at this time of the year? Where did Mahama got these things from? The time will come. Absolute nonsense and rubnish.
Aduna 9 years ago

Sorogho are you a seasoned politician? I wonder .you're gonna lose your seat . l am an NDC strong supporter but let me give you bitter pills this morning. I don't wanna give reason on this platform.

Sorogho are you a seasoned politician? I wonder .you're gonna lose your seat . l am an NDC strong supporter but let me give you bitter pills this morning. I don't wanna give reason on this platform.
Georgee 9 years ago

Sorogho households are occupied by workers and pensioners. Have you considered the salary levels and how much they can give away in this hard times. I think you are living above your means.

Sorogho households are occupied by workers and pensioners. Have you considered the salary levels and how much they can give away in this hard times. I think you are living above your means.
Kaluwe Wamu Lamba ll 9 years ago

Ahaji hw could u? When there a no jobs hw do we den pay for de exorbitant bills is dat il alternative way? Come again

Ahaji hw could u? When there a no jobs hw do we den pay for de exorbitant bills is dat il alternative way? Come again
Daniel 9 years ago

this doesn't make any sense cos even if the household subsidize the electricity charge to the industries the so called job creation and the salaries the household will generate will be used to pay for those tariffs.

this doesn't make any sense cos even if the household subsidize the electricity charge to the industries the so called job creation and the salaries the household will generate will be used to pay for those tariffs.
Yussif 9 years ago

This Amadu sorogo man must be out of his useless mind,pay more he said?this man must lose his seat,he not qualify to be in parliament for making this useless statement.Does he know the number of people who ve money on the pre ...
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This Amadu sorogo man must be out of his useless mind,pay more he said?this man must lose his seat,he not qualify to be in parliament for making this useless statement.Does he know the number of people who ve money on the prepaid meters and ve no light?i slept in darkness not because I couldn't pay but they simply can not provide the power,if a whole mp who presides over industrial players,small scale operators like barbers,hairdressers and ice water sellers make such an guided statement the only thing that comes to mind is to get him out of parliament because he's a confuse man,how many times ve we not been told to pay more?government decided to increase power to a point he claimed was the only way we can enjoy electricity if we paid but what happened,months after that,they themselves agreed to reduce it insignificantly and above all the power is not even there for us to use,does Amadu Sorogo knows we prepaid users don't owe government?in any case it's government institutions who still use postpaid meters and not paying so he should start with them and stop insulting Ghanaians,I'm glad this irresponsible statements will only anger Ghanaians to vote against him and his clueless vision less and incompetent NDC government.
Akwasi Nyame Adom 9 years ago

This Sorogho guy and our Paliamentarians should not think they can dictate to Ghanaians.

This Sorogho guy and our Paliamentarians should not think they can dictate to Ghanaians.
abdul 9 years ago

In fact you have the right to say what you want @ Alhaji Sorogho. because you have everything at your dispoasal, no one comes to your home ask of any bill, fuel, water, electricity and all what poor market woman will struggle ...
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In fact you have the right to say what you want @ Alhaji Sorogho. because you have everything at your dispoasal, no one comes to your home ask of any bill, fuel, water, electricity and all what poor market woman will struggle to make her children s ends meet you get for free so you can talk all sort of nonsense, where are all the money government is collecting from our poor parent who struggle under the mercy of sun and rain to make end meet. God will punish you all our policy makers and law enforcement with your inhumane.
Clearance Seedorf 9 years ago

This useless so called MP should give us a break. Does he reason at all? Foolish man indeed. All these fools are leaders in the country.

This useless so called MP should give us a break. Does he reason at all? Foolish man indeed. All these fools are leaders in the country.
Sam , Bern 9 years ago

Keep your mouth shut if you have nothing to say. How can the poor subsidize the rich, and how sustainable is your proposal? Please think like a human being.
Let the business diversify or close down if that is what it takes ...
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Keep your mouth shut if you have nothing to say. How can the poor subsidize the rich, and how sustainable is your proposal? Please think like a human being.
Let the business diversify or close down if that is what it takes and stop talking jazz.
Lasisi 9 years ago

This is what happens when you put incompetent people in charge.
Always more taxes, more levies, more tariffs. More of everything but nothing much to show.

Get NDC out of power and see how the NPP or PPP can manage this be ...
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This is what happens when you put incompetent people in charge.
Always more taxes, more levies, more tariffs. More of everything but nothing much to show.

Get NDC out of power and see how the NPP or PPP can manage this beast without more increases.
Bernard 9 years ago

HEPATIC DISEASE(DISEASE OF THE LIVER)
Liver disease is any disturbance of liver function that causes illness. The liver is responsible for many critical functions within the body and should it become diseased or injured, th ...
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HEPATIC DISEASE(DISEASE OF THE LIVER)
Liver disease is any disturbance of liver function that causes illness. The liver is responsible for many critical functions within the body and should it become diseased or injured, the loss of those functions can cause significant damage to the body. Liver disease is also referred to as hepatic disease.
Liver disease is a broad term that covers all the potential problems cause the liver to fail to perform its designated functions. Usually, more than 75% or three quarters of liver tissue needs to be affected before decrease in function occurs.
The liver is the largest solid organ in the body; and is also considered a gland because among its many functions, it makes and secretes bile. The liver is located in the upper right portion of the abdomen protected by the rib cage. It has two main lobes that are made up of tiny lobules. The liver cells have two different sources of blood supply. The hepatic artery supplies oxygen rich blood that is pumped from the heart, while the portal vein supplies nutrients from the intestine and the spleen.
Normally, veins return blood from the body to the heart, but the portal vein allows chemicals from the digestive tract to enter the liver for "detoxification" and filtering prior to entering the general circulation. The portal vein also efficiently delivers the chemicals and proteins that liver cells need to produce the proteins, cholesterol, and glycogen required for normal body activities.
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KWAPPS 9 years ago

Vote massively for NDC, we promise to reduce electricity tariffs after the elections. Hahahaa, after all, you get what you vote for so stop crying over expensive electricity ok. Hahahaa NDC all the way hahahaa

Vote massively for NDC, we promise to reduce electricity tariffs after the elections. Hahahaa, after all, you get what you vote for so stop crying over expensive electricity ok. Hahahaa NDC all the way hahahaa
king SA 9 years ago

Ur time is up cos u dont have any ideas to solve de problem at hand.

Ur time is up cos u dont have any ideas to solve de problem at hand.
BEN 9 years ago

LOOK AT THIS STUPID STUPID STUPID IDIOT AND THIEF. YOU DONT PAY UTILITY BILLS BUT YOU ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO PAY MORE. FUCK YOUR ASS. MAD MAN

LOOK AT THIS STUPID STUPID STUPID IDIOT AND THIEF. YOU DONT PAY UTILITY BILLS BUT YOU ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO PAY MORE. FUCK YOUR ASS. MAD MAN
KWAAMPONG, TEMA 9 years ago

EI!!! All too soon, this man Sorogho has forgotten his past. His call for more payment by household consumers on electricity shows the insensitiveness of people like him who constitutes the large majority of the ruling govern ...
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EI!!! All too soon, this man Sorogho has forgotten his past. His call for more payment by household consumers on electricity shows the insensitiveness of people like him who constitutes the large majority of the ruling government. When you get up and sign contracts for power supplies which cost us more than 200% than what would cost elsewhere in the world thereby making cost of electricity extremely high the resultant is the collapse of industries and loss of jobs. Not too long ago this same man Sorogho said the so-called affordable housing at Saglemi, off Aflao Road, is JUST $50,000 and therefore affordable to the ordinary Ghanaian. We need better people to lead us than these myopic, greedy thieves who are ripping the national resources and wealth dry. THERE IS NO EXPIRY DATE FOR CRIME - NDC
sulley 9 years ago

We live in a society where the powerful preys on the powerless. Such an unfortunate comment from an MP. Will pay more yourself???? or are you willing to???? What of the poor???

We live in a society where the powerful preys on the powerless. Such an unfortunate comment from an MP. Will pay more yourself???? or are you willing to???? What of the poor???
ELECTRICITY GIMMICKS 9 years ago

Listen to this useless MP. How could we pay such astronomical amount only to live in darkness

Listen to this useless MP. How could we pay such astronomical amount only to live in darkness
ShamRock 9 years ago

your mother....fool will pay more

your mother....fool will pay more
Abi 9 years ago

Most ndc big wigs don't pay for electricity they consume at home. They are the cause of the problem.

Most ndc big wigs don't pay for electricity they consume at home. They are the cause of the problem.
Obrefoba 9 years ago

Why do want consumers to for your incompetence and looting? Electricity bill is higher than rent already. Why not ask for their paychecks and savings? We can't pay for NDC'S BORROW, INFLATE, CREATE, LOOT, SHARE AND COVERUP. Y ...
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Why do want consumers to for your incompetence and looting? Electricity bill is higher than rent already. Why not ask for their paychecks and savings? We can't pay for NDC'S BORROW, INFLATE, CREATE, LOOT, SHARE AND COVERUP. You guys sat uncocerned in Parliament and allowed Mahamah and his partners in crime to sell to Ghana 500 MW for almost $2 billion. The chicken is now home to roast. The hell with you.
STARLINGARD 9 years ago

Kwasia fuor .. Didn't the IMF ask u to pay what u owned ECG to get weight of their shoulders?? Nonsense.. All u Pple do is make us pay 4 more bullshit service.. A government is elected to make lives of citizens comfortable no ...
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Kwasia fuor .. Didn't the IMF ask u to pay what u owned ECG to get weight of their shoulders?? Nonsense.. All u Pple do is make us pay 4 more bullshit service.. A government is elected to make lives of citizens comfortable not ruin em..
FUCK THE NDC and ECG 4 spoiling Ma A.C.. God Punish all u Greedy BASTARDIZED BASTARDS..
wandi. 9 years ago

we thank you for insulting us.How have you paid so far.you are chopping our money nyarfu nyarfu

we thank you for insulting us.How have you paid so far.you are chopping our money nyarfu nyarfu
Cowboy 9 years ago

IF CONSUMERS MUST PAY MORE FOR POWER THERE MUST BE CONSISTENT SUPPLY AS WELL. POWER OUTAGES RATHER RATHER STIFLE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH. THAT IS WHAT YOU MUST THINK ABOUT.

IF CONSUMERS MUST PAY MORE FOR POWER THERE MUST BE CONSISTENT SUPPLY AS WELL. POWER OUTAGES RATHER RATHER STIFLE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH. THAT IS WHAT YOU MUST THINK ABOUT.
Igp 9 years ago

Very soon northerners will be compelled to contribute to their education so that government will be relieved of the burden of asking others to pay more for electricity. No more free lunch for the northerners based on your ...
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Very soon northerners will be compelled to contribute to their education so that government will be relieved of the burden of asking others to pay more for electricity. No more free lunch for the northerners based on your arguement, Sonoghoro.
Oldsoja 9 years ago

stupid utterances . should we rob people to pay more? Thieves. Nana will come and save us from your wickedness. May Allah bless Nana

stupid utterances . should we rob people to pay more? Thieves. Nana will come and save us from your wickedness. May Allah bless Nana

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