I will not return to public office - Tsatsu Tsikata

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John,Tema 9 years ago

Who will accept you?You're going with your kleptomaniac NDC led by John Dramani Mahama in 6days time.

Who will accept you?You're going with your kleptomaniac NDC led by John Dramani Mahama in 6days time.
PHILTY McNASTY 9 years ago

You sat on the dark secret kangaroo court that hurriedly sent the generals - Acheampong, Utuka, Afrifa etc to death without legal representation. Your vanity knows no boundaries. You quoting and clutching on Bible verses is ...
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You sat on the dark secret kangaroo court that hurriedly sent the generals - Acheampong, Utuka, Afrifa etc to death without legal representation. Your vanity knows no boundaries. You quoting and clutching on Bible verses is the most abominable thing to come from your mouth. May God curse you and reserve a place in hell for you. Your red lips and fingers are soiled with the blood of the innocent.

Don't bring yourself this day you moron with unqualified evil pride. God na punish you for ever. Hush over there over your futile pariah victory.
KOFI - USA 9 years ago

TSATSU SHOUEL GIVE US A FUCKING BREAK. YOU ARE TOO OLD AND ALL YOUR MATES ARE OFF TO RETIREMENT. SO SHOULD YOU. LOOK AT YOU. AS THE SAYING GOES "THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM". YOU ARE NOW BEING HAUNTED

TSATSU SHOUEL GIVE US A FUCKING BREAK. YOU ARE TOO OLD AND ALL YOUR MATES ARE OFF TO RETIREMENT. SO SHOULD YOU. LOOK AT YOU. AS THE SAYING GOES "THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM". YOU ARE NOW BEING HAUNTED
AGBEVE AGBENYEGA 9 years ago

Tsatsu won because NDC is in power. If some other party were in power, he couldn't have won. Everything was stage-managed behind closed doors before the court came public with the acquittal verdict. Tsatsu did wilfully cause ...
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Tsatsu won because NDC is in power. If some other party were in power, he couldn't have won. Everything was stage-managed behind closed doors before the court came public with the acquittal verdict. Tsatsu did wilfully cause financial loss to the state...it's true!!! He did not seek the approval of the board, which was a requirement, before proceeding with the contracts that caused the loss.
AGBEVE AGBENYEGA 9 years ago

Why was the rush to judgement just before the 2016 elections when the case has lingered on for so long? Because Tsatsu and NDC are afraid that if any other party wins, Tsatsu can never win the case. That is why they hurriedly ...
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Why was the rush to judgement just before the 2016 elections when the case has lingered on for so long? Because Tsatsu and NDC are afraid that if any other party wins, Tsatsu can never win the case. That is why they hurriedly cooked the judgement and announced it ahead of NDC's imminent loss of power.
AGBEVE AGBENYEGA 9 years ago

So Tsatsu knows there is such a thing as constitutional rights for everybody? And he deprived others of that right under the PNDC government and rather set up and presided over a faceless kangaroo court that sentenced people ...
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So Tsatsu knows there is such a thing as constitutional rights for everybody? And he deprived others of that right under the PNDC government and rather set up and presided over a faceless kangaroo court that sentenced people to death and life imprisonment without allowing them legal representation? What a hypocrite!!!
CHARLES KOOLIE 9 years ago

Ghana does not need Tsatsu Tsikata, the tribalist. Tsatsu Tsikata, Kojo Tsikata and Kofi Awoonor wrongly advised Rawlings to govern Ghana tribally. These evil tribalists and Tsatsu Tsikata is one of them have segmented Ghana ...
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Ghana does not need Tsatsu Tsikata, the tribalist. Tsatsu Tsikata, Kojo Tsikata and Kofi Awoonor wrongly advised Rawlings to govern Ghana tribally. These evil tribalists and Tsatsu Tsikata is one of them have segmented Ghana on ethnic lines.

Ghana does not need Tsatsu Tsikata's services. He has not been helpful to Ghana. He caused this nation to loose million of dollarson hedging he did not understand. He is now rich guy and does not wear his tire sandals anymore. He is a hypocrite. He now lives like a capitalist kingpin.
Ghana does not want to see the faces of these tribalist hypocrites. Go away and enjoy your looted booty.
Ad 9 years ago

Who cares . Take your arrogance way. Whether you like it or not you are a thief and an ex convict

Who cares . Take your arrogance way. Whether you like it or not you are a thief and an ex convict
Seidu 9 years ago

THIS STATEMENT COMING FROM MAHAMA'S BROTHER ALFRED JUST CONFIRMS THAT MAHAMA AND HIS BROTHER IBRAHIM TRULY BRIBED BUGRI NAABU. "BENEVOLENCE" IN MAHAMA, IBRAHIM MAHAMA AND NDC DICTIONARY MEANS BRIBERY. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE ...
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THIS STATEMENT COMING FROM MAHAMA'S BROTHER ALFRED JUST CONFIRMS THAT MAHAMA AND HIS BROTHER IBRAHIM TRULY BRIBED BUGRI NAABU. "BENEVOLENCE" IN MAHAMA, IBRAHIM MAHAMA AND NDC DICTIONARY MEANS BRIBERY. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY GAVE TO AFOKO,KAGYEPONG, CRABBE, WEREKO-BROBBEY, ARTHUR KENNEDY, NYAHO TAMAKLOE AND THE REST OF THE TRAITORS. JAH BLESS BUGRI NAABU FOR TAKING MAHAMA'S MONEY BUT REJECTING TO RUN DOWN AKUFO ADDO/NPP CAMPAIGN. GHANA PEOPLE LET'S ARISE AND VOTE OUT BARAWO MAHAMA AND HIS CRIMINAL BROTHER IBRAHIM, FRIENDS AND DEVIL NDC IN DECEMBER. INSHA ALLAH!!!
nerd 9 years ago

U r lost .

U r lost .

Onipaba of Akyem Maase 9 years ago

Sir, no fool would even entertain your fraud character. You may sleep in your cave for all we care. You are a certified thief who is glorified by criminal gang at the presidency.

Sir, no fool would even entertain your fraud character. You may sleep in your cave for all we care. You are a certified thief who is glorified by criminal gang at the presidency.
THE REAL C.Y. ANDY-K 9 years ago

Tsatsu wasn't sent wrongly to prison 'cos it was even alleged, not to say proven, that he stole any public funds. HE WAS ACCUSED OF CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATE FOR GUARANTEEING A LOAN FOR VALLEY FARMS IN A QUID PRO DE ...
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Tsatsu wasn't sent wrongly to prison 'cos it was even alleged, not to say proven, that he stole any public funds. HE WAS ACCUSED OF CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATE FOR GUARANTEEING A LOAN FOR VALLEY FARMS IN A QUID PRO DEAL WHICH ALSO SECURED A LOAN FOR GNPC AND VALLEY FARMS DEFAULTED. GNPC paid off the loan but secured extra shares in Valley Farms in compensation. Valley Farms, meanwhile, hasn't gone bankrupt and was indeed adjudged as a profitable venture.

Now, such a deal might appear as murky but is not unusual in the opaque world of financial wheeling dealing. That was what made Tsatsu to get the nickname, Financial Wizard, as he was dealing at levels far above the capitalisation and resources of GNPC. I must say dealing in derivatives like he and Sam Jonah did which caused by far greater financial losses (100s of millions of $s together)to the state was risky business state officials shouldn't be engaging in.

Andy-K
EKOW PHOBIA 9 years ago

Politics has really blinded and deprived some people of rationality indeed. Party lines has breaded hatered and lies.

Politics has really blinded and deprived some people of rationality indeed. Party lines has breaded hatered and lies.
Kwasi Mensah 9 years ago

Please don't try to twist facts!
Tsatsu used GNPC to guarantee the loan for a private company in cocoa (not oil) business without board approval. The company defaulted in payment so Ghana Government had to pay it on behalf o ...
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Please don't try to twist facts!
Tsatsu used GNPC to guarantee the loan for a private company in cocoa (not oil) business without board approval. The company defaulted in payment so Ghana Government had to pay it on behalf of GNPC. Anyway, why won't he win, if noone (AG's office) is contesting? If he wanted to claim the moral high ground, why didn't he report back to the prisons after rejecting the presidential pardon and fight to claim his innocence from there? It's intriguing that the court even allowed it. Assuming a negative outcome, were they going to overturn the presidential pardon?
King_USA 9 years ago

Ghana government did not pay for the defaulted loan rather GNPC Providence fund was used in three_ tranches and it was approved by GNPC Board. The three_ members appeal court judges has more credibility than Kuffour's appoint ...
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Ghana government did not pay for the defaulted loan rather GNPC Providence fund was used in three_ tranches and it was approved by GNPC Board. The three_ members appeal court judges has more credibility than Kuffour's appointed judge from Land Commission solely to do dirt job for Kuffour.
Kwasi Mensah 9 years ago

Please, with all due respect, the board didn't approve the guaranteeing of the loan, as should have been done in such case, and that is a fact! Else the board would have been in the dock. The fact still remains that, the remi ...
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Please, with all due respect, the board didn't approve the guaranteeing of the loan, as should have been done in such case, and that is a fact! Else the board would have been in the dock. The fact still remains that, the remit of GNPC was oil exploration not cocoa business. For cocoa, we have Cocobod & Min. of Agric. so if Tsatsu didn't have ulterior motives, why would GNPC step in to usurp their remit? & by the way, don't forget GNPC Providence Fund is also Ghana Government money. It's about the interest of Ghana, which we're all part of not parochial interests. We shouldn't try to defend the indefensible.
tamale 9 years ago

God bless you

God bless you
mawuli ho 9 years ago

Why didnt you refuse the pardon.and accept it.you think. Ghanaians are fools .hmmmm which law did kuffour use to jail you and which law did mahama use to free you

Why didnt you refuse the pardon.and accept it.you think. Ghanaians are fools .hmmmm which law did kuffour use to jail you and which law did mahama use to free you
Haile Mangistus Manasseh II 9 years ago

Mr Mawuli , Ho . Whoever you are I am of the opinion that you are very ignorant and not updated about this issue.
Get the records straight. Tsatsu Tsikata did rejected the pardon and told ex-President Kuffour in the face tha ...
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Mr Mawuli , Ho . Whoever you are I am of the opinion that you are very ignorant and not updated about this issue.
Get the records straight. Tsatsu Tsikata did rejected the pardon and told ex-President Kuffour in the face that the pardon was " HYPOCRITICAL ".
Based upon this act he proceeded to the Appeal Court to appeal against the judgement.
Find out the truth you ignorant chap.
I & I 9 years ago

Not so fast Haile. If he did not accept President Kuffour's Pardon, then he should have stayed in jail while he was appealing his conviction. The moment he came out of Jail based on Kuffour's Pardon means he accepted the Pard ...
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Not so fast Haile. If he did not accept President Kuffour's Pardon, then he should have stayed in jail while he was appealing his conviction. The moment he came out of Jail based on Kuffour's Pardon means he accepted the Pardon.

Ruthan 9 years ago

Intelligent answer these are the type of Ghanaians we want,not those who support personalities blindly.Mind you Tsatsu Tsikata who aided Rawlings to send innocent Ghanaians into their graves is enjoying GNPC freely.

Intelligent answer these are the type of Ghanaians we want,not those who support personalities blindly.Mind you Tsatsu Tsikata who aided Rawlings to send innocent Ghanaians into their graves is enjoying GNPC freely.
Obed Adore 9 years ago

Sorry, there is nothing intelligent in I&I's comment! First of all the jailing of Tsatsu was illegal..

Sorry, there is nothing intelligent in I&I's comment! First of all the jailing of Tsatsu was illegal..
Nii Akwei 9 years ago

Tsatsu should have refused the pardon and stayed in jail till thy kingdom come. Tsatsu is no Nelson Mandela or Mohamed Ali. A petty thief who steals a goat gets 5 years jail time, but a Big thief walks free in Ghana.

Tsatsu should have refused the pardon and stayed in jail till thy kingdom come. Tsatsu is no Nelson Mandela or Mohamed Ali. A petty thief who steals a goat gets 5 years jail time, but a Big thief walks free in Ghana.
AGBEVE AGBENYEGA 9 years ago

Haile Mangistus, please think before you talk, and stop talking from your belly. Tsatsu verbally rejected Kuffour's pardon but came out of prison. What does this tell you? If you give your wife money and she verbally rejects ...
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Haile Mangistus, please think before you talk, and stop talking from your belly. Tsatsu verbally rejected Kuffour's pardon but came out of prison. What does this tell you? If you give your wife money and she verbally rejects it and you put it on the table and she takes it to go to the market to buy groceries to prepare the meals, does the verbal rejection matter any more? If Tsatsu sincerely rejected the pardon, he should have refused to come out of prison and rather fight the case from there!!
bill 9 years ago

You are a fool and a half-baked illiterate.
Ex-convict Tsatsu should have stayed his black ass in jail after rejecting the pardon.
Why did he not fight the apoeal from jail ?
Use your head.

You are a fool and a half-baked illiterate.
Ex-convict Tsatsu should have stayed his black ass in jail after rejecting the pardon.
Why did he not fight the apoeal from jail ?
Use your head.
Jordys 9 years ago

Take your tin-foil hat off. Your brain may profit!

The didn't need to even go to prison in the first place, and if you care to know, the main reason for that guy's prison sentence - which had president Kufuor and Akufo-Add ...
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Take your tin-foil hat off. Your brain may profit!

The didn't need to even go to prison in the first place, and if you care to know, the main reason for that guy's prison sentence - which had president Kufuor and Akufo-Addo changing the benches in court - was actually situation related to the Jubilee Oil fields and drill ship.

Tsatsu's prison was really assassination attempt, and Ghana's no.1 presidential thief Kufuor and the cocaine addict were almost successful in that plot.

What Kufuor and his thieves stole - we saw the frogs length long before its death! - far outdid anything seen in modern times.
nerd 9 years ago

Hahah tsatsu "illiterate".. which school did you attend?? .you and your entire family can never compare your selves to even his son .

Hahah tsatsu "illiterate".. which school did you attend?? .you and your entire family can never compare your selves to even his son .
Ghana 9 years ago

YOU HAVE STOLEN ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU AFLOAT. CRIMINAL

YOU HAVE STOLEN ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU AFLOAT. CRIMINAL
June 4th 9 years ago

we don't even need you, thieves

we don't even need you, thieves
KEKELI 9 years ago

THIS SAME NPP WITH THEIR DARK MINDS ARE SEEKING TO COME TO GOVERN. GOD IN HEAVEN WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO COME AND CAUSE CHAOS WITH THEIR VINDICTIVE NATURE. INFACT THEY WILL ROT IN OPPOSITION.

THIS SAME NPP WITH THEIR DARK MINDS ARE SEEKING TO COME TO GOVERN. GOD IN HEAVEN WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO COME AND CAUSE CHAOS WITH THEIR VINDICTIVE NATURE. INFACT THEY WILL ROT IN OPPOSITION.

Ruthan 9 years ago

Be prepared more criminals will go to jail when Nana Akufo-Addo comes to power on 7th Jan 2017.I don't care which tribes those criminals come from they will pay for what they have stolen from Ghanaians.

Be prepared more criminals will go to jail when Nana Akufo-Addo comes to power on 7th Jan 2017.I don't care which tribes those criminals come from they will pay for what they have stolen from Ghanaians.
Jah 9 years ago

That ugly dwarf is not going nowhere who in his or her right mind will vote for that dump dwarf

That ugly dwarf is not going nowhere who in his or her right mind will vote for that dump dwarf
Odikro 9 years ago

Socialist oil tycoon, you've stolen more than enough to last you 10 lifetimes. You've even succeeded is stealing somebody's wife. Good riddance.

Socialist oil tycoon, you've stolen more than enough to last you 10 lifetimes. You've even succeeded is stealing somebody's wife. Good riddance.
ADANKO 9 years ago

THAT IS LIFE!!

THAT IS LIFE!!
Obrefoba 9 years ago

This not the end of this case. You can't have your cake and eat it at the same time. You were given a presidential pardon and that should had been the closure of the case. This case will be tested in the Supreme Court. This a ...
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This not the end of this case. You can't have your cake and eat it at the same time. You were given a presidential pardon and that should had been the closure of the case. This case will be tested in the Supreme Court. This appeal should had been thrown out as bogus. What's the meaning of the presidential pardon you accepted? This is one more reason the Justice Ministry and the A-G department should be seperated. As usual, she played politics and didn't put up a fight like the Woyome case.
Cash 9 years ago

You and your cronies have rip this Nation apart to the bare bones, there is nothing left even if u come back

You and your cronies have rip this Nation apart to the bare bones, there is nothing left even if u come back
The Don 9 years ago

Tsatsu some go you eyes eh.next time

Tsatsu some go you eyes eh.next time
KWAAMPONG, TEMA 9 years ago

This man Tsatsu exalts himself so much that he believes to be the most brilliant 'chap' in Ghana. His utterances and ego portrays him as such. He must know that we who have lived through the years of NKRUMAH/KOTOKA/BUSIA/ACHE ...
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This man Tsatsu exalts himself so much that he believes to be the most brilliant 'chap' in Ghana. His utterances and ego portrays him as such. He must know that we who have lived through the years of NKRUMAH/KOTOKA/BUSIA/ACHEAMPONG/AKUFFO/RAWLINGS/LIMANN/RAWLINGS/KUFFOUR/MILLS/MAHAMA know him so well that he has been a failure whichever institution he has headed so he must shut up and be told in the face that we don't need him in any public office.
Wiseman 9 years ago

But he didn't fail in the Election Petition case against your useless NPP party. hehehehehe....... Ignoramus mosquito..

But he didn't fail in the Election Petition case against your useless NPP party. hehehehehe....... Ignoramus mosquito..
Peniz Chopper 9 years ago

From krekre to kraikrai, all their top lawyers were students who learnt their trade at the feet of their much loathed wizkid, Tsatsu Tsikata. Seriously, who goes to secondary school (yes Mfantsipim) at the age of 9!?

From krekre to kraikrai, all their top lawyers were students who learnt their trade at the feet of their much loathed wizkid, Tsatsu Tsikata. Seriously, who goes to secondary school (yes Mfantsipim) at the age of 9!?
God knows best 9 years ago

It is a fact, nobody in Ghana here has that record, In fact all the big lawyers in the npp party are his students, in fact all the good lawyers in the country know that Mr TSIKATA is indeed a brilliant lawyer Ghana has ever ...
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It is a fact, nobody in Ghana here has that record, In fact all the big lawyers in the npp party are his students, in fact all the good lawyers in the country know that Mr TSIKATA is indeed a brilliant lawyer Ghana has ever produced
Nkrumah 9 years ago

And that includes stealing someone's wife. If you claim to know the BIBLE,what does the ninth commandment say? Thou shall not covet thy neighbour's wife. Isn't it so? What about Esther Cobbah, your so-called current wife? Why ...
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And that includes stealing someone's wife. If you claim to know the BIBLE,what does the ninth commandment say? Thou shall not covet thy neighbour's wife. Isn't it so? What about Esther Cobbah, your so-called current wife? Why can't she call herself Esther Tsikata? A cabal of criminals and murderers headed by you and your cousin Kojo Tsikata will never know peace in life and in death.
Akporkplor 9 years ago

Go and tell King David about the 9th commandment.

Go and tell King David about the 9th commandment.
Peniz Chopper 9 years ago

Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC (Daily Graphic, Wednesday, 16 September 2009)

I have followed with keen interest the news of a commercial oil find in Ghana and the optimism that it has engendered in the coun ...
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Oil find in Ghana - Sam Jonah Praises GNPC (Daily Graphic, Wednesday, 16 September 2009)

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

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

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

There is indeed enough credit to go round.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is not too late to do so.
Asante 9 years ago

For all those insulting him, he is better than your past 10 generations till present family put together.. Useless nonentities!

For all those insulting him, he is better than your past 10 generations till present family put together.. Useless nonentities!
Ayigbe 9 years ago

Yes, a better thief!

Yes, a better thief!
Asona Ba Bekoe Atuo - USA 9 years ago

Like foray you took everything, there is nothing there for you to steal, an sensible thief, enjoy your loot.

Like foray you took everything, there is nothing there for you to steal, an sensible thief, enjoy your loot.
akos 9 years ago

Thank God. a lot of promise but has nothing positive to show.

Thank God. a lot of promise but has nothing positive to show.
Kofi Ed. 9 years ago

Acceptance of the pardon meant that you for go your right to appeal.
If not explain to the Ghanaian public.

Acceptance of the pardon meant that you for go your right to appeal.
If not explain to the Ghanaian public.
Kay 9 years ago

He never accepted the pardon.please get your facts right.

He never accepted the pardon.please get your facts right.
Kofi Ed. 9 years ago

Acceptance of the pardon meant uou for go your to appeal.
If not then sir explain to the Ghanaian public. This is a shame.

Acceptance of the pardon meant uou for go your to appeal.
If not then sir explain to the Ghanaian public. This is a shame.
bill 9 years ago

Tsatsu, the arrogant tribal fool and thief.
Hope you remember how the BIGOT , Kofi Awoonor died ?
Acheampong, Akuffo, Utuka and Amedume and Co.
You will commit SUICIDE one hot afternoon in front of the Supreme Court.
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Tsatsu, the arrogant tribal fool and thief.
Hope you remember how the BIGOT , Kofi Awoonor died ?
Acheampong, Akuffo, Utuka and Amedume and Co.
You will commit SUICIDE one hot afternoon in front of the Supreme Court.
Animal Farm ?
PAA kofi 9 years ago

You are one of the leaders who disappointed volterians.

You are one of the leaders who disappointed volterians.
Yussif 9 years ago

How many families sons and daughter who suffered prison term died as a results of injustice they suffered in the hands of the PNDC of which he Mr Tsikata was an active part at the very top,he's indeed a lucky man.He can not b ...
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How many families sons and daughter who suffered prison term died as a results of injustice they suffered in the hands of the PNDC of which he Mr Tsikata was an active part at the very top,he's indeed a lucky man.He can not bear hold anybody responsible for going to jail,he's is a lawyer and knows the remedies available to him when one loses a case at the lower level,he has won case before and left the court smiling whiles others cry so to ve created the impression that the trial judge in his case was contracted to jail him was wrong and I complementary of a trained lawyer,today he's smiling as he has alway done in previous case he won in the past,can we also say that he procure this judgement?because one prof.Asare has said that once he was pardon in absolute therms there was no case to answer and that the court of appeal erred in hearing the case,I thought he would've used this opportunity to reply him.I was not happy he was pardoned,I think he should've been allowed to serve his full sentence or stay in jail and fight his case through the appeal,is it not clear that the laws only apply fully to poor people and not polititians?anytime a Polititian is jailed,one can only predict a pardon which definitely come on humanitarian grounds.I ll like to know who defended the state in the appeals court,if the Attoney general did not show up then I can best describe the judgement as a rubber stamp judgement.
Peniz Chopper 9 years ago

When the troupe of you-know-what came to town from the thicket, they had an agenda; to get hold of their brother-in-law (they have a name for him). But then they realised that an ironclad has been put in the constitution that ...
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When the troupe of you-know-what came to town from the thicket, they had an agenda; to get hold of their brother-in-law (they have a name for him). But then they realised that an ironclad has been put in the constitution that made it impossible to get hold of Jerry their Sasabosam. That ironclad that prevented them from exacting their pound of flesh was traced to your doorstep. They believe that only a smart badass like you could mint such a thing. So they went to all lengths to teach you a lesson.

Remember what Agyekum Kufour said in an interview in faraway Austrialia, when the court gave you victory over Akufo Addo and the NPP? He said he will do everything in his power to over turn your victory. He came back from Austrialia and the 1st thing he did was sent the late Justice Afreh, George Lamptey, Justice Abban and others to join the Supreme Court and who subsequently overturned your earlier victory.

From get go, Agyekum Kufour had a vendetta. He had an axe to grind and when it was time for him to bow out (crest-fallen from his high horse), decided to grant you a pardon, which you never accepted in the first place.

They left town in shame with their tails tugged between their legs, never to return any time soon.

The irony of your saga is that the NPP that persecuted Jerry to the gates to hell, are today his best friends. Time heals! Jerry Rawlings has had his, I guess.
Kay 9 years ago

Criticize him, vilify him and judge him for whatever reason -but you cannot take away the fact that he is the finest as far as the practise if law is concerned.
Lousy sour grapes bitter for Thierry own parochial political r ...
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Criticize him, vilify him and judge him for whatever reason -but you cannot take away the fact that he is the finest as far as the practise if law is concerned.
Lousy sour grapes bitter for Thierry own parochial political reasons, can go suck the sea..
bill 9 years ago

Yes the finest of thieves.
Silly ex-convict

Yes the finest of thieves.
Silly ex-convict
NANA USA 9 years ago

what did you achieve at GNPC?

what did you achieve at GNPC?
Obibs 9 years ago

Why would he want to go back into publuc life when he has managed to fleece the country enough. He has made many millions out of the oil industry so why would he be botgered about the pittance that is left of it in the public ...
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Why would he want to go back into publuc life when he has managed to fleece the country enough. He has made many millions out of the oil industry so why would he be botgered about the pittance that is left of it in the public sector ?
Shadie 9 years ago

Prepare yourself, u r going back to jail in a few days time. Thief

Prepare yourself, u r going back to jail in a few days time. Thief
Nanagogoggb,, 9 years ago

Who cares exconvict ,you are a thief

Who cares exconvict ,you are a thief
Nana owusu 9 years ago

Take ur stupid voltarians and go to Togo and leave our country for us

Take ur stupid voltarians and go to Togo and leave our country for us

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