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Government lacks ‘wherewithal’ to scrap ‘kaya’ toll – Terkper

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  • apuuuu 7 years ago

    Seth Terkper keep talking your time is up you are irrelevant there's new Sheriff in town apuuuu

  • Isidore 7 years ago

    Is Certificate Enough? Skill Up
    Remember this; It is not enough to earn & carry about a certificate! That's phase 1. Life is about relevance & providing solutions. Someone right now somewhere is looking for someone who can d ...
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  • AYITEY OKRONPON 7 years ago

    THE ASSEMBLIES ARE GOVT REPRESENTATIVES/AGENTS AT GROUND LEVELS. THESE KAYAYEI ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE OF WOMANHOOD. IN THE ADVANCED COUNTRIES, THEY WOULD BE WELFARE RECIPIENTS. SO NANA THINKS THEY SHOULD KEEP THE LITTLE COIN ...
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  • Mensa 7 years ago

    than god we got rid of this incompetent man and his incompetent boss mahama

  • Tettehgah 7 years ago

    Well said Ayitey, exactly so they would have been welfare recipients. It was only last week that I learned they are taxed. For what reason? For the money to spent on those sitting in air conditioning offices and driving V8 ca ...
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  • Nana 7 years ago

    Thank you man, but please do not use the word' f**k' . Your writing is good and straight to the point enough, I hope I haven't offended you...?

  • Anago 7 years ago

    Read your constitution and learn Ghana public policy. Assemblies don't answer to the Government or seat of power in Accra. Get that right. They LOCAL are not even agents as there is no binding law or contract either. That is ...
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  • Vic 7 years ago

    Well said Ayitey. That is exactly what it should be. We got some sensible people.
    Nana feels sorry for these women. ndc cares for only themselves, they are selfish, self centred thieves.

  • Omanba Kwame 7 years ago

    Uncle Dead-goat Seth,did you know better then,and why didn't you do it?!
    You were busy taxing every Tom,Dick and Harry;from everything, everywhere and evetyhow.
    Why don't you shut up and go babysit your grandkids you ignore ...
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  • D DAY 7 years ago

    STRANGE SETH does not know the difference Truck pusher is not the same as Kayayo. is Seth qualified to present a Budjet if he does not know this fundermental???

  • D DAY 7 years ago

    STRANGE SETH does not know the difference Truck pusher is not the same as Kayayo. is Seth qualified to present a Budjet if he does not know this fundermental???

  • Sid 7 years ago

    What were u Tekper able to do for their well-being u rather exploited in a very wicked manner without shame

  • Sid 7 years ago

    People like u n Ayidaho plus many others should be shipped to Guantanama Bay cause you're always on the negative side of development u deny the youth n only for yourself sad but is true

  • THE CRUSADER 7 years ago

    Buzzman shut up, you are part of our problems because of your inefficiency we we're at the dire strip.GOD has sent us missionaries to rescue us we thank him so enough of your nuisances,come back in a century,when you have w ...
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  • Mahama 7 years ago

    This maggot has no shame! He aided in taking the NDC into opposition. He lacked ideas on economic management and had zero understanding of financial engineering. His only source of revenue generation was taxation including ta ...
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  • THE VOICE 7 years ago

    ETC FOR DRIVING AWAY THESE WORTHLESS CPP/PNDC/NDC ANIMALS INTO THE BUSH IN ASHANTI REGION WHERE ALL FOOLS RESIDE.DONT LET THEM SEE THE ACCRA AND JUBILEE HOUSE.MAHAMAH AND HIS BROTHER TWIN BROTHERS OF HIGH WAY ROBBERS WHY DO Y ...
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  • SENKOAAH 7 years ago

    NONSENSE SEND THEM TO TROKOSILAND WHERE THEY FOOLISHLY VOTE HUNDRED PERCENT FOR NDC AND FOR THEM TO FIGHT WITH THE NUMEROUS TROKOSI gods IF THEY DON'T STOP THEIR LIES AND LOOTINGS.NDC IS A CURSED PARTY AND THEY NEED TO CONFES ...
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  • Mr Bond 7 years ago

    Of course Kayayie and everybody has to pay taxes Masons,Carpenters ,Painters,electricians,welders,Fitters,labours,should be allow to register and purchase license to work to generate revenue.Since municipal take taxes from dr ...
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  • Mr Bond 7 years ago

    Please prepare to go to prison for your involvement of the stealing of $250 million to Mahama private account in UBA bank in Nigeria.

  • D DAY 7 years ago

    BOOK WORK OF THE IDIOT SAVANT TAX LAW THEORM IN MEMORY OF PROF MILLS

  • D DAY 7 years ago

    NANA HAS GREAT RESPECT FOR GHANA TO APPOINT ONLY THE TRUELY QUALIFIED AND NOT IMPOSE HIS STUDENTS TO RULE GHANA AS THE IDIOT SAVANT lPROF DID

  • JH New York. 7 years ago

    Are you alright!. A Mason,Carpenter, Commercial Driver,etc,are all Trades.Is a Porter a Trade?.

  • Pelicles. 7 years ago

    Yeah, there goes the tax and spend liberal Terkper. Imposing too many taxes on people etc, stagnates the economy. How did the economy perform under your watch? By the way, who imposed that levy on kayayes in Ghana? Kufuor ...
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  • D DAY 7 years ago

    IS IT NOT SHAMEFUL THAT OUR LEADERS SUPERVICE CRUDE COLLECTION OF CASH FROM THESE POOR MOTHERS/FUTURE MOTHERS OF GHANA WHO TOIL AS HEAD PORTERS IN THEIR WILDERNESS??

  • Naniema 7 years ago

    Americans have a term which says " nothing for free in America " I really petty for Ghanaians where they want everything free and don't want to pay taxes. The government must be very careful not to swallow it's own spit in t ...
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  • ChrisC 7 years ago

    Naniama your name says it all, get lost.

  • Obidoba jk 7 years ago

    You are not talking the sensible truth ,
    Do the poor kayaye gas a place to sleep free,enjoy free food stamps and welfare grant? But Americans have all these. So what are you talking about ? Tell the people the truth and stop ...
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  • JH New York. 7 years ago

    Where in America do you live?.Do you understand the example you cited. The Jobless Citizens, and a person earning below about $18,000 a year or above(I stand corrected) automatically falls in the poor lower income bracket in ...
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  • Dwen wo man ho 7 years ago

    My friend, shut up there, do we have kayayo in America? Don't talk like you are not an African. These taxes they were collecting wasn't all the money that were reaching the government offices.

  • Naniema 7 years ago

    Crisp a day will come when you will throw my stone to me

  • kk 7 years ago

    This man is just confused

  • ODUMJA 7 years ago

    Tepee again at his wits end !

  • Kojo 7 years ago

    So the Kayayei earns 100 Ghana cedis a month and pays 1 cedi as tax. That's what we are talking about.

  • Komla Agbeshie (Ho) 7 years ago

    Seth

  • Komla Agbeshie (Ho) 7 years ago

    Seth Terkper keep your stinking mouth shout and let our new minister of finance do his work.
    God will punish anyone who is against this budget.
    Nana will not but cars for those greedy badstard chievies. ONAAAPO.

  • Kofi K 7 years ago

    Terkper failed woefully.

  • Corruption killer 7 years ago

    Everyrhing is common sense, unfortunately that is what Africans lack the most that is y we are always behind. Asia , South America, everywhere moving forward.
    Sometimes I feel stupid commenting here

  • opanin Osei 7 years ago

    No wonder NDC lost heavily to NPP at the polls. Mahama appointed wicked and irresponsible people like terkpe into his cabinet. How did he take Ghanaians for?. Horrible minister.

  • Joey Boy 7 years ago

    Terkper and his NDC must bow their heads in shame. You collected taxes from the Kayaye and you pocketed some for your personal use. People like Yamoah Ponko(Ejisu-Juaben) built mansions at Dako-Jachie in just 2 years, never s ...
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  • Maxim 7 years ago

    Of I were tepker I will just shut up. Wicked man like you.

  • Wallah 7 years ago

    Look at this ucc 3 class student .'..usless ndc finance minister...becos of stealing .....

  • the capitalist 7 years ago

    You will be investigated for helping mahama and his brother loot our coffers.
    Idiot

  • Post Manje 7 years ago

    Very Foolish man. As former finance minister its only the Kaya yei you can comment on. You will come and meet me in church. No wonder you cant come yo church these days

  • Bobobribri 7 years ago

    GET LOST USELESS IDIOT. YOU LEFT GHANA WITH UNPRESIDENTED HIGH DEBTS WITH BORROWING AFTER ALSO TAKING TAXES FROM KAYAYE. YOU ROBBED THEM TO BUY HEAD PANS FOR SOME. ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED TO CRITICISE A SENSIBLE BUDGET YOU COULD ...
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  • BRIGHTi BOADU 7 years ago

    THIEF AND STUPID SETH TERKPER , DON'T YOU HAVE ANY MERCY AND SYMPATHY FOR THESE MOST VULNERABLE HEAD PORTERS IN THE GHANAIAN SOCIETY? BRING BACK ALL THE MONIES YOU AND YOUR NDC CRONNIES STOLE FROM GHANA. THOSE MONIES CAN HEL ...
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  • Yussif 7 years ago

    How does Seth Terkper views on the budget matter to Ghanaians?this a man so clueless and lazy for all the periods that he was the finance minister,he had the opportunity but all he could do was impose his economic ignorance o ...
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  • Olive 7 years ago

    Do we have kayayeis in rural districts ? Seth terkper have been finance minister for how many years ? He is now talking abt schemes to improve conditions of kayayei ?

  • Nuhu 7 years ago

    Look at this ignoramus ; tax and borrow finance minister.

  • SAMUEL AMOAH. 7 years ago

    Shameless politicians, you neither have sympathy or empathy on these poor souls. You tax the little they earn whilst you don't pay any taxes on the huge monies and allowances you earn,all you wanted was for Ghanaians to conti ...
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  • victory 7 years ago

    And this guy was a minister? Only in Ghana. A legislative instrument and a local government by-law, which is powerful? This after it becomes law will excludes Kayayees all over Ghana.

  • TWEAA dc 7 years ago

    SETH TERKPER SHOULD KEEP QUIET.....YOUR THINKING IS NOW PAST TENSE......THE PRESENT NOW IS WHETEHER A TOLL FEE OR TAX, BOTH WILL BE SCRAPED.......CALL IT WHATEVER YOU LIKE. ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED TO HAVE IMPOSED SUCH TOLL/TAX O ...
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  • Anas Amereyaw Anas 7 years ago

    STUPID FOOL Terkper initiated taxes to be collected from these vunerable women to sponsor his family.
    Now,NPP budget is haunting him. Apuuu t)))).

  • kofi 7 years ago

    Tekper kaya toll exist /Kumbour nonexistent.. which is which NDC

  • JH New York. 7 years ago

    Whether Assembly's or whatever. it's wicked to levy a porter,and gross exhibition of Council Members beret of economic ideas to raised Revenue.And an irresponsible and insensitive NDC admin's refusal to stopped it.Give us a ...
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  • Sankofa 7 years ago

    Hon Seth Terkper is right.

    Why should kayayei not pay tax when they are doing business?

    One can adjust their tax rate but to remove it altogether is a cheap political gimmick. This tax is to help local assemblies genera ...
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  • Dwen wo man ho 7 years ago

    You're more than idiot for supporting this idiot

  • NDC ZONGO BOY 7 years ago

    Seth zombie,you were made just a figure head like Kwame Pepprah who later went to gail,you will also taste the bitterness of wicked management of our public purse by going to gail.if you know you can only advice the local gov ...
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  • captain 7 years ago

    I now side with madam otiko when she said mahama is wicked and heartless it the hole ndc.can set tekper tell us how much he earns and how much he pays tax and compare it to those of the kayayees are we not all human I don't b ...
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  • Emmanuel Tetteh 7 years ago

    Please, Mr Terkpe is better you keep quiet since you were given the chance for that position and you couldn't do anything. So please, the genius are here to save you after running this country finance in a toilet. We ...
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  • bnq 7 years ago

    Terkper is a no brainer. How come he was the finance ? Look at his argument full of idiocy. How did he get job at the Bank ? The world bank is also another useless organization.

  • Nana 7 years ago

    Why did the Journalist let him even speak. Why didn't he ask him how his government found money for those V8 cars and making people buy cars for a few dollars. These Ghana journalists don't even ask though questions. Wicked ...
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  • Gabi 7 years ago

    Seth Tekper continue to share his ignorance and incompetent even in opposition.. Kayayie levy or tax was in the big cities there is no kayayie in local Assemblies. It was inhuman and unfortunate for such tax or levy

  • Ghanaba 7 years ago

    What Seth Terkper know best is introduction taxes he is not a good economic planner. The Kayayei is only found in the cities not in the rural areas so when Kayayei market toll is scrap it does not affect District Assemblis in ...
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  • Nana yaw arhinful 7 years ago

    Scrap kaya toll?it pay back because they contributed to npp rallies? what about utility and transport fares
    or reducing air ticket,94% of Ghanaian populace have never been to airport before Let alone boarding plane, 419 bud ...
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  • Wise 7 years ago

    What did you do about tax reduction when you were in office.You tax everything you could lay hands upon. Remain in opposition and keep talking to the wind.All you know is theory and for practicality zero.I shy give you self .

  • Nana 7 years ago

    What did you do for them? someone reliefs them and you're in pain, why? come on!! Mr man, we know who the kayayeis are; these are the mostly head porters from the north, the sleep on the street, corners, they stand up for the ...
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  • yj 7 years ago

    Seth Tekpe can take the government to court for the reintroduction of the scrapping of the kayaye tax It was a nuisance tax.

  • yj 7 years ago

    'Ka na ka bio'

  • koo nimo ct USA 7 years ago

    USELESS AND CLUELESS MAN.

  • Nana Ben 7 years ago

    James 4:17 - Mr Seth Tekper knows the right thing but never did it. Ghanaians went under "hell " during NDC era so please if we had been redeemed by God, keep away your deficienct ideas

  • Joe 7 years ago

    what difference does it make?

  • Anago 7 years ago

    What is wrong with us? For an educated gentleman (Yale and Harvard), this is embarrassing. Why not use the word REQUEST instead of BEG. The first line of his statement reads....

    Rt. Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members of Parl ...
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  • romeo 7 years ago

    tax on porters? imbecility

  • ROGUE LAWYER 7 years ago

    i always get irritated when terkpe try to justify his hard measures which sent a good man like prez mahama to opposition

    what is he talking about, reading it in parliament to scrap it nationwide means and serves as guid ...
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  • Papa kobbinah 7 years ago

    But it has been scrapped so why?

  • no mercy 7 years ago

    Terkper is a thief big thief. Greedy

  • Thomas Opoku 7 years ago

    Will he keep his mouth shut, you're not able to manage the economy so we don't need you to contribute anything, you better keep your mouth shut and watch them.