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Switzerland imports $ 2bn worth of gold from Ghana

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  • Sankofa 7 years ago

    So how much did our country make from the exports of $2 billion worth of gold to Switzerland in 2016?

  • Prof Lungu 7 years ago

    Good question.

  • Okponglo Guy 7 years ago

    Thank you Switzerland.

  • BerylRichards 7 years ago

    Thanks for bringing us color paper which you and your other cronies can make worthless in a few month while you take away our precious commodities!!

    We seriously need to sit up as a nation...60 years?? of what??

  • DIAMOND 7 years ago

    Thank you.

    So we need FIFA to tell us they give the FA $1.25 million per year, and the Swiss to tell us they bought $2 billion worth of gold last year.

    And the so-called leaders never told us these or anything about our ...
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  • Pilolo 7 years ago

    Ofori Atta has taken his money owed him by npp. Our 2 mill is stolen by the krife thief

  • OBREMPON NY, NY 7 years ago

    TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY, PURE ACCOUNTABILITY
    AND LOVE FOR THE COUNTRY GHANA,WILL MAKE
    FREE SHS PROGRAM EASY TO FINANCE. GHANA
    HAS ABUNDANCE. DEVELOPED NATIONS POLITICIANS DO NOT STEAL DIRECT FROM THE
    COVERTS ...
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  • kofi adu 7 years ago

    broni abojwese, tell me the last time your people didn't steal from us. from kutu to mahama?

  • $AINT GHFUO, BLACK EXCELLENCE! 7 years ago

    WAT % OF REVENUE FROM ALL GOLD SALES HVE BEEN PUT INTO THE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND N INVESTED INTO SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES? IF OUR GOVTS DO THIS N EVEN LOAN OUT THE DIVIDENDS TO OTHER BORROWING NATIONS, COMPANIES ETC. GH ...
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  • Mr Bond 7 years ago

    Folks we have been given information that was mysteries to us.Folks with $2 billion gold loss like the $6 billion oil loss by NDC criminal and seek to billion in bond folks this party is criminals and nation wreckers.Folks le ...
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  • Skuffour US 7 years ago

    You see that, that is a lot of money .And a lot of jobs .

  • ADDO 7 years ago

    Eiii Oman ghana we have big problems,all this taking ghanaians in Switzerland can't even get papers to stay in your country you guy called us illigals.

  • GHANAIAN 7 years ago

    ....."Switzerland imported over $2 billion worth of gold from Ghana in 2016 alone for conversion to finished products for the world market", according to the swiss man.

    CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE WE COULD GET IF WE DID ...
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  • Sankofa 7 years ago

    Do you know that Nkrumah was building a gold refinery at Tarkwa, but this was abandoned after the 1966 coup?

    We now only have one small private gold refinery. Our gold ore is mined by foreign companies and then sent to Swi ...
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  • John Ghanaba 7 years ago

    Thanks for educating us on this subject.a very terrible state of affairs to be in.very bad.people just taking advantage of us left, right and centre

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  • joe 7 years ago

    If 2Billion was sent to only Swiss then how much to UK ,US and other countries? No wonder galamsay is on the increase and seriously destroying our environment. God help Ghana

  • WhenIdiotsRule 7 years ago

    So, Swiss imported $2bn of gold from Ghana; and Ghana imported $14b of chocolate from Swiss ? Is that fair trade ?

  • Corrector 7 years ago

    You are totally dumb

  • John Ghanaba 7 years ago

    You make a valid point.totally stupid thing to do.Ghana should stop importing chocolate altogether. We should make our own even traditionally.infact you've prompted some business acumen in me.I'm going th look into producing ...
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  • Akora Oteng 7 years ago

    We could have doubled our money if we had processed the RAW GOLD into finished goods, such as rings and other ornaments. Why do we still export our raw materials. Switzerland is going to earn more than five times what they pa ...
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  • People 7 years ago

    swiss state is the headquarters for all the criminal and mafias in the world. They loot and hide them in swiss secret banks. Don't trust them.

  • kojo vie 7 years ago

    Infact Mahama Need to be Stone upond all this Money mahama went for a loan 2bn know Jobs no light no water may God let anyone in NDC govt rott in hell and they will never ever found peace till they die

  • Omanprobi 7 years ago

    People $2billion import of gold does not mean profit to the Ghana government. The government of Ghana don't even own the gold mines

  • onaapo 7 years ago

    and you people think FREE EDUCATION IS IMPOSSIBLE.GOD BLESS NANA AND DOCTOR

  • No Mercy 7 years ago

    Please Ghanaians don't be Slaves to Switzerland .don't Sell Gold to this Foreigners,Keep your Capital.Europeans have more tones of Gold

  • No Mercy 7 years ago

    How Stupid we are Ghanaians to Sell our Gold to Switzerland .Ghanaians are Poor in thinking.Still Slaves?Slaves.Billions of Gold was sold.what was the Beneficial for Ghanaians.we work for another Country.

  • karbo 7 years ago

    Hahahahahahaha Nana Addo was sleeping today at GH @60

  • Eissh 7 years ago

    So where did all the money go?

  • Mr Truth Hurt 7 years ago

    Joke Of THE CENTURY.......


    Ghana as trade partner

    " According to Mr. Fischer, Swiss continued to see Ghana as its major trade partner, adding “Ghana is the third most important producer of gold for Switzerland, with ...
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  • nimdee2k 7 years ago

    South Africa Owns Ghana Gold, not GHana. So that $2B is for South Africa. AngloGold is a company in South Africa. It is not Mahama, it was Kuffour who sold Ashanti Gold Mines to the South Africa Mines.

  • nimdee2k 7 years ago

    This URL takes you to what AngloGold has been able to amass since 2004, negotiating lucrative deals in Africa.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AngloGold_Ashanti

  • John Ghanaba 7 years ago

    Very good if we got our profit ,and the money must be used well,but above all we must learn and find out very well how the advanced economies use the gold to stabilise their prosperous economies so that we can store up and h ...
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  • Nana 7 years ago

    The export monies does not come back as stipulated by law, PMMC AND BANK OF GHANA useless

  • Abenaa 7 years ago

    Switzerland has no natural resources, bought some gold from Ghana, Living very well in their country and Ghanaians have all the resources are living in poverty. Think about it. The situation may not be that simple but really ...
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  • Kokroko Kwasi kokuro 7 years ago

    They are importing Gold and Cocoa. And export finished products to us. Ghana at 60 please wake up again to Babylonian system the west countries are still using on us. Ghana please stop exporting raw materials to these guys.

  • Daddy JOE. 7 years ago

    Wow finally the moose is on the loose,Upon all this,our people are suffering and poor,N.D.C government is wicked,Lord hv Mercy finally the truth is coming out at last.let's thank God Messiah has finally come to Ghana.Mama mia ...
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  • WHOSE MONEY IS HE SPENDING?> 7 years ago

    they bought the gold cheap THEN TOOK IT SWIZTERLAND "ADDED VALUE" TO THEM AND MADE ALMOST 200% PROFIT.SO WHY CANT GHANA PROCESS THE GOLD ITSELF ?????LIKE

  • judochrislam 7 years ago

    No they turn them into bars a financial security to their currency. They also use them in their most prestigious Rolex watches. Rolex watches appreciate in value so people buy them as a form of financial security and can be u ...
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  • JH New York. 7 years ago

    $2 billion as against 14 say 15 billion.
    What a huge Trade imbalance. Oh, Ghana!. No wonder we find ourselves where we are. Ghanaian leadership are the cause of our problems of hardships or poverty.Which person signed this b ...
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