Ghana’s economy scores another first to halve extreme poverty

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Sam 9 years ago

The opposition hate the truth in every country. It's a mismatch to compare Ghana tonNigeria though since the Nigerian economy has collapse beyond measure. A comparison with kenya will be fair

The opposition hate the truth in every country. It's a mismatch to compare Ghana tonNigeria though since the Nigerian economy has collapse beyond measure. A comparison with kenya will be fair
Ibrahim. 9 years ago

We have heard this over and over again but the reality on the ground is misery . People have no jobs and cost of living is high . We can't afford electricity and other utility bills. School fees are too high. So where from t ...
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We have heard this over and over again but the reality on the ground is misery . People have no jobs and cost of living is high . We can't afford electricity and other utility bills. School fees are too high. So where from this cooked stories?
felix 9 years ago

there is economic downturn everywhere in the world! if things improve you will feel it in your pocket!

there is economic downturn everywhere in the world! if things improve you will feel it in your pocket!
asem beba dabi 9 years ago

simply, nonsense

simply, nonsense
All Die Be Die 9 years ago

*AKUFO ADDO IS A TROJAN HORSE-BEWARE!!!*

Make no mistake! Akufo Addo is Intolerant, Vindictive and Arrogant and that's the brand he brings to the 2016 December Elections for which he and his NPP must be exposed for who the ...
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*AKUFO ADDO IS A TROJAN HORSE-BEWARE!!!*

Make no mistake! Akufo Addo is Intolerant, Vindictive and Arrogant and that's the brand he brings to the 2016 December Elections for which he and his NPP must be exposed for who they truly are. It is under him that NPP as a party has seen the worst violence and in-fighting which threatens even the security of the state. It is under him that the first Northern Chairman of the NPP was forcefully removed from office and many other elected executives too.

For a party that claims to be apostles of democracy but yet remains very Intolerant to opposing views under the watch of Mr William Akufo Addo is deeply laughable.

When Akufo Addo lost the 2008 elections, he never conceded. When he lost the 2012 Elections, he never conceded. For a long time after losing the frivolous Supreme Court case he initiated out of desperation to become President at all cost, he insisted on his profile on Facebook boldly written that the "Will of the People Has been Stolen from them". No wonder Kofi Koomson of the Chronicle newspaper said he wouldn't be safe with Akufo Addo as President. How is such a desperate character a true democrat?

Now to the most important issues:

a) Can Mr William Akufo Addo tell Ghanaians where he obtained his Law Degree from?

b) Can he tell Ghanaians why he failed to resolve the case of the 44 Ghanaians that were murdered in Gambia as Foreign Minister?

c) Can he tell Ghanaians why he dropped out of Oxford University?

d) Can he tell Ghanaians why his In-Law Raymond Amankwah is languishing in jail abroad for dealing in drugs?

e) Can he tell Ghanaians why Bawumiah never wins elections even in his home town and why the NPP never wins election at Wenchi, KA Busia's hometown where NDC keeps winning?

f) Can Mr William Akufo Addo tell Ghanaians what he was able to accomplish for Akyem Abuakwa (Kyebi) in his 12 years of being an MP...but for John Mahama water wouldn't have been extended to his own people?

g) Can he tell Ghanaians where he gets the millions of dollars of money for his opulent campaign yet keeps screaming hardship as his chorus to the masses?

h) Can Mr William Akufo Addo tell Ghanaians when was the last time he boarded a TROTRO as he suddenly did in 2008 because of his desperation for votes?

i) Can he tell Ghanaians what motivated him to act very wickedly by withdrawing the courtesy and protocol accorded former President Rawlings when he became Foreign Minister yet turn around with the late friend Jake Otanka Obetsebi Lamptey to call on President Rawlings for his approval to become President in 2012? The very man he once called *Sasabonsam*. The height of desperation in 2012 by Mr William Akufo Addo!

j) Can he tell Ghanaians whether he has seen the 123 new classroom blocks built by President John Mahama as well as the expanded Takoradi Port, Kumasi Airport, Ho Airport, Wa Airport, Saglemi Mass Housing, new Tamale International Airport, the massive road construction nationwide, the Ridge Hospital, Police Hospital, New University of Ghana Teaching Hospital, the Cocoa Roads, the 17 District Hospitals (Dodowa, Tema Com 3, Tepa, Fomena etc etc), Cape Coast Stadium, Kotokraba Market, Ho Market, Circle Interchange, Kasoa Interchange, new 37 Hospital in Ashanti, Komenda Sugar Factory, Kumasi Shoe Factory, Western Diamond Cement Plant in Takoradi, the renovated Bulk Oil Facility at Bolgatanga, the Cocoa Roads, the new Kejetia Market, the Digital Migration of TV, the increase in Mobile Money usage, the Accra Digital Centre, the Job 600, the UHAS University in Ho, the over 1,000 CHIPS Clinics, the 40 million gallons Kpong Water Processing Plant, the Buipe Cement Plant, the many Aayalolo Buses, the Trade Fair to Flower Port Roads, the Awoshie-to-Pokuase Roads, the 100,000 youth employed under YEA, the 110 million Cocoa seedlings planted in 3 years since 2014 and on and on and on all done by President John Mahama? Why would an honest person say doesn't see these as development?

k) Can he tell Ghanaians why he tells his team he prefers loyalty to competence yet screams at a performing President when he is incompetent in keeping his own party together?

It is so ironic that the same man who shamelessly asked the votes of 7 million Ghanaians to be canceled so that he can become President will keep going round asking this same 7 million Ghanaians to vote for him to become President. It just shows he lacks any integrity!

It's ridiculous they scream Let My Vote Count yet wanted 7 million votes cancelled for their demi-god to become President of Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana. Ridiculous!

*It is ridiculous that the same man who rejected change within his party for 12 years now by insisted to be the only leader of NPP but no one else, will have the audacity to call on Ghanaians to change a sitting President who has brought so much development to Ghana in less than four (4) years*.
Mr William Akufo Addo would have resigned honourably to allow a younger generation of leaders to lead Ghana and his party but his desperation to become President would not allow him.

All in all, he who calls for equity must come with clean hands cleans. The man Akufo Addo has many questions than answers hanging around his neck. A very dangerous Trojan Horse in the December 7 elections that the silent majority of Ghanaians must totally reject and give him permanent political retirement.

In a nutshell, the man Akufo Addo is a walking contraction. He is a Trojan Horse that must be avoided and rejected by all Ghanaians come 7th December 2016.

Enough is enough!

Written by

*A Concerned Ghanaian*
coffie 9 years ago

NDC propaganda machine at work
They should go house to house roads to roads towns to towns cities to cities villages to villages
And find out idiots

NDC propaganda machine at work
They should go house to house roads to roads towns to towns cities to cities villages to villages
And find out idiots
Captein 9 years ago

What the minister said they did not know about before is madness. Should that not be what all that government is about? To know or have up to date data of projecta that government has.

What the minister said they did not know about before is madness. Should that not be what all that government is about? To know or have up to date data of projecta that government has.
Sadique 9 years ago

Please don't engage in propaganda. It has been like that for decades in this country. Thought it is thier duty, It is a plus for this leadership.

Please don't engage in propaganda. It has been like that for decades in this country. Thought it is thier duty, It is a plus for this leadership.
GOOD FATHER 9 years ago

This tell you all Ghanians how this man is building Ghana Economy.

This tell you all Ghanians how this man is building Ghana Economy.
Sadique 9 years ago

It seems our future looks better and secured when this leaderships are voted again than changing hands. With this massive infrastructure development and some positive economic gains in the midst of global economic challenges ...
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It seems our future looks better and secured when this leaderships are voted again than changing hands. With this massive infrastructure development and some positive economic gains in the midst of global economic challenges with energy crisis, let's make no mistake to change especially, looking at what Nigerians are experiencing with change. Arise the youth of Ghana arise and work for continuity.

Ke 9 years ago

high interest rate(35%to 40%),high inflation rate,high taxes.shs school fees.My friend place ur life first before political party.nobody can igorne these basic economic indicators.the thing is about real thing on the ground.

high interest rate(35%to 40%),high inflation rate,high taxes.shs school fees.My friend place ur life first before political party.nobody can igorne these basic economic indicators.the thing is about real thing on the ground.
felix 9 years ago

high interest rates etc don't necessary mean the economy is bad!

high interest rates etc don't necessary mean the economy is bad!
Adams 9 years ago

Nigeria was soo bad when Buhari took over and now we see a shrinking economy. And now it can be seeno by independent minded organisation's and individuals have all seen and attested to the fact that all the economic indicator ...
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Nigeria was soo bad when Buhari took over and now we see a shrinking economy. And now it can be seeno by independent minded organisation's and individuals have all seen and attested to the fact that all the economic indicators are pointing to positive signals. Business environment is positive, poverty in the decline, budget deficit decreasing, the cedi assuming stability and surprisingly in an election inflation showing signs of decreasing .Above all we see a gargantuan infrastructural development across the country . So what does the opposition means by mismanagement of the economy?
kweks 9 years ago

NPP believes JM has over borrowed. You think its anybody at all who can be trusted and borrowed cash for devt? Ask your NPP. They tried to borrow $1billion dollars and they ended up in hair saloon. JM's ability to borrow this ...
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NPP believes JM has over borrowed. You think its anybody at all who can be trusted and borrowed cash for devt? Ask your NPP. They tried to borrow $1billion dollars and they ended up in hair saloon. JM's ability to borrow this much for our devt is in itself a great achievement. Why dont NPP use their blue book to campaign? Because NPP achieved nothing in their 8yrs in power. attempt listing what NPP achieved? Shwiiie. Ghanaians please let us not gamble our future away. Vote JM to continue. JM Toaso
Dave 9 years ago

U Ghanaians don't know anything. Nigeria's economy may not be growing at the moment but Ghana is no match.
GDP for Nigeria is $490b
GDP for Ghana is $37b
GDP per capital for Nigeria's $ 2,800
GDP per capital for Ghana i ...
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U Ghanaians don't know anything. Nigeria's economy may not be growing at the moment but Ghana is no match.
GDP for Nigeria is $490b
GDP for Ghana is $37b
GDP per capital for Nigeria's $ 2,800
GDP per capital for Ghana is $ 1,380
So where lies the comparison
Even if Nigeria's GDP does not grow in the next 10 yrs it will still be higher than that of Ghana
Besides pls go and verify statistics below
Bread in Ghana is Ghc7 in Nigeria its ghc2.5
Petrol in Ghana is ghc15 in nigeria its ghc5.8 per gallon
Can of malt in Ghana is ghc3.5 in Nigeria it's ghc1.5
450g Pack of milk in Ghana is ghc17 in Nigeria its ghc8
Coke in Ghana is ghc2 in Nigeria its ghc 0.8
Same goes for other commodities including food items, cars etc. travel and see. These figures are there for all to verify. Ghana is in shambles and some1 is writing this trash.
Redfish 9 years ago

Maybe for you. Everyone knows who to vote for don't even deceive yourself

Maybe for you. Everyone knows who to vote for don't even deceive yourself
son of man 9 years ago

We all want the betterment of Ghana but ndc does not have the people who can deliver.

We all want the betterment of Ghana but ndc does not have the people who can deliver.
ONIPANUA 9 years ago

WHICH PARTY WILL DELIVER? I HOPE YOU DO NOT HAVE IN MIND THE NPP.THIEVES WHO CAME TO STEAL WHAT BELONGS TO GHANA AND GAVE OUR OIL AWAY ALMOST FOR FREE.

WHICH PARTY WILL DELIVER? I HOPE YOU DO NOT HAVE IN MIND THE NPP.THIEVES WHO CAME TO STEAL WHAT BELONGS TO GHANA AND GAVE OUR OIL AWAY ALMOST FOR FREE.

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