!!Whew!!, Awudulai, take a drink of water and inhale before you get a cardiac arrest. Where did you get all these subtle insuniation that my disagreement with how the SADA aforestation or tree planting and guinea fowl projec ... read full comment
!!Whew!!, Awudulai, take a drink of water and inhale before you get a cardiac arrest. Where did you get all these subtle insuniation that my disagreement with how the SADA aforestation or tree planting and guinea fowl projects is due to tribalism? What really is wrong with Northerners anybody who criticizes Mahama and is an Akan is doing so because Mahama is a Northerner? Is Awudulai telling me all Northerners who critized President Kuffour durin his rule did so because they were anti Akan or anti Asante?
Ghana will continue to be mired in this deplorable condition if tribal card is going to be used by the various tribes as an iron curtain to cocoon or insulate our preferred tribal Presidents from criticism.
I am one of those who support the principle behind the SADA policy to bridge the gap between the South and the North but it is the responsibility of any patriotic citizens to make sure sSADA projects benefit the Northern poor and the money for these projects don't end up in the pockets of Northern Politicians and their politically connected allies.
Awudulai talked about Mahama being tagged as corrupt due to questions surrounding almost all the projects he has handled and since nobody has been able to prove him as a corrupt individual, then he is not corrupt. If that is the standard of how we are going to judge who is corrupt, then Nkrumah, Busia, Limann, Rawlings, Kuffour, Mills and Mahama should not be accused of having been corrupt because no court of the land has adjudicated any guilty verdict against them.
Is it not suspicious Asongbata, owned by Agambire holds 60% of the guinea farm project and supposedly had contributed 25 million Ghana cedis to the 25 million cedis making the guinea fowl project alone a 20 million dollars project and all we can show for is 600 guinea fowls and 20 eggs? Maybe Awudulai wants to tell us the millions of guinea fowls we should be showing for this project have all flew to Burkina Faso for lunch and the 600 left behind were the guinea fowl watch fowls left behind to watch the twenty eggs.
On the tree planting projects, 33 million Ghana cedis was spent and five million trees were supposed to have been planted but Agambire and his Asongbata group planted only 400,000 trees.
Mr Awudulai, I will promise to keep my big mouth shut and not talk about issues concerning Northerners especially those dealing with the under development of the three Northern regions if Awudulai and his people from the North can promise not to accuse southerners especially Akans of having neglected the development of the North. The two projects here should be able to give at least 5,000 employment to Northerners directly to reduce poverty in the North and so far not more than two hundred people has been employed.
If Asongbata means “to help each other”in Frafra and my Wala friend told me it means you wash my back and I wash yours, thenI don't see any difference here. Awudulai, stop being too emotional with thin skin, SADA will not help only Northerners but the whole country so we all have a stake in the success of those two projects, thank you.
OYOKOBA 11 years ago
Don't mind the fool. Where was he when the NDC painted everything NPP under Kufour as Asante hegemony? Now he should know how it feels. They play rough tactics to win power and then once there begin to plead to everybody to c ... read full comment
Don't mind the fool. Where was he when the NDC painted everything NPP under Kufour as Asante hegemony? Now he should know how it feels. They play rough tactics to win power and then once there begin to plead to everybody to calm down and join them to rule the country. Like they say when you are eating the fingers of a monkey, you should take a closer look at your own. If one dispenses bad medicine, he eventually tastes the same. Naniama!!!
Brother Sarpong, me ma wo dumsooo.
Yaaaa Mahama.
SARPONG 11 years ago
Me gye wo so,
Yaaa Mahama.
Me gye wo so,
Yaaa Mahama.
mojingles 11 years ago
Oyokoba, coherent and civil criticism of government is an accepted norm in any democratic system worth its salt...however, to continuously launch unsubstantiated attacks on the chief executive of a nation invariably leads to ... read full comment
Oyokoba, coherent and civil criticism of government is an accepted norm in any democratic system worth its salt...however, to continuously launch unsubstantiated attacks on the chief executive of a nation invariably leads to charges extremism. This, in a nutshell,describes your bosom pal, Sarpong. He is inept and vastly consumed by a burning hatred of anything northern. He lacks decency and is prone to outbursts that border on lunacy....his rants have won him a small following on Ghanaweb, but as his articles demonstrate, he is a one-issue writer and it is about time he expanded his horizon.
SARPONG 11 years ago
YUou are a typical Northern idiot who believes criticizing a Northerner is a NO, NO and tribalistic. It is fools like you that we have Kayayeis and Kayaya's in Kumasi, Accra, Takoradi and other Southern cities because you wil ... read full comment
YUou are a typical Northern idiot who believes criticizing a Northerner is a NO, NO and tribalistic. It is fools like you that we have Kayayeis and Kayaya's in Kumasi, Accra, Takoradi and other Southern cities because you will rather defend the rich Northerners to cheat the Northern poor as long as you can have somebody like Roland Agambire to point to as a multimillionaire from the North like being proud of having a Northern President whilst more than 95% Northerners live below the poverty line in Ghana.
To somebody like you with a very low count of brain cells, somebody like me telling the rich and powerful Northerner to use Ghanaian Taxpayers money judiciously and employ more poor Northerners to improve their lives is tribalism. Oh! My God!!!
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEAD FOR BRAINS?FECAL MATTER?
SARPONG 11 years ago
Mojingles, I get really upset when people like you accuse me of hating Northerners when I have a sister who is a Northerner from the Frafra tribe.
I think you need to know more about me to understand why I do what I do, so ... read full comment
Mojingles, I get really upset when people like you accuse me of hating Northerners when I have a sister who is a Northerner from the Frafra tribe.
I think you need to know more about me to understand why I do what I do, so if you care enough about Ghana and issues important to Northerners and Ghanaians as a whole, this is my email address sent me a response and maybe you will get to understand me better.
sarpongjustice@ymail.com
Atugabiig 11 years ago
AWUDU, WHAT SARPONG MEANS IS SIMPLY THAT, A PROGRAMME MEANT TO BETTER THE LIVES OF NORTHERNERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO FAIL UNDER THE WATCH OF A PRESIDENT FROM THE NORTH.
I SUPPORT HIM A 1000 PERCENT AS A NORTHERNER.
AWUDU, WHAT SARPONG MEANS IS SIMPLY THAT, A PROGRAMME MEANT TO BETTER THE LIVES OF NORTHERNERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO FAIL UNDER THE WATCH OF A PRESIDENT FROM THE NORTH.
I SUPPORT HIM A 1000 PERCENT AS A NORTHERNER.
Yaw Amofa 11 years ago
All his write-ups are culled from Ghanaian internet radios. He doesnt eeeven live in Ghana in the first place, to actually experience things first hand. Besides as NPP aparachnik, you dont expect that he would say any good t ... read full comment
All his write-ups are culled from Ghanaian internet radios. He doesnt eeeven live in Ghana in the first place, to actually experience things first hand. Besides as NPP aparachnik, you dont expect that he would say any good thing about JDM, since they are in court, trying fruitlessly to dislodge JDM.
SARPONG 11 years ago
MR AWUDULAI, I guess you are not going to accuse GII too of being tribalistic. Read what they are saying about these projects.
General News of Thursday, 11 April 2013
Source: radioxyzonline.com
GII calls on CH ... read full comment
MR AWUDULAI, I guess you are not going to accuse GII too of being tribalistic. Read what they are saying about these projects.
General News of Thursday, 11 April 2013
Source: radioxyzonline.com
GII calls on CHRAJ to probe SADA projects
The Ghana Integrity Initiative is asking the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the operations of the Savannah Accelerated Development concerning its guinea fowl project.
The anti-corruption group says it is unhappy with the apparent failures of the project.
The anti-graft body says it prefers CHRAJ probing the issue to a Parliamentary Committee.
Below is the full statement by the Ghana Integrity Initiative
THE SAVANNAH ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (SADA) MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO FAIL
For some time now, the media has debating some disturbing news about the guinea fowl project that is being sponsored by the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). The media must be commended for its continued efforts to hold public officers accountable and to insist that public resources are utilised effectively and efficiently and to the common good of the citizens. The Chief Executive of the SADA, Alhaji Gilbert Seidu Iddi, in response, indicated that the Authority would hold a press conference to lay bare the facts on how an amount of GH¢15 million has been invested in the guinea fowl project as a part of the SADA project.
Furthermore, Parliament has also indicated that they would bring the Chief Executive before the House to explain why the afforestation project embarked upon by the Authority was not progressing as expected. An NGO called Asongtaba Cottage Industries, owned by Mr Roland Agambire, the CEO of rlg, a mobile manufacturing company, is alleged to have been provided with an amount of GH¢33 million to plant trees in the re-afforestation project. The results of this project, at least in the number of trees planted, are yet to be seen as only 300,000 trees out of a total of a planned 5 million trees, are alleged to have been planted so far in nine months. Parliament is obviously not satisfied with the progress of the project so far. The excuse that the trees were destroyed by bush fires is not convincing because bush fires are a normal feature in Northern Ghana and parts of the Brong Ahafo region. This makes it imperative for SADA to have put in place measures to protect the young trees from these fires. It is constructive to note that the same company is behind these two projects.
Parliament’s decision to invite the Chief Executive of SADA to answer questions is, therefore, welcome news. We expect Parliament to play its oversight role more effectively on a regular basis and save the country from unnecessary waste of public resources and not to wait until the end of the year when the Auditor-General submits his reports to them at the time when it becomes too late to take any corrective and punitive measures. Besides, Parliament’s oversight role should not be limited to the use of financial resources only but include the investigation of any inaction or inappropriate action by public officers appointed to manage state resources
Another SADA project that seems to have stalled is the mango project that has not received the needed media attention. According to our sources of information, the land clearing for a total land area of 500 acres for the four mango farmers, which was supposed to have started in October/November 2012, has up to the time of this statement not commenced. Once the rains start, the bulldozers will not be able to work on the land as they will get stuck in the muddy terrain. A similar delay in 2011 led to the failure of the project to take off when the tractors came late.
Moreover, the 200 boreholes, which were supposed to be drilled in the four mango project sites at about GH¢20,000 each, have still not been drilled. The contractor that was awarded the contract to drill the boreholes has since retreated that he can only drill 70 boreholes for the project sites with the amount of money provided. This raises eye brows concerning the transparency and appropriateness surrounding the award of the contract.
The seemingly and apparent failures of the SADA project are worrying as the SADA seems to be going in the same direction as similar projects that were initiated for the people of the North in the past. GII calls on Parliament to go beyond merely calling on the Chief Executive to answer questions in the comfort of the Parliament House and invoke Article 278 of the Constitution and, by a resolution, request that a commission of inquiry be appointed to inquire into the issues emerging from the entire SADA projects as they are matters of public importance.
Alternatively, an independent investigator such as the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) should undertake this investigation as GII cannot rule out political interests in all these allegations. Such an investigation would also ensure public confidence in the outcomes of the investigation. This proposed investigation should not be a way of distracting public attention from the saga. There appears to be procurement issues as well that need to be looked into.
This is necessary in order to ensure that SADA does not become one of the failed projects that have been initiated in the past to help reduce poverty in the North and bridge the gap between the northern and southern parts of the country.
In the meantime, GII wishes to put forward the following questions to the SADA authorities:
Were the procurement processes followed in selecting partners and contractors to carry out the SADA sponsored projects? What are the main causes of the delays in the implementation of the SADA sponsored projects? What led to the reduction of the boreholes that were planned to be drilled and what would be the effect on the project? Can the management of SADA assure Ghanaians that some of the SADA resources were not diverted for political and personal purposes, as is being suspected? Thank you, Issued by Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII)
Yaafo 11 years ago
You described yourself adequately. Self-centred, myopic, ethnic fuelled and hero-worshipping of Pres bcos he is from the north.
You described yourself adequately. Self-centred, myopic, ethnic fuelled and hero-worshipping of Pres bcos he is from the north.
Napson Aklaku 11 years ago
TOTAL RUBBISH FROM A TOTAL IDIOTIC LUNATIC AND LOST NORTHERNER
TOTAL RUBBISH FROM A TOTAL IDIOTIC LUNATIC AND LOST NORTHERNER
K. K. BOLE 11 years ago
The enemy of a northerner is the educated northerner
The enemy of a northerner is the educated northerner
insight to the bone 11 years ago
We have on several occasions elaborated the evil agenda of the ewes and some northerners to destroy the very substance of the Akan. we go further as there still some fools who underestimate the severity and dire nature of thi ... read full comment
We have on several occasions elaborated the evil agenda of the ewes and some northerners to destroy the very substance of the Akan. we go further as there still some fools who underestimate the severity and dire nature of this conspiracy. everyone was surprised when a so called pepeni christian chose mainly alajihs , were shocked by the trip to Turkey and the Lebanese or sekou's somersault of political parties. in every day life stories of children from mixed ethnic backgrounds denying and negating their Akan heritage in favor of the ewes or northerners eg fifi kwetey whose mother is fanti. this is a war against the Akans period and its time to stand up. below i have extracted from Wikipedia the translations of verses in the Qur'an and ideologies so you see where this comes from. the hypocrisy and the recommended camouflage when undermining the efforts and desires of the Akans .
Qur'an chapter 4.89. They yearn that you should disbelieve just as they disbelieved, so that you might be all alike. Do not, therefore, take from among them confidants and allies until they emigrate (to Mad?nah and join you) in God's cause. But if they turn away (from this call and continue their hostility against you), seize them and kill them wherever you find them; and do not take to yourselves any of them as confidant, nor as helper.
9:5 When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them. Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere for them.
Taqiyya ???? (alternate spellings taqiyeh,taqiya, taqiyah, tuqyah) is a form of religious dissimulation,[1] or a legal dispensation whereby a believing individual can deny his faith or commit otherwise illegal or blasphemous acts while they are at risk of significant persecution.[2]
Kitman (Arabic kitm?n ????? "secrecy, concealment") is the act of paying lip service to authority while holding personal opposition. It is a sort of political camouflage, for the purpose of survival, in circumstances where open opposition would result in persecution.
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KERE 11 years ago
Awudulai is speaking the truth. Sarpong is a big fool.
Awudulai is speaking the truth. Sarpong is a big fool.
!!Whew!!, Awudulai, take a drink of water and inhale before you get a cardiac arrest. Where did you get all these subtle insuniation that my disagreement with how the SADA aforestation or tree planting and guinea fowl projec ...
read full comment
Don't mind the fool. Where was he when the NDC painted everything NPP under Kufour as Asante hegemony? Now he should know how it feels. They play rough tactics to win power and then once there begin to plead to everybody to c ...
read full comment
Me gye wo so,
Yaaa Mahama.
Oyokoba, coherent and civil criticism of government is an accepted norm in any democratic system worth its salt...however, to continuously launch unsubstantiated attacks on the chief executive of a nation invariably leads to ...
read full comment
YUou are a typical Northern idiot who believes criticizing a Northerner is a NO, NO and tribalistic. It is fools like you that we have Kayayeis and Kayaya's in Kumasi, Accra, Takoradi and other Southern cities because you wil ...
read full comment
Mojingles, I get really upset when people like you accuse me of hating Northerners when I have a sister who is a Northerner from the Frafra tribe.
I think you need to know more about me to understand why I do what I do, so ...
read full comment
AWUDU, WHAT SARPONG MEANS IS SIMPLY THAT, A PROGRAMME MEANT TO BETTER THE LIVES OF NORTHERNERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO FAIL UNDER THE WATCH OF A PRESIDENT FROM THE NORTH.
I SUPPORT HIM A 1000 PERCENT AS A NORTHERNER.
All his write-ups are culled from Ghanaian internet radios. He doesnt eeeven live in Ghana in the first place, to actually experience things first hand. Besides as NPP aparachnik, you dont expect that he would say any good t ...
read full comment
MR AWUDULAI, I guess you are not going to accuse GII too of being tribalistic. Read what they are saying about these projects.
General News of Thursday, 11 April 2013
Source: radioxyzonline.com
GII calls on CH ...
read full comment
You described yourself adequately. Self-centred, myopic, ethnic fuelled and hero-worshipping of Pres bcos he is from the north.
TOTAL RUBBISH FROM A TOTAL IDIOTIC LUNATIC AND LOST NORTHERNER
The enemy of a northerner is the educated northerner
We have on several occasions elaborated the evil agenda of the ewes and some northerners to destroy the very substance of the Akan. we go further as there still some fools who underestimate the severity and dire nature of thi ...
read full comment
peruvian, brazillian, bohamian, virgin hair for sale.
for wholesale and retail contact Mavis on
May on :00971527998689 or gefrempong@gmail.com
Awudulai is speaking the truth. Sarpong is a big fool.
Bravo, excellent piece.