The 'Akomfem'(Guinea Fowl) Government Is In Shambles

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• Kojo Addae 12 years ago

  Over $50 MILLION so-called Golden Jubilee money was looted by Kuffuor and his cronies-Wereko Brobbey,Mpiani etc.Time will tell.

  Over $50 MILLION so-called Golden Jubilee money was looted by Kuffuor and his cronies-Wereko Brobbey,Mpiani etc.Time will tell.

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• The Patriot 12 years ago

  Stupidity, thy name is Kojo Addae. Ghanaians are not stupid to buy your stupidity.

  Stupidity, thy name is Kojo Addae. Ghanaians are not stupid to buy your stupidity.

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• We prefer our akomfem Government 12 years ago

  We don't need any AKRATIE Government to come and dig holes in our Ghanaian pockets we saw one 2000-2008. It ain't good at all. We prepare our akomfem Government.

  We don't need any AKRATIE Government to come and dig holes in our Ghanaian pockets we saw one 2000-2008. It ain't good at all. We prepare our akomfem Government.

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• KARI BANDA 12 years ago

  Do you want to say we PREFER and not PREPARE, cracked heel Northern cow? Thank you snake eaters for thinning the poisonous snake population in Ghana.

  Do you want to say we PREFER and not PREPARE, cracked heel Northern cow? Thank you snake eaters for thinning the poisonous snake population in Ghana.

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• KARI BANDA 12 years ago

  Do you want to say we PREFER and not PREPARE, cracked heel Northern cow? Thank you snake eaters for thinning the poisonous snake population in Ghana.

  Do you want to say we PREFER and not PREPARE, cracked heel Northern cow? Thank you snake eaters for thinning the poisonous snake population in Ghana.

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• YE MA MO ENIMGUASI OOOO YANOM 12 years ago

  Sarpong YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE READING YOU ARTICLE? COUNTING ALL THE RESPONSE YOU GIVE WITH using YOUR FAKE MONIKERS INCLUDED, YOU HAVE JUST 5 people reading from you. Shame... It serves you right.
  KARIM IS WRITING HIS ...
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  Sarpong YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE READING YOU ARTICLE? COUNTING ALL THE RESPONSE YOU GIVE WITH using YOUR FAKE MONIKERS INCLUDED, YOU HAVE JUST 5 people reading from you. Shame... It serves you right.
  KARIM IS WRITING HIS EXAMS. STAY TUNE HE WILL BE BACK TO CONTINUE GIVING YOU NIGHT MAREs. NOT SURPRISING YOU CANNOT FORGET HIm!

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• Karim Abudlai 12 years ago

  President Mahamar has been a huge disappointment to even some of us Northerners for the huge embarrassement surrounding the SADA projects.

  President Mahamar has been a huge disappointment to even some of us Northerners for the huge embarrassement surrounding the SADA projects.

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• SARPONG 12 years ago

  Below is the modified article that should have been published here but somehow, the modified article ended up at the Diaporians news section.
  
  
  There is a karma in this word called poetic justice and NDC is paying a heavy ...
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  Below is the modified article that should have been published here but somehow, the modified article ended up at the Diaporians news section.
  
  
  There is a karma in this word called poetic justice and NDC is paying a heavy price for stealing an NPP innovative idea and claiming credit for it during the 2012 geheral election. The NDC manifesto for the 2012 general election took credit for the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure(SSSS) policy and listed it as one of their gargantuan achievements. The NDC schemed to steal the election and in order to get the Security workers on its corner, it migrated the Police, the Military and the Prison service personnel into the SSSS first and trippled their salaries. Example, a Policeman with a rank of Constable who used to draw a GHc250 monthly salary saw his salary jumped to GHc700.00. All the Policemen and the Army got their salaries trippled and NDC never thought all other government workers will demand the same salary increament and the mess the the country is in is due to the poorly implemented SSSS policy. If you don't believe what I am saying, read what President Mills said on October 15, 2011.
  
  "Mills’ Appeal Speech Taken Out Of Context By NPP – Ablakwa
  
  Date: 15-Oct-2011
  
  A Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says social commentators have taken President Mills’ appeal to striking doctors to return to work out of context. President John Mills, during a recent 3 day tour of the Greater Accra Region that began on Tuesday, entreated the doctors to return to duty whilst steps are taken to resolve their grievances. He also accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of only announcing the SSSS policy in 2009 but not putting in place any strategy for implementation.He berated the NPP government for only making an “empty announcement” about the SSSS without making any arrangements for its implementation, just a day " I have been saying for days that NPP came up with the SSSS policy but before they can implement it, Afrai Djan and the NDC might have colluded to steal the 2012 election and NDC implemented the SSSS policy without knowing how the NPP would have implemented this policy and creating problems for themselves. P/NDC has never been known have implemented any policy successfully in their 24 years misrule of the country and the SSSS implementation has been their biggest failure since it is going to bankcrupt the country to HIPC status again.
  
  The implementation of the SSSS policy, creation of forty five(45) New constituencies with its attendant 45 new Districts have trippled government salary expenses coupled with corruption in this administration that has manifested itself in the SADA guinea fowl and tree planting projects which are wreaking havoc to the Ghana economy. Many agencies including some International ones like IMF has this to say about the wage bill of the country.
  
  "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday urged government to gain control over the wage bill, saying rising debt levels could endanger government’s transformation agenda.A ballooning wage bill, if untamed, will bring debt to levels that could endanger the government’s transformation agenda. The wage bill in 2012 rose by 47 per cent and the IMF mission has recommended a thorough audit of the 2012 payroll."
  
  A university Professor by name Dr Gyampo said almost the same thing about the dire political consequences the country is facing if the economic situation is not improved with these words; "Ghana may suffer a “democratic relapse” if the current “anarchic disorder” is not curtailed.Doctors, teachers, pharmacists and judicial service workers have taken turns to go on strike following botched negotiations with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission on the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure."
  
  After many weeks of this administration denials about the government being broke, the Finance Minister, Mr Terkper finally admitted of problems in this administration in meeting its financial obligations to the country and just yesterday, April 12, 2013, we read in Ghanaweb forum the reality of the total collapse of the Ghana's economy.
  
  "General News of Friday, 12 April 2013 Source: citifmonline
  
  Gov't has no money to pay road contractors - Minister
  
  Government says it has no money to pay road contractors in the country following complains by some road contractors about the effects of the non-payment of their outstanding payments.Roads and Highway Minister, Alhaji Amin Sulemana, however, in response has indicated that the current wage bill and demands of striking labour unions is putting pressure on the public purse and is therefore not in a position to pay contractors at this time"
  
  "General News of Friday, 12 April 2013 Source: Joy Online
  
  NADMO in GHS186m debt, international donors fed up
  
  NADMO has lamented that it will not be able to help in case of a disaster this rainy season because of crippling debt while international humanitarian agencies are reportedly fed up and frustrated with Ghana’s inability to deal with perennial flooding, especially in the capital Accra."We are in debt amounting to GHS186m. In the last four months to the end of the year, nobody gave us a pesewa. Go to Finance (Ministry) and find if they have given us one pesewa to buy petrol. My people in the regions and districts, you can contact them. Nobody has anything. Our warehouses are empty". ---Kofi Porturphy, National Coordinator, (NADMO)---
  
  "General News of Friday, 12 April 2013 Source: Joy Online
  
  SADA money not accounted for - MP raises alarm
  
  A member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Afenyo Markin is demanding the whereabouts of GH¢38m which was part of the GH¢165m disbursed into the UBA account of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) by the Finance Ministry. He noted that when the Finance Minister appeared before the committee, he said GH¢165 million has been given to SADA for various projects. But when the Chief Executive of SADA appeared before it, he said he has only received GH¢128 million."
  
  As recently as December 2012, NDC was trumpeting about its gargantuan achievement in migrating workers to the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS),something I have said repeatedly was wrongly implemented. Now it has been admitted by NDC and some Labour Experts that, the implementation of this policy has wrecked havoc to our economy coupled with the EC and NDC bonehead decision to create forty five new constituencies and 45 District Assemblies that has increased government Employees by at least one thousand people at a time this government should be decreasing the size of the government.
  
  No country on the face of God green Earth can survive when the government is using even 50% of its revenue on government workers salaries alone let alone 75% as this administration has done. We were using just 25% of our revenue to meet the salary obligations of government workers as recently as June 2012 until NDC decided to buy the loyalty of the Security services when their salaries were trippled which culminated in all other government workers demanding the same increase that has trippled government wage bill from 2.5 billion dollars to 8 billion dollars. Now 75% of all goverbnment revenue goes to meet salary obligations before we pay interest on the government debt of 17 billion dollars which leaves practically nothing for infrastructure development.
  
  Professor Stephen Addai,A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has this to say about the SSSS,"the implementation of the policy will destroy the country if care is not taken."
  
  The SSSS policy as it had been implemented so far has wrecked havoc on our economy and it is hard to get the genie back in the bottle. President Mahama is trying to address a policy badly implemented by NDC which he was fully involved by coming out with policy changes.
  
  The government will, henceforth, determine market premium and will not make it a subject of negotiations, a White Paper on the guidelines for market premiums on the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) has stated.“Government acknowledges that market premium shall be determined for critical but scarce skills and jobs through the conduct of comparative salary surveys.The document defined market premium as "an absolute amount paid only to employees with critical skills in short supply”, adding that the premium would not be calculated as a percentage of a worker’s basic salary."
  
  So how is the government going to justify the 300% increase in the salaries of the Police, Army and the Prison service workers? I guess the above services personnel will be classified as market premuim jobs that are difficult to fill when we have 100 people fighting for every one vacancy that comes up to be filled.
  
  Ghana is flirting with disaster if we fail to do something about the wage bill of Ghana. We were spending only 25% of our revenue on salaries before the implementation of the SSSS policy which has bankcrupted the government at the moment.European governments spend an average of 8% on government salaries. USA spends about 3% of its budget on federal government workers.You cannot spend 75% of your revenue on salaries alone which leaves you practically nothing for infrastructure development after paying interest on your deficits and other obligations.The biggest problem for the government of Ghana at the moment is the runaway government salary bill.
  
  Justice Sarpong
  
  (CARDINAL of TRUTH)

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• Kwesi Agbenu 12 years ago

  The implementation of SSSS has been botched because of infantile ideas of Kofi Wayo/ Kwesi Pratt/ Mensa Nuunoo who convinced Gyimigyimi President Mills to pay the soldiers and police very well in the name of security. Gyimigy ...
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  The implementation of SSSS has been botched because of infantile ideas of Kofi Wayo/ Kwesi Pratt/ Mensa Nuunoo who convinced Gyimigyimi President Mills to pay the soldiers and police very well in the name of security. Gyimigyimi Mills bought the idea and put the military very very high on SSSS. These military/police pay levels are now the measuring rod . DOCTORS, NURSES, ENGINNERS, PHARMACISTS, TEACHERS, and other PROFFESIONALS will not sit down and collect 2000 and 2500 when Military generals DOING NOTHING useful are collecting 60000 and 70000. NO way. Are the military really very useful? The srikes will continue

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• We don't need an AKRATIE Gov 12 years ago

  Ghana will be full of rat holes with an akrantie gov.

  Ghana will be full of rat holes with an akrantie gov.

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• Victor A. Young 12 years ago

  It's undisputable that the John Mahama-led incompetent NDC govt has destroyed Ghana within this very short period. Wanting to deceive Ghanaians, they told the world that Ghana's economy was moving in the right direction; that ...
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  It's undisputable that the John Mahama-led incompetent NDC govt has destroyed Ghana within this very short period. Wanting to deceive Ghanaians, they told the world that Ghana's economy was moving in the right direction; that was months after coming into office in 2009.
  
  People started complaining, while NDC kept giving Ghanaians false hope through propaganda. The ripple effects are what Ghanaians are experiencing at this moment. The center cannot hold, as things continue to fall apart for Ghanaians.
  
  Infact so bitter has the economic situation become for habitats of our great land, that animals dwelling in our forest and bushes, have started complaining too. The recent action by an Elephant tells the story as it is in the jungle.
  
  The animnal alliance sent their representative to demonstrate to their humand co-dwellers of the land that: "No, the hardship is too much; we want John Mahama out!"
  
  Infact it's crazy for the NDC to invest in a risky "Akomfew" project when they could rather have invested in cattle or goats, knowing very well that those birds are unpredictable! It's hard to control them. The birds could fly away visiting their pen, once in a while as they may also lay their eggs somewhere in the bushes. Hmmmm, NDC oo, NDC; they always come out with bugus ideas!

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• NA 12 years ago

  Sarpong, your writings are destroying your party. They are so divisive.I don't know what you stand to gain but people like your type do not measure up. You need to refine your writings and mode of thinking and study the poli ...
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  Sarpong, your writings are destroying your party. They are so divisive.I don't know what you stand to gain but people like your type do not measure up. You need to refine your writings and mode of thinking and study the policy making processes.

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• npp 12 years ago

  You are simply peeved because Mahama is from the North and people like you don't see anything good in the northerner. Time will tell

  You are simply peeved because Mahama is from the North and people like you don't see anything good in the northerner. Time will tell

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• Yaa certificateless 12 years ago

  Hmm...Karim Banda really gave you night mare. You still remember him. He is writing his exams and will be back by the end of the month. Stay tune.

  Hmm...Karim Banda really gave you night mare. You still remember him. He is writing his exams and will be back by the end of the month. Stay tune.

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