Victoria Hammah Case- Mahama Must Resign!

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BIN 1 12 years ago

Mahama must resign. he has nothing to offer Ghanaians except corruption.

Mahama must resign. he has nothing to offer Ghanaians except corruption.
Pito Brewer 12 years ago

Kufuor served as President for eight years, despite presiding over the most corrupt administration in Ghana's history. He should have set a good example and resigned after six months in office.

Kufuor served as President for eight years, despite presiding over the most corrupt administration in Ghana's history. He should have set a good example and resigned after six months in office.
insight to the bone 12 years ago

the short memory of these so called journalists is worrying . look at what this same bagbin did as minister or works and housing , there its more evident his corrupt unscrupulous lying character in the stx , chinese and numer ...
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the short memory of these so called journalists is worrying . look at what this same bagbin did as minister or works and housing , there its more evident his corrupt unscrupulous lying character in the stx , chinese and numerous take money for myself only dealings . bagbin has the reputation of being the most corrupt minister after mahama then vice himself so who are we joking here . we now see the caliber and nature of all these useless ministers by just looking in their waiting rooms . during the time of npp you would go to these same waiting rooms and see people in suits and other attire waiting to do business today the transformation is you see young ashawo girls , boys in t shirts and all kinds of crazy ass idiots waiting to collect monies from whoever , none are there for any govt business talk less of anything beneficial to the state . the business community has now shied away from having anything to do with these criminals and their anti Akan agenda . kwasea pepeni has destroyed all unity left and so we must continue to prepare for the revolution and war. it seems even their own gen mosquito is slowly coming to his senses and seeing the pain and suffering of his own people , i guess the syndrome of the prodigal son is now getting through to the Akans among them . long live the republic of Akan
Agyeman 12 years ago

Victoria Hammah case...Mahama must be commended for his response and he must be given time to succeed.

Victoria Hammah case...Mahama must be commended for his response and he must be given time to succeed.
JAMES JAMES 12 years ago

we have been besieged by vampires ever since the attamills/john mahama ndc govt took power......sole sourcing, fake jdebts, gyeeda, sada, rlg-zoomlion-govt collusion to dupe us, six classroom blocks built at around 350,000 gh ...
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we have been besieged by vampires ever since the attamills/john mahama ndc govt took power......sole sourcing, fake jdebts, gyeeda, sada, rlg-zoomlion-govt collusion to dupe us, six classroom blocks built at around 350,000 ghc instead of the around 80,000 ghc built by the npp previously,....woyome, bettymould, barton odro, etc etc have all contributed to draining ghana completely and they are now putting the blame on ghanaian workers' salaries........GOD WILL EXPOSE THE VAMPIRES ONE BY ONE AS HE CONTINUES TO HEAR THE CRIES OF THE POOR KAYAYEIS, TROKOSIS, UNDER PRIVILEGED, ETC ETC AND HE WILL SAVE US FROM THESE VAMPIRES, SHARKS, WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING....ide biiii keke...
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

One day, a guy was approached by a rich man who said, “If you marry my daughter, I will give you my house and all of my money.” Sure enough the guy says yes. The rich man then warned him that his daughter had been in a te ...
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One day, a guy was approached by a rich man who said, “If you marry my daughter, I will give you my house and all of my money.” Sure enough the guy says yes. The rich man then warned him that his daughter had been in a terrible car accident and was a little messed up, both physically and mentally. The guy figures she couldn't be that messed up and doesn't change his mind.
So he married the girl -- who was that messed up -- and on the honeymoon, instead of having to look at her, he put a paper bag over her head when they were having sex. And the guy used the bag every time they had sex after that One day, while the guy was doing some work around the house, he dropped his hammer and said, “Honey, can you get the hammer for me?” The wife shuffled around muttering, “Huh? Get the hammer, get the hammer, get the hammer,” and finally picked it up.
After she gave it back to him, he dropped the box of nails and asked, “Honey, can you get nails for me?” She went to fetch it, mumbling, “Huh? Get the nails, get the nails, get the nails.” She hands him the nails and he goes back to work.
While the guy is hammering a nail, he accidentally struck his thumb and shouted, “Aww, fuck!” The wife says, “Huh? get the bag, get the bag, get the bag....”

THE HUSBAND DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE LADDER BECAUSE THE HAMMER FELL TO THE FLOOR.
MAHAMA DONT HAVE TO LEAVE THE PRESIDENCY BECAUSE IT'S THE WOMAN'S' FAULT BY TRYING TO REVEAL HER UGLINESS.
DIE HARD 12 years ago

As the days pass by, and the 2nd leg confirmed to be played in Cairo, Egypt:

Have you wondered or doubted the Black Stars' ability to overcome the Pharaohs of Egypt?

What about the security situation, do you think it co ...
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As the days pass by, and the 2nd leg confirmed to be played in Cairo, Egypt:

Have you wondered or doubted the Black Stars' ability to overcome the Pharaohs of Egypt?

What about the security situation, do you think it could potential affect the performance of the Black Stars???
Daavi 12 years ago

THE BLACK STARS WILL CARRY THE ROD OF MOSES BACK TO EGYPT. NO FEARS!

THE BLACK STARS WILL CARRY THE ROD OF MOSES BACK TO EGYPT. NO FEARS!
JAMES JAMES 12 years ago

When ghana was crying for prompt serious leadership, all that john mahama has mastered in doing is to go around thanking chiefs for honouring attamills funeral,,,,then after the elections he went around to thank them.....then ...
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When ghana was crying for prompt serious leadership, all that john mahama has mastered in doing is to go around thanking chiefs for honouring attamills funeral,,,,then after the elections he went around to thank them.....then they came back to him to congratulate him....then he went to churches to thank GOD then he went around again to several churches after the petition hearing to thank GOD once again for winning the court case ....haaaaaaabbbbbbaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh......all this while ghana was burning from economic hardships that neede prompt solutions.....ide biiii keke....he now has no thank your tours to undertake and yet is not capable of solving our economic issues....ide biii keke..
Nii Akwei 12 years ago

He was hand picked by the late Atta Mills. There is a saying, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Meaning, like father, like son. He does not know what the F**K he is doing. No amount of time will work.

He was hand picked by the late Atta Mills. There is a saying, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Meaning, like father, like son. He does not know what the F**K he is doing. No amount of time will work.

KOOBAAH. 12 years ago

APPIAH DONT BE STUPID AND HATE MAHAMA AND NDC.YOU SEE YOU PERSONALLY HATE MAHAMA,THE GIRL JUST SAID THIS AND SHA HAS NOT TAKEN ANY MONEY YET/AND BECUSE OF HER UTTTERANCES TOWARD CORRUPTION SHE HASBEEN PUNISHED BY THE

APPIAH DONT BE STUPID AND HATE MAHAMA AND NDC.YOU SEE YOU PERSONALLY HATE MAHAMA,THE GIRL JUST SAID THIS AND SHA HAS NOT TAKEN ANY MONEY YET/AND BECUSE OF HER UTTTERANCES TOWARD CORRUPTION SHE HASBEEN PUNISHED BY THE
KOOBAAH. 12 years ago

APPIAH DONT BE STUPID AND HATE MAHAMA AND THE NDC GOVERNMENT DONT HATE MAHAMA PERSONALLY.THE GIRL HAS TAKEN NO MONEY,AND HE HAS BEEN PUNISHED BECAUSE OF HER WRONG UTTERANCES TOWARDS CORRUPTION BY THE PRESIDENT/I REPEATIF YOU ...
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APPIAH DONT BE STUPID AND HATE MAHAMA AND THE NDC GOVERNMENT DONT HATE MAHAMA PERSONALLY.THE GIRL HAS TAKEN NO MONEY,AND HE HAS BEEN PUNISHED BECAUSE OF HER WRONG UTTERANCES TOWARDS CORRUPTION BY THE PRESIDENT/I REPEATIF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CORRUPTION REMEMBER TO TELL THE NATION HOW YOUR KUFUOR PAID 132BILLION CEDIS BY FORGERY MEANS
WHAT A CORRUPT PRESIDENT APPIAH YOU NPPS YOU ALWAYS ENVELOPE YOUR CORRUPTION AND DECRISE WHAT SOME HAS NOT DONEAPPIAH YOU NPPS PAVE THE WAY FOR GHANA TO DEVELOPE.BECAUSE OF GHANA HAS BEEN STAGENANT IN DEVELOPMENT SINCE INDEPENDENT STOP YOUR UNCOUTH MANNERS AWKWARD POLITICS/CRIMINAL AND AND WICKED POLITICS THINK OF YOUR DRILL SHIP CASE MAHAMA IS NOT GOING TORESIGN
APPIAH YOU CAN COMMIT SUICIDE FOOLISH APPIAH.KOOBAAH...
Victor A. Young 12 years ago

We're all witnessing the direct effect of election fraud, "rubber-stamped" by Justice Atuguba and the Supreme Court, as I've always pointed out. it's a sad, sad situation! Oh, God, what's going on in your beloved country, Gha ...
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We're all witnessing the direct effect of election fraud, "rubber-stamped" by Justice Atuguba and the Supreme Court, as I've always pointed out. it's a sad, sad situation! Oh, God, what's going on in your beloved country, Ghana? This latest revelation is simply unbelievable!!!!
PEACE 12 years ago

too many jokes in ghana...oh when

too many jokes in ghana...oh when
Agbedefu 12 years ago

What's all these nonsense for? I dson't need to read the article. Resign, resign. Resign for what? Prez. Mahama opened Hammah's mouth and pushed those words into it?

What's all these nonsense for? I dson't need to read the article. Resign, resign. Resign for what? Prez. Mahama opened Hammah's mouth and pushed those words into it?
yaw asiedu 12 years ago

papa Appiah, thank you so much for hitting the nail right on the head. We are being ruled by an unintelligent egoistic cheap talker and as it were a priority misplaced hypocrite. if this man thinks he is fighting corruption b ...
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papa Appiah, thank you so much for hitting the nail right on the head. We are being ruled by an unintelligent egoistic cheap talker and as it were a priority misplaced hypocrite. if this man thinks he is fighting corruption by sacking people who wants to make 1 million dollars as deputy ministers, then he has no point to score. has he forgotten he is the one paying these bloated deputy ministerial appointees? mahama is a joke. he thinks he can deceive God with lotto numbers "two sure"

"The battle is the Lord's". a disgraceful president who has no shame. sacking Vicky means nothing to us Ghanaians because we know its a normal practice in and around the presidency that corruption is a policy in your governance.

this is just one of the million practices which has not been uncovered. remember, free things don't last just as cheap gains don't have value. We live you and all your decends to Jah n karma.
KK 12 years ago

... by arguing wrongly. He has a list of some petty things the president has done and uses the list to hang him.

C'mmon, ALL heads of state do petty things. In the end, that will not be what they will be judged by. They m ...
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... by arguing wrongly. He has a list of some petty things the president has done and uses the list to hang him.

C'mmon, ALL heads of state do petty things. In the end, that will not be what they will be judged by. They must be judged by the more important things that they have done or failed to do. The president could still have done all these petty things AND STILL DO the major ones.

Papa Appiah mentions some of the major problems facing the country which he says the president should be solving rather than talking about the Black Stars. But Appiah does not give any answers as to HOW those problems should be solved. That is what we need to know, not the mere fact that they are not being solved.

Then Appiah says the President should resign or be taken off by a coup. That is Appiah's solution. But the President cannot resign. There are no constitutional grounds for him to resign. We don't want a coup either. Moreover, we don't know if the person who replaces him, in the unlikely event of any one of his suggested solutions coming through, will be any better, given the structure of our present politics where all the guys up there in both major parties are the same. So Appiah does not offer a credible solution.

As for firing Hammah for her utterance, it was the President who appointed her. He has the power to sack her, harsh as that may seem to be. He can even sack her where she has done nothing wrong. And Hammah's statement, if it is true, is very terrible. If I were the president, I would ask her to resign too (for giving voice to what is symptomatic of public complaint about our politicians). Then from the small fry, I will go on to the big fry. These are more difficult to deal with than the small fry...
MIKE HAMMAH 12 years ago

MAHAMA SHOULD BE IMPEACHED IF HE REFUSED TO RESIGN OVER MASSIVE CORRUPTION CASES IN HIS GOVT.INCLUDING THE REVELATION BY DISGRACED VICTORIA HAMMAH ON THE $1m. saga and the Supreme Court judges bribery exposure.Besides, jail V ...
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MAHAMA SHOULD BE IMPEACHED IF HE REFUSED TO RESIGN OVER MASSIVE CORRUPTION CASES IN HIS GOVT.INCLUDING THE REVELATION BY DISGRACED VICTORIA HAMMAH ON THE $1m. saga and the Supreme Court judges bribery exposure.Besides, jail Victoria Hammah for breach of the Oath of Secrecy.
Kojo Menka, Bremen 12 years ago

Do you remember USA president Nixon, the Watergate, President Bill Clinton, something happened in secret but when it came into public light, it brought those powerful men down. What we say in private should be as decorous as ...
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Do you remember USA president Nixon, the Watergate, President Bill Clinton, something happened in secret but when it came into public light, it brought those powerful men down. What we say in private should be as decorous as in public. We are hypocrites if we hide our selves in the open and think nobody hear or care about it, then we are deceiving ourselves.
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ. 12 years ago

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Comment: NANA AKUFO ADDO WHERE IS MY $10M?
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BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
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2013-11-09 05:34:29
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Comment: NANA AKUFO ADDO WHERE IS MY $10M?
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Date:
2013-11-09 05:34:29
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Comment: PRESIDENT TO INVESTIGATE $10M CASE
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BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
Date:
2013-11-08 05:20:01
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Comment: NANA AKUFO ADDO WHERE IS MY$10M?
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Date:
2013-11-07 13:47:05
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Comment: PRESIDENT MAHAMA IS PRESIDENT OF GHANA.
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BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
Date:
2013-11-07 09:32:25
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Comment: PRESIDENT MAHAMA IS PRESIDENT OF GHANA
Author:
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
Date:
2013-11-07 05:03:05
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OPEN LETTER TO H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA AND READING PUBLIC OF GHANAWEB.COM,

IT IS TIME TO CALL "SPADE A SPADE"AND THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF GHANA REPOSED THEIR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA TO LEAD GHANA AS THE COMMANDER-IN CHIEF AND FATHER OF THE NATION AND NOBODY CAN CHANGE THAT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST REPOSED IN THE PRESIDENT.
THAT AS "FATHER PROVIDES FOR HIS CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN ALSO HELP THEIR FATHER" SO IT SHOULD BE WITH ALL OF US AS GHANAIANS.
THAT THE FIFTH (5TH) COMMANDMENTS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE BIBLE ENTREAT ALL CHRISTIANS "CHILDREN OBEY YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER TO LIVE LONG AND ALSO TO PROSPER IN THE LAND THAT YOUR GOD GIVES TO YOU".
THAT THE BOOK OF ROMANS ALSO ENJOINED ALL CHRISTIANS "TO OBEY THEIR GOVERNMENTS SINCE NO GOVERNMENT CAN EXIST WITHOUT GOD BRINGING THEM TO POWER."
THAT THE BIBLE ALSO ENTREATS GOVERNMENTS AND LEADERS NOT TO OPPRESS THEIR PEOPLE BUT TO DISPENSE JUSTICE WITH FAIRNESS" AND OTHERS.
HOWEVER, AS INTERNATIONAL LAWYER I DO ADMIT THAT WE ARE NOT ALL CHRISTIANS IN GHANA BUT WE HAVE OTHER RELIGIOUS SECTS WHICH WE MUST RESPECT SINCE GHANA 1992 CONSTITUTION PROVIDES FOR "THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND CONSCIENCE" UNDER CHAPTER 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH ENJOINED ALL OF US TO RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION.
THAT THE FRIVOLOUS ACCUSATIONS BEING LEVELED AGAINST H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA THOUGH I DO RESPECT DIVERGENT OF VIEWS ARE NOT BEING DONE WITH CLEAR CONSCIENCE BUT WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT.
THAT THE REAL QUESTIONS THAT I RESPECTFULLY RAISED FOR HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO, WHO WAS GHANA FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER NEVER BEING ANSWERED BY HIM AND PEOPLE ARE NOW RESORTING TO DIVERSIONARY TACTICS AND CASTING FRIVOLOUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST H.E.PRESIDENT MAHAMA RATHER INSTEAD OF INSISTING THAT HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS AS BELOW:
(i) WHETHER OR NOT AMERICA GOVERNMENT GAVE ME $10 MILLION WHEN AMERICA GAVE GHANA A GRANT OF $547 MILLION WHEN HE WAS GHANA FOREIGN MINISTER?
(ii) WHETHER OR NOT AMERICA GOVERNMENT GAVE GHANA $547 MILLION AS GRANT FOR POVERTY REDUCTIONS WHEN HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO WAS GHANA FOREIGN MINISTER?
(iii) IF YES, THEN WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE SAID MONEY?
(iv) WHETHER OR NOT HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO WHEN HE WAS NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR 2008 TRANSFERRED MONEY TO CANADA TO PURCHASE CARS/VEHICLES?
(v) IF YES, TO WHO DID HE OR THEY TRANSFER THE MONEY TO IN CANADA?
(vi) WHERE ARE/WERE THE CARS/VEHICLES?

THAT ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE RELATED QUESTIONS ARE NOT MATTERS OF FANCY BUT VERY SERIOUS AND IT IS MY RESPECTFUL SUBMISSION THAT MPS WHO LOVE GHANA AND ARE IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE GOOD CAUSE/COURSE OF THE PEOPLE TO RISE UP ABOVE PARTISAN DIVIDES AND PERSONAL IDIOSYNCRASIES TO TAKE THE MATTER SERIOUSLY TO GET ANSWERS AND ALSO TO GET TO THE RUDIMENTS OF THE MATTER AND TO STOP CASTING FRIVOLOUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST H.E.PRESIDENT JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA.
IT IS AT THESE RELATED BACKDROPS THAT I AM RESPECTFULLY URGING H.E.PRESIDENT MAHAMA TO INSTITUTE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE MATTER IF HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO REFUSED TO TALK ON THE MATTER, THERETO.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
GOD BLESS GHANA AND AMERICA.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI
INTERNATIONAL LAWYER/LEGAL CONSULTANT/ADMINISTRATOR
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lying pepeni and ayigbe criminals
insight to the bone
11-09 05:25

Am saddened for Vicky Hammah
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Frank Agyeman Prempeh
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NANA AKUFO ADDO WHERE IS MY $10M?
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Paul Amuna 12 years ago

You must be joking indeed!!! You would have led the chorus for the president to resign and labelled him "weak, incompetent" and the like, just as you are attempting to do here, if he had not acted swiftly and sacked Victoria ...
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You must be joking indeed!!! You would have led the chorus for the president to resign and labelled him "weak, incompetent" and the like, just as you are attempting to do here, if he had not acted swiftly and sacked Victoria Hammah.

Hers is not a case of a "poor innnocent woman"; "small fry" as you troied to put it, but an 'arrogant, boastful' and foolish individual who seems to be growing too big for her ministerial shoes!!!

You seem to forget that this is the same WOMAN whom this very president defended openly against her colleagues when she came under attack not long ago. The president gave her an open backing and soime of us supported it and wrote in her defence!!!

I think we shopuld applaud the president for acting decisively, swiftly and demonstrating leadership in removing a minister from her job on a matter of discipline! He does not need to explain to you or I why he acted so swiftly and decisively.

Are you suggesting that the president should allow a committee to do his job for him? You must be in a diffferent place my friend. Some of us have been calling for this type of action to ensure discipline in government for sometime and I am glad the president has acted in this case.

I hope this will be a warning for all political appointees, ministers and others in public service to know that they must follow a proper code of conduct irrespective of whether they are "small women" or 'big men'.

Your whole write up is a rather confused 'pot of soup' which doesn't seem to have a proper head or tail. You cannot eat your cake and have it. Love him or hate him, the president in my view has acted correctly and decisively. Good riddance!
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Paul, I agree with you that the President had no option but to sack the deputy minister. However, the allegations she made on the tape were such that the president's decisiveness should not stop at only dismissing the deputy ...
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Paul, I agree with you that the President had no option but to sack the deputy minister. However, the allegations she made on the tape were such that the president's decisiveness should not stop at only dismissing the deputy minister of her position. The allegations must be investigated because they have constitutional implications.

It appears Ghanaweb is censoring me because I sent an article on the same subject yesterday but it is not published today. That is the fourth article from me that Ghanaweb has not published. I hope it's published tomorrow. It's on Modernghana.com (Is Vickileak Tape Mahama's Domesday?).
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

Kofi, I think it is right and proper for the president to further investigate Ms Hammah's comments, especially the impression created that somehow there was interference in the judicial process.

We need the president to b ...
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Kofi, I think it is right and proper for the president to further investigate Ms Hammah's comments, especially the impression created that somehow there was interference in the judicial process.

We need the president to be decisive, tough and consistent and I will favour a further look into the matter. I am rather averse to those who seek to make cheap political capital out of this (and other issues). I would have condemned the president and his government for inaction in this case.

Regarding your article which has not been published, that is unfortunate, and I hope they do publish it. I notice Mr Adofo has two articles in today's edition of ghanaweb which simply does not make sense. I rather suspect he may have a stake in ghanaweb hence his many daft articles appearing so frequently. Anyhow I hope I am wrong in my thinking. I also sent in an article on the issue of judgment debts and was hoping to see it published today. Let's wait and see. Perhaps we will both be freatured tomorrow. Kind regards.
KK 12 years ago

It's surprising that ghanaweb has picked you out and placed a red label on you. It is really unfortunate.

You must have done something really very grievous to merit such treatment since ghanaweb is so open. You deserve th ...
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It's surprising that ghanaweb has picked you out and placed a red label on you. It is really unfortunate.

You must have done something really very grievous to merit such treatment since ghanaweb is so open. You deserve the right to know the reason which all of us also do so we can learn from it. If the reason is flimsy and/or unwarranted, some of us are ready to kick off a campaign on your behalf.

Now and then ghanaweb comes up with such decisions but very very rarely. I understand the same thing was done to Nana Amma Obenewaa (NAO) a very powerful and frequent contributor on these pages. Her language was very powerful and very flowery. So were her political views too. Then we heard on the grapevine that she had been struck off from contributing to ghanaweb for some reason we don't know. After that she came on in the forum and SIL for some time but now cannot be seen any more. It is a great loss to ghanaweb especially when we are now saddled with articles by Adofo Rockson, Kofi Thompson and some others who clearly are not gifted writers. NAO is a gifted writer even if you don't agree with her (his - some people say he is a he) views.

You must do everything to find out why ghanaweb has struck you off. I suggest you send an article in a different name from a computer with an ipaddress you have never used before. In such an article do not refer to yourself too much. Then let's see if they bite the bait.

You are not one of my favourite writers on this forum but I will stubbornly defend your right to post articles here especially since you don't attack and insult people in your articles. I know I can read your pieces on modernghana and other sites but ghanaweb is the place to be. No two ways about that!!!
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

KK, like you I am at a loss as to why all of a sudden Ghanaweb is refusing to publish articles from me. At one time, I used to e-mail articles to them after 8.00pm and it would be published the following morning. Then from Ju ...
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KK, like you I am at a loss as to why all of a sudden Ghanaweb is refusing to publish articles from me. At one time, I used to e-mail articles to them after 8.00pm and it would be published the following morning. Then from July my articles were delayed for two, three, four, five days, one week and finally Ghanaweb stopped publishing them in October.

Ghanaweb has discretion to decide which articles to publish and there is no obligation to provide explanation to contributors why their articles are not published. It's a fight one cannot win, so I will not take them on, though it's disappointing.

I prefer to publish on Ghanaweb because readers post comments, analyse the contents and debate the issues raised therein and the author can respond if s/he so wishes. That is not the case with others websites such as Modernghana.com The article published by Modernghna.com today has no comment, which would have been strange on Ghanaweb. The minimum comments I have received on an article on Ghanaweb were ten whilst the maximum on a single article on Modernghana.com have been four. Probably, my article will be published tomorrow. If it is not published then I will take that to mean that Ghanaweb has decided not to publish articles from me for whatever reason, so will not send articles to them again. It will be waste of time.
Kobena 12 years ago

Kofi,
I read your excellent article on Modernghana and posted a comment. Could it be that Modernghana is not as popular as Ghanaweb? It would also seem that Modernghana is more intellectual?

I made a comment that your ver ...
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Kofi,
I read your excellent article on Modernghana and posted a comment. Could it be that Modernghana is not as popular as Ghanaweb? It would also seem that Modernghana is more intellectual?

I made a comment that your very objective piece is the kind we need to debate dispassionately to inform ourselves as Ghanaians, as well as contributing to the development of our dear country. Unfortunately, sometimes the comments are so disheartening, they are beginning to put off some fine writers on the Ghana social media scene.
Kudos!
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

We may not always agree and / or we may have different viewpoints on certain issues but by and large what we are looking for is healthy debate, however animated and spirited.

Reading well crafted articles and having oppor ...
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We may not always agree and / or we may have different viewpoints on certain issues but by and large what we are looking for is healthy debate, however animated and spirited.

Reading well crafted articles and having opportunity to discuss content and debate the issues is one way of both informing us and helping in our political and developmental discourse.

I find myself having to stand up and 'defend' myself against 'non-entities' (in my opinion, however well educated they may be on paper) who only see things in certain ways and for me, I will be happy to be challenged on the facts and merit of my opinions but when people choose rather to insult and divert attention from the real focus of the topics, that is most disappointing.

to me, it is these 'detractors' who have nothing good to offer on ghanaweb and other social media, who should be 'checked' and not those who take their time to prepare and present provocative topics for discussion.

As a side issue, Kofi, perhaps you need to check to see if ghanaweb is sometimes reluctant to publish an article because you submitted it to a 'rival' platform. Remember in academic circles, you do not submit the same article to two different journals at the same time. We need to explore all the possible avenues and reasons for this 'anomaly'.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Paul, I have always given Ghanaweb preferential treatment when it comes to my articles. In fact, until yesterday, I wait till Ghanaweb published my articles before I sent copy to Modernghana.com After e-mailing the article to ...
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Paul, I have always given Ghanaweb preferential treatment when it comes to my articles. In fact, until yesterday, I wait till Ghanaweb published my articles before I sent copy to Modernghana.com After e-mailing the article to Ghanaweb at 2.45pm yesterday, I pasted a copy on my Modernghana.com page at about 11.00pm. I do not know when the editor published it but I saw it published this morning after I realised that Ghanaweb did not publish it. Regarding the other three that Ghanaweb did not publish in October, I only sent copies to Moderngana.com after Ghanaweb failed to publish them. In fact, Ghanaweb was the only media I sent my articles to when I first started writing in 2010. Then other media such as Peacefmonline and Myjoyonline posted copies. In fact, even the Statesman published my very first article and also saw copies on other websites that I never knew they existed. I became aware one day when I googled Kofi Ata, Cambridge. I believe they copied them from Ghanaweb. Following that I sent Peacefmonline and Myjoyonline copies but they stopped publishing them because they do not publish that many articles daily and one article could be featured for over a week. I started sending copies of my articles to Modernghana.com only in 2012 but I always sent them copies the morning after Ghanaweb had published them.
KK 12 years ago

As far as I know, ghanaweb does NOT discriminate. They don't even mind if you send your articles to all other Ghanaian sites and treat them last. They will still post whatever you send to them. In fact, they don't even read t ...
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As far as I know, ghanaweb does NOT discriminate. They don't even mind if you send your articles to all other Ghanaian sites and treat them last. They will still post whatever you send to them. In fact, they don't even read the articles before posting. They always publish as is - including ALL mistakes anyone makes. Sometimes they even add their own mistakes in the titles!!! THEY DONT EVEN HAVE TIME DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANYBODY.

Thats why this thing against you is shocking. I heard when Nana Amma was struck off, she/knew the reason why and did not complain. I also heard it seems it had to do with her impersonating someone or something like that. It was serious but ghanaweb didn't tell the rest of us why.

Often Francis Akoto answers personal letters and will tell you why. Indeed, he's a nice guy who can even apologize to you if they've missed something.

I suggest you still write an email to him asking why you're being denied your rights on the site. Copy it to the other guys - I think Nyansasem gave you some other addresses of ghanaweb owners.

Then try my suggestion and see. You can just change the title and name of any one of those four articles (or write a new one) and post it from a new ipaddress and see if they post it. Do this for yourself and don't tell us the result.

I also suggest you come here often to make your complaint and some of is will be here to add our voices to yours. I am very sure there'll be many here who will support your case.

I still want to believe that it is just an oversight from ghanaweb...
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

I would suggest that we ask ghanaweb to explain any decision not to publish since we have no terms of reference for articles.

It would be a great pity not to have intellectual insights such as we read from the likes of Ko ...
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I would suggest that we ask ghanaweb to explain any decision not to publish since we have no terms of reference for articles.

It would be a great pity not to have intellectual insights such as we read from the likes of Kofi and I respect KK's sentiments - that although Kofi may not be his favourite writer, he argues strongly against any attempt to not publish his articles.

There are individuals who have made it their business to go on ghanaweb and other social media to hound people who write aritcles or make comments which are against their entrenched viewpoints and I deeply resent that. I have found that on ghanaweb although such 'extremists' who usually do not address the substance of what people write have the freedom to express themselves. Be that as it may (and despite complaints from well-meaning readers and commentators), I cannot see any good reason why any article from others (unless they are libellous or offensive) should not be published.

I am sure many readers find writers like Ahoofe and Adofo obnoxious, nonetheless their viewpoints are published almost on a daily basis and we have two 'crap' articles from Adofo in today's edition of features. The reason cannot be for lack of space as on some days, not enough articles have been published in that column and frankly sometimes some of what is posted is not worth reading.

If this particular trend continues, I think we deserve to collectively write to ghanaweb to try and clarify their editorial policy so, we all know where we stand.

It would be a real pity if we were all to decide to leave ghanaweb because of unjustified 'discrimination'. That said, I think ghanaweb ought to be applauded for the work they do and the access they give to people across the board (even including those who write a load of r****** like Aodofo and Ahoofe).

Whatever 12 years ago

What more do you want the president to do after wasting no time in dismissing one of his favorite ministers? Praise when praise is due. Don't criticize blindly... Talking about dead issues.

What more do you want the president to do after wasting no time in dismissing one of his favorite ministers? Praise when praise is due. Don't criticize blindly... Talking about dead issues.
Noah Kwarteng 12 years ago

You have made your point, but your conclusion of inciting coup d'etat is ill-conceived.It makes you more stupid than any crippling idiot.People like you should not live to see the sun.Stupid burklar......

You have made your point, but your conclusion of inciting coup d'etat is ill-conceived.It makes you more stupid than any crippling idiot.People like you should not live to see the sun.Stupid burklar......
C.Y. AMOAH 12 years ago

I concord with you Boss. I didn't know President Mahama can act swiftly on issues.
If he is up on jis toes to address corruption issues then he should address that of GYEEDA and the others.

I concord with you Boss. I didn't know President Mahama can act swiftly on issues.
If he is up on jis toes to address corruption issues then he should address that of GYEEDA and the others.
nabia 12 years ago

PAPA APPIAH YOU TALK BIG JUST LIKE MOST GHANAIANS.
IF WE BEGIN WITH YOU AS FAR AS INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION IS CONCERNED I AM SURE WE WILL BE FORCED TO SHOOT YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR LITTLE CORNER TO BE HONEST, NOTHIN ...
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PAPA APPIAH YOU TALK BIG JUST LIKE MOST GHANAIANS.
IF WE BEGIN WITH YOU AS FAR AS INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION IS CONCERNED I AM SURE WE WILL BE FORCED TO SHOOT YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR LITTLE CORNER TO BE HONEST, NOTHING, YET WHEN THEY WANT TO TOUCH ANY OF YOUR RELATIVES FOR CORRUPTION YOU SAY IT IS WITCH HUNTING. JUST KEEP QUITE BECAUSE CORRUPT SOCIETIES PRODUCE CORRUPT LEADERS. PERIOD
Kay D 12 years ago

You're just another empty barrel posing as a faithful foot soldier. Its because of people like you who try to shut down those who point out the truth, that's why Ghana is suffering. I believe you feel very uncomfortable becau ...
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You're just another empty barrel posing as a faithful foot soldier. Its because of people like you who try to shut down those who point out the truth, that's why Ghana is suffering. I believe you feel very uncomfortable because of 'who' you're. As the adage goes... an old woman becomes uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
Atta Mills, Heaven 12 years ago

You need to add "a President whose first act after assuming office was to increase his salary and those of his 97 ministers 3 times with three years back pay". I'll support a coup in Ghana now!

You need to add "a President whose first act after assuming office was to increase his salary and those of his 97 ministers 3 times with three years back pay". I'll support a coup in Ghana now!
Owura Ntim 12 years ago

Its gross incompetence for the President to dismiss Victoria Hammah. IS she corrupt, where is the evidence? Was she dismissed for bragging t raise her ego. Is that crime to be dismissed for Did the President have code of cond ...
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Its gross incompetence for the President to dismiss Victoria Hammah. IS she corrupt, where is the evidence? Was she dismissed for bragging t raise her ego. Is that crime to be dismissed for Did the President have code of conduct for his ministers and did Victoria violate any of the. He only crime is praising and exaggerating the influence of Oye Lithur, could that be an exaggeration or she is stating fact, which is embarrassing to the presidency. The cat is out of the bag about the problems with the judgement of the 2012 elections petition and Mahama made it worse with dismissing Victoria Hamma
Nana 12 years ago

Victoria hammah is a bitch

Victoria hammah is a bitch
Robin Hood 12 years ago

A beautiful woman.That is very true of Victoria.But brains?Complete Zero!

A beautiful woman.That is very true of Victoria.But brains?Complete Zero!
Linda 12 years ago

How can you discredit the president , stand for presidential candidate and receive votes before you make judgement . I am disappointed in you, for even the thought of coup d'état . Behave yourself. Let's set good examples.

How can you discredit the president , stand for presidential candidate and receive votes before you make judgement . I am disappointed in you, for even the thought of coup d'état . Behave yourself. Let's set good examples.
Mr. D F 12 years ago

Vic, don't mind them okay, after all ( to air is human).Life must go on. People do west then this. I LOVE U. VIC. Respect.

Vic, don't mind them okay, after all ( to air is human).Life must go on. People do west then this. I LOVE U. VIC. Respect.

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