Is President Mahama a con man?

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• Pee 12 years ago

  Hope they are reading this straight-to-the point piece. The message is loud and clear. You can not rob Peter to pay Paul.

  Hope they are reading this straight-to-the point piece. The message is loud and clear. You can not rob Peter to pay Paul.

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• Braveboy 12 years ago

  Some of you don't get it, there's no Peter to rob.
  
  Ghana is a joke.
  
  The hard working poor souls are undervalued by both gov't and society and the rest are flicking lazy nationals who want everything for nothing.
  
  I ...
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  Some of you don't get it, there's no Peter to rob.
  
  Ghana is a joke.
  
  The hard working poor souls are undervalued by both gov't and society and the rest are flicking lazy nationals who want everything for nothing.
  
  I feel sorry for anyone who takes on the management of this nation.

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• Braveboy 12 years ago

  You can not have your cake and eat it at the same time. Every elected government across the world has to employ shrewd methods to manage nations.
  
  The only regimes that could offer the instant result you wish for are un-op ...
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  You can not have your cake and eat it at the same time. Every elected government across the world has to employ shrewd methods to manage nations.
  
  The only regimes that could offer the instant result you wish for are un-opposed, un-elected, un-accountable regimes.
  
  It is not how huge the public wage bill is that worries me, it is how unpatriotic, unproductive and uningenuous workers are that worries me.
  
  If the 10 percent was intended to urge Ghanaians to sacrifice for their nation, then it should be applauded and not spat on.
  
  I would've urged any government to do that. hardwork comes naturally to most nationals around the world and Ghana should not be different.
  
  people simply don't care.

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• Kondua 12 years ago

  I share your sentiments to a great extent but why do people not care? The answer is simple. Our leaders have proven to be unpatriotic. How can a president use our resources for vote buying in elections and turn back to portra ...
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  I share your sentiments to a great extent but why do people not care? The answer is simple. Our leaders have proven to be unpatriotic. How can a president use our resources for vote buying in elections and turn back to portray to us that he is patriotic? Surely, we have brains to interpret people's actions unless we want to play the ostrich.

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• Braveboy 12 years ago

  Kondua... I think the fact is that, every society breeds her own leaders just like the beehive.
  
  Our leaders only reflect the general Ghanaian attitude.
  
  I once heard a saying, that you do not carry a government job on ...
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  Kondua... I think the fact is that, every society breeds her own leaders just like the beehive.
  
  Our leaders only reflect the general Ghanaian attitude.
  
  I once heard a saying, that you do not carry a government job on your head else your neck will break but rather carry it on your 'shoulders'(like a badge of honour).
  
  What do we expect when they get to government. You can only give what you have.
  
  I believe it is time we take a good look at ourselves as a nation. What we cherish and what we don't, who we praise and who we don't, what we can do and what we can not do.

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• LONDONER 12 years ago

  IS IT GOOD TOC ALL YOUR PRESIDENT A CON MAN. I THINK YOU ARE IN SANE AND BIG INSANE

  IS IT GOOD TOC ALL YOUR PRESIDENT A CON MAN. I THINK YOU ARE IN SANE AND BIG INSANE

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• Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

  LONDONER, I am not sure if you are new to Ghanaweb but if you are not new and observant, you would have noticed that I pose rhetorical questions with my titles and leave readers to ponder over them. It's definitely not an ins ...
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  LONDONER, I am not sure if you are new to Ghanaweb but if you are not new and observant, you would have noticed that I pose rhetorical questions with my titles and leave readers to ponder over them. It's definitely not an insult even if you disagree with me. I respect both the President and the office. However, what do you call the actions of the President and his ministers who enjoy enormous benefits giving up 10% of their salary then tend round to ask poorly paid public workers to also give up 2% of the salary? Perhaps, dishonest is better if you do not want the word con. It would have been better if you had debated the issues I raise rather than pick on a word.

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• Ghana will outlive them 12 years ago

  ofcourse he is

  ofcourse he is

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• Abeeku Mensah 12 years ago

  Kofi Ata is symptomatic of what ails Ghana. We are a nation where the poor wants something for nothing because the poor are incapable of creating things or taking to sustenance farming to feed their respective family; they've ...
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  Kofi Ata is symptomatic of what ails Ghana. We are a nation where the poor wants something for nothing because the poor are incapable of creating things or taking to sustenance farming to feed their respective family; they've all migrated to metro areas looking for office jobs from an incapable government or parliament. The educated elite and politically connected rich people on the other hand refuse to pay their share of taxes, steal from government coffers and at times fight for free things just so they can have the extra money from their bloated salaries to buy things made outside Ghana or to using their unworthy money to chase Ghana's minority trampy women at home and abroad.
  While majority of the incoming revenues to the government is going to fat cats in government as the majority of the nation’s poor wallow in misery, asking people who can afford (they do not work for their salaries anyway)to be humane is not too much to ask of our home-grown greedy bastards. We have come to know that most of Ghana's political elite do have law degrees but do not practice law; they read politics where stealing is the ultimate. We even have medical officers who derive majority of their money dabbling in politics instead of making money through their learned profession. Asking these types of jerks to donate to Ghana's poor is better than hypocrites who tell people to go on rampage or mass demonstration while they perch on their high horses waiting to reap the spoils of the unwitting marching foot soldiers. It's your pick Kofi Ata.

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• Abongo 12 years ago

  He is a con man just like you

  He is a con man just like you

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• Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

  Abongo, I am not a Ghanaian politician so I believe I know the difference between fact and fiction, what is wrong and what is right, more objective and rational, etc. That fits the behaviour of a chameleon so I think I prefer ...
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  Abongo, I am not a Ghanaian politician so I believe I know the difference between fact and fiction, what is wrong and what is right, more objective and rational, etc. That fits the behaviour of a chameleon so I think I prefer to be a chameleon than a con man

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• LONTO-BOY 12 years ago

  President Mahama may not be a 'con man' but he seems to be acting like one. He should rather be bold and review the unsustainable Single Spine, reduce the size of his bloated NDC Government to a slim, effective and efficient ...
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  President Mahama may not be a 'con man' but he seems to be acting like one. He should rather be bold and review the unsustainable Single Spine, reduce the size of his bloated NDC Government to a slim, effective and efficient one, put a stop to/reduce the waste and profligacy of his administration, and shouldn't undermine investigations into corruptions under his watch.

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• Kwadwo 12 years ago

  The President thinks governing is like making promises on the campaign trail before the party faithful. That is why he came with this 10 % voluntary pay reduction and a subsequent request of labor to do same. Obviously he f ...
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  The President thinks governing is like making promises on the campaign trail before the party faithful. That is why he came with this 10 % voluntary pay reduction and a subsequent request of labor to do same. Obviously he failed the realize the impact of the SSSS before it was implemented. It was a vote buying gimmick like those low grade Rig laptops he was dashing to students. He a snake oil sales man and a con artist. Ghana will be in the dark for while because of the huge debt Mahama and his posse have heaped on poor Ghanaians.

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• MARCUS AMPADU 12 years ago

  I wouldn't call Mr. Mahama, president, a con man. Rather, I feel he's simply misguided:
  strongly influenced by his religious beliefs and how he sees himself. He has come to believe in the efficacy of tithes. That if you tit ...
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  I wouldn't call Mr. Mahama, president, a con man. Rather, I feel he's simply misguided:
  strongly influenced by his religious beliefs and how he sees himself. He has come to believe in the efficacy of tithes. That if you tithe you will handsomely be rewarded by the Almighty.
  Hence the 10% Executive pay cut and the 2% pay cut by public sector employees - enough tithes to construct 2000 Community Health Programme Services (CHPS) bungalows in designated compounds to prevent maternity mortality, and promote neo-natal care - all good deeds the Lord will be pleased with.
  So, the next time you see the President wearing a white cassock don't be takenack.

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• MARCUS AMPADU 12 years ago

  I wouldn't call Mr. Mahama, president, a con man. Rather, I feel he's simply misguided:
  strongly influenced by his religious beliefs and how he sees himself. He has come to believe in the efficacy of tithes. That if you tit ...
  read full comment

  I wouldn't call Mr. Mahama, president, a con man. Rather, I feel he's simply misguided:
  strongly influenced by his religious beliefs and how he sees himself. He has come to believe in the efficacy of tithes. That if you tithe you will handsomely be rewarded by the Almighty.
  Hence the 10% Executive pay cut and the 2% pay cut by public sector employees - enough tithes to construct 2000 Community Health Programme Services (CHPS) bungalows in designated compounds to prevent maternity mortality, and promote neo-natal care - all good deeds the Lord will be pleased with.
  So, the next time you see the President wearing a white cassock don't be takenack.

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• MARCUS AMPADU 12 years ago

  I wouldn't call Mr. Mahama, president, a con man. Rather, I feel he's simply misguided:
  strongly influenced by his religious beliefs and how he sees himself. He has come to believe in the efficacy of tithes. That if you tit ...
  read full comment

  I wouldn't call Mr. Mahama, president, a con man. Rather, I feel he's simply misguided:
  strongly influenced by his religious beliefs and how he sees himself. He has come to believe in the efficacy of tithes. That if you tithe you will handsomely be rewarded by the Almighty.
  Hence the 10% Executive pay cut and the 2% pay cut by public sector employees - enough tithes to construct 2000 Community Health Programme Services (CHPS) bungalows in designated compounds to prevent maternity mortality, and promote neo-natal care - all good deeds the Lord will be pleased with.
  So, the next time you see the President wearing a white cassock don't be taken aback.
  It is easier for him to collect tithes than to compute taxes.

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