The EPA Is A Mirage, It Should Not Be Ratified

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• kissi 11 years ago

  Thanks much for this elaborate article. Writing alone won't solve the problem. Act, occupy flagstaff house for days. Let them know that we africans vwill not be taken for granted.

  Thanks much for this elaborate article. Writing alone won't solve the problem. Act, occupy flagstaff house for days. Let them know that we africans vwill not be taken for granted.

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• LONTO-BOY 11 years ago

  OKATAKYIE SARPONG, thanks for this reasonable piece. Sadly, the NDC Government has its hands in the ear. Statements from President Mahama, Hannah Tetteh, Haruna Iddrisu and Rashid Pelpuo appear that the NDC Government is all ...
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  OKATAKYIE SARPONG, thanks for this reasonable piece. Sadly, the NDC Government has its hands in the ear. Statements from President Mahama, Hannah Tetteh, Haruna Iddrisu and Rashid Pelpuo appear that the NDC Government is all for the EPA.
  
  Agreeing to such trade deals like EPA should be based on Cost-Benefit Analyses. The way the EPAs are formulated and negotiated are clearly not in the economic interests of Ghana/ECOWAS. The impact analyses on the EPA have shown that Ghana stand to lose more, while the gains/benefits are at best speculative or limited. The EPAs are driven mainly by EU's economic interests.
  
  Ghana will lose out on tariff income, and because of the trade/economic imbalance between Ghana and the EU, the reciprocal trade liberalisation will hurt our developing economy. There will be negative impact on our local agriculture production, and small manufacturing industries.
  
  Ghana and ECOWAS should be looking at other fast-growing emerging markets and trading blocs, with better preferential access which do not necessarily require the reciprocal liberalisation of our market.

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• Daavi 11 years ago

  THEY WANT OUR RAW MATERIALS,TIMBER etc., NOT FINISHED CHAIRS AND TABLES. WHY? TO CREATE JOBS FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE. WHO WILL BUY MADE IN GHANA TABLES AND CHAIRS IN EUROPE?

  THEY WANT OUR RAW MATERIALS,TIMBER etc., NOT FINISHED CHAIRS AND TABLES. WHY? TO CREATE JOBS FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE. WHO WILL BUY MADE IN GHANA TABLES AND CHAIRS IN EUROPE?

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• AKWELE 11 years ago

  people will sign deals good or bad for kick-backs. This is sad. We need deals we can benefit from. If we cannot benefit from a deal,then it is a no deal.

  people will sign deals good or bad for kick-backs. This is sad. We need deals we can benefit from. If we cannot benefit from a deal,then it is a no deal.

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• Papa 11 years ago

  This time we won't be quiet, we shall STAND and match to them.

  This time we won't be quiet, we shall STAND and match to them.

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• QED. 11 years ago

  Fail to do the right thing affects all. Good message for EC/GEC/EEC/EEP.
  QED.

  Fail to do the right thing affects all. Good message for EC/GEC/EEC/EEP.
  QED.

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• KOFFI 11 years ago

  Our leaders who have been elected to think for us either refuse to think and rather wait for the West to think for them.As long as our leaders continue to go to the Bretton Woods institutions we should forget about being mast ...
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  Our leaders who have been elected to think for us either refuse to think and rather wait for the West to think for them.As long as our leaders continue to go to the Bretton Woods institutions we should forget about being masters of our own destiny. The worst the NDC government can do to the good people of Ghana is to sign on to this EPA treaty. Let our leaders for once put on their thinking caps and decide on what is good for mother Ghana and West Africa. Let the EU get away with their baits because we are presently economically challenged and rather take steps to look elsewhere both within the sub-region and even to the East who better understand the machinations of the West because they have ever experienced same treatment from them but were strong enough to develop home-brewed policies that have now taken them out of the woods. Posterity will not forgive Mahama's administration if they sign on to this neo-colonialist policy.

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• KWASEA BI NTI 11 years ago

  Who cares about the opinion of a dumb non-entity?

  Who cares about the opinion of a dumb non-entity?

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• OKATAKYIE 11 years ago

  REACHERS? Get yourself back to school. Learn how to correctly spell words before you attempt to slag off people.

  REACHERS? Get yourself back to school. Learn how to correctly spell words before you attempt to slag off people.

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• The 11 years ago

  People who have brains in their heads not sawdust like you have.

  People who have brains in their heads not sawdust like you have.

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• C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

  Tweah! If your NPP were in power, you'd be here defending that enslaving policy in the name of free trade, capitalism, liberal democracy and the rule of law. After all, enslaving fellow Africans to sell to the white is your p ...
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  Tweah! If your NPP were in power, you'd be here defending that enslaving policy in the name of free trade, capitalism, liberal democracy and the rule of law. After all, enslaving fellow Africans to sell to the white is your prime heritage!
  
  But you know? The records show that the Fantes on the coast, as the main factors in the Gold Coast, made more money than you the Asantes from the sale but they don't brag about it.
  
  Jerk!
  
  Andy-K

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• CARDINAL 11 years ago

  You are a coward. When nobody is looking, you sneak in to insult, what are you afraid of? Whether the Fantes made more money or not is not my problem, you stinky trokosi incestuous daughter fucker toilet maggot.
  
  Talk about ...
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  You are a coward. When nobody is looking, you sneak in to insult, what are you afraid of? Whether the Fantes made more money or not is not my problem, you stinky trokosi incestuous daughter fucker toilet maggot.
  
  Talk about your smelly trokosi tribe, OFUI.

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