Mr. Kwesi Pratt, could you remember that Rawlings used the TUC and its workers as a springboard for overthrowing Liman's government fraudulently? Could you also remember that he used to take 'Kenkey' to Legon to demonstrate h ... read full comment
Mr. Kwesi Pratt, could you remember that Rawlings used the TUC and its workers as a springboard for overthrowing Liman's government fraudulently? Could you also remember that he used to take 'Kenkey' to Legon to demonstrate how the size had shrunk under Liman, and we ended up with the "Rawlings' Chain" in his regime but nobody could talk? And could you remember that Nkrumah used to incite workers to strike against the Whiteman and later on outlawed strikes and said they were unpatriotic in his regime when the economic situation was genuinely difficult for workers?
I don't believe that NPP is behind the present wave of strikes. To my understanding, it is only highlighting the failings and excesses of the government, hopping that it would translate into votes for the party in the next elections. And that is, in fact, a genuine politics. Everybody in Ghana knows that the cost of living under the NDC government is unbearable, and NPP could be seizing the opportunity to convince Ghanaians not to vote for NDC in the next elections. Frankly, I don't see anything wrong with highlighting the failings of an incapable government in order to wrestle power from it democratically. NDC is the cause of the strikes because of corruption, over spending, over borrowing and economic mismanagement that brought untold hardship on Ghanaians.
Moreover, the monies collected from workers have virtually disappeared, and that Thomson guy at SSNIT is not to be trusted. He is a vampire, and his brother is the other Thomson that was the CEO at STC, and has been removed this year by its workers for pension funds and other wrongdoings. Until the "Big" Thomson at SSNIT is also removed, the extent of the damage done to workers' pensions in this country will never be known. The monies have been misused under Mr. Thomson and SSNIT is bankrupt.
The only lasting solution to this standoff is to send BNI to SSNIT to investigate and unearth the stinking rot kept in their big cupboards. What they will find will send every Ghanaian into the street calling for "blood to flow". Unfortunately, the government itself seems to have a hand in the malfeasance, and that is a potential impediment that workers would have to face.
Hoochie Koochie Man 9 years ago
We know few things for sure in our neck of the woods.
We know that abuse of public office for private gain is rife.
We also know that electoral rigging is endemic or ever present, and makes you wonder why no incumbent e ... read full comment
We know few things for sure in our neck of the woods.
We know that abuse of public office for private gain is rife.
We also know that electoral rigging is endemic or ever present, and makes you wonder why no incumbent ever lose/lost elections.
We also know that Efo Acquacyvi Rawlings promulgated the 1992 constitution and subsequently, won the next two polls.
The Burkinabe President, Mr. Blaise Compaore also inaugurated their constitution and some how by magic, won the next two elections as stipulated by the rules.
It's been downhill for Atopa since the demise of the Professor, John Mills but he was the managing things for him right from the inception in 2009.
Go figure, as to why they re-nominated a terminal patient for another term, or why they forced him to jogged on the tarmac to prove to all those doubters that he was fit as a fiddle to contest another term.
We also know that Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has stated in the recent past that once we crossed the finish line of the elections 2016, he's retiring from politics.
At this point, is it any surprise to you that H.E. Atopa is looking beyond 2016 because he can't fix the economy in two years. Lemme translate this French legalese for you in plain English; he's saying heck, I 'm overwhelmed - I simply can't do it.
Creation of consolidated funds is the bane and beginning of corruption in the country, cause it consolidates and requires no accountability or responsibility or transparency.
Now do you understand why Tony Aidoo has to be exiled to Holland with his policy monitoring, evaluation, and overhauling? - They needed to get the controls out of the way in order to plot, scheme, and game the system.
275/216 and nobody can show you the numbers. The constitution must be amended with immediacy to avert further plundering of our meager resources.
They are all crooks, if not; why has the Right To Information bills has been languishing on the shelves for decades?
Do we even need 275 MPs, or 700 Presidential staff, or association of radio stations serial callers to defend the gov't? Why does one person has to make over 6,000 appointments instead of decentralizing the governance dispensation for the populace to elect their own choice of leaders who will be accountable to them and not Accra, whilst lightening the burden/duties/corruption of the President at the same time?
Enough said.
K. Boateng 9 years ago
It's quite amazing how this useless old man "Akur"ampa will waste time on trivialities; no wonder you're stuck in a community college.
It's quite amazing how this useless old man "Akur"ampa will waste time on trivialities; no wonder you're stuck in a community college.
Pozo 9 years ago
I am glad you decided to convey your message in simple english. At least some of us can understand what you have written today
I am glad you decided to convey your message in simple english. At least some of us can understand what you have written today
Ghana 9 years ago
Ahofi keep on dreaming!!!
Akufo Addo will never be the President of Dr Keame Nkrumah Ghana.
You think elections are conducted in Akyim and Kumasi Kajetia only.
You will see what will happen . The 2016 election will get y ... read full comment
Ahofi keep on dreaming!!!
Akufo Addo will never be the President of Dr Keame Nkrumah Ghana.
You think elections are conducted in Akyim and Kumasi Kajetia only.
You will see what will happen . The 2016 election will get you and that your Addo crazy forever!!!!
NOBODY 9 years ago
"As well, what really precipitated the sudden move by Mr. Mahama and his staff from the Osu Castle to the Flagstaff, almost immediately after the mysterious demise of President Atta-Mills?" Okoampa-Ahoofe.
Well, if you th ... read full comment
"As well, what really precipitated the sudden move by Mr. Mahama and his staff from the Osu Castle to the Flagstaff, almost immediately after the mysterious demise of President Atta-Mills?" Okoampa-Ahoofe.
Well, if you think the demise of Mills was mysterious, then have Akufo-Addo explain the mysterious demise of Aliu Mahama. Ahoofe does propaganda for Akufo-addo, but unfortunately for him and Akufo-addo, neither one of them ever makes sense.
Ghana 9 years ago
Ahofi you can call him Pepeni Mahama and stop calling him Mr Mahama.
That will not in a second stop him from being the President of The Republic of Ghana.
Your derogatory language have no effect on our President Draamani Ma ... read full comment
Ahofi you can call him Pepeni Mahama and stop calling him Mr Mahama.
That will not in a second stop him from being the President of The Republic of Ghana.
Your derogatory language have no effect on our President Draamani Mahama at all!!!
KBK 9 years ago
Mahama may be doing badly but Ghanaians are still not going to vote for Akufo-Addo.
Some people cannot just accept that fact!
Mahama may be doing badly but Ghanaians are still not going to vote for Akufo-Addo.
Some people cannot just accept that fact!
Chairman ,NDC/CPP/PNC/PPP info HOUSE 9 years ago
"2016 election will be very'sweet. SWEET WARMED CHOP for NDC/CPP/PNC/PPP merged.So AKUFFU ADDO should'nt dream of seeing beyond NPP flag bearership.
"2016 election will be very'sweet. SWEET WARMED CHOP for NDC/CPP/PNC/PPP merged.So AKUFFU ADDO should'nt dream of seeing beyond NPP flag bearership.
VERY TRUE 9 years ago
We are spending huge amounts of money to create unproductive and toxic scholars like Okoampa Ahoofe and Akadu Mensema who assume a sense of entitlement and lordship over the people and squander our resources all for nothing.
We are spending huge amounts of money to create unproductive and toxic scholars like Okoampa Ahoofe and Akadu Mensema who assume a sense of entitlement and lordship over the people and squander our resources all for nothing.
Son Of Man 9 years ago
JOHN DRAMA, STOP DREAMING ABOUT 2016.
IS NOT PART OF YOUR DESTINY.
YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED !
JOHN DRAMA, STOP DREAMING ABOUT 2016.
IS NOT PART OF YOUR DESTINY.
YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED !
NANA ARABA 9 years ago
PROF ENOUGH OF YOUR ARTICLES OVER THE YEARS! FORM A POLITICAL PARTY & GET INTO POLITICS. TOO MANY GHANAIAN PROFESSIONAL ABROAD FOR DECADES! ALL YOU DO IS WRITE ARTICLES ON GHANAWEB! YOU ALL NEED TO BE ON THE GROUND IN GHANA ... read full comment
PROF ENOUGH OF YOUR ARTICLES OVER THE YEARS! FORM A POLITICAL PARTY & GET INTO POLITICS. TOO MANY GHANAIAN PROFESSIONAL ABROAD FOR DECADES! ALL YOU DO IS WRITE ARTICLES ON GHANAWEB! YOU ALL NEED TO BE ON THE GROUND IN GHANA AND START SOLVING GHANA'S PROBLEMS. TALK IS CHEAP! MEN ARE BORN TO LEAD! GHANAIAN & AFRICAN MEN LEAD THE AFRICAN CONTINENT! WHY DO WE LET SOME PRESIDENTS STAY IN POWER FOR DECADES? BUKINAFASO & ZIMBABWE? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION OF AFRCAN UNUION? IF THEY CANNOT LET GREEDY SELFISH & CORRUPT AFRICAN PRESIDENTS STEP DOWN! TOO MUCH NONESENSE IN AFRICAN POLITICS! WE ARE ALL TIRED OF IT!
Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago
The 2016 election is going to give Ghanaians the best opportunity ever to prove voters are wise while testing our principled moral compass.
For now the things that are undeniably true is what president Mahama has done under ... read full comment
The 2016 election is going to give Ghanaians the best opportunity ever to prove voters are wise while testing our principled moral compass.
For now the things that are undeniably true is what president Mahama has done under the mandate given under the constitution approved in the 1992 constitution. Like those actions or dislike them the president and his team has to defend their record. But here is the dilemma the NPP faces; defend all the handiwork of Nana Akufo-Addo in his public and private life something NPP and Akufo-Addo refuse to campaign on. As of date the NPP and surrogates have excelled preaching to Ghana's uneducated who do not know when being sold a bill of goods all for the opportunity for the Akuo-Addo team to get the chance of stealing the free government money he has seen J.J. Rawlings steal, Kufour and his bunch steal and Mahama and his gang may be doing. Elections are not about choosing the best white collar team of thieves Ghana trained through the classroom education system but about ideas, foresight and principled stand through political life. So while NPP surrogates readily talk about Nana Akufo-Addo's educational background they have failed at every turn and opportunity to brag about his time at the Ghana AG department and at the ministry of external /foreign affairs. At the AG's office Akufo-Addo carried water for the NPP but showed himself to be unprincipled looking the other way while Kufour gave away government lands even when he Akufo-Addo saw them to be wrong. Where was his principles or love for country over loyalty to party? It was also under Akufo-Addo passports became drug dealers ticket to moneydom. Every shame Ghana has suffered has come as a result of drug activities in Ghana that gained prominence under Akufo-Addo passports era. It was a time for the free flow of drug money into the Ghanaian economy and represented even unto this day the belief amongst NPP elite that Ghanaians prospered under the NPP than any NDC government. If those who prospered under the 8year NPP Kufour era were engaged in legitimate and serious business ventures they would provide reasons for their perceived hardships of late. Ghana cannot engage in horse trading or a game of tribal chairs. Dr. Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Sir John, NPP and the team of Akufo-Addo/Bawumia must ride to victory or defeat on their existing record.
HAZOR 9 years ago
The headline should be well commended.President Mahama should not look beyond 2016 with is abyssmal preformance wrecking the country that he inherit being the fastest growing economy to his knees and see us to IMF bailout sha ... read full comment
The headline should be well commended.President Mahama should not look beyond 2016 with is abyssmal preformance wrecking the country that he inherit being the fastest growing economy to his knees and see us to IMF bailout shackles to be control like zombies.President Mahama stop bribing Electoral commissioner to delete legible votes from registery and also distribute voter ID cards without knowledge of other political parties.President Mahama any attempt to rig the election will result to Burkina Faso uprising.All political parties to join in to fight against the injustices of the EC diabolic act that could bring civil war.
mankind 9 years ago
Now President Mahama will be a renouned politician to remain in the good books of Ghanain politics if he willingfully step down and decide not to be the flag bearer for NDC come 2016 Presidential Elections. due to the follow ... read full comment
Now President Mahama will be a renouned politician to remain in the good books of Ghanain politics if he willingfully step down and decide not to be the flag bearer for NDC come 2016 Presidential Elections. due to the following reasons.:
1 . He cant trust know one(;not even elvis
Afriyie Ankrah,RLG,and zoom lion)
2.He Loves Mother Ghana. if his unreliable abysmally failing finance ministry cant help him fix it. he is living cos he loves Ghana and wont rely on them to hurt his already bleeding mother Ghana.
3. next time??¿
NOBODY 9 years ago
Okoampa-Ahoofe, your dirty tricks and worthless propaganda isn't going to fetch any dividents for losing candidate, Bribehene Akufo-Addo. Akufo-Addo lost the last two elections, each time crying that he was cheated, or that h ... read full comment
Okoampa-Ahoofe, your dirty tricks and worthless propaganda isn't going to fetch any dividents for losing candidate, Bribehene Akufo-Addo. Akufo-Addo lost the last two elections, each time crying that he was cheated, or that his he lost partly because Kyeremanten and others did not actively campaign for him. Bribehene Akufo-Addo is a serial loser who is heading for his third loss. And you, Okoampa-Afoolfe, you're just a miseducated and dysfunctional academic lost in the USA. You think you're angry and frustrated; wait till your Bribehene Akufo-Addo gets his third Academy Award for his this loss in 2016, and you as well as Gabby will be walking and angry zombies. even the Alan Kyeremanten camp iwithin the NPP recently described Bribehene Akufo-Addo as incompetent and also a monumental failure. Make all the empty noise you want, mr. Lunatic Professor, and you still can't bring your flakey candidate Akufo-Addo back to life. Akufo-Addo would do better walking for President, and he'll have a good excuse for losing. Akufo-Addo is a serial loser, and he knows it. It's just that the man is too ashamed to admit it publicly. Being a person with an ego as big as the Bad Year Blimp, as well as being a man with neither vision nor leadership capabilities, Akufo-addo is not perturbed that he continues to mislead his party. Every elephant that Akufo-Addo has entered into a nation contest has not only lost the race, but also came out limping. Start thinking about what your excuse will be for losing a third time in 2016, for the pink sheet syndrome will not work, if the past is to be a reminder for Akufo-Addo and his worthless propaganda mouth Okoampa-Afoolfe.
freddie 9 years ago
This fucken rat again in his hideout.
This fucken rat again in his hideout.
GABRIEL, USA 9 years ago
if I had the say-so, I would promptly and unreservedly admonish the IMF President and his associates and staff to hold off on the release of any bailout funds for the Government of Ghana, until January 2017. Rumor are rife th ... read full comment
if I had the say-so, I would promptly and unreservedly admonish the IMF President and his associates and staff to hold off on the release of any bailout funds for the Government of Ghana, until January 2017. Rumor are rife that Mahama was privy to the death of his boss with the tacit approval of JJ. Mahama was emboldened to orchestrate this horrendous atrocity because. JJ had already fallen apart with Mills. God have mercy time will tell.
DOC THIS TIME AROUND YOU HAVE EXPRESSED YOUR THOUGHTS TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF ORDINARY-MINDED GHANAIANS. PLEASE MAINTAIN THIS
Do u know buulu buulu ? That's hw Akufo Addo is ,
Mr. Kwesi Pratt, could you remember that Rawlings used the TUC and its workers as a springboard for overthrowing Liman's government fraudulently? Could you also remember that he used to take 'Kenkey' to Legon to demonstrate h ...
read full comment
We know few things for sure in our neck of the woods.
We know that abuse of public office for private gain is rife.
We also know that electoral rigging is endemic or ever present, and makes you wonder why no incumbent e ...
read full comment
It's quite amazing how this useless old man "Akur"ampa will waste time on trivialities; no wonder you're stuck in a community college.
I am glad you decided to convey your message in simple english. At least some of us can understand what you have written today
Ahofi keep on dreaming!!!
Akufo Addo will never be the President of Dr Keame Nkrumah Ghana.
You think elections are conducted in Akyim and Kumasi Kajetia only.
You will see what will happen . The 2016 election will get y ...
read full comment
"As well, what really precipitated the sudden move by Mr. Mahama and his staff from the Osu Castle to the Flagstaff, almost immediately after the mysterious demise of President Atta-Mills?" Okoampa-Ahoofe.
Well, if you th ...
read full comment
Ahofi you can call him Pepeni Mahama and stop calling him Mr Mahama.
That will not in a second stop him from being the President of The Republic of Ghana.
Your derogatory language have no effect on our President Draamani Ma ...
read full comment
Mahama may be doing badly but Ghanaians are still not going to vote for Akufo-Addo.
Some people cannot just accept that fact!
"2016 election will be very'sweet. SWEET WARMED CHOP for NDC/CPP/PNC/PPP merged.So AKUFFU ADDO should'nt dream of seeing beyond NPP flag bearership.
We are spending huge amounts of money to create unproductive and toxic scholars like Okoampa Ahoofe and Akadu Mensema who assume a sense of entitlement and lordship over the people and squander our resources all for nothing.
JOHN DRAMA, STOP DREAMING ABOUT 2016.
IS NOT PART OF YOUR DESTINY.
YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED !
PROF ENOUGH OF YOUR ARTICLES OVER THE YEARS! FORM A POLITICAL PARTY & GET INTO POLITICS. TOO MANY GHANAIAN PROFESSIONAL ABROAD FOR DECADES! ALL YOU DO IS WRITE ARTICLES ON GHANAWEB! YOU ALL NEED TO BE ON THE GROUND IN GHANA ...
read full comment
The 2016 election is going to give Ghanaians the best opportunity ever to prove voters are wise while testing our principled moral compass.
For now the things that are undeniably true is what president Mahama has done under ...
read full comment
The headline should be well commended.President Mahama should not look beyond 2016 with is abyssmal preformance wrecking the country that he inherit being the fastest growing economy to his knees and see us to IMF bailout sha ...
read full comment
Now President Mahama will be a renouned politician to remain in the good books of Ghanain politics if he willingfully step down and decide not to be the flag bearer for NDC come 2016 Presidential Elections. due to the follow ...
read full comment
Okoampa-Ahoofe, your dirty tricks and worthless propaganda isn't going to fetch any dividents for losing candidate, Bribehene Akufo-Addo. Akufo-Addo lost the last two elections, each time crying that he was cheated, or that h ...
read full comment
This fucken rat again in his hideout.
if I had the say-so, I would promptly and unreservedly admonish the IMF President and his associates and staff to hold off on the release of any bailout funds for the Government of Ghana, until January 2017. Rumor are rife th ...
read full comment