In The Matter Of Lexus Lx 570’s, Toyota Landcruisers And Our State Vehicles.

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• Chief Driver 10 years ago

  You have hit the nail right on the head. These cars are the reason that most govt appointees lobby for political office, and refuse to bow out when the time is due.

  You have hit the nail right on the head. These cars are the reason that most govt appointees lobby for political office, and refuse to bow out when the time is due.

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• KOMLA AGBEVE 10 years ago

  IT IS REFRESHING TO READ A GOOD PIECE FROM A SENSIBLE,ECUCATED AND FORWARD LOOKING UPRIGHT CITIZEN OF GHANA. I AM CONVINCED THAT THERE ARE STILL GOOD,REFINED AND FAIR-MINDED GENTLEMEN IN GHANA. ONE DAY SOON THEY WILL HAVE THE ...
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  IT IS REFRESHING TO READ A GOOD PIECE FROM A SENSIBLE,ECUCATED AND FORWARD LOOKING UPRIGHT CITIZEN OF GHANA. I AM CONVINCED THAT THERE ARE STILL GOOD,REFINED AND FAIR-MINDED GENTLEMEN IN GHANA. ONE DAY SOON THEY WILL HAVE THE CHANCE,IN A FAIR AND BALANCED GHANA TO TEACH MORONS VALUABLE LESSONS. MEN LIKE JOHNNY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH THE SCHOOL-GOING MINISTERS WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE LEARNT BEFORE BEING THRUST FORCIBLY ON GHANAIANS BY LEADERS WHO ARE LEARNERS THEMSELVES.
  THANK GOD PEOPLE LIKE JOHNNY ARE STILL AROUND AND ARE PREPARED TO SPEND TIME TO WRITE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT STINKING AND OVERBEARING ATTITUDES BY GOVT BOY APPOINTEES. MOST OF THEM HAVE HARDLY GOTTEN OUT OF THEIR NAPPIES OR BARELY FINISHED LEARNING TO CRAWL.
  OH MOTHER GHANA WHERE DID YOU GO WRONG? HOW CAN WE RID THE SOCIETY OF SUCH MISFITS? WHO WILL RESCUE GHANA FORM SUCH A MONUMENTAL MESS? TWEEAA WE ARE DOOMED.

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• VERDICT 10 years ago

  Snr Alor, na who cause am?
  In the words of the IMANI President, there's no smartness in gov't.
  It takes smartness to refine, fine tune and improve on our methods as a nation.
  Would not be charitable at all, because when ga ...
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  Snr Alor, na who cause am?
  In the words of the IMANI President, there's no smartness in gov't.
  It takes smartness to refine, fine tune and improve on our methods as a nation.
  Would not be charitable at all, because when garbage goes in, garbage would come out(no apologies to Fifi Kwetey).

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• Jaiye 10 years ago

  My brother, you have spoken well. The sad part is that whoever these messages are for are too busy to hear and read this..What a shame...Tell me again. That Chrysler 300 the Canadian High Commissioner is using was registered ...
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  My brother, you have spoken well. The sad part is that whoever these messages are for are too busy to hear and read this..What a shame...Tell me again. That Chrysler 300 the Canadian High Commissioner is using was registered on or about 2006 or earlier. All the appointed Ministers from 2008 are using their second LandCruisers as of January 2013...

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• Nimo 10 years ago

  Let's hope our "leaders" take your great advice to heart. I work with a Western government and our Ministers bike or take public transit to work.

  Let's hope our "leaders" take your great advice to heart. I work with a Western government and our Ministers bike or take public transit to work.

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• Amegaxoxo 10 years ago

  I am reliably informed that the US Vice-President Joe Biden, when he was in the US Congress used the morning commuter train everyday from his home in Delaware to Washington,DC to attend Congress for over twenty years until he ...
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  I am reliably informed that the US Vice-President Joe Biden, when he was in the US Congress used the morning commuter train everyday from his home in Delaware to Washington,DC to attend Congress for over twenty years until he became the Vice-President.What a contrast.

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• Prof Lungu 10 years ago

  Lexus Lx 570’s and Toyota Landcruisers for a rural electrification project in Ghana!
  
  Explains why children still attend school under trees in Ghana, so a few can drive around Accra in Government-issued Lexus Lx 570’s a ...
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  Lexus Lx 570’s and Toyota Landcruisers for a rural electrification project in Ghana!
  
  Explains why children still attend school under trees in Ghana, so a few can drive around Accra in Government-issued Lexus Lx 570’s and Toyota Landcruisers!
  
  Johnny Blukoo-Allotey, thanks for the record.

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• Kofi B 10 years ago

  This is the most sensible piece read on this platform for a long time. Very insightful and educative.
  
  Bravo Johnny

  This is the most sensible piece read on this platform for a long time. Very insightful and educative.
  
  Bravo Johnny

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• POSSIBILITIES 10 years ago

  THIS IS HOW OUR POLITICIANS ARE KILLING US DAILY AS THEY BUY AND OVER INFLATE PRICES OF VEHICLES AT THE EXPENSE OF TAX PAYERS WHO ARE GOING THRO EXCRUCIATING POVERTY EVERYDAY ......AND WORSE OF ALL IS WHEN THEY KNOCK OUR HEAD ...
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  THIS IS HOW OUR POLITICIANS ARE KILLING US DAILY AS THEY BUY AND OVER INFLATE PRICES OF VEHICLES AT THE EXPENSE OF TAX PAYERS WHO ARE GOING THRO EXCRUCIATING POVERTY EVERYDAY ......AND WORSE OF ALL IS WHEN THEY KNOCK OUR HEADS TOGETHER WITH TRIBALISM WHILST THEY KEEP STEALING AND LOOTING ON OUR BLIND SIDE ......THIS DR OTENG ADJEI MUST BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY TO SET EXAMPLE TO GREEDY BASTARD REAPING US OFF RIGHT NOW..

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• KWAKU ANANSE 10 years ago

  THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT NDC PROMISED AND SURE, THEY ARE DELIVERING IT TO THE LETTER, TO THE BEST STYLE OF THE AFRC/P/NDC PARTY FOUNDED BY GODFATHER KWASHIVI RAWLINGS, WHO IS MUTE ABOUT ALL THE HAPPENINGS BY HIS CRIMINAL ORGANISA ...
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  THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT NDC PROMISED AND SURE, THEY ARE DELIVERING IT TO THE LETTER, TO THE BEST STYLE OF THE AFRC/P/NDC PARTY FOUNDED BY GODFATHER KWASHIVI RAWLINGS, WHO IS MUTE ABOUT ALL THE HAPPENINGS BY HIS CRIMINAL ORGANISATION STARTED AND OWNED BY HIM.

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• Dr E A Akpalu 10 years ago

  I only feel sad for Ghana and Africa. Where are we, and where are we going? May be to the doldrums, if we are not already there!

  I only feel sad for Ghana and Africa. Where are we, and where are we going? May be to the doldrums, if we are not already there!

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• Nana K 10 years ago

  " I leave that to his conscience and that of others who are living like kings at our painful expense"
  
  THAT is back to the good old fama nyame attitude!
  
  These leeches have nothing remotely ressembling a conscience !

  " I leave that to his conscience and that of others who are living like kings at our painful expense"
  
  THAT is back to the good old fama nyame attitude!
  
  These leeches have nothing remotely ressembling a conscience !

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• Luther King 10 years ago

  Well said. Hope that one day when u get such opportunity to serve Ghana under such capacity u won't make a u-turn from this master piece u have written. Great work!!!

  Well said. Hope that one day when u get such opportunity to serve Ghana under such capacity u won't make a u-turn from this master piece u have written. Great work!!!

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• akua 10 years ago

  Bravo Johnny Well writen with bias, fear nor favour. This article should be pushed as far as it can go. There are questions to be answered and we demand them now. Accountability must start with someone.

  Bravo Johnny Well writen with bias, fear nor favour. This article should be pushed as far as it can go. There are questions to be answered and we demand them now. Accountability must start with someone.

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• O.B Obiba 10 years ago

  This is a good piece JC. Very well researched. Crass corruption and gross disrespect of the people

  This is a good piece JC. Very well researched. Crass corruption and gross disrespect of the people

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• Dessy 10 years ago

  Tell you what no matter party affiliation whoever uses his position to abuse public property without proper authorizations must pay a price for his actions

  Tell you what no matter party affiliation whoever uses his position to abuse public property without proper authorizations must pay a price for his actions

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• Annie Blankson 10 years ago

  U have spoken well bro.Lets hope our LEADERS will take ur advice.

  U have spoken well bro.Lets hope our LEADERS will take ur advice.

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• Annie Blankson 10 years ago

  U have spoken well bro.Lets hope our LEADERS will act on ur advice

  U have spoken well bro.Lets hope our LEADERS will act on ur advice

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• Akua 10 years ago

  Well said!!!

  Well said!!!

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• KKO 10 years ago

  Good piece, Johnny,
  I am so sad reading this piece because all these stinky deals come back as dirty slaps in our faces as citizens because at least educated Ghanaians and others knew that John Mahama had gone to Brazil and ...
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  Good piece, Johnny,
  I am so sad reading this piece because all these stinky deals come back as dirty slaps in our faces as citizens because at least educated Ghanaians and others knew that John Mahama had gone to Brazil and inflated the cost of Braer aircraft by 300% and still voted for him to be president of Ghana.
  
  How does anyone expect a man like that to discipline those under him when they are mimicking him, especially if part of the fraudulent proceeds are ploughed back into his party?
  
  After that we go begging "our donor partners to support our budget." How idiotic can we get as a people. And some nincompoops will defend this to the hilt!

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• living as kings 10 years ago

  A piece well written. A lower middle income nation with loads of poor oppressed and marginalized citizens..., yet our leaders are living as kings...using high end cars. Which the Americans will not even do.
  May jah help us.

  A piece well written. A lower middle income nation with loads of poor oppressed and marginalized citizens..., yet our leaders are living as kings...using high end cars. Which the Americans will not even do.
  May jah help us.

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• Patrick Indome 10 years ago

  Great piece JC wish this article cld be published in the Daily Graphic we really need to change out attitude as a poor African nation .

  Great piece JC wish this article cld be published in the Daily Graphic we really need to change out attitude as a poor African nation .

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• Patrick Indome 10 years ago

  Great piece of work JC, this article shld be published in the Daily Graphic

  Great piece of work JC, this article shld be published in the Daily Graphic

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• Asamoah 10 years ago

  I think its about time the good people of Ghana confronted these polticians who instead of serving us, they lord over us.what stops ministers from using an affordable saloon car to office.is the minister better than other har ...
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  I think its about time the good people of Ghana confronted these polticians who instead of serving us, they lord over us.what stops ministers from using an affordable saloon car to office.is the minister better than other hard working Ghanaians who have to sit long hours in traffic? .indeed these attitudes of the politicians in powers stinks.

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• Togbe 10 years ago

  Johnny Cougar, the Ghanaian is obessed by cars. It is part of the new "Ghetto pimp my ride" mentality creeping into the mindset of Ghanaians. I am amazed at some of the vehicles I see on the streets of Accra duirng my annual ...
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  Johnny Cougar, the Ghanaian is obessed by cars. It is part of the new "Ghetto pimp my ride" mentality creeping into the mindset of Ghanaians. I am amazed at some of the vehicles I see on the streets of Accra duirng my annual vacations to Ghana. One thing we forget though is that vehicles are depreciating assets yet it is the first thing we buy when we get any money. We do not cut our coats according to our sizes at all. I hate to say this but we will remain broke for a long time. Gradually thinking such as yours in this article is becoming a luxury in today's Ghana. Kudos Bro. From a mate back in the days on Legon Cammpus.

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• Yawa 10 years ago

  Very well-said Johnny. If only the appeals would be heeded to . Hmmmmmmmmm

  Very well-said Johnny. If only the appeals would be heeded to . Hmmmmmmmmm

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• Yawa 10 years ago

  Very well-said Johnny. If only the appeals would be heeded to. Hmm mm mm.

  Very well-said Johnny. If only the appeals would be heeded to. Hmm mm mm.

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• Slam 10 years ago

  this is some good analysis. there is little accountability when it comes to causing financial loss to the state. who okays these contracts? we need a non-biased neutral body that will stand in as an advocacy group to demand e ...
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  this is some good analysis. there is little accountability when it comes to causing financial loss to the state. who okays these contracts? we need a non-biased neutral body that will stand in as an advocacy group to demand explanation and accountability on behalf of poor, the uneducated, the generations to come. Please Start one. Cheers cougar. :)

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