It beats me that these baseless allegations are not being investigated.NPP cannot be trusted to speak the truth because their primary goal is to unseat the NDC.Could it be that the NDC does not want to open a can of worms tha ... read full comment
It beats me that these baseless allegations are not being investigated.NPP cannot be trusted to speak the truth because their primary goal is to unseat the NDC.Could it be that the NDC does not want to open a can of worms that might engulf it?
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Interesting - the way we operate!
1. Not even 90 days on the job, Kofi Ata is asking if the new EC, Ghana's first woman in that position, has "already failed"!
2. Then, Mr. Kofi Ata presents the Bawumia case and the "c ... read full comment
Interesting - the way we operate!
1. Not even 90 days on the job, Kofi Ata is asking if the new EC, Ghana's first woman in that position, has "already failed"!
2. Then, Mr. Kofi Ata presents the Bawumia case and the "confessions" of those "Togolese perpetrators" as if the matter has been "investigated", and Bawumia proven substantively factual.
2. Not to be outdone, you, Kwobia(Toronto), before the matter has been "investigated" and Bawumia proven substantively factual, claim the charges are "baseless" even though you recognize the "allegations are not being investigated," nor have they been.
YOUR: "...Could it be that the NDC does not want to open a can of worms that might engulf it?...:
WE SAY: Good question!
ITRM: Mr. Mahama's NDC and his justice minister owe a lot more to Ghana, than to that NDC party.
Greetings!
okofo 8 years ago
It does not matter how many days the EC chief has been on the job, she`s on the job, so any allegation of foreigners names on the country`s voters register should be taken seriously and INVESTIGATED right away.
In my opini ... read full comment
It does not matter how many days the EC chief has been on the job, she`s on the job, so any allegation of foreigners names on the country`s voters register should be taken seriously and INVESTIGATED right away.
In my opinion, the writer raised legitimate questions: The IGP, The EC and the NDC as a government in power all have a responsibility to act on this otherwise a potential NATIONAL SECURITY issue.
BOY KOFI 8 years ago
Nobody takes Bawumia serious any longer because he accused the EC for rigging the 2012 elections in favour of NDC.When he went to court with 6 good charges against the EC,he could not defend even a single one.He said he had a ... read full comment
Nobody takes Bawumia serious any longer because he accused the EC for rigging the 2012 elections in favour of NDC.When he went to court with 6 good charges against the EC,he could not defend even a single one.He said he had a mountain of credible evidence before the court and what did he do with it?Once a liar remains always a liar.I don't trust him an inche.My friend,you and I were not there so let it be.Thank you.
okofo 8 years ago
Whether you believe Bawumia or not is not the issue. Even the EC reserves the right to disbelieve Bawumia, yet that does NOT give her the RIGHT or reason not to conduct investigation. This is not about what somebody FEELS, bu ... read full comment
Whether you believe Bawumia or not is not the issue. Even the EC reserves the right to disbelieve Bawumia, yet that does NOT give her the RIGHT or reason not to conduct investigation. This is not about what somebody FEELS, but REALITY and a national security issue.
Mahmoud 8 years ago
There is no doubt that Mrs. Charlotte Osei has already failed in her duty as an independent EC boss. And what Mr. Kofi said in his article concerning her failure to investigate the over-sized voters' register allegations when ... read full comment
There is no doubt that Mrs. Charlotte Osei has already failed in her duty as an independent EC boss. And what Mr. Kofi said in his article concerning her failure to investigate the over-sized voters' register allegations when some details were revealed by Dr. BAwumia and confirmed by the NDC foot-soldiers cements that fact. The EC has miserably failed our democracy.
What happened at Talensi gave us an idea on how the NDC government and its security apparatus would react to any instance of electoral malpractice they commit in this country, but we expect the EC to maintain some degree of independence as an impartial referee between the political players. Ghanaians were expecting that Mrs. Charlotte and her EC would also investigate the allegations independently in order to redeem its own battered image under the discredited former EC boss, but the new EC has so far failed to do anything tangible.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 8 years ago
Prof, I did not present the Bawumia case or claims as if it had been investigated. In fact, the article is not about the Bawumia claim but the confession by the Disappointed NDC Youth.
You live in the US and had some form ... read full comment
Prof, I did not present the Bawumia case or claims as if it had been investigated. In fact, the article is not about the Bawumia claim but the confession by the Disappointed NDC Youth.
You live in the US and had some former members of the Democratic Party publicly confessed that they registered Canadians or Mexicans to vote for Obama in the 2012 Presidential Election, do you think that the appropriate authorities in the US would not invite them to investigate?
BOY KOFI 8 years ago
If your article is about the stupid confession of the disappionted NDC youth,then why is Charlotte Osei the head line?Can't you use any head line than putting the integrity of Charlotte Osei in question?Please,stop underestim ... read full comment
If your article is about the stupid confession of the disappionted NDC youth,then why is Charlotte Osei the head line?Can't you use any head line than putting the integrity of Charlotte Osei in question?Please,stop underestimating our intelligence,you better apologise to the fine lady.Thank you.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 8 years ago
BOY KOFI, there is no attack whatsoever on Mrs Charlotte Osei in the article or the heading. I posed legitimate questions that should be of interest to all Ghanaians. The article was not about what Bawumia said or alleged but ... read full comment
BOY KOFI, there is no attack whatsoever on Mrs Charlotte Osei in the article or the heading. I posed legitimate questions that should be of interest to all Ghanaians. The article was not about what Bawumia said or alleged but what those claiming to be Disappointed NDC Youth confessed to have done. I note in one of your comments that, she could not arrest them. I never suggested that she had the authority to arrest them or she should have arrested them. Instead, I asked why has the EC not bothered to lodge a complaint with the police for the police to investigate the the matter?
As Jojo Hammond of New Jersey said in his comment, my concern is the creeping lawlessness in Ghana. Lawlessness if unchecked could lead to the failure of a state, though Ghana is no near that stage.
BOY KOFI 8 years ago
You don't have any right to put Charlotte Osei's name up there when she is not the subject of the matter.That's my point,you could have done otherwise.Let's be fair to ourselves,the lady deserves some level of respect.Your le ... read full comment
You don't have any right to put Charlotte Osei's name up there when she is not the subject of the matter.That's my point,you could have done otherwise.Let's be fair to ourselves,the lady deserves some level of respect.Your legitimate question has nothing to do with Charlotte just like you have found it necessary to protect the integrity of Bawumia.Thank you.
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
BOY KOFI,
As our initial comments stands, we are with you also!
Yes, the "...legitimate question has nothing to do with Charlotte..."
ITEM: We do not take kindly to Ghanaian males who show that they have no respect, to ... read full comment
BOY KOFI,
As our initial comments stands, we are with you also!
Yes, the "...legitimate question has nothing to do with Charlotte..."
ITEM: We do not take kindly to Ghanaian males who show that they have no respect, tolerance, or consideration for Ghanaian females, including those in government. (This also goes for females who have no respect, tolerance, or consideration for other Ghanaian females).
It is one thing to criticize an entire government. But, it is an entirely difference case when we criticize females in power without proper foundation.
C.Y. ANDY-K 8 years ago
Gosh! Creeping lawlessness indeed! No wonder things are as they are in that lawless country. People who should know better are just seeing it as something that is just emerging, when we have a full-blown state of anomie on ou ... read full comment
Gosh! Creeping lawlessness indeed! No wonder things are as they are in that lawless country. People who should know better are just seeing it as something that is just emerging, when we have a full-blown state of anomie on our hands.
Before, President Mahama was sworn, I wrote in my Staying In the Frying Pan article that one canker which he must curb is the prevailing state of lawlessness. I must be an alarmist then.
How then do you explain the lack of any action to investigate all those allegations? Ghana, ma fren, is a state of lawless people, from the common man driving a tro-tro who obeys no rules if he can get away with it, through the bribe extorting Police on the road, soli taking journalists to MPs who take money from Ministries before approving their budgets and the Presidency which supervises it all!
Andy-K
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Absolutely!
We believe that all those people in the photo/video who represented themselves as having taken part in tarnishing the electoral rolls ought to be quickly investigated, in open court/forum.
That also, would ... read full comment
Absolutely!
We believe that all those people in the photo/video who represented themselves as having taken part in tarnishing the electoral rolls ought to be quickly investigated, in open court/forum.
That also, would include the Bawumia charges, of course.
What, who, what, how, when, with the assistance of the Ghana NHIS and the Togolese government!
But, that, to us, would not be the same as funding and creating a new electoral register for the entire nation, or that the new EC might have already "failed".
Fact is, even in the US, Bawumia would not be considered an impartial operative/observer. So, what is he doing with the record he has in his hands, and why is a new "register" the only alternative?
The Bawumia PPt slide talks about "mays", "could haves", then CONCLUSIONS:
"...The integrity of the 2012 Voters register has been compromised and needs to be replaced.
• Auditing of the existing register would not be sufficient to address the issue of non-citizens who are on the register..."
ITEM: Why can't there be a special effort to validate the Volta and Brong Ahafo data, if those are the 2 areas of primary concern?
Thanks.
Mahmoud 8 years ago
There is no doubt that Mrs. Charlotte Osei has already failed in her duty as an independent EC boss. And what Mr. Kofi said in the article concerning her failure to investigate the matter when it was revealed by Dr. Bawumia a ... read full comment
There is no doubt that Mrs. Charlotte Osei has already failed in her duty as an independent EC boss. And what Mr. Kofi said in the article concerning her failure to investigate the matter when it was revealed by Dr. Bawumia and confirmed by the NDC foot-soldiers cements that fact. The EC has miserably failed our democracy.
What happened at Talensi gave us an idea how the NDC government and its security apparatus would react to any instance of electoral malpractice they commit in this country. But we expect the EC to maintain some independence as a referee between the political players. Ghanaians were expecting that Mrs. Charlotte and her EC would also investigate the allegations independently in order to redeem its own battered image under the discredited former boss, but the new EC did nothing.
Prof Lungu 8 years ago
Interesting - the way we operate!
1. Not even 90 days on the job, Kofi Ata is asking if the new EC, Ghana's first woman in that position, has "already failed"!
2. Then, Mr. Kofi Ata presents the Bawumia case and the "c ... read full comment
Interesting - the way we operate!
1. Not even 90 days on the job, Kofi Ata is asking if the new EC, Ghana's first woman in that position, has "already failed"!
2. Then, Mr. Kofi Ata presents the Bawumia case and the "confessions" of those "Togolese perpetrators" as if the matter has been "investigated", and Bawumia proven substantively factual.
2. Not to be outdone, you, Kwobia(Toronto), before the matter has been "investigated" and Bawumia proven substantively factual, claim the charges are "baseless" even though you recognize the "allegations are not being investigated," nor have they been.
YOUR: "...Could it be that the NDC does not want to open a can of worms that might engulf it?...:
WE SAY: Good question!
ITRM: Mr. Mahama's NDC and his justice minister owe a lot more to Ghana, than to that NDC party.
Greetings!
A GERSIS 8 years ago
A Gersis reporting
Fellow Ghanaians,
Ata Kofi is still fricking old; an old hippie who is trying to hold on to the old and at the same time trying to grab unto the new Ghana.
He is there in the twilight zone with th ... read full comment
A Gersis reporting
Fellow Ghanaians,
Ata Kofi is still fricking old; an old hippie who is trying to hold on to the old and at the same time trying to grab unto the new Ghana.
He is there in the twilight zone with the Daily Misguide trying to fool Ghanaians. Whoever believes this sorry paper is an old stupid hippie who does not know what to do in life.
I am sorry for this old Hippie, Ata Kofi!
ANTONIO GERSIS
PLAZA ONE
DALLAS
Mike frm Ho. 8 years ago
I saw one of them a few days ago walking freely at Ho and I completely feel scandalised. Self confess criminals. Even if what they are saying isn't true, looking at how we do politics in Ghana, they can still arrested for und ... read full comment
I saw one of them a few days ago walking freely at Ho and I completely feel scandalised. Self confess criminals. Even if what they are saying isn't true, looking at how we do politics in Ghana, they can still arrested for undue tension in the country.
Esi 8 years ago
Becos that woman too is corrupt. The police service is corrupt and NDC and Mahama Administration are corrupt.
Becos that woman too is corrupt. The police service is corrupt and NDC and Mahama Administration are corrupt.
Bob 8 years ago
What do expect when you put a Nigerian to do a job?
What do expect when you put a Nigerian to do a job?
BOY KOFI 8 years ago
Namely,Charlotte is not responsible for the so called bloated Biometric Voters Register.She was not in office when the Biometric Voters Register was compiled.She needs some time to ascertain the case and I think she is in the ... read full comment
Namely,Charlotte is not responsible for the so called bloated Biometric Voters Register.She was not in office when the Biometric Voters Register was compiled.She needs some time to ascertain the case and I think she is in the right direction.The attack is not only on the EC but it puts the whole idea of Biometric Voting System into jeopardy.The fact that some of the Biometric Verifications machines were unable to trace finger prints during the 2012 is enough basis to totally discredit the system.I can say it's not enough effecient for general elections.If it's true that scanners for the Biometric Voters Register could not detect the difference between nationalities and ages,then I have a serious problem with it.In the nutshell,it simply means that the Biometric Voting System has a great deficiency that must be addressed.This goes beyond the NPP's call for a new register and has defeated the purpose of the new technology we used in 2012.In my opinion,the Biometric Voting System has created more problems for us than solving them.There must be some kind of review to clean the register.Thank you.
dee 8 years ago
sorry boy kofi, in view of the urgency of the need to resolve this matter ahead of 2016 I am afraid your new ec chief is not proactive enough and is moving at a snail pace.
It is, either she is working behind the scenes but ... read full comment
sorry boy kofi, in view of the urgency of the need to resolve this matter ahead of 2016 I am afraid your new ec chief is not proactive enough and is moving at a snail pace.
It is, either she is working behind the scenes but not informing us about it in the form of a progress report to the nation or she is doing fuck all to please those who appointed her.
To avoid the potential of a civil war in 2016 she should be moving quickly towards removing doubts in the minds of the people.
Why is it that the government, ec, parliament, all have to wait until the smart Bawumiah comes up with something before they react like firefighters after the event? No one is investigating the current claims by some ndc people that they took part fixing togolese voters in 2016? such a serious claim??
BOY KOFI 8 years ago
That's what is it,the guy is a great liar.We all saw him fumbling in the Supreme Court.Out of 6 charges he made against the EC,he could not substantiate a single one,the whole 6 charges were dismissed.Therefore a person like ... read full comment
That's what is it,the guy is a great liar.We all saw him fumbling in the Supreme Court.Out of 6 charges he made against the EC,he could not substantiate a single one,the whole 6 charges were dismissed.Therefore a person like that cannot convince the public any longer,that's the truth.If Bawumia has a credible evidence,why can't he go to court again and stop the jamboree?I can tell you that,only a very stupid fool will fight for Bawumia,the greatest liar in our political history.Mark that on the wall.Thank you.
HON. SAM 8 years ago
So you think you are also somebody not to take Dr.Bawumia serious?
I would rather fight for Bawumia who predicted that if the Mahama-led government does not curtail public spending,Ghana would have to go to the IMF for a b ... read full comment
So you think you are also somebody not to take Dr.Bawumia serious?
I would rather fight for Bawumia who predicted that if the Mahama-led government does not curtail public spending,Ghana would have to go to the IMF for a bail out.And indeed that is exactly what has happened.
What a hopeless government!
BOY KOFI 8 years ago
Honesty is the best policy and I will never trust a charlatan.He might be good in economics but definitely not in politics.Thank you.
Honesty is the best policy and I will never trust a charlatan.He might be good in economics but definitely not in politics.Thank you.
HON.SAM 8 years ago
Make it a nice glass of smoothie,BK.
Make it a nice glass of smoothie,BK.
Jojo Hammond, New Jersey 8 years ago
Kofi raises very serious issues about the pervasive lawlessness in our society, and we should pay attention. In Ghana laws/rules/regulations are not enforced and as a result no one obeys such. All one has to do is to clothe ... read full comment
Kofi raises very serious issues about the pervasive lawlessness in our society, and we should pay attention. In Ghana laws/rules/regulations are not enforced and as a result no one obeys such. All one has to do is to clothe oneself in NDC/NPP party colours and could commit the worst crime and has a good chance of going "scott-free".
Here we have people openly confessing to crimes as defined by/in our criminal code and state institutions charged with enforcing such laws are apathetic to such confessions. This is what goes on in our society; Complete and utter lawlessness. Everything in Ghana has become so political that makes no sense.
Until we become a country of laws again (if we ever were), we should forget about making any meaningful progress. And before anyone blames only one side of our political divide, I will tell them to hold their breath, because I don't buy it.
Kofi puts it correctly, we are or have become a lawless country.
BOY KOFI 8 years ago
It's not the business of Charlotte to arrest anyone.Thank you.
It's not the business of Charlotte to arrest anyone.Thank you.
Jojo Hammond, New Jersey 8 years ago
BOY KOFI, I am sure I did not mention any specific state institution that should deal with the issues raised by Kofi Ata, and so I cannot be lectured on whether the EC chair should arrest somebody or not.
Please address K ... read full comment
BOY KOFI, I am sure I did not mention any specific state institution that should deal with the issues raised by Kofi Ata, and so I cannot be lectured on whether the EC chair should arrest somebody or not.
Please address Kofi Ata's general point of lawlessness in Ghana.
KKO 8 years ago
Jojo,
The state will never investigate this issue because all those individuals/institutions who should investigate this criminal enterprise were in on it. Wofa Ata knew about it Mahama knows about it, Jerry Rawlings, Dr Kwa ... read full comment
Jojo,
The state will never investigate this issue because all those individuals/institutions who should investigate this criminal enterprise were in on it. Wofa Ata knew about it Mahama knows about it, Jerry Rawlings, Dr Kwabena Adjei, Asiedu Nketia, Yaw Boateng-Gyan, and all the other big shots in the NDC were part of it.
Short of going to the compromised and vandalised courts, what exactly did Kofi Kofi Ata expect the NPP to do about it? We have state institutions that are mandated to investigate criminality in our society, if they will not do their work and the president who has sworn an oath to the people of Ghana to do right by all manner of people will not do it, then what will happen in 2016 is some people are going to take the law into their own hands! We do not need a prophet to tell us that. Ghana is a failed state and that is what is going to end it all!
LONTO-BOY 8 years ago
Why is the EC and the Police uninterested in NPP's claims? Perhaps, it is a hot potato that no one/institution wants to handle. That is why nothing at will be done.
It is expected of the Police to respond to any indication ... read full comment
Why is the EC and the Police uninterested in NPP's claims? Perhaps, it is a hot potato that no one/institution wants to handle. That is why nothing at will be done.
It is expected of the Police to respond to any indication/suspicion of fraud( serious allegations of electoral fraud, in this case). But, because of the state we are in, we have an impotent Police force and an EC reluctant to examine NPP's allegations due to political motivations.
fred 8 years ago
A country managed by mahama and the ndc, for the ndc, family, friends, party hacks and all. They do not give a fuck for democracy, law, justice, ghana, or anyone else. The attorney general is corrupt, the laws are not enfor ... read full comment
A country managed by mahama and the ndc, for the ndc, family, friends, party hacks and all. They do not give a fuck for democracy, law, justice, ghana, or anyone else. The attorney general is corrupt, the laws are not enforced, the police are corrupt, bni leadership is politically appointed; arrests and invitations to the police are selective in favour of party hacks.
ghana is no longer taken seriously; our elections are rigged; ghana's leadership is illegitimate thanks to atuguba and company of corrupt high court judges. There is no hope for Ghana if no one including the military, do not rise up and stop this rot of cancer.
Kojo W 8 years ago
Litany of complaints; not campaigning will lose again
Litany of complaints; not campaigning will lose again
Francis A 8 years ago
why can't the EC in collaboration with the police mount a search for these people who claimed they were paid to do register foreigners to face the law because when you kill someone and report yourself, you are pick and interr ... read full comment
why can't the EC in collaboration with the police mount a search for these people who claimed they were paid to do register foreigners to face the law because when you kill someone and report yourself, you are pick and interrogated and if possible, convicted of a wrong doing. these people can help us unravel the truth. it could even be a ploy
Nokware_ Asa 8 years ago
Charlotte Osei, but individuals like Ata Kofi and others of his ilk, who have persistently displayed a penchant
to grab the news headlines with these kinds bombastic headlined- articles.
Surprisingly, I have not heard a wo ... read full comment
Charlotte Osei, but individuals like Ata Kofi and others of his ilk, who have persistently displayed a penchant
to grab the news headlines with these kinds bombastic headlined- articles.
Surprisingly, I have not heard a word from this self-anointed Attorney and 'Human Rights Advocate' about the U.K govt`s policy to get rid of immigrants who do not meet a thirty five thousand-pound income threshold.
You think 'Champion' Ata Kofi would have taken up this matter, since it is discriminatory, and is bound to have a very serious repercussion on a large segment of Ghanaians resident in the UK.
In any event, as per this warped logic, is it the position of our lawyer extraordinaire that the CJ, or the President for the National House of Chiefs for example have "already failed" in their mandate, simply because certain disgruntled individuals or groups, have made complaints about matters falling under their control?
David Cameron won a massive landslide re-election victory in the UK, but has he resolved all the complaints emanating from the British public?
People like Ata Kofi, who always claim their sole purpose in writing such preposterous articles is to generate MEANINGFUL and PRODUCTIVE public debate, should never underestimate out intelligence!
BOY KOFI 8 years ago
Charlotte Osei has no mandate whatsoever to arrest anybody.It doesn't make any sense to question her integrit,regarding this stupid NPP's allegation.If you have any problem about lawlessness,please go and ask police and the B ... read full comment
Charlotte Osei has no mandate whatsoever to arrest anybody.It doesn't make any sense to question her integrit,regarding this stupid NPP's allegation.If you have any problem about lawlessness,please go and ask police and the BNI for answers.Thank you.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 8 years ago
David Cameron's government was elected on a manifesto. Moreover, every country has the right to make laws/rules and regulations to control immigration. Though, discriminatory on face value, it's indirect discrimination under ... read full comment
David Cameron's government was elected on a manifesto. Moreover, every country has the right to make laws/rules and regulations to control immigration. Though, discriminatory on face value, it's indirect discrimination under UK Equality Legislation (Equality Act 2010), which is difficult to challenge in the courts. Challenging through judicial review will be expensive but doable but at the moment, I am more interested in fighting against the abolishing of the Human Rights Act 1998 than fighting Theresa May's immigration policies.
mawriz 8 years ago
The whole thing is just confusing. If npp were able to access these guys to grant them interview, why didn't they call the police to arrest them so they will come clean and prove their claim. This would have given a lot more ... read full comment
The whole thing is just confusing. If npp were able to access these guys to grant them interview, why didn't they call the police to arrest them so they will come clean and prove their claim. This would have given a lot more weight to their call for a new register.
Nate 8 years ago
Kofi,the so-called confession was stage managed by the NPP & the daily (misguide).
If indeed these guys are picked for interrogation & made aware that their conduct was criminal & their subsequent sentence,they will also sta ... read full comment
Kofi,the so-called confession was stage managed by the NPP & the daily (misguide).
If indeed these guys are picked for interrogation & made aware that their conduct was criminal & their subsequent sentence,they will also start spilling the beans that they have been contracted to do that diabolic act.They have either been paid handsomely or are yet to be paid if the whole conspiracy goes through.
Kofi,don't forget that there is a "grand conspiracy " in the country to have Akuffo Addo elected at all cost since this is his last chance & attempt at the presidency! .The NPP is pulling all strings to get Akuffo Addo there.
This is the truth of the matter & no discerning mind can dispute that.If indeed Nana Addo is designed by "Providence" to be president,he should not be struggling like he in doing.
HON. SAM 8 years ago
"If indeed these guys are picked for interrogation......"
Look,those individuals have come out to confirm what discerning minds know already,that the NDC facilitated the voting by Togolese nationals.Go and pick them up for ... read full comment
"If indeed these guys are picked for interrogation......"
Look,those individuals have come out to confirm what discerning minds know already,that the NDC facilitated the voting by Togolese nationals.Go and pick them up for interrogation,and stop the if's and maybe's.
Remember that the NDC is also using every means possible to stay in power.
Yaw Amofa 8 years ago
Your academic stuff is fit for classroom pruposes, not the real world. Because some people say they aided Togolese to register does not make it a fact. NPP could easily sponsor such a thing. The problem with you guys is that ... read full comment
Your academic stuff is fit for classroom pruposes, not the real world. Because some people say they aided Togolese to register does not make it a fact. NPP could easily sponsor such a thing. The problem with you guys is that you are always seeing through the white man"s eye.
Nokware_ Asa 8 years ago
T any of these his generation of Ata Kofis, is DISHONEST and would do just about anything to grab the public spotlight!
How often do you see any of these 'know-it-all' self-anointed 'intellectuals', tackle any of the pressin ... read full comment
T any of these his generation of Ata Kofis, is DISHONEST and would do just about anything to grab the public spotlight!
How often do you see any of these 'know-it-all' self-anointed 'intellectuals', tackle any of the pressing issues affecting individuals, closer to where they now live and call home?
These 'Noise-makers', are very much aware of the consequences that would 'greet' any such attempts,either from official, or unofficial quarters! In Ghana, "Nkwan no adwo, nti obiaa tumi ka bi wh3".
Look,White Folks who care to speak about topical issues, do so out of PURE conviction, and not out of this 'foolish' desire to make waves in the news.
Nana 8 years ago
Is the NHIA not concerned that some foreigners may be on NHIS membership at a time that the NHIA is struggling to sustain the scheme?
Is the NHIA not concerned that some foreigners may be on NHIS membership at a time that the NHIA is struggling to sustain the scheme?
Luther King 8 years ago
Kofi, I bet u, if govt goes after these ppl, a lot of Ghanaians perhaps including u will begin to say they are being intimidated to shut up. Our journalists are not daring. They are up to only lazy reportage.
Kofi, I bet u, if govt goes after these ppl, a lot of Ghanaians perhaps including u will begin to say they are being intimidated to shut up. Our journalists are not daring. They are up to only lazy reportage.
JC 8 years ago
Kofi Ata, please don't liken the NPP to NDC or vice versa. If you had lived in Ghana during President Kuffour's period of 8 years and compared those years to Rawling's 19 years (including PNDC ) and Atta Mills/John Mahama up ... read full comment
Kofi Ata, please don't liken the NPP to NDC or vice versa. If you had lived in Ghana during President Kuffour's period of 8 years and compared those years to Rawling's 19 years (including PNDC ) and Atta Mills/John Mahama up to today, you wouldn't say what you're saying. NPP does not look to win elections for winning sake. Please don't say that. You need to research more into that.
cool 8 years ago
Whatever you are told by a,politician may not be true. Is it possible Bahamian is lying? Those so called disgruntled NDC folks have long been discredited but you chose to disregard that because it will expose your stupidity. ... read full comment
Whatever you are told by a,politician may not be true. Is it possible Bahamian is lying? Those so called disgruntled NDC folks have long been discredited but you chose to disregard that because it will expose your stupidity. Start by proving that those in those pictures are Togolese
Obed Bibiibiba lnimbiwun 8 years ago
You are in UK and you think you are a Ghanaian who is concern about Ghana but you think Ghanaians in Togo and other African countries have no say in matters concerning the country. Please let us think all other people equall ... read full comment
You are in UK and you think you are a Ghanaian who is concern about Ghana but you think Ghanaians in Togo and other African countries have no say in matters concerning the country. Please let us think all other people equally can think as you do and stop thinking you are the most wisest and others are foolish. You expect the EC to waste it's time on every claimed self confessing in this Country when it's senseless? Please come home to Ghana and stop staying in UK trying to cause trouble.
It beats me that these baseless allegations are not being investigated.NPP cannot be trusted to speak the truth because their primary goal is to unseat the NDC.Could it be that the NDC does not want to open a can of worms tha ...
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Interesting - the way we operate!
1. Not even 90 days on the job, Kofi Ata is asking if the new EC, Ghana's first woman in that position, has "already failed"!
2. Then, Mr. Kofi Ata presents the Bawumia case and the "c ...
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It does not matter how many days the EC chief has been on the job, she`s on the job, so any allegation of foreigners names on the country`s voters register should be taken seriously and INVESTIGATED right away.
In my opini ...
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Nobody takes Bawumia serious any longer because he accused the EC for rigging the 2012 elections in favour of NDC.When he went to court with 6 good charges against the EC,he could not defend even a single one.He said he had a ...
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Whether you believe Bawumia or not is not the issue. Even the EC reserves the right to disbelieve Bawumia, yet that does NOT give her the RIGHT or reason not to conduct investigation. This is not about what somebody FEELS, bu ...
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There is no doubt that Mrs. Charlotte Osei has already failed in her duty as an independent EC boss. And what Mr. Kofi said in his article concerning her failure to investigate the over-sized voters' register allegations when ...
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Prof, I did not present the Bawumia case or claims as if it had been investigated. In fact, the article is not about the Bawumia claim but the confession by the Disappointed NDC Youth.
You live in the US and had some form ...
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If your article is about the stupid confession of the disappionted NDC youth,then why is Charlotte Osei the head line?Can't you use any head line than putting the integrity of Charlotte Osei in question?Please,stop underestim ...
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BOY KOFI, there is no attack whatsoever on Mrs Charlotte Osei in the article or the heading. I posed legitimate questions that should be of interest to all Ghanaians. The article was not about what Bawumia said or alleged but ...
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You don't have any right to put Charlotte Osei's name up there when she is not the subject of the matter.That's my point,you could have done otherwise.Let's be fair to ourselves,the lady deserves some level of respect.Your le ...
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BOY KOFI,
As our initial comments stands, we are with you also!
Yes, the "...legitimate question has nothing to do with Charlotte..."
ITEM: We do not take kindly to Ghanaian males who show that they have no respect, to ...
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Gosh! Creeping lawlessness indeed! No wonder things are as they are in that lawless country. People who should know better are just seeing it as something that is just emerging, when we have a full-blown state of anomie on ou ...
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Absolutely!
We believe that all those people in the photo/video who represented themselves as having taken part in tarnishing the electoral rolls ought to be quickly investigated, in open court/forum.
That also, would ...
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There is no doubt that Mrs. Charlotte Osei has already failed in her duty as an independent EC boss. And what Mr. Kofi said in the article concerning her failure to investigate the matter when it was revealed by Dr. Bawumia a ...
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Interesting - the way we operate!
1. Not even 90 days on the job, Kofi Ata is asking if the new EC, Ghana's first woman in that position, has "already failed"!
2. Then, Mr. Kofi Ata presents the Bawumia case and the "c ...
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A Gersis reporting
Fellow Ghanaians,
Ata Kofi is still fricking old; an old hippie who is trying to hold on to the old and at the same time trying to grab unto the new Ghana.
He is there in the twilight zone with th ...
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I saw one of them a few days ago walking freely at Ho and I completely feel scandalised. Self confess criminals. Even if what they are saying isn't true, looking at how we do politics in Ghana, they can still arrested for und ...
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Becos that woman too is corrupt. The police service is corrupt and NDC and Mahama Administration are corrupt.
What do expect when you put a Nigerian to do a job?
Namely,Charlotte is not responsible for the so called bloated Biometric Voters Register.She was not in office when the Biometric Voters Register was compiled.She needs some time to ascertain the case and I think she is in the ...
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sorry boy kofi, in view of the urgency of the need to resolve this matter ahead of 2016 I am afraid your new ec chief is not proactive enough and is moving at a snail pace.
It is, either she is working behind the scenes but ...
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That's what is it,the guy is a great liar.We all saw him fumbling in the Supreme Court.Out of 6 charges he made against the EC,he could not substantiate a single one,the whole 6 charges were dismissed.Therefore a person like ...
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So you think you are also somebody not to take Dr.Bawumia serious?
I would rather fight for Bawumia who predicted that if the Mahama-led government does not curtail public spending,Ghana would have to go to the IMF for a b ...
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Honesty is the best policy and I will never trust a charlatan.He might be good in economics but definitely not in politics.Thank you.
Make it a nice glass of smoothie,BK.
Kofi raises very serious issues about the pervasive lawlessness in our society, and we should pay attention. In Ghana laws/rules/regulations are not enforced and as a result no one obeys such. All one has to do is to clothe ...
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It's not the business of Charlotte to arrest anyone.Thank you.
BOY KOFI, I am sure I did not mention any specific state institution that should deal with the issues raised by Kofi Ata, and so I cannot be lectured on whether the EC chair should arrest somebody or not.
Please address K ...
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Jojo,
The state will never investigate this issue because all those individuals/institutions who should investigate this criminal enterprise were in on it. Wofa Ata knew about it Mahama knows about it, Jerry Rawlings, Dr Kwa ...
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Why is the EC and the Police uninterested in NPP's claims? Perhaps, it is a hot potato that no one/institution wants to handle. That is why nothing at will be done.
It is expected of the Police to respond to any indication ...
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A country managed by mahama and the ndc, for the ndc, family, friends, party hacks and all. They do not give a fuck for democracy, law, justice, ghana, or anyone else. The attorney general is corrupt, the laws are not enfor ...
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Litany of complaints; not campaigning will lose again
why can't the EC in collaboration with the police mount a search for these people who claimed they were paid to do register foreigners to face the law because when you kill someone and report yourself, you are pick and interr ...
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Charlotte Osei, but individuals like Ata Kofi and others of his ilk, who have persistently displayed a penchant
to grab the news headlines with these kinds bombastic headlined- articles.
Surprisingly, I have not heard a wo ...
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Charlotte Osei has no mandate whatsoever to arrest anybody.It doesn't make any sense to question her integrit,regarding this stupid NPP's allegation.If you have any problem about lawlessness,please go and ask police and the B ...
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David Cameron's government was elected on a manifesto. Moreover, every country has the right to make laws/rules and regulations to control immigration. Though, discriminatory on face value, it's indirect discrimination under ...
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The whole thing is just confusing. If npp were able to access these guys to grant them interview, why didn't they call the police to arrest them so they will come clean and prove their claim. This would have given a lot more ...
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Kofi,the so-called confession was stage managed by the NPP & the daily (misguide).
If indeed these guys are picked for interrogation & made aware that their conduct was criminal & their subsequent sentence,they will also sta ...
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"If indeed these guys are picked for interrogation......"
Look,those individuals have come out to confirm what discerning minds know already,that the NDC facilitated the voting by Togolese nationals.Go and pick them up for ...
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Your academic stuff is fit for classroom pruposes, not the real world. Because some people say they aided Togolese to register does not make it a fact. NPP could easily sponsor such a thing. The problem with you guys is that ...
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T any of these his generation of Ata Kofis, is DISHONEST and would do just about anything to grab the public spotlight!
How often do you see any of these 'know-it-all' self-anointed 'intellectuals', tackle any of the pressin ...
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Is the NHIA not concerned that some foreigners may be on NHIS membership at a time that the NHIA is struggling to sustain the scheme?
Kofi, I bet u, if govt goes after these ppl, a lot of Ghanaians perhaps including u will begin to say they are being intimidated to shut up. Our journalists are not daring. They are up to only lazy reportage.
Kofi Ata, please don't liken the NPP to NDC or vice versa. If you had lived in Ghana during President Kuffour's period of 8 years and compared those years to Rawling's 19 years (including PNDC ) and Atta Mills/John Mahama up ...
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Whatever you are told by a,politician may not be true. Is it possible Bahamian is lying? Those so called disgruntled NDC folks have long been discredited but you chose to disregard that because it will expose your stupidity. ...
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You are in UK and you think you are a Ghanaian who is concern about Ghana but you think Ghanaians in Togo and other African countries have no say in matters concerning the country. Please let us think all other people equall ...
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