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Otumfuo's 'Heal Komfo Anokye' project hits major setback over import duties

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  • Nana 7 months ago

    Ghanaweb this is false news. Be factual and stop this propaganda

  • Dr. Allen Smith Jackson, UK 7 months ago

    This is a hospital that serves 12 regions out the 16 regions and these satanic evil politicians don’t even have the heart to let these items in, you don’t want to repair the hospital, someone is ready to do it too you are ...
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  • His Excellecy The Ugly Dwarf 7 months ago

    Say it again! And GHC1.7 million that will be stolen by governement officials who should have made it possible for tiles to be produced in Ghana. Where is FROM TAXATION TO PRODUCTION?

  • Tutu 7 months ago

    I thought yaanom say otumfur is the richest in Ghana. Now him dey beg for coins lol

  • Paul 7 months ago

    Konfo Anokye is not otumfuor property. It is for the government of Ghana that's why i don't understand why import duties must be charged on that materials if this story is true.

  • Elephant Farmer 7 months ago

    Tema Port duties are killing us gradually. Economic problems arise in the Sea Ports and it's followed by revenues in addition. Transportation costs over potholes.

  • Citizens 7 months ago

    similar thing happened some few years back when someone was coming to donate bed to hospitals in Ghana...this same duty nonsense made them divert it to Nigeria because they insisted he pays duty on the equipemtn he was coming ...
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  • Jesus Christ is the True Life we all must live 7 months ago

    For how long will you trust politicians? As I always say, both NPP, NDC are evil. They are bent on destroying the nation. Please, invest your life in the Kingdom of God before it is tooo late. Politicians won't help you at al ...
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  • Nsia 7 months ago

    @Jackson, and the same bunch of useless wankers keep bad-mouthing Nkrumah, who had the foresight to demolish the two apartheid-styled Africans /Europeans only hospitals that existed in Kumasi at the time to build it in 1954. ...
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  • Mama mia 7 months ago

    A vote for this current NPP and NDC,Alan is equivalent to retrogression,after one of them win just remind yourselves you caused your own problems

  • WH 7 months ago

    You are a fool and indebted to npp forever gyimie

  • Abena 7 months ago

    Mahama would have offered duty free. This is no polities but the truth, Mahama is kind. President Akuffo, Ashanti region extensively voted you into power, save this project

  • They prefer NPP T shirts. 7 months ago

    Mmoaa. Asante region full of monkeys.

  • Sunday IBB 7 months ago

    ASHANTI REGION MONKEYS, BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM,LISTEN,NO MATTER WHAT YOU WILL SAY ABOUT ASHANTIS THEY CARE NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T DEAL WITH DOGS AND DONKEYS LIKE YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.

  • ROCK 7 months ago

    FAKE NEWS MEANT FOR APRIL FOOL BUT WAS DELAYED.

  • vandal Kwaku 7 months ago

    country broke, country no broke, we all we dey inside. the taxes are high and many. it's important we deal with this wahala.

  • RUBBISH SHAMEFUL TO THE ASHANTI CHIEF BEGGING 7 months ago

    VERY DISGUSTING NEWS WHEN THE SOO CALLED( OTI KOKOSO) IS BEGGING FOR MONEY TO FIX A GOVERNMENT FACILITY. OH WHAT A SHAME WHEN THIS SOO CALLED KING/CHIEF FAILED TO ASK THE NPP GOVERNMENT TO COMPLETE MASSIVE HOSPITAL PROJECTS L ...
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  • Baafi 7 months ago

    Aboard bi ba like you, the hospital services 12 of the 16 regions in the county including your lazy and wrecked Dormaa people, is it the responsibility of the Asantehene to rehabilitate a hospital? Do you pay your taxes to h ...
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  • Sunday IBB 7 months ago

    SHAMEFUL TO YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER WHO GAVE BIRTH TO USELESS DOG LIKE YOU,YOUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN REFUGEES IN ASHANTI REGION ALWAYS GO THERE FOR TREATMENT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE SUCH HOSPITAL IN YOUR REGION.

  • Abuba 7 months ago

    But there are companies enjoying free…..

  • Boss 7 months ago

    What's the Government waiting for,the waiver must be done as quick as possible,this a crucial social intervention.....The government must act and act fast

  • Sumanguru Kantè 7 months ago

    If you have not factored inn the port duty cost of your so called imported tiles, how then were you able to determine the 40% cost saved? One would have thought all the necessary waivers could have be obtained before coming o ...
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  • Sumanguru Kantè 7 months ago

    just now
    If you have not factored inn the port duty cost of your so called imported tiles, how then were you able to determine the 40% cost saved? One would have thought all the necessary waivers could have be obtained befor ...
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  • Isaac 7 months ago

    So what about the money allocated for maintenance and depreciation for these 70 years? Can't that alone cover all those costs if we should be honest to ourselves? A whole government is unperturbed about this brouhaha until a ...
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  • Mr. Ibu 7 months ago

    Dont open the pandora's box. It will be a flood gate if tax wavers are granted. Asante people have money why cannt they pay taxes?

  • King 7 months ago

    I’m a Ga and not an Asante, but I see your comment to be senseless. Whose responsibility is it to renovate a government hospital to save the lives of tax payers? Must we all sit down whilst the sitting government doze off? ...
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  • kwame owusu 7 months ago

    We were here when the government gave the private partner of Ghana card makers Margins group about $117million dollars import tax exemptions. Otumfuor, sorry for u. Talk to the NPP lead driver and mate for some import exempti ...
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  • All die be die 7 months ago

    You guys voted for him so keep quiet and feel the pain .what do you expect from this evil government.Her fucking daughter own a 6 million dollars restaurant.

  • Sunday IBB 7 months ago

    THE ONE YOU VOTED FOR WHAT HAVE HE DONE IN YOUR REGION, AND YOU ARE HERE SAYING NONSENSE, EVERYBODY HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE FOR WHO EVER HE WISH TO VOTE FOR.

  • Papillo 7 months ago

    This is the true state of the nation. How can imported tiles cost less than locally manufactured ones? We are the enemies of our own progress all for greed sake.

  • Citizens 7 months ago

    When citizens were complaining about the hardship, he came out to say the government was doing well...he should enjoy the duties like everyone else the government is really doing well!!! Partisan politians!!!

  • Achakanapaya 7 months ago

    They no see nothing yet self.

  • Steves 7 months ago

    There are medical equipment and stores donated to MOH lying at the ports for more than a year begging to be cleared. Who imported the tiles? What ground work did he do before the importation? Or is there a crooked businessman ...
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  • Kwame 7 months ago

    Konongo kaayaa. Government's dereliction to duty in the construction and maintenance of public properties is superlative, to say the least, yet they will impede well meaning private citizen initiatives and even frustrate them ...
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  • SS 7 months ago

    Very disgusting and disheartening when you hear such new, corruption everywhere is otumfour so let so let's come out with a huge amount of duty then latter record it has waiver forgetting that the hospital is for Ghana and no ...
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  • Useless people ruling Ghana. 7 months ago

    Too many idiots in high places. The Asantehene must Not be the one calling for KATH to be renovated. Incompetent idiots in influential positions.

  • Kwabena Ohemeng, London 7 months ago

    A total disgrace to the government. The government is prepared to waste over 500 million dollars to build a Cathedral but unwilling to waive import duties on imported items to be used to renovate KATH.Which will serve Ghanai ...
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  • WH 7 months ago

    This should tell backward asantes that their beloved president does not care about them because just sharing an npp t shirt to them is enough to give them 80% asante votes

  • Baafi 7 months ago

    Ofui your NDC party secured more votes in the ASHANTI region more than your world Bank and also all the Northern Regions combined. What crime did Asantes commit

  • Yaw 7 months ago

    Some Ghanaians in the diaspora have tight connections to secure free medical equipment and supplies that are very much needed in some health facilities across the country. However, the often bureaucratic processes discourages ...
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  • Bawumia eyes have died 7 months ago

    Just melt some gold and pay that off
    Ghana and stupid leaders

  • Virus 7 months ago

    They should do it to them. voting has consequences . How on earth will resealable being behave this way. On one hand you that takes tax and loans on our behalf cannot do and someone comes to your rescue and you are charging ...
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  • Citizen8 7 months ago

    Will Ghana collapse if government waives these duties? This is a job expected to be done by government. Philanthropists are trying to do that and government still wants them to pay duties. Is there something wrong with our he ...
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  • Striker 7 months ago

    Always seeking special treatment and then complain about the economy. Why import tiles when there are local producers who could do with the income? Why should duties be voided for this project but not for others, the state ne ...
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  • Ga Ghanaba 7 months ago

    All that NPP cares for now is accumulating money for election campaigns. Where do they even get their money they use for campaign? Is Kumasi not their so called world bank? When the blind leads the blind these are the things ...
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  • Akwasi 7 months ago

    We live in a very dysfunctional country!
    If government can waive taxes for private companies that seek relief in the name of investment, why can't such provision be extended to a charitable project?
    Blame bureaucrats at ...
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  • Babangida Casagrande 7 months ago

    We’ve plenty of quality tiles in Ghana why going to overseas, you know they want duty free just to divert it to their various stores we know all those tricks

  • Nii Lamptey 7 months ago

    If this story is true then there's something wrong with this administration. The government is supposed to renovate Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital but if Asantehene has taken the challenge why impose import duties on any ite ...
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  • Nel 7 months ago

    That's why we need the sea in Kumasi

  • they give waivers to Chinese to make them rich in Ghana 7 months ago

    A bunch of people who would rather sabotage their own and help foreigners to become wealthy in Ghana. A Chinese woman, in her own words, said she came to Ghana with nothing, but through her Chinese government financial suppor ...
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  • NK 7 months ago

    Mahama has sold the port government can't intervene foolish ndc and they want to come to power nonsense

  • Sirsey 7 months ago

    This Konongo kaya attitude from government must stop. It's a disgrace to the nation. Nana, live long

  • Elephant Farmer 7 months ago

    Agenda 88. Agenda 111. Rebecca Sister Husband Airport Hotel waver... You develop and see the Sea Port Bill. Wow this Hospital is 70 years old. It is time for government to care about maintenance. Don't forget the doctors acco ...
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  • My Ghana 7 months ago

    If you claim you don't do politics, politics go do you shege

  • Samy usa 7 months ago

    what about the Gold ornaments displayed regularly by the kingdom ? The treasures must be sold ,at least some of it to refurbish the the oknfo Anokye hospital

  • Kwan - Asante Autonomy is the only way 7 months ago

    The only way to develop Asante effectively is through Asante autonomy in Ghana. Osei Tutu the first brought about Asante. Osei Tutu the second must demonstrate the first by declaring Asante autonomy. It can be justified on so ...
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  • Joseph Wireko-Adumatta 7 months ago

    Now that the information is in the news, the powers that be will respond appropriately.

  • Zionism is racism 7 months ago

    10 million cedis are the equivalent of 1mn USD. How come the Asantehene doesn't pay for the difference from the moneys he has hidden is tax havens? After all, the owners of those moneys are the Ashantis. He is only the custo ...
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  • Zionism is racism 7 months ago

    10 million cedis are the eqyuivalent of 1mn USD. How come the Asantehene doesn't pay for the difference from the moneys he has hidden is tax havens? After all, the owners of those moneys are the Ashantis. He is only the cust ...
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  • Cephas 7 months ago

    Why didn't the handlers of the project not apply for import duty wearier be the arrival of goods , hospital equipments are normally exempted from duty .l am sure someone slept on the job. It's not too late, just act fast to a ...
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  • Frimpong Manson. 7 months ago

    The money that some years back he smuggled to Britain for safekeeping should be brought back to pay for duties. Let me ask since when he realised KATH is deteriorating?