Controversy Over Mahama Flagstaff House Move

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WAR HERO 11 years ago

THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE WAS BUILT WITH GHANA MONEY. WHETHER THE PROJECT WAS INITIATED BY KUFUOR OR MILLS ADMINISTRATION IT DOES NOT MATTER, THE USE OF IT IS IMPORTANT.

THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE WAS BUILT WITH GHANA MONEY. WHETHER THE PROJECT WAS INITIATED BY KUFUOR OR MILLS ADMINISTRATION IT DOES NOT MATTER, THE USE OF IT IS IMPORTANT.
TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

THESE SHOESHINE BOYS MUST GO BACK TO THEIR HOME VILLAGES TO PROVIDE FREE EDUCATION TO THEIR IGNORANT PEOPLE BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO RULE..AND RUIN GHANA FOR US. WHAT IS THIS?Is Akuffo-Addo's Legal Team Messing up Big Time?

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THESE SHOESHINE BOYS MUST GO BACK TO THEIR HOME VILLAGES TO PROVIDE FREE EDUCATION TO THEIR IGNORANT PEOPLE BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO RULE..AND RUIN GHANA FOR US. WHAT IS THIS?Is Akuffo-Addo's Legal Team Messing up Big Time?

THIS IS WHAT ASHANTI NPP AND ASANTEHENE MUST BE FIGHTING TO ERADICATE INSTEAD OF PRIMITIVELY LITIGATING.Residents of Kona, in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region, face a health risk as family of a deceased woman refuse to bury her corpse and leave it to decompose.

Relatives believe they could pay a spiritual price if they bury the body without approval from a fetish priest, who assigns spiritual reasons to the death.

Forty-five (45) year old Afua Adomah died five days ago, and her body has been left to decompose in a six-bedroom house, near the local police station.

Family members will not touch the body out of fear until rituals are performed to pacify the gods.

A river deity at Bipoa near the district capital, Agona, is believed to have struck the deceased about five months after her brother, Kofi Agyemang, consulted the oracle to establish the reason for his supposed financial problems.

Fetish priest, Yaw Gyasi’s gods are demanding Ghc 4,000 to perform rituals.

Not even an order from the Agona District Police Command could compel the family to bury their dead relative.

Residents in the town have been forced to endure the smell from the almost decomposing body, with an army of flies visiting the house.

A few daring ones entered the house in which she lay, to catch a glimpse of the remains of a mother of three lying on her side.

An aunt of the deceased, Afua Fofie, tells Nhyira News there is nothing the family could do under such circumstance.

The body had not been attended to as at 8 p.m Monday, with no sign of when it would be buried.

Meanwhile, Nana Gyasi later slaughtered two fowls at his shrine at Bipoa to pacify the gods, and to pave way for the burial. Even then, the presence of the gods had to be sought.

The gods agreed to the family’s request to perform the burial service and come later to settle the fee or face further catastrophe.

Later in an interview, Nana Gyasi blamed the family for all the inconveniences.
Slugger 11 years ago

N ever !

N ever !
TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

where have u bn?

where have u bn?
KOJ 11 years ago

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. WAIT AND SEE

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. WAIT AND SEE
no mercy 11 years ago

think wise before you write
idiot

think wise before you write
idiot
ASIEDU NKETIA 11 years ago

Shame on you NDC. You see how foolish you are. For 5 yrs. in power, u have not been able to implement or do anything good. .Only Wayome foolish payment.When the sensible man with brains {Kuffour}is working, u sit back n talk ...
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Shame on you NDC. You see how foolish you are. For 5 yrs. in power, u have not been able to implement or do anything good. .Only Wayome foolish payment.When the sensible man with brains {Kuffour}is working, u sit back n talk nonesense.
TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

NO PINK SHEETS(SHITS)PLEASE.

NO PINK SHEETS(SHITS)PLEASE.
JATO 11 years ago

The only project NDC have done in the passed five years is building MOTOWAY on Woyome head with our 51millon Ghana Cedis.

The only project NDC have done in the passed five years is building MOTOWAY on Woyome head with our 51millon Ghana Cedis.
KOLA,LONDON MAIN 11 years ago

You are not to be taken serious as this thief kromfuor had a misplaced priority to put up this Poultry Farm at the expense of pupils studying under trees and in the rain. R U Crazy or just an Idiot?

John Mahama thought it ...
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You are not to be taken serious as this thief kromfuor had a misplaced priority to put up this Poultry Farm at the expense of pupils studying under trees and in the rain. R U Crazy or just an Idiot?

John Mahama thought it through to use it only because it was a waste of Tax Payers money should that Poultry Farm white elephant not used. That is the only reason and me think it's prudent decision taken by the President.

As we all know Kromfuor used such projects to grab 'soft money' and as a way of embezzlement, we haven't forgiven him and shall drag him to the highest court at approriate time.

So my brethren in npp, come along and lets rebuke this Darkest Ugliest Tall thief, Kuffuor Kromfuor the John who is so filthy rich that he can make kings.
ASIEDU NKETIA 11 years ago

Yes, Mr. Kola, Kuffour put up a presidential palace with $70m. whiles children go to school under trees. NDC paid $52m to Woyome without any work done. Still children go to school under trees. Foolish Kola.

Yes, Mr. Kola, Kuffour put up a presidential palace with $70m. whiles children go to school under trees. NDC paid $52m to Woyome without any work done. Still children go to school under trees. Foolish Kola.
KO 11 years ago

OH NDC. SHAME DEY LOOK AT NDC IN FACE. KA DIMDIM KA DEM.

OH NDC. SHAME DEY LOOK AT NDC IN FACE. KA DIMDIM KA DEM.
VEEP IS GAY 11 years ago

Mahama is running from Atta Mills Ghost.

Mahama is running from Atta Mills Ghost.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

PEOPLE USED TO DREAD THE NAME OSU CASTLE, MANY GHANAIANS WERE TORTURED THERE BY THE AFRC, P/NDC REVOLUTIONARY DOGS. IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE OUR PRESIDENT, ATTA MILLS MET HIS DEATH, WHICH IS STILL SHROUDED IN MYTH. SOME SUGGEST ...
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PEOPLE USED TO DREAD THE NAME OSU CASTLE, MANY GHANAIANS WERE TORTURED THERE BY THE AFRC, P/NDC REVOLUTIONARY DOGS. IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE OUR PRESIDENT, ATTA MILLS MET HIS DEATH, WHICH IS STILL SHROUDED IN MYTH. SOME SUGGEST MURDER. IT IS GOOD MAHAMA IS MOVING TO THE FLAG STAFF HOUSE BUILT BY THE MAN WHO TRANSFORMED GHANA INTO A MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMY, J A KUFFOUR OF NPP. WE WILL ALL VISIT THE CASTLE WHEN IT BECOMES TOURIST DESTINATION.
kofi 11 years ago

the NDC will not allow the presidential palace to go to waste as they the NPP allowed the presidential jet under Rawlings regime amd the Ghana Airways to disappear.

the NDC will not allow the presidential palace to go to waste as they the NPP allowed the presidential jet under Rawlings regime amd the Ghana Airways to disappear.
P6 11 years ago

Stop beating about the bush and move
the government's seat from the castle .
The castle is a colonial edifice and
must be transformed into a museum .

Stop beating about the bush and move
the government's seat from the castle .
The castle is a colonial edifice and
must be transformed into a museum .
DKB 11 years ago

Nonsense, how many would have benefited from the presidential jet apart from the president and a few of his staff? Compare that to a building which will be used by generations to come. That is what i call visionary. Not some ...
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Nonsense, how many would have benefited from the presidential jet apart from the president and a few of his staff? Compare that to a building which will be used by generations to come. That is what i call visionary. Not some jet that will be scrap in 5 to 10 years.
lydia usa 11 years ago

Mahama you and your greedy bastards
choping Ghana money gabu gabu like a
mad dog.I salute Koffour for buiding the
presidential palace

Mahama you and your greedy bastards
choping Ghana money gabu gabu like a
mad dog.I salute Koffour for buiding the
presidential palace
Sankofa 11 years ago

The fact that the NDC rightly opposed the buildng of mtthe Jubilee complex does not mean that this NDC admin should not use the complex.

The complex is a sheer waste of resources which would have been better used to improv ...
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The fact that the NDC rightly opposed the buildng of mtthe Jubilee complex does not mean that this NDC admin should not use the complex.

The complex is a sheer waste of resources which would have been better used to improve the water, electricity, healthcare, sanitation and education provision for ordinary Ghanaians.

The question is how do ordinary Ghanaians benefit from that monument of grandiosity and pomposity? ex-Pres Kuffuor will be remembered for his idiocy and heartlessness in committing resources to such a project when our people were crying for basic amenities to alleviate their suffering.And this was also at a time when our railway system was and is still not functioning.

We must learn to get our priorities right.

The real lesson to learn is never again must we allow our leaders to take decisions that favour a privileged few to the detriment of the majority of our people.
Ghanaman 11 years ago

So wayome and cp judgement debt money and the jubilee house which one is better. You shameless idiotic mind. Use your brains properly my friend

So wayome and cp judgement debt money and the jubilee house which one is better. You shameless idiotic mind. Use your brains properly my friend
Gawuga 11 years ago

Flip flop

Flip flop
Gawuga 11 years ago

All Johns love slave house except one.

All Johns love slave house except one.
Joe 11 years ago

I have never come across a disgraceful and hypocritical party than NDC on the planet earth. They are never ashamed of anything in the midst of corruption, lying, hypocricy, you name them. These are the people who never know ...
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I have never come across a disgraceful and hypocritical party than NDC on the planet earth. They are never ashamed of anything in the midst of corruption, lying, hypocricy, you name them. These are the people who never knows shame. They said emphatically that President Kuffour was a wasteful President having diverted money for the contruction of a presidential palace for the President. Presdient Kuffour saw it befitting that a nation like Ghana deserves a decent place for the sitting in Presdient hence he undertook the project; but NDC said it will NEVER, EVER occupy it when it comes to power. They preferred to occupy the slave dungeon which has been the seat of government since the colonial days. They described it as fit for a poultry farm; recently it was about to be converted into a cemetery when Mills died (the eleven graves that was constructed on the compound is still there). "He who digs a pit will fall in" said the Bible. I think NDC should be called the most hypocritical party ever ruled this nation and they should bow down their heads in shame for the U-turn they have now made to occupy the "poultry farm". Time will tell.
AKASI MARTHA ARIZONA USA 11 years ago

KUFOUR THANK YOU FOR REBUILT OLD FLAGSTAFF HOUSE, BUT THE MISTAKE YOU MADE WAS CHANGING THE NAME TO JUBILEE HOUSE. WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN WHITE HOUSE SINCE GEORGE WASHINTON DAYS. NO.10 DAWNING STREET STILL THE SAME. WHY JUBILEE ...
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KUFOUR THANK YOU FOR REBUILT OLD FLAGSTAFF HOUSE, BUT THE MISTAKE YOU MADE WAS CHANGING THE NAME TO JUBILEE HOUSE. WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN WHITE HOUSE SINCE GEORGE WASHINTON DAYS. NO.10 DAWNING STREET STILL THE SAME. WHY JUBILEE HOUSE? NDC THANK YOU.
Ghanaman 11 years ago

It is wildly believed that atta mills ghost is haunting this killer from the castle. Don't worry he will continue to chase you in the coop. All Ndc are thieves and killers

It is wildly believed that atta mills ghost is haunting this killer from the castle. Don't worry he will continue to chase you in the coop. All Ndc are thieves and killers
GYE NYAME 11 years ago

Let us not play "politics" on this. Its a house for Ghanians not a particular party. GOD BE WITH GHANA.

Let us not play "politics" on this. Its a house for Ghanians not a particular party. GOD BE WITH GHANA.
SHAKAMORA 11 years ago

leave dem fools ndc

leave dem fools ndc
kk 11 years ago

The already constructed edifice should not be left to waste. The president is acting responsibly. Those criticizing are only being childish and foolish

The already constructed edifice should not be left to waste. The president is acting responsibly. Those criticizing are only being childish and foolish
KOOBAAH. 11 years ago

NPP GOVERNMENT BUILT THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE DURING THE TIME WAS IN OFFICE.NPP MUST CHECH AN KNOW THE MONEY NPP GOVERNMENT USED TO BUILD THIS HOUSE WAS NOT FROM KUFOUR,S POOR POCKET.KUFOUR DOES NOT HAVE PESEWA TO BUILD THIS HOUSE ...
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NPP GOVERNMENT BUILT THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE DURING THE TIME WAS IN OFFICE.NPP MUST CHECH AN KNOW THE MONEY NPP GOVERNMENT USED TO BUILD THIS HOUSE WAS NOT FROM KUFOUR,S POOR POCKET.KUFOUR DOES NOT HAVE PESEWA TO BUILD THIS HOUSE.
IT IS APROPERTY OF GHANA AS HE USED GHANA,S MONEY TO BUILD IT.EVEN KUFOUR BUILDING THIS HOUSE ONLY FOR GHANAIANS IS AN INSULT.IAM SAYING THIS BECAUSE THE MONEY HE GAVE TO HIS SON TO BUY HOTELS COULD HAVE BUILT TWICE AS THIS.WHAT HE GAVE TO HIS DAUGTHER FOR THAT SUPER MARKET COULD HAVE BUILT TWICE AS MUCH OF THIS BUILDING.
WHEN YOU PEOPLE COME TO POWER YOU ABANDON PROJECT AND REFUSE THINGS.DO YOU REMEMBER THAT THE AIRCRAFT RAWLINGS BOUGHT KUFUOR REFUSED TO USE AND LATER SOLD IT.YOU NPPS AS IF YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON LIVING IN GHANA.YOU ARE NOT OBSERVANT,YOU DONT NOTICE THINGS.
PLEASE USE YOUR THINKING POWER OF YOUR BRAINS.STOP FOOLISH POLITICS/SELFISHNESS/GREEDDINESS/ AND SKINPAIN MANNERS AS WELL AS YOUR WAR LIKE THOUGHTS
IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT HIE EXCELLENCY JOHN MAHAMA IS GOIGN TO THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT IS A GHANAIAN HOUSE.KUFUOR DOES NOT HAVE PESEWA TO BUILD THIS HOUSE FOR GHANAIANS.NOAPOLOGY.BE POLITICALLY MATURED.KOOBAAH.NB.YOU BEHAVE AS ONLY PEOPLE LIVING IN GHANA.2.CHECK AND KNOW.3.DURING THE TIME HE WAS IN OFFICE.4.YOU ABANDON PROJECTS.KOOBAAH.
DKB 11 years ago

My gosh, you need help KOOBAAH. This is why i say propaganda by any political party in Ghana is dangerous. The high level of illiteracy in Ghana means most people cannot be objective and think logically, they cling onto any c ...
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My gosh, you need help KOOBAAH. This is why i say propaganda by any political party in Ghana is dangerous. The high level of illiteracy in Ghana means most people cannot be objective and think logically, they cling onto any crap that comes out of the party they support and believe that to be gospel. Case in point - KOOBAAH.
MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

Much ado about nothing!
Instead of the Daily Guide and and the NPP Youth group, the Young Patriot doing their best to drum up a controversy, when non really exist, their time and in fact the whole nation's time would have be ...
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Much ado about nothing!
Instead of the Daily Guide and and the NPP Youth group, the Young Patriot doing their best to drum up a controversy, when non really exist, their time and in fact the whole nation's time would have been better served by calling for a new interesting name for the President Residence, the whole nation can readily agree upon.
This can be a stimulating fun thing to do, in stead of creating friction and controversy.
This can be a contest between the Youth Groups of all the political parties.

By July 1st, come up with a new original name, the significance of the name, must reflect our history, culture and core values,and why it was selected. With the winner getting 10,000 Gh Cedis. A name never to be changed again.
Zakari 11 years ago

I think all of us are wasting the time of mother Ghana. Why do we spend precious time debating about the President's relocation to the Flagstaff House. If it is a government facility why shouldn't the state use it. Does anyon ...
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I think all of us are wasting the time of mother Ghana. Why do we spend precious time debating about the President's relocation to the Flagstaff House. If it is a government facility why shouldn't the state use it. Does anyone care whether the vehicles moving on the George Bush Highway are NDC or NPP vehicles. If the people debating do not have any job to do. They can go and sit at the Supreme Court and listen to intellectual debates or go and help Zoom lion to clean up the filth in Accra.
TRUTH 11 years ago

DID KUFFOUR BUILT OR RENOVATED IT WHATEVER IT WAS DONE WIYH GHANA MONEY AND IF THE PRESIDENT NOW DECIDE TO MOVE IN ARTER ALL THAT WHICH GOES WITH POLITICS OF WHISCH ITS ALL ABOUT WHAT THEN IS WRONG WITH IT

DID KUFFOUR BUILT OR RENOVATED IT WHATEVER IT WAS DONE WIYH GHANA MONEY AND IF THE PRESIDENT NOW DECIDE TO MOVE IN ARTER ALL THAT WHICH GOES WITH POLITICS OF WHISCH ITS ALL ABOUT WHAT THEN IS WRONG WITH IT
Kuoro 11 years ago

Pls stop the insults. Prz. Mahama has realised that what they said in 2008 was wrong.HE has indirectly appologised to Ghanaians by moving to the flagstaff house. NDC stop that bad politics and learn. Former Prz. Kufour has a ...
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Pls stop the insults. Prz. Mahama has realised that what they said in 2008 was wrong.HE has indirectly appologised to Ghanaians by moving to the flagstaff house. NDC stop that bad politics and learn. Former Prz. Kufour has a foresight. He also rehabilated the Peduasi Lodge. NDC give praise to your opponents when it is due.
Noko Feo 11 years ago

What is the use of your mind if you cannot change it? What is wrong with the NDC making a U-turn re the use of the Flagstaff House?

What is the use of your mind if you cannot change it? What is wrong with the NDC making a U-turn re the use of the Flagstaff House?
DKB 11 years ago

They are becoming notorious for making u-turns, case in point- presidential debate. It makes you look indecisive and silly if it happens to often.

They are becoming notorious for making u-turns, case in point- presidential debate. It makes you look indecisive and silly if it happens to often.
BabaUS 11 years ago

I don't get the point of this article. If they opposed it, but the project is complete and they are in power, must they abandon it? Nonsense. That is how Democracy works and we must have the sense to recognize that.

I don't get the point of this article. If they opposed it, but the project is complete and they are in power, must they abandon it? Nonsense. That is how Democracy works and we must have the sense to recognize that.
shut up media! 11 years ago

we need development not sheer criticism.
there are so many issues that need to be addressed if the media will stay focused and stop laughing at scars that never felt a wound. thanks.

we need development not sheer criticism.
there are so many issues that need to be addressed if the media will stay focused and stop laughing at scars that never felt a wound. thanks.
Nana Asare 11 years ago

THE ndc GOVERNMENT IS OBLIGED TO APOLOGISE TO GHANAIANS ABOUT THEIR BAD COMMENTS MADE ON THE JUBILEE HOUSE DURING THE NPP ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY WILL USE THE BUILDING FOR POULTRY FARMING.

THE ndc GOVERNMENT IS OBLIGED TO APOLOGISE TO GHANAIANS ABOUT THEIR BAD COMMENTS MADE ON THE JUBILEE HOUSE DURING THE NPP ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY WILL USE THE BUILDING FOR POULTRY FARMING.
Tee 11 years ago

Daily Guide can not guide us into a much better Ghana with their way and manner of reporting....They should go to hell....F**K It

Daily Guide can not guide us into a much better Ghana with their way and manner of reporting....They should go to hell....F**K It
kojo 11 years ago

It saddens my heart when leadership fail to think beyond the box.we must dream big as a country and stop commissioning things like toilets and boreholes.We cannot rise above the power of our imagination.

It saddens my heart when leadership fail to think beyond the box.we must dream big as a country and stop commissioning things like toilets and boreholes.We cannot rise above the power of our imagination.
peter kerry 11 years ago

i love ghana so much and i have lived here close to 15 years, with all due respect i think your last president, john kufour did a good job irrespective of his corrupt allegations. i personally saw a lot of improvement on ghan ...
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i love ghana so much and i have lived here close to 15 years, with all due respect i think your last president, john kufour did a good job irrespective of his corrupt allegations. i personally saw a lot of improvement on ghana's infrasture esp. roads and schools. his great policies paved way for a lot FDI to come to ghana. if you comparing the previous administration with the current one and believe me i dont support any of them am just being realist the previous did a lot good for your country. anyways it above all a good thing to allow democracy to thrive in your country and i wish ghana all the best.

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