Ghana could return to HIPC - CEPA warns

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MAXIMAX 11 years ago

It is only a matter of time. We are already an HIPC nation.

It is only a matter of time. We are already an HIPC nation.
MANTSE 11 years ago

From what the CEPA Boss is saying it is clear that the only options available to Government are CUTTING EXPENDITURE and INCREASING REVENUE INFLOWS.

These two options are not difficult to achieve if the right persons are pl ...
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From what the CEPA Boss is saying it is clear that the only options available to Government are CUTTING EXPENDITURE and INCREASING REVENUE INFLOWS.

These two options are not difficult to achieve if the right persons are placed in positions to oversee Govt Operations in Revenue Mobilization and Pre-Expenditure Audit.

I am saying it for the record that if we put a very competent person who is INCORRUPTIBLE in charge of Disbursements and CONTRACT with one of the INTERNATIONAL Accounting Firms such as PWC to do a VALUE For MONEY Audit for International Transactions, Ghana will be able to SAVE at least 40% on its PROCUREMENT Expenditure.

For the REVENUE area, again, the key is to have an INCORRUPTIBLE STRONGMAN to head the Ghana Revenue Authority.

Customs will NOT only rely on INVOICES from Importers but request EXPORT DECLARATION DOCUMENTS from the Country of ORIGIN of the Goods. This takes ONLY a couple of Days at most.

I know some will argue that this may delay CLEARANCE of Goods at the Ports. NOT AT ALL. When Goods are consigned to a destination in Ghana documentation is received days before the Carrier vessel arrives. The Inporter can immediately present their Documents to the SPECIAL VERIFICATION DESK to proceed to pursue the EXPORT DECLARATION made in the Country of Origin. Every country that is a member of the WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION is obliged to release such information.

The Export Declaration documents COVER ALL Goods to International Destinations and cannot be doctored.

PLEASE, let's STOP making a mockery of our selves. These things I am talking about will not require much if for a change our LEADERSHIP will recognize that WE CANNOT KEEP DOING THINGS THE SAME OLD WAY and for some STRANGE REASON EXPECT DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. It Only Happens in LOTTERY.
SHAMO 11 years ago

WHEN YOU HAVE IDIOTS, GREEDY BASTARDS, WOMANIZERS, GAYS looting YOUR NATION THE RESULTS IS = VERY VERY POOR COUNTRY NOT EVEN A HIPIC

WHEN YOU HAVE IDIOTS, GREEDY BASTARDS, WOMANIZERS, GAYS looting YOUR NATION THE RESULTS IS = VERY VERY POOR COUNTRY NOT EVEN A HIPIC
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

GO OUT THERE AND RECEIVE YOUR REWARD, ALL GHANAIANS. GO AND PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR FOOLISHNESS. YOU DON'T GIVE A SECOND MANDATE TO AN INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, NO!! NOT AT ALL, THAT IS ABOMINATION IN DEMOCRACY, VERY ...
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GO OUT THERE AND RECEIVE YOUR REWARD, ALL GHANAIANS. GO AND PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR FOOLISHNESS. YOU DON'T GIVE A SECOND MANDATE TO AN INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, NO!! NOT AT ALL, THAT IS ABOMINATION IN DEMOCRACY, VERY SUICIDAL. HAD NDC MANAGED THE ECONOMY WELL, THESE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SITUATION. NDC HAS PRESIDED OVER THE BIGGEST RESOURCES GHANA HAS EVER HAD. THEY HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED MORE LOANS THAN ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT IN OUR HISTORY, BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THIS. GHANAIANS SHOULD HAVE ENJOYED SOME ECONOMIC PROGRESS AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY. THE ECONOMY IS COLLAPSING BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS SO CORRUPT. TO RESCUE THE SITUATION, THE POOR IS NOW BEING FORCED TO PAY. THIS IS INJUSTICE. THIS IS NOT THE GHANA KUFFOUR HANDED OVER TO NDC, HE EVEN ADDED FRESH CRUDE OIL WELLS. NPP TRANFORMED GHANA TO A MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES BUT GOOD POLICIES. NDC IS WOEFULLY REVERSING THESE NPP ACHIEVEMENTS. GHANA'S CURRENT SITUATION IS VERY DISTURBING. WHEN THE HISTORY IS TOLD, IT WILL BE SAID THAT GHANAIANS WERE OFFERED FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION, IMPROVED UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL HOUSING FOR THE POOR AND AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY BUT 50% SAID NO THANK YOU. THEY PREFERRED ECONOMIC "WOYOMISATION" , PHANTOM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, PHILANDERERS FOR LEADERS, MACHIAVELLIAN DISRESPECTFUL CORRUPT LOUTS AND A VISIONLESS EVIL GOVERNMENT. I AM SO PROUD I VOTED FOR NANA AKUFFO ADDO.
Agbeko 11 years ago

Compare that to group of drug pushers, Arrogant,outright stupid fools and nation looters and draw your own conclusion. Generation of vampires.....

Compare that to group of drug pushers, Arrogant,outright stupid fools and nation looters and draw your own conclusion. Generation of vampires.....
Lady 11 years ago

You are a senseless person who doesn't think of our nation but your party and tribe.Shame.

You are a senseless person who doesn't think of our nation but your party and tribe.Shame.
Mr Jay ******************London 11 years ago

NDC is a government of waste.

NDC internal problems make them always look inwards at the expense of Ghanaians.

The irony is the ill-imformed Ghanaian in Volta and Upper regions are vote along tribal lines so the NDC t ...
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NDC is a government of waste.

NDC internal problems make them always look inwards at the expense of Ghanaians.

The irony is the ill-imformed Ghanaian in Volta and Upper regions are vote along tribal lines so the NDC takes their vote for granted to carry on their corruption practices.

If JJ couldn't transformed Ghana in twenty years how can they now.

Every NDC member is a use-Ghana-tobecome-rich man or woman.

A bunch of small theives with Mahama at the helm.
Agbeko 11 years ago

Get this wright Asshole, The people of the Volta Region are not Tribalistic because President Mahama is not a Voltarian so how can you say they vote along tribal lines? Voltarians if you do not know are more educated than whe ...
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Get this wright Asshole, The people of the Volta Region are not Tribalistic because President Mahama is not a Voltarian so how can you say they vote along tribal lines? Voltarians if you do not know are more educated than where you hail from. Being in London or Agbogbloshie does not make you a wiser person because your judgement reveals your line of stupid thinking.....
JOHN 11 years ago

VOLTA REGION THE 'WORLD BANK OF NDC? SHAME ON TO YOU, AGBEKO

VOLTA REGION THE 'WORLD BANK OF NDC? SHAME ON TO YOU, AGBEKO
Lady 11 years ago

You are educated but poor.Thieves,Woyome,Tsikata,Gbedema etc.

You are educated but poor.Thieves,Woyome,Tsikata,Gbedema etc.
Ewusi 11 years ago

Our status now is worse than Rawlings Chain era.

Our status now is worse than Rawlings Chain era.
Dede 11 years ago

Everything is basabasa in this hopeless & pathetic nation. Nobody knows how to run the country. All they do well is borrow, borrow and waste it on projects that never get completed.

Everything is basabasa in this hopeless & pathetic nation. Nobody knows how to run the country. All they do well is borrow, borrow and waste it on projects that never get completed.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

AUTHOR: TONY -----------

P/NDCs HAVE LIED FROM AFRC TIME TO PRESENT DAY NDC GOVERNMENT. GHANA HAS WASTED OVER 30 YEARS OF J.J. RAWLINGS REIGN OF TERROR. NPP RULED FOR JUST 8 YEARS WITH DECENCY, HONESTY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ...
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AUTHOR: TONY -----------

P/NDCs HAVE LIED FROM AFRC TIME TO PRESENT DAY NDC GOVERNMENT. GHANA HAS WASTED OVER 30 YEARS OF J.J. RAWLINGS REIGN OF TERROR. NPP RULED FOR JUST 8 YEARS WITH DECENCY, HONESTY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RULE OF LAW,RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, TREATED EVERY TRIBE IN GHANA FAIRLY, NO NEPOTISM, INTRODUCTION OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, FREE SCHOOL MEALS, GAINED A GOOD RESPECT INTERNATIONALLY, IMPROVED GHANA CURRENCY INTERNATIONALLY, PUT CONFIDENCE IN THE HEARTS OF ALL GHANAIANS,IMPROVED BUSINESSES,IMPROVED AGRICULTURE AND TRANSPORT ETC. GHANA WILL SUFFER UNDER P/NDC RULE. YOU WILL ENJOY UNDER P/NDC RULE ONLY IF YOU ARE MEMBER OF P/NDC OR IF YOU COME FROM THE NORTH. THANKS TO J.J.RAWLINGS, HE BROUGHT THIS HORRIBLE P/NDC REGIME TO GHANA AND HE WILL PAY FOR THIS IN THE EYES OF THE GOD IN THE END.
WOMANIZIER MAHAMA 11 years ago

DR ABBEY,TELL THEM,TELL DOSAL GHANAIANS, WHO CANNOT REASON, BECOS OF THE LITTLE CHOP,CHOP, THEY GET FROM NDC,CAN YOU IMAGINE,THAT A SO CALLED ECONOMIST LIKE KWAME PIANIM, HE WAS NOT SEEING THE EXTRAVAGANT SPENDING OF MAHAMA'S ...
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DR ABBEY,TELL THEM,TELL DOSAL GHANAIANS, WHO CANNOT REASON, BECOS OF THE LITTLE CHOP,CHOP, THEY GET FROM NDC,CAN YOU IMAGINE,THAT A SO CALLED ECONOMIST LIKE KWAME PIANIM, HE WAS NOT SEEING THE EXTRAVAGANT SPENDING OF MAHAMA'S GOVRT,BUT COULD RATHER TELL STORIES TO NPP.THESE ARE THE INTELECTURAL,CORRUPT AND EVIL ENEMIES OF PROGRESS TO GHANA.TELL THE CHILDREN THE TRUTH.LOOK AT HIS WEAKED FACE, NOW,IF WE GO TO HIPC,IT WILL,8 STEPS FORWARD,8 STEPS BACKWARDS,ALL BECOS THERE IS NO,CONTINUETY OF GOVT POLICIES.MA TRY ME KWE NDC.YE BEBDEE BI KEKE.THATS ALL.SO DR BAWUMIA IS RIGHT AFTER ALL.GHANA IS IN COMA.
OWUSU ANSAH (agenda 2016) 11 years ago

In HIPC npp performs best.

In HIPC npp performs best.
STEFANO LUIGI 11 years ago

When an inept and incompetent bunch of thieving greedy bastards are in gov't, Ghana would always go into HIPC. The massive corruption, weak expenditure pattern with ballooning debt has been orchestrated by the grossly incompe ...
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When an inept and incompetent bunch of thieving greedy bastards are in gov't, Ghana would always go into HIPC. The massive corruption, weak expenditure pattern with ballooning debt has been orchestrated by the grossly incompetent and inept NDC adminstration, all within a spate of a little over 4 years. Those are the bare hard facts, which one can take to the bank anyday.
Paa Nii 11 years ago

There is the urgent need for stakeholders to reconsider our priorities with respect to our borrowing and spending on major priority areas that will lead to positive results on the whole.It seems our interest is borrowing for ...
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There is the urgent need for stakeholders to reconsider our priorities with respect to our borrowing and spending on major priority areas that will lead to positive results on the whole.It seems our interest is borrowing for the wrong purpose rather perpetuating corruption than looking at areas that have a direct bearing on the needs of the ordinary Ghanaian.We must be serious..Govt. wake up
OYC 11 years ago

After all the strides that we made as a country, the fools PNDC/NDC have taken us back 10 years again. The worrying part is that Ghana will be 56 years in March, this means we are slowly getting to retirement stage... when yo ...
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After all the strides that we made as a country, the fools PNDC/NDC have taken us back 10 years again. The worrying part is that Ghana will be 56 years in March, this means we are slowly getting to retirement stage... when you are old you are suppose to be matured,, but this is not the case for Ghana
FIX THE ECONOMY 11 years ago

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,DR ABBEY,NDC, IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY LIKE A KWAHU STORE, THEY WILL ALSO NOT TELL GHANAIANS THE TRUTH.THEY GIVE FALSE HOPE,WHILES SOME CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THEY ARE DOING US A GREAT DESERVICE,OTHERS REFUSED ...
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH,DR ABBEY,NDC, IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY LIKE A KWAHU STORE, THEY WILL ALSO NOT TELL GHANAIANS THE TRUTH.THEY GIVE FALSE HOPE,WHILES SOME CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THEY ARE DOING US A GREAT DESERVICE,OTHERS REFUSED TO SEE, LET ALONE ADVICE THEM.NDC MAHAMA IS MILKING THE OUNTRY DRY.HE DSAHED GHC 400 MILION TO WIVES OF ARM FORCES,FOR FREE.ASK, WHY,BULLS,MONEY TO POLICE AND CARS FOR FRIENDS AND NDC FAITHFULS. I DONT THINK THE STOLEN GOLD CAN OFF SET THE DEFICIT OF GHANA.IT IS RIGHT IF MAHAMA STEPS DOWN. HIPC,HIPC INDEED.
Segoe 11 years ago

Afterall, the Blackman is incapable of running his own affairs. After 56 years of independence, the Ghanaman is not capable of running his own affairs. No water, electricity, roads, schools, etc. The country is being run by t ...
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Afterall, the Blackman is incapable of running his own affairs. After 56 years of independence, the Ghanaman is not capable of running his own affairs. No water, electricity, roads, schools, etc. The country is being run by thieves and stinking idiots
2DOTS 11 years ago

Don't forget to let me have my share of the proceeds when Ghana is sold to the highest bidder.

Don't forget to let me have my share of the proceeds when Ghana is sold to the highest bidder.
Kwaku 11 years ago

The problem with NDC is they can not THINK, Judgement debt/over estimated invoicing are their objective. Come to any NDC man with idea that has the opportunity to take away the people money for free, they will pursue.
Yes, T ...
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The problem with NDC is they can not THINK, Judgement debt/over estimated invoicing are their objective. Come to any NDC man with idea that has the opportunity to take away the people money for free, they will pursue.
Yes, They will vote for them always because GH thinks they are not tribal
eas 11 years ago

IF THE COUNTRY BORROWS TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT. IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE AFFRIAD OF THE DEBTS THAT IS WHY WE ARE DEVELOPING AT A FAST RATE TO CATCH UP WITH THE MALASHIA, SINGAPORE AND THE REST

IF THE COUNTRY BORROWS TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT. IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE AFFRIAD OF THE DEBTS THAT IS WHY WE ARE DEVELOPING AT A FAST RATE TO CATCH UP WITH THE MALASHIA, SINGAPORE AND THE REST
I & I 11 years ago

And where is the development?

And where is the development?
DKB 11 years ago

There is nothing wrong if the money we borrow is channeled into the projects it was meant for. But unfortunately that is not the case. They borrow and misuse the funds. And who told you we are developing at a fast rate? Do yo ...
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There is nothing wrong if the money we borrow is channeled into the projects it was meant for. But unfortunately that is not the case. They borrow and misuse the funds. And who told you we are developing at a fast rate? Do you understand what you just said? You obviously live on a different planet.
Zangina 11 years ago

Where is the development and where do you live? We have stagnating for the past 4 years. Please come again!

Where is the development and where do you live? We have stagnating for the past 4 years. Please come again!
xyz 11 years ago

keep quite and suffer Ghanaians. after share the national monies among very few people.

keep quite and suffer Ghanaians. after share the national monies among very few people.
Sunkwa 11 years ago

The administration is clueless.Borrowing & spending are the avenues for stealing--wait till NPP takes over.

The administration is clueless.Borrowing & spending are the avenues for stealing--wait till NPP takes over.
wreko Brobbey is a FOOL! 11 years ago

STUPID MAHAMA HAS SOLD THE COUNTRY

STUPID MAHAMA HAS SOLD THE COUNTRY
curtis 11 years ago

this fools who are managing our economy will definately take us back to hipc.Even the vice who they boast as their economist dont know why single digit inflation does nt correspond with cost of borrowing why wouldnt we go to ...
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this fools who are managing our economy will definately take us back to hipc.Even the vice who they boast as their economist dont know why single digit inflation does nt correspond with cost of borrowing why wouldnt we go to hipc,stupid fools managers
JATO 11 years ago

Both NPP and NDC all missmanaged the economy. NPP came to borrow huge sums and did very little to show for it. NDC came in and continue to borrow.
Ghana is dommed. No good managers in our politics.

Both NPP and NDC all missmanaged the economy. NPP came to borrow huge sums and did very little to show for it. NDC came in and continue to borrow.
Ghana is dommed. No good managers in our politics.
Kofi 11 years ago

It was the same NDC economics that sent our economy to HIPC. What can we expect from them? The same HIPC that they know.

It was the same NDC economics that sent our economy to HIPC. What can we expect from them? The same HIPC that they know.

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