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Think Tank 11 years ago

This government really has lost her mind. They do not think and would destroy Ghana.

This government really has lost her mind. They do not think and would destroy Ghana.
Ellen 11 years ago

Please learn how to address issues with insult free

Please learn how to address issues with insult free
preman 11 years ago

may the great God save ghana and poor ghanaians from bad governance and greedy politicians!

may the great God save ghana and poor ghanaians from bad governance and greedy politicians!
Don Blunt 11 years ago

Leave God out of this.
People deserve the government they themselves in their right senses elect to rule over them.

Ghanaians are not able to learn from mistakes and/or history. But a dog will not permit you to twice st ...
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Leave God out of this.
People deserve the government they themselves in their right senses elect to rule over them.

Ghanaians are not able to learn from mistakes and/or history. But a dog will not permit you to twice step on its tail
Sappey Agbo, alagbokope 11 years ago

@ Don Blunt, this particular issue has nothing to do with the executive. All over the world, it's only MPs (Legislature) that meet and decide their own salary.It has nothing at all to do with the party in power. Africa is ver ...
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@ Don Blunt, this particular issue has nothing to do with the executive. All over the world, it's only MPs (Legislature) that meet and decide their own salary.It has nothing at all to do with the party in power. Africa is very impoverished, but you would be amazed at the salary that MPs earn in their respective countries. At least in the UK, second homes for MPs are paid for by the tax payer. Taxi fares, TV pay-per-demand bills, restaurant bills and all manner of expenses by these MPs are all paid out of the public purse. Democracy is simply a very expensive venture, no wonder politicians will kill to win elections to parliament, house of representatives and senates. They are all of the same breed. Very greedy.
Senior Doctor 11 years ago

Se what you are doing to mother Ghana.Looting all its resources and paying yourselves huge sums of money. For what? Going around begging for loans? Only for you to drive big cars, build huge mansions and surround yourselves w ...
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Se what you are doing to mother Ghana.Looting all its resources and paying yourselves huge sums of money. For what? Going around begging for loans? Only for you to drive big cars, build huge mansions and surround yourselves with body guards. To be called 'honourables' and patting your backs for no accomplishment. Worst of all faking to love God. See, brandng the doctors and Pharmacists as unpatriotic, greedy and not putting the lives of their patients first. How could they when they do not get infusions pumps, in their hospitals, saturation monitors, pressure machines, but their MP's are paid 200,000Ghs. You know what that sum of money can do for a hospital-lots!!. Honestly, tell me who is being unpatriotic. Mahama and his cronies. Why should Dr Boamah walk the corridors of Korle-Bu where it will take him ages to earn he amount of money being dashed to these non-performing politicians. Just examine your conscience, you want to be paid as politicians in the West, but you want your doctors and pharmacist to tighten theirs belts and not compare themselves o their colleagues in the west. How dare you, Mahama and you cronies. Judgement day will come and you are all going to pay for your sins!!
JATO 11 years ago

Ama Scandals in Ghana did not start from Kufuor's gov't.We must be very Careful NOT to forget Maybey and Johnsonsaga under J.J.Rawlings ect.

Ama Scandals in Ghana did not start from Kufuor's gov't.We must be very Careful NOT to forget Maybey and Johnsonsaga under J.J.Rawlings ect.
KWAME 11 years ago

NOW THE GAME HAS CHANGED:

NOW THE GAME HAS CHANGED:
BEB 11 years ago

NO MORE OPPPOSITION FOR THE POOR FIRST

NO MORE OPPPOSITION FOR THE POOR FIRST
Kwame Dokyi 11 years ago

This money is not a largesse being dished out by the government on a silver platter to the “Retired” MP’s; it is a constitutional matter and NDC did not write the constitution! The fact to be considered is: Should the c ...
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This money is not a largesse being dished out by the government on a silver platter to the “Retired” MP’s; it is a constitutional matter and NDC did not write the constitution! The fact to be considered is: Should the constitution be amended to cut down on the colossal money dished out to “Former" MP's as ex-gratia?
Educate the masses; don't throw dust into their eyes to satisfy your political whims.
KWAME 11 years ago

THE GAME HAS CHANGED

THE GAME HAS CHANGED
BEB 11 years ago

HMMMMMMMMMMM

HMMMMMMMMMMM
Blessings 11 years ago

Don Blunt, kindly leave Mahama out of this; it was reported in the media that much like President Mills, President Mahama also tried to oppose the ex-gratia, but the parliament overrode him and passed the bill for the disburs ...
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Don Blunt, kindly leave Mahama out of this; it was reported in the media that much like President Mills, President Mahama also tried to oppose the ex-gratia, but the parliament overrode him and passed the bill for the disbursement..
Cindy 11 years ago

$200,000 for laziness and incompetency? These people are arrogant, selfish, merciless, greedy, corrupt, self-serving and power hungry. They continue to indulge in a reckless game of financial profligacy. While they all show s ...
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$200,000 for laziness and incompetency? These people are arrogant, selfish, merciless, greedy, corrupt, self-serving and power hungry. They continue to indulge in a reckless game of financial profligacy. While they all show solidarity for this huge salaries, they mercilessly refused to acknowledge their selfish behaviors. A great leader would aim to make an existing problem better, not worse.
Apraku 11 years ago

I've said that before and will continue to say that Ghanaians are unpatriotic.
These carlos parliamentarians must emulate what Obama has shown to America. Greedy Bastards

I've said that before and will continue to say that Ghanaians are unpatriotic.
These carlos parliamentarians must emulate what Obama has shown to America. Greedy Bastards
Nana Ansah 11 years ago

In Ghana everything is shrouded in secrecy due to sinister forces and powers in disguise. For the love of money they (NDC and NPP) condone and connive. It has become crony capitalism and has nothing to do with party politics. ...
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In Ghana everything is shrouded in secrecy due to sinister forces and powers in disguise. For the love of money they (NDC and NPP) condone and connive. It has become crony capitalism and has nothing to do with party politics. This is “cryptocracy“ to say the least for a few elites or thieves who have been given the key to the treasury of our national coffers. To put it blunt this is daylight robbery at gun/pen point.

The present situation in Ghana is like flipping a coin – you either get NDC or NPP (head (n) or tail) but the irony in the whole matter is no matter how you flip the coin it falls on the same side. NDC and NPP are the same side of the coin. It is like in Greek mythology; Ghanaians are stuck between Scylla and Charybdis. These monsters of sea both devour you. Boy oh boy, it is like having to choose between a rock and hard place or find yourself between the devil and the deep blue sea. Either way it is not pretty. Ghanaians are PUNKED!!!!

Psalm 14:1
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. .... to such a man nothing would be more dark and distressing than anything which ...

Now to all silly ass good for nothing MPs who are trying to justify one fraud with another. I say what a scandalous analogy from dumbasses. I can only say this; only a thief knows his fellow thief or partner in crime. How can you exchange one swindle (scam) for another? This happens only in blockhead MPs like we have parading the corridors of power in Ghana. In a sum our so called MPs are good for nothing but masters of disasters like locusts.

Elsewhere salaries are being cut but not in Ghana. From Cyprus, Malawi, Kenya, Singapore etc. Only in Ghana MPs have the following mouth watering largesse at the cost of Ghanaian tax payers?

Free Bungalows
Free telephone
Free garden boy
Free watchman
Free cook
Free baby-sitter
Interest free $50,000 for car /car maintenance allowance
Free driver/Chauffeur
Free petrol
Travel allowances/per diem
Committee allowance for chatting and devouring Chinchinga
After all these freebies they still cry for ex-gratia. It is high time to abrogate the ex-gratia. It is long overdue.

What a SWIZZ! IT'S A SWIZZ! Shame on you white collar thieves. This is most abominable and nothing short of that.

“If any MP truly cares about Ghana and its people, they will refuse these payments. In 2009 President Mills froze ex-gratia payments because of the public outcry they caused but in the end, the MPs won - and they are still winning.”

Proverbs 19:28
A corrupt witness (in this case Ghana MPs) mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

Freebies for state officials wherever you look; but no money for teachers, doctors, nurses, farmers and youth employment scheme etcwho the pulse of the nation. Hmmm! This is grotesque in its purest form. President Mahama must stop this crazy deal for the sake of the underprivileged in our society. Don’t let this monstrous deal get wings to fly. A word to the wise is in the north pardon enough.
watch out 11 years ago

it is only in Africa(Ghana) that MP enjoy the most, have to naturalize again to enjoy in Ghana.
do speak in parliament
do nothing for the 4 years
yet are the most paid,wow.

it is only in Africa(Ghana) that MP enjoy the most, have to naturalize again to enjoy in Ghana.
do speak in parliament
do nothing for the 4 years
yet are the most paid,wow.
Kwame Dokyi 11 years ago

Politics in Ghana is a 419 business; not the ambition of capable individuals who have the nation at heart and are dedicated to advancing the cause of improving the lives of their constituents, and moving the nation forward on ...
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Politics in Ghana is a 419 business; not the ambition of capable individuals who have the nation at heart and are dedicated to advancing the cause of improving the lives of their constituents, and moving the nation forward on the pedestal of development.
My son recently called me and asked me why I would not come to Ghana to make money from politics? Is it not ridiculous? The legislators are all crooks, because unlike politicians in America and elsewhere, who want to be famous for leading their people to prosperity, Ghanaian law makers think, only, about their opulence and comfort, than improving the lives of the very underprivileged people who put them in where they are!!!!
Titi 11 years ago

Excellent post Cindy. They're indeed coldhearted thugs!

Excellent post Cindy. They're indeed coldhearted thugs!
Think Tank 11 years ago

Ellen I am sorry - I am just mad at the unfair that is taking place in Ghana.
So how about the farmer? What does the farmer get when he/she retires?

Ellen I am sorry - I am just mad at the unfair that is taking place in Ghana.
So how about the farmer? What does the farmer get when he/she retires?
Ankamah Duah 11 years ago

why,lecturers, pharmacists,GNAT,GNAGRAT are on strike. and our politicians can only think of their selfish stomachs,they do not think of the future of the country and the people

why,lecturers, pharmacists,GNAT,GNAGRAT are on strike. and our politicians can only think of their selfish stomachs,they do not think of the future of the country and the people
Honesty-the best policy! 11 years ago

THE PAYMENT IS IMMORAL!

THE PAYMENT IS IMMORAL!
Abass manchester 11 years ago

The youth are suffering no job for them most of them are now arm robbers its not their fort.Mahama use our money wisely else,why giving corrupts mps such amount because you mahama you are also a thief God will judge you and t ...
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The youth are suffering no job for them most of them are now arm robbers its not their fort.Mahama use our money wisely else,why giving corrupts mps such amount because you mahama you are also a thief God will judge you and the so call mp.no good water,electricity no,no good roads,in the hospital no medicines you dont care.
Nana 11 years ago

Ama, you are right. Some of them don't deserve their salaries let alone ex-gratia

Ama, you are right. Some of them don't deserve their salaries let alone ex-gratia
Ellen 11 years ago

A good workmanship needs rewards both here and over there. The Government has the power to implement what is needed but those who cheat the Nation of not doing their work conscience will judge them if they really have a liv ...
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A good workmanship needs rewards both here and over there. The Government has the power to implement what is needed but those who cheat the Nation of not doing their work conscience will judge them if they really have a living conscience
John Dranima Mahani 11 years ago

Hmmmm. That's our priority. Gov't has 47million for only 230 MPs but can't give 10million to 2000 lecturers

Hmmmm. That's our priority. Gov't has 47million for only 230 MPs but can't give 10million to 2000 lecturers
Proud Pepeman. 11 years ago

TO STOP THIS LOOTING WE THE PEOPLE MUST STAND UP TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY BY SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT CORRECT AND PROTESTING TILL IT CHANGES. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SET UP TO LET MPS DO WHAT THEY WANT. THESE SO CALL EWURA AMA COMM ...
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TO STOP THIS LOOTING WE THE PEOPLE MUST STAND UP TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY BY SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT CORRECT AND PROTESTING TILL IT CHANGES. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SET UP TO LET MPS DO WHAT THEY WANT. THESE SO CALL EWURA AMA COMMITTEE HAD THEIR HANDS TIED. THEY HAD TO GIVE THESE SALARIES. THE EMULEMENTS ARE JUST TO MUCH FOR SUCH A POOR COUNTRY. WHY SHOULD AN MP WHO IS RE-ELECTED GET AN END OF SERVICE BENEFIT?
OBIBA-JUDAS 11 years ago

DONT CRY WOLF GHANAIANS>NO COMPETENT PEOPLE IN NDC.

DONT CRY WOLF GHANAIANS>NO COMPETENT PEOPLE IN NDC.
LABITO 11 years ago

I DON'T THINK OUR MP'S HAVE THE COUNTRY AT HEART,BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO MAINTAIN OUR HOSPITALS AND ROADS WHY TAKE SUCH AMOUNT ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW.

I DON'T THINK OUR MP'S HAVE THE COUNTRY AT HEART,BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO MAINTAIN OUR HOSPITALS AND ROADS WHY TAKE SUCH AMOUNT ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW.
Kk3 11 years ago

E hard ooh Ghana! Why are your so called leaders begging for uprisings? This reckless abandon of stealing and hopelessness will stop either through good governance or anarchy but it will stop.

E hard ooh Ghana! Why are your so called leaders begging for uprisings? This reckless abandon of stealing and hopelessness will stop either through good governance or anarchy but it will stop.
Iddi Maltiti 11 years ago

I feel so sad that government has left us ( GETFund sponsored students) to suffer in a harsh and strange countries like Uk, Finland etc whilst it doles out huge sums of moneys as exgratia to MP in addition to huge salaries, c ...
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I feel so sad that government has left us ( GETFund sponsored students) to suffer in a harsh and strange countries like Uk, Finland etc whilst it doles out huge sums of moneys as exgratia to MP in addition to huge salaries, car loans, fat rent allowances that they get. When UTAg only needs 10 million Ghana Cedis the government is dragging its feet. I feel let down by my own party that i fought for and continue to defend. Please Jm stop all these unnecessary payments so that we can face NPP squarely, we are loosing our moral locus to defend the government when issues of suffering in the country are raised.
Ellen 11 years ago

Sometimes you may not understand the steps taken by the Governance but I hope time will tell, When the woman in the Bible anointed Jesus feet with the costly perfume the Disciple of Jesus Christ also complained but at the ...
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Sometimes you may not understand the steps taken by the Governance but I hope time will tell, When the woman in the Bible anointed Jesus feet with the costly perfume the Disciple of Jesus Christ also complained but at the end they understood .Please leave the Government alone.
jayjay 11 years ago

so ur party sent you to study abroad eh? did u merit that opportunity? ask urself in all sincerity if the criteria for choosing u over other Ghanaians to go and study abroad was free and fair. otwea!

so ur party sent you to study abroad eh? did u merit that opportunity? ask urself in all sincerity if the criteria for choosing u over other Ghanaians to go and study abroad was free and fair. otwea!
DR. KWAME NKRUMAH 11 years ago

OH MY GHANA!!!

OH MY GHANA!!!
GENERAL DeGAULE 11 years ago

All we get is pointless arguments that hardly constitute edifying intellectual debate. Very little by way of substantive and beneficial legislation gets passed. Our land administration system is one shambolic free for all, g ...
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All we get is pointless arguments that hardly constitute edifying intellectual debate. Very little by way of substantive and beneficial legislation gets passed. Our land administration system is one shambolic free for all, grab as much as you can for yourself jamboree.
They dress up in mourning garb to wave red cards and make a fool of themselves not caring about the televised images being beamed around the world. They are frankly a useless, thieving lot. The thought of gifting them nearly a $100,000 for absolutely no work done is sickening.
Kweku Ansah 11 years ago

To add insult to injury, we call them honourable so and so

To add insult to injury, we call them honourable so and so
Ellen 11 years ago

Please relax when Judah Iscariot betrayed Jesus did he use the money collected?

Please relax when Judah Iscariot betrayed Jesus did he use the money collected?
Kwaku 11 years ago

Definitely not most of the NDC MP's cannot make that money in 4yrs,if they should try other jobs apart from politics.The likes of ET Mensah,Sammy Okujetu,Nii Lante Vanderpuije,Mubarrak,Hannah Bisiw,Fiffi Kwettey etc can't mak ...
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Definitely not most of the NDC MP's cannot make that money in 4yrs,if they should try other jobs apart from politics.The likes of ET Mensah,Sammy Okujetu,Nii Lante Vanderpuije,Mubarrak,Hannah Bisiw,Fiffi Kwettey etc can't make that money.
Ellen 11 years ago

Agreed but know that politics is a very risky position with insults from even those who are aimless, undisciplined, arrogant Citizens

Agreed but know that politics is a very risky position with insults from even those who are aimless, undisciplined, arrogant Citizens
DRILIX BELGIUM 11 years ago

WHAT AM I HEARING, WHAT IS HE ACTUAL WORKS OF THE MP, SEAT IN PARLIAMENT AND SAY YOOYOO TO STUPID ISSUES?
I HAVE NEVER SEE MY MP SPEAK IN PARLIAMENT FOR MANY YEARS I WAS IN GHANA, YET HIS GETTING PAID FOR NOTHING DONE,
THE ...
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WHAT AM I HEARING, WHAT IS HE ACTUAL WORKS OF THE MP, SEAT IN PARLIAMENT AND SAY YOOYOO TO STUPID ISSUES?
I HAVE NEVER SEE MY MP SPEAK IN PARLIAMENT FOR MANY YEARS I WAS IN GHANA, YET HIS GETTING PAID FOR NOTHING DONE,
THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS ARE LEFT BEHIND AND THIS STUPID MP;S ARE LOOTING OUR MONEY FOR NOTHING AFTER ALL THE BENEFITS THEY ENJOY WHILE IN OFFICE, THEY STILL GET MORE AFTER THEIR GONE,,WHAT A COUNTRY,,HMMMMMMM
Ellen 11 years ago

Ghana can never, never be cursed I refused that statement. No matter what good work some people performed because of envy it will be over looked. Let Administration speaks.

Ghana can never, never be cursed I refused that statement. No matter what good work some people performed because of envy it will be over looked. Let Administration speaks.
shamu 11 years ago

If there is any MP` that do not worth a penny or pesewa, then that Ghanaians MP. They are corrupt, they are wicked, they are in-human. They are the most disgrace people I have never seen.

If there is any MP` that do not worth a penny or pesewa, then that Ghanaians MP. They are corrupt, they are wicked, they are in-human. They are the most disgrace people I have never seen.
ANNA 11 years ago

magine half of the woyome money being shared with the whole population of Ghana of 25 million people????

OVERNIGHT EVERYONE of the THE 25 MILLION GHANAIANS IS A MILLIONNAIRE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THIS WILL DO THE ECONOMY ...
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magine half of the woyome money being shared with the whole population of Ghana of 25 million people????

OVERNIGHT EVERYONE of the THE 25 MILLION GHANAIANS IS A MILLIONNAIRE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THIS WILL DO THE ECONOMY OF GHANA???

IT WILL BRING ECONOMIC REVOLUTION BY THE ACTIVITY AND BENEFITS THIS WILL GENERATE FROM BUSINESS TO FEE PAYING PARENTS TO THE UNEMPLOYED, AND TO THE SUFFERING MASSES?

HAVE OUR LEADERS GIVEN THIS A THOUGHT INSTEAD OF STE
Big mouth 11 years ago

And what about the money from Kufour and Family?

And what about the money from Kufour and Family?
BUSINESS DEVELOPER 11 years ago

I dont understand why former mps should be paid 20 00000 for their services rendered to the state which to me is not needed and necessary anyway to the state ,more often than not most of these mps are absent in parliament o ...
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I dont understand why former mps should be paid 20 00000 for their services rendered to the state which to me is not needed and necessary anyway to the state ,more often than not most of these mps are absent in parliament or do not contribute to any discussions on board meanwhile hard workers like medical doctors ,security officers and many do not earn that after many years in office ,i do totally disagree with this payment and just think ghana is being looted by these greedy politicians .
DONDOLI 11 years ago

When you say MPs pay doesnt include those working in his office or only for him.
Do the government pay for his office workers and how much.
No MP should get more pay than a teacher, why should they was it the people who dec ...
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When you say MPs pay doesnt include those working in his office or only for him.
Do the government pay for his office workers and how much.
No MP should get more pay than a teacher, why should they was it the people who decides what the MP should do not the MP to decide for the people. MP are massagers of the people, why should a massager earn more than his or her boss. No MP personally should be paid 200,000 cedis.
Nurudeen D 11 years ago

GH¢200,000.00 as reward for causing financial loss to the state, deceiving the nation and misappropriation of public fund. That is rewarding enough....Mahama! i am disappointed in you..

GH¢200,000.00 as reward for causing financial loss to the state, deceiving the nation and misappropriation of public fund. That is rewarding enough....Mahama! i am disappointed in you..
CAPT.NUAMAH.APRAMDO.TKDI. 11 years ago

WE SHALL OVERHAUL THE NDC GOVEMENT VERY SOON>

WE SHALL OVERHAUL THE NDC GOVEMENT VERY SOON>
Kobena 11 years ago

No MP in Ghana's rubber stamp Parliament deserves 100 cedis payment. What did they do in four years for the benefit of the average Ghanaian taxpayer?
Cry the beloved country!

No MP in Ghana's rubber stamp Parliament deserves 100 cedis payment. What did they do in four years for the benefit of the average Ghanaian taxpayer?
Cry the beloved country!
Objective! 11 years ago

Yes, that's a woping 2,000,000,000 cedis. They don't merit it!

Yes, that's a woping 2,000,000,000 cedis. They don't merit it!
Objective! 11 years ago

And they take bribes too.

And they take bribes too.
ALFA 11 years ago

DOES OUR PARLIAMENT MAKE LAWS? I DOUBT BECAUSE ALMOST ALL WAYS ORIGINATE FROM THE EXECUTIVE. PARLIAMENT ONLY "TALKS" ABOUT IT AND WHEN THE RULING PARTY HAS A MAJORITY, THERE IS NO WAY ANY BILL SENT TO PARLIAMENT WOULD FAIL. S ...
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DOES OUR PARLIAMENT MAKE LAWS? I DOUBT BECAUSE ALMOST ALL WAYS ORIGINATE FROM THE EXECUTIVE. PARLIAMENT ONLY "TALKS" ABOUT IT AND WHEN THE RULING PARTY HAS A MAJORITY, THERE IS NO WAY ANY BILL SENT TO PARLIAMENT WOULD FAIL. SO IN EFFECT, OUR PARLIAMENT ONLY RUBBER STAMPS WHATEVER THE EXECUTIVE SUBMITS TO IT.
Dr 11 years ago

Any idiot can be an MP.It takes time money and precision to train a doctor and yet what do hear from MPs.They are law makers,so.....Change is coming soon.Politicians watch out.Democracy has failed us.

Any idiot can be an MP.It takes time money and precision to train a doctor and yet what do hear from MPs.They are law makers,so.....Change is coming soon.Politicians watch out.Democracy has failed us.
Ras Juvas 11 years ago

ALL IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY. DEMOCRACY MY FOOT

ALL IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY. DEMOCRACY MY FOOT
The ABiggie 11 years ago

We need to ask ourselves where most of the money is going. Mostly to NDC ex and sitting parliamentarians. We are reliably informed that a window was opened to enable them use the ex gratia awards as collateral security for hu ...
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We need to ask ourselves where most of the money is going. Mostly to NDC ex and sitting parliamentarians. We are reliably informed that a window was opened to enable them use the ex gratia awards as collateral security for huge loans they contracted to enable them finance their 2012 election campaign. The aim of the NDC is to make themselves and their cronies rich at the expence of the masses. Where is Rawlings and his "We no go sit down make them cheat us everyday" people? They have just turned the tables on. Why is JJ so silent now on issues of probity, accountability, justice and responsibility? Is he saying now that Mahama is a "better" president on corruption than the late Mills when you and I know the contrary to be true?
sowee 11 years ago

God have mercy. 2 billion old gh. why ?

God have mercy. 2 billion old gh. why ?
john & Evans 11 years ago

This is mind-blowing! MPs, in all this what have you done to improve your local districts.

This is mind-blowing! MPs, in all this what have you done to improve your local districts.
clarence cudjoe 11 years ago

ARE YOU SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND THAT YOU REALLY KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO COLLECT HUMAN EXCRETA??? WELL LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. AS AN MP, YOU WEAR SUITS, SMOCK, JALABIA GOOD HOSPITAL TREATMENTS SOMETIMES YOU GOM ABROAD FOR ...
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ARE YOU SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND THAT YOU REALLY KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO COLLECT HUMAN EXCRETA??? WELL LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. AS AN MP, YOU WEAR SUITS, SMOCK, JALABIA GOOD HOSPITAL TREATMENTS SOMETIMES YOU GOM ABROAD FOR MEETINGS/CONFERENCES EAT AT POSH RESTAURANTS ETC BUT THOSE WHO COLLECT OUT HUMAN EXCRETAS DO WEAR WORN OUT SHORTS/SHIRTS WITH BROOMS IN THEIR HANDS, TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES WITH VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS (FLIES)YOU HOLD EXECUTIVE FILES/ SUITCASES SO A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO FROFESSIONS (TALE OF TWO CITIES!!!) I BET YOU DO NOT REALLY KNOW THE POOR PEOPLE WHO COLLECT HUMAN EXCRETA. COME AGAIN NEXT TIME AND PLSE O YOUR HOME WORK/ RESEARCH PROPERLY. THANK YOU
Accra Resident 11 years ago

Ghanaians should stage massive boycotts and strikes to force this insensitive Govt to hcome down to earth. Everyone deserves fair wages for his/her work. Being an MP should be a privilege to serve the people not a get rich qu ...
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Ghanaians should stage massive boycotts and strikes to force this insensitive Govt to hcome down to earth. Everyone deserves fair wages for his/her work. Being an MP should be a privilege to serve the people not a get rich quick scheme.
Senior Wisdom 11 years ago

Is that all democracy has for Ghana. To produce millionaires who rip the country of all it's resources. Day after day we have money being paid to politicians and their cronies, the national debt climbing and the quality of li ...
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Is that all democracy has for Ghana. To produce millionaires who rip the country of all it's resources. Day after day we have money being paid to politicians and their cronies, the national debt climbing and the quality of life of the ordinary Ghanaian nose diving. Is this the democracy we were promised when Rawlings handed over the reigns of government, or the product of we no go sit down? Shame on us!!
L'Osservatore Ghanaiensis 11 years ago

THE MPs DO NOT DESERVE THIS BUT WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT AS LONG AS THE FOOLISH PEOPLE OF GHANA ALLOW THEM, ON TOP OF THEIR SALARIES AND OTHERS. WONT YOU IF YOU WERE ONE OF THEM? SOMETIMES VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER TO SOME PROBL ...
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THE MPs DO NOT DESERVE THIS BUT WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT AS LONG AS THE FOOLISH PEOPLE OF GHANA ALLOW THEM, ON TOP OF THEIR SALARIES AND OTHERS. WONT YOU IF YOU WERE ONE OF THEM? SOMETIMES VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER TO SOME PROBLEMS.
sabaato 11 years ago

am really disappointed and sad as a Ghanaian. I want to resign as a Ghanaian. Infact I quit

am really disappointed and sad as a Ghanaian. I want to resign as a Ghanaian. Infact I quit
L'Osservatore Ghanaiensis 11 years ago

Before you quit and become a coward, organize yourselves and present your petition to the government to rescind this decision. If that does not work, take the law into your hands and start killing them, starting with Mahama. ...
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Before you quit and become a coward, organize yourselves and present your petition to the government to rescind this decision. If that does not work, take the law into your hands and start killing them, starting with Mahama. Maybe that is the only language they will accept. Have you thought about that?

What bothers me is the silence of those who should know better within the NDC but are not saying anything. Does that mean everything the party does is correct? Can't you support a party but condemn it if it makes a mistake? O my God, what is this?
original 11 years ago

mps should be careful otherwise ghana will burn one day

mps should be careful otherwise ghana will burn one day
GHANA YOUTH NEW YORK 11 years ago

WHAT IS WRONG WITH GHANA. 5 OUT 10 PEOPLE COME FROM A LARGE AREA WHERE THERE ARE NO GOOD DRINKING WATER. 2 EX MPS MONEY CAN PROVIDE GOOD DRINKING WATER FOR OVER 1,000 FOLKS. SO HOW BLIND IS MAHAMA GOV TO GIVE THIS MONIES TO E ...
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH GHANA. 5 OUT 10 PEOPLE COME FROM A LARGE AREA WHERE THERE ARE NO GOOD DRINKING WATER. 2 EX MPS MONEY CAN PROVIDE GOOD DRINKING WATER FOR OVER 1,000 FOLKS. SO HOW BLIND IS MAHAMA GOV TO GIVE THIS MONIES TO EX MPS AFHER TAKING BIG BIG SALARIES AND FREE STUFF FOR 4 YEARS FOR CONTRUBUTNG NOTHING IN PARLIMENT.
Nana A. 11 years ago

As someone who has lived outside our great nation and with a clear basis for comparison, I'am amazed about how much money MP's think they deserve. Look, ex-gracia is supposed to thank these guys for their work but elsewhere ...
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As someone who has lived outside our great nation and with a clear basis for comparison, I'am amazed about how much money MP's think they deserve. Look, ex-gracia is supposed to thank these guys for their work but elsewhere in the world, it's part of the welfare system. But in Ghana where the unemployed receive no pesewa from the state, it's broad daylight robbery.MP'S ARE NO BETTER than the rest of us.
chief amankwa 11 years ago

i think they are bunch thieves in an hen coupe

i think they are bunch thieves in an hen coupe
chief amankwa 11 years ago

mahama is full of himself ..chats rubbish

mahama is full of himself ..chats rubbish
Abena 11 years ago

Not a single one of them. Our street, roads, water, electricity and our education system are all in shambles and yet they sit in parliament and debate and talk and talk and no action. And yet they get this huge sums of money, ...
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Not a single one of them. Our street, roads, water, electricity and our education system are all in shambles and yet they sit in parliament and debate and talk and talk and no action. And yet they get this huge sums of money, flees of expensive cars, free travel and allowances. Meanwhile the citizens are suffering.
They are all thieves all the parties and that is why people would do anything necessary to become a politician. That is where the money is--free money.
God would judge us all.
Lorgo Ligri 11 years ago

Let all these MPs go back to their constituencies and let people there decide if they actually deserve this so called ex-gratia payments. My guess is that, most of them will end up being canned in public.

Let all these MPs go back to their constituencies and let people there decide if they actually deserve this so called ex-gratia payments. My guess is that, most of them will end up being canned in public.
Edmondo 11 years ago

Huuuuuuuum. Ghana is a country with a hungry, greedy, arrogant and bad leaders.Can we all copy or study Jesus christ. Ghanaians MPs /Leaders want to kill us .Bear in mind, we are not fool.

Huuuuuuuum. Ghana is a country with a hungry, greedy, arrogant and bad leaders.Can we all copy or study Jesus christ. Ghanaians MPs /Leaders want to kill us .Bear in mind, we are not fool.
WISEMAN 11 years ago

ALL GHANAIANS CAN DO IS TALK AND WRITE BIG, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO COMMON SENSE THEY FALL SHORT. WHY CANT GHANAIANS, BACK WHAT THEY WRITE ABOUT THE GOVT. BEING INSENTIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF THE ORDINARY GHANAIANS, ORGANIZING THE V ...
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ALL GHANAIANS CAN DO IS TALK AND WRITE BIG, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO COMMON SENSE THEY FALL SHORT. WHY CANT GHANAIANS, BACK WHAT THEY WRITE ABOUT THE GOVT. BEING INSENTIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF THE ORDINARY GHANAIANS, ORGANIZING THE VERY NEGLECTED MASSES ON VERY LONG DEMONTRATION TO BRING HOME THIER CONCERNS. YOU GHANAIANS ARE MORONS. YOU ALL ARE VERY STUPID FOOLS AND COWARDS.
Ghana 11 years ago

They are not brave enough. Keeping people ignorant and the government can do whatever they want.

They are not brave enough. Keeping people ignorant and the government can do whatever they want.
martin otoo 11 years ago

Thank u very much for such a nice article i dont think our MPs deserves such an amount and it will be a shameful on the part of the goverment to such an amount to such unproductive MPs whiles poor ghana railway workers will h ...
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Thank u very much for such a nice article i dont think our MPs deserves such an amount and it will be a shameful on the part of the goverment to such an amount to such unproductive MPs whiles poor ghana railway workers will have to struggle for three months before getting one month salary, please my dear writer help lets safe ghana railway and its poor workers from anger and porvety which i was once a victim. thank you.
A.T. 11 years ago

I am shocked that Ghanaians are not in the streets already! How on earth can a nation's leaders STEAL in broad daylight like this? Do we really know what is happening? There is no advanced economy where the lawmakers make mor ...
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I am shocked that Ghanaians are not in the streets already! How on earth can a nation's leaders STEAL in broad daylight like this? Do we really know what is happening? There is no advanced economy where the lawmakers make more money than the top professionals like doctors, finance executives, professors etc. In the US, Congressmen make $174,000 a year and rent their own apartments and buy their own cars from that salary. That US lawmaker makes roughly 4 times the per capita income of that country. If Ghanaian lawmakers were to be paid comparable salaries, they will get GHC 1000 a month and pay their rent and buy their car from that salary. Surgeons in the US make from $300,000 going a year, almost twice the salary of the Congressman. On top of this huge salary, the useless MP in Ghana also gets GHC 50,000 housing allowance and every 4 years gets also GHC 200,000? What kind of broad daylight stealing is this? I will be 1000% surprised if there is NO COUP in GHANA in the next one to two years! Really Surprised!!!
Titugri 11 years ago

In every place that I have worked, the employers give pay raises and bonuses based on performance of each individual employee. The MPs in Ghana are the employees of the citizens of Ghana and therefore their salaries and benef ...
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In every place that I have worked, the employers give pay raises and bonuses based on performance of each individual employee. The MPs in Ghana are the employees of the citizens of Ghana and therefore their salaries and benefis should all be decided by the citizens not the MPs themselves.

I think there should be a non-partisan group of people chosen from all walks of life from all over the country who will meet at certain times to discuss and recommend what should be the right salaries and benefits to be paid to the MPs. That is a fair and better way to handle the MPs. Ghanaians should not leave the matters to the MPs to decide how they the MPs should be compensated because that will be like asking a fox to be a caretaker for chicken. There will be blood!
XIANG FENG 11 years ago

FOOLISH GHANAIANS, YOU ARE ALL VERY SILLY AND STUPID. YOU GIVE THIS HUGE SUM TO THIS CRAZY LEADERS OF YOURS WHO DOESNT CARE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF POOR LITTLE KIDS WHO DIE AT BIRTH AND BY THE MERCIES OF STRANGE DISEASE? ARE YOU ...
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FOOLISH GHANAIANS, YOU ARE ALL VERY SILLY AND STUPID. YOU GIVE THIS HUGE SUM TO THIS CRAZY LEADERS OF YOURS WHO DOESNT CARE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF POOR LITTLE KIDS WHO DIE AT BIRTH AND BY THE MERCIES OF STRANGE DISEASE? ARE YOU GUYS REALLY A PART OF THIS PLANET AT ALL? WE CHINESE THINK WE WERE LAST OF THE HUMAN RACE YET , WE HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT, OUR THINKING FACULTY FAR EXCEEDS YOU BLACKS AND FOR THAT MATTER GHANAIANS. CAN YOU IMMAGINE HOW MANY FACTORIES OR JOBS WE CHINESE COULD CREATE FROM THIS GH 200,000 ? YOU GUYS MUST LEARN AND GROW BUT NOT GROW TO LEARN.
EU, Sweden, UK, Germany..... 11 years ago

Ghanaians/ the black man is not willing to learn period.
No politician in Europe would accept this kind of money especially after work not well done. Obama is giving back part of his pay.
No brains, no development.

Ghanaians/ the black man is not willing to learn period.
No politician in Europe would accept this kind of money especially after work not well done. Obama is giving back part of his pay.
No brains, no development.
Luau 11 years ago

You're pretending to be a Chinese by insulting your own black race abi? Hurled the insult at the appropriate people who continue to oppress the poor.

You're pretending to be a Chinese by insulting your own black race abi? Hurled the insult at the appropriate people who continue to oppress the poor.
EU, Sweden, UK, Germany..... 11 years ago

Whoever it is he is right. Stop pretending wrongs are right. The government is supposed to work for its people.

Whoever it is he is right. Stop pretending wrongs are right. The government is supposed to work for its people.
Oga 11 years ago

They don't deserve a pesewa...if they are really there to serve our dear nation,then they shouldn't misuse the tax payers money..but if they are the to enrich their selves,go on in the name of NDC and NPP

They don't deserve a pesewa...if they are really there to serve our dear nation,then they shouldn't misuse the tax payers money..but if they are the to enrich their selves,go on in the name of NDC and NPP
Francis 11 years ago

UTAG, NAGRAT, GNAT and all the workers in Ghana must be paid Ex-gratia so that we can abolish the SSNIT pension scheme. These are serious louters and theives, highly secadecious group of people.What laws do they make? Laws fo ...
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UTAG, NAGRAT, GNAT and all the workers in Ghana must be paid Ex-gratia so that we can abolish the SSNIT pension scheme. These are serious louters and theives, highly secadecious group of people.What laws do they make? Laws for the poor people.God safe Ghana.
abongo 11 years ago

230 woyomes

230 woyomes
Theophilus Acquaye 11 years ago

Ghanaians get the leaders they deserve, the Ghanaian just votes for a party because of ethnic affiliation; common sense is out of the window.
What really scares me about the Ghanaian mentality is that a poor worker making a ...
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Ghanaians get the leaders they deserve, the Ghanaian just votes for a party because of ethnic affiliation; common sense is out of the window.
What really scares me about the Ghanaian mentality is that a poor worker making about GHS100 a month enters the voting booth and pulls the lever for a person who belongs to his/her ethnic group to enter parliament and make GHS7,500/month whilst he/she earns a mere GHS100/month, and it is ok to him/her because the person he/she voted for speaks the same language as him/her. He/she never finds out what the person he/she is voting for will be doing to better his/her lot. Ghanaians, therefore, keeps on recycling NPP and NDC government to lord it over them; stealing their money in unison, no arguments from either party against the daylight robbery the NPP/NDC governments perpetuate on mother Ghana on daily basis.
Until the time the average Ghanaian wakes up from his/her slumber and start using the brain, therefore, voting for another party (CPP, PPP, etc.), shedding that stupid adherence to ethnicity, the majority of Ghanaians (99%) will continue living in abject poverty and the NPP/NDC politicians milking mother Ghana dry, no good roads, not enough hospitals, not enough schools, no water, no electricity, no check on armed robbery on the highways and cities, and the list goes on…………
boy 11 years ago

That FWSC man and the parliamentarians should each attempt to become doctors for the rest of their lives and we will see how many will end the first year. Idiots deciding for brains. funny

That FWSC man and the parliamentarians should each attempt to become doctors for the rest of their lives and we will see how many will end the first year. Idiots deciding for brains. funny
Sulamana 11 years ago

THis is the reason for coups in Ghana. Insensitive rulers, greedy politicians, looting of state coffers, denigrating other professions, etc etc. Why won't a soldier pick up a gun to end it all?

THis is the reason for coups in Ghana. Insensitive rulers, greedy politicians, looting of state coffers, denigrating other professions, etc etc. Why won't a soldier pick up a gun to end it all?
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