Ghana’s economy is in tatters – Osafo Maafo

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THE MASK 10 years ago

Very sad. Where is there hope for the YOUTH?

Very sad. Where is there hope for the YOUTH?
AKUFO 10 years ago

I SURPRISE OSAFO MAAFO ALSO SAYING THIS.THE TIME YOU ARE FINANCE MIMISTER,WHAT DO YOU DO?AND WHY K4 REMOVE YOU?CRIMINAL.

I SURPRISE OSAFO MAAFO ALSO SAYING THIS.THE TIME YOU ARE FINANCE MIMISTER,WHAT DO YOU DO?AND WHY K4 REMOVE YOU?CRIMINAL.
USMAN 10 years ago

We still practice demand and supply economics in Ghana. This economic model phased out since 1979. Serious countries have moved on from demand-side economics to supply-side economics. This is how far our useless universities ...
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We still practice demand and supply economics in Ghana. This economic model phased out since 1979. Serious countries have moved on from demand-side economics to supply-side economics. This is how far our useless universities have brought us.
Homesense 10 years ago

If what the NPP is saying is true, especially regarding government's borrowing, then the following news posted on this site some two years back makes an interesting reading; because as I read the item Ikept asking myself if b ...
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If what the NPP is saying is true, especially regarding government's borrowing, then the following news posted on this site some two years back makes an interesting reading; because as I read the item Ikept asking myself if borrowing was a good thing at all for one to take pride in, and in the fact that he has the capacity to do so?:

General News of Thursday, 1 September 2011
Source: citifmonline
Ghana has space to borrow more, Veep responds to Akufo-Addo

Vice President John Dramani Mahama has in a veiled manner, responded to criticism from the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo criticism of the Mills-Mahama government’s contraction of loans.

Delivering the maiden Liberty Lectures organized by think tank Danquah Institute on Thursday August 30, Nana Akufo-Addo criticized government for contracting over 10 billion dollars of loans in a “mad rush” just two years after assuming office but with nothing to show for those loans.

He said the loans risk plummeting Ghana into deep financial crisis. According to Nana Akufo-Addo, “at the end of 2008 Ghana’s domestic debt stood at 4.8 billion cedis equivalent to $3.3 billion.

“According to the Bank of Ghana, at the end of June 2011, Ghana’s total domestic debt was 10.8 billion cedis, showing an increase of 30 per cent over the previous six months alone and this was before the recent bond issue of 300 million cedis at 14 percent interest rate”.

However, in a veiled response a day later, Vice President John Mahama, who addressed executives of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship in Accra, said Ghana has enough room for more debt without falling into a debt trap.

Vice President John Mahama warned that politicians and leaders must refrain from playing politics with Ghana’s economy since it always comes back to haunt the country.

“We must not play politics with our economy because when we do so it always comes back to haunt us. We currently have a balance sheet that makes Ghana attractive to creditors. Recently Ghana has been offered credits for infrastructure developments in the productive sectors of the economy.

“Some sections of the public have expressed fear of Ghana incurring too much debt and yet these sections know that in order to transform Ghana to the next level we cannot sit and just rely on the budgetary revenues to finance critical investments.

“I wish to assure the business community on behalf of the President that Ghana still has enough space to absorb credit without falling back into the debt trap”.
PAA 10 years ago

Remember when npp told their followers to dress in white and go to church for thanksgiving even when the final results were not complete just to make a case that they had been robbed so is this one too. In fact, the SC is rea ...
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Remember when npp told their followers to dress in white and go to church for thanksgiving even when the final results were not complete just to make a case that they had been robbed so is this one too. In fact, the SC is really wasting time that is why this crooks think they still stand a chance, where on earth have you seen SC removing democratically elected president and putting in a 70 years old drug baron, greedy and arrogant man as president? You have been found out and God will punish you for wasting Ghanaian tax-payers money. Npp is now for dogs, especially with people like sir john in the helm of affairs of the party. Npp will soon die and a new party formed in its place.
insight to the bone 10 years ago

pepeni has taken a few good but woefully incompetent men. so this ndc with all these people and their doctorate degrees , decades of experience and not being new to the business of running a nation could only find a chartered ...
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pepeni has taken a few good but woefully incompetent men. so this ndc with all these people and their doctorate degrees , decades of experience and not being new to the business of running a nation could only find a chartered accountant with polytechnic to run the sophisticated affairs of finance and economic planning? the country i agree can never be broke but is only heavily in debt with no future or chance of development due to the chinese. this krobo minister is only trying to balance the books and lacks courage , mental acumen and deep understanding to make the bold decisions required in these challenging times . they are only thieves who are bold and fool hardy courageous when it comes to stealing or looting but to do something good is an abomination to their nature . these are the king of people who if are on your team will make sure you miserably fail not because they plan it but because their burdened in the dark ignorant hearts by their own selfishness . pepeni thinks we blindly hate him but we say we actually see him for what he really is and that is a CAPITAL FOOL who never do anything good for himself to less of the welfare of the ordinary man. pepeni is entrapped by his own self surrounded by incompetence and tribal amateurs who think that by selling us propaganda , ideology and lies they can get by . we say their days are numbered and soon their blood will flow . his friend pepeni the idiot presiding judge will be one of the first punished for their arrogance. God has blinded them from seeing the way forward so we can one day wipe them out from the face of this earth , long live the republic of Akan
YAW BOYE 10 years ago

Look who is talking? Did he not send us to HIPC? Did he not increase taxes tenfold to clear his economic mess?Why was he sacked as a Finance Minister? The NPP left Govt. with 18% inflation, Budget deficit of 25%,and Business ...
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Look who is talking? Did he not send us to HIPC? Did he not increase taxes tenfold to clear his economic mess?Why was he sacked as a Finance Minister? The NPP left Govt. with 18% inflation, Budget deficit of 25%,and Business confidence at its lowest.Osafo Marfo stop the deliberate negative depression trick.This is not going to work.Concentrate to help solve the mess in your party and stop the propaganda.Ghana is not unique in the present economic difficulties
INDIGO 10 years ago

Useless "ye be dii k3k3" NDC government. Ghana is in crises and heading for more trouble if we do not change course.

Useless "ye be dii k3k3" NDC government. Ghana is in crises and heading for more trouble if we do not change course.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago

Yaw, it may be true that NPP is talking down the economy and that is what all oppositions do. However, the fact is that, Ghana's economy is weak due to both factors outside Ghana and the government's inability to resolve the ...
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Yaw, it may be true that NPP is talking down the economy and that is what all oppositions do. However, the fact is that, Ghana's economy is weak due to both factors outside Ghana and the government's inability to resolve the energy and water problems. Even if businesses have access to credit, with lack of regular supplies of energy and water, how could they increase production and create jobs?

Again, the election over spending by government and the government's inability to pay its bills are worsen by lack of internally generated revenue is worrying and even disgraceful. For example, the non-payment of allowances and fees of Ghanaian students abroad is a national disgrace.

Another problem is the announcement of projects and initiatives that have not been budgeted. For example, it is reported today that a Centre for Research to named after the late President Mills is to be built in Cape Coast. It is a good idea but where is the money coming from?

Last but not the least, when the President gave a lecture at Chatham House in May, I was shocked when in an answer to a question, he said that the software used in implementing the Single Spine Salary did not enable them to envisage the impact of the policy on government revenue and expenditure. That really shocked me. That should have been forecasted by Economists for at least, the next five years.

I know this politics but one cannot hide the fact that the government is finding it difficult to meet its financial commitments due to low revenues from taxes and perhaps, corruption. These are not the making of NPP, Are they?
AHISEM 10 years ago

WHETHER HE PERFORMED BAD OR WORST, WHETHER HE WAS SACKED OR NOT IS PAST. NDC HAD ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTACK NPP POLICIES DURING ITS TIME. IT'S NOW NDC'S TIME AND THIS IS THE SITUATION IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES. YOU CAN ...
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WHETHER HE PERFORMED BAD OR WORST, WHETHER HE WAS SACKED OR NOT IS PAST. NDC HAD ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTACK NPP POLICIES DURING ITS TIME. IT'S NOW NDC'S TIME AND THIS IS THE SITUATION IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES. YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO ATTA MILLS, KUFFOUR, JJ RAWLINGS, AKUFO, ACHEAMPONG, BUSIA, AFRIFA, AND NKRUMAH BUT THAT WILL NOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS OF TODAY. WE NEED ABLE MINDS TO COME OUT WITH SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, STAY ASIDE.
Brainy Guy 10 years ago

Please discuss the merits and demerits of his statements instead of attacking him personally. This is the hallmark of ignorant nincompoops who are so many in Ghana and on this website. Your English is terrible and you need b ...
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Please discuss the merits and demerits of his statements instead of attacking him personally. This is the hallmark of ignorant nincompoops who are so many in Ghana and on this website. Your English is terrible and you need better education to join in this important discussion.
Kofi 10 years ago

You need some free SHS for sure!

You need some free SHS for sure!
Kojo T 10 years ago

NPP good at talking. This man ran Housing corp to the ground , now you make noise. It is nice to be in opposition

NPP good at talking. This man ran Housing corp to the ground , now you make noise. It is nice to be in opposition
Obeng Rago 10 years ago

Google "Ghana's GDP", and every fact stares in your face as vivid as daylight that the CPP and P/NDC and their little brothers of NRC/ AFRC/PNP are poor at economic management. They add nothing to growth except taking and tak ...
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Google "Ghana's GDP", and every fact stares in your face as vivid as daylight that the CPP and P/NDC and their little brothers of NRC/ AFRC/PNP are poor at economic management. They add nothing to growth except taking and taking and taking for their poor souls.

These groups come from the Nkrumaists socialists revolutionaries of Ghana's left-wing brigade as constituted in the present government. They have been ruling Ghana all these years since we assumed self government in 1951. Together they have ruled for almost 50 years...They come in different colours and shades, all united by their avowed determined opposition to DOMO/UP/Progress/NPP group they label as 'Matemoho'.

Of course they are masters in winning political power with their deft strategies of bribing loud mouthed lazy people in local communities to hood wink masses with their lies and innuendoes! BUT their covetousness for political power, either crook or whatever means, is for their personal advancement and promotion of business interests of their cronies. That is the whole reason they do politics: Winning contracts, commissions, scholarships, positions, appointments and jobs for the boys as they wallow in government properties and personalise state assets including cars, bungalows, monies and not paying utility bills. Politics has remained so good for these lazy loafers in Ghana politics...They come into politics as broke as church mice but leave it with Billions as Ayeh Kumi and B A Dadson in CPP, and Ato Ahwoi and ET Mensah in NDC. A list of politicians in these identified groups and their properties gained in government will make you weep blood.

Economics is the last thing these loafers think about. And they do not have a clue, because they have never earned monies outside politics. In fact there is no one in their group who know how to handle economics of a developing country. Their main architects of Joe Abbey, P V Obeng, Duffuor, Tekper, Atta Mills, Ahwoi are masters of Economic bankruptcy. Nothing good is in their big heads except how to use political power for selfish economic gains for their families and friends. Politics is so good to them for what they can get from political power...Seek ye first the political kingdom and everything else will be yours - they cry out aloud!

Just google Ghana's GDP and see when the Graph began to rise.

Ghana's economy will surely go comatose so that in future all these Chiefs and Imams will stop collecting free cars and monies from corrupt governments in exchange of political power. A most corrupt government of Ghana are these people in power and give them thousand years in power, we would only end up with building more cemetaries and emigration. What a sad state of affairs, these socialist revolutionaries! NDC Fiaffitor!
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GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

IN A PIN STRIPED SUIT. THIEF!
ARENT U PPL ASHAMED TO EVEN SHOW UR FACE IN GH?

IN A PIN STRIPED SUIT. THIEF!
ARENT U PPL ASHAMED TO EVEN SHOW UR FACE IN GH?
Concerned 10 years ago

Eiii, Ghana. Whatever that man may have done or not, what he's saying here is true. The economy right now is sick and needs to be fixed.

At the very least, can someone here please admit that to themselves. In this country ...
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Eiii, Ghana. Whatever that man may have done or not, what he's saying here is true. The economy right now is sick and needs to be fixed.

At the very least, can someone here please admit that to themselves. In this country all we do is throw insults, never trying the fix the problem right in front of us. This man is gone as finance minister, whatever he did in the past is for another time. Let's look to the problem in front of us that he has actually done a good job describing
ABLOR, JASIKAN 10 years ago

AKANS SAY, " SE WOTAN ABOA OKWADUO A NA W'AYI N'AMRIKA" I AM A FOLLOWER OF NDC AND WILL ALWAYS BE A FOLLOWER OF NDC BUT THE WAY THINGS ARE HEADING TO, I MUST CONFESS THAT UNDER K4'S ADMINISTRATION, THINGS WERE BETTER. THIS DO ...
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AKANS SAY, " SE WOTAN ABOA OKWADUO A NA W'AYI N'AMRIKA" I AM A FOLLOWER OF NDC AND WILL ALWAYS BE A FOLLOWER OF NDC BUT THE WAY THINGS ARE HEADING TO, I MUST CONFESS THAT UNDER K4'S ADMINISTRATION, THINGS WERE BETTER. THIS DOES NOT UNMAKE ME AN NDC FOLLOWER. I WILL ALWAYS BE AN NDC FOLLOWER, BUT I WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH IN THE NAME OF GHANA.
NAA4U 10 years ago

DID OSAFO MARFO REALLY SAY THAT? HOW WAS THE ECONOMY IN THEIR TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY RECEIVED THE MOST DONORS IN THIER 8 YEAR RULE

DID OSAFO MARFO REALLY SAY THAT? HOW WAS THE ECONOMY IN THEIR TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY RECEIVED THE MOST DONORS IN THIER 8 YEAR RULE
Momma_Yenwene 10 years ago

Write-offs plus unprecedented gargantuan individual trransfers, all of which vanished into the private pockets of he Osafo Marfo and associates!In 2008, when they were exiting the scene, the treasury had been looted dry;and G ...
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Write-offs plus unprecedented gargantuan individual trransfers, all of which vanished into the private pockets of he Osafo Marfo and associates!In 2008, when they were exiting the scene, the treasury had been looted dry;and Ghana Telecom had to be bundled up with other vital state assets,and sold off for pittance to Vodafone Plc.
A simple currency redenomination exercise was used to line the pockets of key officials who were in control of the contry`s finances.
You and other culprits have your high school chum, the late Fiifi Atta Mills to thank for not throwing aal of you nation-wreckers in jail!
Ofori, K. Mensah 10 years ago

People like Osafo Maafo take Ghanaians for a ride, he takes the piss with no sense of responsibility. Any insignificant member of NPP seems to have the audacity to spew trash into the ears of Ghanaians with impunity. Was not ...
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People like Osafo Maafo take Ghanaians for a ride, he takes the piss with no sense of responsibility. Any insignificant member of NPP seems to have the audacity to spew trash into the ears of Ghanaians with impunity. Was not this same Osafo Maafo we learnt about a Ghana Government's loan associated with a dilapidated salon in London and till date the loan has not been accounted for neither by Osafo Maafo or the Kruofuor Kufour's government?. Today, same Osafo Maafo in his pin-stripped suit has the cheek to lecture Ghana about the recent economic performances of the nation. Ghanaians want to listen to real people. People who are honest and trustworthy, selfless, law abiding and self-disciplined and have Ghana at heart and keen on the advancement of our nation.
AZIZ 10 years ago

foolish osafo maafo shut up,in 8 yrs of presidenta kuffour have you crate something better for better ghana yrs to come,shut up and stop tese bad politics that will not help, you want akuofo addo to be preside ...
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foolish osafo maafo shut up,in 8 yrs of presidenta kuffour have you crate something better for better ghana yrs to come,shut up and stop tese bad politics that will not help, you want akuofo addo to be president so that you can get some post and still ghana money,shut up
WUNTIRA 10 years ago

See who is talking! Yaw Osafo Marfo who presided over the most corrupt regime as finance minister; who signed agreements in German without understanding the language. Their real motive behind the election petition is to see t ...
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See who is talking! Yaw Osafo Marfo who presided over the most corrupt regime as finance minister; who signed agreements in German without understanding the language. Their real motive behind the election petition is to see the economy grind to a halt. Unfortunately for them, the supreme court is winding up the hearing to give a ruling very soon. The economy will pick up very quickly afterwards. After the ruling, the NPP will be stripped of any credibilty and the 2016 elections will be a done deal for the NDC. Mark my words.
SULE 10 years ago

The country under these inept and incompetent NDC gov't headed by John Mahama, have finally put the nails in the coffin and have effectively buried Ghana in the bottomless pit of retrogression, stagnation and mediocrity. Fiif ...
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The country under these inept and incompetent NDC gov't headed by John Mahama, have finally put the nails in the coffin and have effectively buried Ghana in the bottomless pit of retrogression, stagnation and mediocrity. Fiifi Kwetey can be a minister of finance in Ghana, tweaa.
Remove Indemnity Clause 10 years ago

NPP is part of the economic problems facing Ghana.They are corrupt like NDC.

NPP is part of the economic problems facing Ghana.They are corrupt like NDC.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

They all the same... self-seeking

They all the same... self-seeking
Queen 10 years ago

PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC

PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC, PATHETIC
krikri 10 years ago

Omafo Safo you too? Answer me: who collapsed Bank for Housing & Construction? who signed an agreement on behalf of Ghana without understanding it? who declared the ignomious HIPC? If the economy is in tatters, it was you and ...
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Omafo Safo you too? Answer me: who collapsed Bank for Housing & Construction? who signed an agreement on behalf of Ghana without understanding it? who declared the ignomious HIPC? If the economy is in tatters, it was you and your greedy thief, Kufour & Mpiani, who started it
Amoalie 10 years ago

I agree with u. Isn't he a hypocrite?

I agree with u. Isn't he a hypocrite?
KOO HIA 10 years ago

NPP deliberately sent election petition to court to deflate investors confidence in the economy to achieve their selfish political interest. We are all in it, COUNTRY broke or in no broke, so stop your economic sabotage by wi ...
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NPP deliberately sent election petition to court to deflate investors confidence in the economy to achieve their selfish political interest. We are all in it, COUNTRY broke or in no broke, so stop your economic sabotage by withdrawing your daily mended and error affidavit application to Supreme Court. Useless NPP. Always want Ghana to fall if they are not in charge of the governance.
Obenfo 10 years ago

I saw how treacherous NPP was during their reign but I like the flow of Mr. Osafo's analysis. Seth Terkper's defense for the Ghanaian economy sounded very childish and incompetent.

All he said was though they are facing c ...
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I saw how treacherous NPP was during their reign but I like the flow of Mr. Osafo's analysis. Seth Terkper's defense for the Ghanaian economy sounded very childish and incompetent.

All he said was though they are facing challenges, Ghana's economy is not broke - and could not give us any specifics as to why Ghana is not broke and what policies he is implementing to subdue the challenges faced in the economy, very poor.
Private Mensah 10 years ago

well there you are! here Ghana is not in control any more because every four years we have to vote which in turn turns everything on its head again- a vicious economical damaging democratic cycle only enjoyed only enjoyed by ...
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well there you are! here Ghana is not in control any more because every four years we have to vote which in turn turns everything on its head again- a vicious economical damaging democratic cycle only enjoyed only enjoyed by beneficiaries or participants of the cycle to the detriment of the average Ghanaian.

The solution is for executive powers of ministers and politicians to be curbed and distributed to the people through governmental and regional bodies who will be accountable to successful projects.

Long Live Ghana and Long live the republic-- for further comments

ozosowah@yahoo.com
Amoalie 10 years ago

You an economist is blaming Ghana's debt on an election campaign? WOW! This ia a first. Why not think of all the loans that all u politians have taken for development for the past 50 or so years and have squandered. All of u ...
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You an economist is blaming Ghana's debt on an election campaign? WOW! This ia a first. Why not think of all the loans that all u politians have taken for development for the past 50 or so years and have squandered. All of u r to blame. I am sure u have foreign accounts. Where did u get that money from. Hypocrite.
WHO JAH BLESS 10 years ago

Ahonfe Osafo Marfo and Ahonfe Kwadwo Mpiani:which of the two is champion ahonfe?

Ahonfe Osafo Marfo and Ahonfe Kwadwo Mpiani:which of the two is champion ahonfe?
Kwabena 10 years ago

This is where Asogbata Agambire RLG stole his money from. He also got some surplus from his Guinea Fowl and Forest Planting business.

This is where Asogbata Agambire RLG stole his money from. He also got some surplus from his Guinea Fowl and Forest Planting business.
Paa Kodwo 10 years ago

WORDS FROM A MAN WHO CORRUPTED THE NATION IN HIS TIME OF OFFICE AS MINISTER OF FINANCE IN KUFFOUR'S GOVERNMEMNT.

AND STiIL WITH THE HOPE TO GOVERN AND TO MANIPULATE NATIONAL RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY AGAIN.

GOD FORBID.

WORDS FROM A MAN WHO CORRUPTED THE NATION IN HIS TIME OF OFFICE AS MINISTER OF FINANCE IN KUFFOUR'S GOVERNMEMNT.

AND STiIL WITH THE HOPE TO GOVERN AND TO MANIPULATE NATIONAL RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY AGAIN.

GOD FORBID.
NOSTALGIA HUH!!!! 10 years ago

TOO UGLY. IS THAT A GORILA OR A HUMAN BEING COMMENTING? TOO UGLY FOR GHANA!

TOO UGLY. IS THAT A GORILA OR A HUMAN BEING COMMENTING? TOO UGLY FOR GHANA!
KWAME 10 years ago

GHANA'S ECONOMY WAS IN TATTERS EVEN UNDER THE NPP WHEN THIS "OMAFO SARFO" WAS MINISTER.

ANOTHER FOOLISH USELESS GHANA EX-LEADER.

GHANA'S ECONOMY WAS IN TATTERS EVEN UNDER THE NPP WHEN THIS "OMAFO SARFO" WAS MINISTER.

ANOTHER FOOLISH USELESS GHANA EX-LEADER.
OSONA 10 years ago

Respond to the allegation that you collected money from the ISOFOTON Rep to finance your 2012 campaign before you talk about corruption

Respond to the allegation that you collected money from the ISOFOTON Rep to finance your 2012 campaign before you talk about corruption
Jake K. Mensah 10 years ago

Is owusu afriyie or nana akufo addo any handsome/beautiful than kwadwo mpiani?. Please tell me. Thank you.

Is owusu afriyie or nana akufo addo any handsome/beautiful than kwadwo mpiani?. Please tell me. Thank you.
Senior citizen Germany 10 years ago

Please contributers to this progrmme should put an end to abussive language and concerntrate on the bare fact that Ghana economy is sinking fast reaching unimmaginable proportion.The experienced ex minister of Finance bemoun ...
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Please contributers to this progrmme should put an end to abussive language and concerntrate on the bare fact that Ghana economy is sinking fast reaching unimmaginable proportion.The experienced ex minister of Finance bemouned that unless Ghana,s financial Management is changed for a better course the {following my words} we shall be treated like syprus and Greece where employees of civil servants and public sector institutions would loose a sinificant per-cent of their salaries to be used to offset the debts owed by the Government.Party adherents should not be incencitive to this near hopeless situation, but should be awake to advise the executives to change course as the ex minister Osafo Marfo has indicated.
GHANANI 10 years ago

Was Osafo Marfo not part of the NPP government which left the Mills NDC government with empty coffers which forced Mill's government to run to the IMF and the world Bank for financial support?What was the level of inflation i ...
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Was Osafo Marfo not part of the NPP government which left the Mills NDC government with empty coffers which forced Mill's government to run to the IMF and the world Bank for financial support?What was the level of inflation in Ghana when they left office?How many jobs did they create for the youth?They were only interested in expropriating state properties to themselves while the millions of poor ghanaians were suffering.
Jk 10 years ago

Who owns Modern City hotel in Tamale? Everybody in Tamale knows it belongs to Osafo Maafo. Who is he to talk about the economy?

Who owns Modern City hotel in Tamale? Everybody in Tamale knows it belongs to Osafo Maafo. Who is he to talk about the economy?
Brainy Guy 10 years ago

Please discuss the merits and demerits of his article instead of talking about what he owns and what he does not. You people irk me whwn you post stupid things like this.

Please discuss the merits and demerits of his article instead of talking about what he owns and what he does not. You people irk me whwn you post stupid things like this.
Brainy Guy 10 years ago

Unfortunately, 80% of Ghanaians would not get the chance to read this article, let alone get the chance to discuss the merits and demerits of it. Nothing is going to change in Ghana because Ghana is ruled by very ignorant pol ...
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Unfortunately, 80% of Ghanaians would not get the chance to read this article, let alone get the chance to discuss the merits and demerits of it. Nothing is going to change in Ghana because Ghana is ruled by very ignorant politicians who do not know anything about statecraft and taking advantage of the totally ignorant and uneducated populace who are just striving everyday to earn their daily bread. I do not have much hope for Ghana at present.
Appletus 10 years ago

The public wage bill is too big to bear after implementing Single Spine. Government should not venture to unto this bill but look to other ways of expanding the tax net.
Of course, it has become a huge wound for the economy ...
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The public wage bill is too big to bear after implementing Single Spine. Government should not venture to unto this bill but look to other ways of expanding the tax net.
Of course, it has become a huge wound for the economy and will take time to heal. Politicians ought to be telling the truth about the economy instead of building political capital.
What is wrong if we speak the truth for people to believe and make their own judgement?
Brainy Guy 10 years ago

Please limit your discussion to the merits and demerits of Mr. Osafo Marfo's article. Making references about his past or that of the NPP is a red-herring approach to the debate. Some of you ignorant paid serial writers shoul ...
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Please limit your discussion to the merits and demerits of Mr. Osafo Marfo's article. Making references about his past or that of the NPP is a red-herring approach to the debate. Some of you ignorant paid serial writers should desist from writing articles on Ghanaweb if you dont have any sensible thing to contribute towards a debate in question. Some of these issues are serious and it affect us all whwther NPP or NDC or PPP etc
osei kingsley, lagos 10 years ago

brainy guy, advice your npp akuffo puppets instead.they argue unproffessionaly.

brainy guy, advice your npp akuffo puppets instead.they argue unproffessionaly.
Yaa 10 years ago

shut-up stupid osafo marfo

shut-up stupid osafo marfo
Joe ballack UK 10 years ago

Osafo maafo is best finance minister Ghana ever had

Osafo maafo is best finance minister Ghana ever had
GHANAS CANCER =UGLY ASHANTIS 10 years ago

THESE ARE THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHO LOOKS DOWN ON ALL OTHER TRIBES SAFO MARFO,MPIANI,K4,NANA ADDO AND ASANTEHENE,UGLY POLITICIANS ONLY THEIR MOTHERS WILL ADMIRE OR LIKE,IT IS BCOS OF THESE SORT OF ASHANTIS UGLINESS THAT WAS WHY ...
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THESE ARE THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHO LOOKS DOWN ON ALL OTHER TRIBES SAFO MARFO,MPIANI,K4,NANA ADDO AND ASANTEHENE,UGLY POLITICIANS ONLY THEIR MOTHERS WILL ADMIRE OR LIKE,IT IS BCOS OF THESE SORT OF ASHANTIS UGLINESS THAT WAS WHY NANA KONADU WENT 4 EFO RAWLING TO CHANGE THE FACE OF ASHANTIS
GHANAS CANCER =UGLY ASHANTIS 10 years ago

THERE IS NO SINGLE PART OF AN ASHANTIS THAT LOOKS ATTRACTIVE ASHANTIS LACK HEIGHT,COMPLEXION,MOUTH,NOSE,EYES GHANAS UGLIEST HUMAN BEINGS ASHANTIS LOOK DOWN ON ALL OTHER TRIBES IN GHANA

THERE IS NO SINGLE PART OF AN ASHANTIS THAT LOOKS ATTRACTIVE ASHANTIS LACK HEIGHT,COMPLEXION,MOUTH,NOSE,EYES GHANAS UGLIEST HUMAN BEINGS ASHANTIS LOOK DOWN ON ALL OTHER TRIBES IN GHANA
Whatever 10 years ago

Politicians in Ghana make me sick in stomach.

Politicians in Ghana make me sick in stomach.
gins 10 years ago

osafo-marfo is such a usefull brain to ghana but i wonder why we can't put politics aside and make use of this wonderfully smart guy before dementia catches up with him. mahama and his ndc are certainly driving the nation int ...
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osafo-marfo is such a usefull brain to ghana but i wonder why we can't put politics aside and make use of this wonderfully smart guy before dementia catches up with him. mahama and his ndc are certainly driving the nation into a ditch in spite of all the so-called oil gold.
AN APOLOGY LIKE YOU. 10 years ago

Who is this man talking. He got booted out of office like a rat and he has not learnt his lessons yet. We do it the hard work not apron spring to imperialists.

Who is this man talking. He got booted out of office like a rat and he has not learnt his lessons yet. We do it the hard work not apron spring to imperialists.
Akua Yirenkyi 10 years ago

Yes, Osafo Maafo talking about the economy today. You have forgotten why former President Kuffour sacked you for. Oh, Mr "Macmillan" shut up your mouth. Ghana is not for one particular party. Wait NPP will come to power.

Yes, Osafo Maafo talking about the economy today. You have forgotten why former President Kuffour sacked you for. Oh, Mr "Macmillan" shut up your mouth. Ghana is not for one particular party. Wait NPP will come to power.
King 10 years ago

Thanks for your illustration for giving the public on how NDC has thrown billions out of the economy for incompetence in leading the country. NDC should be thrown out sooner than later. They lack everything to rule Ghana. Go ...
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Thanks for your illustration for giving the public on how NDC has thrown billions out of the economy for incompetence in leading the country. NDC should be thrown out sooner than later. They lack everything to rule Ghana. God help us to throw this notorious party out. Thanks Mr. Osafo for enlightening us on the fate of the economy.
Mannesa 10 years ago

The economy should be debated and an action plan drawn. I am in South Africa and if you see the increasing number of Ghanaian immigrants entering it is scary. The SA government will soon crack hard onthe Ghanaian migrants.Ple ...
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The economy should be debated and an action plan drawn. I am in South Africa and if you see the increasing number of Ghanaian immigrants entering it is scary. The SA government will soon crack hard onthe Ghanaian migrants.Please try and solve your economic problems.
osei kingsley, lagos 10 years ago

THIS IS NO NEWS.THIS IS THE COMMON PLIGHT AMONGST THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES NOT ONLY J.M NDC GHANA.STOP THIS DIRTY PROPAGANDA OF YOURS AND RATHER PUT GOOD EFFORTS TO HELP. GOD BLESS GHANA!

THIS IS NO NEWS.THIS IS THE COMMON PLIGHT AMONGST THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES NOT ONLY J.M NDC GHANA.STOP THIS DIRTY PROPAGANDA OF YOURS AND RATHER PUT GOOD EFFORTS TO HELP. GOD BLESS GHANA!

Ghana’s economy is in tatters – Osafo Maafo

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