Gov’t messes up oil money - Report

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GHANABA 1 10 years ago

Better Ghana Agenda for Ghanaians hahahahahaha, Those of you who voted blindly will suffer and suffer.I told you so Ghanaians

Better Ghana Agenda for Ghanaians hahahahahaha, Those of you who voted blindly will suffer and suffer.I told you so Ghanaians
Son of Ghana 10 years ago

GHANA PEOPLE DESERVE THE INCOMPETENT NDC. THEY WILL CHOP ALL OUR MONEY BECAUSE WE WERE FOOLED.

GHANA PEOPLE DESERVE THE INCOMPETENT NDC. THEY WILL CHOP ALL OUR MONEY BECAUSE WE WERE FOOLED.
AGAINST CHIMPS & CHUMPS 10 years ago

This seems to follow the trend of brazen thievery and gross mismanagement that we have become so accustomed to under this illegal government.

Unless this NDC government is booted out, I see no light at the end of this tunn ...
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This seems to follow the trend of brazen thievery and gross mismanagement that we have become so accustomed to under this illegal government.

Unless this NDC government is booted out, I see no light at the end of this tunnel.

God Save Ghana.
Truth Hurts 10 years ago

That's characteristics of Guide,always spewing gabbage and lies.Keep it up as ur gabbage is nothing new.Am not surprised people don't buy ur gabbage anymore.That won't help ur paymasters NPP.

That's characteristics of Guide,always spewing gabbage and lies.Keep it up as ur gabbage is nothing new.Am not surprised people don't buy ur gabbage anymore.That won't help ur paymasters NPP.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago

I don't believe what I am seeing. This the so called educated quoting from a CIA fact book as gospel truth? Please help me here. Is he talking about the USA CIA we know or something else.

I don't believe what I am seeing. This the so called educated quoting from a CIA fact book as gospel truth? Please help me here. Is he talking about the USA CIA we know or something else.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago

corrrection. Is the so called educated quoting from a CIA fact book?

corrrection. Is the so called educated quoting from a CIA fact book?
Seth, UK 10 years ago

What matters for now is that we should take the info and research ourselves especially at ACEP and other related sources. Braveboy, I sometimes like your comments so don't disappoint me here because even if the writer could n ...
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What matters for now is that we should take the info and research ourselves especially at ACEP and other related sources. Braveboy, I sometimes like your comments so don't disappoint me here because even if the writer could not present a better thesis, let's make sense out the contents and take any necessary further actions.
Anyway, my main concern is that the negative impacts of democracy is showing its ugly heads too soon with Ghana. Thus, in democratic system specially in Africa people with true transformational leadership abilities can't afford the opportunity to rule. Democracy gives blank cheques to 'undeserving' and corrupt people to mess up many nations just like Ghana. How could our parliamentarians whom we spend on expensively with poor citizens taxes sit there for someone to tell them to curb the too much discretional powers given by the 'faulty' constitution to certain organisations and persons? We give our just discovered oil and gas monies to incompetent people to waste for us? Is it by parliamentary enactment that certain organisation like GNPC manage such huge sums of money, on what projects? Just to pay staff bigs monies cos those who gave them the monies showed them nothing to do with it?
CK 10 years ago

You rightly hit the nail at the head. Ghana's parliament don't even neither research well on the laws they pass nor monitor to evaluate its effectiveness. They are only good at taking big salaries, incentives + kickbacks and ...
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You rightly hit the nail at the head. Ghana's parliament don't even neither research well on the laws they pass nor monitor to evaluate its effectiveness. They are only good at taking big salaries, incentives + kickbacks and go ahead passing bills for loans. They are never bother to ensure that monies in the system have better laws to make them accountable. What a waste parliament!
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago

Ghana’s oil revenue not managed efficiently.
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Ghana’s oil revenue not managed efficiently.
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The exercise of discretionary power by the Minister of Finance in the selection of projects that are financed by oil revenue must be curtailed, Mr Mohammed Amin Adams, Executive Director of Africa Centre for Energy Policy, said on Wednesday. Speaking at the launch of a report on oil revenue management in the past two years, Mr Adams said leaving the choice of projects in the hands of the Minister of Finance could provide room for politically selected projects.

Besides, he said, the constitution requires persons exercising discretion apart from a judge to publish by constitutional instrument regulations to govern the exercise of those powers. Consequently, Mr Adams asked the Minister of Finance to comply with the provisions of the Constitution before the presentation of the 2014 Budget and Policy Statement of the government to Parliament. On the findings of the report dubbed: “How a good Law May Not Stop Oil Money from Going Down the Drain,” Mr Adams said the findings generally show that oil revenues have not been managed efficiently so far as projects evaluated are concerned.

This, he said, were due to many factors, including poor project selection, project delays, operational lapses and low absorptive capacity as a result of high social and economic cost of investments. For example, Mr Adams said in the past two years allocation of the annual budget funding to some of the expenditure items did not demonstrate significant allocation efficiency. “Ghana is not deriving value for money from the infrastructure projects funded with oil and gas revenues as most of the projects have been delayed, operating under costly extensions and leading to cost over-runs,” he said.

Mr Adams said there was the urgent need for a Fiscal Responsibility legislation to ensure that management of public resources are guided by predictability, credibility and transparency as government continues to borrow more against future oil and gas revenues.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago

What did you mean then. Is he quoting himself from a book that belongs to an organization that does wish to seek our interest.

What did you mean then. Is he quoting himself from a book that belongs to an organization that does wish to seek our interest.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago

Yes, your take is one aspect of it and the lengthy rubbish further down the line is much of a polish-up from the Daily Guide’s previews bogus reporting which they cleverly cut and paste in bit and piece into Mr. Mohammed Am ...
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Yes, your take is one aspect of it and the lengthy rubbish further down the line is much of a polish-up from the Daily Guide’s previews bogus reporting which they cleverly cut and paste in bit and piece into Mr. Mohammed Amin Adam, Executive Director of ACEP posting to give it a more authentic inducement to suit their diabolic agenda like always.

But, this is 2013 and I believed the age of advance computer terminal before the world, abi? By the way, Kindly check the actual news on www.ghanabusinessnews.com and click on the heading ‘Oil & Gas’ on the left hand side of the page to acquaint yourself with what was actually reported by Mr. Mohammed Amin Adam. Thanks.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago

"from the Daily Guide’s previews bogus reporting which they cleverly cut and paste in bit and piece into Mr. Mohammed Amin Adam" should rather read [from the Daily Guide’s previous bogus reporting which they cleverly cut ...
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"from the Daily Guide’s previews bogus reporting which they cleverly cut and paste in bit and piece into Mr. Mohammed Amin Adam" should rather read [from the Daily Guide’s previous bogus reporting which they cleverly cut and pasted in bit and pieces into Mr. Mohammed Amin Adam]
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago

Thank you man. You are a germ. I will look and read everything.

Thank you man. You are a germ. I will look and read everything.
Ghanaba 10 years ago

What do you expect from NPP hard-fool paper called Daily Guide? They think by discrediting Mahama's govt will make SC rule in favour of Nana Addo-their 'All Die Be Die' hungry man who wants to be the president of Ghana at all ...
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What do you expect from NPP hard-fool paper called Daily Guide? They think by discrediting Mahama's govt will make SC rule in favour of Nana Addo-their 'All Die Be Die' hungry man who wants to be the president of Ghana at all cost before he dies 'soon'
Well, Ghanaians voted before the challenges of President Mahama arose and will have to wait till 2016 before changing Mahama if he is unable to rise above the challenges within his 4-year term PERIOD
PETER AKRASHIE 10 years ago

We have a bunch of incompetent and corrupt people in government. Why did Ghanaians vote these lunatics to manage Ghana's resources.

We have a bunch of incompetent and corrupt people in government. Why did Ghanaians vote these lunatics to manage Ghana's resources.
bukom boy 10 years ago

is there any honest politician in the world today.
just sad still people have to lead

is there any honest politician in the world today.
just sad still people have to lead
DATE 10 years ago

Ghana's leadership's naked looting and gross mismanagement cuts across party lines.

Successive "governments" of Ghana have played dominant roles in pillaging the nation's struggling economy.

THE BLAME GOES MAINLY TO TH ...
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Ghana's leadership's naked looting and gross mismanagement cuts across party lines.

Successive "governments" of Ghana have played dominant roles in pillaging the nation's struggling economy.

THE BLAME GOES MAINLY TO THE P/NDC & NPP.

THEY USE TRIBALISM AND "DIVIDE AND RULE" STRATEGIES TO LOOT THE COUNTRY, AND SADLY, GHANAIANS DO NOT SEEM TO REALISE THIS.

Unless both the NDC and NPP governments are kicked out, Ghana will continue to remain a 4th world country like South Africa was before Apartheid.

At least, the white Apartheid regime played a dominant role in developing South Africa to its current status, without which that country would have been worse off than present-day Ghana.

Take, the ANC rule as a perfect example.

WHAT HAS THE ANC DONE FOR BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS?.

MANDELA & DESMOND TUTU WERE/ARE RATHER OBSESSED WITH COLLECTING EMPTY ACCOLADES FROM THE VERY COUNTRIES WHICH SUBJECTED THEM TO APARTHEID.

THIS GOES TO PROVE THAT THE BLACK MAN IS VERY INCAPABLE OF MANAGING HIS OWN AFFAIRS.

GHANA MUST be handed over to the white colonialists.

Even if the whites subject black Ghanaians to racism, we know they'll use their commonsense to develop resource-rich Ghana for all Ghanaians.
YES,THE FORM 4 PROF 10 years ago

Blammed jj for this ndc govt, kutu acheampong and other was killed for nothing,but time will tell we will fire back all.
Today govt is claiming everything into their bosom but no any show for ghanaians. taxation,import dutie ...
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Blammed jj for this ndc govt, kutu acheampong and other was killed for nothing,but time will tell we will fire back all.
Today govt is claiming everything into their bosom but no any show for ghanaians. taxation,import duties are worsened,and our oil money is been messes up and including all the monies this govt is collecting so the cedi can be stable simply they are only sharing them.
Ewusi 10 years ago

I do not blame Mahama and his NDC,I blame Ghanaians.Even drinking of pure water is luxury for most Ghanaians. Apart from hardships Ghanaians do not understand anything.

I do not blame Mahama and his NDC,I blame Ghanaians.Even drinking of pure water is luxury for most Ghanaians. Apart from hardships Ghanaians do not understand anything.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago

No comment.

No comment.
Nemesis 10 years ago

APART FROM THE FACT THAT THIS ARTICLE IS COMPLETE BULLSHIT, YOU NPP GREEDY BASTARDS WORKED OUT DEALS AND POCKETED HUGE CHUNKS OF GHANA'S OIL MONEY-HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN E&O? K4, KYEREMANTENG AND BAWUAH EDUSEI ARE STILL LAUGHING ...
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APART FROM THE FACT THAT THIS ARTICLE IS COMPLETE BULLSHIT, YOU NPP GREEDY BASTARDS WORKED OUT DEALS AND POCKETED HUGE CHUNKS OF GHANA'S OIL MONEY-HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN E&O? K4, KYEREMANTENG AND BAWUAH EDUSEI ARE STILL LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK! IF YOU DONT KNOW, DONT TALK. YOU NPP ARE SO MEAN THAT EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, YOU WILL NEVER CONFESS IT!!! YOU DONT WISH GHANA WELL UNLESS YOU ARE THE ONES CHOPPING THE MONEY...WELL, FUCK ALL OF YOU!!!IF YOU THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN MAHAMA, GO AND RUN FOR PREZ, OTHERWISE SHUT YOUR BEAKS!!!
BE BOLD 10 years ago

Stop the crap and build the country and solve its problems. Don't you have any compassion in your blood? Why are are you always discussing money and not developmental issues? You fuck off. BE BOLD and accept that

Stop the crap and build the country and solve its problems. Don't you have any compassion in your blood? Why are are you always discussing money and not developmental issues? You fuck off. BE BOLD and accept that
Akpenu Fianu 10 years ago

I Know you re a stupid "Ewe" person writing this nonsense. Ghana pocket are beibg looted by this Greedy bastards and instead of you allowing someone to voice out, you re rather critique it. "Ewe" people will always suffer.

I Know you re a stupid "Ewe" person writing this nonsense. Ghana pocket are beibg looted by this Greedy bastards and instead of you allowing someone to voice out, you re rather critique it. "Ewe" people will always suffer.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago

Ghana’s oil revenue not managed efficiently.
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he exercise of discretionary power by the Minister of Finance ...
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Ghana’s oil revenue not managed efficiently.
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he exercise of discretionary power by the Minister of Finance in the selection of projects that are financed by oil revenue must be curtailed, Mr Mohammed Amin Adams, Executive Director of Africa Centre for Energy Policy, said on Wednesday. Speaking at the launch of a report on oil revenue management in the past two years, Mr Adams said leaving the choice of projects in the hands of the Minister of Finance could provide room for politically selected projects.

Besides, he said, the constitution requires persons exercising discretion apart from a judge to publish by constitutional instrument regulations to govern the exercise of those powers. Consequently, Mr Adams asked the Minister of Finance to comply with the provisions of the Constitution before the presentation of the 2014 Budget and Policy Statement of the government to Parliament. On the findings of the report dubbed: “How a good Law May Not Stop Oil Money from Going Down the Drain,” Mr Adams said the findings generally show that oil revenues have not been managed efficiently so far as projects evaluated are concerned.

This, he said, were due to many factors, including poor project selection, project delays, operational lapses and low absorptive capacity as a result of high social and economic cost of investments. For example, Mr Adams said in the past two years allocation of the annual budget funding to some of the expenditure items did not demonstrate significant allocation efficiency. “Ghana is not deriving value for money from the infrastructure projects funded with oil and gas revenues as most of the projects have been delayed, operating under costly extensions and leading to cost over-runs,” he said.

Mr Adams said there was the urgent need for a Fiscal Responsibility legislation to ensure that management of public resources are guided by predictability, credibility and transparency as government continues to borrow more against future oil and gas revenues.
kotoo 10 years ago

I dont think the president knows about all what is going on in the country, people chopping under his goverment. foolish man.

I dont think the president knows about all what is going on in the country, people chopping under his goverment. foolish man.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

THIS SAME MAN STOLE AND LOOTED FROM TAMALE METRO ASSEMBLY WHEN HE WAS THE MCE DURING KUFUOR'S SECOND TERM. HE IS A LIAR, SO DON'T MIND HIM.

THIS SAME MAN STOLE AND LOOTED FROM TAMALE METRO ASSEMBLY WHEN HE WAS THE MCE DURING KUFUOR'S SECOND TERM. HE IS A LIAR, SO DON'T MIND HIM.
Son of Ghana 10 years ago

Waa Look. Icannot understand why any sane Ghanaian wouldvote for NDC. The only thing NDC are good at is propaganda to fool us.

Waa Look. Icannot understand why any sane Ghanaian wouldvote for NDC. The only thing NDC are good at is propaganda to fool us.
messa 10 years ago

OR HE WILL CONTINUE GHANA DESTRUCTION
OF THE ECONOMY AND OF PROGRESS

OR HE WILL CONTINUE GHANA DESTRUCTION
OF THE ECONOMY AND OF PROGRESS
GHANA FIRST 10 years ago

This time arfound if you mess with Ghana money we will mess with your life big time

This time arfound if you mess with Ghana money we will mess with your life big time
Templar 10 years ago

Daily Guide please publish your evidence to back up your article so that we can make our own minds up. All talk and no show. Just Publish your evidence and stop the noise.

Daily Guide please publish your evidence to back up your article so that we can make our own minds up. All talk and no show. Just Publish your evidence and stop the noise.
Abrantie 10 years ago

Templar, what other report do you need to find out that the govt is messing up our money.Corruption is eating down everybody in the govt.

Templar, what other report do you need to find out that the govt is messing up our money.Corruption is eating down everybody in the govt.
YAA 10 years ago

MAHAMA AND HIS FOOLS HAS STOLEN GHANA OIL MONEY AND GOD WILL PUNISH THEM ALL.

MAHAMA AND HIS FOOLS HAS STOLEN GHANA OIL MONEY AND GOD WILL PUNISH THEM ALL.
Nemesis 10 years ago

BY MAKING YOU AS DUMB AS SHIT TO BE CAPABLE OF MAKING ONLY USELESS COMMENTS...WHO'S FOOLS???...SKIN PAIN NPP IDIOTS!!! YAA, ARE YOU UPSET BECAUSE MAHAMA DIDNT SCREW YOU???!!! BITCH, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS ...
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BY MAKING YOU AS DUMB AS SHIT TO BE CAPABLE OF MAKING ONLY USELESS COMMENTS...WHO'S FOOLS???...SKIN PAIN NPP IDIOTS!!! YAA, ARE YOU UPSET BECAUSE MAHAMA DIDNT SCREW YOU???!!! BITCH, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS WITHOUT INSULTING ANYONE
Nana Poku, Essex 10 years ago

My heart bleeds when I read independent report like this. What is wrong with us Ghanaians? Why can't we get our priorities right? Human resource investment is the best ever we can think of. We should invest our oil revenue in ...
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My heart bleeds when I read independent report like this. What is wrong with us Ghanaians? Why can't we get our priorities right? Human resource investment is the best ever we can think of. We should invest our oil revenue in health and education. My recent visit to a hospital in Ghana made me puke. Unless we get our priorities right, we will continue to live in poverty with a bowl in hand asking for aid. Over to you Mahama. But don't come and ask Ghanaians in Diaspora to come home. What for?
OSEI TAWIAH 10 years ago

It will be foolish to waste your time and money on this country. It has already been kidnapped by a Mafia-style government who have a lot of poor and foolish fans to support them. Think about yourself first before thinking ab ...
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It will be foolish to waste your time and money on this country. It has already been kidnapped by a Mafia-style government who have a lot of poor and foolish fans to support them. Think about yourself first before thinking about this fake Ghana.
concern ghanian 10 years ago

HONESTLY, GHANA WAS BETTER WITHOUT OIL. ALL THESE IS THE FAULT OF THE VOTERS, WHO VOTE NOT ACCORDING TO PERFORMERS BUT, PARTY AND TRIBAL LINE. ITS NDC/NPP IS MY PARTY, DID THAT BRING FOOD ON YOUR TABLE, OR PAY OUR CHILDREN FE ...
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HONESTLY, GHANA WAS BETTER WITHOUT OIL. ALL THESE IS THE FAULT OF THE VOTERS, WHO VOTE NOT ACCORDING TO PERFORMERS BUT, PARTY AND TRIBAL LINE. ITS NDC/NPP IS MY PARTY, DID THAT BRING FOOD ON YOUR TABLE, OR PAY OUR CHILDREN FEES?
bukom boy 10 years ago

take a look around Africa,& see what good as African leaders has done for their countries. ZERO
I can say it"s just bad to have self rule. just to be able to steal

take a look around Africa,& see what good as African leaders has done for their countries. ZERO
I can say it"s just bad to have self rule. just to be able to steal
pk 10 years ago

Pathetic story if true.

Pathetic story if true.
Peter Donald Antwi ( Spain) 10 years ago

Why one's surprised about the oil money? Is this a new thing? If one invest in electoral campaigns, winning or loosing he's waiting for the national monetry vesel.
What about the loans the country takes with big interest? T ...
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Why one's surprised about the oil money? Is this a new thing? If one invest in electoral campaigns, winning or loosing he's waiting for the national monetry vesel.
What about the loans the country takes with big interest? Tell me if one goes to invest in any European,America or any developed country and can make his own laws and regulations according to his own business policy. But here in Ghana it's possible. why?.We have (abunu and abusa ) system on our land why can't Ghana apply it.We say "se wogyimi a yetwa wo to" They know that we're fools. Is true we 're fools , Two things either, we're fools or the greediness of the leaders.
MMOBOROWAH 10 years ago

It is unfortunate that the Gov't is running down the resources of the country. Y'day we read the COCOBOD is paying 8% interests for investment loans, today GNPC is contracting loans at 10.1% interest and dishing out $65.0m o ...
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It is unfortunate that the Gov't is running down the resources of the country. Y'day we read the COCOBOD is paying 8% interests for investment loans, today GNPC is contracting loans at 10.1% interest and dishing out $65.0m of public funds to the Presidency and the Finance Ministry is misusing oil revenue. Why should the University Lecturers, Medical Practitioners and others heed to calls of strike when the Gov't has lost its sense of priority?
broni 10 years ago

such news(if accurate)sends a chill down my spine.I shudder to read and comment on this.Its bad and crazy.Its just stupid management.Just lining their pockets.It hurts.Oh my Ghana,my Akosombo lights,my Tema motorway,my Kade M ...
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such news(if accurate)sends a chill down my spine.I shudder to read and comment on this.Its bad and crazy.Its just stupid management.Just lining their pockets.It hurts.Oh my Ghana,my Akosombo lights,my Tema motorway,my Kade Match factory,my Nsawam Cannery,my Tomato Factory,my Jute Factory,etc,etc, Dr Kwame Nkrumah seems to be saying and writhing in pain and restlessly turning over in his grave.Oh Ghana!!!!!!!!!
Egya Blay 10 years ago

Never met him but his achievements speak for him. When I read any of his books I weep though I was born 20 years after he was overthrown through illegitimate government. Broni, I mourn and grieve with you.Long live Nkrumah, ...
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Never met him but his achievements speak for him. When I read any of his books I weep though I was born 20 years after he was overthrown through illegitimate government. Broni, I mourn and grieve with you.Long live Nkrumah, God damn Ghana.
ROAD2ZION 10 years ago

An incompetent government, waisting our resources, and waisting our money.

An incompetent government, waisting our resources, and waisting our money.
p medic 10 years ago

we all build ghana nt the president and the cabinet we have to stand and alert them nt fold our arms

we all build ghana nt the president and the cabinet we have to stand and alert them nt fold our arms
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago

How much are the GNPC workers paying back in taxes?
How many of the Tullow Oil or PetroSA 140,000 workers are Ghanaians?
How much is Tullow Oil or PetroSA making from our oil?
These are the important questions I will lik ...
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How much are the GNPC workers paying back in taxes?
How many of the Tullow Oil or PetroSA 140,000 workers are Ghanaians?
How much is Tullow Oil or PetroSA making from our oil?
These are the important questions I will like to know.
Government have to spend money and anyone can see a project as a waste or a future dividend, so as long as the waste stays in the country, it is not as bad as foreigners taking away the chunk of the profit.
JETMONEY 10 years ago

WHY WHY WHY GHANIANS PLEASE OPEN UR EYES AND STOP VORING FOOLISHLY JUST CUZ OF THE PARTY

WHY WHY WHY GHANIANS PLEASE OPEN UR EYES AND STOP VORING FOOLISHLY JUST CUZ OF THE PARTY
KRETZ - D 10 years ago

I knew it! I knew this was coming. Ghana has never made good use of anything after President Nkrumah. The most useless leadership Ghana has ever had is/was PNDC/NDC. Ghana needs fresh blood of leadership. These old-school pun ...
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I knew it! I knew this was coming. Ghana has never made good use of anything after President Nkrumah. The most useless leadership Ghana has ever had is/was PNDC/NDC. Ghana needs fresh blood of leadership. These old-school punk. greedy. incompetent, wicked, corrupt, vision-less and buga-buga leadership the country has been having in recent years will never help Ghana.
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

Two senior ladies met for the first time since graduating from high school. One asked the other, "You were always so organized in school, did you manage to live a well planned life?"

"Oh yes," said her friend. "My first m ...
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Two senior ladies met for the first time since graduating from high school. One asked the other, "You were always so organized in school, did you manage to live a well planned life?"

"Oh yes," said her friend. "My first marriage was to a millionaire; my second marriage was to an actor; ,my third marriage was to a preacher; and now I'm married to an undertaker."

Her friend asked, "What do those marriages have to do with a well planned life?"

"One for the money, two for the show. three to get ready and four to go."
MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

So long as Tsatsu Tsikata the corrupt former head of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation is the lawyer of the President and NDC nothing better will come out of the Oil monies.Because as a former head of GNPC the Presiden ...
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So long as Tsatsu Tsikata the corrupt former head of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation is the lawyer of the President and NDC nothing better will come out of the Oil monies.Because as a former head of GNPC the President will consult him on matters of oil.Infact Mr.Mahama has disappointed many Ghanaians who put their trust in him by voting for him.
kwasi 10 years ago

No wonder when idiots lead a nation this should be part of our expectations.

No wonder when idiots lead a nation this should be part of our expectations.
EWE MAN 10 years ago

Only Akans can manage the country well. Besides they are the majority, we shouldn't kid ourselves into wasting resources mainly found in Akan regions.

Only Akans can manage the country well. Besides they are the majority, we shouldn't kid ourselves into wasting resources mainly found in Akan regions.
messa 10 years ago

STEALING MONEY MISSMANGING THE ECONOMY AND TAXING GHANA PEOPLE TO DEATH

STEALING MONEY MISSMANGING THE ECONOMY AND TAXING GHANA PEOPLE TO DEATH
nana. GA 10 years ago

That Nemesis(idiot) does not know what is going on and talking nonsense? The oil money is been mismanaged according to the Report published, and you don't understand this? Think before you write. stupid!

That Nemesis(idiot) does not know what is going on and talking nonsense? The oil money is been mismanaged according to the Report published, and you don't understand this? Think before you write. stupid!
Egya Blay 10 years ago

Brilliant recommendations and good comments but have we ask how many of more than the 50% of the people who are illiterate understand the article/report? Its nice for a one-eye-man to lead a nation. Ghanaians seem to be cowar ...
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Brilliant recommendations and good comments but have we ask how many of more than the 50% of the people who are illiterate understand the article/report? Its nice for a one-eye-man to lead a nation. Ghanaians seem to be cowards or else the likes of ''Bokuharam in Niegeria'' would emerge if not today; perhaps in the future. Three of the four poorest regions in Ghana are in the North yet insignificant percentage of the oil money was spent there. This is the beginning of the end and no wonder Northerners still languish in poverty if the presidency including its mushroom corrupt institutions cannot help develop the most deprived three regions in the Northern Ghana; then Mahama must go. You have failed your people in including Ghana, Africa and the World if the oil find is following the trend that it must be a curse and not a blessing. Arabs and Indians have shown big difference and left with the blackman to prove himself worthy of the human race. Another big question is ''How many percentage was spent on the other 6 regions? There you go again! The stage where government controls all state income must be reviewed and proper structures put in place to mobilize the revenue for development projects.'' The blackman doesn't understand his world''. Period!Nkrumah never dies!
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

Who will believe this rubbish coming from this disappointed NPP man turned "expert" in oil?
Mohammed Amin Adam is the former Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive under Kufuor's second term. All of a sudden he is now trying ha ...
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Who will believe this rubbish coming from this disappointed NPP man turned "expert" in oil?
Mohammed Amin Adam is the former Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive under Kufuor's second term. All of a sudden he is now trying hard to call himself an expert after spending a few months in Scotland to acquire a degree or two after he lost his bid for the Tamale Central parliamentary seat. Look at someone who has always been against NDC now trying to give an objective assessment of the activities of an NDC government. Isn't it refreshing coming from Mohammed Amin Adam the NPP man?

And this man continues to lie as he has always done: “Out of the amount for administration cost, $65,000,000 was given to the Office of the President while Education and Health remained under-funded.” This is just another way of betraying himself as not an expert in energy, but an NPP expert in criticizing and not being objective and non-partisan.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

This is an NPP man's report. Don't believe it. This is the most biased report I have ever seen. It is so because Adam is an NPP man trying hard to damage NDC and make NPP look like the angel party. This man is yapping politic ...
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This is an NPP man's report. Don't believe it. This is the most biased report I have ever seen. It is so because Adam is an NPP man trying hard to damage NDC and make NPP look like the angel party. This man is yapping politics and being subjective in his report.
Who will believe this rubbish coming from this disappointed NPP man turned "expert" in oil?
Mohammed Amin Adam is the former Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive under Kufuor's second term. All of a sudden he is now trying hard to call himself an expert after spending a few months in Scotland to acquire a degree or two after he lost his bid for the Tamale Central parliamentary seat. Look at someone who has always been against NDC now trying to give an objective assessment of the activities of an NDC government. Isn't it refreshing coming from Mohammed Amin Adam the NPP man?

And this man continues to lie as he has always done: “Out of the amount for administration cost, $65,000,000 was given to the Office of the President while Education and Health remained under-funded.” This is just another way of betraying himself as not an expert in energy, but an NPP expert in criticizing and not being objective and non-partisan.
Akyem Mafia 10 years ago

Which oil money? How much money comes to the government.when ex-Pres Kuffour and his 2 hench men take 3 1/2 percent of the oil money against 6 percent for 25 million of us no wonder Swizerland is now his second home!

Which oil money? How much money comes to the government.when ex-Pres Kuffour and his 2 hench men take 3 1/2 percent of the oil money against 6 percent for 25 million of us no wonder Swizerland is now his second home!
NANA ADU ASARE 10 years ago

I JUST WANT GHANAIANS TO THINK ABOUT THE NATION FIRST AND STOP BEING PARTISAN NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. IF THESE FIGURES WE ARE READING HERE ARE ALL TRUE, THEN WE AS GHANAIANS HAVE TO SIT UP AND WONDER WHY THE VERY PEOPLE WE VO ...
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I JUST WANT GHANAIANS TO THINK ABOUT THE NATION FIRST AND STOP BEING PARTISAN NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. IF THESE FIGURES WE ARE READING HERE ARE ALL TRUE, THEN WE AS GHANAIANS HAVE TO SIT UP AND WONDER WHY THE VERY PEOPLE WE VOTED INTO POWER TO MANAGE THE AFFAIRS OF THE NATION CAN TAKE SUCH STEPS WITH OUR MONEY. LET'S FEEL SORRY FOR OUR NATION FOR ONCE.
antwi 10 years ago

Ghana is dead.. oh nana addo..ghana needs u..

Ghana is dead.. oh nana addo..ghana needs u..
Whatever 10 years ago

How can you publish a someone's bedroom concocted story and christened it a report? Ghanaweb should learn to publish only the true uncontested facts as disclosed in parliament by the state finance misnister. And the true unco ...
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How can you publish a someone's bedroom concocted story and christened it a report? Ghanaweb should learn to publish only the true uncontested facts as disclosed in parliament by the state finance misnister. And the true uncontested facts have shown encouraging management so far
Nana 10 years ago

Parliament has to introduce new measures and all the decision making board in GNPC should be sacked.

Parliament has to introduce new measures and all the decision making board in GNPC should be sacked.
joe 10 years ago

So when will this ndc mismanagement government will stop this financial drainage. The nation will continue to suffer because this party is only there for their stomachs not for the national development. God will pay them

So when will this ndc mismanagement government will stop this financial drainage. The nation will continue to suffer because this party is only there for their stomachs not for the national development. God will pay them
Barima Yaw 10 years ago

True

True
kit 10 years ago

you are both questionable characters

you are both questionable characters
DATE 10 years ago

The typical Ghanaian leader is pathologically lazy and a criminal.

Ghana's leadership's naked looting and gross mismanagement cuts across party lines.

Successive "governments" of Ghana have played dominant roles in pil ...
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The typical Ghanaian leader is pathologically lazy and a criminal.

Ghana's leadership's naked looting and gross mismanagement cuts across party lines.

Successive "governments" of Ghana have played dominant roles in pillaging the nation's struggling economy.

THE BLAME GOES MAINLY TO THE P/NDC & NPP.

THEY USE TRIBALISM AND "DIVIDE AND RULE" STRATEGIES TO LOOT THE COUNTRY, AND SADLY, GHANAIANS DO NOT SEEM TO REALISE THIS.

Unless both the NDC and NPP governments are kicked out, Ghana will continue to remain a 4th world country like South Africa was before Apartheid.

At least, the white Apartheid regime played a dominant role in developing South Africa to its current status, without which that country would have been worse off than present-day Ghana.

Take, the ANC rule as a perfect example.

WHAT HAS THE ANC DONE FOR BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS?.

MANDELA & DESMOND TUTU WERE/ARE RATHER OBSESSED WITH COLLECTING EMPTY ACCOLADES FROM THE VERY COUNTRIES WHICH SUBJECTED THEM TO APARTHEID.

THIS GOES TO PROVE THAT THE BLACK MAN IS VERY INCAPABLE OF MANAGING HIS OWN AFFAIRS.

GHANA MUST be handed over to the white colonialists.

Even if the whites subject black Ghanaians to racism, we know they'll use their commonsense to develop resource-rich Ghana for all Ghanaians.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

ADAM IS THE NUMBER 1 AZAA NPP MAN IN TOWN. HE IS JUST LYING AND WISHING TO BE GIVEN A POST IN AN UNLIKELY NPP VICTORY AT THE SUPREME COURT. DON'T MIND HIM. HE LOOTED THE TAMALE METRO ASSEMBLY DRY WHEN HE WAS THE MCE.

ADAM IS THE NUMBER 1 AZAA NPP MAN IN TOWN. HE IS JUST LYING AND WISHING TO BE GIVEN A POST IN AN UNLIKELY NPP VICTORY AT THE SUPREME COURT. DON'T MIND HIM. HE LOOTED THE TAMALE METRO ASSEMBLY DRY WHEN HE WAS THE MCE.
Peter Donald Antwi ( Spain) 10 years ago

Don't call any body azaa.Some times they need help but they're impulsive.They belong to political parties and serve the party.The real knowledge of leadership,academic and home is far from them .Another reason's they're impun ...
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Don't call any body azaa.Some times they need help but they're impulsive.They belong to political parties and serve the party.The real knowledge of leadership,academic and home is far from them .Another reason's they're impunity. There must be periodical accountabilities, assessment declarations and serious auditing in every sector ,individuals and communities.Salary control and autoprocessing control. If the salary rate based on academic level then Drs. and professors must wage more than a mere first graduate or non-graduate because he is minister.
kit 10 years ago

when will these fools learn and stop squandering our legacy

when will these fools learn and stop squandering our legacy
km agyin 10 years ago

We have a misplaced conception that the oil will be there forever so let's chop it. Our oil find is gradually becoming a curse for us. Now a pound of beef cost 6 cedis! God help us.

We have a misplaced conception that the oil will be there forever so let's chop it. Our oil find is gradually becoming a curse for us. Now a pound of beef cost 6 cedis! God help us.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

ADAM IS LYING AGAIN IN HIS SO-CALLED REPORT. DO NOT MIND HIM. HE IS A JOKER.

ADAM IS LYING AGAIN IN HIS SO-CALLED REPORT. DO NOT MIND HIM. HE IS A JOKER.
EDENSU 10 years ago

Hei whoever you are, please stop the crap and think about Ghana. The issue here is Ghana's Oil Money, not NPP or NDC or PPP. When the economy is mismanaged, it affects each and every Ghanaian no matter ones political affili ...
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Hei whoever you are, please stop the crap and think about Ghana. The issue here is Ghana's Oil Money, not NPP or NDC or PPP. When the economy is mismanaged, it affects each and every Ghanaian no matter ones political affiliation.
Fad 10 years ago

Gov’t messes up oil money - Report

Gov’t messes up oil money - Report
NEW YORK BASE 10 years ago

GHANA IS MESSED UP BY A MESSED UP PRESIDENT. WHY THE OIL MONEY BE MESS UP. WE NEED A BETTER PERSON TO KICK HIM OUT IN THE NEXT COMING NDC PRIMARIES.

GHANA IS MESSED UP BY A MESSED UP PRESIDENT. WHY THE OIL MONEY BE MESS UP. WE NEED A BETTER PERSON TO KICK HIM OUT IN THE NEXT COMING NDC PRIMARIES.
KWAME AMPONSAH 10 years ago

Did I read that $65m was allocated to the office of the President? What did Mahama use the money for? The No.1 THIEF in the country wants to rip us dry. No wonder no project is progressing satisfactorily in this country. Is ...
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Did I read that $65m was allocated to the office of the President? What did Mahama use the money for? The No.1 THIEF in the country wants to rip us dry. No wonder no project is progressing satisfactorily in this country. Is this what we deserve from this CRUEL THIEVES who have been aided by Afari Djan to rule us? We shall see one day.
Ceeboy Dangerman 10 years ago

Keep an Eye on Ghana oil say: Arrest these crooks and stuff their asses in prison. The prosecute them for spiolation.
Peoples' business should be done with caution. Incarcerate the fools.

Keep an Eye on Ghana oil say: Arrest these crooks and stuff their asses in prison. The prosecute them for spiolation.
Peoples' business should be done with caution. Incarcerate the fools.
ebo smithe 10 years ago

is the Money 1 Billion Ghana or 541 Million Ghana.check it well and come again

is the Money 1 Billion Ghana or 541 Million Ghana.check it well and come again
bukom boy 10 years ago

because Ghananians are corrupt. they can not take to the street to demand what is rightfully theirs. Or can I say if not then we are cowards as we seat & watch people steal from us & do nothing.
people die from what they be ...
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because Ghananians are corrupt. they can not take to the street to demand what is rightfully theirs. Or can I say if not then we are cowards as we seat & watch people steal from us & do nothing.
people die from what they be live in
Gawuga 10 years ago

'Be careful what you wish for' Chinese would say.

'Be careful what you wish for' Chinese would say.
Gawuga 10 years ago

He has said it before - you come to do your bit and go for others to come and continue = that is how he defines govt. Fill your pockets and go. Who cares about our kids

He has said it before - you come to do your bit and go for others to come and continue = that is how he defines govt. Fill your pockets and go. Who cares about our kids
Osagefo 10 years ago

How to revolutionize health prevention efforts around the world
ABRAAR KARAN | POLICY | JULY 30, 2013

Imagine your 7-year-old son’s face, abdomen, and legs begin to mysteriously swell one morning. Your initial reaction ...
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How to revolutionize health prevention efforts around the world
ABRAAR KARAN | POLICY | JULY 30, 2013

Imagine your 7-year-old son’s face, abdomen, and legs begin to mysteriously swell one morning. Your initial reaction as a parent would likely be to worry first. However, your second instinct is probably to rush to your computer and search the Internet for what might be going on. This is easy enough for the roughly 72% of people in America who have a computer with Internet access in their homes.

Now, imagine you are no longer in America but in rural Mozambique. And, unfortunately, you are not part of the 3% of the population that has access to the Internet. Even if you were able to get online, let’s say that you are also not part of the 47% of the population that is literate, rather the majority that would have no way of navigating a website like WebMD where most of us in America would within minutes find a list of possible causes and could begin to guess that a doctor’s visit was necessary.

Spending a day on the pediatric ward in a public hospital in Mozambique, I began to think about what it is like to be one of the many mothers accompanying their children for treatment of what are often life-threatening conditions. For the most part, the women have no idea what is going on with their sons and daughters, and the cases arrive at the hospital in extremely advanced states, almost the opposite of the US where anxious parents regularly bring their children in for relatively harmless coughs and colds. I saw several swollen faces, abdomens, and legs that day, many of them cases of childhood nephrotic syndrome, a condition that responds well to steroid treatment but can be dangerous if left untreated for too long.

But what if those kids didn’t have too long? What if they had appendicitis, which commonly appears as a stomachache with fever, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea? In a country where all of these symptoms are actually relatively common, often caused by poor sanitation and infectious agents, a case of appendicitis (which is already difficult to diagnose in children even in the US) wouldn’t really cause a stir initially.

But what about when your child begins screaming in pain, shrieks that any parent could know meant something was very wrong? And what if you no longer lived in the capital of Maputo, but in the northern city of Pemba? Given that the only 2 pediatric surgeons in the country are in Maputo, you might consider the trip to save your child’s life. The distance from Pemba to Maputo is roughly 1500 miles by road (41 hours by bus over several hundred miles of unpaved road). For perspective, the distance from San Diego to Seattle, essentially the western coast of the United States, is only 1250 miles. I think the dilemma is apparent.

Examples such as these highlight the tremendous impact that a combination of education and technology has had on prevention and early diagnosis in America. Access to health information has allowed people to not only know when a situation is serious enough for a hospital visit, but also how to appropriately manage conditions at home, as well as how to prevent reoccurrence of sickness.

In countries like Mozambique and others with similar socioeconomic situations, the ability to easily access health information is literally the difference between life and death. Sub-Saharan Africa has the worst information technology infrastructure in the world, with a recent Gallup poll indicating that many countries have less than 1% population access to the Internet. Recent initiatives to increase rural Internet access by Google and others could, if accompanied by increased efforts for literacy and education, truly revolutionize prevention efforts in Africa and around the world, greatly reducing what is an otherwise avoidable burden on already challenged healthcare systems.

Abraar Karan is a medical student who blogs at Swasthya Mundial.
Nii Joromi 10 years ago

What a shame that the black man is not capable of managing his own affairs.
No one will be shocked at the findings of this report. The rot in the NDC stinks to high even. I guess Mahama will ask PV to review this report too.

What a shame that the black man is not capable of managing his own affairs.
No one will be shocked at the findings of this report. The rot in the NDC stinks to high even. I guess Mahama will ask PV to review this report too.
Kwasi 10 years ago

You nemesis wu ye Aboa Mahama ye Aboa and both of you are idiots you are stupid like Prako silly goats i spit on your grave Mahama wil lic my ass Nkwasiafuo Akronfuo Ntaffuo.

You nemesis wu ye Aboa Mahama ye Aboa and both of you are idiots you are stupid like Prako silly goats i spit on your grave Mahama wil lic my ass Nkwasiafuo Akronfuo Ntaffuo.
SULE 10 years ago

An amount of $65,000,000 was sent to the office of the President? What was this amount sent to the office of the President used for?
Under this Mills-Mahama-Amissah Arthur administration, there has been a gargantuan dissipat ...
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An amount of $65,000,000 was sent to the office of the President? What was this amount sent to the office of the President used for?
Under this Mills-Mahama-Amissah Arthur administration, there has been a gargantuan dissipation of resources with so much reckless abandon, making absolute nonsense of the very essence of the Rawlings coup d'état. Surely, it just cannot be that, Ghanaians voted for this NDC gov't and the empty slogan of "e de bee k3k3".

Gov’t messes up oil money - Report

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