Kweku Baako: Election petition not cause of economic decline

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GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY N TRANSPARENCY IN GOVT!
WE NEED CORRUPTION COURTS IN GH NOW!
WHY DID MAHAMA GIVE AGGUDEY A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON? FOR WHAT? FOR HIM TO SAVE FACE AND NOT BE DISGRACED?
THIS FOOL WAS SPENDING MONEY THAT ...
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WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY N TRANSPARENCY IN GOVT!
WE NEED CORRUPTION COURTS IN GH NOW!
WHY DID MAHAMA GIVE AGGUDEY A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON? FOR WHAT? FOR HIM TO SAVE FACE AND NOT BE DISGRACED?
THIS FOOL WAS SPENDING MONEY THAT WASNT HIS AND WOMANIZING WITH YOUNG LEGON FEMALES. WHERE IS THE MORALITY HERE?
THESE GIRLS COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR SIS TERS, DAUGHTER OR NIECE...YOU KNOW...
ALL THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENENING IN GH, AND YOU EXPECT ME TO SUPPORT GH TO GO TO BRASIL? CMON NOW...
MAHAMA SAYS: LET THEM EAT CAKE....
...TARRIFS ARE GOING UP ALL ACROSS THE BOARD IN GH. YET, WE DONT SEE AN IOTA OF AN IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC SERVICES OR QUALITY INFRATSRUCTURE. YOU HAVNT SEEN ANYTHING YET.
ILLITERACY/LACK OF BASIC EDUCATION HAS CAUSED THE PPL TO VOTE OUT OF SHEER EMOTIONS AND ETHNIC JUDGEMENTS.
PUMPING MONEY INTO PUBLIC SERVICE ISNT THE WAY TO GO. ESP IN TODAY'S CASH STRAPPED, TECHNOLOGY INSPIRED WORLD. GOVT MUST STREAMLINE THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
WE HAVE DISTRICT, MUNICIPAL/CITY, REGIONAL AND FEDERAL GOVT . STREAMLINE THE GOVT N REMOVE THESE QUACK/QUASI, USELESS GOVT INSTITUTIONS WHICH EXIST BUT DONT DO ANYTHING TO RENDER EFFICIENT SERVICE OR COLLECT REVENUE.
1.CHECK PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION. INSTITUTE CORRUPTION COURTS!
2.REDUCE PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES.
3.HIRE LESS PPL TO PROVIDE EFFICIENT SERVICE. WE NEED DISCIPLINE, CLEAR OVERSIGHT, CHECK N BALANCES N PATRIOTIC HARDWORKERS IN THE SYSTEM.
4. FACTORIES
GH REVENUE SOURCE: TAXES. LOANS, GRANTS FROM OUTSIDE FOR REVENUE GENERATING VENTURES IN GH. STREAMLINE INDUSTRIES, GOVT...CUT DOWN SPENDING,
WIDEN TAX BASE, EXPORT MORE.
NOT A BUNCH OF THIEVES WHO COME TO STEAL N COLLECT BRIBES! WHO ARE YOU MAKING A MOCKERY OF?...
IN MY BOOK, YOU EITHER DO IT RIGHT. OR YOU GET ELIMINATED.
TOO MANY GH PPL LACK SELF CONFIDENCE AND DONT BELIEVE IN WHO THEY ARE. THEN AGAIN, U CANT BLAME THEM. LOOK AT THEIR SURROUNDINGS..OPEN GUTTERS, MALARIA, FILTH, DIRT EVERYWHERE!
I AM 37 YRS OLD. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH MALARIA SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN. STILL HAVNT FOUND AN ATIDOTE. WHY?
NO BASIC PLANNING IN GH TO AID TAXATION, AND ADDRESS SYSTEM OR TO CHECK CRIMINAL ACITIVITY. UNLICENSED BUSINESSPPL SELLING FOOD NEXT TO FILTH, I MEAN ITS A SHAME...ITS A SHAME.
SINCE THE DAYS OF METHUSELAH, WE HAVE BEEN WASTING MILLIONS ON MALARIA, WHY?
WAT WILL IT TAKE TO DEVELOP MODERN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, CLOSED GUTTERS?
LOOK AT BRASIL? THEY HAVE CLAIMED THE MOST WCUPS IN HISTORY BCOS THEY INVESTED IN QUALITY SOCCER INFRSTRUCTURE, STADIUMS ETC.
GO TO ALL OUR GOVT STADIUMS N SEE GARGANTUAN INFRASTRACTURAL DEGRADATION. YOUR SCOREBOARD DOSENT EVEN WORK, BUT U WANT TO GO TO WORLDCUP?
LOOK AT GH. YOU WANT TO GO TO WCUP, BUT LOOK AT YOUR SOCCER INFRSATRUCTURE? IS IT FAIR TO THE OTHER NATIONS IN AFRICA WHO HAVE INVESTED IN
BETTER SOCCER INFRASTRUCTURE, STADIUMS, LEAGUES ETC. TO STAY HOME FOR GH TO QUALIFY AND GO TO BRASIL? HELL NO!
HE WHO CLIMBS A GOOD TREE DESERVES SUPPORT....NOT VICE VERSA. LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF PLAYERS AA HAS INVITED FOR THE WCUP QUALIFIER VS EGYPT?
REALLY?..EVEN OLELE PAID 5000 DOLLARS FOR SELECTION. DO BRASILIAN PLAYERS PAY BRIBES TO GET SELECTION? WAT IS OTOO, JORDAN AYEW, ADOMAH, FRIMPONG DOING HERE?
Now, if you were to open a textbook from years ago, you would have found that natural resources in abundance are a source of growth and wealth for
developing countries, or so it was supposed. Why not?
If you have oil, if you have diamonds, if you have gold and copper, can't these be used to help develop the country?
But if you turn to contemporary textbooks, the first chapter is liable to be about the resource curse, meaning that the revenues from foreign
investment in oil and gas and coal and copper get siphoned off in corruption. billions of dollars are siphoned off every year into THE private pockets of these so called DEMOCRATIC LEADERS.
WHAT A SHAME! There is a lack of transparency. There is a lack of accountability.
if you look at Chile, Peru, Indonesia, Malaysia, these are
countries that have been very successful in using their rich resources TO DEVELOP THEIR NATION. WHY CANT GHANAIAN GOVTS LEARN FROM THEM?
So the question is, how can resources be used to benefit broad economic and social development and avoid the corruption and authoritarian rule?
The key issue is always going to be the local population, the local leadership, the local press, and NGOs, non-governmental authorities that try
to promote openness and transparency. In 2010-2011, Ghana started to export significant quantities of oil.
Is this going to be the best thing that ever happened to Ghana or the worst thing that ever happened to Ghana?
The phenomenon called "Dutch Disease" is also part of the resource curse. THIS means that the exchange rate for the currency of
resource-rich countries becomes overvalued, and this hurts the exports of other industries.
WHAT THIS NDC GOVT IS DOING IS THIS. THEY HAVE DEVALUED THE CURRENCY, SO FOREIGNERS CAN BUY MORE EXPORTING OIL FOR EXPORT, RESOURCES. WHILES THEY STEAL THE MONIES INTO THEIR PRIVATE, FOREIGN
BANK ACCOUNTS. REALLY? IM READY TO START KILLING SOME OF THESE MINISTERS, MPS ETC......
Ghana is NOW like Haiti!!! There was only one airport in Haiti and when the disaster strucked,aid donors HAD it so hard to send humanitarian reliefs because the only one international airport
was destroyed. just imaginING if Ghana is not the same as Haiti??!! Building one international airport in Kumasi has turnED into tribal politics!!#
President John Dramani Mahama has added a whopping GHc15.6 BILLION DOLLARS to Ghana’s total public debt stock since being sworn into office as caretaker and substantive president within the period from July 2012 to August 2013.
This implies that President John Mahama has contracted a total of GHc15.6 BILLION DOLLARS of debt for Ghanaians since becoming the President of Ghana.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR ALL THIS DEBT? LOOK AT GH? SMELLY, DUSTY...OPEN GUTTERS I MEAN WHY? HOW? WHO VOTED FOR NDC? GO N CLAIM YOUR SHARE....PLUS AN INCREASE IN WATER, HYDRO TARRIFS ACROSS THE BOARD?
WHEN RICH WESTERN NATIONS ARE PAYING DOWN THEIR DEBTS/NATIONAL DEFICITS. WAT IS GH DOING, U ASK? BORROWING MORE MONEY. WAA LOOK?
IF YOUR STANDARD OF LIVING IS THIS BAD. HOW BAD WILL THE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR YOUR CHILDEREN AND GRANDCHILDREN BE? THINK ABOUT THIS PPL?.....
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NPP OR NDC.
A CLASSIC CASE OF FRENCH QUEEN CATHERINE'S "LET THEM EAT CAKE"...WELL, GUESS WHAT TRIGGERED THE FRENCH REVOLUTION? THIS FOOLISH STATEMENT IS WHAT TRIGGERED THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
GHPPL, RISE UP AND CLAIM YOUR SHARE!
Mr Paul Victor Obeng, has made a strong case for the need to ensure that increasing access to the Internet does not lead to the importation of alien cultures.
“While increasing access to the Internet would improve the socio-economic circumstances, its negative influences call for a concerted effort to counter the bad influence.
Increasing access should not lead us to the importation of attitudes that are incompatible with our social norms,” he said.
WAT IS PV'S PROBLEM? WESTERN NATIONS LIKE CANADA, AMERICA, BRITAIN, GERMANY ETC ALL HAVE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY READILY AVAILABLE FOR THEIR CITIZENS. HAS IT IMPACTED THEIR CULTURE NEGATIVELY?
EVEN BEFORE INTERNET, WE WERE SELLING/THROWING AWAY OUR CULTURE. WAT HAPPENS AT INDEPENDENCE MARCHES IN GH, 6 MARCH. DO WE EVEN POUR LIBATION ANYMORE?
WE PUT OUR KIDS IN THE BURNING SUN TO BLACKEN N FAINT. KIDS WE CANT EVEN GIVE FREE BASIC EDUCATION TO. WHILES, WE WALLOW IN THE ABJECTIVITY OF THE BIBLE N KORAN..
GAMBIA, CONGRATULATION FOR TAKING A BOLD STEP ON YOUR DECISION TO LEAVE THE COMMONWEALTH. I SALUTE YOU! GH GOVT, DO YOU HAVE THE BALLS TO DO SO?
SHAME ON OUR USELESS, TOOTHLESS SO CALLED LEADERS, ELDERS, MINISTERS, PRESIDENTS. SHAME ON YOU AND TO YOU ALL WHO HAVE EMBARKED ON STEALING.
I WISH EARLY DEATH AND A LIFE RIDDLED WITH PAINFUL DISEASES ON ALL OF YOU. YOU KNOW WHO ARE....
STUPID GOVT LEADERS. BCOS OF YOUR STUPID CORRUPT HABITS, AFRICANS ARE HAVING TO TRAVEL ILLEGALLY TO RACIST NATIONS. MANY HAVING TO DIE OR DROWN IN THE SEA. IS THIS RIGHT?
WHY ARE YOU SOO FUCKING WICKED, HUH? WHY?....
THIS IS BROWN BROWN BROTHERS, AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!
big Mouth 10 years ago

Another bush man.beer bar politician,Cheer.Bar bar give him more star.

Another bush man.beer bar politician,Cheer.Bar bar give him more star.
Homesense 10 years ago

I think that the economy started to have serious problems at the very onset of the NDC 2 regime when those huge sums of judgements debts were paid. Those monies were paid at a time reports were that the NPP government left no ...
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I think that the economy started to have serious problems at the very onset of the NDC 2 regime when those huge sums of judgements debts were paid. Those monies were paid at a time reports were that the NPP government left nothing in the coffers and the country was, therefore broke. Those were the times when evey pesewa was to safeguarded and made to yield another pesewa.
ABU 10 years ago

BUT WHO CREATED THE JUDGEMENT DEBTS BEING PAID BY THE CURRENT NDC GOVERNMENT?

BUT WHO CREATED THE JUDGEMENT DEBTS BEING PAID BY THE CURRENT NDC GOVERNMENT?
Kojo T 10 years ago

2008 economy was a mess. We always assumed that donor help will be there Unfortunately it has dried up.Many times NPP said" fix the ecomini". Then we assumed the oil find would solve all problems . Then there was the SSS ...
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2008 economy was a mess. We always assumed that donor help will be there Unfortunately it has dried up.Many times NPP said" fix the ecomini". Then we assumed the oil find would solve all problems . Then there was the SSS implementation . NPP should take the blame .
MAD COBRA 10 years ago

Fool NPP should take blame for discovering oil i know for sure you a senseless and tribal No 9.

Fool NPP should take blame for discovering oil i know for sure you a senseless and tribal No 9.
Kojo T 10 years ago

"Fool NPP" Is that a compliment? So you are one of the reasons for the mess. Insults or lack must start with NPP and you

"Fool NPP" Is that a compliment? So you are one of the reasons for the mess. Insults or lack must start with NPP and you
MAD COBRA 10 years ago

Since 2008 NDC have been playing the blame game and we are almost in 2014 they are still blaming the NPP for Ghana's problem instead of fixing thethe problems, during the election petition was all the doors to the various min ...
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Since 2008 NDC have been playing the blame game and we are almost in 2014 they are still blaming the NPP for Ghana's problem instead of fixing thethe problems, during the election petition was all the doors to the various ministers offices closed?Was the president's office too under a big padlock until the court case was over?You go chop your edey bee k3k3 and even water to bath with you won't get not talking of electricity under an NDC govt.
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facts 10 years ago

This guy Kweku Baako uses his brains and should be taken seriously. Unlike Pratt he does not talk as one paid to talk. It is not good to use anything for a reason to your failures, the idea is too weak and funny. Nobody stopp ...
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This guy Kweku Baako uses his brains and should be taken seriously. Unlike Pratt he does not talk as one paid to talk. It is not good to use anything for a reason to your failures, the idea is too weak and funny. Nobody stopped them from governing and as they were telling ghana always they were sure the case would be thrown out of court. They kept on appointing people for positions and spending monies.
ODIKRO 10 years ago

AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF LABONE COFFEE SHOP, KWEKU HAS NOW GRADUATED TO THIS LEVEL? WHY DO WE NOT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW LIKE PIANIM? KWEKU WILL SOON TELL US ABOUT SPACE. HE HAS THE PAPERS.

AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF LABONE COFFEE SHOP, KWEKU HAS NOW GRADUATED TO THIS LEVEL? WHY DO WE NOT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW LIKE PIANIM? KWEKU WILL SOON TELL US ABOUT SPACE. HE HAS THE PAPERS.
MAD COBRA 10 years ago

Ghanaians vote on tribal lines and party affliations but not on economic measures or for progress they should be left to suffer in their mess.In a country where govt appointed minister's only job is to insult opponents rather ...
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Ghanaians vote on tribal lines and party affliations but not on economic measures or for progress they should be left to suffer in their mess.In a country where govt appointed minister's only job is to insult opponents rather than tackling problems facing the nation how can there be economic progress.
Bonso 10 years ago

NDC MUST SOLVE THESE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

NDC MUST SOLVE THESE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
Baba tunde 10 years ago

This Kwaku Anne's Bamako is telling us Ghanaians that he has answers to all our economic problems. Intact he knows everything from A to Z. with his powerful knowledge of every goddamn subject, I wish that he is given at least ...
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This Kwaku Anne's Bamako is telling us Ghanaians that he has answers to all our economic problems. Intact he knows everything from A to Z. with his powerful knowledge of every goddamn subject, I wish that he is given at least one month as the minister of finance and let us see how he will perform . This is the chance that will shut down his too known noises on the airways. It was k4 who spoilt him with money stolen from our state coffers.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

I saw Olele live on Emmanuel TV (Synagogue Church of All Nations).

On his return to Ghana and administering the anointed water, GFA and Appiah started panicking and looking frantically for Olele. They even had to send del ...
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I saw Olele live on Emmanuel TV (Synagogue Church of All Nations).

On his return to Ghana and administering the anointed water, GFA and Appiah started panicking and looking frantically for Olele. They even had to send delegations to plead with him to return to the Black Stars

Anyone who doubts the power of God is not normal. And God's direct representative on earth now is Prophet TB Joshua.
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

Only your mouth,no better photo than
this.

Only your mouth,no better photo than
this.
big Mouth 10 years ago

In the History of Ghana,when ever an Ashanti rules,there is economic decline.Everything is bought and sold,at any price.then,the nothers will have to repaire it for these greedy bastards.

In the History of Ghana,when ever an Ashanti rules,there is economic decline.Everything is bought and sold,at any price.then,the nothers will have to repaire it for these greedy bastards.
Brains 10 years ago

You are such a fool, first you need to go back to School and secondly the truth must be told. Northerners are not good managers, history is my witness. Akans have been managing the life of the Northerners for them ever since ...
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You are such a fool, first you need to go back to School and secondly the truth must be told. Northerners are not good managers, history is my witness. Akans have been managing the life of the Northerners for them ever since anyone can remember. Look around you, most of the private sector is Managed by Akans. Some Northerners who has tried recently has to go to bed with a Northern Government to succeed.
NOKWARE WURA 10 years ago

WITH YOUR SO CALLED SCHOOL WISDOM, HOW COME YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS SO SHALLOW? WHERE DID THE AKANS COME FROM? WE ALL CAME FROM THE NORTH. SHOW ME A SINGLE AKAN DIVISION THAT DID NOT COME FROM THE NORTH. AND DO NOT SAY WE CAME FROM ...
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WITH YOUR SO CALLED SCHOOL WISDOM, HOW COME YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS SO SHALLOW? WHERE DID THE AKANS COME FROM? WE ALL CAME FROM THE NORTH. SHOW ME A SINGLE AKAN DIVISION THAT DID NOT COME FROM THE NORTH. AND DO NOT SAY WE CAME FROM THE GROUND. KEEP QUIET NEXT TIME SO AS NOT TO LET EVERYBODY SEE THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING.
OSA 10 years ago

THIS FOOLISH PRESIDENT AND HIS WONKYENDIE GORVERMENT WILL LEAD US TO NOWHERE.

THIS FOOLISH PRESIDENT AND HIS WONKYENDIE GORVERMENT WILL LEAD US TO NOWHERE.
AK47 IS MY FUCKING ADDRESS ! 10 years ago

OUR LEADERS PREFER TALK TO TALK THAN WALK TO WALK . WHO WILL HELP GHANA SOLVE THE ECONOMICAL CRISIS ? VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THE NDC NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT.

OUR LEADERS PREFER TALK TO TALK THAN WALK TO WALK . WHO WILL HELP GHANA SOLVE THE ECONOMICAL CRISIS ? VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THE NDC NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT.
PAPSON 10 years ago

PICTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRUTH.

PICTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRUTH.
ABU 10 years ago

kABILA IS CONSTRUCTIVE BUT SELECTIVE AS HIS BROTHER WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ROAD ACCIDENT KNOCKED DOWN A KILLED,I SYMPATHISE WITH HIM.

kABILA IS CONSTRUCTIVE BUT SELECTIVE AS HIS BROTHER WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ROAD ACCIDENT KNOCKED DOWN A KILLED,I SYMPATHISE WITH HIM.
Cool Cat 10 years ago

Thus B--S, Election petition has nothing to do with the economic decline. The fact is Ghanaians has elected meatball heads to lead the country, and at the same time, the government is not focusing the most important issues wh ...
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Thus B--S, Election petition has nothing to do with the economic decline. The fact is Ghanaians has elected meatball heads to lead the country, and at the same time, the government is not focusing the most important issues which will bust the economy but rather just spending the money. Ghana has a long way to go. If this practice goes on, Ghana will go to Auction Block.
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MAD COBRA 10 years ago

NDC started this blame game since 2008 and it's almost 2014 they are still playing the blame game so when are they going to fix the country's problems?

NDC started this blame game since 2008 and it's almost 2014 they are still playing the blame game so when are they going to fix the country's problems?
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

YOU WASTED TIME ON ELECTION PETITION AND TIME IS MONEY FULL STOP KWEKU BAAKO: SO YOU DON'T KNOW time IS MONEY?

YOU WASTED TIME ON ELECTION PETITION AND TIME IS MONEY FULL STOP KWEKU BAAKO: SO YOU DON'T KNOW time IS MONEY?
OH! SISTER MARTHA! 10 years ago

WAS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELECTION PETITION TO GO ON? OH SISTER MARTHA!

WAS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELECTION PETITION TO GO ON? OH SISTER MARTHA!
Mugu Yaro 10 years ago

Mahama is a criminal very evil with his ndc bastards God wil punish them for destroying this great nation of ours

Mahama is a criminal very evil with his ndc bastards God wil punish them for destroying this great nation of ours
Ghaha Mover 10 years ago

The time kufuor dey destroy dis nation did we complain.

The time kufuor dey destroy dis nation did we complain.
SPIDER IN HIS WEB 10 years ago

The shameless NDC government has returned the country to the economics of the Acheampong era whereby the govt borrows heavily from foreign sources and then mortgages all exports over an extended period of time to pay for it. ...
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The shameless NDC government has returned the country to the economics of the Acheampong era whereby the govt borrows heavily from foreign sources and then mortgages all exports over an extended period of time to pay for it. Meanwhile, the borrowed money is not utilized for national development but goes into individual pockets. (Remember 'fa wo to begye Golf'?). We are reliving it all over again. The simple but sad truth about Ghana's economic condition is that at the moment we are not receiving any revenues from our exports, not even oil, the borrowed money is nowhere to be found and there is no financial planning. Soon enough, government is going to find it very hard to pay workers. So, for the Minister of Finance to assert that government is working to achieve its deficit target, however difficult, is not only disingenuous and false, but an attempt to cover up the wild, rampant corruption within the government. All this coming from a political party that prides itself of the principles of accountability, transparency and probity!!! Ghanaians, we are in for another long, bumpy ride.
Ghana Massai-France 10 years ago

Dear Mr.Baako, there are times when one must admit the goddam helly truth. You claim that the 8-months long useless petition case did not hinder Ghana's economic growth. Precisely, you assertd that Ghana's fisico-economic pro ...
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Dear Mr.Baako, there are times when one must admit the goddam helly truth. You claim that the 8-months long useless petition case did not hinder Ghana's economic growth. Precisely, you assertd that Ghana's fisico-economic problems preceded the petition battle.That's quite probable but the fact remains that at a moment when Ghana needed a stable,confirmed governance to pull the nation through an INTERNATIONAL, temporay economic depression striking even the pseudo-developed countries, the ulcerated loser decided to use all sorts of subterfuge to distabilise govermental projects. For 8 good(or rather bad) months, gov't was held a hostage, potential foreign & national investors were on the touch-line to venture. This, do admit it,Mr.Baako,contributed severely to Ghana's economic "depression" (if Ghana really suffers a depression as you seemingly affirm).
COMFORT 10 years ago

THE NDC CAME, THEY CREATED, THEY LOOTED AND THEY SHARED AND RENDERED THE ALREADY POOR COUNTRY EVEN FURTHER WORSE OFF...AND NOW THEY ARE CRYING AND POINTING ACCUSING FINGERS AT WHO?.......thieves thieves thieves,,,,,,,payment ...
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THE NDC CAME, THEY CREATED, THEY LOOTED AND THEY SHARED AND RENDERED THE ALREADY POOR COUNTRY EVEN FURTHER WORSE OFF...AND NOW THEY ARE CRYING AND POINTING ACCUSING FINGERS AT WHO?.......thieves thieves thieves,,,,,,,payment of subious jdebts in billions will surely drive us into our present state so why is the ndc now crying?.....juloi ide biiii keke....thieves...and throughout all this they called themselves social democrats and their fantis, ewes and northern stronghold are so poor, yet the callously looted the state and worsened their poverty.....ide biii keke...
Kofi Nyame New York 10 years ago

Ghanaians are a joke. One way of reducing government expendicture in to reduce the number of paliamentarians, many of them paid for doing nothing. By merging the districts, funds will be available for infrastructure and socia ...
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Ghanaians are a joke. One way of reducing government expendicture in to reduce the number of paliamentarians, many of them paid for doing nothing. By merging the districts, funds will be available for infrastructure and social developments. Also merge Ministries to release funds for the numerous ministers and deputy ministers into the local economy. Thirdly allow the MPs, principal secretsries, head of departments and government co-operations heads hire their own places and pay for water, gas, electricity, cars and the petrol for their cars. Even in the US the congressmen use their pay to rent appartments to do their jobs and US is much richer than Ghana.
We need a leader who is bold and wise to carry out very improtant change like those listed above and the local economy will improve dramatically.
The British left us with this old system which they don't use any more. We need to act now or keep quiet and stay in our misery with our visionless leaders.
God help the poor people of Ghana
Pastor Josiah 10 years ago

Mr. Kweku Baako should be fair to his conscience whenever he is speaking on national issues. Why should he always allow his political leaning to becloud his understanding of very important issues?

Mr. Kweku Baako should be fair to his conscience whenever he is speaking on national issues. Why should he always allow his political leaning to becloud his understanding of very important issues?
SUCH A FOOL IS THIS KOBOLO BOY 10 years ago

Ghana'a chief economist has spoken.

Ghana'a chief economist has spoken.
gas 10 years ago

Mr BAAKO how come you know everything?

Mr BAAKO how come you know everything?
Audrey 10 years ago

It is an undeniable fact that many investors hesitated coming to invest in Ghana due to the SC petition. Ghana's economy is buoyed by direct foreign investment. When this is not forthcoming as a result of the petition, do we ...
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It is an undeniable fact that many investors hesitated coming to invest in Ghana due to the SC petition. Ghana's economy is buoyed by direct foreign investment. When this is not forthcoming as a result of the petition, do we need the oracle of Kweku Baako to ascertain the contribution of the election to the decline of the economy? Baako must do away with his political lense in his analysis of issues before he loses his thin credibility gap.
km agyin 10 years ago

It is corruption and mismanagement that are the causes of poor performance of the economy.

It is corruption and mismanagement that are the causes of poor performance of the economy.
P.Tosh 10 years ago

banku editor kweku baako knows nothing. i guess he is npp journalist.

banku editor kweku baako knows nothing. i guess he is npp journalist.
Elijah. 10 years ago

Yeah, yeah Mr know it all. How can a so-called learned man like you spew such nonsense in international media? Can you honestly say that 8 months of severely reduced productivity when people were glued to the TVs instead of w ...
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Yeah, yeah Mr know it all. How can a so-called learned man like you spew such nonsense in international media? Can you honestly say that 8 months of severely reduced productivity when people were glued to the TVs instead of working cannot be attributed as a cause to economic decline? Can you say that when foreign investors were jittery about the potential outcome of the SC hearing, to the extent that the US embassy and the British High Commission were warning their citizens to leave Ghana could not have affected the economy? Have you any idea how much Foreign investment contributes to our economy? Or do you think if Kweku Baako never stopped buying his kooko in the mornings then that was enough to keep the economy performing at its best? What about the government officials who couldn't execute their duties without fear because one man decided to hold the entire country to ransom because of some bloated desire to rule Ghana at all costs? Come on Kweku you can do better than this. Learn to call a spade a spade and don't allow yourself to be blinded by political persuasions. We understand that your pride is hurt because many of your predictions (maybe I should say wishes) about the SC hearing woefully failed to materialise. But hey, peddling more falsehood will sink you even further. Every economist who is worth his salt indeed warned that the hearing would have negative repercussions on the economy of Ghana unless that economist is called Kweku Baako. Maybe this should serve as a reminder for you to limit yourself to areas that you have been trained - edit news and leave others who are more qualified to decide whether or not the SC hearing affected the economy.
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