We are far from going to HIPC - Terkper

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Obeng Rago 10 years ago

What will be the state of Ghana if President John Agyekum Kufuor and his NPP Government did not discover Oil in 2007?

Thank you Uncle Kojo Mensah for all your efforts

Thank you E O Group

Thank you Nana Akufffo Addo
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What will be the state of Ghana if President John Agyekum Kufuor and his NPP Government did not discover Oil in 2007?

Thank you Uncle Kojo Mensah for all your efforts

Thank you E O Group

Thank you Nana Akufffo Addo

Thank you Joseph Adda

Thank you K T Hammond

May God Bless All those who helped to discover the Oil which has rescued us from total decline.

What would have happened without Ghana Oil?

As for the rest of the economic story...all belongs to NDC and their skin pain Ghanaians...they will deal with it

But for some of us, we thank President Kufuor again and again and again for the huge free Oil Revenue.
OSBON 10 years ago

this NDC NEVER THINK about the shortage of remittance that every country has adjusted for. foolish people.

this NDC NEVER THINK about the shortage of remittance that every country has adjusted for. foolish people.
ELINAM 10 years ago

After listening to the forward and aggressive finance minister of Nigeria, I came to realization that her counterpart in Ghana, Terkper lacks the fire to make what Ms. Ngozi is doing.

After listening to the forward and aggressive finance minister of Nigeria, I came to realization that her counterpart in Ghana, Terkper lacks the fire to make what Ms. Ngozi is doing.
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Watch every show or NEWS LIVE FROM GHANA ON TV3,FIFA SPORTS, FIFA WORLD CUP,
TV AFRICA, GTV, ADOM TV AND OVER 7500 T

Watch every show or NEWS LIVE FROM GHANA ON TV3,FIFA SPORTS, FIFA WORLD CUP,
TV AFRICA, GTV, ADOM TV AND OVER 7500 T
Mahmoud 10 years ago

This NDC government under Mahama is straggling seriously. They shared all the money among themselves and the nation is now straggling. With oil, gold and cocoa, and with the economy of 34 billion dollars, our leftist, social ...
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This NDC government under Mahama is straggling seriously. They shared all the money among themselves and the nation is now straggling. With oil, gold and cocoa, and with the economy of 34 billion dollars, our leftist, social democratic party is mismanaging our economy and putting unprecedented burden and hardship on Ghanaians. HIPC is looming, but the same party that led us to the HIPC before will vehemently deny it until we find ourselves in it.
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 10 years ago

Is Seth Terkpeh suffering from the donkey flu ?

The stealers party of the NDC has saddled our country with a GH¢43.9 billion debt that is equivalent to 49.5% of the GDP in just 5 years with nothing to show for that gargan ...
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Is Seth Terkpeh suffering from the donkey flu ?

The stealers party of the NDC has saddled our country with a GH¢43.9 billion debt that is equivalent to 49.5% of the GDP in just 5 years with nothing to show for that gargantuan sum.

And all he can tell Ghanaians is that we are far from HIPC ?

If each of the governments that have tasted power in Ghana besides the NDC, had added GH¢34 billion to our debt stock, does he know what would have become of Ghana and its true blue citizens ?

May the gods of Ankobra River, Asuakawkaw River, Ayensu River ,Benchema River , Bia River , Birim River, Black Volta river, Daka river ,Dayi River ,Densu River, Edam river, Fia river, Jelem river, Kwasu river,Kpeshi Lagoon, Menu river, Mo River, Nasia River ,Nini River, Nuboi River ,Nworanae River ,Ofin River ,Ongwam river, Oti River, Oyoko river ,Pra River , Pru River, Pumpum River, Sanwu river, Sene River, Tano River, Tsatsadu River,Volta River , Wawa river,White Volta River ,Wurudu River,Lake Bosumtwi and Sakumono Lagoon inflict the arses of these stealers who are bent on hanging gargantuan debts around the necks of Ghanaians alive and yet unborn, with very very big 'pompors'(boils).
GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY N TRANSPARENCY IN GOVT!
WE NEED CORRUPTION COURTS IN GH NOW!
MAHAMA PAID TO APPEAR ON CNN!!! CNN DIDNT INVITE HIM.
WHY DID MAHAMA GIVE AGGUDEY A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON? FOR WHAT? FOR HIM TO SAVE FACE AN ...
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WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY N TRANSPARENCY IN GOVT!
WE NEED CORRUPTION COURTS IN GH NOW!
MAHAMA PAID TO APPEAR ON CNN!!! CNN DIDNT INVITE HIM.
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. ghana is under the most useless leadership of all time,nurses are unpaid for six months ,children are dying of heart failures and asiedu nketia is feasting in streatham london with ghanas money.i pity for those who voted 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!
angle man 10 years ago

All this paper work is useless,Ghanians are sick and tired of paper work,people donts eat paper.

All this paper work is useless,Ghanians are sick and tired of paper work,people donts eat paper.
ADWEN 10 years ago

Lack of Fiscal discipline in terms of government expenditure control and MAHAMA PENCHANT TO BECOME THE RICHEST PERSON IN GHANA is the reason why corruption is undermining the financial management of Ghana.
MAHAMA doesn't hav ...
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Lack of Fiscal discipline in terms of government expenditure control and MAHAMA PENCHANT TO BECOME THE RICHEST PERSON IN GHANA is the reason why corruption is undermining the financial management of Ghana.
MAHAMA doesn't have a hot about the social and economic wellbeing of the average citizen, all what he cares about is fraudulent deals and contracts and money laundering through his financial vehicles - RLG, GYEEDA, SADA, etc., to accumulate as much wealth as possible.
It is surprising that people still haven't woken up to MAHAMA's wealth accumulation agenda due to his corruption free-for-all approach to destroying Ghana.
Philip 10 years ago

Don't worry we shall over come. All you need is
don't leave NPP out . Get all the people and political parties involve in Ghana' s Development. God bless mother Ghana.

Don't worry we shall over come. All you need is
don't leave NPP out . Get all the people and political parties involve in Ghana' s Development. God bless mother Ghana.
I & I 10 years ago

These incompetent and corrupt ewes will send my Ghana into a failed state if nothing is done to boot them from power soon. Evil kofi awonoor Williams and his jelukope mafia killed Akans in the 81 coup for the sole purpose of ...
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These incompetent and corrupt ewes will send my Ghana into a failed state if nothing is done to boot them from power soon. Evil kofi awonoor Williams and his jelukope mafia killed Akans in the 81 coup for the sole purpose of taking political and economic hegemony from them. Their 25 year rule has produced nothing significant if anything at all. They must be booted out of power by any means necessary. Or we the Akans will secede with our six Regions to form Ghana Proper. After all these ewes are not fit to live among us.
DOCTOR THINK TWICE 10 years ago

MASA! I HAV A CONCEPT WHICH CAN CREATE SELF EMPLOYMENT THAT WILL COVER MILLIONS. ALL ATEMPT INCLUDING LETTERS FOR APPOINTMENT WITH J D MAHAMA HAV FAILED. WHOEVER IS CONNECTED TO THE PRESIDENT SHUD CONTACT ME ON 02642185556

MASA! I HAV A CONCEPT WHICH CAN CREATE SELF EMPLOYMENT THAT WILL COVER MILLIONS. ALL ATEMPT INCLUDING LETTERS FOR APPOINTMENT WITH J D MAHAMA HAV FAILED. WHOEVER IS CONNECTED TO THE PRESIDENT SHUD CONTACT ME ON 02642185556
cha 10 years ago

u dont need to contact the president to take anything - the likes of bill gates and facebooks didnt have to contact Obama before starting their major inventions that have created employment- think think think

u dont need to contact the president to take anything - the likes of bill gates and facebooks didnt have to contact Obama before starting their major inventions that have created employment- think think think
Kofi 10 years ago

You call it public debt, we in the villages and our children owe this debt to be paid in future. Why should we be responsible for this debt, if we are to stay on the side lines without any development. We still drink polluted ...
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You call it public debt, we in the villages and our children owe this debt to be paid in future. Why should we be responsible for this debt, if we are to stay on the side lines without any development. We still drink polluted water from the streams, our children have no schools, no clinics and hospitals, etc. We listen to the radio and hear about the quick way judgements are paid, we hear about people buying mansions abroad, we hear about somebody buying a private jet here in Ghana, and I say to myself this is wrong, it is a slap in the face, it is insult. WE NEED JUSTICE, WE NEED ANOTHER JJ of 1979, not the JJ we have today.
NOYA 10 years ago

Who is talking hipc here mr minister development partners get the money they give to us from mobilizing taxes and restricting their penchant to rob their own nations that is why they have money to give poor nations like ours. ...
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Who is talking hipc here mr minister development partners get the money they give to us from mobilizing taxes and restricting their penchant to rob their own nations that is why they have money to give poor nations like ours.now if you want money from some of these development partners please do your homework stop this free for all stealing, nonsensical payment of judgment debts,taxfree importation by cronies,presidential pardons for people who are taking Ghanaians for granted, and the list goes on.Can we have a debate ISSER for MrTekper,Dr Akoto Osei,Paa Kwesi Ndoum so we all know the level of rot in the nation but till then GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA
concern ghanian 10 years ago

FAR GOING CLOSER OR FARER? HOW WAS GHANA DEPT BEFORE KUFFOUR LEAVE POWEE WHEN WE DONT HAVE OIL AND GAS?

FAR GOING CLOSER OR FARER? HOW WAS GHANA DEPT BEFORE KUFFOUR LEAVE POWEE WHEN WE DONT HAVE OIL AND GAS?
Queen 10 years ago

This Terkper man is CONFUSED BIG TIME. Looking at his demeanor, you can tell he does not even know what the HELL he is doing. He is there because his name is Terkper.

This Terkper man is CONFUSED BIG TIME. Looking at his demeanor, you can tell he does not even know what the HELL he is doing. He is there because his name is Terkper.
A.K.A TARZAN 10 years ago

Useless quotations of GDP,when in practical terms it doesn't exist

Useless quotations of GDP,when in practical terms it doesn't exist
mahama is corrupt,evil 2 the nation 10 years ago

USELESS,INCOMPETENTS,EMPTY HEAD TALKING TALKING,CORRUPTS,AZAAAAAPEOPLE,FOOLS

USELESS,INCOMPETENTS,EMPTY HEAD TALKING TALKING,CORRUPTS,AZAAAAAPEOPLE,FOOLS
GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

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ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GO TO www.greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com
all the way 10 years ago

l think mr terkper is sleeping in the office

l think mr terkper is sleeping in the office
Fiifi Miles 10 years ago

If Ghana NDC gov is not broke, why does Mahama refund Ghana International Aiways passengers their money. They are still waiting for their refunds

If Ghana NDC gov is not broke, why does Mahama refund Ghana International Aiways passengers their money. They are still waiting for their refunds
fo kofi 10 years ago

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE SUFFERING IN GHANA. THE HARDSHIP IS TOO MUCH AND THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE GIVING UP TO LIVE AND HANGING OR KILLING THEMSELVES EVERY DAY! THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED!

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE SUFFERING IN GHANA. THE HARDSHIP IS TOO MUCH AND THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE GIVING UP TO LIVE AND HANGING OR KILLING THEMSELVES EVERY DAY! THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED!
Freeman 10 years ago

Some Ghanaian Leaders are just vampires,They just don't like anything good for the youths or the national.Secondly they are not ashame of
their selves.ooh Ghana,I know Doctor Kwame Nkruma wipe everyday where he is.Ghana ta ...
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Some Ghanaian Leaders are just vampires,They just don't like anything good for the youths or the national.Secondly they are not ashame of
their selves.ooh Ghana,I know Doctor Kwame Nkruma wipe everyday where he is.Ghana take pride in good governing but not corrupt government.what i even
dislike is the hon·or·a·bles they put on their selves.Stop that theives are not honorables.But don't forget you can fool some people sometimes but you
can't fool all the people all the time.
Yaa 10 years ago

After all, we Kokonte Boys and our Master Ya Mahama, we dey beeeeeeee keke!

Abi you get crisis. We, we no dey get crisis at all at all.

After all, we Kokonte Boys and our Master Ya Mahama, we dey beeeeeeee keke!

Abi you get crisis. We, we no dey get crisis at all at all.

We are far from going to HIPC - Terkper

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