Bawumia is an Accountant, not an Economist – Tony Aidoo

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cha 10 years ago

Loud mouth- know nothing- do nothing

Loud mouth- know nothing- do nothing
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo, did you ever study anything on policy monitoring? Did you ever read something on political science? Yet you are a politician. You have your PhD in sociology. Refer me to any book you have published or any serious ...
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Tony Aidoo, did you ever study anything on policy monitoring? Did you ever read something on political science? Yet you are a politician. You have your PhD in sociology. Refer me to any book you have published or any serious publication you have made in your area of study. Where is the BMW? Yes you studied BMWLOGY. Holy stealer.
Homesense 10 years ago

"...he doesn’t understand the forces that create the figures so he takes the figures at their face-value and then play politics with it”.

Reading the Story, one gets the impression that the above statement is true abou ...
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"...he doesn’t understand the forces that create the figures so he takes the figures at their face-value and then play politics with it”.

Reading the Story, one gets the impression that the above statement is true about Accountants.

Do Accountants not understand the forces that create the figures so take the figures at their face-value and then play with the figures?

Perhaps, that is why Accountants more often get caught in financial improprieties!
Komfo Barimah 10 years ago

Does Tony Aidoo know what it takes to be an Accountant? Please Mr. Aidooo do not underestimate the knowledge and training of Accountants. They are far better equipped to deal with Economic matters than mere politicians, like ...
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Does Tony Aidoo know what it takes to be an Accountant? Please Mr. Aidooo do not underestimate the knowledge and training of Accountants. They are far better equipped to deal with Economic matters than mere politicians, like Mr. Aidoo. Do not make stupid comparisons where your knowledge is far below power of either professions. Keep to your politics and do not try to rub shoulders with competent and respectable professionals like Accountants and Economists.
ATSU, HO 10 years ago

TONY AIDOO MUST SPEAK TO THE FIGURES AND POINT OUT WHICH OF IT IS WRONG.FACTS AND FIGURES AND NOT PROPAGANDA SHOULD EXPLAIN OUR PRESENT PREDICAMENT. NDC PLEASE SEEK COMPETENCE TO HELP THE NATION

TONY AIDOO MUST SPEAK TO THE FIGURES AND POINT OUT WHICH OF IT IS WRONG.FACTS AND FIGURES AND NOT PROPAGANDA SHOULD EXPLAIN OUR PRESENT PREDICAMENT. NDC PLEASE SEEK COMPETENCE TO HELP THE NATION
GEORGE 10 years ago

Even a child can detect that Bawumia know nothing about economics. He talked about poor economy yet he was about to make education free, free hostels for kayaye and many frees, what a joker. This is a man who failed Zimbabwea ...
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Even a child can detect that Bawumia know nothing about economics. He talked about poor economy yet he was about to make education free, free hostels for kayaye and many frees, what a joker. This is a man who failed Zimbabweans and was sacked, now he goes round trying to portray himself as the only best economist ever in Ghana history. The same too known led him to disgrace himself in the high court with his failed pink sheets. He is not even qualified to be a leader of farm.
VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTOR. 10 years ago

An accountant does not make good managers and entepreneurs. This is a known fact in academics.

The accountant helps the manager or the enterpreneur to make his daring decision. Tony Aido might too known, this one he is cor ...
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An accountant does not make good managers and entepreneurs. This is a known fact in academics.

The accountant helps the manager or the enterpreneur to make his daring decision. Tony Aido might too known, this one he is correct. Too known are not always wrong. Look at the fact and his statement critically without prejudices of political affiliations.
OBAA YAA 10 years ago

The truth always hurt. If he is an accountant, an economist, a banker, a cashier or a clerk Bawumia spoke the truth and supported it with facts and figure. Tony Aidoo debunks it with nothing but with name calling. You see how ...
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The truth always hurt. If he is an accountant, an economist, a banker, a cashier or a clerk Bawumia spoke the truth and supported it with facts and figure. Tony Aidoo debunks it with nothing but with name calling. You see how stupid they always look like . If he is an accountant, an economist, a banker, a cashier or a clerk Bawumia spoke the truth and supported it with facts and figure. Tony Aidoo debunks it with nothing but with name calling. You see how stupid they always look like
insight to the bone 10 years ago

This victoria hammah affair is of major concern , let us not forget even in America president Nixon was forced to resign or face impeachment for much much less as all he did was eavesdrop. here pepeni has confirmed he was abl ...
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This victoria hammah affair is of major concern , let us not forget even in America president Nixon was forced to resign or face impeachment for much much less as all he did was eavesdrop. here pepeni has confirmed he was able to bribe and therefore tamper with the justice system. any country which has citizens above the law is doomed to failure. the seriousness of this matter makes me wonder how cowardly or profoundly corrupt are most of our institutions such as all the political parties , the police , army and judiciary. pepeni should be made to account and be punished . God has made us to know what kind of a scoundrel and rouge this pepeni is by making his secrets slowly know to all of us . first he instigates the murder of his Akan king mills , organizes the cover up and rigs the elections and seals it by bribing the judges. today the govt is not functioning and we are going backwards , no more serious investors coming only those who wish to exploit and rape the wealth of the nation . in the ministries and govt institutions nobody is patriotically serving the nation as all are now afraid to act lest some pepeni or ayigbe decides they want that position or destroy the work. the moral fiber of society is seriously challenged as it is now the norm to be corrupt and steal . ministers are in charge of sectors they have no clue about so cant give direction , an account at finance , a secretary at transport, a schoolboy with nothing in his head at trade and industry , and a pepeni who who never saw the sea before he was 40 at fisheries , incompetence galore and they run around accusing and blaming the innocent for their own non performance and inaction . hopeless fools
OYOKOBA 10 years ago

Isn't annoying that an idiot like Tony Aidoo who has a PhD in Sociology will call Bawumia who holds a PhD in Economics and Professional Certificate in Accounting - ACCA as not an Economist but only an accountant.

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Isn't annoying that an idiot like Tony Aidoo who has a PhD in Sociology will call Bawumia who holds a PhD in Economics and Professional Certificate in Accounting - ACCA as not an Economist but only an accountant.

What gives monkey face Tony Aidoo the qualification to be in charge of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation when he has no formal education in public policy?

So typical of this non-performing NDC government, instead of engaging the facts presented by Bawumia, they have expediently chosen to attack his person. Where is the NDC rebuttal to the lecture given by Bawumia? None whatsoever, but insults they have aplenty. Sankwas!

Wasn't this same Tony Aidoo idiot who was recently crying in the newspapers that his office has been sidelined by Mahama? that is how high they think of his input, a useless bench warmer, collecting wages for no work done.
TAMBRO 10 years ago

IN FACT THE NPP ALWAYS BRAG ABOUT OIL MONEY BUT THEY LOBBIED FOR ONLY 10% SHARE TO THE STATE SO THEY SHOULD SHUT UP.

IN FACT THE NPP ALWAYS BRAG ABOUT OIL MONEY BUT THEY LOBBIED FOR ONLY 10% SHARE TO THE STATE SO THEY SHOULD SHUT UP.
K.K 10 years ago

What is this man even doing in government? He is just a waste is space and surplus to requirement. He himself acknowledged he does not know the role of his outfit and you talk of Bawumia, shame.

What is this man even doing in government? He is just a waste is space and surplus to requirement. He himself acknowledged he does not know the role of his outfit and you talk of Bawumia, shame.
MAX 10 years ago

PLS CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE AND PROVIDE FIGURES TO DISPROVE WHAT MR. BAWUMIA IS SAYING. DON'T COVER UP YOUR IGNORANCE WITH PROPAGANDA.

PLS CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE AND PROVIDE FIGURES TO DISPROVE WHAT MR. BAWUMIA IS SAYING. DON'T COVER UP YOUR IGNORANCE WITH PROPAGANDA.
TerriblY Spe cifiC 10 years ago

You are very right, Tony. No doubt the economy was plunged into darkness 2000- 2008.

You are very right, Tony. No doubt the economy was plunged into darkness 2000- 2008.
DONT KNOW 10 years ago

YOURE A BIG FOOOL TOOO I SWEAR A BIG ONE FOR SAYING THIS THING

YOURE A BIG FOOOL TOOO I SWEAR A BIG ONE FOR SAYING THIS THING
VOLUNTORY CONTRIBUTOR. 10 years ago

Ghana just put on some clothes we aren't ready to fit in properly 2000 to 2008. Those clothes was meant for those with proper local economy so that they can tell foreigners what we expert from them,not what they want ghanaian ...
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Ghana just put on some clothes we aren't ready to fit in properly 2000 to 2008. Those clothes was meant for those with proper local economy so that they can tell foreigners what we expert from them,not what they want ghanaians to do for them.
HASSAN FUSEINI 10 years ago

AS YOUR NAME PLAINLY SAYS, YOU'RE NOT TERRIBLY SPECIFIC, BUT TERRIBLY STUPID INDEED. MR BAWUMIA CITED FIGURES THAT DON'T LIE. THESE FIGURES ARE THERE FOR ALL TO SEE, SO HOW WAS THE ECONOMY PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS??? GHANA WAS T ...
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AS YOUR NAME PLAINLY SAYS, YOU'RE NOT TERRIBLY SPECIFIC, BUT TERRIBLY STUPID INDEED. MR BAWUMIA CITED FIGURES THAT DON'T LIE. THESE FIGURES ARE THERE FOR ALL TO SEE, SO HOW WAS THE ECONOMY PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS??? GHANA WAS THE TALK AND ENVY OF ALL NATIONS WHEN OUR ECONOMY GREW, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW UNDER MAHAMA? EVERYBODY IS STREESSED, BROKE, AND HUNGRY, AND YET YOU STILL SUPPORT THIS FOOL.
william 10 years ago

I PREFER AKONFEM SOCIALISM TO PINK-SHEET SOCIALISM/CAPITALISM! AT LEAST IT WILL PROVIDE HEALTHY! AND MEN SANA IN CORPORE SANO!!!

I PREFER AKONFEM SOCIALISM TO PINK-SHEET SOCIALISM/CAPITALISM! AT LEAST IT WILL PROVIDE HEALTHY! AND MEN SANA IN CORPORE SANO!!!
FULERA ALHASSAN 10 years ago

WHAT SENSE DID YOU TRY TO MAKE? GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND STAY ON TRACK, AND MAKE SOME SENSE!!!!

WHAT SENSE DID YOU TRY TO MAKE? GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND STAY ON TRACK, AND MAKE SOME SENSE!!!!
OHENE OFOSU 10 years ago

Investment in education (free education) is perhaps the most cost-effective way to build a functional economy in the long run. That is, if the program is effectively and efficiently implemented. A thriving economy is the resu ...
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Investment in education (free education) is perhaps the most cost-effective way to build a functional economy in the long run. That is, if the program is effectively and efficiently implemented. A thriving economy is the result of a well-educated, clear-thinking citizenry. So, your implication that free education is bad policy is not necessarily valid.
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Concerned Ghanaian 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo is it that true you were about to be booted out of Cape Coast university because your qualifications was being questioned, so you quickly jumped ship to the so-called revolutionary gangs so that you can become pow ...
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Tony Aidoo is it that true you were about to be booted out of Cape Coast university because your qualifications was being questioned, so you quickly jumped ship to the so-called revolutionary gangs so that you can become powerful and maintain your false doctorate degrees. Hmmm asem beba dabi
Obenfo 10 years ago

Don't mind Tony Aidoo, he is hungry and just wants to be heard so that Mahama will consider him, he does't know what it takes to become an Accountant.

He simply doesn't understand what he is talking about. He thinks everyb ...
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Don't mind Tony Aidoo, he is hungry and just wants to be heard so that Mahama will consider him, he does't know what it takes to become an Accountant.

He simply doesn't understand what he is talking about. He thinks everybody who has taken any accounting course is an accountant, BOOL!

Infact, scholars holding academic degrees in BSc., MSc., and PhD with concentration in accounting are Accountants, but can't hold themselves out as Professional Accountants that hold the license to attest and authenticate sophisticated financial documents.

It takes rigorous studies and dreadful examinations with certain years of practical experience to be given the license to practice as a Professional Accountant.

Aidoo should research into what it takes to earn the following accountancy designations: ACCA, ICMA, AIA etc., in United Kingdom, and CPA in the United States; to educate himself about the types and levels of Accountants.
Nokware_Asa 10 years ago

'Regurgitation' of other people`s original ideas that become fashionable with many of our so-called experts or "gurus"! Anybody who is very familiar with Bawumiah`s academic background will definetly agree with Tony Aidoo`s ...
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'Regurgitation' of other people`s original ideas that become fashionable with many of our so-called experts or "gurus"! Anybody who is very familiar with Bawumiah`s academic background will definetly agree with Tony Aidoo`s assessment. If you are in doubt,go and check!
And fyi,none of these professionals - physicians,engineers,lawyers,teachers,linguists etc - you see around ever started off in particular subjects areas. Besides,many of the 'grand' ideas we are all familiar with, are applicable across many disciplines.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

We are also familiar with Aidoo's academic background. We just want to read what he has published in Sociology. He is just an idiot.

We are also familiar with Aidoo's academic background. We just want to read what he has published in Sociology. He is just an idiot.
ODENEHO KASAFADIE DWASO 10 years ago

IDIOT HOBBLEDEHOY MAN. WHAT ABOUT YOU. THEY SACK YOU FROM LAW SCHOOL .,BECAUSE OF FORGERY CERTIFICATE AND WEE SMOKING.YOU ARE TRUE FACE MONKEYMAN.ANIMAL KINGDOM.DWEN WO DIEHO .ABOABA

IDIOT HOBBLEDEHOY MAN. WHAT ABOUT YOU. THEY SACK YOU FROM LAW SCHOOL .,BECAUSE OF FORGERY CERTIFICATE AND WEE SMOKING.YOU ARE TRUE FACE MONKEYMAN.ANIMAL KINGDOM.DWEN WO DIEHO .ABOABA
GAbaa 10 years ago

AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE ADVISING OUR PRESIDENT.THIS GUY BACKGROUND IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. A QUICK GOOGLE WOULD HAVE EDUCATED YOU. I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT THIS GUY KNOWS THAT HE IS THROWING SAND IN THE PUBLIC EYE.. MIS EDUC ...
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AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE ADVISING OUR PRESIDENT.THIS GUY BACKGROUND IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. A QUICK GOOGLE WOULD HAVE EDUCATED YOU. I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT THIS GUY KNOWS THAT HE IS THROWING SAND IN THE PUBLIC EYE.. MIS EDUCATING THE PEOPLE
Kwaku 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo has been in politics for over 25yrs,but no one can identify one single thing that he has ever done.Bawumia came into it less than 5yrs but almost everybody admires his impact.He is just a noise maker.

Tony Aidoo has been in politics for over 25yrs,but no one can identify one single thing that he has ever done.Bawumia came into it less than 5yrs but almost everybody admires his impact.He is just a noise maker.
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

Impact? Like lying in court, switching postures, changing intents and swearing on the Koran? Ask Muslims, they will brief you.

Impact? Like lying in court, switching postures, changing intents and swearing on the Koran? Ask Muslims, they will brief you.
Dan Forson 10 years ago

These ndc fools are just too much. Tony Aidoo is the most useless human being on this planet. After so many years in power, he has no achievements. Currently out of a job at the presidency. Incompetence galore in this ndc.

These ndc fools are just too much. Tony Aidoo is the most useless human being on this planet. After so many years in power, he has no achievements. Currently out of a job at the presidency. Incompetence galore in this ndc.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Right. If Aidoo was competent, why will Mahama sideline him. Do people know how and why he became an NDC? That was when Prof Dickson of blessed memmory was about to sack him for incompetence and arrogance. Was he not always i ...
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Right. If Aidoo was competent, why will Mahama sideline him. Do people know how and why he became an NDC? That was when Prof Dickson of blessed memmory was about to sack him for incompetence and arrogance. Was he not always insulting Papa Jerry before his lecture. He is no true NDC. Just an opportunist.
KWAMENA TURKSON 10 years ago

TONY "STUPID" AIDOO, IF BAWUMIA IS PLAYING POLITICS THEN WHERE ARE YOUR FIGURES? SHOW US WITH NUMBERS AND EVIDENCE THAT WHAT BAWUMIA SAID ARE LIES. MR BBAWUMIA BACKED HIS ASSERTIONS WITH REAL FACTS. MEN AND WOMEN LIE, BUT NUM ...
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TONY "STUPID" AIDOO, IF BAWUMIA IS PLAYING POLITICS THEN WHERE ARE YOUR FIGURES? SHOW US WITH NUMBERS AND EVIDENCE THAT WHAT BAWUMIA SAID ARE LIES. MR BBAWUMIA BACKED HIS ASSERTIONS WITH REAL FACTS. MEN AND WOMEN LIE, BUT NUMBERS DON'T LIE SO SHUT UP "MR STUPID AIDOO."
Nii Otu 10 years ago

This man talks rubbish and that is why his own party do not have any relevance for him and his office. He just say things to make news.

This man talks rubbish and that is why his own party do not have any relevance for him and his office. He just say things to make news.
Ka Na Wu 10 years ago

Tony what is your point? You are socialist Russian sociologist and not a global sociologist. You failed as a lecturer at Cape Vars

Tony what is your point? You are socialist Russian sociologist and not a global sociologist. You failed as a lecturer at Cape Vars
OBURONIBA FITAFITA 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo went around talking down against the NDC government because they had abandoned him. Maybe this is the only way to expose himself out from the hole he dug himself. Be vociferous in your attacks and win party favour. ...
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Tony Aidoo went around talking down against the NDC government because they had abandoned him. Maybe this is the only way to expose himself out from the hole he dug himself. Be vociferous in your attacks and win party favour. Ablakwa did it, Vicky did it, Anita Dezoozaa did it, Hanna Bissiw did it, Hanna Tetteh did it and almost all the deputies got their positions not out of merit but by how much insults they could cast on NPP. Ghana is in deep truble with this kind of empty headed governance.
Say the TRUTH 10 years ago

THESE ARE ALL THE FACTS ABOUT BAWUMIAH'S ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS FOR ALL TO SEE:

After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he undertook professional banking studies and obtained t ...
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THESE ARE ALL THE FACTS ABOUT BAWUMIAH'S ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS FOR ALL TO SEE:

After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he undertook professional banking studies and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB) with distinctions in Banking Law, Monetary Economics, Accounting and Banking within the rather short period of 18 months!

He undertook undergraduate study at Buckingham University where he topped his record of academic brilliance with a First Class Honours Degree in Economics in 1987.

He subsequently gained admission to Oxford University, Lincoln College, where, one year later, he obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics. He pursued his doctoral studies in economics at the prestigious Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics in 1995. His areas of specialization include Macroeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics and Monetary Policy. He has numerous publications to his credit.

From 1988 to 1990, Dr. Bawumia worked as a lecturer in Monetary Economics, and International Finance at the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy in London, England. He also served as an economist at the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, USA.

Between 1996 and 2000, Dr. Bawumia served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Texas, USA, where he also received the Young Researcher Award in 1998. As a result of Dr. Bawumia’s commitment to excellence in teaching, he made the list of "Who is Who Among America’s Teachers' in 1999.

Dr. Bawumia returned to Ghana in 2000 to work as an economist at the Bank of Ghana. He rose through the ranks from Senior Economist to Head of Department, and subsequently as Special Assistant to the Governor of the Bank. His Excellency President J.A. Kufuor appointed Dr. Bawumia as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana in June 2006.

At the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Bawumia established himself as a skilled policy maker with a reputation for being a doer, a hands-on technocrat, and a professional with a remarkable ability to successfully handle complex issues. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s professional accomplishments at the Bank of Ghana include the following:

• As Head of the Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Department, he was part of the team that designed and implemented the inflation targeting framework that continues to guide monetary policy and the workings of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of Ghana. The inflation targeting framework established was successful in reducing inflation from over 40% in 2000 to 10.2 % by 2007 (i.e., before the oil price shock of 2007/2008) while maintaining relative exchange rate stability.

• Was part of the team that was instrumental in designing and implementing policy initiatives such as the abolition of the secondary reserve requirements and the opening up of the banking sector to competition. This resulted in a major increase in the availability of credit to the private sector from 12.5% of GDP in 2001 to 28.5% of GDP by 2008.

• Led Bank of Ghana’s technical negotiation team and has been part of Government team that has negotiated with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund since 2001 through HIPC and PRGF. Partly as a result of these negotiations, Ghana by 2007 successfully ended its dependence on IMF assistance.

• Served as a member of the Government technical negotiating team on HIPC Paris Club and Completion Point Negotiations. Ghana completed the HIPC process successfully with significant debt relief of close to $4 billion.

• Was a member of the Government Team to Negotiate the Millennium Challenge Account Compact with the US Government. The MCA resulted in many significant projects such as the recently inaugurated George Bush Highway.

• Was a member of the Government Technical Team on the Deregulation of Ghana’s Petroleum Sector.

• As Chairman of the Capital Markets Committee, was responsible for the strategy for accessing the international capital markets with a debut $750 million dollars, which was four times oversubscribed.

• Was part of the team that designed and implemented the successful redenomination of the cedi which has been hailed globally. Through this process, the cedi was considerably strengthened and Ghanaians found renewed confidence in their currency. Significant savings were also made by the Bank of Ghana in currency printing costs.

• Played a key role in the design and implementation of the e-zwich common platform for all banks, savings and loans companies and rural banks. This common platform will result in inter-operability across different financial institutions. The first nationwide technologically-driven platform for monetary transactions across the country, the e-zwich has put Ghana on the map as a world leader in the application of biometric smartcard technology for banking the unbanked.

• As the deputy Governor in charge of financial stability, successfully maintained oversight over the soundness of the banking sector.

• As Deputy Governor Dr. Bawumia served on the Boards of the Bank of Ghana, Ghana International Bank (UK), Ghana Telecom, Revenue Agencies Governing Board, Social Security and National Insurance Trust.

Shortly after the 2008 election Bawumia resigned as Deputy Governor at the Bank of Ghana.
Aryiku Charway 10 years ago

Say the truth from all that you have sang on behalf of Dr Bawumia, which sounded a melody than a rel song, Dr Bawumia however, could not interpret the election figures he disgracefully made a 'dog mess' about the pink sheet. ...
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Say the truth from all that you have sang on behalf of Dr Bawumia, which sounded a melody than a rel song, Dr Bawumia however, could not interpret the election figures he disgracefully made a 'dog mess' about the pink sheet. Oh and by the way- what happened to the old cedis that were declared not for trading when he was part of the team that supervised the change over?. The problem with some of you is that you are intellectually naïve and fail to apply common sense and intelligence in your daily lives. Please be informed that there are many with higher and better academic qualifications than Bawumia. People with seasoned experiences in all departments nd disciplines yet they re unable of solving the world current economic and financial problems and difficulties.
Sir, do you know about the supply and demand theory in Economics? Otherwise you would know that it is the responsiveness of the market, the people who create the change(s) not just the theory. So please stop the illiterate economics and accept that Bawumia did not have or initiated any new policy to reduce the inflation as you seemed proudly to proclaim. Please note that there are intelligent people on this forum. Impressive CV does not make one an impressive deliverer, initiator, facilitator, a practical person who can meet the challenges in his field of studies.
Certificates normally state that ....X or Y has successfully completed a course. Certificates never say that X or Y completed all courses and knows it all!!!!.
Tunkumaruu 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo's credibility has always been on the line.

Tony Aidoo's credibility has always been on the line.
Lorgo Ligri 10 years ago

Over to you Tony. Print yours for all to read and compare for the better of the two. Kudos for putting your tail in your ass as a sign of being flattened. Consol yourself with some ganga, your usual antidote.

Over to you Tony. Print yours for all to read and compare for the better of the two. Kudos for putting your tail in your ass as a sign of being flattened. Consol yourself with some ganga, your usual antidote.
Anyan Edward.ITALY 10 years ago

becouse of his stomack that is why he is saying that.very heartless man.

becouse of his stomack that is why he is saying that.very heartless man.
Ka Na Wu 10 years ago

So who gave this guy a Ph.D. He does not know that an Account also studies Economics as part of the course package. Oh I remember he got it from Russia.

So who gave this guy a Ph.D. He does not know that an Account also studies Economics as part of the course package. Oh I remember he got it from Russia.
Chuck Wayo - Washington DC 10 years ago

Tony must shut his trap! This frustrated loud mouth, is trying sooo hard to get Mahama's attention, but has gained zilch traction. He just hanging on like an Aplankey sticking desperately on the side of a trotro for dear life ...
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Tony must shut his trap! This frustrated loud mouth, is trying sooo hard to get Mahama's attention, but has gained zilch traction. He just hanging on like an Aplankey sticking desperately on the side of a trotro for dear life. Dr Bawumiah was spot on. This the reason they are all attacking him. He dissected NDC and now they're angry at being exposed.
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

Yeah, so he should quit making himself too relevant. He's making too much noise lately.

Tony you're right on this one.

Yeah, so he should quit making himself too relevant. He's making too much noise lately.

Tony you're right on this one.
Dan Forson 10 years ago

IF DR.BAWUMIA IS AN ACCOUNTANT, GHANAIANS WILL PREFER HIM TO ALL YOUR NDC ECONOMISTS COMBINED. SUCH STUPIDITY FROM HORSE FACE TONY UNEMPLOYED AIDOO. COMMOT FOR THERE.

IF DR.BAWUMIA IS AN ACCOUNTANT, GHANAIANS WILL PREFER HIM TO ALL YOUR NDC ECONOMISTS COMBINED. SUCH STUPIDITY FROM HORSE FACE TONY UNEMPLOYED AIDOO. COMMOT FOR THERE.
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

"You and I were not there"? Sorry! But that's the lot of Dr Pink Sheets. He is full of air - oxygen and inert gasses, brother, no substance. Any objective SSS student could do better than him.

And, how many accountants and ...
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"You and I were not there"? Sorry! But that's the lot of Dr Pink Sheets. He is full of air - oxygen and inert gasses, brother, no substance. Any objective SSS student could do better than him.

And, how many accountants and economists do we NOT have in Ghana? The last time I checked, they're all useless idiots, not even worthy of the name.

Item: Why is Ghana still failing?
Divine Asempa 10 years ago

The Finance minister, Mr. Seth Terkper, who is an accountant, can only boast of a Bcom. from the University of Cape Coast, and yet this incompetent government has given him the responsibility to manage our economy - a clear c ...
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The Finance minister, Mr. Seth Terkper, who is an accountant, can only boast of a Bcom. from the University of Cape Coast, and yet this incompetent government has given him the responsibility to manage our economy - a clear case of a square peg in a round hole. Now, tell me: what results do we expect from him during his tenure in office except total failure. We live to see!
PK 10 years ago

Besides his Bcom, Seth Terpker has an MPA from Harvard. While he may be accountant, an MPA offers training in public finance and management. You know little about the guy, yet you're here impugning his professional credential ...
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Besides his Bcom, Seth Terpker has an MPA from Harvard. While he may be accountant, an MPA offers training in public finance and management. You know little about the guy, yet you're here impugning his professional credentials. Having said that, I feel sorry for Mr. Terkper. I have met the man in person and I'm fully convinced of his technocratic competence. I've met NPP MPs who share the same opinion of him. But he has inherited a crisis that's rooted in Mahama's desire to win at all cost by useless, unproductive spending. The guy is doing his best to help us muddle through a near hopeless situation. One of the things Bawumia's lecture should have focused our attention on is how to address the fiscal indiscipline that tends to characterise democratic politics or what some call political business cycles. Instead, you have a senior politician like Tony Aidoo making statements that have turned the entire discussion into the trading of insults and name calling. This stupidity, from both the NDC and NPP sides, must stop.
Seidu 10 years ago

How many NPP are Harvard scholars? we Know the information minister Ayariga LLM and Seth Tekpor MPA from Harvard. They boast of having the men yet most of them cannot trace their certificates at least Akuffo Addo and IC Quaye ...
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How many NPP are Harvard scholars? we Know the information minister Ayariga LLM and Seth Tekpor MPA from Harvard. They boast of having the men yet most of them cannot trace their certificates at least Akuffo Addo and IC Quaye.
PK 10 years ago

You, Sir, are just as stupid. Mahama Ayariga obtained a JD from Harvard, not an LLM. If you can't get your facts right about your own party elites, why wouldn't you believe all the nonsense they feed you about Nana Addo, one ...
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You, Sir, are just as stupid. Mahama Ayariga obtained a JD from Harvard, not an LLM. If you can't get your facts right about your own party elites, why wouldn't you believe all the nonsense they feed you about Nana Addo, one of the most distinguished lawyers this country has ever produced. I get incensed when well-meaning people in our society, whether NDC or NPP, are so demeaned, thereby allowing the incompetent propagandists to dominate our politics. The worse part of this is that with time even the well-trained professionals join in the useless propaganda because that becomes the norm. A classic example is Mahama Ayariga himself. When I first heard heard Mahama Ayariga in the early 2000s, he was such a brilliant analyst. Today, I feel embarrassed when I listen to him on any public forum.
Divine Asempa 10 years ago

You are the most idiotic fool that ever walked the surface of this earth. Go tell that to your imbecile mother and father that they are fools, and they are very unlucky to give birth to you, the sob that you are to be counted ...
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You are the most idiotic fool that ever walked the surface of this earth. Go tell that to your imbecile mother and father that they are fools, and they are very unlucky to give birth to you, the sob that you are to be counted as a mere statistic in Ghana. Go get a life, thou incorrigible moron.
PK 10 years ago

Good on you. You just proved me right!

Good on you. You just proved me right!
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

You see, management is not about degrees; big countries which boast of very highly intelligent cadres wouldn't be failing. Management and success thereof are about objectivity at any particular moment in time as every moment ...
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You see, management is not about degrees; big countries which boast of very highly intelligent cadres wouldn't be failing. Management and success thereof are about objectivity at any particular moment in time as every moment differs.

On the other hand, clearly, it isn't because those in management positions in Ghana can't be effective; for the most part, they lack focus and become greedy, only because the modalities put in place and policies are sidestepped to allow pilfering to go on, but this is what happens when the laws of the country aren't enforced because everyone is corrupt.

Unless there is an overhaul in the judiciary where the wheels are reinvented again to allow laws to function as designed Mahama's efforts will be just another waste of time and resources.

Item: WE NEED OUR LAWS TO BE ENFORCED AGAINST IRRESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
MAHAMA STUDIED RUSSIAN HISTORY 10 years ago

DR.BAWUMIA BRILLIANT THAN THAT STUPID MAHAMA WHO STUDIED RUSSIAN-HISTOY

DR.BAWUMIA BRILLIANT THAN THAT STUPID MAHAMA WHO STUDIED RUSSIAN-HISTOY
XX 10 years ago

STOP THE NONSENSE AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS. HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO LEAD THE COUNTRY.

STOP THE NONSENSE AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS. HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO LEAD THE COUNTRY.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

You are wrong. Any accountant study economics. Bawumia may not have his PhD in Economics but I think he has learnt enough to know about the corruption that is going on in Ghana and also the headlong dive of the economy. Vuvu. ...
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You are wrong. Any accountant study economics. Bawumia may not have his PhD in Economics but I think he has learnt enough to know about the corruption that is going on in Ghana and also the headlong dive of the economy. Vuvu. I am not a historian but I don't need to be an Einstein in economics to know the corruption and mismanagement of Ghana's economy. Papa Jerry is no economist but he knows about the corruption and financial mismanagement going on in Ghana. What do you say about that? Tony Aidoo and Adams all want to attract Mahama's attention for a ministerial position. Vuvu, even Kofi Wayo can comment on political issues.
Vuvu, can we read on any publication on any subject on Sociology that Aidoo has published?
Kwaku 10 years ago

My friend don't worry yourself,assuming he doesn't know anything about Economics how come World Bank & African Dev. Bank are using him.The NDC is just a confuse party with loud mouth leaders who don't know anything.

My friend don't worry yourself,assuming he doesn't know anything about Economics how come World Bank & African Dev. Bank are using him.The NDC is just a confuse party with loud mouth leaders who don't know anything.
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

It is not a matter of writing books, or commenting positively on issues Frank! It is a question of being wise enough to carve a way forging Ghana's drive into gainful openings and future.

We can all say smart things about ...
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It is not a matter of writing books, or commenting positively on issues Frank! It is a question of being wise enough to carve a way forging Ghana's drive into gainful openings and future.

We can all say smart things about governance and management, but how do these fare in practical terms? We know how to be vociferate but when the chance is given we aren't objective anymore. Which is why I don't respect the likes of Bawumia and Aidoo; they're cut of the same coin. The fact that I said Aidoo was spot on doesn't mean I sincerely think positively of him.

Bawumia endeavored to lie his way into presidency; how could such a person represent a country struggling to wiggle itself out of desperate situations it wallowed/ entangled itself in?

Jerry John knows what we all know and I have said it several times here and even wrote an article about it.

As for Wayo, I think he needs a trial at a more powerful position. He will fire at the first conviction of someone's ineffective enterprise.
PK 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo's claims are false. Bawumia is actually a trained economist who also happened to have studied accountancy in his early years. He has a master's in economics from Oxford University. Anyone who studies economics at O ...
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Tony Aidoo's claims are false. Bawumia is actually a trained economist who also happened to have studied accountancy in his early years. He has a master's in economics from Oxford University. Anyone who studies economics at Oxford under the likes of Paul Collier necessarily get some training in political economy. I know that for a fact. In addition, Bawumia's PhD from Simon Fraser University was on the politics of monetary policy. His most recent book actually takes a political economy perspective on monetary policy. To say that Bawumia doesn't understand "the forces that create the figures" is simply ridiculous. By his training and profession, the guy is one of the most qualified persons around to speak on the topic of the lecture. Even in this lecture, one can see an attempt at structural-ideological analysis. Because of politics, we're willing to impugn the professional credibility of the real achievers in this country.
Kay 10 years ago

Why provide all these information,NDC still will not understand this.All they know is gutter to gutter politics being taught by Prof Loud Mouth Tony Aidoo and Rev Prof Corrupt JJ Rawlings.

Why provide all these information,NDC still will not understand this.All they know is gutter to gutter politics being taught by Prof Loud Mouth Tony Aidoo and Rev Prof Corrupt JJ Rawlings.
PK 10 years ago

Well, Kay, if you read the comment by "Divine Asempa" (11-14 09:33), you'd see that the problem transcends political boundaries. He is also impugning the professional credibility of a very qualified NDC minister without actua ...
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Well, Kay, if you read the comment by "Divine Asempa" (11-14 09:33), you'd see that the problem transcends political boundaries. He is also impugning the professional credibility of a very qualified NDC minister without actually knowing enough about the guy's background. If we continue playing politics with the issues, we'll lose sight of the bigger picture, which in this case is how to address the adverse consequences of political business cycles. This is a problem all democracies face. It takes discipline and strong institutions to overcome it. I thought that's where the debate should be!
Belly Full 10 years ago

PK Bravo! This Man, Aidoo Should Be Ashamed Of His Stinking And Belly Full Politics.

PK Bravo! This Man, Aidoo Should Be Ashamed Of His Stinking And Belly Full Politics.
Dantankwa 10 years ago

DON'T MIND TONY AIDO. BAWUMIA'S BACHELOR'S WAS IN ECONOMICS (WITH FIRST CLASS. HIS MASTERS IN ECONOMIC FROM OXFORM AND PHD AS WELL IN ECONOMICS. AND HE HAS AN ENVIABLE CAREER AS AN ACADEMICIANS AND A BANKER. WHAT ELSE MAKES A ...
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DON'T MIND TONY AIDO. BAWUMIA'S BACHELOR'S WAS IN ECONOMICS (WITH FIRST CLASS. HIS MASTERS IN ECONOMIC FROM OXFORM AND PHD AS WELL IN ECONOMICS. AND HE HAS AN ENVIABLE CAREER AS AN ACADEMICIANS AND A BANKER. WHAT ELSE MAKES AN ONE ECONOMIST.
ANCIENT RUSSIA-HISTORY 10 years ago

DR.BAWUMIA FAR BETTER THAN STUPID MAHAMA

DR.BAWUMIA FAR BETTER THAN STUPID MAHAMA
MAHAMA IS NOT SMART 10 years ago

WHO IS MORE QUALIFY TO BE PRESIDENT ? STUPID-MAHAMA OR SMART-DR BAWUMIA ?

WHO IS MORE QUALIFY TO BE PRESIDENT ? STUPID-MAHAMA OR SMART-DR BAWUMIA ?
HE STUDIED RUSSIAN-HISTORY 10 years ago

STUPID MAHAMA

STUPID MAHAMA
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

If you think YOU are wise insulting a president while he still presides over you, you really have a problem.

If you think insulting a president automatically changes conditions, you really have a problem.

If you think ...
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If you think YOU are wise insulting a president while he still presides over you, you really have a problem.

If you think insulting a president automatically changes conditions, you really have a problem.

If you think insulting a president who hasn't made a year in office while some did 8 full years and messed the country up, you really have a problem.

If you think insulting a president who vows to tackle corruption and does the essential by looking into cases and firing people, when one previous president asked us to take corrupt cases to the police or lodge complain, you really have a problem.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

I don't ever support any person who insults a sitting or a past president of my country. I disagree with Papa Jerry but have never insulted him. But Vuvu, do you know that some people also stayed about 20 years as the head of ...
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I don't ever support any person who insults a sitting or a past president of my country. I disagree with Papa Jerry but have never insulted him. But Vuvu, do you know that some people also stayed about 20 years as the head of the country and caused more serious mess?
oba nyansani baako Pe in Ghana! 10 years ago

If you think Ghanaians really voted Mahama into power then you are an idiot. If you you think that Mahama can deal with corruption in Ghana then your are a fool. If you think that Mahama can cap do better then you ate dreamin ...
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If you think Ghanaians really voted Mahama into power then you are an idiot. If you you think that Mahama can deal with corruption in Ghana then your are a fool. If you think that Mahama can cap do better then you ate dreaming. Simply because he told you fool that he is coming to embezzle Ghana's money. Slogan "YE BE DII BI KEKE". If You think that Mahama has heart for Ghana then you are a typical fool. He said that he is tired so we must wait till 2016. Did you heard that or not? NDC party is cursed by Almighty God,
Brains 10 years ago

I am afraid you are not been objective at all. I do not subscribe to the insult of anybody especially the President but your analysis is faulty. The President was a vice President for three and a half years and has been Presi ...
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I am afraid you are not been objective at all. I do not subscribe to the insult of anybody especially the President but your analysis is faulty. The President was a vice President for three and a half years and has been President since President Mills died. Vowing is not the same as doing and the President has not fired anybody on corruption. He is all talk,a toothless bulldog.
torontoman 10 years ago

but none of ur family can never wear this stupid man shoes.shame on to u n ur entired families

but none of ur family can never wear this stupid man shoes.shame on to u n ur entired families
Hmmmmm 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo is a bafoon to make a stupid statement like that. Every Accountant studies Economics, also you don't have to be an Economist to understand that this government doesn't know the difference between left & right.

E ...
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Tony Aidoo is a bafoon to make a stupid statement like that. Every Accountant studies Economics, also you don't have to be an Economist to understand that this government doesn't know the difference between left & right.

Even Tony Aidoo himself has admitted that this government is a joke!!!!!
OBURONIBA FITAFITA 10 years ago

Wasnt this bafoon who ill-advised Mills not to continue the construction and projects Kuffuor left? We were left driving in dust and traffic jam for three years while they went about looting, renegotiating contracts with cuts ...
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Wasnt this bafoon who ill-advised Mills not to continue the construction and projects Kuffuor left? We were left driving in dust and traffic jam for three years while they went about looting, renegotiating contracts with cuts and inflated submissions, not to mention a general rush to claim fake judgement debts to which Mr Policy-Evaluator-Analyzer-Cum Economist Aidoo
and his plunderers were privy ?
kofi 10 years ago

who is Vuvuzela,Tony is brainless typ,he talks as if he has no formal education.

who is Vuvuzela,Tony is brainless typ,he talks as if he has no formal education.
Kwame Angel 10 years ago

Those Tony Aidoo came back from Russia to follow like a fool have no resumes. Why wouldn't Aidoo release his own resume so we can see the basis foe his judgment?

Those Tony Aidoo came back from Russia to follow like a fool have no resumes. Why wouldn't Aidoo release his own resume so we can see the basis foe his judgment?
PHILTY McNASTY 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo has a monkey face only a mother will admire

Tony Aidoo has a monkey face only a mother will admire
zomabi 10 years ago

IN GHANA POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION EQUATES WITH IMBECILE CRITICISM OF PERSONS AND GETTING PAID WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY.

IN GHANA POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION EQUATES WITH IMBECILE CRITICISM OF PERSONS AND GETTING PAID WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY.
OBURONIBA FITAFITA 10 years ago

Mahama must sack this idiot wasting our money. This why people think Mahama is ineffective and just there for fools. His own "Wiseman" said it right. He is weak and wasting our money. Watch the idiots blame NPP for Ghana's wo ...
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Mahama must sack this idiot wasting our money. This why people think Mahama is ineffective and just there for fools. His own "Wiseman" said it right. He is weak and wasting our money. Watch the idiots blame NPP for Ghana's woes because they have been blindly told so by idiots like Tony Aidoo ie Ghana has no money to pay salaries and attend to Governmment business the only way is to increase cost of electricity and water. Mr Policy Evaluator ! What a Jerk !
KWAME, BELGIUM 10 years ago

Please Tony, it seems that you don't know the person you speak about. The learned man you speak about is Dr. Pink sheet. He is good at caculating figures on pink sheets but in the bank.

Please Tony, it seems that you don't know the person you speak about. The learned man you speak about is Dr. Pink sheet. He is good at caculating figures on pink sheets but in the bank.
ANOTHER NDC FOOL 10 years ago

THERE IS NO SENSEBLE HUMAN BEING IN NDC THIEVES PARTY

THERE IS NO SENSEBLE HUMAN BEING IN NDC THIEVES PARTY
Eddie 10 years ago

so toni it seems u know everything what a u doing to elevate the hardship our follow countrymen are passing through tnx

so toni it seems u know everything what a u doing to elevate the hardship our follow countrymen are passing through tnx
sumanguuru 10 years ago

Pls Tony can as an economist explain to us what is happening to our economy?

Pls Tony can as an economist explain to us what is happening to our economy?
Sappey-Aglagoh, Atsiame-Avenorpeme 10 years ago

I am in absolute agreement with Dr Tony Aidoo. Very often when I reaed the effusions of Bawumia, the impression I get is; he is either pandering his NPP audience or he is bereft of understanding of factors, parameters or ind ...
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I am in absolute agreement with Dr Tony Aidoo. Very often when I reaed the effusions of Bawumia, the impression I get is; he is either pandering his NPP audience or he is bereft of understanding of factors, parameters or indicators that determine a country's economic performance. He might be and accountant who is at home with figures without neccessarily undersatnding how those figures were generated.
Sappey-Aglagoh, Atsiame-Avenorpeme 10 years ago

should read: "often whenn when I read" and "pandering to his NPP...."

should read: "often whenn when I read" and "pandering to his NPP...."
Sethoo 10 years ago

Don't worry I suspect you are also smoking Tony Aidoo's stuff.

Don't worry I suspect you are also smoking Tony Aidoo's stuff.
DC 10 years ago

You don't need to keep correcting the errors. People already understand you may be stupid.

You don't need to keep correcting the errors. People already understand you may be stupid.
Koforidua Flowers (fr) 10 years ago

Exactly.stop this your exercise of grammer correction and submit comments that will benefit readers.

Exactly.stop this your exercise of grammer correction and submit comments that will benefit readers.
Nokware_Asa 10 years ago

Did Bawumiah not 'fudge' numbers in order to make the erstwhile NPP administration look good in his so-called 'State of the Economy' lecture he gave a little over a year ago?
People should read the latest Africa Confidential ...
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Did Bawumiah not 'fudge' numbers in order to make the erstwhile NPP administration look good in his so-called 'State of the Economy' lecture he gave a little over a year ago?
People should read the latest Africa Confidential Report on the Zimbabwean economy to realize the fact that much of the credit heaped on Bawumiah by his domestic praise-worshippers, for resuscitating that country`s economy,was totally misplaced Barely two months after ZANU-PF`s vitory,the REAL "forces",which Tony Aidoo rightly refers to,have come into play to scuttle any 'gains' that were supposedly made under the guidance of our home-grown 'Economic Guru' Bawumiah.
USA 10 years ago

You have been in govt all your life, if your were expect in anything why is Ghana in shambles! okro mouth foolish man idiot.. Stop your non sense and go create a job for the ordinary people of Ghana.

You have been in govt all your life, if your were expect in anything why is Ghana in shambles! okro mouth foolish man idiot.. Stop your non sense and go create a job for the ordinary people of Ghana.
yaw bronx ny 10 years ago

TONY AIDOO U TALK LIKE U R IN CLASS ONE. HOW CAN U BE GIVEN A POSITION IN THE GOVT.

TONY AIDOO U TALK LIKE U R IN CLASS ONE. HOW CAN U BE GIVEN A POSITION IN THE GOVT.
Kojo 10 years ago

See who is talking! If Dr Bawumia is not Economist then who are you? So Dr Bawumia did not qualify to work with the IMF? Come on Tony Aidoo.
I know you very well from UCC in the 80s. You were a total disgrace to academia a ...
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See who is talking! If Dr Bawumia is not Economist then who are you? So Dr Bawumia did not qualify to work with the IMF? Come on Tony Aidoo.
I know you very well from UCC in the 80s. You were a total disgrace to academia and a failure in the eyes of your students. You were a disappointment to the institution that recruited you. You claim to be a Dr of Sociology but you could not deliver. You were just roaming about campus smoking. Out of shame you left UCC and quickly found refuge in the PNDC and today, you are enjoying/reaping where you have not sown. Which country will employ a person who does not have a job discription and by extension is not working? except Ghana. And you unashamedly point a figure at a renowned economist like Dr Bawumia. Tell me, since you joined the PNDC/NDC more than two decades ago what have you achieved for Ghana? Just creating, looting and sharing. Don't you dare discuss Dr Bawumia again!!
Sethoo 10 years ago

He is a useless lecturer sacked by UCC for smoking marijuana,JJ saved him and dragged him into politics when he met him at their ghetto joint where they have been smoking their stuff.

He is a useless lecturer sacked by UCC for smoking marijuana,JJ saved him and dragged him into politics when he met him at their ghetto joint where they have been smoking their stuff.
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

Oh, you were also at the ghetto? Kind of looks like, else how would you know?

Oh, you were also at the ghetto? Kind of looks like, else how would you know?
naked 10 years ago

Generation of fools when will you think like human? so do ghanaians think and reason as well? no wonder they called us sub sahara africans we will continue to be slaves to the east and the west till thy kingdom come because w ...
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Generation of fools when will you think like human? so do ghanaians think and reason as well? no wonder they called us sub sahara africans we will continue to be slaves to the east and the west till thy kingdom come because we have fail in all expert of life,Mahama in all his poor performance still people are encomium him we always tell lies a country where it citizens prefer lies to truth,can this country develop? oh ghana, mother ghana with all the resources you have yet still your children are suffering why why mother ghana why all this? a country where our education system does not allow us to think inside the box and outside the box so how can we develop us a nation, all our universities including polytechnics and teacher training are bogus chew and pour system and forget oh mother ghana, how can you differentiate between literate and illiterate in the country? literate can not use what they have acquired from school to benefit the country whiles the illiterate are feeding the nation, our educational elites are good for nothing idiots bunch of crooks with corrupt mentality.It is better to be a palm wine tapper in ghana than to hold a degree from ghana university. A word to a fool is always repeat.
king Spider 10 years ago

I get incensed when i hear folks talk of accountants as just professionals "creating figures". Mr Aidoo please note the below;

(1) There are different types of accountants which i am sure you wouldn't know

(2) Accountan ...
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I get incensed when i hear folks talk of accountants as just professionals "creating figures". Mr Aidoo please note the below;

(1) There are different types of accountants which i am sure you wouldn't know

(2) Accountants don't just "do figures". You ought to understand the business or objective of these figures so you can draw well analysed conclusions

(3)Fact, in case Mr Aidoo, you didn't also know a lot of the UK FTSE 100 companies chief executives are accountants by profession. Infact our very own UT Bank CEO is an accountant. This just gives you a taste of what accountants are capable of achieving. By the way, there are also a lot of accountants who are highly accomplished Economists!!!

I will suggest that you stick to the core politics by which i mean addressing the dire mis-management in your government, creating enterprise withour bribes and addressing the suffering of Ghanaians. Please leave accountants out of this.

Thanks
Kofi 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo is an absolute disgrace to education!!!

Tony Aidoo is an absolute disgrace to education!!!
NANDOS 10 years ago

Tony how did u acquire your DR remember you when u used to work in london

Tony how did u acquire your DR remember you when u used to work in london
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ. 10 years ago

FROM: BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
TO: H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA
H.E.VICE PRESIDENT OF GHANA KWESI AMISSAH ARTHUR
HON. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT OF GHANA DOE ADZHO
H ...
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FROM: BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
TO: H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA
H.E.VICE PRESIDENT OF GHANA KWESI AMISSAH ARTHUR
HON. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT OF GHANA DOE ADZHO
HER LADYSHIP CHIEF JUSTICE OF GHANA GEORGINA THEODORA WOOD
TOGBE AFEDE XIV, PRESIDENT OF VOLTA REGION HOUSE OF CHIEFS
TOGBE GABUSU, PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF GBI TRADITIONAL AREA
KWEKU ANSAH-ASARE, ESQ. FOUNDER OF MOUNT CREST UNIVERSITY AND FORMER
DIRECTOR OF GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW
PRESIDENT OF GHANA BAR ASSOCIATION NENE AMEGATSE
PRESIDENT OF AMERICA BAR ASSOCIATION

INFO TO:
H.E.DR.MR.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
HON. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY
HON. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER
HON. GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY CHRISTIE
PRESIDENT OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
PRESIDENT OF PACE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK
DEAN OF PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK
DIRECTOR OF FBI

DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013
SUBJECT: A BRIEF TRIBUTE IN HONOUR (HONOR) OF THE LATE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR KODZO PAAKU KLUDZE

On Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:21 PM, benony amekudzi wrote:

On Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:17 PM, benony amekudzi wrote:
IT IS ALWAYS POSTULATED AND UPTIL NOW NOBODY ON THIS HUMAN PLANET HAS PROVED CONTRARY TO THE ASSERTION THAT "TO EVERY LIFE JOURNEY, THERE IS A BEGINNING AND THERE IS ALSO AN END".
THAT THE REALITY OF THIS RELATED FACTUAL TRUTH HAS DAWN ON US AGAIN WHEN THE NEWS CAME THROUGH THE PRINT MEDIA AND THE AIR-WAVES THAT THE DISTINGUISHED EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF LAW AND ALSO LORDSHIP JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA (AS HE THEN WAS) KODZO PAAKU KLUDZE WAS NO MORE.
THAT THE NEWS CAME AS SURPRISED SINCE THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE WAS THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF LAW AT MOUNT CREST UNIVERSITY IN ACCRA AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA.
THAT I PERSONALLY GOT TO KNOW THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE WHEN I WAS AT THE GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW WHEN HE CAME TO GHANA BRIEFLY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHERE HE WAS LECTURING AT THE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW AND NOW FOUNDER OF THE MOUNT CREST UNIVERSITY KWEKU ANSAH-ASARE, ESQ. WHO TO MY RESPECTFUL SUBMISSION TO BE A PROFESSOR BY ALL STANDARDS BY NOW INTRODUCED THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE TO THE CLASS BECAUSE HE WAS THE AUTHORITY IN EQUITY AND CUSTOMARY LAND LAW OF GHANA.
THAT HE CAME A LECTURE THE CLASS ON SOME OF THE TOPICS UNDER "EQUITY,TRUST AND SUCCESSION" AND I GOT TO KNOW HIM FROM THEN.
THAT WHEN I FINALLY TRAVELED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND RESIDENT THEN IN NEW YORK AND DECIDED TO UNDERTAKE THE MASTER OF LAWS (LLM) COURSE AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW THAT I CONTACTED HIM TO BE ONE OF MY REFERENCES SINCE THOSE ONES I SENT TO GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW WAS DELAYING.
THAT TRULY THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GHANA DELAYED AND THEREFORE COULD NOT MEET THE CLOSING DATE OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, HOWEVER, THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE RECOMMENDATION LETTER WAS RECEIVED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.
THIS RELATED DELAYED FROM GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW OF THE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS AND THAT FROM ANSAH-ASARE & CO., HENCIL CHAMBERS IN ACCRA CAME VERY LATE THEREFORE I DECIDED TO APPLY TO PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK WHICH CLOSING DATE AT THAT TIME WAS STILL OPENED.
THEREFORE, I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE REGISTRAR AND THE ADMISSION OFFICE AND THEY AGREED THAT I COULD USE THE FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LETTER HEAD THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE WRITTEN TO APPLY TO THE PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW AND I DULY USED IT TO APPLY FOR THE MASTER OF LAWS (LLM) PROGRAMME (PROGRAM) TO PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.
THAT I WAS DULY ADMITTED TO PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW MASTER OF LAWS (LLM) IN FALL OF 1999/2000 ACADEMICS YEAR.
THAT THE PROGRAMME (PROGRAM) WAS ONE FULL YEAR BUT OTHERS DID THE COURSE FOR TWO (2) OR THREE (3) YEARS, HOWEVER, I DID THE MASTER OF LAWS (LLM) COURSE FOR ONE FULL YEAR AND PASSED ALL THE COURSES AND NEVER FAILED ANY SUBJECT NOR GIVEN ANY OPPORTUNITY TO RE-WRITE ANY PAPER AS REQUIRED BY THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW REGULATIONS.
THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW PURPORTED SOMEONE LIED ABOUT ME AND THE UNIVERSITY NEVER INFORMED ME BUT THEY INTIMATED THEY INVESTIGATED ME GOT TO KNOW THAT THE PERSON LIED ABOUT ME. THAT ACCORDING TO PROFESSOR MADDEN THAT THEY TREATED ME AS "A BEE STINKS A PERSON AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO USE THE SAME BEE TO PRODUCE THE HONEY" AND THE HONEY NEVER UPTIL NOW BE RECEIVED WHICH NECESSITATED ME TO REPORT THE MATTER TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR A THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS, THERETO.
THAT WAS SURPRISING THAT SOME GHANAIANS AND GHANA LAWYERS WERE AMONGST THOSE WHO PEDDLED THE LIES ABOUT ME AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OVER ME AND SOME OTHERS WHILE I WAS IN THE UNITED STATES AND STOLE ALL MY PERSONAL PROPERTY, MONEYS, BANKS ACCOUNTS, LETTERS/MAILS AND EVEN E-MAILS.
THAT MY NOW FORMER WIFE ALICE NAVI AMEKUDZI AND MY INFANT DAUGHTER THEN KEKELI AMA AMEKUDZI WERE KIDNAPPED ON JANUARY 25, 2007 WHEN I WENT TO VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT TO FILE A LAWSUIT BY A GHANAIAN TURNED UNITED STATES CITIZEN JEFFLEAN NTOW AND OTHERS.
THAT IT IS NOW MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MY FORMER WIFE ALICE NAVI AMEKUDZI AND MY BEAUTIFUL INFANT DAUGHTER KEKELI AMA AMEKUDZI WHO IS NOW NINE (9)YEARS OF AGE ARE NOW RESIDENT IN NEW YORK.
THAT IT WAS AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY STOLE MY S10 MILLION, A MONEY THAT I AM ASKING HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO WHO WAS THEN GHANA FOREIGN MINISTER TO TALK ABOUT AND ALSO TO ANSWER SOME RELATED QUESTIONS, THERETO, I POSED.
THOUGH THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE DEATH AND ITS RELATED TRIBUTE SHOULD NOT BE THE APPROPRIATE PLATFORM TO RAISE THESE RELATED MATTERS AND CONCERNS, HOWEVER, AND SINCE THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE WAS ONE OF MY REFERENCES IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN HE WAS LECTURING AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW BEFORE HE RETURNED TO GHANA AND WAS ALSO APPOINTED BY H.E.FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA THAT IT MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN THIS TRIBUTE.
THAT THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE WAS A GREAT SCHOLAR, PROFESSOR, LECTURER/TEACHER, A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GHANA, FATHER, LAWYER AND COUNSELOR AND ALL WITH THEIR OWN ATTENDANCE ATTRIBUTES.
THAT A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR KODZO PAAKU KLUDZE IS AS FOLLOWS:

Biography
Professor Kludze, a leading authority on equity and on African customary law and its relationship to the European-based legal systems of the African states, is the author of many articles and several books. He received his B.A. and LL.B degrees, both at the top of his class, from the University of Ghana and his Ph.D.and LL.D. from the University of London. Professor Kludze has taught at the University of Ghana, University of Calabar, Nigeria, and Temple University. He teaches Equity, Decedents Estates, Comparative Constitutional Law, and African Law. In 2003 he became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, and was also later named as Chairman of the Law Reform Commission of Ghana.
BULLETIN BOARD; Professor Nominated to Ghana Court
Published: December 25, 2002
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A. KODZO PAAKU KLUDZE, a distinguished professor at the Rutgers University School of Law at Camden, has been nominated to the 12-member Supreme Court of Ghana. Professor Kludze, 68, is an authority on African law and its relationship to the European-based legal systems of the African states. He had planned to return to his native Ghana when he retired from Rutgers at the end of this year. ''I was informed of my nomination on Dec. 2, when friends of mine in Ghana called to tell me of the reports in the newspaper,'' Professor Kludze said. He added that while the nomination of Supreme Court justices was a public process in the United States, it was much less so in Ghana, which follows the British tradition of law. His nomination is expected to be approved by the Parliament of Ghana next month.

THAT THE DEATH OF THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE HAS NOT ONLY STRUCK BLOW TO GHANA BUT ALSO TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ESPECIALLY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY AND THE ACADEMIA AS WHOLE SINCE THE LATE PROFESSOR KLUDZE WAS AN AUTHORITY IN EQUITY, TRUST AND SUCCESSION IN GHANA AND AFRICAN LAW.

THAT GHANA HAS LOST AN ILLUSTRIOUS SON AND THE VACUUM CREATED IS SO DEEP.

MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE IN THE LORD.

DOAGBE, DOAGBE, DOAGBE EYE NADZUDZOR TSO WOA AGBAGBA DZEDZE WO ME. MIE LORWO GAKE MAWU LORWO VEVIE WU MI, DOAGBE. AMEN!

BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER/LEGAL CONSULTANT/ADMINISTRATOR

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Peace 10 years ago

Oh Dr you just demonstrated that either you are not inteligent or you just do not say the truth. in fact you did not make sense at all.

Oh Dr you just demonstrated that either you are not inteligent or you just do not say the truth. in fact you did not make sense at all.
charles 10 years ago

look at another NDC man without ..............how can you talk like this.how can bawumia be an accountant.if you have people like this in a party why wont the government fail.

look at another NDC man without ..............how can you talk like this.how can bawumia be an accountant.if you have people like this in a party why wont the government fail.
DrG 10 years ago

and yet he is in charge of finance and economic planning. What about that Tony Aidoo?

and yet he is in charge of finance and economic planning. What about that Tony Aidoo?
Kofi Akator 10 years ago

Tony, you are the kind of Economists who are advising the President because you alone know Economics? No doubt we are left with bare bones.

I weep for Ghana. If not for loss of votes from where you come from, people like y ...
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Tony, you are the kind of Economists who are advising the President because you alone know Economics? No doubt we are left with bare bones.

I weep for Ghana. If not for loss of votes from where you come from, people like you should have been fired long long ago. You are receiving pay for no work done.
Kwame peasah darkwah nyc 10 years ago

another stupid guy tony aidoo

another stupid guy tony aidoo
Tribal Leader 10 years ago

The most useless statement on the planet. Do you know the difference between Accountancy and economics Aidoo?

The most useless statement on the planet. Do you know the difference between Accountancy and economics Aidoo?
Tribal Leader 10 years ago

A failed mushroom uni Dr - what are you?

A failed mushroom uni Dr - what are you?
Tribal Leader 10 years ago

Infante dokono

Infante dokono
YAW-COLUMBUS OHIO USA 10 years ago

It must be noted that you can,t be a successful accountant without studying deep into economics principles and applications.Macro and micro economics is part and parcel of the accounting profession.It is very easy for an acc ...
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It must be noted that you can,t be a successful accountant without studying deep into economics principles and applications.Macro and micro economics is part and parcel of the accounting profession.It is very easy for an accountant to become full economist than an economist becoming full accountant.Even to pass the traditional A-LEVEL ACCOUNTING exam,you need to take a full economics course along side.ECONOMICS AND ACCOUNTING ARE DIRECTLY RELATED LIKE BROTHER AND A SISTER.
In this wise I don,t know what Tony Aidoo is talking about.He is so naïve and no little about business program.As an accountant,Bawumia can easily handle an economist job than HARRUNA IDDRISU -WHO MAJOURED IN SOCIAL WORK AND LAW handling a very technocrat and sensitive position -MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY(SHAME ONTO NDC YOU GUYS DON,T HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE JOB).Tony just do a thorough research about accountancy and econonmics before you open your mouth in public.Dr Bawumiah really really lived up to expectation when he was given the chance.HE STABILIZED OUR CURRENCY FOR ALL THE PERIOD NPP WAS IN POWER.THE ECONOMY WAS STABLE UNDER NPP BECAUSE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH RIGHT PROFFESIONS WERE USED.
SKINKISS- LEEDS UK 10 years ago

Masa studying Economics does not make you an economist just as staying in the garage does not make you a car. I see you're a semi-baked graduate . You lack understanding.

Masa studying Economics does not make you an economist just as staying in the garage does not make you a car. I see you're a semi-baked graduate . You lack understanding.
KOFI 10 years ago

... and does studying sociology make you an Economist? As for your 'piece' on about staying in the garage, it portrays you as someone who cannot reason logically. Why is Tekper, an accountant, in charge of Finance and Econom ...
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... and does studying sociology make you an Economist? As for your 'piece' on about staying in the garage, it portrays you as someone who cannot reason logically. Why is Tekper, an accountant, in charge of Finance and Economic Planning?
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.

The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?" The mathematician replies "Four." The interviewer asks "Four, exactl ...
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A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.

The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?" The mathematician replies "Four." The interviewer asks "Four, exactly?" The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says "Yes, four, exactly."

Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question "What do two plus two equal?" The accountant says "On average, four - give or take ten percent, but on average, four."

Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question "What do two plus two equal?" The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer and says, "What do you want it to equal"?
LARYEAH 10 years ago

THAT IS EXCELLENT JOKE MY ROYAL GHANAIAN BROTHER. BUT YOU FORGOT THAT RAWLINGS MADE 2 + 2 = 0, KUFOUR 2 + 2 = 4, ATTA MILL 2 + 2 = -2, MAHAMA 2 + 2 = -4. NO INSULT INTENDED!

THAT IS EXCELLENT JOKE MY ROYAL GHANAIAN BROTHER. BUT YOU FORGOT THAT RAWLINGS MADE 2 + 2 = 0, KUFOUR 2 + 2 = 4, ATTA MILL 2 + 2 = -2, MAHAMA 2 + 2 = -4. NO INSULT INTENDED!
JAK The Ripper 10 years ago

No insolence intended, but aptly described, Kuffuor was a rogue president who manipulated/faked figures (with the tacit connival of westerners/donors Ghana was indebted to)... +1 -3*** thus giving a semblance of of economic s ...
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No insolence intended, but aptly described, Kuffuor was a rogue president who manipulated/faked figures (with the tacit connival of westerners/donors Ghana was indebted to)... +1 -3*** thus giving a semblance of of economic stability...that is why neither Mills nor Mahama have been able to balance Ghana's accounts...

Kuffuor went HIPC but distributed(dashed) whatever benefits/gains accrued to his cronies and relatives. Refer to gold chain stolen in broad daylight in full view of all Ghanaians under the guise of rewarding hard work...the sale of Ghana Telecom... 3.5 % of oil find to EO group...his kids getting tenders to bail them out of bankruptcy... the list is endless.

NPP brags they have brainy technocrats and gave the impression they would propel the development of Ghana yet soon after they handed over the economy just nosedived into morass/doldrums. therefore where was the solid foundation or structures they put in place during the NPP tenure? NPP just RIPPED Ghana off bare to the bone.

We must all grow up and learn to be more astute and enlightened to be able hold ALL governments properly accountable for their stewardship. Let"s stop the blind defence of unsrupulous thieving so-called politicians for our own survival.

These thieving polititians will come steal and go and leave the economy in tatters for us the 'mmobrowa'.

How l
ADAM SOULE-MAN 10 years ago

BAWUMIA HAS SO MUCH CREDENTIALS THAT MADE HIM QUALIFY TO BE VICE GOVERNER OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF GHANA,AND WAS KEY IN TRANSFORMING GHANA DURING KUFFOURS TERM THAT BROUGHT RELIEF TO THE POOR MASSES IN GHANA.

BAWUMIA HAS SO MUCH CREDENTIALS THAT MADE HIM QUALIFY TO BE VICE GOVERNER OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF GHANA,AND WAS KEY IN TRANSFORMING GHANA DURING KUFFOURS TERM THAT BROUGHT RELIEF TO THE POOR MASSES IN GHANA.
ADAM SOULE-MAN 10 years ago

HISTORY AS A SUBJECT WAS THE LEAST YOU DONT HAVE CRACK YOUR BRAINS TO LEARN,AND YOU ARE COMPARING AND MAHAMA JUST DID THAT,
NO WONDER HE IS RUNNING DOWN OUR ECONOMY.

HISTORY AS A SUBJECT WAS THE LEAST YOU DONT HAVE CRACK YOUR BRAINS TO LEARN,AND YOU ARE COMPARING AND MAHAMA JUST DID THAT,
NO WONDER HE IS RUNNING DOWN OUR ECONOMY.
FIRECRACKER 10 years ago

can't people of other disciplines coment on the economy apart from those labelled as 'ECONOMIST?' eeei Ghana

can't people of other disciplines coment on the economy apart from those labelled as 'ECONOMIST?' eeei Ghana
MAGGIE 10 years ago

by this pitiful tony aidoo's shallow and narrow arguement then john mahama is not fit at all to be president bcos he did history so what is his business in the flag staff house...NO WONDER ALL HE HAS DONE IS TO CREATE LOOT AN ...
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by this pitiful tony aidoo's shallow and narrow arguement then john mahama is not fit at all to be president bcos he did history so what is his business in the flag staff house...NO WONDER ALL HE HAS DONE IS TO CREATE LOOT AND SHARE WHICH HAS BROUGHT GHANA DOWN TO ITS KNEES......SOMEBODY SHD ASK TONY AIDOO WHETHER HE HAS DONE ANY COURSE IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION.....SO NO WONDER JOHN MAHAMA ISNT RESOURCING HIS OFFICE TO WORK AS MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER.....tony aidoo is a total failure in govt and must be booted out.....kwasiaaaaaaaaaa....ide beeeeeee kekekekekeke..
kweku adu 10 years ago

this stupid boy call bawumia should tell Ghanaians who killed rokko frimpong when they were changing our old currency to the current weak ones? was rokko frimpong not one of the staff working with bawumia at the time the old ...
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this stupid boy call bawumia should tell Ghanaians who killed rokko frimpong when they were changing our old currency to the current weak ones? was rokko frimpong not one of the staff working with bawumia at the time the old cedis was been changed into the current weak cedi? we all know that it was not armed robbers who shot and killed rokko frimpong instantly. bawumia should be truthful on his holy Quran and tell Ghanaians if the late rokko frimpong did not oppose to the stinking deals they were making at the bank of Ghana at that time under his nose, by giving collected old cedis from other innocent Ghanaians to their cronies and party gurus to present the same old cedis previously presented by other Ghanaians for the new cedis? today you have the impudence to talk about economic management of the ndc. this guy will surely go to hell when he dies.
kweku adu 10 years ago

bawumia has realy disappointed his late father a very respectful father before his death to join hands with these nation looters and wreckers to do the stupid things he has been doing for sometime now. I remember vividly how ...
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bawumia has realy disappointed his late father a very respectful father before his death to join hands with these nation looters and wreckers to do the stupid things he has been doing for sometime now. I remember vividly how the first ndc under jj rawlings helped school this boy. like judas Iscariot after his education he turned his back on Kwame Nkrumah and the ndc to be in bed with this tradition that had brought enough curse on mother Ghana independence days. before this bawumia realizes, the hawks and vampires in the npp re-mote controlling him, would have dumped him after they achieve their goals!
me 10 years ago

Who the hell gave this Dr. Aidoo a PhD? He touches on every subject, even spiritual. He doesn't even have a job with mediocre NDC.

Who the hell gave this Dr. Aidoo a PhD? He touches on every subject, even spiritual. He doesn't even have a job with mediocre NDC.
Me 10 years ago

ACCOUNTANT OR ECONOMIST, WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER HE GETS HIS FIGURES RIGHT.

FUCKING AIDOO.

ACCOUNTANT OR ECONOMIST, WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER HE GETS HIS FIGURES RIGHT.

FUCKING AIDOO.
AMB 10 years ago

He cannnot be an Accountant either. He comes across as a half-baked academician. Either his vision and academic capabilities are covered by penchant for pleasing his potical sponsors!!!!! Accountants are usually smart and ca ...
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He cannnot be an Accountant either. He comes across as a half-baked academician. Either his vision and academic capabilities are covered by penchant for pleasing his potical sponsors!!!!! Accountants are usually smart and can articulate facts to support figures etc.
Ship Dealer 10 years ago

Have you stop smoking weed,You talk toooo
Much. Sometimes when you smoke you talk
Toooo much. FUCK OFF MAN.

Have you stop smoking weed,You talk toooo
Much. Sometimes when you smoke you talk
Toooo much. FUCK OFF MAN.
quamy 10 years ago

WHAT ABOUT TO YOU? YOU TAUGHT SOCIOLOGY @ UCC BUT U ARE HEAD OF POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION, DON'T WE NEED AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THAT?

WHAT ABOUT TO YOU? YOU TAUGHT SOCIOLOGY @ UCC BUT U ARE HEAD OF POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION, DON'T WE NEED AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THAT?
Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

Idiocy as usual!

Idiocy as usual!
Wise advice 10 years ago

Tony,shut up.Everybody knows that the economy is worse as Dr Bawumia is saying.

Tony,shut up.Everybody knows that the economy is worse as Dr Bawumia is saying.
USMAN 10 years ago

Accounting has gone past the bookkeeping and the usual number crunching. Nowadays accountants use historical data in addition to statistical, legal and economic tools and models to take high quality decisions that inure to or ...
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Accounting has gone past the bookkeeping and the usual number crunching. Nowadays accountants use historical data in addition to statistical, legal and economic tools and models to take high quality decisions that inure to organizational and the public good. This is why in the UK one cannot be a politician without being a chartered accountant. You remember when the Queen of England came to Ghana she emphasized that if Ghana wants to develop she would need a large number of chartered accountants. I tell you, this is very true. I don't have any degree and my orientation is in the applied sciences but I know this for a fact. I am surprised a whole Tony Aidoo, who holds a PhD degree does not Know this. I have always been saying that the bane of our underdevelopment is our useless university graduates who are in authority like the junior Tony Aidoos who parade themselves as babies with sharp teeth. I know Mahama will fail because he has surrounded himself with the useless academicians who think like the very children they teach.
KANIBA 10 years ago

Do not mind this SURPLUS MINISTER at the JUBILEE HOUSE. MAHAMA himself do not take him serious.

Do not mind this SURPLUS MINISTER at the JUBILEE HOUSE. MAHAMA himself do not take him serious.
Nana 10 years ago

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A fully furnished hotel facility at Achimota is available for rent between 2- 10yrs base on negotiation.

Price: $8,000 per month/negotiable

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? 13 Rooms/storey building
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Kofi 10 years ago

Tony needs to find himself a real job or retire. Being an accountant does not mean one cannot know economics. Bawumia may lack the competence to make correct analysis of the economy but every knows the economy is in the rever ...
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Tony needs to find himself a real job or retire. Being an accountant does not mean one cannot know economics. Bawumia may lack the competence to make correct analysis of the economy but every knows the economy is in the reverse gear.
NII LARTEY NARTEY 10 years ago

Who allowed the stinky mouth of this old for nothing, shamed dismissed dirty university lecturer out?

This man is still day dreaming of the 80s when the notorious fake socialist revolutionary PNDC monsters violently took t ...
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Who allowed the stinky mouth of this old for nothing, shamed dismissed dirty university lecturer out?

This man is still day dreaming of the 80s when the notorious fake socialist revolutionary PNDC monsters violently took this once noble and peaceful country hostage by the gun and killed lot and lot innocents only to bring the motherland on her knees as we all experience the untold social economic hardships.

Dr. Bawumia, the man who silenced your NDC criminal gangsters before the world is an Accountant and not an Economist, what are you?

You have walk the corridors of political powers enough to get out and get yourself a better job and stop being a wasteful riffraff.
Kwame Kumi 10 years ago

Yoo. So let's say Bawumia is after all an Accountant who has performed so brilliantly that he has been offered top jobs not only by Ghana but also the IMF as an Economist. But what we want to know is what Tony Aidoo, who ha ...
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Yoo. So let's say Bawumia is after all an Accountant who has performed so brilliantly that he has been offered top jobs not only by Ghana but also the IMF as an Economist. But what we want to know is what Tony Aidoo, who has confessed as being redundant even within his own party, is.
Osei Dovlo Saibu 10 years ago

Tony wo ye kwasia paa!

Tony wo ye kwasia paa!
Ship Dealer 10 years ago

Are you sure you are Dr.when you smoke you
Talk too much.I don't think you are serious at all

Are you sure you are Dr.when you smoke you
Talk too much.I don't think you are serious at all
peace 10 years ago

here go mr know it all advise mahama

here go mr know it all advise mahama
Alhassan 10 years ago

Born into a large family, Mahamudu Bawumia was the twelfth of his father’s 18 children and the second of his mother’s five.
Mahamudu Bawumia attended the Sakasaka Primary school in Tamale, and gained admission to Tamale ...
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Born into a large family, Mahamudu Bawumia was the twelfth of his father’s 18 children and the second of his mother’s five.
Mahamudu Bawumia attended the Sakasaka Primary school in Tamale, and gained admission to Tamale Secondary School in 1975, where he quickly established a strong reputation for his exceptional academic performance. He was awarded the prize for Best Overall Student in Form 3. He continued to excel in his studies, and dazzled his audiences with his superb debating skills as a member of the Tamale Secondary School Debating Team, which was adjudged the best in the Northern and Upper Regions competition in 1981. He was also Wemah House Prefect at Tamale Secondary School.
Dr. Bawumia also had a keen interest in sports and represented Tamale Secondary School in Table Tennis at inter-school sporting competitions. His leadership skills and abilities were noted earlier on, and he was appointed as the Wemah House Prefect during his Sixth Form at Tamale Secondary School. Mahamudu Bawumia was also President of the Ghana United Nations Students’ Association (GUNSA) for the year 1981.
After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he undertook professional banking studies and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB) with distinctions in Banking Law, Monetary Economics, Accounting and Banking within the rather short period of 18 months!
He undertook undergraduate study at Buckingham University where he topped his record of academic brilliance with a First Class Honours Degree in Economics in 1987.
He subsequently gained admission to Oxford University, Lincoln College, where, one year later, he obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics. He pursued his doctoral studies in economics at the prestigious Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics in 1995. His areas of specialization include Macroeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics and Monetary Policy. He has numerous publications to his credit
NIMA OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

Mahama's only qualification is a diploma in studying history of the communist party of Russia and have no any creditably meaningful profession yet you follow him, beast!!!

Mahama's only qualification is a diploma in studying history of the communist party of Russia and have no any creditably meaningful profession yet you follow him, beast!!!
Joe 10 years ago

tony Aidoo, you are fool. What do you know? Stupid and irresponsible man

tony Aidoo, you are fool. What do you know? Stupid and irresponsible man
Togbe 10 years ago

Tony Aidoo please stay away from any gathering of the wise. Stupidity indeed sucks.

Tony Aidoo please stay away from any gathering of the wise. Stupidity indeed sucks.
Paa Quesi 10 years ago

please shut up Tony Aidoo and your cohorts and fix the economy for Ghanaians are dying

please shut up Tony Aidoo and your cohorts and fix the economy for Ghanaians are dying
Jocey 10 years ago

Akofu-Addo and Bawumia are the worst we can have to rule us.And God knows why.

Akofu-Addo and Bawumia are the worst we can have to rule us.And God knows why.
saka 10 years ago

tony had a point on Dr Bawumia's analysis but his choice of accountancy as a basis of comparism has betrayed his envy & hatred for accountants.
tony believes that accountants should just be there dishing out money. @ the nd ...
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tony had a point on Dr Bawumia's analysis but his choice of accountancy as a basis of comparism has betrayed his envy & hatred for accountants.
tony believes that accountants should just be there dishing out money. @ the ndc headquaters he is nottorious for heckling the accountants often times. that explains why he once described Dr Obed Asamoah as arrogant because the doctor was before then chairman of the finance committee of the party. tony aidoo has been caught a couple of times trying to show disrespect to the first chairman of the NDC who is a professional accountant but the chairman always considers tony a small boy so allow him to go. i had a funny feeling tony might have attempted to become an accountant before just as he recently attempted to be a lawyer.
fred , usa 10 years ago

After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he undertook professional banking studies and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB) with distinctions in Banking Law ...
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After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he undertook professional banking studies and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB) with distinctions in Banking Law, Monetary Economics, Accounting and Banking within the rather short period of 18 months!

He undertook undergraduate study at Buckingham University where he topped his record of academic brilliance with a First Class Honours Degree in Economics in 1987.

He subsequently gained admission to Oxford University, Lincoln College, where, one year later, he obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics. He pursued his doctoral studies in economics at the prestigious Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics in 1995. His areas of specialization include Macroeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics and Monetary Policy. He has numerous publications to his credit.
YAW-COLUMBUS OHIO USA 10 years ago

Fred you hit the nail right on the head.DO NDC HAVE PEOPLE LIKE DR BAWUMIAH?AHH--- WELL WE LIVE TO SEE.Fred the economy has to be fixed but I,m really realy scared for these crop of leaders.Do they have the people and the kno ...
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Fred you hit the nail right on the head.DO NDC HAVE PEOPLE LIKE DR BAWUMIAH?AHH--- WELL WE LIVE TO SEE.Fred the economy has to be fixed but I,m really realy scared for these crop of leaders.Do they have the people and the knowledge to transform our ailing economy?THAT IS A MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION TO ANSWER.
YAW-COLUMBUS OHIO USA 10 years ago

Yes accountants are not fully economists.I know that but what I meant was that every accountant,studied economics and most of them can perform an economist job without any difficulties.Accountants studies almost the same syll ...
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Yes accountants are not fully economists.I know that but what I meant was that every accountant,studied economics and most of them can perform an economist job without any difficulties.Accountants studies almost the same syllabi as like a full economist.It is an accounting specialization for one to become an accountant especially at MBA LEVEL.My brother if an accountant studies in areas like demand and supply,money and banking including fiscal and monetary policies,national income,inflation,market structure,international economics and finance etc,etc,what do you expect from the person again?HEAVEN ECONOMICS?OR WHAT.I studied accounting myself and nothing an economists know that accountants don,t know.In most accountancy and business schools ,accounting becomes a specialization at your final year after studying into deep, economics and other business programs
GREEDY BASTARDS 10 years ago

UNCLE TONY,
I BEG TO DIFFER.MY REASON IS DO NOT DENIGRATE ACCOUNTANCY.I GUESS THIS IS A POLITICAL TALK FOR NO ACCOUNTANT WORTH HIS SALT TAKES FIGURES AT THEIR FACE VALUE!LET ME SAY EVEN 1ST DEGREE GRADUATES(BSC.ADMN ACCOUNTI ...
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UNCLE TONY,
I BEG TO DIFFER.MY REASON IS DO NOT DENIGRATE ACCOUNTANCY.I GUESS THIS IS A POLITICAL TALK FOR NO ACCOUNTANT WORTH HIS SALT TAKES FIGURES AT THEIR FACE VALUE!LET ME SAY EVEN 1ST DEGREE GRADUATES(BSC.ADMN ACCOUNTING OPTION STUDENTS)AT UNIV OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL GO DETAILLY INTO ECONOMICS AND MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS AS WELL AS BUSINESS POLICY AND MONETARY THEORY AMONGST OTHERS BEFORE GRADUATING.THE CASE IS NOT DIFFERENT AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL TOO.I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERN WITH IS THE MERIT OR OTHERWISE OR THE SUBJECT MATTER AND NOT THE PERSONALITY DR. BAWUMIAH ARE THE ISSUES HE IS RAISING FACTUAL OR NOT FACTUAL?LET US ALSO ASK WHO ARE THE AUDIENCE ETC?I SUBMIT THAT CASES WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAGGED, IS KILLING MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION BY PROFESSIONALS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COUNTRY.DO WE KNOW THE NUMBER OF NOBLE PRIZE WINNERS OF ECONOMICS IN THE USA?BUT SEE WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?WE MUST TAKE CRITICISM IN GOOD FAITH HOWEVER BITTER THAT IT IS.BECAUSE THOSE DOWN THERE COMPLAINING ARE NOT COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUT UNCLE TONY IF YOU HAVE WOKEN UP ONE MORNING TO REALISE YOUR BILLS CANT BE PAID;FOOD, SCHOOL FEES,MEDICALS ETC YET YOU ARE GIVEN YOUR ALL THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE SITUATION IN WHICH THE MASSES FIND THEMSELVES NOW.I IMPLORE THE FANATICS LET US TELL THE PREZ WHAT HE NEEDS TO HEAR AND NOT WHAT HE WANTS TO HEAR.THE CHIEFS,PROFESSIONALS KAYAYEI SHOESHINE BOYS ETC WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HARSH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE NOT DOING IT IN A VACUUM.YOU DON'T NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE TO REALISE YOUR ARE SUFFERING ECONOMICALLY PLEASE.THE PRAISE SINGING IS TOO MUCH.
QUEEN 10 years ago

The IDIOTISM of IDIOTIC IDIOT

The IDIOTISM of IDIOTIC IDIOT
Omanba 10 years ago

Mr tony all your efforts to help the ndc government they still don't need your service why worry urself . Even someone who is illiterate knows the economy is breaking Down so Ghanaians don't need a rocket scientist to tell ...
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Mr tony all your efforts to help the ndc government they still don't need your service why worry urself . Even someone who is illiterate knows the economy is breaking Down so Ghanaians don't need a rocket scientist to tell as what iis going mr weed smoker. Better go and get your workers salary for them period
SHAKAMORA 10 years ago

if he is an accountant what abt u ofui

if he is an accountant what abt u ofui
Vordjorgbe 10 years ago

An apology of a Dr.

An apology of a Dr.
NANA OWUSU NYANSA, GERMANY 10 years ago

NO WONDER MAHAMA HAS FORGOTTEN YOU AT THE OSU CASTLE !!! BY THE WAY WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION ? TONY AIDOO ?

NO WONDER MAHAMA HAS FORGOTTEN YOU AT THE OSU CASTLE !!! BY THE WAY WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION ? TONY AIDOO ?
New On Ghanaweb 10 years ago

With people like Tony Aidoo, no wonder Ghana's economy is at worst.
Does Tony Aidoo knows that every Accountant is required to study Economics as part of the curriculum.
Can Tony tell us that all the Ministers in their Ad ...
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With people like Tony Aidoo, no wonder Ghana's economy is at worst.
Does Tony Aidoo knows that every Accountant is required to study Economics as part of the curriculum.
Can Tony tell us that all the Ministers in their Administration has a degree in the areas of study for which they were appointed.
Oh! poor mother Ghana, why do we have such shallow minded people managing your affairs.
Acpend 10 years ago

a banker. He doesn't have accounting qualification and he doesn't think like an accountant. He is incompetent in that area.

a banker. He doesn't have accounting qualification and he doesn't think like an accountant. He is incompetent in that area.
robbie, texas u.s.a 10 years ago

he mentioned inadequate monitoring of fiscal policy, monetary policy, state ownership,private ownership over spending and over borrowing as some of the factors that have led us in such a hole regime by regime and produced fig ...
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he mentioned inadequate monitoring of fiscal policy, monetary policy, state ownership,private ownership over spending and over borrowing as some of the factors that have led us in such a hole regime by regime and produced figures to support them. so what else do you aidoo want him to provide to show he is an economist.
the aforementioned are the forces that creates those figures mr smart ass. just shut up if you dont have a clue what he meant, you can see him later and he will school you for free.
oba nyansani baako Pe in Ghana! 10 years ago

Kwasea, Tony Aidoo tell us what you know and what you can do to move Ghana ahead. That is more relevant to Ghanaians. Ofui ba! Kronfo3 wakyi kro kankan.

Kwasea, Tony Aidoo tell us what you know and what you can do to move Ghana ahead. That is more relevant to Ghanaians. Ofui ba! Kronfo3 wakyi kro kankan.
Say the TRUTH 10 years ago

After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he undertook professional banking studies and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB) with distinctions in Banking Law ...
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After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he undertook professional banking studies and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB) with distinctions in Banking Law, Monetary Economics, Accounting and Banking within the rather short period of 18 months!

He undertook undergraduate study at Buckingham University where he topped his record of academic brilliance with a First Class Honours Degree in Economics in 1987.

He subsequently gained admission to Oxford University, Lincoln College, where, one year later, he obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics. He pursued his doctoral studies in economics at the prestigious Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics in 1995. His areas of specialization include Macroeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics and Monetary Policy. He has numerous publications to his credit.

From 1988 to 1990, Dr. Bawumia worked as a lecturer in Monetary Economics, and International Finance at the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy in London, England. He also served as an economist at the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, USA.

Between 1996 and 2000, Dr. Bawumia served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Texas, USA, where he also received the Young Researcher Award in 1998. As a result of Dr. Bawumia’s commitment to excellence in teaching, he made the list of "Who is Who Among America’s Teachers' in 1999.

Dr. Bawumia returned to Ghana in 2000 to work as an economist at the Bank of Ghana. He rose through the ranks from Senior Economist to Head of Department, and subsequently as Special Assistant to the Governor of the Bank. His Excellency President J.A. Kufuor appointed Dr. Bawumia as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana in June 2006.

At the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Bawumia established himself as a skilled policy maker with a reputation for being a doer, a hands-on technocrat, and a professional with a remarkable ability to successfully handle complex issues. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s professional accomplishments at the Bank of Ghana include the following:

• As Head of the Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Department, he was part of the team that designed and implemented the inflation targeting framework that continues to guide monetary policy and the workings of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of Ghana. The inflation targeting framework established was successful in reducing inflation from over 40% in 2000 to 10.2 % by 2007 (i.e., before the oil price shock of 2007/2008) while maintaining relative exchange rate stability.

• Was part of the team that was instrumental in designing and implementing policy initiatives such as the abolition of the secondary reserve requirements and the opening up of the banking sector to competition. This resulted in a major increase in the availability of credit to the private sector from 12.5% of GDP in 2001 to 28.5% of GDP by 2008.

• Led Bank of Ghana’s technical negotiation team and has been part of Government team that has negotiated with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund since 2001 through HIPC and PRGF. Partly as a result of these negotiations, Ghana by 2007 successfully ended its dependence on IMF assistance.

• Served as a member of the Government technical negotiating team on HIPC Paris Club and Completion Point Negotiations. Ghana completed the HIPC process successfully with significant debt relief of close to $4 billion.

• Was a member of the Government Team to Negotiate the Millennium Challenge Account Compact with the US Government. The MCA resulted in many significant projects such as the recently inaugurated George Bush Highway.

• Was a member of the Government Technical Team on the Deregulation of Ghana’s Petroleum Sector.

• As Chairman of the Capital Markets Committee, was responsible for the strategy for accessing the international capital markets with a debut $750 million dollars, which was four times oversubscribed.

• Was part of the team that designed and implemented the successful redenomination of the cedi which has been hailed globally. Through this process, the cedi was considerably strengthened and Ghanaians found renewed confidence in their currency. Significant savings were also made by the Bank of Ghana in currency printing costs.

• Played a key role in the design and implementation of the e-zwich common platform for all banks, savings and loans companies and rural banks. This common platform will result in inter-operability across different financial institutions. The first nationwide technologically-driven platform for monetary transactions across the country, the e-zwich has put Ghana on the map as a world leader in the application of biometric smartcard technology for banking the unbanked.

• As the deputy Governor in charge of financial stability, successfully maintained oversight over the soundness of the banking sector.

• As Deputy Governor Dr. Bawumia served on the Boards of the Bank of Ghana, Ghana International Bank (UK), Ghana Telecom, Revenue Agencies Governing Board, Social Security and National Insurance Trust.

Shortly after the 2008 election Bawumia resigned as Deputy Governor at the Bank of Ghana.
Prof. Oyekotum 10 years ago

in Waco, Texas in the U.S. The university is not ranked even top 20. It is rather ranked 75th on best colleges in the U.S. That's where he earned his Phd. I challenge Bawumia to tell the universities that he attended. The guy ...
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in Waco, Texas in the U.S. The university is not ranked even top 20. It is rather ranked 75th on best colleges in the U.S. That's where he earned his Phd. I challenge Bawumia to tell the universities that he attended. The guy is light weight in academics.
Say the TRUTH 10 years ago

YOU JUDGE YOURSELF AND BE PRAGMATIC PROF:

THE MAIN ISSUE IS WHETHER HE IS AN ECONOMIST OR NOT???
DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE THAT HE'S GOT PHD IN ECONOMICS??????

ALSO IF THE UNIVERSITY THAT HE EARNED HIS PHD IS RANKED 75T ...
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YOU JUDGE YOURSELF AND BE PRAGMATIC PROF:

THE MAIN ISSUE IS WHETHER HE IS AN ECONOMIST OR NOT???
DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE THAT HE'S GOT PHD IN ECONOMICS??????

ALSO IF THE UNIVERSITY THAT HE EARNED HIS PHD IS RANKED 75TH ON AMERICA'S BEST DOES THAT TAKE AWAY HIS PHD IN ECONOMICS OR WE DON'T CONSIDER HIS PHD AS NOT AN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OR DEGREE?????

COMMON SENSE IS NOT COMMON TO ALL!!!
Say the TRUTH 10 years ago

WORK EXPERIENCE

Jan. 2011- Mar.2012 Resident Representative, African Development Bank Group (Zimbabwe). Responsible for AfDB relations with Zimbabwe, Research-Based Technical Advice to Government, Coordination with Donor ...
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WORK EXPERIENCE

Jan. 2011- Mar.2012 Resident Representative, African Development Bank Group (Zimbabwe). Responsible for AfDB relations with Zimbabwe, Research-Based Technical Advice to Government, Coordination with Donor Community, Oversight Responsibility for Administration of the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund.

Oct.2009-Oct. 2010 Visiting Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Department of Economics, University of Oxford. Undertook research on Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform in Africa

Fellow International Growth Centre (IGC). Served as IGC Country Team Member for Sierra Leone. Also served as Advisor to Central Bank of Sierra Leone on redesigning the organizational structure of the bank and its monetary policy framework.

April-October 2009 Visiting Scholar, University of British Columbia, Liu Centre for Global Studies and Fisheries Centre.

Feb-March 2009 Consultant Economic Commission for Africa. Prepared a paper on Africa’s Position for the G20 London Summit.

June 2006- Jan 2009 Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana, Responsible for Monetary Policy, Financial Stabilty, and Payments System Reform

June 2006-Jan 2008 Member of the Board of Directors, Bank of Ghana, Ghana
International Bank (UK), Ghana Telecom, Revenue Agencies Governing Board, Social Security and National Insurance Trust.

Jan. 2005- Jan, 2009 Chairman, Capital Markets Committee (Ghana). Had oversight
responsibility for putting together the strategy for Ghana accessing the international capital markets with a debut $750 million sovereign bond.

Aug-Dec 2008 Vice Presidential candidate, New Patriotic Party in the December 2008 Ghanaian Presidential Elections.

2001-2006 Head, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Department, Bank of Ghana. Responsible to the analytical work leading to the setting up of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and oversight for technical work presented to the MPC.

• Leader of Bank of Ghana technical team and part of Government Team that has negotiated with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund since 2001 through HIPC and PRGF.

• Member of the Government of Ghana technical negotiating team on HIPC Paris Club and Completion Point Negotiations.

• Member of Government team to negotiate the Millenium Challlege Account (MCA) compact with the U.S. Government. Was responsible for drafting the financial sector component of the compact.

• Member of Government technical team on the deregulation of the petroleum sector in Ghana.

2000-2001 Senior Economist, and Head of Economic Analysis, Bank of Ghana Research Department

1996.-2000 Assistant Professor of Economics, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Texas, USA

1994. Summer intern, International Monetary Fund. Washington. D.C. Research Department.

1988-1990 Lecturer in Monetary Economics, International Finance. Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, London, England.

EDUCATION

1991 - 1995 Ph.D. in Economics
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia., Canada

Specialization: Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Monetary Economics

1987- 1988 M.Sc. Development Economics
University of Oxford , UK (Lincoln College)

1984-1986 B.Sc. Economics (First Class Hons.)
University of Buckingham, UK

1982-1984 Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (A.C.I.B) –U.K
With distinction in Monetary Economics, Accountancy, Law and Banking Principles. Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, London, England

1975-1982 Tamale Secondary School – GCE O and A-Levels

PUBLICATIONS

“A Future Currency Regime for Zimbabwe”. African Development Bank Policy Brief. Forthcoming.

Towards a Green Economy. Lead Author, UN Green Economy Report 2011.

Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform in Africa: Ghana’s Experience. Booklocker. 2010

“Africa and the Global Financial Crisis”. Paper presented at the American Economic Association Meetings. Atlanta, January 2010.

“The Emerging International Financial Architecture. Implications for Africa”. Paper prepared for the Economic Commission for Africa. March 2010.

“African Perspectives on the G20 London and Pittsburg Summits”. Paper prepared for the Economic Commission for Africa. March 2010.

“Africa and the G20 Summit”. Paper prepared for Economic Commission for Africa, March, 2009

“Overfishing and Piracy in Somalia” with Ussif Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre Working Paper, October, 2009

Ghana’s Reforms Transform its Financial Sector” with Theresa Owusu and Arnold McIntyre, IMF Survey, May, 2008

“The Choice of Monetary Policy Regime in Ghana”, with Banjamin Amoah and Zakari Mumuni, Bank of Ghana Working Paper, July 2008.

“The Determination of Bank Interest Spreads in Ghana: An Empirical Analysis of Panel Data” with Martin Ofori and Franklin Belnye, Bank of Ghana Working Paper, September, 2005.

“Developing a Composite Indicator of Economic Activity in Ghana”, with Benjamin Amoah, Bank of Ghana Working Paper, February, 2004

“A simple Vector Error correction Forecasting Model for Ghana”, with Joseph Atta-Mensah, Bank of Ghana Working Paper August 2003

"Monetary Growth, Inflation and Exchange Rate Policy in Ghana"
Research Department, Bank of Ghana, Journal of the West African Monetary Institute, 2003.

“The Transmission mechanism for Monetary Policy in Ghana” with Philip Abradu-Otoo, Bank of Ghana Policy Paper , August, 2003

“The Determinants of Exchange Rates in Ghana”, with Zakari Mumuni. Bank of Ghana Working Paper. March, 2003

“The Feasibility of Monetary Union in West Africa”. Mimeo. Economic Commision for Africa. November 2002.

“Comparative Institutional Features of Different Common Central
Banks” West African Monetary Institute. Mimeo. February, 2002.
“Designing an Exhange Rate Mechanism for the West African Monetary Zone”. West African Monetary Institute. Mimeo. February, 2002.

“Explaining African Economic Growth Performance: The case of Ghana” with Ernest Aryeetey and A. Fosu. Paper prepared for the African Economic Research Consortium. April 2001.

" Why the Apparent Rush to Market Reform"? Journal of Economics, 1999.

" The Sequencing of Fiscal Reform during Structural Adjustment. Lessons from Ghana, Uganda, and Zimbabwe". Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. XXXVIII No.2/3 Summer-Fall 1996

“A Closer Look at the Distributional Impact of Ghana’s Structural Adjustment Program (1983-1992). Journal of Modern African Studies. Vol. 36. No.1 March 1998.

“Estimating the Aggregate Values of Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa”, co-authored with Samuel A. Laryea. Review of Human Factor Studies. Vol. III No. 1. June 1997.

“Ecosystem justice and the marketplace”, 2000,p. 140 – 153 in Coward, H., Ommer, R., and Pitcher, T. J. (eds.), with Sumaila, U. R.. Fish ethics:Justice in the Canadian Fisheries. Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

"Africa, the Challenge of Development". Book Chapter in Stephen. Gardner's Comparative Economic Systems, Dryden, 1999.

“The Human Factor in Japanese Economic Development.”
Senyo B.S.K. Adjibolosoo (eds). International Studies of The Human Factor in Economic Development. Praegar,

AWARDS

2011 African Leadership Award, African Leadership Magazine. For
Contribution to Economic Policy Reform in Africa.

2007 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana (FCIB)

1999 Young Researcher Award: Baylor University, Texas, USA

1986 Sir Alan Peacock Prize. Best Economics Student, Department of .Economics, University of Buckingham, UK.
YAW-COLUMBUS OHIO USA 10 years ago

The university that NKRUMAH attended in U.S is not on the top 20 ok or a known school but he is ranked as the best president in Ghana.In U.S all universities are fully accredited by the same accreditation board ok based on pr ...
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The university that NKRUMAH attended in U.S is not on the top 20 ok or a known school but he is ranked as the best president in Ghana.In U.S all universities are fully accredited by the same accreditation board ok based on proffesors,facilities etc,etc and most of them are very good.It all depends on ones performance after school.THAT IS MORE RELEVANT.It can be number one or number 500,what matters most is performance or final delivery ok.
Dantankwa 10 years ago

IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT WHERE DR BAWUMIA HAD HIS PHD FROM. PLEASE SPEAK TO PROF. KEN ATTAFUA. HE WAS WITH BAWUMIA IN CANADA. BAWUMIA ONLY TAUGHT IN USA FOR A SHORT WHILE AND NEVER STUDY IN US.

IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT WHERE DR BAWUMIA HAD HIS PHD FROM. PLEASE SPEAK TO PROF. KEN ATTAFUA. HE WAS WITH BAWUMIA IN CANADA. BAWUMIA ONLY TAUGHT IN USA FOR A SHORT WHILE AND NEVER STUDY IN US.
DONT KNOW 10 years ago

these NDC fools think they can joke with us???what the heck??tony Aiddoo whats ur qualification??thieves,liars,murderers who steal from the poor to enrich themselves

these NDC fools think they can joke with us???what the heck??tony Aiddoo whats ur qualification??thieves,liars,murderers who steal from the poor to enrich themselves
kwame Atoboge 10 years ago

a fool displaying his talent

a fool displaying his talent
Koforidua Flowers (fr) 10 years ago

If Dr Bawumia is an Accountant but can deal with figures and economic principles as such then,it adds to his greatness.Tony Aidoo is proving Dr Bawumia a Genius to reckon.Tony is just trying to be part of the Mahama led ndc g ...
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If Dr Bawumia is an Accountant but can deal with figures and economic principles as such then,it adds to his greatness.Tony Aidoo is proving Dr Bawumia a Genius to reckon.Tony is just trying to be part of the Mahama led ndc government by false means.
salatsu 10 years ago

see the joker now talking.oh Ghana

see the joker now talking.oh Ghana
H. Gyimah 10 years ago

You this old fool. Go and sort yourself out with your failed government. You are not relevant to this govt, hence you have been ditched.
Yeye man.

You this old fool. Go and sort yourself out with your failed government. You are not relevant to this govt, hence you have been ditched.
Yeye man.
koo nimoh 10 years ago

So sad that Ghana's political field is filled with bunch of PhD 'doctors' who have no practical skills to help the sickening economy of Ghana. This is a typical third country where individuals quickly acquire PhD's from the w ...
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So sad that Ghana's political field is filled with bunch of PhD 'doctors' who have no practical skills to help the sickening economy of Ghana. This is a typical third country where individuals quickly acquire PhD's from the west and then jump into politics into local politics with the so-called research skills they supposed to have but can nothing to help the majority of Ghana's illiterate population and their basic livelihood not to mention industrialization and technological developement. Those "Dr" Tony Aidoos and all others who just talk for the sake of talking but cannot do anything meaningful to rescue Ghana's economy. All they are capable of doing is to challenging each other on skill competencies. As a matter of fact, Ghana's problems should be blamed on both NPP's and NDC's and their doctors who hijack Ghana's politics by default and with all the corruption practices within both parties when in power but practically they have no clue or solutions to Ghana's developmental challenges.Therefore Ghana's poor and the illiterate should stop worshiping these empty vessels called "doctors of philosophy" for nothing.Go to the advanced countries there you will see that most PhD holders are engaged in a meaningful research fields of all kinds and of their specialties so they can find solutions to the socio-economic problems of the society. Where in Ghana the PhDs spend their time in parliament, in party offices and take ministerial posts so they can loot public money and get rich quicker.It is only in third world countries where PhD holders are worshiped or honoured. However, you cannot say the same in most advanced countries. In any given government one should try and do the counting to see how many Drs are called ministers of that or ministers of this. and at the end of the day the nations problems keep compounding. Some of us who have been past students in the universities environment know very well that any idiot can quickly go for PhD program and soon be called a Dr of nothing and management skills. In most advanced countries successful business owners and personalities are the ones honoured and respected by their communities.I know this because I have seen observed such things after living in the west for nearly three decades. In the lens, I have always watch PhDs like the dr.Tony Aidoo and witnessed - just too much talking in Ghana's media for years but have not solved a single problem amongst the many that confront Ghana.
Richie 10 years ago

I was ashamed to listen to Bawumia last night. A Dr. so slow in analysis of very important issues? wow!!!!

I was ashamed to listen to Bawumia last night. A Dr. so slow in analysis of very important issues? wow!!!!
ODENEHO 10 years ago

THAN LAID IN STATE PHOTO.HE ALWAYS INSULT ACCOUNTANTS PARTICULARLY KAN DAAPA YET ALL THAT HIS OWN CHOKED PROFESSION TAUGHT HIM IS SMOKING SMOKING AND SMOKING.LAW DID NOTHING GOOD TO HIM THAN SMOKING.AAAAABBBWWAAAA

THAN LAID IN STATE PHOTO.HE ALWAYS INSULT ACCOUNTANTS PARTICULARLY KAN DAAPA YET ALL THAT HIS OWN CHOKED PROFESSION TAUGHT HIM IS SMOKING SMOKING AND SMOKING.LAW DID NOTHING GOOD TO HIM THAN SMOKING.AAAAABBBWWAAAA
PAPSON 10 years ago

KNOWS BETER THAN YOU, YOU ARE A WAIST, GET OFF.

KNOWS BETER THAN YOU, YOU ARE A WAIST, GET OFF.
fidelity 10 years ago

Gone are those days of this kind of bogus talk, so Tony Aidoo find something sensible to say.

Gone are those days of this kind of bogus talk, so Tony Aidoo find something sensible to say.
goodman 10 years ago

MR TONY AIDO, YOU CALL YOURSELF A DOCTOR WITH PHD. CAN YOU TELL US JUST ONE PUBLICATION OF YOURS?? YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE AND CRITICE PEOPLE WHO CRACK THEIR BRAINS, LAZY MAN

MR TONY AIDO, YOU CALL YOURSELF A DOCTOR WITH PHD. CAN YOU TELL US JUST ONE PUBLICATION OF YOURS?? YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE AND CRITICE PEOPLE WHO CRACK THEIR BRAINS, LAZY MAN
nana 10 years ago

Go back to senior high school.

Go back to senior high school.
Abena 10 years ago

Bawumia is a shame to the whole country. Give a memoral speech you're doing politics with it. surprisingly his analysis were so poor and it was amazing a Dr of such a stature could be so sluggish in thinking regarding politic ...
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Bawumia is a shame to the whole country. Give a memoral speech you're doing politics with it. surprisingly his analysis were so poor and it was amazing a Dr of such a stature could be so sluggish in thinking regarding politics cum economics.Tony can not be anymore right and I dove my hat for him...
KOFI SEFSAH 10 years ago

U THIS MAN U HAVE TO RESPEAT YOURSELF ANY TIME U TALK,U HAVE NEVER MARK SENSES ARE U REALY DOCTOR OR SOO CALL THAT SORT OF GHANAIAN DOCTOR.AM TALKING U AIDOO

U THIS MAN U HAVE TO RESPEAT YOURSELF ANY TIME U TALK,U HAVE NEVER MARK SENSES ARE U REALY DOCTOR OR SOO CALL THAT SORT OF GHANAIAN DOCTOR.AM TALKING U AIDOO
nii 10 years ago

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KING 10 years ago

WHAT POLICY HAS NDC INTRODUCED FOR TONY AIDOO TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE. IS IT EDE BI KEKE OR EDE CHOP KEKE POLICY.

WHAT POLICY HAS NDC INTRODUCED FOR TONY AIDOO TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE. IS IT EDE BI KEKE OR EDE CHOP KEKE POLICY.
AKONFEM MAHANI 10 years ago

SHUT UP CORRUPT ADOO,SHAME ON YOU,NDC TONY AIDOO KNOW NOTHING,PERIOD

SHUT UP CORRUPT ADOO,SHAME ON YOU,NDC TONY AIDOO KNOW NOTHING,PERIOD
Ato 10 years ago

So Dr. Tony Aidoo, what is your analysis of the economy?

So Dr. Tony Aidoo, what is your analysis of the economy?
PEKI TUMU 10 years ago

This is uncalled for from a person who wants us to respect him and take him serious . The efforts should be NOT on theperosn of Dr Bamwumia but on what he has said

This is uncalled for from a person who wants us to respect him and take him serious . The efforts should be NOT on theperosn of Dr Bamwumia but on what he has said
Yaw 10 years ago

If we can't have one single person from this party of non achievers to admit what even the dumbest person can see,which is their failure to govern the country well,then Ghana will continue to decline.
We're all witnessing ou ...
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If we can't have one single person from this party of non achievers to admit what even the dumbest person can see,which is their failure to govern the country well,then Ghana will continue to decline.
We're all witnessing our country being destroyed and falling apart before our eyes and yet if anybody dare raise the issue,what we get back are insults?
Tony Aidoo you and your fellow nation wreckers will always be in denial which is very typical of you because you lack conscience.
Please we're suffering so stop your insults and bulling and think of the country and her citizens.
If even Dr.Bawumia is not an economist as you claim,does it really matter?Your message to us is we all have to be economist before noticing the weakness in our economy?
You're always known to talk loosely and stupidly but this top it all.
At least we should have one sensible person from you lots to see reason for after all,whether we like it or not,you're ruling this country,Ghana.
So sad.
AKONFEM MAHANI 10 years ago

DOC THE GREAT MAN FOR GHANA,SO TONY AIDOO SHUY UP FOOOOL

DOC THE GREAT MAN FOR GHANA,SO TONY AIDOO SHUY UP FOOOOL
Ekow 10 years ago

Dr Aidoo, Accountants don't "just run with numbes" and are not bookkeepers okay ? Find out what Accountants do, and get to know competent Accountants.

Dr Aidoo, Accountants don't "just run with numbes" and are not bookkeepers okay ? Find out what Accountants do, and get to know competent Accountants.
Danny 10 years ago

fa wotoe begye post. Party.
Antie VIC etoe kesea party. Fa wotoe bekye Golf[post] is back in NDC

fa wotoe begye post. Party.
Antie VIC etoe kesea party. Fa wotoe bekye Golf[post] is back in NDC
Baby face 10 years ago

Stupid Man, N D C can not fucus the hardship in the country only to bream ordinary people

Stupid Man, N D C can not fucus the hardship in the country only to bream ordinary people
MECHANICAL ENGINEER 10 years ago

MECHANICAL ENGINEERS CAN RULE GHANA BETTER THAN POLITICIANS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERS CAN RULE GHANA BETTER THAN POLITICIANS
debango 10 years ago

See who is talking,tony aidoo who gas a doctorate in philosophy even analyses the economy and thinks he got it all.let alone Bawamia;one time deputy gov of the exchequire n country manager for the ADB .this man would say anyt ...
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See who is talking,tony aidoo who gas a doctorate in philosophy even analyses the economy and thinks he got it all.let alone Bawamia;one time deputy gov of the exchequire n country manager for the ADB .this man would say anything to get post from jdm
ADWOA 10 years ago

HAS YOUR OFFICE BEEN PAID?

HAS YOUR OFFICE BEEN PAID?
.. 10 years ago

Look at him. Mr. iron Jaws!

Look at him. Mr. iron Jaws!
ASEM BEBADEBI 10 years ago

WHY IS THE NPP UNDER ESTIMATING THE INTELLIGENCE OF GHANAIANS,WE VOTED FOR MAHAMA AND WE WILL VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN COME 2016,PERIOD

WHY IS THE NPP UNDER ESTIMATING THE INTELLIGENCE OF GHANAIANS,WE VOTED FOR MAHAMA AND WE WILL VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN COME 2016,PERIOD
Ericus-Ericus 10 years ago

What did he study?

What did he study?
Robin Hood 10 years ago

Anthony Adu, Bawumia may be an accountant yet he is so accomplished as one that the UN and ADB have been using his expertise. You claim to have a PHD in Sociology but UCC kicked you out for your incompetency.So what are you t ...
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Anthony Adu, Bawumia may be an accountant yet he is so accomplished as one that the UN and ADB have been using his expertise. You claim to have a PHD in Sociology but UCC kicked you out for your incompetency.So what are you talking about? A failed lecturer and a competent accountant; who is better? Just shut up and remain in your uninspiring office?Baboon face!
Robin Hood 10 years ago

With due respect to Eddie Murphy, the American comedian and actor.

With due respect to Eddie Murphy, the American comedian and actor.
STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago

A disgraceful comment from so called Dr Aidoo. Mr. Aidoo should know that any Economist who can't crunch numbers(figures) together with economic theories and practical end up with no solvable economic problems. This is what ...
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A disgraceful comment from so called Dr Aidoo. Mr. Aidoo should know that any Economist who can't crunch numbers(figures) together with economic theories and practical end up with no solvable economic problems. This is what is been seen in the country now and the Legislative Body is unconcerned about the present Government's Deficit Budget which is ballooning daily without check.

What the Legislative Body needs to do as a matter of urgency is to stop the government from borrowing, prioritize government projects and force the Government to balance its budget as a condition of future borrowing.

Truth hurts Mr. Aidoo but it worth millions to have an intelligent person points your wrong doings than a fool singing hallelujah to you. By the way as the Head of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation at the Flagstaff House, can you tell the nation what strides you have made in your portfolio which have had good impact to the nation as a whole or to the ordinary man on the street in particular? Come again Mr. Aidoo, your comment is absolutely stupid and of no substance. E&OE.
dunaa 10 years ago

I am saddened to read this article in which Dr. Tony Aidoo is reported to be making these statements. I take it on face value that Dr. Tony Aidoo has a Ph.D. is some subject. I also take it on face value that Dr. Bawumia also ...
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I am saddened to read this article in which Dr. Tony Aidoo is reported to be making these statements. I take it on face value that Dr. Tony Aidoo has a Ph.D. is some subject. I also take it on face value that Dr. Bawumia also has a Ph.D. in some subject. Having said that, it is immediately of no consequence if either has their Ph.D.s in Economics. Economics is not a "science". Acquiring an advanced degree in any field gives the acquirer and ability to conceptualize in a way that a less educate person is unable to do. I have seen people who are "Physicians" and Ph.D.s in Law state positions on Economic issues. I dare say such opinions are no less valid than that of an Economist. A mature person should not get involved in this sort of small mindedness. It reminds me of reports which appeared in the press several years ago in which Konadu Agyeman Rawlings was dsputing whether or not Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo was an Economist rather than a Lawyer. The economy in any country is so complex that sometimes the Makola woman who deals with actual participants knows more about the dynamics than a certificated person from the university. Dr. Bawumia was a senior officer at the Bank of Ghana prior to his plunging into Ghana politics. For me that means, at the very least, Dr. Bawumia has a feel for Monetary Policy in a way few other people would have. The process of learning is a never ending phenomena, so even is Dr. Bawumia is certificated only in Accounting, his exposure to macro economic forces in a monetary policy environment should give him some credibility when he offers his opinion. Remember, Economics is not a science!
BETTER GHANA 10 years ago

Tony you are an 1800 economist. Abreast yourself with the current economic theories to solve the current dismal economic condition. Dr. Bawumias analysis is first class economic analysis.

Tony you are an 1800 economist. Abreast yourself with the current economic theories to solve the current dismal economic condition. Dr. Bawumias analysis is first class economic analysis.
ACCA Trainee Accountant 10 years ago

Only Professionally qualified (P/Q)people can called themselves accountants NOT individuals with degrees such BSc, MSc and PhD. Only people who have sat and passed professional qualifications such as Association of Chartered ...
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Only Professionally qualified (P/Q)people can called themselves accountants NOT individuals with degrees such BSc, MSc and PhD. Only people who have sat and passed professional qualifications such as Association of Chartered Ceritified Accountants (ACCA)Institute of Chartered Manamgement Accountants (ACMA) Association of International Accountants(AIA) Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA), Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA) Certified Public Accountants (CPA) and others. So Mr Aidoo you are wrong. Bawumia is an Economist are not accountant
Obenfo 10 years ago

Aidoo doesn't understand what he is talking about. He thinks everybody who has taken any accounting course is an accountant.

Infact, Scholars holding Academic Degrees in BSc., MSc., and PhD with concentration in accounting ...
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Aidoo doesn't understand what he is talking about. He thinks everybody who has taken any accounting course is an accountant.

Infact, Scholars holding Academic Degrees in BSc., MSc., and PhD with concentration in accounting are Accountants, but can't hold themselves out as Professional Accountants that hold the license to attest and authenticate financial documents.
Frankie 10 years ago

Only individuals with ACCA ACMA AIA IFA CPA are ACCOUNTANTS I have a Bsc Msc and studying for my ACCA and cannot called myself accountant

Only individuals with ACCA ACMA AIA IFA CPA are ACCOUNTANTS I have a Bsc Msc and studying for my ACCA and cannot called myself accountant
RastafaraI 10 years ago

who gave you this definition...its just UK exam bodies taking money from your pocket... I know CPA is American

who gave you this definition...its just UK exam bodies taking money from your pocket... I know CPA is American
Yaw 10 years ago

tony aiddoo,please tell us the underlying factors which are causing the fiscal indiscipline in your government so we'll appreciate it better,

tony aiddoo,please tell us the underlying factors which are causing the fiscal indiscipline in your government so we'll appreciate it better,
ROUND CHEEKS 10 years ago

IN HIS TEACHING CAREER.

IN HIS TEACHING CAREER.
baafour atta poku 10 years ago

Tony is a joker,he has to say this to appease his master and employer.Now he wears suits and no more chalewote anymore.He is envious of Dr.Bawumiah. Shame onTony Aidoo.

Tony is a joker,he has to say this to appease his master and employer.Now he wears suits and no more chalewote anymore.He is envious of Dr.Bawumiah. Shame onTony Aidoo.
Whatever 10 years ago

I agree with Tony Aidoo. Bawumia lacks the mental prowess to do serious analysis of any economy. And like Tony Aidoo said, he just take the figures and plays politics with it. He doesn't understand the force behind the figure ...
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I agree with Tony Aidoo. Bawumia lacks the mental prowess to do serious analysis of any economy. And like Tony Aidoo said, he just take the figures and plays politics with it. He doesn't understand the force behind the figures. Tony Aidoo is 100% right
KO 10 years ago

OK WHAT ARE THE FORCES BEHIND THE FIGURES. YOU JUST COMMENT AND LEAVE THINGS HANGING.

OK WHAT ARE THE FORCES BEHIND THE FIGURES. YOU JUST COMMENT AND LEAVE THINGS HANGING.
Whatever 10 years ago

What caused the numbers to be there that's what Tony meant. An Example is Bawumia claim over growth rate being higher under the NPP regime. Such a claim is bizarre because the causative agent which was increased productivity ...
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What caused the numbers to be there that's what Tony meant. An Example is Bawumia claim over growth rate being higher under the NPP regime. Such a claim is bizarre because the causative agent which was increased productivity was no where to be found. So if you say higher growth... what caused the growth... was it the cocaine business at that time? or what. We know for sure that is wasn't production rise because productivity declined during that time
ayeh 10 years ago

stupid tony aidoo

stupid tony aidoo
seeMe 10 years ago

How can he even be a good accountant when he doesn't know the most valuable part of a bank check - that is, the AMOUNT written in WORDS and Not the amount written in FIGURES as he openly demonstrated in court!!

How can he even be a good accountant when he doesn't know the most valuable part of a bank check - that is, the AMOUNT written in WORDS and Not the amount written in FIGURES as he openly demonstrated in court!!
OKOE 10 years ago

THE LITTLE THAT I KNOW, ECONOMICS IS THE MOST IMPRECISE SUBJECT. IF ONE ECONOMIST SAYS ONE THING, YOU GET A THOUSAND DISPUTING OR GIVING A DIFFERENT RESULT. THEY NEVER AGREE OR THEIR PREDICTIONS ARE MOST OF TIME DISPUTABLE.

THE LITTLE THAT I KNOW, ECONOMICS IS THE MOST IMPRECISE SUBJECT. IF ONE ECONOMIST SAYS ONE THING, YOU GET A THOUSAND DISPUTING OR GIVING A DIFFERENT RESULT. THEY NEVER AGREE OR THEIR PREDICTIONS ARE MOST OF TIME DISPUTABLE.
OKOE 10 years ago

PLEASE, DO NOT BRING MECHANICAL ENGINEERS INTO THE MESS IN GHANA.

PLEASE, DO NOT BRING MECHANICAL ENGINEERS INTO THE MESS IN GHANA.
Papa Yaw 10 years ago

Howe

Howe
KOKI 10 years ago

How can this be an issue? Dr. Bawumia is not an economist but an accountant, an issue Dr. Aidoo thinks is of utmost importance it can quench someone's thirst?

Can some of these highly educated sons and daughters of the lan ...
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How can this be an issue? Dr. Bawumia is not an economist but an accountant, an issue Dr. Aidoo thinks is of utmost importance it can quench someone's thirst?

Can some of these highly educated sons and daughters of the land direct their energies to bear on issues that place good meal on the table of the poor family in the country? Can they visit the media houses to share their vast academic knowledge on how to start and grow a business or stay away from corrupt practices? Can they raise concerns over business ventures for the youth? Can they harness the untapped energy of the street beggars, the despondent, the hussler into a productive venture they themselves have set up? Can they demonstrate their practical productive output that contributes to our GDP? Can they raise issues bordering on technology to drive our development? Can they drop all these political talk which bears no real value safe political scoreline? - a kind of circus doing us no good~

Honestly, we should sit back and think up seriously where we are going and what we daily occupy ourselves with; just too much political debate and talk talk but very little thought provoking ideas on business growth, technology advancement, creativity,funding of private sector businesses, the how to's of fighting corruption.

"Waa look" where India is and see where we are....they have already sent an unmanned spacecraft to space. to the red planet. Bad policies and wrong setting of priorities of governments coupled with empty political talk have immobilized our vast pool of gifted brains to move the nation forward in several disciplines on a large and international scale. Ponder over the hows of Ethiopia constructing a mega hydro-electric power station, the Grand Millennium Dam, funded largely by the nation itself! That's a big thinking idea birthed by development oriented leadership! We need not academic politics each passing day! And here somebody spends precious airtime to castigate somebody, though falsely, of his profession because the fellow questions the health of the economy!
KWARNING NJ 10 years ago

KOFI ADU, WO YE KWASEA PAAA.

KOFI ADU, WO YE KWASEA PAAA.
Razor Blade 10 years ago

How can Bawumia get his maths wrong in the courts and still can feel he is a good economist to be regarded? those we just simple additions and subtractions and got them wrong,when the intelligent people become silent Idiots s ...
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How can Bawumia get his maths wrong in the courts and still can feel he is a good economist to be regarded? those we just simple additions and subtractions and got them wrong,when the intelligent people become silent Idiots seem them selves as champions.
truth be told 10 years ago

He is back at his foolish analysis post!

He is back at his foolish analysis post!
GOWAN 10 years ago

Is this character not the dimwit, who was even not extended the courtesy of being informed that, he has been FIRED, for just playing KOLIKO at the castle and drawing fat salaries and allowances for absolutely nothing??? He pr ...
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Is this character not the dimwit, who was even not extended the courtesy of being informed that, he has been FIRED, for just playing KOLIKO at the castle and drawing fat salaries and allowances for absolutely nothing??? He prides himself of being head of monitoring and evaluation at the castle...What a JOKER!!!...hehehe. It's funny coming from him that Bawumia does not an economic guru. You who pride yourself on knowing and monitors and evaluates programs was fired, so what does that say about your abilities? NDC is full of jokers and the comedy they provide is legendary.
GOWAN 10 years ago

"Bawumia is not an economic...."

"Bawumia is not an economic...."
TBC 10 years ago

Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Tony Aidoo thinks Bawumia economic analysis is base on accounting valuation and then therefore is window dressing then Mahama SHOULD WITHOUT ANY DELAY FIRE finance minister,Seth Tepher who is by ...
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Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Tony Aidoo thinks Bawumia economic analysis is base on accounting valuation and then therefore is window dressing then Mahama SHOULD WITHOUT ANY DELAY FIRE finance minister,Seth Tepher who is by trade an accountant, and therefore is just window dressing ghana's economic problems.
Know wonder ghanas economy problem keep getting worse according to Mr knows it ALL Tony Aidoo.
We The People 10 years ago

Since the advent of Independence, how many so called Ghanaians form the "Intelligentsia" Think Tank have Maneuvered their way into Politics? Too many is the answer. OS we have a society of many many "Book Long" idiots calling ...
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Since the advent of Independence, how many so called Ghanaians form the "Intelligentsia" Think Tank have Maneuvered their way into Politics? Too many is the answer. OS we have a society of many many "Book Long" idiots calling themselves intellectuals who have actually RUINED GHANA. Their Theories learned fro books, Have Not Worked!! We Are In Far Worst Shape than Pre Independence. So why do we continue to Ruin our Country listening To These Book Long Crooks who have maneuvered Their way into Government?
My People ignore them... They have allowed GALAMSEY to flourish. They have become wealthy, and they have Encouraged The Destruction of our Forests, Rivers, Streams and Ecology. So why do we continue listening to them? They have contributed to Ghana being called a "CORRUPT STATE" Actually a Failed State. Not the fault of one political party, but that of many and all!!!! We need a change!! A Real Change!!Not a JJ type nor Kuffuor type, nor Mahama type but a breath of Fresh faces to rule us and lead us!!We are Tired!!! of Book long People!! Dr. this and Dr. that...
WE The People
Nyamekye 10 years ago

these are some of the senseless statements u make that, and turn round to complain that nobody listens to u.

these are some of the senseless statements u make that, and turn round to complain that nobody listens to u.
Kwayie 10 years ago

Dr. gimi gimi. saying this will not help ghanaians

Dr. gimi gimi. saying this will not help ghanaians
Kwaku Wednesday, Assin Sibinso 10 years ago

The so-called book-long people killing
Ghanaians. It's not a matter of high
academic paper qualification but people with problem-solving skills and those with the fear of God.

The so-called book-long people killing
Ghanaians. It's not a matter of high
academic paper qualification but people with problem-solving skills and those with the fear of God.
James Coffie 10 years ago

Check Wikipidia! Dr. Buwumia received his Ph.D in Economics at the Simon Fraser University in 1995. Masters in Economic in the U.K. Do these people read before they write? I cry for Ghana and especially ignorant people whoc c ...
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Check Wikipidia! Dr. Buwumia received his Ph.D in Economics at the Simon Fraser University in 1995. Masters in Economic in the U.K. Do these people read before they write? I cry for Ghana and especially ignorant people whoc cannot check basic facts before they pronounce on important matters or make comments. Poor thing!!
Isaac Mensah 10 years ago

This Tony Aidoo with the mouth like a dog's should not be taken seriously. I wonder how he obtained his PhD because the facts about Dr. Bawumia's qualification are available for all to see.

This Tony Aidoo with the mouth like a dog's should not be taken seriously. I wonder how he obtained his PhD because the facts about Dr. Bawumia's qualification are available for all to see.
Asempanaye 10 years ago

What an imbecile? this idiot never ceases to amaze me. He is just fool of stupidity and thrash. What degree does he hold himself up to. Does he know the difference between accounting and economics? Obviously not.

What an imbecile? this idiot never ceases to amaze me. He is just fool of stupidity and thrash. What degree does he hold himself up to. Does he know the difference between accounting and economics? Obviously not.
Nana Egyir Aggrey 10 years ago

And what are you,-the man in the sweaty,smelly suit without common sense.Tell Ghanaians some of your achievement and contribution.Big english to impress the ignorant people around you is nothing to write about.There are monke ...
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And what are you,-the man in the sweaty,smelly suit without common sense.Tell Ghanaians some of your achievement and contribution.Big english to impress the ignorant people around you is nothing to write about.There are monkeys with common sense in London zoo including parots, which can teach you a thing or two.You are parasite feeding on the back of the ignorant people like you.You are the problem and not the solution,-twenty four years in government with 'mister accountability' Rawlings,Bra Atta 'the benevolent Robin Hood' and 'president at any cost'Mahama,and there is nothing to show for.Everything is upside down-you can not even manage toilet.Stop your boasts-you pollute the air whenever you open your big mouth.Kokoase krakye,-uncivilised bush man.Readers,i am also a bush man and fisherman except that i am more civilised than the big mouth Tony Aidoo-he is sick in the head.He is a laughing stock-Nana Egyir Aggrey Snr citizen
lopez 10 years ago

Tony i think you a 3D glasses to see the state of Ghana's economy and stop fooling youself.

Tony i think you a 3D glasses to see the state of Ghana's economy and stop fooling youself.
Kwabena Ansa 10 years ago

Dr. Aidoo, its unwise to say that Dr. Bawumiah presents himself as an Economist. Dr. Aidoo, if Dr. Bawumiah is really an Accountant, I can tell you for sure that he knows his limitations in economics and he(Bawumiah) being a ...
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Dr. Aidoo, its unwise to say that Dr. Bawumiah presents himself as an Economist. Dr. Aidoo, if Dr. Bawumiah is really an Accountant, I can tell you for sure that he knows his limitations in economics and he(Bawumiah) being a man of integrity and very proud of his academic achievements and credentials would never stoop low to portray himself as something he is not. It seems to me that, it is you who want to give him a bad wrap by making untrue statements about him and accusing him of being academically disingenuous, just to make him look bad. Dr. Aidoo, I expect you to be above that kind of nonsense and irresponsible characterization of your equal. You should apologize to him.
QQQQQQQQQQQQQ 10 years ago

IF BAWUMIA IS AN ACCOUTANT ,AND YOU TONY THE ONLY THING IN YOUR MIND IS TO SMOKE WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

IF BAWUMIA IS AN ACCOUTANT ,AND YOU TONY THE ONLY THING IN YOUR MIND IS TO SMOKE WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
DANIEL OBENG 10 years ago

My dear Ghnaians lest think and stop all that idiots and nonsense things we do to our leaders. Dr. Tony only expressed his view and what is all this insults. if in your family u don't even have a professional or any person th ...
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My dear Ghnaians lest think and stop all that idiots and nonsense things we do to our leaders. Dr. Tony only expressed his view and what is all this insults. if in your family u don't even have a professional or any person that u can value and here u are insulting our leaders. calling him a fool and stupid. at the end of the day he will not suffer but we are going to suffer. let have respect for the needy ones and stop that stupid insults to our leader. u called him stupid and what about u. did u check urself before thinking about that. shame to all of u. if u express ur view to something it doesnt make u wright of it and it doesnt also demand any insult. lets think.
fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooools
make life better and respect our elders
nana asirifi 10 years ago

Look who is TALKING. Do you really know your own so called government has ditched, abandoned and buried you.
Get a clue from Mr Bagbin.

Look who is TALKING. Do you really know your own so called government has ditched, abandoned and buried you.
Get a clue from Mr Bagbin.

Bawumia is an Accountant, not an Economist – Tony Aidoo

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