Budget 2014: Worrying Perspectives from IMANI Ghana

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AKONOBA 10 years ago

Akonfem budget=downgrade of credit ratings from B+ to C (Moody, Fitch & S&P). Look at this so call NDC MP celebrating mediocrity in the mist of OIL. A Vicky Hammer/Mahama govt indeed. Akonfem President Mahama has destroyed ou ...
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Akonfem budget=downgrade of credit ratings from B+ to C (Moody, Fitch & S&P). Look at this so call NDC MP celebrating mediocrity in the mist of OIL. A Vicky Hammer/Mahama govt indeed. Akonfem President Mahama has destroyed our economy NPP and Kufour built after last of retrogressions. Mahama is clueless, visionless,focusless and directionless. Edey Be Keke is not a policy.
Kwame 10 years ago

MAHAMA must resign.

MAHAMA must resign.
DR. KWABENA ASANTE 10 years ago

If "Female Research Assistants" at IMANI tear this "AKofem Budget" into pieces, then l wonder what Franklin Cudjoe himself would so. Honestly, these girls have done a yeoman's job in enlightening us about the budget. Can any ...
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If "Female Research Assistants" at IMANI tear this "AKofem Budget" into pieces, then l wonder what Franklin Cudjoe himself would so. Honestly, these girls have done a yeoman's job in enlightening us about the budget. Can any of the NDC supporters refute this budget analysis?
Teacher under tree 10 years ago

Not a refutation, but someone, somewhere has seriously miscalculated certain of the figures quoted. Eg:

'The audit service was allocated GHS 119, 115, 792 in 2014 while it received GHS 51, 552, 918 in 2013. This represents ...
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Not a refutation, but someone, somewhere has seriously miscalculated certain of the figures quoted. Eg:

'The audit service was allocated GHS 119, 115, 792 in 2014 while it received GHS 51, 552, 918 in 2013. This represents a 57% increase.'

' the District Assemblies Common Fund . . . has seen a hefty drop in budget allocation of about 99%, from Gh¢1,149,286,950 to Gh¢311,833 for 2014.'

Sloppy arithmetic undermines the credibility of this critically significant report.
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

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Author: OYOKOBA...

The truth must be told, anokware John Mahama cannot do the job.

This guy came to the ...
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Author: OYOKOBA...

The truth must be told, anokware John Mahama cannot do the job.

This guy came to the job offering no real vision for the nation, instead he only served up absolute nonsense - Ede be keke - which for some, loosely translates into just existing at the wheels, not knowing which direction to go. To add insult to injury, he is telling us that, like a car, he is only in the first gear in a four-year term, so we can expect to see a fourth gear only in the fourth year. To hear that allegory from a guy and a president who had been a vice-president for the previous four years, and claims that because of the ill-health of Atta Mess, he John Mahama was really the one in charge behind the scenes, then we have reasons to conclude nothing good or extraordinary can be expected that is different from what we have seen from the last four years. The value is going to be the same, and corruption is going to consume all of us under Mahama. Our people tell us, 'Edwa beso'a efiri anopa', to wit, one can gauge the prospects of a good market day from the signs the morning activities project. Right now the country is sinking fast from all reliable indicators. In the last four years, the cedi has depreciated a whole 100 percent under Mahama and Atta Mess. What other assurances are we waiting for? To be hit on the head with bricks?

Look, John Mahama is not cut for prime time, he does not know how, and all his protestations are excuses to cover incompetence and corruption in high places, of which him and his party are direct beneficiaries. What the fuck is Ede be keke? Nonsense!
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

Dramani Mahama should give up his post
as his Oath of Allegiance demands, he
has not been able to uphold his Oath
of Allegiance, he must suffer for it.

Mahama if he is disciplined enough and
credible to exhibit, from w ...
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Dramani Mahama should give up his post
as his Oath of Allegiance demands, he
has not been able to uphold his Oath
of Allegiance, he must suffer for it.

Mahama if he is disciplined enough and
credible to exhibit, from where our nation is going, he should expect someone to tell him to step down, he
shouldn't be all that power drunk.

Ghana needs a dynamic, selfless, discipline, visionary, Leadership qualitiy, transparent Justice and law abiding politician such as Nana Akuffo
Addo to help eradicate completely from our national society, thievery,
lies, deceit, dishonesty, corruption,
selfishness, loot and share, judgement
debts Management, incompetentcy and
total diabolical activities in our country.

It is only Nana who can make all these canker worms not only immortal but also stupid.
OKOE 10 years ago

DID THE MINISTRIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE ANY INPUT TO THIS BUDGET? IT APPEARS AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION ARE BEING FUNDED MORE THAN PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WHICH IS NOT RIGHT.

DID THE MINISTRIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE ANY INPUT TO THIS BUDGET? IT APPEARS AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION ARE BEING FUNDED MORE THAN PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WHICH IS NOT RIGHT.
NAKED 10 years ago

Upon all Sampson foolishness we still blame Delilah that is how the world is people always put blame on one other, even it was in existence when Adam sinned he blamed God for given him Eve, Eve also blamed God for creating th ...
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Upon all Sampson foolishness we still blame Delilah that is how the world is people always put blame on one other, even it was in existence when Adam sinned he blamed God for given him Eve, Eve also blamed God for creating the snake and the snake should also blamed who? If your parents are fools does that means that you are a fool? Only black Africans I repeat only black Africans won't learn sense from the past so always fooling themselves why am I saying so? Since the time immemorial black Africans has been victimized to Europeans sinister but still never learn sense and always following their ways, from slavery to colonization, genocide, tribal wars, etc are there to teach us lessons.
J.E. Kwegir Aggrey said something about African, I quote: “My people of Africa, we were created in the image of God, but men have made us think we sare chickens, and still we think we are, but we are Eagles. Don't content with the food for chickens! Stretch forth your wings and fly!" J.E Kwegir Aggrey was speaking to Africans and for that matter Ghanaians as well, he was speaking as one who have vision for his people, he was speaking as one who knew the westerners way of thinking about Africans but yet still we encomium them we still called them our friends but in their minds they see us as their worst enemies.
Kwegir Aggrey said that Ghanaians and Africans as a whole, don’t content with the food for chickens because we are not chickens but rather humans created by YHWH, and my question is are we not content with the food for chickens? The answer is big yes with capital (B), if we are content with the food for chickens, then it means we as people of Africa and Ghana to be precise are chickens yes with capital (Y), why should it happened upon all our resource we are still chickens to the Europeans? After they abolished the slave trade they replaced it with colonization and after independence, they introduce war, upon all those mishaps and, the chaos they have caused in Africa the continent cannot rise on its own so African leaders seek something called foreign AID from western countries and remember, if the Devil promise to give you 10 percent of something, there are two things involve either he will demand 20 percent from you or you will succumb to his decisions so anything he tells you, you will do it or you give out your property and this is what is going in Africa or Ghana.
This is how the world market is about, in the world market the more you destroy your opponent the more your things are been purchase on high prices ever since the Europeans came in contact with black Africans they have found many ways to tarnish their image, example is the Evolution of Charles Darwin and his bogus scientist propounded, the idea behind the evolution simple means black people are not humans they are less evolved, so they started publishing books that can destroy the image of Africans, the more they tried to tarnish our image the more YHWH intervene for us. In their various meetings they planned how to destroy black people but our God is God who never allowed their plans to succeeded in Akan language they called Him Onyankr)pong, in Ewe language they called Him Mawu, in Ga language they called Him Attaanyomo is true that our ancestors knew God, so God also never allowed their evil purpose to succeeded. These entire unscrupulous acts happened when you and I were not born, how it is reflecting in our lives today? The evolution theory led to something called race and racism came out of race, racism is the last weapon to defeat the blacks, but this time they are not doing it alone but have got support from the east, the reason been that the east who never came to contact with Africans copied everything from the west and have lied about it and are saying that is their history now you see how the trend is going, so whom to trust east or west?
At times I asked myself so many question concerning black Africans upon all what these people are doing to us we still follow them, we still trade with them, upon all what they did and what they’re doing to us, another question also popped my mind why African leaders perform poorly when they elected as president, ministers, mps etc, African leaders steals the nation money and deposited in western countries, why they don’t care about their citizens? The new slavery system has taken over in our modern era, in this era is not about selling your follow human being to them, but selling your conscience to them. Then if modern slavery is about selling one conscience to the westerners then it means many Africa leaders have sold their conscience to them? Apparently yes. What I’m saying it takes critical thinkers and nature incliners to understand and know that am speaking the truth. Now Africans leaders have sold their conscience to the westerners, so the leaders are enemies to their citizens, so now Ghanaians or Africans are still slaves to west through their leaders. They have set our leaders as billboard but in reality they are still operating their slavery system and at this time with our prominent people of which some people consider them as literate in our society, that is why in my early written I stated that Ghana education is pseudo education with pseudo intellectuals it will be hard for any educational elites in Ghana to identify this if am lying.
Someone will tell me that, what I’m saying is rhetoric because there is no evidence. In United State of America system of government if you’re a governor and you refused to go by some secret society in USA constitution then definitely you will be assassinate example is J.F. Kennedy, if you want more information read this book, THE SECRET TERRORIST, the Author of the book name is BILL HUGHS. These people have the upper hand in all the biggest institution in the world talking of IMF, WORLD BANK, etc the one and the only governor who never succumbed to their decision is Kwame Nkrumah but he too was a power drunk. So immediately the poor citizens elect their leaders from then, the leaders becomes enemy to them by taking them back to slavery but at time is a conscience slavery or I called it slavery by conscience, poor citizens is not your fault to elect people to lead you as a nation but the fact is those leaders are slaves to their western masters so they take advice from their masters more than their citizens, they serve in the interest of their master but not the interest of their citizens.
When one becomes president in Africa and he/she is going for loan this is what they asked him/her are you going to use our constitution to rule? because they are slaves already they agree to them and after collecting it they begin to sell out the nation assets to them and devalue some valuable things in the nation, some of our leaders sold some nation assets to the Europeans for them to have power again in our nation, some of them devalued the education system, the currency etc on what grounds can Africa country buy a national assets in western countries? But when you come to Ghana you see the western countries buying our national assets oh what a moron country with moron people, anyone who doesn’t believe in slave trade, this form of slave trade is there for you to see. Now in the olden day’s slavery, they were selling humans but at this time our billboard leaders are selling the national assets and have devalued our valuable things such as our education system and our currency. The back bone of any country is education; any countries which have good education system develops so as it currency as an economic factor, now how can we say about Ghana? Poor education system and poor currency oh Ghana why? Now the nation is financially handicap and the leaders have filled their tummy with the national money corruption has become a canker among our leaders.
Condoleezza Rice, US general secretary in former President Bush administration once attended AU meeting and addressed our leaders not to trust east or west because they are coming for their own interest but not the interest of Africa, but what do we see because our puppet or billboard leaders have sold their conscience to them they still follow them, no wonder we are still slaves. We are still slaves my brothers and sisters, let’s not deceived ourselves that we are in the 21st century so everything has changed, it’s still going on, our national assets are been sold to them now they have say in our affairs oh God have mercy on poor Africa Ghana, you’re not in chains so you think is not true but it is happening day in and day out right in front of your nose. When our leaders come as president ministers and mps, they only think about themselves and how to sell a nation asset to their master. How can a president after looting and sold the national assets through dubious means and upon all the money he looted still demanding for an ex-gracias? How a president can kill some people because they have some little amount of money in their accounts and also have borrowed money from the bank and this same president sold national assets to his wife, looted the state, devalued our educational system and then sent his children to school in abroad? How a president can increased his salary 100% and are paying huge amount of judgment debts to some people? How a president can devalue our currency, sold national assets and sent away his follow Africans to their country? So you see the list can go on and on without endless, they all puppet or billboard leaders who are serving and were served the interest of the west by sending us to slavery.
No matter how you will vote for NPP or NDC they are all puppet or billboard leaders whose aim is to send us to slavery so citizens be careful don’t let these people ideologies entice you to fall a victim they have done and have succeeded. So why are you worry about these stomachticians who called themselves politicians whiles we can kick them off? So why are you worry about our puppet or billboard leaders while we can kick them off? I try to let my people understand the reality of 1800 theory from Charles Darwin, it fresh in their memory and when copy east who also copied read it, is the same thing but the victimization is upon my people back the more foolish they become oh God save your people. Now let’s answer the few questions are we not chickens? We are because we are getting AID, second hand clothes, fake things etc. I do not hate east or west neither do I hate Africans but the truth is the truth, stand for the truth always stand alone. Stay tune with me, more things are coming to explode your mind. E-mail wellsbrains2000@yahoo.com, whatsapp 008613566124757
kofi sammy okukuseku 10 years ago

Adwoa, Ann and Maud. ... Suprised at IMANI's style of focus. Funny and speaks a lot about their true orientation on all matters they handle.

Adwoa, Ann and Maud. ... Suprised at IMANI's style of focus. Funny and speaks a lot about their true orientation on all matters they handle.
Teacher under tree 10 years ago

So being (I assume) equipped with male genital organs entitles you to be taken seriously, Kofi?

So being (I assume) equipped with male genital organs entitles you to be taken seriously, Kofi?
Nicholas Manu 10 years ago

does the sex of those who complied the report matter? there is no need to be sexist. this is in poor taste.

does the sex of those who complied the report matter? there is no need to be sexist. this is in poor taste.
Factually Reliable 10 years ago

If someone starts analysis by just comparing figures between two years say 2013 and 2014 based on percentages of budgatary allocation is very infnatile. Firstly they should be to identify what accounts for the increase in per ...
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If someone starts analysis by just comparing figures between two years say 2013 and 2014 based on percentages of budgatary allocation is very infnatile. Firstly they should be to identify what accounts for the increase in percentages. All things being equal common sense should tell you that even if A4 sheets were sold 7 Ghana cedis today by 2014 the price will definately change. Again these so called female research assistants should be able to tell us per their anlysis and based audit report how the money was used and how they think it does not warrrant. What is very laughable is them saying there is no need of building a fishing unibversity for now. What kind of analysis is that. When should we build a university for that. Pesssimists like IMANI think everything should be posponed. Because they could find any fault with increase in budget allocation which is in line with MAPUTO declaration they then have provblems with a univesity. University no matter how bad it is is the place for training minds for a country. They also talk about decrease in the amount for municipal, metropolitans and districts. The problem with this is,these metropolitans and municipalities are income generating departments. They generate a lot that can take care of their problems. Enough of the days these departments generate money and spend all the money and still wait for government subventions. If government is payin their salaries why can't they use their own generated money whiles government reduce the amount of finance for different sources. Again they made mention of NCCE getting higher budgetary allocation. That again shows thier shallow minds on the workings of NCCE,infact any one who has worked in the public service knows NCCE among severaal departments is one the many departments that are starved of resources meanwhile they have to educate the populace a lot. Why should we always wait for election year before we increase the budget for NCCE whiles we pay their salaries every month. This is shallow argument to just compared percentages of year without any concrete analysis and look for flimsy problems to make a case
Kwamina Andrews 10 years ago

This is all well and good. From their names, we can tell they are female. Quite partenalistic in this day and age. The issues here may be important but our greatest failures lie in implementation and monitoring of projects wh ...
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This is all well and good. From their names, we can tell they are female. Quite partenalistic in this day and age. The issues here may be important but our greatest failures lie in implementation and monitoring of projects which always increase our costs. Poor management, quality issues and holding parties accountable for failures are all huge problems, not to mention pervasive and rampant corruption.
Kwaame 10 years ago

You may quote whatever and defend whatever, but at the end of the day results count. What have we seen? Our leaders do not understand the effective allocation of capital. Just throwing money at the ministries is not a wise ac ...
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You may quote whatever and defend whatever, but at the end of the day results count. What have we seen? Our leaders do not understand the effective allocation of capital. Just throwing money at the ministries is not a wise act.

IMANI has a point and I believe you are very wrong in your analysis. This is their point of view, and I believe they are subject to their opinion. After all, every point of view is a point of blindness. IMANI pokes important holes in the budget that the government needs to fill. There is no accountability in our system, and we should stop branding those who don't think like us or disagree with our view points as pessimists, etc.
sbdul-malik 10 years ago

How can this happen.What checks do we undertake before approving budgets.These ladies really did well.

How can this happen.What checks do we undertake before approving budgets.These ladies really did well.
NDC IS A FRAUD 10 years ago

NDC IS A TOTAL FAILURE. THEY LACKED THE SKILL TO MANAGE THE ECONOMY.

NDC IS A TOTAL FAILURE. THEY LACKED THE SKILL TO MANAGE THE ECONOMY.
Seko 10 years ago

who told you Ghanaians want to develop. When we the few middle class and some of our friends who are living outside Ghana buys and live in estates houses dotted all over Accra we say we are a middle income country, hahahahaha ...
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who told you Ghanaians want to develop. When we the few middle class and some of our friends who are living outside Ghana buys and live in estates houses dotted all over Accra we say we are a middle income country, hahahahaha, we are jokers!!!!!
Say the TRUTH 10 years ago

In fact, the budget statement is full of underwhelming progress reports and depressing revelations of how little our government has achieved in a year. It also shows us that we have a long way to go from the budget 2014 if ou ...
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In fact, the budget statement is full of underwhelming progress reports and depressing revelations of how little our government has achieved in a year. It also shows us that we have a long way to go from the budget 2014 if our leaders truly are interested in living up to the theme they have themselves prescribed for our 2014 outlook. A refocus towards prioritizing expenditure on key sectors (Water, Health, Energy and Transport), investing sincerely in infrastructure, and demanding concrete and substantial progress on each goal need to take the lead in designing Ghana’s budget if we are truly interested in development.

VERY WELL SAID & ANALYSED: Adwo Banful, Ann Amenuvor & Maud Martei.

By the end of 2014 we will ONCE AGAIN SEE THE SORRY SIGHT OF THE NATION GHANA GOING DOWN LOWER AND LOWER IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER THIS VERY NDC REGIMEN RIGHT NOW!!!

SO SAD THE PEOPLE OF GHANA CAN'T SEE THE REALITY OF THE NATION GETTING INTO AN ABYSS OF NO HOPE....BY THE TIME THE PEOPLE WILL REALIZE AND WAKE UP TO VOTE FOR VERY RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW UP GOOD PRIORITIES, BUDGETED FOR AND FOCUSING ON THEM TO DEVELOP THE NATION TO PUT US ON THE PATH OF COMPETITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMY THE NATION MIGHT THEN BE CHOKED TO "DEATH".

SO SAD FOR GHANA ON THIS TRAGEGIC PATH RIGHT NOW!!!
Mario 10 years ago

Far from the imani we saw in 2008 attacking the oil numbers. the 'researchers' dont even understand basic real and nominal growth. all they do is take one figure from one year, calculate the increase in allocation and claim t ...
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Far from the imani we saw in 2008 attacking the oil numbers. the 'researchers' dont even understand basic real and nominal growth. all they do is take one figure from one year, calculate the increase in allocation and claim they dont understand the increase. Hello, serious researchers should tell us exactly why the increase is a problem. also using words like 'female research assistants' is chauvinist rubbish. too much politics is slowly killing imani. This is a waste of space.
barnabas zinnah 10 years ago

Was imani not consulted before the drafting of the budget?All these concerns should have been factored into it.And now that the concerns have been noted,what is the government doing about it.Thank you.

Was imani not consulted before the drafting of the budget?All these concerns should have been factored into it.And now that the concerns have been noted,what is the government doing about it.Thank you.

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