Available statistics show Rawlings is corrupt - Frank Agyekum

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Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

It hard ooooo. Jrrry should never play the saint because he is also corrupt and tribal

It hard ooooo. Jrrry should never play the saint because he is also corrupt and tribal
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 10 years ago

AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am c ...
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AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am compelled to do this expose on the former junta head for those who do not know his role in promoting corruption as a national concept. Read on!
In June 1979, eight top military officers, including three former heads of state, were lined up and executed at the Teshie Military Firing range in two batches. Gen. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Gen. Frederick William Kwasi Akuffo, Gen. Robert Kotei, Lt-Gen. Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa, Rear Admiral Joy Amedume, Air Vice-Marshall George Yaw Boakye, Emmanuel K. Utuka and Colonel Roger Felli were accused of corrupting the body politic.
In an interview with New Nation, a monthly magazine circulating in Nigeria and now defunct, the Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, which supervised over the most famous case of extra-judicial killings in the history of the political evolution of Ghana, justified the action of his military junta as a necessary action to rid the body politic of corruption.
“They were jumbo-sized armed robbers whose killings left the world smelling nicer,” Flt-Lt. Rawlings was quoted by the magazine as saying in explanation.
Jerry Rawlings said the officers had to be killed, “because Ghana was faced with their type of thievery breed of criminals who were worse than Nigeria’s armed robbers” in the 1970s.
“Now, I’ll tell you what we have here. We have a breed that is, perhaps, worse than your armed robbers,” he told reporters of the New Nation in an exclusive interview. “They are the pen robbers. These species of vermin have for long perpetrated corruption with impunity.
“They have not only bled the nation white, but as a result of their thievery, Ghana has suffered hunger, loss of national spirit, loss of pride and respect in the military uniform. So, as you can see, while Nigerians have perceived their main social problems to be the proliferation of six Naira armed robbers, we, in Ghana, think that our problem is that of people who take widow’s mite from a bankrupt nation.”
In the words of the ex-junta head: “While you (Nigeria) content yourself at the Bar Beach by watching the executions of mal-adjusted labourers, mechanics or clerks, we in Ghana, have killed the jumbo armed robbers, call them generals or brigadiers – whose going to leave the world smelling sweeter.”
One interesting thing about this claim is that Jerry Rawlings and his righteous AFRC members could not account for monies lodged in AFRC Account 48, which was specially created to lodge huge monies paid by businessmen and other persons and institutions found guilty by a so-called people court to have corrupted the system. Monies from seized goods auctioned to the public at so-called control prices were also lodged in the account.
When President Hilla Limann took power after the AFRC had left the scene on September 24, 1979, the new Head of State complained that there was nothing in the coffers, insinuating that the famous Account 48 could not be traced.
When Flt-Lt. Rawlings, who had refused to accept the new government’s offer to go on course abroad, was questioned on the disappearance of the huge lodgings in the account, he replied that he was not an accountant. Incidentally, the fate of PNDC Account 48, established by the second junta led by the same person, has not been accounted for as you read this piece.
One of the most interesting developments in Ghana’s political evolution was the decision to abolish the General Certificate of Examinations -Ordinary and Advanced levels- by the Provisional National Defence Council. The main reason given was that the old educational system had favoured only the children of the elite class.
At a time ordinary folks of the land were enrolling their children in what became known as the Junior and Senior Secondary schools, whose certificates -BECE and SCCE- were not recognised beyond the four corners of the country, Jerry Rawlings enrolled his children at the expensive Ghana International School in Accra to read subjects that qualified them to sit for the GCE Ordinary and the Advanced levels his PNDC administration had prohibited the mass of Ghanaian children from.
I do not believe corruption is only putting state money in one’s pocket. Exploiting state resources for one’s advantage could even be a worse form of corruption. That is why I have an axe to grind with Jerry Rawlings for enrolling all his children abroad to study with the GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels, acquired outside the formal sector in the country.
What I call Jerry’s Stupid Schools has debased education up to the tertiary level, where lottery numbers, other than real academic work, determines qualification at the first degree level.
To add insult to injury, when asked to tell Ghanaians how he was funding the education of all the three children -Ezanator, YaaAsantewaa and Kimathi- in expensive universities in Britain and Ireland, Jerry Rawlings looked at Ghanaians in the face and answered that unknown benefactors were picking up the bills for their fees.
The Almighty is a kind Lord. It emerged that companies the state of Ghana was dealing with and which were milking Ghana dry, were picking up the bills of Jerry Rawlings’ children. And such a person has the audacity to complain about leaders being corrupt.
I dare state that corruption was elevated into an art under Jerry Rawlings. The circumstances under which he transformed himself from a military dictator into a civil constitutional President smells of corruption all the way to the Castle.
After eleven and a half years of the ‘Gospel According to Jerry Rawlings,’ a period he himself identified as the ‘culture of silence’, Jerry Rawlings and those who claim to believe in him used the resources of state to convert his military oligarchy and the entire governance system into a political party. With the Electoral Commission and the entire process under his thumb, Jerry Rawlings exchanged his military garb for a description as Constitutional President of the Republic of Ghana. God Almighty should remain where he is.
The eight year administration he led, as Constitutional President of this Republic, eulogised corruption as a state-sponsored event. State asserts were transferred to cronies under the guise of divestiture. As you read this piece, Nsawam Cannery, one of the flagship projects of the now defunct Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation, belongs to Caridem, a company floated by Mrs. Rawlings’ 31st December Women’s Movement, in a purchasing agreement that parceled the company to Caridem for a pittance.
Under the Government of the National Democratic Congress Mark One, corruption festered on a large scale. It would take volumes to chronicle corruption under the NDC. But four prominent issues stand out. Getting to the end of the first term of office, newspapers that had been freed from the bondage of the culture of silence began chronicling evidence of corrupt deals by leading members of the regime.
In 1996, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice investigated one matter and established massive corrupt deals against Ibrahim Adam, then Minister of Agriculture, Colonel E.M. Osei Owusu, a former Minister of the Interior, P.V. Obeng, a Presidential Staffer, and Dr. Adjei Marfo, a Chief Executive Officer of a state-run company.
Instead of prosecuting them, the Government of Saint Rawlings rather issued a While Paper exonerating the corrupt elements, and rather indicted the media for highlighting the issue.
In Britain, Mabey and Johnson was prosecuted not too long ago for corruptly influencing Ghanaian politicians between 1994 and 1999 to gain bridge contracts, The news in these contracts is that barely one year after completing two bridges in Ghana, including one over River Oti, the Ghana Government had to contract experts from Britain to repair them as they threatened to cave in.
In 2002, the former Managing Director of Ghana Rubber Estates Limited, Mr. Etienne Arthur Marie Popeler, told an Accra Fast Track High Court that he gave millions of dollars to Mr. Dan Abodakpi, then Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Shirley Ayittey, then Treasurer of the 31st December Women’s Movement, in bribes before his French company, SIPH, could secure GREL.
The case of Ms. Cotton, an unemployed American, secured $20 million of scarce state cash from compromised state officials, ostensibly to grow rice for Ghanaians at Aveyime in the Battor area of the Volta Region. Even when Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States had sent a warning letter about the background of Ms. Cotton, and intimating that she was incapable of undertaking the task, state officials paid the money. As it turned out, the main motivating factor was the cut they all stood to make.
If corruption is endemic in the body politic after the so-called June 4, uprising, the genesis could be traced to Jerry Rawlings who executed eight Ghanaians officials on unproven trivial charges, and out-doored full- blown corruption as a state policy.
In other exposé next week, I intend to draw the link between the free for all looting that assails the body politic in the Mills-Mahama regime, and the adventure of Jerry John Rawlings as Head of State of this Republic. I shall return!
Homesense 10 years ago

It's painful that this unhealthy rivalry between Rawlings and Kuffour are coming up again.

The two ex-Presidents should recognize that NONE of them was able to eliminate corruption, or even lower its intensity and spread. ...
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It's painful that this unhealthy rivalry between Rawlings and Kuffour are coming up again.

The two ex-Presidents should recognize that NONE of them was able to eliminate corruption, or even lower its intensity and spread. In fact, if they themselves were not directly involved, their cronies, appointees and people lower down the power lines were thick in the business.

Ghanaians who have lived through governments since independence will confirm that corruption is one evil NO government has adequately been able to controll. If there were governments which reasons for coming to power was to fight corruption, they were the AFRC and PNDC. Then, came NPP with its mantra, 'zero tolerance for corruption'. But in all cases, there were clear evidence of corrupt practices at every level of our socio-economic fibre.

Under these circumstances I think we should stop the blame game AND COME UP WITH NEW AND WORKABLE IDEAS THAT CAN HELP THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT DEAL WITH THE MENACE.

The two should behave, show maturity and give Ghanians a break from these noise. After all, they both FAILED ABYSMALLY in their fight against corruption
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 10 years ago

AUTHOR : WOMANS WISDOM-------------*******You can say whatever you want about ex president Kuffour but I can tell you with all sincerity that president Kuffour is the best among all the past governments because he made a whol ...
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AUTHOR : WOMANS WISDOM-------------*******You can say whatever you want about ex president Kuffour but I can tell you with all sincerity that president Kuffour is the best among all the past governments because he made a whole lot of developmental programs that have placed Ghana on the right path to success. He was able to bring in money from the international community to construct important projects that is uncomparable to any done by any past or present government. Focus your mind on the Bui dam, and it is Kuffour. Gaze at the discovery of OIL and it is Kuffour. Look at N 1 and Akwapim mountain Highway and it is Kuffour. The building of all three main sports stadia and it is Kuffour. Kuffour is the originator of Free maternal care, the national health insurance scheme (NHIS), school feeding program for students,metro mass transport, free cocoa spraying for farmers, improved workers salary, easy availability of loans for workers and small businesses, restoring and face lifting of government buildings left dilapidated by evil NDC. Notably, the Castle & Peduase Lodge, rebuilt the Flag staff house. Kuffour ensured freedom of speech, brought the national youth employment scheme,raised ghana from HIPC to lower middle income economy, and many many more. It took him just eight years to do all those. NDC has been on the spot light as a ruling government for a total of about 25 years, there is not even one single developmental project, not even one... come on and how foolish can anyone be to do nothing but insult such a statesman? If this stupid group called Inside Ghana (NDC thieves)has nothing good to say about Kuffour, they must go probe Mahama the chief thief, Atta Mills the hypocrite and JJ Rawlings the murderer and all will not be the same again. Fools.
GIRLS SP 10 years ago

J.J. RAWLINGS IS NOT ONLY CORRUPT BUT ALSO MAD

J.J. RAWLINGS IS NOT ONLY CORRUPT BUT ALSO MAD
AbasZ 10 years ago

Prince you are a truthful Ghana without deceit. President Kufour was 'a father of nation'.

Prince you are a truthful Ghana without deceit. President Kufour was 'a father of nation'.
Paolo 10 years ago

A President who kept 10% of contractors money as kickbacks in his office. Only a madman can see such a man as the best President in Ghana. Are u crazy or just lunatic? For any Leader to do that demonstrates his selfishness at ...
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A President who kept 10% of contractors money as kickbacks in his office. Only a madman can see such a man as the best President in Ghana. Are u crazy or just lunatic? For any Leader to do that demonstrates his selfishness at the expense of the nation. Do u know what taking kickbacks do to our nation? Contractors build sub-standard roads, etc. because their monies have been reduced.

Only a fool, tribalistic, useless and brain-dead human can mention Kuffior asthe best President in Ghana.

I havent even started talking about hotel waa waa, spending over 400,000 dollars on a chain for his neck in a poor, hungry country, etc. Maybe u should ask yourself why we kicked his Gment out in 2008 and still kicking them out. Fools.
Yuwa 10 years ago

Pls I am only reign you to revoke the you do not have respect for elders u have tack tial be four u say something

Pls I am only reign you to revoke the you do not have respect for elders u have tack tial be four u say something
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

rotten in corruption

rotten in corruption
JAK The Ripper 10 years ago

JA Kuffuor is a national barefaced thief par excellence.

In fact,Kufuor's only mobile car was (albeit reportedly) a batttered jalopy of a Peugeot 404 or sth of the sort. To attend a function Rawlings loaned Kuffuor a stat ...
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JA Kuffuor is a national barefaced thief par excellence.

In fact,Kufuor's only mobile car was (albeit reportedly) a batttered jalopy of a Peugeot 404 or sth of the sort. To attend a function Rawlings loaned Kuffuor a state car because his old jalopy would not start.

He came into the presidency under the pretext of cleaning the rot by Rawlings and cohorts, however he, Kuffuor rather came in to entrench raise the corruption stakes to astronomical heights with his lackeys. He reportedly (according to the then NPP Chairman) taking kickbacks in his office at the castle. He also signed off Ghana Telecom to Vodacom cheaply to the extent that the Queen rewarded him for that dirty deal.

Connsider the ex-gratia he wanted for himself??? That makes Kuffuor an extreme scoundrel and dishonest type.
insight to the bone 10 years ago

now we see the international community through their credit agencies moody's marking the state of the country's economy as going from bad to worse in reality its just hopeless as long as pepeni and his crooks are there . this ...
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now we see the international community through their credit agencies moody's marking the state of the country's economy as going from bad to worse in reality its just hopeless as long as pepeni and his crooks are there . this time their feeble hogwash bullshit excuses of blaming the npp and the Akans has been exposed .they did not fall for the story of not being able to work because of a petition or that a drill ship saga undermines their ability to perform but looked at the facts and saw the govt is a useless piece of shit and the only reason its not worse is the effort of the industrious enterprising Akan. they are so busy stealing and working to sabotage and undermine the Akan economy due to their intrinsic envy and hate that they have got no time for anything else . even here we see they go into a hysterical frenzy when they hear the patriotic nationalist call of yen Akanfuo as they do not know what it means so think it means what they think when they conspire against the Akans . Akans unlike the scots , yugoslavs , russians etc are not allowed to think of political solutions that dont include them ruling .pepeni is a natural born toxic liar who has surrounded himself with grossly incompetent ministers with suspect criminal motives . not a single minister came to to office with projects, ideas, solutions or even concepts of how to move the economy forward except steal and take bribes for work not done . they count on the blind support of their tribesmen and a system that ensures they will always declare themselves as the winners of any election . we saw the determination of the people to remove them from there and how very naively some went to sleep over night to exercise this power , little did they know that ayigbe jj had already put his key men in place to rig these elections . the only way to secure true democracy is with a war or revolution until then we remain in this desolate wilderness of pepeni /ayigbe evil. long live the republic of Akan
Cynthia 10 years ago

Prove Rawlings right or wrong. ....essence of democracy

Prove Rawlings right or wrong. ....essence of democracy
Kwasi Asante, Providence,RI USA 10 years ago

Bravo.

Bravo.
TONY- C 10 years ago

HEY RAWLINGS, PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION. WHERE IS THE 50(FIFTY) CEDIS YOU FORCED US TO DEPOSIT INTO ACCOUNTS AT VARIOUS BANKS. I WAS A YOUNG MAN THEN WHO HAS JUST STARTED WORK AND HAD THE SAVING CULTURE AND I LOST EV ...
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HEY RAWLINGS, PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION. WHERE IS THE 50(FIFTY) CEDIS YOU FORCED US TO DEPOSIT INTO ACCOUNTS AT VARIOUS BANKS. I WAS A YOUNG MAN THEN WHO HAS JUST STARTED WORK AND HAD THE SAVING CULTURE AND I LOST EVERYTHING I HAD WORKED FOR AND SAVED.THAT IS WHY MOST OF MY AGE GROUP ARE POOR TODAY IN OUR PENSION TIME. RAWLINGS,YOU ARE OUR AGE GROUP OF 60. PLEASE KEEP QUITE AND ENJOY YOUR ILL GOTTEN MONIES.I AM SURE MOST PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM SHOCK ARE NOT ALLOWING YOU TO ENJOY YOUR MONIES.WE ARE SURE MOST OF YOUR MONIES GOT LOST WHEN LIBYA PRESIDENT GADAFI WAS OVERTHROWN. WHERE ARE THE MONIES OF BLACK STAR LINE SHIPS YOU SOLD. SHAME ON YOU AND PLEASE KEEP QUITE AS YOU ARE NO ANGEL.
jack 10 years ago

Kuffour is a very corrupt man. Remember his own party chair, Esseku, accused him of monopolizing the kickbacks; remember the "Waa waa waa waa" speech? Remember the purchasing of Hotel Kuffuor? The list is very long!!!!

Kuffour is a very corrupt man. Remember his own party chair, Esseku, accused him of monopolizing the kickbacks; remember the "Waa waa waa waa" speech? Remember the purchasing of Hotel Kuffuor? The list is very long!!!!
Frank 10 years ago

Where is the Statistics, Frank Agyekum?

Where is the Statistics, Frank Agyekum?
wonua 10 years ago

Thank You. I Was In High School And Deposited 3000 Cedis. Who Stole That MoneY?

Thank You. I Was In High School And Deposited 3000 Cedis. Who Stole That MoneY?
Koffi parker 10 years ago

crap mentality,so Rawlings should have remain a pauper becos of his background. If you guys dont have any thing better to say please shut up your story has no merit.

crap mentality,so Rawlings should have remain a pauper becos of his background. If you guys dont have any thing better to say please shut up your story has no merit.
Nunkaawah 10 years ago

Mr. Frank Agyekum will continue to always defend Kufour because he is a bebificiary of the "booty" of the Kufour era.After almost 19 yrs as head of state if Rawlings remained a poor man , then he will be fit only for the gall ...
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Mr. Frank Agyekum will continue to always defend Kufour because he is a bebificiary of the "booty" of the Kufour era.After almost 19 yrs as head of state if Rawlings remained a poor man , then he will be fit only for the gallows! if Kufour was a self made man why did he steal(hOTEL wAAWAA Mr Esseku kickback et al) and still want to steal from the poor GHANAIAN?
Ghanaian 10 years ago

Fact is Kufour was self-made and had his riches before he became president unlike Rawlings and that is the point of contention. Rawlings is jealous of that! I knew both of them in the 1970.

Fact is Kufour was self-made and had his riches before he became president unlike Rawlings and that is the point of contention. Rawlings is jealous of that! I knew both of them in the 1970.
Obournana 10 years ago

Who told you Kuffour was self made? Let Frank Agyekum and Kuffour himself tell us what job has Kuffour ever done on earth except being a politician? How did he become self made? Unlike his brothers who have jobs and professio ...
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Who told you Kuffour was self made? Let Frank Agyekum and Kuffour himself tell us what job has Kuffour ever done on earth except being a politician? How did he become self made? Unlike his brothers who have jobs and profession, what does Kuffour have? Why did he dubiously use E&O to sign an agreement taking 3.5% shares in Ghana's oil? How come an NPP chairman complained about the corrupt attitude of Kuffour at the castle? Be honest with yourselves and stop that "you do me, I do you" behavior. You don't expect an ex- president to be poor. Bill Clinton confessed that what he gets at speeches he made is far beyond when he was even a president. Obama was a nobody and he was on welfare. He has bought $4 million mansion. Don't expose yourself as a lunatic who does not think. Think and stop this type baseless argument.
OSEI TAWIAH 10 years ago

If politics is not self made, then how did Ashawo-ba JJ, who used to credit Yokogari before 1979 become one of the richest in Ghana? Right after he made his 1979 coup, JJ said Ghana had become so hard, he used to credit Yokog ...
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If politics is not self made, then how did Ashawo-ba JJ, who used to credit Yokogari before 1979 become one of the richest in Ghana? Right after he made his 1979 coup, JJ said Ghana had become so hard, he used to credit Yokogari and that his reason for the coup. Do you know how many years Kuffour has been in politics? Yes, since 1967, so you do the maths for yourself. How do you expect him to be poor when all those fools like JJ and Asiedu Nketiah are rich? Kuffuor, like everybody else deserved to be rich and he is no richer than Ashawo-ba JJ Rawlings so stop your foolish lectures.
Naa Ashawa 10 years ago

Obournana where did you get your information that Obama was on welfare before he became President? Are you aware that part of Obama's wealth is from royalties for books he's written? Please don't show your ignorance by compar ...
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Obournana where did you get your information that Obama was on welfare before he became President? Are you aware that part of Obama's wealth is from royalties for books he's written? Please don't show your ignorance by comparing our corrupt leaders to leaders in countries where there are strong institutions that punish corrupt officials.
Ghanaian 10 years ago

Common JSS thought process!

Common JSS thought process!
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

Parker, Jerry did not nned to become a pauper. He was just irresponsible. How could a presidential pilot not affgrd for furniture in his room but steal seats from Air Force helicopters? He was an officer in the military yet f ...
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Parker, Jerry did not nned to become a pauper. He was just irresponsible. How could a presidential pilot not affgrd for furniture in his room but steal seats from Air Force helicopters? He was an officer in the military yet fed on YOKE GARI on credit. He did not need to be a pauper but he also did not need to steal from the state. He should be the last one to talk about corruption when he sold SOEs to his Olympio friends. He should stop talking about nepotism when he sold SOEs to his wife, killed Kyereme Gyan for planning a coup but asked his family heads to talk to Quarshiega for attempting a coup against him. Is that tribalism, nepotism and thievery?
abuzzo 10 years ago

please set the record and tell ghana falks the truth. where did you got so much money to have so much homes in ghana

please set the record and tell ghana falks the truth. where did you got so much money to have so much homes in ghana
MENSAH 10 years ago

Rawlings YCKC GARI REVOLUTION,has amounted to nothing,if MAHAMA & HIS GUINEA-FOWL NDC CROOKS,are now propagating and preaching.
THEY CALL IT CORRUPTION.

Rawlings YCKC GARI REVOLUTION,has amounted to nothing,if MAHAMA & HIS GUINEA-FOWL NDC CROOKS,are now propagating and preaching.
THEY CALL IT CORRUPTION.
Seth 10 years ago

we want our intellectuals and speak with sense. If JJ was 27yrs and came to office a pauper how can you compare him to Koffour who was over 60yrs before coming to office? Logically that means for JJ's life as an Army officer ...
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we want our intellectuals and speak with sense. If JJ was 27yrs and came to office a pauper how can you compare him to Koffour who was over 60yrs before coming to office? Logically that means for JJ's life as an Army officer couldn't have made in 40yrs. Is Kuffour not over 100 times what he was before coming to office. Politicians should leave Ghana alone and for cutlasses, the fertile lands abound. JJ its time you become a pastor and keep you mouth shut up ah.
Julor Agyekum Kwakwe JAK 10 years ago

Are ashantis matured at all? They are emotional immature idiots with their ugly backwardness!!!!!!

Are ashantis matured at all? They are emotional immature idiots with their ugly backwardness!!!!!!
BUGA BUGA ATUGUBA 10 years ago

You Kpanlogo dancer, how dare you question the maturity of Ashantis. Go back into history books and learn about some of the matured exploits of the Ashantis. Have you forgotten or do not know that it was the Ashantis who va ...
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You Kpanlogo dancer, how dare you question the maturity of Ashantis. Go back into history books and learn about some of the matured exploits of the Ashantis. Have you forgotten or do not know that it was the Ashantis who valiantly and persistently resisted the expansion of British imperialism in the interior of Gold Coast Yes, brave Ashanti women were in the forefront of this struggle at a time when women in Fantiland and Ga land were busy offering their bodies to satisfy the carnal hunger of the imperialists. The Vanderpujes,McCarthy's, Cromwells, Williamsons, Sampsons are the offsprings of this unholy relations.
Again, during the the bloody PNDC rule the Okine Quayes, Tetteh's, Ato Austins, Arnold Quainoos were in bed with the bloody thirsty monsters. Again, the Ashantis rose up to the call of national duty and resisted the culture of silence that had been imposed on the country.Adu Boahen and Akuffo Addo offered themselves as sacrificial lambs so that today Ghanaians can enjoy freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Do you call all these immaturity? If you answered Yes, then undoubtedly you are in a dire need of psychiatric evaluation
AK47 IS MY FUCKING ADDRESS 10 years ago

ALMOST 65% OF EWE MEN ARE VERY USELESS BUT MAJORITY OF EWE WOMAN ARE VERY NICE AND THEY WILL CHOOSE ANY MEN FROM ANY TRIBE THAN THEIR OWN . EWE MEN ARE VERY WICKED, JEALOUS AND HATFUL .

ALMOST 65% OF EWE MEN ARE VERY USELESS BUT MAJORITY OF EWE WOMAN ARE VERY NICE AND THEY WILL CHOOSE ANY MEN FROM ANY TRIBE THAN THEIR OWN . EWE MEN ARE VERY WICKED, JEALOUS AND HATFUL .
MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

Go to the Bukom at night and see the deplorable conditions under which Gas sleep and live in their own town. Research your facts well before making any ugly case against any tribe in Ghana.

Go to the Bukom at night and see the deplorable conditions under which Gas sleep and live in their own town. Research your facts well before making any ugly case against any tribe in Ghana.
Ghanaian 10 years ago

Rawlings seized power when he had nothing! Kufour was a highly SUCCESSFUL businessman at that time...We knew Rawlings as a poor man in the late 1970s when he staged his first coup and we knew kufour as a very rich businessman ...
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Rawlings seized power when he had nothing! Kufour was a highly SUCCESSFUL businessman at that time...We knew Rawlings as a poor man in the late 1970s when he staged his first coup and we knew kufour as a very rich businessman at the same time. So what is Mr. Rawlings ranting about!
GHANANI 10 years ago

Agyekum has made a valid point.Rawlings must explain to the nation how he acquired his present wealth of lands,houses etc.It is a fact that Kuffuor was well established in life before he became the president of the country.Wa ...
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Agyekum has made a valid point.Rawlings must explain to the nation how he acquired his present wealth of lands,houses etc.It is a fact that Kuffuor was well established in life before he became the president of the country.Was Rawlings able to fight corruption when he was in power?
GHANANI 10 years ago

Agyekum has made a valid point.Rawlings must explain to the nation how he acquired his present wealth of lands,houses etc.It is a fact that Kuffuor was well established in life before he became the president of the country.Wa ...
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Agyekum has made a valid point.Rawlings must explain to the nation how he acquired his present wealth of lands,houses etc.It is a fact that Kuffuor was well established in life before he became the president of the country.Was Rawlings able to fight corruption when he was in power?
KWADWO A 10 years ago

Kufour was never a rich man when he was elected president. His house was even in a dilapidated shape when he took office and he took the opportunity as president to fix it up. His wardrobe was also in a bad shape that I remem ...
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Kufour was never a rich man when he was elected president. His house was even in a dilapidated shape when he took office and he took the opportunity as president to fix it up. His wardrobe was also in a bad shape that I remember friends in the USA had to buy him some suits to use. He became rich after entering office and no one should try to confuse us that he was rich before becoming president.
natty 10 years ago

Mr. Agyekum you have no argument

Mr. Agyekum you have no argument
KT 10 years ago

So this man trying to tell us that for 19yrs, JJ should have worked for free? wow... So you're corrupt if you have nothing and you worked to become rich?

So this man trying to tell us that for 19yrs, JJ should have worked for free? wow... So you're corrupt if you have nothing and you worked to become rich?
CAPII 10 years ago

BOAKYE GYAN,RAWLINGS,ATO AUSTIN,TSIKATAS,AWHOIS,ETC WERE ALL CHURCH MICE,WORE "AFRO MOSES" SANDALS. TODAY THEY WALK AROUND IN DESIGNER SUITS,SHOES,MANSIONS,LUXURY CARS.RAWLINGS STOLE STATE PROPERT TO HIS WIFE,TELL GHANAIANS W ...
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BOAKYE GYAN,RAWLINGS,ATO AUSTIN,TSIKATAS,AWHOIS,ETC WERE ALL CHURCH MICE,WORE "AFRO MOSES" SANDALS. TODAY THEY WALK AROUND IN DESIGNER SUITS,SHOES,MANSIONS,LUXURY CARS.RAWLINGS STOLE STATE PROPERT TO HIS WIFE,TELL GHANAIANS WHO IS CORRUPT. MORON !!!
Homesense 10 years ago

It's painful that this unhealthy rivalry between Rawlings and Kuffour are coming up again.

The two ex-Presidents should recognize that NONE of them was able to eliminate corruption, or even lower its intensity and spread. ...
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It's painful that this unhealthy rivalry between Rawlings and Kuffour are coming up again.

The two ex-Presidents should recognize that NONE of them was able to eliminate corruption, or even lower its intensity and spread. In fact, if they themselves were not directly involved, their cronies, appointees and people lower down the power lines were thick in the business.

Ghanaians who have lived through governments since independence will confirm that corruption is one evil NO government has adequately been able to controll. If there were governments which reasons for coming to power was to fight corruption, they were the AFRC and PNDC. Then, came NPP with its mantra, 'zero tolerance for corruption'. But in all cases, there were clear evidence of corrupt practices at every level of our socio-economic fibre.

Under these circumstances I think we should stop the blame game AND COME UP WITH NEW AND WORKABLE IDEAS THAT CAN HELP THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT DEAL WITH THE MENACE.
Rawlings I think is losing his mind 10 years ago

I find it very difficult to understand this so called JJ? He went to sign a book of condolence or to talk about corruption? If he actually wants to talk about corruption he needs to come clear about the recent happenings, Woy ...
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I find it very difficult to understand this so called JJ? He went to sign a book of condolence or to talk about corruption? If he actually wants to talk about corruption he needs to come clear about the recent happenings, Woyome issue, Isofoton, GEDA, Akofem and more but he has kept quite of all these recent issues that is from a ruling government which needs to check to stop them. Him jumping to attack Kuffour, someone who has been out of power over six years tells me Rawlings (1)has a mental problem(2) envious of Kuffour of his achievement as a president(3)he doesn't have any good intention about Ghana but have a motive to protect his own
MY FUCKING PISTOL NEVER JAM 10 years ago

JJ IS THE WORST LEADER IN GHANA HISTORY . A MURDERER WILL SUFFER AT THE END SO DON'T BE SURPRISE ABOUT HIM .

JJ IS THE WORST LEADER IN GHANA HISTORY . A MURDERER WILL SUFFER AT THE END SO DON'T BE SURPRISE ABOUT HIM .
Aluta Graduate 10 years ago

Rawlings came on the scene to get rid of the greedy bastards robbing Ghana at the time. Afrifa had been out of power for over 10 years previously. So can corrupt Rawlings tell us now why he murdered Afrufa? Was it for his cor ...
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Rawlings came on the scene to get rid of the greedy bastards robbing Ghana at the time. Afrifa had been out of power for over 10 years previously. So can corrupt Rawlings tell us now why he murdered Afrufa? Was it for his corrupt deeds a decade previously?
Whatever Rawlings says or does, organisers of the next coup in Ghana - which is closer than anybody can imagine - will send Rawlings and his wife to the Teshie shooting range, tie them to trees and punish them for the corruption they thwmaelves indulged in for two decades. And the Tsikatas will be among the second batch of criminals to suffer the same fate. Until that is done, there can never be any justice in Ghana.
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago

I think Osabarima Boakye Djan is more competent to talk about Afrifa's execution.

I think Osabarima Boakye Djan is more competent to talk about Afrifa's execution.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

self-seeking

self-seeking
Menua Kwadwo 10 years ago

what about major agbo and major selormey of 13th january 1972 infamy? well, remember komla agbeli gbedema (dr. nkruma's finance minister), and the chief assassin himself, corporal ametepe.

what about major agbo and major selormey of 13th january 1972 infamy? well, remember komla agbeli gbedema (dr. nkruma's finance minister), and the chief assassin himself, corporal ametepe.
Dumegah Prosper JNR 10 years ago

Frank Agyekum they call him or what??
What statistics are you referring from your nose!! For 20 years rule, did you hear of any hotel costing over $8m being bought by any man other than Kuffour and his son??

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Frank Agyekum they call him or what??
What statistics are you referring from your nose!! For 20 years rule, did you hear of any hotel costing over $8m being bought by any man other than Kuffour and his son??

Did JJ not earn salary over 20 years to be able to build a humble house at Adjiringano?? What stupid things is that Frank Agyekum speaking on?? Did he know state funds were used to refurbish Kronfuo Kuffour's house?? Costing over GHC41m???
Who gave the sole contract to Kronfuo Kuffour's son to be the sole importer of metres to Ghana???
Ghanaians challenge Kuffour to come out clean with the dirty and stinking corruption that faced Kronfuor Kuffour's regime!! You this Frank Agyekum, being in Kronfuo Kuffour's office doesn't emasculate you from the dirty deals associated with Diawuo Kronfuo Kuffour's con regime!!
Did you know what happened to the Ghana Airways?? A company which had over $2m to its credit was destroyed??
Then what happened to the property og the Ghana Airways!! Empty barrels make the most noise!!! Speak of the Hotel wawawa and stop peddling false hood about JJ Rawlings!! Indeed if JJ was as greedy as your master, what do you think will remain for him to come and chop funyafunya!!!
Talk about the Drill ship?? What corruption issues did you know that JJ condoned with?? But with your master , his family is fetid rich!!! God will judge you all!!! bYou cannot cheat Ghanaians and think you will be free!!! Frank Agyekum, please thionk outside your corrupt box and for once be a bit fair!! We know you all!!!
MY FUCKING PISTOL NEVER JAM 10 years ago

JJ HAS NO RESPECT FOR HIMSELF AT ALL . HE HAS NO RIGHT TO ACCUSED HIS FELLOW LEADERS IN PUBLIC . WE BOTH CAN DO THAT BUT NOT HIM . MY BROTHER JJ WAS CORRUPT AND MURDERER . JJ HAS HIDDING PROPERTY THAT ONLY FEW GHANAIANS DO ...
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JJ HAS NO RESPECT FOR HIMSELF AT ALL . HE HAS NO RIGHT TO ACCUSED HIS FELLOW LEADERS IN PUBLIC . WE BOTH CAN DO THAT BUT NOT HIM . MY BROTHER JJ WAS CORRUPT AND MURDERER . JJ HAS HIDDING PROPERTY THAT ONLY FEW GHANAIANS DO KNOW ABOUT IT .
KK USA 10 years ago

THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE MAD MAN IN GHANA RAWLINGS HE WILL SOON BE SEND FOR CURE IN TOGO FOOLISH KILLER LIKE THIS

THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE MAD MAN IN GHANA RAWLINGS HE WILL SOON BE SEND FOR CURE IN TOGO FOOLISH KILLER LIKE THIS
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago

I think Rawlings should just spare Ghanaians his postulations of piety and moral chastity. He is no saint and neither Kuffour too.

I think when it comes to corruption proper, the scales tip heavily against Rawlings.

I think Rawlings should just spare Ghanaians his postulations of piety and moral chastity. He is no saint and neither Kuffour too.

I think when it comes to corruption proper, the scales tip heavily against Rawlings.
Dumegah Prosper JNR 10 years ago

Who is this lazy Frank Agyekum??
Nonsense!! Eevn when they were talking about the corrupted sale and missing $3.5m that Kuffour's govenment sold, you were talking from your lazy sleep by calling on Rawlings to also go if you ...
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Who is this lazy Frank Agyekum??
Nonsense!! Eevn when they were talking about the corrupted sale and missing $3.5m that Kuffour's govenment sold, you were talking from your lazy sleep by calling on Rawlings to also go if your boss Kronfuor was called!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Ghanaian thinking this crooked way?? JJ to go there and say what?? A big nonsense!! SHUT!! Where did JAK Kuffour have the money from!! Didn't all his business collapse before he became the president in 2001?? SHUT UP!!!
MAHAMADU KONTOLI KOKU 10 years ago

NO ONE IS IN DOUBT THAT RAWLINGS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A THIEF. HE IS AN EQUATION OF THEFT AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE HANGED, PROMISE. WE ARE READY FOR HIS KIND OF WAR.

NO ONE IS IN DOUBT THAT RAWLINGS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A THIEF. HE IS AN EQUATION OF THEFT AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE HANGED, PROMISE. WE ARE READY FOR HIS KIND OF WAR.
Akonta, Ampoma 10 years ago

"He who lives in a glass house does not throw stones". Jerry, Ghanaians have so many evidences of your ill-gotten wealth but for the sake of stability people just shut up. In your quest to bring down corruption, you shed th ...
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"He who lives in a glass house does not throw stones". Jerry, Ghanaians have so many evidences of your ill-gotten wealth but for the sake of stability people just shut up. In your quest to bring down corruption, you shed the blood of innocent people in the name of revolution only to turn back to acquire wealth yourself. We are aware of your fleet of tankers, expensive vehicles, an expensive yacht..... The corruption of members of your cabinet and appointees are just a few to mention. Please in the interest of of togetherness, keep quite and enjoy your booty. You worked with people and therefore must know that you have no secret. Be quite before you are stripped naked.
Daughter of a murdered father 10 years ago

Pure evil murderer, he dare not ever mention kuffour again, foolish drop out!

Pure evil murderer, he dare not ever mention kuffour again, foolish drop out!
Sami - South Africa 10 years ago

What a lousy argument to point out the corruption in somebody. Come on Mr Agyekum, give me a break. How did the name Mr 10% come about? Making sweeping statement like having mansions all over the world lacks any academic effo ...
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What a lousy argument to point out the corruption in somebody. Come on Mr Agyekum, give me a break. How did the name Mr 10% come about? Making sweeping statement like having mansions all over the world lacks any academic effort worth mentioning. Ask anybody who really wrote a thesis or dissertation (not plagiarized) and you will be told that if you had at least itemized the mansions with street addresses or even produce copies of title deeds, etc. your scholarly acumen will appeal to a JSS student. The kind of argument you are making may only appeal to those who sit under a palm-wine seller's shed to enjoy themselves and gossip. Or are you just being the loyal spokesperson?
Papa Yaw 10 years ago

True

True
Kwame Kofigah 10 years ago

It is sad that Frank Agyekum is on rampage issuing statements by-heart instead of conceding with his boss to see how best to address and redeem the bad image his boss carries.
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It is sad that Frank Agyekum is on rampage issuing statements by-heart instead of conceding with his boss to see how best to address and redeem the bad image his boss carries.
The truth spoken by President Rwalings is giving the K4 Waa Waa Waa team sleepless nights.
Why does Kufuor not want Nana Adoo for President of Ghana? Has he something he is afraid of that Nana knows and will take him to task if not to prison? This only a soft question ooooh.
MY FUCKING PISTOL NEVER JAM 10 years ago

JJ WAS A THIEF AND MURDERER AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY HE STILL HOLDING THE NUMBER ONE POSITION . HE ALWAYS CLAIMED TO BE THE BEST BUT NOTHING BUT LIES .

JJ WAS A THIEF AND MURDERER AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY HE STILL HOLDING THE NUMBER ONE POSITION . HE ALWAYS CLAIMED TO BE THE BEST BUT NOTHING BUT LIES .
Agyakkwakuo Twumpudui 10 years ago

Oh Ghana? How are the mighty fallen. Frank Agyekum, this is a nice piece of an essay topic given to you to pontificate but you messed up.
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Oh Ghana? How are the mighty fallen. Frank Agyekum, this is a nice piece of an essay topic given to you to pontificate but you messed up.
1. What is corruption? Has Rawlings got a meaning different from the rest of the world?
2. Rawlings killed innocent people in the name of "Kalabule",and he tells us there is corruption in Ghana?
Ghanaian name for corruption but I thought he eradicated it from Ghana? 3. Rawlings sowed the seed of corruption when he sold off state assets to his wife and cronies.... how much did they pay for the GIHOC properties?
4.Rawlings you confiscated properties of hardworking Ghanaians, who benefitted from them? Is it not Tsikata and his band of crooks?
You single handedly appropriated almost anything Ghanaian and to whom?
What did you do to hardworking Ghanaians?
I think the time has come for us to put away our fear and face reality, we need to take decisive action against this moron who thinks he knows better and wiser than everybody
Who is a wise leader? A wise leader is the one who unites, did you do that for those 19 years?
You have created corruption in Ghana but thank God that Ghana lacks two people who had the courage and the heart of Mandela: Yaa Asantewaa and Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa so you preach the lies you know in your heart is to confuse the unwise.
Bismarck, USA 10 years ago

You see what I always talk about. When we are confronted with a problem at hand that we need action to tackle it, our leaders will be accusing one another of who was /is corrupt that the other. Do we need this at the moment o ...
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You see what I always talk about. When we are confronted with a problem at hand that we need action to tackle it, our leaders will be accusing one another of who was /is corrupt that the other. Do we need this at the moment or we need action to fight corruption? After Mr. Rawlings has accused Mr. Kuffour, what did he proposed to fight the cancer? Almost all our leaders are guilty of the spread of the cancer and therefore if we continue to allow them, this is the way it will always go. They lack the moral ground to deal with the problem because they are the causes. Ghana's development problems are strictly institutional and lack of political will to do what is right. I am sure many of us listened to Obama's speech today in South Africa. Is that the kind of leadership or democracy we all hope to cherish for our generations? Ghanaians, let us wake up and take the fight ourselves. No politician we see today can do anything. They are all guilty of the crime. Let us start saying no to any corrupt practices in our homes, schools, workplaces, churches, markets, campuses, harbours, airports, palaces, communities, etc. we should start exposing them openly, recording them and releasing them to the public. If our laws will not work or be enforced, we shall make our own laws to fight corruption. We shall find a way out. Corruption is the worse enemy of human and sustainable development.
legba 10 years ago

Did not pass GCE "o" levels He is a
bastard. Ghanaians are too docile to allow him to rule with such force abd brutality.

Did not pass GCE "o" levels He is a
bastard. Ghanaians are too docile to allow him to rule with such force abd brutality.
MATIGARI 10 years ago

LEGBA, I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT YOUR REAL NAME BECAUSE IF YOU UNDERSTYAND THE NAME, YOU WILL WEEP. YOU ARE AWARE THAT SOME OF NPP MINISTERS DID NOT EVEN HAVE TOILET ROLLs TO SHOW AS CERTIFICATES BEFORE THEY WERE APPOINTED. REMEM ...
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LEGBA, I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT YOUR REAL NAME BECAUSE IF YOU UNDERSTYAND THE NAME, YOU WILL WEEP. YOU ARE AWARE THAT SOME OF NPP MINISTERS DID NOT EVEN HAVE TOILET ROLLs TO SHOW AS CERTIFICATES BEFORE THEY WERE APPOINTED. REMEMBER AGBENA,THE MULATO WHO CALLS HIMSELF JAKE AND OTHER TAXI DRIVERS IN THAT GOVT?
Ohene Gyan 10 years ago

He benefitted from the stupid revolution! He should be the last person to talk about corruption in Ghana. He is more corrupt than Kufuor.

He benefitted from the stupid revolution! He should be the last person to talk about corruption in Ghana. He is more corrupt than Kufuor.
Kk3 10 years ago

Damn fool....actually that describes all of Kuffuor and his cronies.

Damn fool....actually that describes all of Kuffuor and his cronies.
Former JJ admirer 10 years ago

If Rawlings had not been president of Ghana there was no way he could have given his kids that quality education. Indeed before year 2000 the President of Ghana was not earning more than a thousand dollar ...
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If Rawlings had not been president of Ghana there was no way he could have given his kids that quality education. Indeed before year 2000 the President of Ghana was not earning more than a thousand dollars a month. To educate ones kids in the schools JJ sent his kids you need something like 6 years of a Ghana presidents pay of year 2000 to pay one years school fees. The day Kuffour assumed the presidency of Ghana he had long finished paying school fees for his children. He also owned a car or cars and one or 2 houses of his own. Indeed todate he does not depend on government to house him. It is not worth the comparison but for the level of mediocrity the country has degenerated to one would normally not be comparing the 2!!!
LOVEJOY-USA 10 years ago

Can someone answer these questions? Who actualy owns ACCRA SHOPPING MALL,who first started the importation ECG PRE-PAID METERS,who hard wanted to buy a MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL?

Can someone answer these questions? Who actualy owns ACCRA SHOPPING MALL,who first started the importation ECG PRE-PAID METERS,who hard wanted to buy a MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL?
iPad 10 years ago

The Ghanaian popliteal thieves are now fighting in the full glare of the Ghanaian populace.
This shows how those who follow either parties parties are being taken to the cleaners.
In fact the political elite in Ghana are ta ...
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The Ghanaian popliteal thieves are now fighting in the full glare of the Ghanaian populace.
This shows how those who follow either parties parties are being taken to the cleaners.
In fact the political elite in Ghana are taking Ghanaians to the cleaners.
Time for a revolution
MATIGARI 10 years ago

FORMER PRESIDENT RAWLINGS HAVING MANSION[S] DOES NOT MAKE HIM A CORRUPT MAN. RTHE MAN WHO HAD BEEN GHANA PRESIDENT/HEAD OF STATE FOR IVER A DECADE CANNOT BE SAID TO BE A PURPER BECAUSE HE EARNED SALARY AND IOTHER ALLOWANCES.A ...
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FORMER PRESIDENT RAWLINGS HAVING MANSION[S] DOES NOT MAKE HIM A CORRUPT MAN. RTHE MAN WHO HAD BEEN GHANA PRESIDENT/HEAD OF STATE FOR IVER A DECADE CANNOT BE SAID TO BE A PURPER BECAUSE HE EARNED SALARY AND IOTHER ALLOWANCES.AS FAR AS GHANAIANS KNOW HE IS NOT AS CORRUPT AS KUFFOUR WHO, BEFORE BEING THE PRESIDENT WAS ASLO JOBLESS AND COULD NOT MANAGE THE ONLY BRICK FACTORY HE OWNS[NOT SURE WHETHER HE STILL OWNS IT]
bashings 10 years ago

NO WONDER WE ARE BEHIND IN EVERYTHING EVEN FORMER PRESIDENTS ARE HAVING DISPUTES

NO WONDER WE ARE BEHIND IN EVERYTHING EVEN FORMER PRESIDENTS ARE HAVING DISPUTES
Santa 10 years ago

Agyekum you are talking like a real idiot who does not want to change.

Even if he was the poorest person on earth, per his position as the president of the whole country, He, Rawlings even by law shall never ever be a brok ...
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Agyekum you are talking like a real idiot who does not want to change.

Even if he was the poorest person on earth, per his position as the president of the whole country, He, Rawlings even by law shall never ever be a broke person just because of the package available for every president who leaves office.

Idiot, even people like he Agyekum are striving hard to be rich. He must rather talk about the corruption they perpetuated. There is no way a rational person of this age will expect a former president to go out there begging before he became a president.

I would rather fear the rich people trying to be president.
STEVEO 10 years ago

If you had all this information of corruption by John Rawlings, why didn't your boss investigate and prosecute him?

Such idiocy drives some of us nuts.

One day, all these leaders will be held accountable for their stewa ...
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If you had all this information of corruption by John Rawlings, why didn't your boss investigate and prosecute him?

Such idiocy drives some of us nuts.

One day, all these leaders will be held accountable for their stewardship.

The country is bleeding under the evil yoke of corruption and nobody is doing anything.

Yooooooo. One day.
Kumasehene 10 years ago

Kufuor has an appetite to steal like a mouse. Kufuor was so corrupt that he is compared to Mobutu, Suhato, Marcos, Sani Abacha and Obasanjo his mentor, the one who lectured him on how to loot.

Kufuor has an appetite to steal like a mouse. Kufuor was so corrupt that he is compared to Mobutu, Suhato, Marcos, Sani Abacha and Obasanjo his mentor, the one who lectured him on how to loot.
ACHIPELAGO, U.S.A 10 years ago

JJ MUST SHUT-UP. HE CAME TO POWER SAYING HE WAS BROKE AND USED PLANE SEATS OF THE ARMED FORCES AS HIS HOUSE SOFA. BUT HE CAN NOW BOAST OF MANY THINGS. WHERE DID HE GET THOSE THINGS? HE'S A THIEF AND THE ONLY THING IS THAT..HE ...
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JJ MUST SHUT-UP. HE CAME TO POWER SAYING HE WAS BROKE AND USED PLANE SEATS OF THE ARMED FORCES AS HIS HOUSE SOFA. BUT HE CAN NOW BOAST OF MANY THINGS. WHERE DID HE GET THOSE THINGS? HE'S A THIEF AND THE ONLY THING IS THAT..HE HAS THAT EFFRONTERY TO ACCUSE OTHERS OF CORRUPTION IS RATHER UNFORTUNATE. HE'S A HYPOCRITE. WHAT HAS HE SAID ABOUT THE CORRUPTION IN THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT?
NII 10 years ago

NEED A MALAYSIA VISA.CALL 0245886343 FOR DETAILS.

NEED A MALAYSIA VISA.CALL 0245886343 FOR DETAILS.
kontonkyi, belgium 10 years ago

RAWLINGS SAYS WHAT?

RAWLINGS SAYS WHAT?
Great 10 years ago

I don bring my body make u give me.

I don bring my body make u give me.
chamcham 10 years ago

JJ IS JEALOUS OF JAK'S ACHIEVEMENTS. PERIOD

JJ IS JEALOUS OF JAK'S ACHIEVEMENTS. PERIOD
Okyeame, Kwesi Kese 10 years ago

DON'T JUST TALK TO BE VENDICTIVE. SUBSTANTIATE YOUR CLAIM BY PROVIDING THE FACTS/EVIDENCE. ENOUGH OF THIS NOSENSE OF FALSE ACCUSATION AND ALLGATIOS. GHANAIANS ARE WISER THAN YOU MR AGYEKUM STOP THE VIOLENT AND HATRED POLITICS ...
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DON'T JUST TALK TO BE VENDICTIVE. SUBSTANTIATE YOUR CLAIM BY PROVIDING THE FACTS/EVIDENCE. ENOUGH OF THIS NOSENSE OF FALSE ACCUSATION AND ALLGATIOS. GHANAIANS ARE WISER THAN YOU MR AGYEKUM STOP THE VIOLENT AND HATRED POLITICS DON'T DENY GHANA HER DUE RESPECT.
Frank 10 years ago

Frank Agyekum, Where is the statistics?

Frank Agyekum, Where is the statistics?
JEFF AMOAH 10 years ago

I THINK JJ RAWLLINGS MUST BE TAKING TO THE MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
JJ Rawllings has forgetting when he use to buy yorkogari on credit bases from Maame Daavi.Where did he got money to build himself all these mansions. ...
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I THINK JJ RAWLLINGS MUST BE TAKING TO THE MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
JJ Rawllings has forgetting when he use to buy yorkogari on credit bases from Maame Daavi.Where did he got money to build himself all these mansions.He has forgetting how he used the militaly and police to brutalised people.Jailed,killed innocent people without tried?SHAME ON YOU RALLINGS,SHAME SHAME SHAME.The robbers in Ghana always will follow you but the WISE WHO SAW YOUR REIGN WILL FOREVER KNOW YOU ARE THE FIRST ROBBER AND THE EVIL ONE WHO WANT TO TEAR GHANA APART.A WORD TO A WISE IS ENOUGTH.
JEFF AMOAH
CANADA.
Delaw 10 years ago

Did kufour not use state funds to fence his house n buy hotel waa waa?

Did kufour not use state funds to fence his house n buy hotel waa waa?
QUEEN 10 years ago

Rawlings killed so many people because of corruption and he acquired so much wealth during his terroristic reign in Ghana. I leave it to the Good Lord to deal with this BASTARD. He will suffer tremendously before his end.

Rawlings killed so many people because of corruption and he acquired so much wealth during his terroristic reign in Ghana. I leave it to the Good Lord to deal with this BASTARD. He will suffer tremendously before his end.
John 10 years ago

Was Rawlings not paid as president of Ghana while in Office? During the 1980s every Ghana had hard times. Have things not changed for the better? Rawlings having mansions now is not an issue? What cannot of logic is Agyekum r ...
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Was Rawlings not paid as president of Ghana while in Office? During the 1980s every Ghana had hard times. Have things not changed for the better? Rawlings having mansions now is not an issue? What cannot of logic is Agyekum reasoning here? Fact is where are the data showing that Rawlings was coorrupt? In the case of Kuffuor, We are discovering the sale of a national Drill ship, and failure to account for all the money; hotel Kuffour is another case
ASH 10 years ago

Has K4 paid the loan he borrowed for his brick factory? Corruption will catch up with anyone who is involved in it.

Has K4 paid the loan he borrowed for his brick factory? Corruption will catch up with anyone who is involved in it.
Dan 10 years ago

Rawlings is simple a stupid man who always enjoy creating more enemies for himself

Rawlings is simple a stupid man who always enjoy creating more enemies for himself
NII LARTEY NARTEY 10 years ago

I find it hardly difficult why those in the opposition can not tell the majority young people of our country how Rawlings faked socialist revolution and violently overthrown a democratically elected President under the first ...
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I find it hardly difficult why those in the opposition can not tell the majority young people of our country how Rawlings faked socialist revolution and violently overthrown a democratically elected President under the first northerner President, Dr. Hilla Limman, in a bloody coup that took the entire people and country hostage by the gun.

Rawlings and his criminal monster cohorts made sure they wickedly kill to eliminate anything that stood their way and privatized all valuable nationally owned properties to be own by his wife Agyeman Kunadu Rawlings, his trokosi criminal Ewe kinsmen and other criminal cronies including Tsatsu Tsikata that yesterday's campus poor rat now a super rich local bourgeois in our country today.

How come?

Some families in Ghana are still searching for answers as to why their love ones were adopted and murdered in cold blood, yet we still have people holding on to the real truth knowing those who committed such horrendous crimes spear headed by the Rawlings/Kojo Tsikata/Kofi Awoonor and co.

Not only is Rawling corrupt but more than corrupt. He is a murderer and has hugely contributed negatively and brought Ghana to her knees today begging with the unfortunate criminally corrupt government we have led by Rawlings little 'dog' Mahama.
HONESTY 10 years ago

Kufuor borrowed money from NIB to put up his house and refused to pay!! He only paid the loan when he was elected as the flag bearer of the NPP. Information is that the party organized funds for him to pay the loan. Who then ...
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Kufuor borrowed money from NIB to put up his house and refused to pay!! He only paid the loan when he was elected as the flag bearer of the NPP. Information is that the party organized funds for him to pay the loan. Who then says Kufuor was a rich man before becoming president. The NPP chairman Haruna Esseku stated clearly that Kufuor was personally collecting bribes at the Castle. In other words, he had monopolized the collection of bribes/corruption. The Hotel Waa Waa and other corrupt deals are still fresh in our minds. Frank Agyekum should come again!!!!
OPANIN KWAKU ATTA 10 years ago

MR RAWLINGS,GHANA IS NOT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.IT IS TIME YOU STOP YOUR FOOLISHNESS.WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MONEY TO SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO OVERSEAS FOR SCHOOLING? YOUR CUP WILL BE FULL ONE DAY AND THE OUTCOME WILL BE A SAD O ...
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MR RAWLINGS,GHANA IS NOT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.IT IS TIME YOU STOP YOUR FOOLISHNESS.WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MONEY TO SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO OVERSEAS FOR SCHOOLING? YOUR CUP WILL BE FULL ONE DAY AND THE OUTCOME WILL BE A SAD ONE.
Paolo 10 years ago

Kuffuor, a President who kept 10% of contractors money as kickbacks in his office. Only a madman can see such a man as the best President in Ghana. Are u crazy or just lunatic?

For any Leader to do that demonstrates his se ...
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Kuffuor, a President who kept 10% of contractors money as kickbacks in his office. Only a madman can see such a man as the best President in Ghana. Are u crazy or just lunatic?

For any Leader to do that demonstrates his selfishness at the expense of the nation. Do u know what taking kickbacks do to our nation? Contractors build sub-standard roads, etc. because their monies have been reduced.

Only a fool, tribalistic, useless and brain-dead human can mention Kuffuor as the best President in Ghana.

I havent even started talking commenting on hotel waa waa, spending over 400,000 dollars on a chain for his neck in a poor, hungry country, etc. Maybe u should ask yourself why we kicked his Gment out in 2008 and still kicking them out. Fools.
TEE 10 years ago

RAWLINGS IS JUST SIMPLE A THIEF. FROM POOR TO YOU NAMED IT

RAWLINGS IS JUST SIMPLE A THIEF. FROM POOR TO YOU NAMED IT
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY 10 years ago

So if we are to believe this balderdash that Kufour is a wealthy self-made man, then why is Kufour begging the state to build him houses, buy him cars, drivers and others?

NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY.

So if we are to believe this balderdash that Kufour is a wealthy self-made man, then why is Kufour begging the state to build him houses, buy him cars, drivers and others?

NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY.
Cynthia 10 years ago

Right or wrong

Right or wrong
BE BOLD 10 years ago

Ghanaians know JJ is corrupt but are hesitant to expose him. That is something know one understands. Certainly, Kuffour has secrets on JJ he can use in his own defense but prefers to be quiet.

Ghanaians know JJ is corrupt but are hesitant to expose him. That is something know one understands. Certainly, Kuffour has secrets on JJ he can use in his own defense but prefers to be quiet.
dani 10 years ago

The Israeli parliament has passed a law to keep illegal africans in jail for up to a year. Hmm!! Friends of apartheid.

The Israeli parliament has passed a law to keep illegal africans in jail for up to a year. Hmm!! Friends of apartheid.
con 10 years ago

he looting ghana too much, go to Swisszaland and see jewell factory,because of 50 cedis u kill peoples fathers and mothers ,how many for yur chop money now, koffour come to power with his own house,what abou kwasia jj. STUPID ...
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he looting ghana too much, go to Swisszaland and see jewell factory,because of 50 cedis u kill peoples fathers and mothers ,how many for yur chop money now, koffour come to power with his own house,what abou kwasia jj. STUPID MAN .THEN U BROUGHT THIS STUPID ADMINISTRATION TO DISTURB THE PEOPLE OF GHANA

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