Ghana to adopt GMO products – Minister

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NAT 10 years ago

THIS MINISTER IS SICK

THIS MINISTER IS SICK
Jembe 10 years ago

Sick enough to accept a bribe from the GM giants. The sterile or "suicide" seeds are produced by means of genetic use restriction technology, which makes crops die off after one harvest without producing offspring. As a resul ...
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Sick enough to accept a bribe from the GM giants. The sterile or "suicide" seeds are produced by means of genetic use restriction technology, which makes crops die off after one harvest without producing offspring. As a result, farmers have to buy new seeds for each planting, which reduces their self-sufficiency and makes them dependent on major seed and chemical companies.
John Teye 10 years ago

https://www.academia.edu/542384/A_Review_on_Impacts_of_Genetically_Modified_Food_on_Human_Health

https://www.academia.edu/542384/A_Review_on_Impacts_of_Genetically_Modified_Food_on_Human_Health
Felix 10 years ago

This fools called MPs and Ministers are so stupid to an extent that they just cant read between the lines. Why do you think these people have seeds stored away in the arctic, its because they want to control food supply after ...
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This fools called MPs and Ministers are so stupid to an extent that they just cant read between the lines. Why do you think these people have seeds stored away in the arctic, its because they want to control food supply after they have managed to destroy everything which helps free people like us to steal maintain our independence. we are able to survive because despite everything we still have our natural agriculture to fall on . And you would think that this so called professor would be so wise as to making sure we are protected. But then again we see the typical tendencies of the most useless generation of a country that has ever walked the face of the planet leading the entire country into it.
John 10 years ago

Not a day passes that these devils parading as Ministers don't say or do anything to destroy Ghana. Check Al Jazeera documentary on GMOs in Argentina - high cancer rates, high birth defects, low IQ, destruction of insects and ...
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Not a day passes that these devils parading as Ministers don't say or do anything to destroy Ghana. Check Al Jazeera documentary on GMOs in Argentina - high cancer rates, high birth defects, low IQ, destruction of insects and other animals, control of farmers by Mosanto and agents. Oteng Adjei failed everywhere he has been and now he wants to destroy Ghana. Shame on your stupid stomach.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

a fake low grade minister

a fake low grade minister
GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

JOHN 10/10

JOHN 10/10
KOFI JATA 10 years ago

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?
KOFI JATA 10 years ago

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?
KOFI JATA 10 years ago

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?
KOFI JATA 10 years ago

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?
KOFI JATA 10 years ago

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?

just sick. He is a fool. Kill us you stupid fool of a doctor. Do you know cancer is all over the place today?
Frank 10 years ago

Yes, this minister is really sick. Countries like UK has not accepted GMO. Has he been bribed by the companies involved in the research of these crops? Our hospitals are not yet well equipped to be treating patients that woul ...
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Yes, this minister is really sick. Countries like UK has not accepted GMO. Has he been bribed by the companies involved in the research of these crops? Our hospitals are not yet well equipped to be treating patients that would come out with all forms of illnesses and diseases these scientists are waiting to see as side effects of GMO on humans. Are we allowing Ghana to be used as lab rats for these multi-national companies that produce these GMO?
GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

THESE WESTERNERS ARE SPRAYING WEED WITH TB..TUBERCLOSIS. TB USED TO BE A DISEASE FOR POOR PPL.
TODAY, MIDDLE CLASS, WHITE PPL ARE ALSO SUFFERING FROM TB BCOS THEIR YOUNG ONES ARE SMOKING WEED AS A RECREATIONAL DRUG.
WEED WI ...
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THESE WESTERNERS ARE SPRAYING WEED WITH TB..TUBERCLOSIS. TB USED TO BE A DISEASE FOR POOR PPL.
TODAY, MIDDLE CLASS, WHITE PPL ARE ALSO SUFFERING FROM TB BCOS THEIR YOUNG ONES ARE SMOKING WEED AS A RECREATIONAL DRUG.
WEED WILL STAY IN UR MUSCLES, BLOOD STREAM N SLOWS UR MEMORY BANK. IT WILL EVENTUALLY WIPE OUT UR MEMORY BANK.
RE EVALUATE EVERYTHING U HAVE BEEN TAUGHT. USE UR MIND!
POPULATION REDUCTION WITH CONDOMS
Who will be left alive? The smart people.....
MOVIE: APOCALYPTO....."A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within."
This is a great quote, but extremely problematic for the movie that follows.
Durant's quote talks about corruption within being followed by external conquest, what we usually associate with the
decadence that preceded the fall of Rome, but that does not apply to what happened to the Maya.
Besides, even those Mesoamerican cultures that did not engage in human sacrifice were going to be immune to the myriad
diseases that Europeans brought to the Americas and which decimates entire peoples.
BILL GATES USING GMO FOODS, GENERIC DRUGS, CONDOMS, FLU AND TB SHOTS ON AFRICANS UNER THE GUISE OF HELPING THEM.
IN ACTUALITY, HE IS ENGINEERING AND FOSTERING A REDUCTION AND A SLOW REMOVAL OF OUR POPULATIONS, SLOWLY.
The interesting thing about all this is that this campaign to reduce global population through vaccines will obviously not impact people who consciously avoid vaccines. And those people, by and large, tend to be the more intelligent, capable people who actually have an improved ability to move human civilization forward with thoughtful consideration.
I can only imagine that those people designing this vaccine-induced population control measure might be sitting around a table chuckling to themselves and saying, "It's only the stupid people that are going to be killed off anyway, so this is actually helping the future of humankind!" (Their words, not mine.)
In a weird world government kind of way, this effort might actually be based on some distorted vision of philanthropy where some of the most powerful people in the world quite literally believe the way to save humanity is to kill off as many of the gullible people as possible. Vaccines are, in effect, an "evil genius" kind of way to conduct an IQ test on the population at large: If you go get vaccinated every flu season, you're not too bright and probably don't engage the kind of strong mental faculties that humanity will no doubt need if it is to face a future where it is now all but obvious we are not alone in the universe.
If humanity is to save itself from its own destruction and compete as an uplifted species in our universe, killing off the least intelligent members of society (or making them infertile) may appear to the world controllers to be a perfectly reasonable approach. I disagree with that approach, but it may be precisely what they are thinking.
In any case, choosing to receive a seasonal flu shot is undoubtedly an admission that you have failed some sort of universal IQ test, whether or not this is the intention of world influencers such as Bill Gates. More importantly, it is also a betrayal of your own biology, because it indicates you don't believe in the ability of your own immune system to protect you even from mild infections.
Perhaps the world vaccine conspirators figure that if people are willing to betray themselves anyway, it's not much different for governments and institutions to betray them as well. In other words, if you don't even care enough about your own health to take care of your health, why should any government care about protecting your health, either?
As you ponder this, also consider something else: The U.S. is going broke due to sick-care costs which are rising dramatically under the new federal health care reform guidelines. Can you guess the fastest and easiest way to reduce those health care costs? If you guessed, "unleash a hard-kill pandemic that takes out a significant portion of the weak or sick people" then you guessed right. Sadly, killing off those most vulnerable to sickness could save the U.S. government literally billions of dollars in sick-care expenditures. Plus, it would save Social Security yet more billions by avoiding ongoing monthly payouts. (Again, I am completely against such an approach because I value human life, but I also know we live in a world where the people in charge have little or no respect for human life and will readily sacrifice human lives to achieve their aims.)
As far as Bill Gates goes, consider his statement in the context of what we've discussed here: "The world today has 6.8 billion people... that's headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent."
It suddenly seems to make a lot of sense when you understand that reducing the population reduces CO2 emissions, and using more vaccines on more people increases the death rate of the population.
My advice? Try to avoid being among those 10 to 15 percent who get culled through global vaccine programs. You will not only save your life, you'll also pass the "universal IQ test" which determines whether you're smart enough to know that injecting your body with chemicals and viral fragments in order to stop "seasonal flu" is a foolish endeavor.
Be healthy and wise, and you'll survive the world depopulation effort that victimizes conventional thinkers who don't have the intelligence to question what they're being told to do by their own corrupt governments.

OBAMA RECENTLY NAMED GMO LOBBYIST FOR MONSANTO AS FDA HEAD...EEEEI!
HOW CAN A PRESIDENT WHO HAS A GARDEN IN THE WHITEHOUSE HAND PICK A MONSANTO LOBBYIST AS THE NEW FOOD AND DRUGS BOARD CHIEF?
DEY THERE...
MODIFYING FOOD CROPS WITH RNAI IS UNSAFE, UNPREDICTABLE.
THESE EXPERIMENTAL GENE TAMPERING IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE ELSEWHERE, AND IT IS PROVING TO BE A COMPLETE FAILURE.
IN AUSTRALIA, FOR INSTANCE, FIELD TRIALS OF A NOVEL VARIETY OF GM WHEAT WITH RNAI ALTERATIONS HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS, AS THE MODIFIED GENE EXPRESSIONS
IN THE WHEAT ARE ALSO MODIFYING HUMAN GENES IN THE LIVER. RESEARCHERS ARE NOW WARNING THAT HUMAN CHILDREN WHO EAT THIS GM WHEAT
COULD ACTUALLY DIE BEFORE REACHING THE AGE OF FIVE. DONT BE SUPRISED TO SEE SUCH CRAP BEING SHIPPED TO AFRICA TO FEED MALNOURSHED CHILDREN. IN A BID
TO FURTHER DESECRATE THE POPULATIONS OF BLACKS ON THE CONTINENT...(WWW.NATURALNEWS.COM)
COLONIES OF BACTERIA ARE REPLICATING WITHIN THE INTESTINES, LONG AFTER THE GMO FOOD WAS INGESTED. IF THIS HYPOTHESIS IS CORRECT, WE MIGHT SEE AN INCREASE
IN GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS, AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, FOOD ALLEGIES AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY, CHILDHOOD LEARNING DISORDERS
SINCE 1996 WHEN BT CROPS CAME ON THE MARKET. PHYSICIANS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY INDEED ARE SEEING SUCH AN INCREASE IN SUCH DISEASES...HEMMORROIDS, KOOKO,
CONSTIPATION ETC....THE QUESTION NOW IS, HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELVES FROM BT TOXIN AND RID OURSELVES OF IT ONCE IT IS EXPOSED IN OUR
SYSTEMS?
ANSWER: ADOPT A 100 PERCENT FREE GMO FREE, ORGANIC DIET
USE RELIABLE WATER PURIFICATION LIKE REVERSE OSMOSIS THAT REVERSE CONTAMINANTS LIKE PESTICIDES
ADHERE TO ANTI CANDIDA PRINCIPLES WHICH BALANCE GOOD FLORA WITHIN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
TRY HERBAL ANTIBIOTICS LIKE OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT, OIL OF OREGANO, CATS CLAW, GARLIC AND COLLODIAL SILVER TO FORGET HARMFUL PATHOGENS
CONSUME PROBIOTIC RICH FOODS SUCH AS NON PASTEURIZED KIMCHI AND SAUERKRAUT, YOGURT AND KEFIR
INGEST PLENTY OF FIBER TO PUSH DANGEROUS ORGANISMS OUT OF THE SYSTEM
AVOID SUGAR AND PROCESSED FOODS AS BOTH ARE FUEL FOR HARMFUL BACTERIA IN THE GUT STREAM AND BLADDER
GMO FOODS HAVE BEEN SHOWN BEYOND A DOUBT TO DESTROY HEALTH IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS ALIKE
BOYCOTT GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS, DETOXIFY AND SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE DANGERS BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
THE WORLD IS FULL OF OVERPOPULATION. GMO CROPS WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENUFF FOOD TO FEED THE MASSSES, BUT THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS IS IT WILL
ALSO KILL MORE PEOPLE, MUCH QUICKER. PEOPLE WILL BEGIN TO HAVE SHORTER LIFE SPANS. THE TREND HAS ALREADY BEGUN
".. thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed .."
- Leviticus 19:19 (KJV)
(I'm not really the one to be quoting Bible verses, but it looks like
God had this figured out thousands of years ago.)
I've heard the Jewish folks in Israel are doing a pretty good job at
growing food correctly - we could probably learn from them (I think
they may following the advice in the Old Testament).
Yawando 10 years ago

Mr. Minister and all the powers there be i have some questions
1. What crop on earth does not produce seed after harvest? does GM-O's have that attribute?
2. If it is about harvest, why don't we encourage large industri ...
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Mr. Minister and all the powers there be i have some questions
1. What crop on earth does not produce seed after harvest? does GM-O's have that attribute?
2. If it is about harvest, why don't we encourage large industrial farming there by giving farmers equipments etc to farm.
3. Why don't we encourage every household in Ghana to start backyard garden
4. Genuinely Mr. Minister and the power there be CAN GMO BE A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR WHAT GOD HAS DONE?
5. WHO IS TELLING US THE TRUTH?
6. LETS BE SELFLESS AND LOVE EACH OTHER FOR GOD, OUR CONSCIENCE AND POSTERITY WILL JUDGE
Felix 10 years ago

Uselessness and stupidity is what we continue to see with this buffons who we call leaders. What do you mean that with the passage of the bill into law we should be doing it by force how about you give us good water and roads ...
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Uselessness and stupidity is what we continue to see with this buffons who we call leaders. What do you mean that with the passage of the bill into law we should be doing it by force how about you give us good water and roads by force since it is in our laws. How stupid could this fools be? They are the most useless generation in Ghanaian history post independence.
Peace 10 years ago

Ghana please stop falling victim to corruption. Whatever secret deal was given in exchange for this law is not worth it. Our ancestors are counting on us to continue to strive for self-sufficiency and independence. Please ame ...
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Ghana please stop falling victim to corruption. Whatever secret deal was given in exchange for this law is not worth it. Our ancestors are counting on us to continue to strive for self-sufficiency and independence. Please amend or abolish that law. Sankofa!
VICKY LEE BENTON 10 years ago

HOW MUCH WERE YOU BRIBED TO COME OUT TO SAY THIS. PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKES ME PUKE. LOOKING AT YOUR UGLY FACE AND WORDS COMING FROM THAT MOUTH OF YOURS MAKES THROW UP. I BLAMED THE GOVERNMENT WHO APPOINTED YOU AS A MINISTER. ...
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HOW MUCH WERE YOU BRIBED TO COME OUT TO SAY THIS. PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKES ME PUKE. LOOKING AT YOUR UGLY FACE AND WORDS COMING FROM THAT MOUTH OF YOURS MAKES THROW UP. I BLAMED THE GOVERNMENT WHO APPOINTED YOU AS A MINISTER.
IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT YOUR PEOPLE, YOU WON'T DARE TO COME OUT IN SUPORT OT THIS IDEA.
HAVE YOU GAVE ANY THOUGHT ABOUT WHY THESE PRODUCTS ARE IN AFRICA AND NOT IN ANYWHERE BUT THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES ? EVEN THE SMART ONES IN AFRICA HAS REJECTED IT SO WHY IN GHANA ?
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, HOW. MUCH BRIBE DID YOU RECEIVE TO COME OUT WITH YOUR BOGUS SPEECH ?
GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THE WESTERNERS INVENTS THEIR DRUGS AND USED US AS TRIESTS, WE ARE NOT DUMB ANYMORE.
I WANT YOU TO BE READY TO HAVE THE CURE FOR CANCERS, BEFORE YOU ACCEPTS G.M.O.'S TO THE COUNTRY.
GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

1 BULLET IN HIS HEAD WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ARE THERE GMO SEEDS IN ASIA?

1 BULLET IN HIS HEAD WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ARE THERE GMO SEEDS IN ASIA?
Me 10 years ago

A sad day for ghana!!!!!

A sad day for ghana!!!!!
your mother 10 years ago

i have never seen a fool and a blind minister like this, God punish him and his appoint-er and entire family.

i have never seen a fool and a blind minister like this, God punish him and his appoint-er and entire family.
NDC foot soldier 10 years ago

The Minister should go and ask the Indians why they have refused to continue its use. The minister has been fed with dollars fro Mosanto Corporation. If it is good why has EU banned it from the union Mr. Minister Know that th ...
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The Minister should go and ask the Indians why they have refused to continue its use. The minister has been fed with dollars fro Mosanto Corporation. If it is good why has EU banned it from the union Mr. Minister Know that the harmful effects will affect your family. Have tested its effect on animals for it is not all that glister is Gold.
Omint 10 years ago

Stupid fool even the little product of agriculture in Ghana do we 've storage machinery to cater it?And you want as to imprement style of production in the country

Stupid fool even the little product of agriculture in Ghana do we 've storage machinery to cater it?And you want as to imprement style of production in the country
SARP 10 years ago

HOW MUCH WERE YOU PAID TO PUSH THE GM AGENDA ON GHANAIANS? ONLY A FOOLISH PERSON WILL APPOINT SUCH A FOOLISH PERSON AS A MINISTER.

HOW MUCH WERE YOU PAID TO PUSH THE GM AGENDA ON GHANAIANS? ONLY A FOOLISH PERSON WILL APPOINT SUCH A FOOLISH PERSON AS A MINISTER.
human beings 10 years ago

Ghanaian leaders are really greedy money at the expense of our health

Ghanaian leaders are really greedy money at the expense of our health
Elijah 10 years ago

This is a sad mistake and the relevant sector ministers need to take a closer look before allowing GMO farming in Ghana. Humans were not intended to ingest bacterial DNA or DNA from organisms that do not form part the natural ...
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This is a sad mistake and the relevant sector ministers need to take a closer look before allowing GMO farming in Ghana. Humans were not intended to ingest bacterial DNA or DNA from organisms that do not form part the natural human food chain. It takes millenia for the body to learn to deal with substances that we are not meant to consume. When such substances get into our bodies, it becomes a battle with our immune systems fighting frantically to "neutralise and excrete" them leading to a whole plethora of reactions which pose a wide variety of health issues. There are other ways of improving agricultural output without resorting to GMOs. Do Ghanaian ministers thing they know better than EU and Japanese scientists who have overwhelmingly rejected GMO in their respective countries? Or do they think the Ghanaian citizen is an ordinary commodity to be experimented with? Please allow a sensible, widespread debate on this subject before jumping into hasty decision making. Any changes to our environment as a direct result of GMO farming may have far reaching, irreversible consequences and we had better think long and hard before potentially destroying our diverse ecosystem.Future generations may never forgive us.
Hmmmmmmmmmm 10 years ago

Mahama in his vice presidency years was in ATL & mentioned this.Someone in the audiance questioned & challenged him on this same topic and he said they had no intentions of adopting that system.I wonder what happen since.Do w ...
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Mahama in his vice presidency years was in ATL & mentioned this.Someone in the audiance questioned & challenged him on this same topic and he said they had no intentions of adopting that system.I wonder what happen since.Do we know why the western world have so many cancers? We can't even treat malaria.Think!
Pelicles 10 years ago

I do not know how to address this Minister. If he really believes that GMO products are safe, why is that EU issued a warning to some leaders in Africa not to subscribe to it because they are very dangerous in the long run?
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I do not know how to address this Minister. If he really believes that GMO products are safe, why is that EU issued a warning to some leaders in Africa not to subscribe to it because they are very dangerous in the long run?

Oteng-Adjei, are you sure of what you are saying or you have been bribed to "kill your people slowly" as native Americans used to say?

Look, let's adopt this products and we will wail uncontrollably in the long run. That is my prediction.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

He is unable to provide sensible arguments for the terrible GMO

He is unable to provide sensible arguments for the terrible GMO
Pelicles 10 years ago

Mr. Minister, I hope you have heard about Illuminati. Yes. Some years ago, they said that world population should not exceed 500,000,000. That was then because resources are being depleted. That was then. Now, they are bac ...
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Mr. Minister, I hope you have heard about Illuminati. Yes. Some years ago, they said that world population should not exceed 500,000,000. That was then because resources are being depleted. That was then. Now, they are back with the same mentality now that we have exceeded some billions and still increasing.

There is this sinister plot to eliminate some people from this planet and the best option is through food. Some methods have been tried but did not work as expected so, what about food? Every creature on this planet need food and that is why they have come out with this GMO shit. Even the name itself sound scary; Genetically Modified Orgasms. If that is the right meaning.

Our leaders should tread this journey with the utmost precaution because if we adopt this GMO products from Mosanto, we will in the end, dig our own grave and fall into it. There is a plan to control people and the growing world population.
Sappey-Agboh -Atsiame 10 years ago

Mr Oteng-adjei is ill-informed. GMO is dangerous and not welcomed in Ghana. In 1976, with Col Benarsko as the Commissioner for Agriculture, we experienced massive yield of our agricultural products without recourse to any mic ...
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Mr Oteng-adjei is ill-informed. GMO is dangerous and not welcomed in Ghana. In 1976, with Col Benarsko as the Commissioner for Agriculture, we experienced massive yield of our agricultural products without recourse to any micky mouse food technology. What happened to the spirit of "operation feed yourself?" I am afraid we are treading uncharted paths to satisfy our imperialist donors.
JH New York 10 years ago

Yes,here they come ! A typical African bosses
attitude.Dr Oteng-Adjei finds himself to be the Minister of whatever,so whether the people like it or not,Ghana will adopt GMO products.
How many of these so called Chief Execut ...
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Yes,here they come ! A typical African bosses
attitude.Dr Oteng-Adjei finds himself to be the Minister of whatever,so whether the people like it or not,Ghana will adopt GMO products.
How many of these so called Chief Executive Officers have not Crucified and disappointed the people or Country they are supposed
to save or protect.
Somewhere last year,I made a comment on this blog that,one of the major shortcomings in Ghana is the situation with a Single person making a sensitive decision of National interest without the Subject opened up for public discussion or opinions.
What does DrJoe Oteng-Adjei means by "Ghana had no option with the passage of law".The question to the Minister is; is the law made for the people or for laws Sake.
If the people said GMO products could be dangerous to their health and the majority of the farmers are impoverished to depend on Seeds they always have to buy,can't the law be amended?.May I know where that laws is coming from; our Parliament or international laws.If it 's international,don't Ghana had an option as a Sovereign Country to reject it.And if it's from our parliament,can't it be amended ?.
We know our legislators have the tendency of receiving free phones.
So,please open it up for public opinion.And stop saying Ghana had no option.That's what doctorate degree is about !
Kofitsyo, Norway 10 years ago

It is possible that Ghanaian scientists that are advising government to introduce GM crops into our agriculture are doing so for altruistic reasons, but I doubt it. I feel they are a front for agric business. It’s sad tha ...
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It is possible that Ghanaian scientists that are advising government to introduce GM crops into our agriculture are doing so for altruistic reasons, but I doubt it. I feel they are a front for agric business. It’s sad that key opinion leaders have bought into the hype, including our own Kofi Annan. Private companies will not invest time and money in practices that cannot be rewarded by patents and which do not open markets for chemical products or improved seeds. Our leaders are sowing the seeds of death of our bio-diversified agriculture. The push for Ghana to adopt GM crops is a trojan horse for agric business. Our farmers do not need solutions for high-input industrial farming methods which include patented seeds, fertilizers, lobbying for genetically modified crops and high pesticide use. GM crops push farmers into debt, cause irreversible environmental damage and encourage land concentration. I am assuming our ministers of state who are pushing the GMO idea are also thinking of exporting the GM agricultural products and I wonder to which countries? Europe has very restrictive attitude to GM crops. So where will that leave our farmers’ incomes? We are eventually been lured into a trap of destroying the basis of our food security and pave the way for others to control our food, inducing mass hunger and thereby keep us perpetually dependent on the West for hand-outs. Regulatory steps required for control of GM crops are so demanding of resources that, even when other budgetary areas relating to food security may need more pressing attention, we will be forced to prioritise their set up. Let us as a nation review our priorities and strategize accordingly to ensure a sustainable agriculture to protect the population from this fraud under the banner of food security.
Osei-wusu 10 years ago

PROTEST! PROTEST!PROTEST! PROTEST!!!!!!!!!! ALONE WILL STOP THIS NONSENSE. The politicians believe Ghanaians are coward hence they do whatever they want. After all this fertile soil Ghana is endowed with why do we have to cop ...
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PROTEST! PROTEST!PROTEST! PROTEST!!!!!!!!!! ALONE WILL STOP THIS NONSENSE. The politicians believe Ghanaians are coward hence they do whatever they want. After all this fertile soil Ghana is endowed with why do we have to copy this stupidity.
Spiky 10 years ago

Have you been bribed, Dr. Minister? Please put on your thinking caps, and come out with an alternative to improve agricultural production; not GMO.

Have you been bribed, Dr. Minister? Please put on your thinking caps, and come out with an alternative to improve agricultural production; not GMO.
Nii 10 years ago

They want to kill all Ghanaians after finish stealing all their money. Almost all the developed nations are running away from it and you fools are going for it.

They want to kill all Ghanaians after finish stealing all their money. Almost all the developed nations are running away from it and you fools are going for it.
CRAZY 10 years ago

THIS SO CALLED MINSTER OR MP IS A MAD MAN AND A DEVIL, LOOK AT WHAT HE'S TELLING WE THE YOUTH VERY SOON GHANA WILL BECOME A WAR ZONE BECAUSE WE CANT JUST ACEPT SOMETHING THAT WILL KILL US,

THIS SO CALLED MINSTER OR MP IS A MAD MAN AND A DEVIL, LOOK AT WHAT HE'S TELLING WE THE YOUTH VERY SOON GHANA WILL BECOME A WAR ZONE BECAUSE WE CANT JUST ACEPT SOMETHING THAT WILL KILL US,
Li 10 years ago

GMO is just one of the devilish tools used to depopulate and it's sad that a minister of state could not/pretend not to see this imminent danger. God, save us.

GMO is just one of the devilish tools used to depopulate and it's sad that a minister of state could not/pretend not to see this imminent danger. God, save us.
Nana , London 10 years ago

Stupid people ruling!

Stupid people ruling!
Nana Oben 10 years ago

Our Illiterate Ministers and MP's should at least have their children/friends read any of the so many negative articles on GMO's, such as this one,

"https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm#inbox/142e6bc33709fe2a"
before pu ...
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Our Illiterate Ministers and MP's should at least have their children/friends read any of the so many negative articles on GMO's, such as this one,

"https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm#inbox/142e6bc33709fe2a"
before pushing it on us. STUPID PhD's and FOOLS IN PARLIAMENT!!
okofo 10 years ago

This idiot in Ministerial cloak CANNOT speak for Ghanaians: Sorry, but I'm ANGRY!!!

We're talking about LONG TERM health implications here when it comes to GMO foods. We will need nothing less than scientific prove of saf ...
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This idiot in Ministerial cloak CANNOT speak for Ghanaians: Sorry, but I'm ANGRY!!!

We're talking about LONG TERM health implications here when it comes to GMO foods. We will need nothing less than scientific prove of safety if any, and GENERAL REFERENDUM to decide on this. A mere minister or the government CANNOT shove this under our throats. We'll fight this with ALL OUR MIGHT!!! what does Oteng-Adjei mean by saying we don't have a choice? We certainly do Mr MINISTER!!!

African policy makers continue to exhibit stupidity when it comes to dealing with the West. This so called GMO is basically a BUSINESS at the expense of OUR HEALTH. Don't you have commonsense to visualize the deceptive nature of CAPITALISM Dr. Oteng-Adjei? You have a doctorate degree, use it not to DESENSITIZE us, but PROVE to us scientifically why we should accept organism which is being TAMPERED with but BRANDED as MODIFIED.

To "sentitize" us to accept this foods implies that something is wrong with it, but "I'll counsel you to accept it anyway" if you know your English.

African leaders (if any), for ONCE stop following EVERY step, BAD or GOOD that the West takes and use your HEAD to promote AFRICA'S SELF-INTEREST.

DOCTOR Oteng Adjei, you were asking "old" researchers at CSIR to give way to younger ones to push through this MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATE GREED agenda at the expense of our health, but I'll ask you rather to step aside with your COLONIAL YES-MAN mentality for conscientized and revolutionary minded Africans to pursue our INTEREST.

Are human beings better able to put organism in proper and healthier way than G-d or nature if you like? Enough of the stooges as leaders in Africa: Leadership required in AFRICA and NOW!!!!
Adom 10 years ago

Please before the introduction of the GMO do consult the Indian Farmers the desadvantages are greater.

Please before the introduction of the GMO do consult the Indian Farmers the desadvantages are greater.
Ghanaba 10 years ago

why is it that the almost everybody in this country dislike dis so-called Gmo foods but u mr minister want to make it by force for us to accept.Is it because of money that they have given to u? let me remind u that where is G ...
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why is it that the almost everybody in this country dislike dis so-called Gmo foods but u mr minister want to make it by force for us to accept.Is it because of money that they have given to u? let me remind u that where is Ghadaffi, yaradua, Prof Mills, Nelson Mandela? which money these people don't have but where are they now? am very sad but I pray that JEVOHAH GOD will intervene and stop this agenda for the people of Ghana. if I have big eyes and mouth like I will cry like a baby for my dear nation Ghana. Dr Oteng-Adjei remember that money cannot buy health. crying.
ADAM 10 years ago

please miniter do not do this we dont like it period tank you

please miniter do not do this we dont like it period tank you
shlomo 10 years ago

Its always been said the black race is not part of the human race, from this article i see this to be true, light skinned races all over the world have rejected this GMO shit of a product, because they are human and rely on w ...
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Its always been said the black race is not part of the human race, from this article i see this to be true, light skinned races all over the world have rejected this GMO shit of a product, because they are human and rely on what God gave them, but not the black man, the offspring of the fallen one LUCIFER. I see the prophecy of black annihilation to be coming to pass. Guess after all this years i do know understand "ADOLF HITLER's" talk of eugenics.
Most often it pays to look back to history and one understands everything clearly.
DOGO 10 years ago

Mr. Ignorant minister, I want to ask you this simple question and i need your simple answer. Must we accept everything that comes from the western world? Is everything from the Western world necessary for our development? Is ...
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Mr. Ignorant minister, I want to ask you this simple question and i need your simple answer. Must we accept everything that comes from the western world? Is everything from the Western world necessary for our development? Is there any problem with our current crops and food supply? Is there any threat to our current food supply? I beg you in the name of God please don't let your stupidity lead the entire nation into an abbyss. I beg!!!!!!
Fii 10 years ago

ahhhh dis man paa y?

ahhhh dis man paa y?
Daniel Essien, uni, of ghana, 10 years ago

for lack of knowledge my people perish. Oh Ghana, ministers read ooooo and stop showing your ignorance. If you know the right thing and you dont do it, God will punish waaaa

for lack of knowledge my people perish. Oh Ghana, ministers read ooooo and stop showing your ignorance. If you know the right thing and you dont do it, God will punish waaaa
Thieves 10 years ago

he should feed the gmo products to his family. the eu has banned gmo for good reason... why Oh Lord do we have these irresponsible dumb people in power.

he should feed the gmo products to his family. the eu has banned gmo for good reason... why Oh Lord do we have these irresponsible dumb people in power.
Wahala 10 years ago

That is why you're uttering rubbish and acting like you know better than the European countries that have banned GMO's.

It will be a happy day when you die from cancer or some other unknown medical condition caused by gmo ...
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That is why you're uttering rubbish and acting like you know better than the European countries that have banned GMO's.

It will be a happy day when you die from cancer or some other unknown medical condition caused by gmo's!
OKOE 10 years ago

MS. HAMMAH IS RIGHT. MY TAKE IS THAT MOST OF OUR MINISTERS ARE AIMING THE MILION DOLLAR POST HENCE SUPPORTING THIS GMO FIASCO. ARE OUR MINISTERS READING ON THE DANGERS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS? THE OUTCOME OF THIS LAW WILL CO ...
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MS. HAMMAH IS RIGHT. MY TAKE IS THAT MOST OF OUR MINISTERS ARE AIMING THE MILION DOLLAR POST HENCE SUPPORTING THIS GMO FIASCO. ARE OUR MINISTERS READING ON THE DANGERS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS? THE OUTCOME OF THIS LAW WILL COME BACK TO HAUNT US IN THE FUTURE WHEN THESE LAW MAKERS ARE NO MORE.
OKOE 10 years ago

I HAVE YET TO SEE THAT MANY PhD IN ANY SMALL COUNTRY LIKE GHANA. WHERE DO THESE PhD COME FROM AND FROM WHAT DISCIPLINES? WE HAVE THIS MANY PHD YET WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE ARE BEING DEGRADED ECONOMICALLY. STOP CALLING TH ...
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I HAVE YET TO SEE THAT MANY PhD IN ANY SMALL COUNTRY LIKE GHANA. WHERE DO THESE PhD COME FROM AND FROM WHAT DISCIPLINES? WE HAVE THIS MANY PHD YET WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE ARE BEING DEGRADED ECONOMICALLY. STOP CALLING THEM DOCTORS TO CONFUSE OUR ILLITERATE WITH THAT OF MEDICAL DOCTORS. CALL THEM MR. JOE PHD AND NOT DR. JOE. THEY ARE TOO MANY OF THEM IN GHANA AND IT IS A JOKE. BELIEVE ME I AM NOT EVYING THEM IN THE LEAST.
Brother 10 years ago

I think Ghanaians should call for the Minister's resignation immediately before Mosanto use him as a tool to destroy lives in our beloved Country.

I think Ghanaians should call for the Minister's resignation immediately before Mosanto use him as a tool to destroy lives in our beloved Country.
Alberto Bernadino 10 years ago

i am an Italian holidaying in Ghana. my country is the 9th EU country to ban monsanto GMO Corn approved by Europen Food Safety Authority. Poland was the 8th, follow by countries like Austria, France, Germany. what you Ghanian ...
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i am an Italian holidaying in Ghana. my country is the 9th EU country to ban monsanto GMO Corn approved by Europen Food Safety Authority. Poland was the 8th, follow by countries like Austria, France, Germany. what you Ghanians can do is to organise yourselves and destroy any GMO farm. if you depend on your Government officials they will sell all of you. they have been bribed by monsanto. this is the game plan of the illuminati New World Order to depopulate the world. organise yourselves and destroy the farms
Kojo Ntim 10 years ago

thank you Bernadino, i think the best policy is what Bernadino has suggested to destroy the farms. in Britain that is the strategy adopted by anti-GMO campaigners. lets fight this demons

thank you Bernadino, i think the best policy is what Bernadino has suggested to destroy the farms. in Britain that is the strategy adopted by anti-GMO campaigners. lets fight this demons
KOFI JATA 10 years ago

You are correct. The president got bribed and he gave this sick doctor of a minister his share. I hope these fools have kids and grandchildren. Bastards

You are correct. The president got bribed and he gave this sick doctor of a minister his share. I hope these fools have kids and grandchildren. Bastards
Bishop 10 years ago

It has great effect and produces cancer. What you don't know will kill you. Have you consider the effect on human health?

It has great effect and produces cancer. What you don't know will kill you. Have you consider the effect on human health?
Whatever 10 years ago

I'm urging the president to as matter of urgency to dismiss this useless minister who thinks Ghana is someone's laboratory rat. If you like dare pass this GMO killer and you'd see. You think we are fools. Ministers who are su ...
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I'm urging the president to as matter of urgency to dismiss this useless minister who thinks Ghana is someone's laboratory rat. If you like dare pass this GMO killer and you'd see. You think we are fools. Ministers who are suppose to be protecting the natural lives of Ghanaians are rather turned lobbyist who are betraying the country to serve the careless interest of multinational corporations
Julius A. Young 10 years ago

What makes me very upset is the minister has the mouth to say the public has no choice, speaking like a dictator seems like all Africa belong to him, what he don’t understand is, a company has make a business, and that comp ...
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What makes me very upset is the minister has the mouth to say the public has no choice, speaking like a dictator seems like all Africa belong to him, what he don’t understand is, a company has make a business, and that company want to sell the product, is it hard to understand Mr Minister? Explain this Mr Minister:
1. What is wrong with our seeds we have today?
2. Are Africans short of seeds?
3. What is the purpose of the GMO seeds for Africa?
4. What benefit would Africa have in this GMO seeds?
5. Mr Minister which Africa scientist has tested this GMO product and has verified that it’s safe for as to eat?
I know your pocket is feel or about to be feel with $$$ for this business deal. We leave in the west and we know the west so let us talk not you, because it seems like you no nothing, GMO indeed. If you want that GMO food, you and your family should feed on it, not Africa we would not die with a man like you period.
This matter should go to the president to see where he stands, if you can’t do your job just step down. Whether it is safe to eat or not, Africa did not want it, read my lips. Hear it and hear it again “The west did not want any good for Africa”. Did you have the time to ask how they leave with us here? Change your mind else your mind will change you.
Julius A. Young 10 years ago

Today aspect GMO and tomorrow is aspect Gays.
What makes me very upset is the minister has the mouth to say the public has no choice, speaking like a dictator seems like all Africa belong to him, what he don’t understand i ...
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Today aspect GMO and tomorrow is aspect Gays.
What makes me very upset is the minister has the mouth to say the public has no choice, speaking like a dictator seems like all Africa belong to him, what he don’t understand is, a company has make a business, and that company want to sell the product, is it hard to understand Mr Minister? Explain this Mr Minister:
1. What is wrong with our seeds we have today?
2. Are Africans short of seeds?
3. What is the purpose of the GMO seeds for Africa?
4. What benefit would Africa have in this GMO seeds?
5. Mr Minister which Africa scientist has tested this GMO product and has verified that it’s safe for as to eat?
I know your pocket is feel or about to be feel with $$$ for this business deal. We leave in the west and we know the west so let us talk not you, because it seems like you no nothing, GMO indeed. If you want that GMO food, you and your family should feed on it, not Africa we would not die with a man like you period.
This matter should go to the president to see where he stands, if you can’t do your job just step down. Whether it is safe to eat or not, Africa did not want it, read my lips. Hear it and hear it again “The west did not want any good for Africa”. Did you have the time to ask how they leave with us here? Change your mind else your mind will change you.
christos christoff 10 years ago

Every scientist in the field know these GMO products are suicidal for human consumption--why is GHANA allowing the EUROPEANS TO KILL US..FORCE THEIR DESIRE ON US??

Every scientist in the field know these GMO products are suicidal for human consumption--why is GHANA allowing the EUROPEANS TO KILL US..FORCE THEIR DESIRE ON US??
HABLUTA SENYO 10 years ago

THAT MINISTER NEED TO CHECK HOW MANY PEOPLE DYING FROM CANCER IN USA,EUROPE,CANADA,AND AUSTRALIA FOR EATING SUCH UNHOLY CHEMICAL FOOD.WHY BUYING ORGANIC FOOD BECOME MULTI BILLION DOLLAR BUSINES TODAY.AFRICA BE CAREFUL.

THAT MINISTER NEED TO CHECK HOW MANY PEOPLE DYING FROM CANCER IN USA,EUROPE,CANADA,AND AUSTRALIA FOR EATING SUCH UNHOLY CHEMICAL FOOD.WHY BUYING ORGANIC FOOD BECOME MULTI BILLION DOLLAR BUSINES TODAY.AFRICA BE CAREFUL.
Antef 10 years ago

What is wrong with these our so-called leaders? Embracing GMOs at this time when a lot of concerns are being raised is the height of insanity. It is about time we showed politicians with their myopic views that they cannot si ...
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What is wrong with these our so-called leaders? Embracing GMOs at this time when a lot of concerns are being raised is the height of insanity. It is about time we showed politicians with their myopic views that they cannot sign our death warrants with their stupidity and greediness. I wonder how much money changed hands for this crazy policy to be adopted?

Ghana to adopt GMO products – Minister

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