TUC fights Mahama over ‘illegal’ $600m Atuabo port project

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insight to the bone 9 years ago

the problem with this northern mentality is that thanks to jj they now all have an unquenchable thirst for power but never to serve in a team or accept their fellow countrymen . just look around in Accra and study the majorit ...
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the problem with this northern mentality is that thanks to jj they now all have an unquenchable thirst for power but never to serve in a team or accept their fellow countrymen . just look around in Accra and study the majority of the businesses owned by these northerners and in the majority of the medium and Small sized businesses you notice they only employ their fellow northerners and practically never employ an Akan . Today in Accra the largest religious building in the country will be the mosque being build on our national park at Nima donated by Turkey confirming the Islamic domination of Ghana. Tribalism mixed with chauvinism and despotism from the north has now equaled the hegemony of the ewes . A.C.C.R.A any criminal can roam about so we have them everywhere now . even at the scholarship secretariat hardly ever is an Akan awarded the privilege to go abroad and study now . The Akans are the majority but because most continue to sleep or blindly trust the other tribes these atrocities are taking place . We look at the political strategy of the NDC and see the typical Hannibal wench when he turned the strengths of the mighty Roman army against themselves as they are doing to the Akans . From the south they use part of the Fantis and from the North the Brongs , from behind we have the chariot onslaught of the Gas Ewes Krobos. Yes the political landscape reflects a war which is only meant to destroy the right of self governance of the God's chosen nation of Africa the Akan . For them its a big deal who leads the NPP but we really don't care as our movement grows stronger by the hour as more and more Akans wake up to reality of this dire situation . We did not ask for this war but we will fight it and be victorious as God is with us . Long live the Republic of Akan
Nana Kasa 9 years ago

Mpepefo want power through NPP. It is too bad for Yen Akanfo Party.

Mpepefo want power through NPP. It is too bad for Yen Akanfo Party.
ATSU, HO 9 years ago

MAY GOD PUNISH, BE IT EVER SO SEVERE ANYBODY WITH POWER WHO IS NOT ACTING IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE ...

MAY GOD PUNISH, BE IT EVER SO SEVERE ANYBODY WITH POWER WHO IS NOT ACTING IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE ...
OYOKOBA 9 years ago

It is hard to back the GPHA in the sense that they did not show any capacity or alternative to build the port from own resources. They seem to be hinting that government should go for loans to build the port and then turn it ...
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It is hard to back the GPHA in the sense that they did not show any capacity or alternative to build the port from own resources. They seem to be hinting that government should go for loans to build the port and then turn it over to the same corrupt and incompetent Ghanaians who have not been able to efficiently run and maintain the industries Kwame Nkrumah built, the GIHOC Group of companies.

Going to borrow and build the port ourselves will lead to no where but suffer the fate of GIHOC, Ghana Railways, STC, Ghana Airways, Black Star Lines, State Hotels, and State Housing Corporation, etc. At most it will become another millstone around our necks, whilst some unscrupulous people, mainly political party appointees, turn it into a cash cow and milk it to death. Take what is going on with workers now, TUC versus government.....same old same old low productivity and yet ever increasing agitations for higher wages. Fact is, we are corrupt and do not run gov't institutions and businesses from a patriotic point of view, we turn them into our own little chiefdoms and milk them to death.

Take the incentives given to Lonrho as the same amount of monies we would have paid as interests on loans had we gone for loans to build the Atuabo Free Port ourselves. Come on, let us see some competition, Tema Free Port versus Atuabo Free Port, one government run versus another privately run and see which one performs better. Get over it, we can't borrow and build, and turn them over to corrupt individuals to milk the system like it is happening at Tema, Takoradi and all points of entry now.
Coach 9 years ago

GPHA are grossly inefficient and has under performed over the years. After mismanagement and financial misappropriation/embezzlement in the ports of Tema & Takoradi you still want be in charge if the proposed Atuabo ports. TU ...
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GPHA are grossly inefficient and has under performed over the years. After mismanagement and financial misappropriation/embezzlement in the ports of Tema & Takoradi you still want be in charge if the proposed Atuabo ports. TUC and its leadership must be ashamed of themselves.
Musa 9 years ago

This is the most silly question on such an important national issue. Who has been appointing the people to run GPHA? Whose duty is it to arrest thieves of national funds?mso if wrong people have been appointed by incompetent ...
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This is the most silly question on such an important national issue. Who has been appointing the people to run GPHA? Whose duty is it to arrest thieves of national funds?mso if wrong people have been appointed by incompetent leaders, who have refused to prosecute them because of their own guilty conscience, does that warrant us carrying a slave trade mentality by giving our assets on a silver plater? Ou are sick in your head just like the people taking such selfish "kickback" interest.
Tommy, 9 years ago

Die be die too.

Die be die too.
BEN 9 years ago

GHANA NEEDS PORTS FOR DEVELOPMENT: PERIOD; WHICH WAY WE WILL GET IS NOT NECESSARY AT THE MOMENT

GHANA NEEDS PORTS FOR DEVELOPMENT: PERIOD; WHICH WAY WE WILL GET IS NOT NECESSARY AT THE MOMENT
STOP AND THINK 9 years ago

IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ACTING IN THE INTEREST OF GHANA, WE NEED HIM IMPEACHED, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.

IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ACTING IN THE INTEREST OF GHANA, WE NEED HIM IMPEACHED, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.
STOP AND THINK 9 years ago

IF JM IS ACTING AGAINST THE INTEREST OF GHANAIANS WHICH HE SWEAR TO SERVE, HE NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED, STRAIGHT AWAY.

IF JM IS ACTING AGAINST THE INTEREST OF GHANAIANS WHICH HE SWEAR TO SERVE, HE NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED, STRAIGHT AWAY.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

How we get there is not necessary now? How do you reason? This agreement is real robbery. We have to promote foreign investments but the interests of the state must also be maintained. Ghana's interest in any agreement must c ...
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How we get there is not necessary now? How do you reason? This agreement is real robbery. We have to promote foreign investments but the interests of the state must also be maintained. Ghana's interest in any agreement must come first.
Efo 9 years ago

Because black can not think and no capable.

Because black can not think and no capable.
Zoobie-Zoobie 9 years ago

she must be a multi-millionaire foreign minister by now

she must be a multi-millionaire foreign minister by now
Asem Beba Dabi 9 years ago

Never in my life have I Learnt of such greedy vampires parading themselves as being for the people before!
Look, tears are flowing through by eyes now!
And they hve the courage to mock God in our churches with white attire ...
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Never in my life have I Learnt of such greedy vampires parading themselves as being for the people before!
Look, tears are flowing through by eyes now!
And they hve the courage to mock God in our churches with white attires and white handkerchiefs .
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

If GPHA is serious they should look for money to build the port themselves or they negotiate a better deal for Ghana instead of crying.We want jobs for our youth and GPHA does not see the need to build a new seaport over all ...
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If GPHA is serious they should look for money to build the port themselves or they negotiate a better deal for Ghana instead of crying.We want jobs for our youth and GPHA does not see the need to build a new seaport over all these years of collecting huge amounts.It's a shame for Ghana to stop potential investors.Thank you.
Kofi Amoah 9 years ago

Everything is politics, so when are we going to grow up?
If GHPA or TUC sees a security treat or loss of revenue, why not put measures in place to control those things rather to completely stop the project? Meanwhile they do ...
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Everything is politics, so when are we going to grow up?
If GHPA or TUC sees a security treat or loss of revenue, why not put measures in place to control those things rather to completely stop the project? Meanwhile they don't have funds to do it. What is the meaning of "KONONGO KAYA? This is exactly what TUC and GHPA are doing. You cannot do it , and you don't allow who is capable also to do it.
Then next year May Day, you complain that there are no jobs.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

A small fishing village called Torma was transformed into Tema Port in 1962 by Kwame Nkrumah with the help of Kaiser Aluminium Company an American company who built the VALCO and also helped to build the Akosombo Dam.This com ...
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A small fishing village called Torma was transformed into Tema Port in 1962 by Kwame Nkrumah with the help of Kaiser Aluminium Company an American company who built the VALCO and also helped to build the Akosombo Dam.This company also built houses for workers and helped in many ways to make Tema what it is today.The TUC and GPHA can negotiate the deal like Kwame Nkrumah did in 1961 to build TEMA.Thank you.
kwame 9 years ago

Do you know without Valco there wouldn't be Akosombo dam? bad deal Valco 'chop'all our energy

Do you know without Valco there wouldn't be Akosombo dam? bad deal Valco 'chop'all our energy
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

Check the history of Akosombo Dam from your own computer and get the right answer.Akosombo Dam has been in the pipe line since 1949 but there was no fund to start the project by the British.It was Kwame Nkrumah who went for f ...
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Check the history of Akosombo Dam from your own computer and get the right answer.Akosombo Dam has been in the pipe line since 1949 but there was no fund to start the project by the British.It was Kwame Nkrumah who went for funds in the United States througt the World Bank and other stakeholders.It is true that Valco owners played a vital role for Ghana to source the amount needed but they were not the only investors in the Dam Construction.Thank you.
kwame 9 years ago

The vital role you are talking about was because Valco wanted a cheap place to melt their Aluminium. That was the main reason Nkrumah got the deal from Eisenhower

The vital role you are talking about was because Valco wanted a cheap place to melt their Aluminium. That was the main reason Nkrumah got the deal from Eisenhower
Obournana 9 years ago

Boy Kofi and Kofi Amoah, you two are among the most sensible people I have met on this forum not the like of Akadu Mensema etc. Your comments are not about politics but to give knowledge to the foolish ones among us. Why the ...
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Boy Kofi and Kofi Amoah, you two are among the most sensible people I have met on this forum not the like of Akadu Mensema etc. Your comments are not about politics but to give knowledge to the foolish ones among us. Why the TUC and GPHA find money to built the port and run it as they want? Do they want somebody to invest his/her money for them to run and create wealth fro themselves as they are doing in Tema and Takoradi? Shame on the useless bunch of fools who support the saboteurs and nation wreckers of Ghana. It's no wonder because the UP/NPP went to USA to demonstrate against the US to support Ghana in building the Akosombo Dam and Valco. They want to do that again. Shameless people who never want anything good for the country but their stomach. UP/NPP have never supported anything from anybody except them whereas, they have never put up anything good but what will benefit them. If any person has done what KUffour and cronies did in the ojil deal, the whole country would have collapsed but Kweku Baako, Azeem, Gabby Otchere and co are silence.
Asem Beba Dabi 9 years ago

You are rather the nation wreckers and the most Vicious thieves of mother Ghana' You fool!
You are paid to glorify the thieves we hue in govt today . 1f Kwame Nkrumah stole Our money like is happening today you will not be t ...
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You are rather the nation wreckers and the most Vicious thieves of mother Ghana' You fool!
You are paid to glorify the thieves we hue in govt today . 1f Kwame Nkrumah stole Our money like is happening today you will not be talking about Akosombo Dam. The ndc and their predecessors have been Power for 25yrs. Why are u always ashamed to mention your own achievement. You had the opportunity all this while to continue what Nkrumah started , granted that the UP tradition did not like Nkrumah. Rather you sold over 300 companies Nkrumah built to yourselves' causing huge job losses.
mr. big stuff 9 years ago

If this is going to benefit the Nation do be it.
We need jobs for our young Graduates so the crime rate will come down. thats one of the main reason for all this armrobbing bullshit

If this is going to benefit the Nation do be it.
We need jobs for our young Graduates so the crime rate will come down. thats one of the main reason for all this armrobbing bullshit
Musa 9 years ago

I am surprised how people think in this country. Are you suggesting that parents who have difficulty should give the daughters out for prostitution and their sons to armed robbery gangs? How can we be so aimless? Norway was s ...
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I am surprised how people think in this country. Are you suggesting that parents who have difficulty should give the daughters out for prostitution and their sons to armed robbery gangs? How can we be so aimless? Norway was so poor about 60 years ago. When Norway discovered oil, they decided to do it themselves. They formed STAT OIL and trained their own people and did it n their own terms, all Europe can fall into poverty but not Norway. We never had oil but now we do. We formed GNPC long ago to train people in Oil related courses and had a little of manpower. If now, we have oil and are expanding the Takoradi port. Why on earth do we have to give a foreigner the sole right to handle our oil and gas? Where lies the motivation for such a criminal and suicidal act? Is it true Hanna Tetteh and some people have personal "interest" in this? God will judge us all. People loot this nation and God punishes them and their children but we refuse to see. If GPHA is failing us lets get the right people and met out the right punishment to all found culpable and show leadership. Any body supporting this because of stomach and bank account interest will never live to enjoy such I'll-gotten wealth.
CHIGRI WAGADUGU 9 years ago

Who got him on the throne? It is you so you better shut your beaks.

Who got him on the throne? It is you so you better shut your beaks.
Nat 9 years ago

The government should come out clean about the individual personal interest of executives and the genuine interest
of the Ghana and its people.

The government should come out clean about the individual personal interest of executives and the genuine interest
of the Ghana and its people.
Kojo kror 9 years ago

All Kwame Nkrumah fought for has been erased in an instant.
With EPA also on the way,back to slavery we go.

All Kwame Nkrumah fought for has been erased in an instant.
With EPA also on the way,back to slavery we go.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

The NPP knows very well that if Mahama is able to do something in the Western coastal area their electoral fortunes there will be in jeopardy and will have domino effects on the Central and Greater Accra regions.In other word ...
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The NPP knows very well that if Mahama is able to do something in the Western coastal area their electoral fortunes there will be in jeopardy and will have domino effects on the Central and Greater Accra regions.In other words,NDC will win the 2016 general elections if this project comes into fruition.Thank you
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Akans occupy abt 90% of the coastline of Ghana. No pepeni

Akans occupy abt 90% of the coastline of Ghana. No pepeni
Amegaxoxo 9 years ago

When President Nkrumah warned us about Neo-Colonialism he did not mean the colonial powers were going to come back by force of arms.He was talking about handing this country back to them ourselves.First it is EPA,now it is LO ...
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When President Nkrumah warned us about Neo-Colonialism he did not mean the colonial powers were going to come back by force of arms.He was talking about handing this country back to them ourselves.First it is EPA,now it is LOHNRO. Does the name Lohnro ring bells for anybody? Unfortunately it is people who trace their roots to Osagyefo's Government and Party who are handing over our country to the Colonialists.Then we have people who call themselves senior journalists who have decided to keep mum over all these issues because their bread is buttered on both sides.Well,let me tell them,when they complete the take-over of this country,there will be no bread for them,not counting the butter .God Bless our homeland Ghana.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

I want the GPHA and TUC to tell me who built the Takoradi Harbour.Was it Ghana govt or British govt?Thank you.

I want the GPHA and TUC to tell me who built the Takoradi Harbour.Was it Ghana govt or British govt?Thank you.
Amegaxoxo 9 years ago

Another young,stupid fool.Instead of educating himself by reading,reading extensively and incessantly about these things,he chooses to spend his time drinking.Let me tell him,whoever he is(BOY KOFI) in the year 1927 or therea ...
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Another young,stupid fool.Instead of educating himself by reading,reading extensively and incessantly about these things,he chooses to spend his time drinking.Let me tell him,whoever he is(BOY KOFI) in the year 1927 or thereabouts when the Takoradi Port was built to carry away our minerals and other commodities including slaves,was there any TUC or other bodies who are protesting this sell-out of our country?
OLALAA 9 years ago

am a full NPP memeber,but support PREZ MAHAMA 100% in this free port issues.We need more jobs for our people. So what is wrong with the prez signing this important and profitable project.Why should we depend only on TEMA and ...
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am a full NPP memeber,but support PREZ MAHAMA 100% in this free port issues.We need more jobs for our people. So what is wrong with the prez signing this important and profitable project.Why should we depend only on TEMA and TAKORADI ports? No wonder we are suffering from the hands of the so called ECG. Wise up GHANA
Nana 9 years ago

After claiming that the new port will spell the end of takoradi port, GPHA announce that they will build a new third port in a location unspecified to support Tema and Takoradi. Gentlemen if you are going to make claims of do ...
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After claiming that the new port will spell the end of takoradi port, GPHA announce that they will build a new third port in a location unspecified to support Tema and Takoradi. Gentlemen if you are going to make claims of doom and disaster please make sure you compare your notes
Nii Joromi 9 years ago

Do you know how much the other ports are going to lose in terms of revenue and the millions this company would be taking away from Ghana every month?

Do you know how much the other ports are going to lose in terms of revenue and the millions this company would be taking away from Ghana every month?
TEE 9 years ago

Whiles he has no idea about ghana period

Whiles he has no idea about ghana period
Frempong Adjei 9 years ago

My people of Ghana think very carefully before Ghana turn into another South Africa with whites completely ruling and taken away our resources all in the name of jobs and developments. Where on earth can this agreement be sig ...
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My people of Ghana think very carefully before Ghana turn into another South Africa with whites completely ruling and taken away our resources all in the name of jobs and developments. Where on earth can this agreement be signed to grant an exclusive rights to foreigners for them to have precedent authority over our own local ports authorities in Ghana. Even to the extent that Ghana ports cannot have the rights to build another ports? If every body in Ghana wants developments then they should think about the abilities to look at business ventures proposals by this foreign companies very carefully. The whole underneath principal ideas is for them to own and control our won resources. How can you demand 25 years of exclusive rights and another 25 years extension to export oil and gas from those wells with out any exports fees paid to the state? secondary if the article is right; Ghana ports authority is saying that Takoradi harbour has built in oil and gas terminals that can be used to export the oil and gas so that they will be accountability to the state? How can we as Ghanaians over look all the facts and just only concentrate only on foreigners to create jobs in Ghana? If you want to sign an agreement that will tire the hands of future governments then we have to realize that there is an inside deal. What a white man will not allow in his country can be allowed in Ghana or even in china? where in china can a foreign company owes more than 55% of any shares?. i studied abroad as an engineer and build so many systems for other countries but never have i come across this nonsense. the land at atuabo belongs to my family stool. We the Nzimas are now oppressed by the government since the time of the overthrown of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Now all these current ministers are not from the areas so they can take their bribes from the white man and the foreign companies to sell our heritage to them because if they go out of power they are already rich and they do not care what becomes of Ghana's future. This is what the black man thinks. Only himself and what his family will eat but not the rest of the people of Ghana or the people who over 100 years has occupied that land, died on that land, protected that land for this stupid government to come to meet the land. all the Nzemas and western region will form a formidable force to separate from Ghana. so that the northerns can have the rest of Ghana. if all this stupid exclusive rights were given by Nkrumah to whites at that time the whole lands and natural resources would have been depleted by now
Thank you and God bless you
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

Go and read the contract Kwame Nkrumah signed with Kaiser Aluminium Company who constructed Valco before you come to a logical conclusion.There no iota of logic in your whole statement.Be a bit objective and pragmatic.Thank y ...
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Go and read the contract Kwame Nkrumah signed with Kaiser Aluminium Company who constructed Valco before you come to a logical conclusion.There no iota of logic in your whole statement.Be a bit objective and pragmatic.Thank you.
Kwame 9 years ago

GPHA is selling Lands here and there in TEMA like water and Kofi Asamoah says the project should be given them God Help Ghana

GPHA is selling Lands here and there in TEMA like water and Kofi Asamoah says the project should be given them God Help Ghana
Kwame 9 years ago

Such a man Kofi Asamoah is leading workers and wants people to get work to do If we had pravitsed our energy sector long ago we would not face what we are seeing today

Such a man Kofi Asamoah is leading workers and wants people to get work to do If we had pravitsed our energy sector long ago we would not face what we are seeing today
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Why should he accept a deal Mills has rejected?

Why should he accept a deal Mills has rejected?
AKONFEM MAHAMA 9 years ago

I have always said that fools and thieves rule Ghana now. I am so happy not to live in this useless country anymore

I have always said that fools and thieves rule Ghana now. I am so happy not to live in this useless country anymore
mr. big stuff 9 years ago

THAT PORT WILL SERVE AS A FREE PORT TO TRANSPORT GHANAS POLITICIANS DRUG DEALERS THATS WHY HE IS IN A HURRY TO HAVE THEM GO ON WITH THE PROJECT.
HE DONT REALLY CARE. UPRISING. JIS THE TO END ALL THIS BULLSHITT WAKE UP GHANA

THAT PORT WILL SERVE AS A FREE PORT TO TRANSPORT GHANAS POLITICIANS DRUG DEALERS THATS WHY HE IS IN A HURRY TO HAVE THEM GO ON WITH THE PROJECT.
HE DONT REALLY CARE. UPRISING. JIS THE TO END ALL THIS BULLSHITT WAKE UP GHANA
Asem Beba Dabi 9 years ago

Remember the Drug Baron Who was put in of security at Kotoka Airport. He rejected the sniffer dogs with the excuse that they are too expensive to feed. He destroyed the airport scanner used to track drug traffickers. He then ...
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Remember the Drug Baron Who was put in of security at Kotoka Airport. He rejected the sniffer dogs with the excuse that they are too expensive to feed. He destroyed the airport scanner used to track drug traffickers. He then had q "free port" to operate the illicit cocaine trade until he Was arrested in the UK. Ghanaians Please Say No To The 'Free Cocaine Port' It Is not to create jobs for the poor. 1f u doubt look at SADA' 1f John Mahama Can defraud his own northern brothers où sisters he Can defraud every other Ghanaian too.
HAZOR 9 years ago

Folks,the truth is that Atuabo port belongs to Mahama and not Lonrho.President Mahama is aware that while in office he cannot use his position to acquire any business or property.Have we forgot Rawlings second largest jewelle ...
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Folks,the truth is that Atuabo port belongs to Mahama and not Lonrho.President Mahama is aware that while in office he cannot use his position to acquire any business or property.Have we forgot Rawlings second largest jewellery shop in Swiss?.Have we forgot P.V.Obeng house?.That is why Mahama is using Lonrho and invade taxes for 50 years and restrict other include GPHA from developing similar facilities this is the clue that that Mahama is the owner of Atuabo port and not Lonrho.Do foreigners has rights over Ghanaians or natives people?Why should somebody comes from his country and dictate and demand what he wants,isn't this telling you that president Mahama is behind Atuabo port and exemt himself from paying taxes for 50 years making Ghanaians fools.What a crook and unpatriotic man.
Osebo 9 years ago

This story has been raised a number of times over the past couple of months and there are some valuable comments and others which show we have not moved on from the past which i believe holds us back from moving forward. But ...
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This story has been raised a number of times over the past couple of months and there are some valuable comments and others which show we have not moved on from the past which i believe holds us back from moving forward. But my take on this is that if the cabinet have approved the agreement then it must be in accordance with the law, i am now lawyer but has anyone checked the claims made by the TUC, does GPHA have the sole authority to plan and develop ports in Ghana what does the law actually say? GPHA have gone silent on their objection are they using the unions as their proxy now? Why would the unions object to such an investment when it creates jobs, do they not want people from Atuabo to become union members? TUC say is violates national policies and strategies can they provide more detail as it would be good to read what the strategies are. If the project can be developed without government guarantees why does GPHA say they need the government to provide funding from the consolidated account which is against the government policy now. as a concerned citizen i would like to be convinced that the claims are real and substantiated otherwise if not let the private sector develop the port as we desperately need it to reduce the congestion that we face at Tema and Takoradi
Kobina 9 years ago

Even Britain is asking the Chinese to develop part of their railway system. Wake up. The world does not end in Ghana

Even Britain is asking the Chinese to develop part of their railway system. Wake up. The world does not end in Ghana
Mkamamamamaa 9 years ago

I MEAN SOMETIME U TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED AND WANT TO EXCUSE THE MAN..BUT HERE LIKE THE cHINES PROBLEMS HOW DO YOU DEFEND mAHAMA.? selling Ghana TO lNHNRO? dOES HE KNOW THE IMPLICATION? WHERE WAS MAHAMA EDUCATED KORAAAAA ...
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I MEAN SOMETIME U TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED AND WANT TO EXCUSE THE MAN..BUT HERE LIKE THE cHINES PROBLEMS HOW DO YOU DEFEND mAHAMA.? selling Ghana TO lNHNRO? dOES HE KNOW THE IMPLICATION? WHERE WAS MAHAMA EDUCATED KORAAAAAA?
Dr Robert Glah 9 years ago

Consistent Ghana local content law is needed.

The New Statesman is unbelievable

Consistent Ghana local content law is needed.

The New Statesman is unbelievable
Daniel 9 years ago

Given that News Statesman is an NPP paper who are supposed to be pro business as you say it is unbelievable that they are supporting this anti business story. But on your point of consistent local content law we need to have ...
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Given that News Statesman is an NPP paper who are supposed to be pro business as you say it is unbelievable that they are supporting this anti business story. But on your point of consistent local content law we need to have the infrastructure to make the foreign companies do more in ghana which this project would provide. i hope our government does not listen to these stupid statements
Kwabena Ansa 9 years ago

Mr. Mahama, shame unto you and your recalcitrant cronies. What you are doing is undermining the intelligence and assertiveness of our rights as a sovereign nation not to be subservient to any one. What is it and why are you b ...
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Mr. Mahama, shame unto you and your recalcitrant cronies. What you are doing is undermining the intelligence and assertiveness of our rights as a sovereign nation not to be subservient to any one. What is it and why are you bent on doing something that every reasonable person thinks its not in the best interest of Ghanaians and the country as a whole?. I hope you haven't forgotten the " Lonrho Agreement" of the days of Afrifa's administration which was abrogated because concerned and reasonable minds were able to see through the true hidden intention of Lonrho which was, to take the country to the cleaners and leave Ghana dry. Lonrho is back to test the water again to see if it can twist you and those who matter in the decision making hands to do what they are hoping for. Unfortunately, it appears you and your insensitive and corruption minded advisers instead of doing what is right for Ghana are overwhelmed and blinded with the bribe money each one of you is going to receive from Lonrho that you do not see the impact your decision to approve the Agreement will have on our country's future developments and interest of foreign investors. It shameful that you are conscienceless prepared to sell the country and your soul to give Lonrho what it wants. That is unpatriotic and characteristic of what we Ghanaians expect of our leaders. Mr. Mahama, don't you have scruples in your fucking head? You are the President and the bucks stop in your office. So, why can't you be assertive and bold and tell your selfish, disgraceful, corrupt,
and national saboteurs and no good cronies of yours to get off your back and do the right thing for once, for the sake of Ghana and Ghanaians and your legacy.
rkt 9 years ago

this memo or report from the former board chairman is disturbing, H.E. President JDM. we cry that our mineral resources are given away for free and in the same breath give a 50-year tax holiday and a monopoly to boot! true, i ...
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this memo or report from the former board chairman is disturbing, H.E. President JDM. we cry that our mineral resources are given away for free and in the same breath give a 50-year tax holiday and a monopoly to boot! true, it is sometimes necessary to secure an investor's capital by allowing them some respite from competition, but a lifetime monopoly and a half century tax holiday certainly puts one on inquiry! imagine how much the govt would have to execute its projects and programmes with, if all investors had 50-year tax holidays! my president and my idol, nation first, as Prof Mills - may He rest in Peace - always said, and acted! if there are cogent reasons for the concessions let Gh know and if we must, as was the case in the Fortiz PE-Merbank deal, we will support it! p'se give us the full facts! yours in the name of a better Gh. Note that The Prof did not say a better ndc! he wisely chose the servant who would inherit the rest of the estate after the former, with the right of primogeniture had chosen only one of all that was on offer. P'se let us follow Prof's footsteps and choose Gh 'cos we'll have a better ndc, npp, cpp, ppp, pnp, etc as bonus. finally, this deal, unless there is additional info we do not have, will effectively reduce GPHA's ability to make more money, cripple it after a no. of years and, eventually, make it a candidate for divestiture! God-a-mercy!
Pee 9 years ago

Lonhro..gives and takes BRIBES

Lonhro..gives and takes BRIBES
DUKE 9 years ago

GHANA'S SOVREIGNTY ON SALE BY MAHAMA N NDC. BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE OFFICE IN 2016 THEY WOULD HAVE SOLD GHANA TO FOREIGNERS AND HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF. WE WILL BE BACK IN THE OLD SLAVE TRADE DAYS. FUTURE GENERATION OF GHA ...
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GHANA'S SOVREIGNTY ON SALE BY MAHAMA N NDC. BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE OFFICE IN 2016 THEY WOULD HAVE SOLD GHANA TO FOREIGNERS AND HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF. WE WILL BE BACK IN THE OLD SLAVE TRADE DAYS. FUTURE GENERATION OF GHANAIANS WILL BECOME SLAVES OF FOREIGN COMPANIES; NEO COLONIALISM, THE VERY THING NKRUMAH ALWAYS STOOD AGAINST JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BRIBES NOW TO MAHAMA, HIS MINISTERS, HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND FUCK ALL OTHER GHANAIANS. IS THIS THE MAN AND THE PARTY GHANAIANS VOTED FOR? TO SELL US AND THE COUNTRY BACK INTO SLAVERY.

LOOK AT THE ARAB COUNTRIES; WHO CONTROLS THEIR PORTS AND SECURITY OF THEIR COUNTRIES? IT IS THE ARABS; NOT LONRHO OR ANY FOREIGN COUNTRY. FOR GOODNESS SAKE ATTA MILLS PUT A HOLD ON THIS PROJECT PENDING INVESTIGATIONS. MAHAMA HIMSELF WAS UNDER INVESTIGATIONS BY ATTA MILLS SO WHAT HAS CHANGED? ATTA MILLS IS DEAD AND MAHAMA CAN IN INVIGORATE HIS DEVELISH PLANS TO PLAN TO LOOT AND TO SHARE GHANA'S ASSETS AND FUCK EVERYBODY ELSE
TEE 9 years ago

SO INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT IS REALLY SERIOUS PERIOD

SO INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT IS REALLY SERIOUS PERIOD
nanaabro 9 years ago

Just send Mahama's administration and the private company to court.

Just send Mahama's administration and the private company to court.
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

You maybe right because Ghana has paid lot of judgement debts and should stop doing the same mistakes all the time.I totally agree with you that the state must be on the safer side this time.The idea is good but there must be ...
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You maybe right because Ghana has paid lot of judgement debts and should stop doing the same mistakes all the time.I totally agree with you that the state must be on the safer side this time.The idea is good but there must be more consultation by potential stakeholders.I am very sure the Western people are very interested in developmental projects but the strategy at stake is too high for Mahama to penetrate the Western coast these days because the Chinese loan is being mishandled.The court must decide if the state is doing the right thing to aviod future misunderstanding.By the way,was there any tender at all?Thank you.
CHE 9 years ago

The problem with the GPHA's argument is that in one breath they like the Act on our books that grants them monopoly over port handling and in another despise the fact that another entity - even though private- is also being g ...
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The problem with the GPHA's argument is that in one breath they like the Act on our books that grants them monopoly over port handling and in another despise the fact that another entity - even though private- is also being given that same monopoly in a certain part of the country. What is good for the goose has to be good for the gander. I am not one who necessarily believes that state-owned necessarily means that the benefits accrue to the general citizenry. For all indications are that under state monopoly capital, the bourgeoisie of the country collude with international capital under the ruse of state ownership, to further their class interest to the detriment of the masses.If GPHA went for a loan to develop the oil and gas facilities at Takoradi port not expecting any other competitive developments in our economy going forward, then I would say the board members were a pretty short-sighted bunch
kb 9 years ago

EI President Mahama,that's how you are, wao.Mahama, Cheluba of Ghana you have been disappointed us,2016 is not foever.You be out.you be in jail soon.

EI President Mahama,that's how you are, wao.Mahama, Cheluba of Ghana you have been disappointed us,2016 is not foever.You be out.you be in jail soon.
Antiochus - London 9 years ago

Mahama has mortgage the country as he knows his tenure in office is coming to an end.

Mahama has mortgage the country as he knows his tenure in office is coming to an end.
Whatever 9 years ago

Mills saw wisdom and threw the project out because it was not in the very least the national interest. Why do you come and seek to lift it up again? Are you wiser than professor Mills who tutored you? You cannot build a viabl ...
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Mills saw wisdom and threw the project out because it was not in the very least the national interest. Why do you come and seek to lift it up again? Are you wiser than professor Mills who tutored you? You cannot build a viable Ghanaian state owned by foreigners. It is unacceptable because no country in the world exist that way. There's no Ghanaian interest in that port yet it is intended to serve the transport needs of our crude oil and gas, such a lucrative enterprise and you want Ghana to control nothing in there. There's no strategic thinking to get the best there is for ordinary Ghanaians and we must be alarmed
Odasanibi 9 years ago

I really don't get, why would you let
someone oversee what comes into your
house? I guess it is because of greed and blatant abuse of power for prez
Mahama and his cabinet to approve such a deal.

I really don't get, why would you let
someone oversee what comes into your
house? I guess it is because of greed and blatant abuse of power for prez
Mahama and his cabinet to approve such a deal.
Nana Yaw 9 years ago

This mahama guy is crazy with his cabinet for approving such a silly contrat.As for Collins dauda,he is from Burkina so I'm not surprise at all but that'ladyHanna Tete I don't know what she looking for in these world!s

This mahama guy is crazy with his cabinet for approving such a silly contrat.As for Collins dauda,he is from Burkina so I'm not surprise at all but that'ladyHanna Tete I don't know what she looking for in these world!s
KANAWU 9 years ago

" IMPEACH MAHAMA". LORNHO IS NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR GHANA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WAKE UP GHANAIANS. THESE KNUCLE-HEADS AND BLOOD SUCKERS ARE THINKING OF THEIR OWN INTEREST AND NOT THE PEOPLE.

" IMPEACH MAHAMA". LORNHO IS NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR GHANA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WAKE UP GHANAIANS. THESE KNUCLE-HEADS AND BLOOD SUCKERS ARE THINKING OF THEIR OWN INTEREST AND NOT THE PEOPLE.
Owura Ntim 9 years ago

Do we have all the facts. This very soon will become a judgment debt situation when Mahama is out of office in 2016

Do we have all the facts. This very soon will become a judgment debt situation when Mahama is out of office in 2016

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