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Nyansasem 10 years ago

Yes, you are right; the problems are known already, so why waste money, time and resource to do this?

"They are only going to speak big grammars that nobody will understand; per capita income, gross domestic product and so ...
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Yes, you are right; the problems are known already, so why waste money, time and resource to do this?

"They are only going to speak big grammars that nobody will understand; per capita income, gross domestic product and so on. Meanwhile, the problems of the economy are known. We need real practical measures,” he intimated."
Ken Ntiamoa 10 years ago

Some of them will double the size of their bellies in those four days.

Ken

Some of them will double the size of their bellies in those four days.

Ken
GHFUO, MALLAM MAHAMA BB! 10 years ago

POLITICIANS DONT DISCUSS ECONOMICS. ECONOMISTS, STUDENTS, BUSINESS PPL DO. THIS NEF IS A WASTE OF TIME N MONEY. BOYCOTT N GO N SLEEP!
IDIOTS, GO N ASK MALLAM FOR ECONOMIC SOLUTION INSTEAD....
SO OTHER OPPOSITION PARTY DID I ...
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POLITICIANS DONT DISCUSS ECONOMICS. ECONOMISTS, STUDENTS, BUSINESS PPL DO. THIS NEF IS A WASTE OF TIME N MONEY. BOYCOTT N GO N SLEEP!
IDIOTS, GO N ASK MALLAM FOR ECONOMIC SOLUTION INSTEAD....
SO OTHER OPPOSITION PARTY DID INFACT RESPOND/ATTEND? FOR WAT? THEY HVE NO DIGNITY OR COMMON SENSE. NDC MUST FIND SOLUTIONS.......U WANT TO BE THE CHEF? THEN STAY IN THE KITCHEN N COOK. TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE SOUP!
akonoba 10 years ago

Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off the mess in the economy.Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=WOYOME=ISOFOTON=SUBAH. We vote for Mahama to fix the economy and turns round to ...
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Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off the mess in the economy.Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=WOYOME=ISOFOTON=SUBAH. We vote for Mahama to fix the economy and turns round to invite us to fix the mess he created via SADA, GYEDA, WOYOME, ISOFOTON and corruption. Mahama@57 years is immature and leaderless to govern Ghana. Mahama must resign.
akonoba 10 years ago

Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off the mess in the econ ...
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Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off the mess in the economy.Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=WOYOME=ISOFOTON=SUBAH. We vote for Mahama to fix the economy and turns round to invite us to fix the mess he created via SADA, GYEDA, WOYOME, ISOFOTON and corruption. Mahama@57 years is immature and leaderless to govern Ghana. Mahama must resign.
akonoba 10 years ago

Mahama edey be keke is not a policy. It is a slogan. Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior t ...
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Mahama edey be keke is not a policy. It is a slogan. Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off the mess in the economy.Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=WOYOME=ISOFOTON=SUBAH. We vote for Mahama to fix the economy and turns round to invite us to fix the mess he created via SADA, GYEDA, WOYOME, ISOFOTON and corruption. Mahama@57 years is immature and leaderless to govern Ghana. Mahama must resign.
akonoba 10 years ago

Mahama is directionless. Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause ...
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Mahama is directionless. Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off the mess in the economy.Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=WOYOME=ISOFOTON=SUBAH. We vote for Mahama to fix the economy and turns round to invite us to fix the mess he created via SADA, GYEDA, WOYOME, ISOFOTON and corruption. Mahama@57 years is immature and leaderless to govern Ghana. Mahama must resign.
akonoba 10 years ago

Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=corruption. Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION i ...
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Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=corruption. Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off the mess in the economy.Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=WOYOME=ISOFOTON=SUBAH. We vote for Mahama to fix the economy and turns round to invite us to fix the mess he created via SADA, GYEDA, WOYOME, ISOFOTON and corruption. Mahama@57 years is immature and leaderless to govern Ghana. Mahama must resign.
akonoba 10 years ago

Mahama=visionless. Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off t ...
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Mahama=visionless. Mahama's recklessness via SADA=GYEDA=SUBAH=ISOFOTON=WOYOME=corruption is the root cause of the mess. Dr Bawumia said it all in his lectures that Mahama recklessness prior to 2012 ELECTION is the cause off the mess in the economy.Mahama=SADA=GYEDA=WOYOME=ISOFOTON=SUBAH. We vote for Mahama to fix the economy and turns round to invite us to fix the mess he created via SADA, GYEDA, WOYOME, ISOFOTON and corruption. Mahama@57 years is immature and leaderless to govern Ghana. Mahama must resign.
Chelsea Rolland 10 years ago

Yes

Yes
insight to the bone 10 years ago

Lets face it, all these ashawo journalists and media realized after peddling the propaganda and lies of the NDC that the people immediately saw through them and stopped buying their newspapers or listening to their radio st ...
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Lets face it, all these ashawo journalists and media realized after peddling the propaganda and lies of the NDC that the people immediately saw through them and stopped buying their newspapers or listening to their radio stations , so they now offer watered down versions of the truth instead of the cold hard facts . 98% of the people of Ghana have rejected the corrupt moral and perverse ndc govt policies be it so called fight for sodomy and gay right to fake economy discussions . we do not have these pepeni and ayigbe idiots as you have to be worth something or worthy to hate we simply read my lips here totally DESPISE THEM. we despise their corruption , we despise their hatred of the Akan majority , we despise their looting and their daily lies , the list is endless as the rotten through and through. Not so long ago they tell us this is the Action year for the Better Agenda as the continue listen very carefully the murdered mill's agenda . Then they tell us they are only in first gear , now they say with the economic forum not only has the car stopped but they are now shopping around for IDEAS to find petrol to get the car moving again in a direction they don't know ? yes we deeply despise such pepeni ayigbe incompetence and they should know after this period will follow the period of FURY. Just look at the misery and woes they have brought upon our people and still they refuse to LET OUR PEOPLE GO. they are too busy steal the little foreign exchange left that the cedi is plummeting down. they are allies with kuffour and his band of robbers who hijacked the npp for a while and made sure they destroyed the grassroots network of the npp so npp can not truly lead any opposition fight to the end like the Ukrainians did . these foolish ndc dont seem to figure out everytime time they come up with a way to freely spend the tax papers money we see through their lies and propaganda . so after spending a thousand dollars a day per person at this 4 day national economic forum without consensus what do they have to show for it except more lies , propaganda and wishful fantasy thinking . shame on you kuffuor for giving them support , if you can find it in you to care then advise your partners in crime to resign and go away for good
Dr Jay 10 years ago

Mr. Pratt why are you pointing fingers at NPP? Your stand on NEF was that of unnecessary event which was same as NPP.

Did you now see the light and you change your mind?

Do you see how wrong it is to boycott national e ...
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Mr. Pratt why are you pointing fingers at NPP? Your stand on NEF was that of unnecessary event which was same as NPP.

Did you now see the light and you change your mind?

Do you see how wrong it is to boycott national events regardless of who organized it?

You are a fine journalist but you need to reflect before you go public

come again
ONE OF YOURS 10 years ago

npp yentia obira,impianin,nyanho,kennedy,mamfo,you can never eat your cake and have it,.boycott,boycott no be good ,loose steam big oluuuuuu.

npp yentia obira,impianin,nyanho,kennedy,mamfo,you can never eat your cake and have it,.boycott,boycott no be good ,loose steam big oluuuuuu.
Barimaba 10 years ago

How much did it cost Ghana what the NPP said about the ECONOMY?After Akosombo Conference,Ghana is going to pay about 1 million dollars.Do Cost-Benefit Analysis.

How much did it cost Ghana what the NPP said about the ECONOMY?After Akosombo Conference,Ghana is going to pay about 1 million dollars.Do Cost-Benefit Analysis.
DAVI 10 years ago

Kwesi Pratt is Citicizing NPP,all because of his stomach leads.NPP have saved tax payers money and given Prez.Mahama free advice,so it's now upto NDC to use Bawumia's solutions or keep on wasting tax payers money.

Kwesi Pratt is Citicizing NPP,all because of his stomach leads.NPP have saved tax payers money and given Prez.Mahama free advice,so it's now upto NDC to use Bawumia's solutions or keep on wasting tax payers money.
The Great Americano 10 years ago

Pratt your friends do not listen. So stop criticizing NPP all the time. You helped NDC win the elections. What are your solutions Mr kenkeyman? Pratt you have deceived Ghanaians for too long. Offer some solutions to your ...
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Pratt your friends do not listen. So stop criticizing NPP all the time. You helped NDC win the elections. What are your solutions Mr kenkeyman? Pratt you have deceived Ghanaians for too long. Offer some solutions to your party
Kofi 10 years ago

The economic forum is important but the NPP they arrogant and downright disrespectful to everyone in Ghana. If I am president mahama I will practically ignore them in all affairs of the nation because since Kwame Nkrumah e ...
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The economic forum is important but the NPP they arrogant and downright disrespectful to everyone in Ghana. If I am president mahama I will practically ignore them in all affairs of the nation because since Kwame Nkrumah era the NPP had always behaved the same way.
kwame 10 years ago

Kofi, i hthought you will askeyour president Mahamah to collect all the money they creat loot and share through judgement debts,curruption is the cause of the hardship ghanaianas are facing now.God will touch the heart of gha ...
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Kofi, i hthought you will askeyour president Mahamah to collect all the money they creat loot and share through judgement debts,curruption is the cause of the hardship ghanaianas are facing now.God will touch the heart of ghanaians to vote ndc out in 2016.
kwame 10 years ago

God will speak for the good people of ghana and the wicked and corrupt politicians they face their first judgement on earth and after they die ,they will face the eternal judgement unless they confess their sins and give thei ...
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God will speak for the good people of ghana and the wicked and corrupt politicians they face their first judgement on earth and after they die ,they will face the eternal judgement unless they confess their sins and give their lives to Jesus.God is watching them and their end will come.We ghaianains are paying so many taxes and you politicians are stealing the money,God has heard the cry of His people and the wicked,corrupt,thieves and liers politicians will never go scot free, the wrath of God will go against them unless they confess, repent from their sins and give their life to Jesus.
Barimaba 10 years ago

SUBA,GYEEDA,ISOFOTEN,SADA,JUDGMENT DEDT,AND ETC

SUBA,GYEEDA,ISOFOTEN,SADA,JUDGMENT DEDT,AND ETC
BRANDY 10 years ago

KWASI PRATT ARE U DEAF, DID U HEAR THE INSULTS OF KOJO TWUM BOAFO ON NPP MEMBERS ALL OVER THE RADIO STATIONS.....SINCE THERE IS NO RESPONSIBLE ADULT IN NDC, THIS BUFFOON CONTINUES TO RAIN INSULTS ON NPP CONDEMNING THEIR 8 YR ...
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KWASI PRATT ARE U DEAF, DID U HEAR THE INSULTS OF KOJO TWUM BOAFO ON NPP MEMBERS ALL OVER THE RADIO STATIONS.....SINCE THERE IS NO RESPONSIBLE ADULT IN NDC, THIS BUFFOON CONTINUES TO RAIN INSULTS ON NPP CONDEMNING THEIR 8 YR RULE AS A HUGE FAILURE SO THEY CANT CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO THE FORUM.....STUPID KOJO TWUM BOAFO WHO SPEAKS LIKE A PIG ON HEAT.
BaBs 10 years ago

Nothing good will come out of it until they
understand that buying votes with the nation's
resources is a very big mistake.

Nothing good will come out of it until they
understand that buying votes with the nation's
resources is a very big mistake.
Akora Sarkodie, UK 10 years ago

This is another I K Acheampong's "Union-Type" of Government in disguise If Mr Mahama and NDC cannot handle the management of Ghana's economy very well, surely NPP cannot teach them what to do.
Mr John Mahama and his NDC "Y ...
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This is another I K Acheampong's "Union-Type" of Government in disguise If Mr Mahama and NDC cannot handle the management of Ghana's economy very well, surely NPP cannot teach them what to do.
Mr John Mahama and his NDC "Yentie Obiara" lyrics is enough to make any good thinking people avoid being associated with the failings of NDC.

Is NDC preparing for another general election rigging? Was Economic Forum to solicit for NPP advice and manage the Ghana's economy very well in the NDC Election manifesto?

Surely, its never too late for NDC to go public and ask for NPP advice. NDC has already stolen NPP's SADA and free education policies. What more does NDC need from NPP?
KOFI ABROKWA - HOUSTON TX. USA. 10 years ago

FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH CHINCHINKA, IT IS ROATED MEAT THAT IT SOLD ON SIDE OF STREETS.
NDC BOUGHT CHINCHINKA VOTES AND NOW CANNOT CHEW. THE CEDI WESTERN UNION RATE THIS WEEK HAS BEEN ABOUT 2.78. IT IS SAD!!!!!

FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH CHINCHINKA, IT IS ROATED MEAT THAT IT SOLD ON SIDE OF STREETS.
NDC BOUGHT CHINCHINKA VOTES AND NOW CANNOT CHEW. THE CEDI WESTERN UNION RATE THIS WEEK HAS BEEN ABOUT 2.78. IT IS SAD!!!!!
Akora Sarkodie, UK 10 years ago

This Economic Forum was NDC election trap for NPP. NDC was only looking for catch-phrases to be used against NPP in defense of their poor handling of the economy. What did John Mahama mean by inviting economic giants to a for ...
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This Economic Forum was NDC election trap for NPP. NDC was only looking for catch-phrases to be used against NPP in defense of their poor handling of the economy. What did John Mahama mean by inviting economic giants to a forum in Akosombo, then goes to Kumasi and publicly declared "Yentie Obiara"
Well, this is another $5million Economic Forum waste. When the Golden Jubilee House was being criticised, the next thing we saw NDC splashing $30million on Late Attah-Mills final funeral rite. How?
AGYABA 10 years ago

AAH PRATT, HAVE NOT NOW ENDORSED THE NPP POSITION? IF THEY HAVE OFFERED THEIR REASONS OF THE ECONOMIC DECLINE ON MANY PRESS CONFABS, WHY THEN SHOULD THEY GO AND WASTE THEIR TIME AT AKOSOMBO? THE GOVT SHOULD AS A MATTER OF URG ...
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AAH PRATT, HAVE NOT NOW ENDORSED THE NPP POSITION? IF THEY HAVE OFFERED THEIR REASONS OF THE ECONOMIC DECLINE ON MANY PRESS CONFABS, WHY THEN SHOULD THEY GO AND WASTE THEIR TIME AT AKOSOMBO? THE GOVT SHOULD AS A MATTER OF URGENCY TAKE DR M. BAWUMIAS SCRIPT AND STUDY IT INSTEAD OF WASTING THE TAX PAYERS MONEY ON SEMINARS. NOTHING WILL COME OUT OF IT AS LONG AS CORRUPTION IS THE MAIN ACTION UNDERTAKEN BY THE MAHAMA AND THE NDC REGIME. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS APPOINTEES ARE JUST CORRUPT. IF THEY ESCHEW CORRUPTION THE ECONOMY WILL TAKE OFF.
koo nimo 10 years ago

the president is very inept and has no idea about how to fix an economy. he keeps on pointing to the wage bill and keeps alluding to the fact that the wage bill is decreasing. let me explain this wage bill to you so you see e ...
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the president is very inept and has no idea about how to fix an economy. he keeps on pointing to the wage bill and keeps alluding to the fact that the wage bill is decreasing. let me explain this wage bill to you so you see exactly how corrupt this government is. the wage bill in layman's term is the amount of money the government spends paying government workers, wage bill is a part of a country's GDP and it counts as an expense, in Ghana the wage bill counts for 75% of total GDP which means the wage bill counts for 75% of Ghana'a expense(75% of Ghana's expense is paying for government workers) now the president claim that the wage bill decreased to 57%, while this is good, he fails to inform us what the accompanying decrease in wage bill. so while the country is spending less on wages, what has the extra money being saved used for, one word -NOTHING. furthermore, he states that
"Indeed, almost every government leaves office with a less-than-desirable macroeconomic situation and the governments that succeed them then spend the next one to two years bringing the economy back from the brink,”
this is just the NDC government trying to justify its looting, as mush as i don't like the NPP, they left the nation in a very good condition. the cedi was very stable and at one point 1 cedi= 1 dollar, inflation was in the single digits and the nation's exports were higher than imports, allowing us to have a positive export-import index ratio. ALL OF THIS HAS GONE TO THE GUTTER and yet this president keeps lying through his teeth and blind supporters keep cheering him on.
Papa Yaw 10 years ago

How

How
GHANAIAN TO THE CORE 10 years ago

Mr Carlos Lopes, the Exec. Sec. of the UN Econ C'ssion for Africa on the April 24 at the opening of a two-day 'Global Growth Conference' in Rabat, Morocco. The Conference focused on 'The economic emergence of the African cont ...
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Mr Carlos Lopes, the Exec. Sec. of the UN Econ C'ssion for Africa on the April 24 at the opening of a two-day 'Global Growth Conference' in Rabat, Morocco. The Conference focused on 'The economic emergence of the African continent'
Mr Lopes spoke on ,'Africa's transformation requires visionary leadership'. I will like to recommend this article to the National Economic Forum participants for their kind perusal as a contribution.
PRACTICAL MEASURES 10 years ago

Akwasi Pratt said he did not see the essence of the national economic forum, in other words, it was a useless exercise, the attendance of the NPP or not.

Akwasi Pratt said he did not see the essence of the national economic forum, in other words, it was a useless exercise, the attendance of the NPP or not.
Koney 10 years ago

Kwesi it seems you are swimming in contradictions, you are confused because of your dislike for the opposition party. Just be a man for once. Being at opposite sides does not mean we cannot agree on common grounds at some poi ...
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Kwesi it seems you are swimming in contradictions, you are confused because of your dislike for the opposition party. Just be a man for once. Being at opposite sides does not mean we cannot agree on common grounds at some point in time
Kofi 10 years ago

If God JJ was there what did the Ndc want the Npp to do over there.

If God JJ was there what did the Ndc want the Npp to do over there.
BUILSA KANJARGA 10 years ago

Pratt and his pro NDC called Bawumia names when he deliverer his lecture, why pointing accusing fingers at NPP again

Pratt and his pro NDC called Bawumia names when he deliverer his lecture, why pointing accusing fingers at NPP again
nanaabro 10 years ago

why go and waist more money and time for what has been said long time ago?
this is the reason why we are not moving forward, because we keep repeating ourselves thereby making us mark time, whiles other countries are running ...
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why go and waist more money and time for what has been said long time ago?
this is the reason why we are not moving forward, because we keep repeating ourselves thereby making us mark time, whiles other countries are running.
Mankind 10 years ago

The NPP should not help the NDC to fix their economic mismanagement. The NDC should rather step down for NPP to come and implement their alternative solution to the problem. This is as simple as ABC. NDC was voted in power t ...
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The NPP should not help the NDC to fix their economic mismanagement. The NDC should rather step down for NPP to come and implement their alternative solution to the problem. This is as simple as ABC. NDC was voted in power to show a better agenda. If it has not worked, get out of the kitchen, period.

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