EPA is not anti-industrialisation - Foreign Minister

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Antiochus - London 10 years ago

We don't want / need the EPA, period.

We don't want / need the EPA, period.
readi 2 dye 10 years ago

One is given a position cuz they are fat light skinned middle age women...this woman will do anything to help the alien deceive her own country...such person is called EVE. Hannah tetteh please make ur arguement and list some ...
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One is given a position cuz they are fat light skinned middle age women...this woman will do anything to help the alien deceive her own country...such person is called EVE. Hannah tetteh please make ur arguement and list some of the benefits. If u are saying European imports will increase from 550 mil, u are supporting the wrong team because it is not what we want..we want reduce European imports and increase traditional not non-traditional exports...n please explain to us how the increase of European exports will not kill our industries. U keep saying it's good for ecowas yet you never proof ur case...thank god for Goodluck Jonathan for seeing thru all this.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

low grade!!!

low grade!!!
readi 2 dye 10 years ago

Increase of European IMPORTS will not kill our industries.

Increase of European IMPORTS will not kill our industries.
Ablade Simon 10 years ago

john Mahama's mistress!

john Mahama's mistress!
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

And what are our exports to EU? That is the big question. We already know the import from EU and China, how do we balance that? We lose our import duties with EPA so how do we make up the loss in revenue when we don't have mu ...
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And what are our exports to EU? That is the big question. We already know the import from EU and China, how do we balance that? We lose our import duties with EPA so how do we make up the loss in revenue when we don't have much else other than our usual cocoa, gold etc. to export?
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

we can judge for ourselves.

we can judge for ourselves.
DAN 10 years ago

NAFTA DESTROYED AMERICAN JOBS, SENDING MOST CHEAP LABOR JOBS TO CHINA..IF GHANA AND NIGERIA HAD ELECTRIC AND WATER 24 HOURS PER DAY THEY COULD HAVE GAINED WITH THEIR CHEAP LABOR! INSTEAD MASSIVE CONTAINER SHIPS CARRYING THOUS ...
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NAFTA DESTROYED AMERICAN JOBS, SENDING MOST CHEAP LABOR JOBS TO CHINA..IF GHANA AND NIGERIA HAD ELECTRIC AND WATER 24 HOURS PER DAY THEY COULD HAVE GAINED WITH THEIR CHEAP LABOR! INSTEAD MASSIVE CONTAINER SHIPS CARRYING THOUSANDS OF CONTAINERS BERTH IN USA WITH PRODUCTS FROM CHINA AND BANGLEDESH
Corrupt Justice 10 years ago

Ghana is a dumping ground for garbage of immoral westerners! Rawlings, Hannah (with a stolen Ghanaian local names added to her lost identity), Muchacho, etc. and the country has become a hell for its citizens.

Ghana is a dumping ground for garbage of immoral westerners! Rawlings, Hannah (with a stolen Ghanaian local names added to her lost identity), Muchacho, etc. and the country has become a hell for its citizens.
Ekow London 10 years ago

Don't know what this Minister is about.Increasing imports above current levels, undercuts and increases local production costs.Protecting local business and generating internal growth is the only way to improve the economy.

Don't know what this Minister is about.Increasing imports above current levels, undercuts and increases local production costs.Protecting local business and generating internal growth is the only way to improve the economy.
Analyst 10 years ago

Siigning the EPA has no viable option because not signing it is like cutting trade links with Europe - Ghana cannot survive that.
I think the current misconception about the EPA is due to the failure of government officials ...
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Siigning the EPA has no viable option because not signing it is like cutting trade links with Europe - Ghana cannot survive that.
I think the current misconception about the EPA is due to the failure of government officials to communicate what the EPA means. For instance though the EPA has the tendency to increase imports from Europe, it wii also increase exports from Ghana to Europe. Overall, volume of trading between Ghana and Europe (exports plus imports) will expand and this will create more and more new employments for Ghanaians.
readi 2 dye 10 years ago

Export of what..kobe,akrantie,gari... Is that all we good for?

Export of what..kobe,akrantie,gari... Is that all we good for?
Akosua 10 years ago

You lie bad! Please stop calling yourself an analyst because you are very misinformed. Not signing will NOT mean cutting trade links with the EU but rather, having to pay discounted tariff rates on certain Ghanaian exports.

You lie bad! Please stop calling yourself an analyst because you are very misinformed. Not signing will NOT mean cutting trade links with the EU but rather, having to pay discounted tariff rates on certain Ghanaian exports.
KWAKU 10 years ago

Analyst, you know very well that there are alternatives to the European markets. For what Ghana exports, AGOA offers better alternatives/options. It also offers a larger market. The EU partners in the produce sectors of Gh ...
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Analyst, you know very well that there are alternatives to the European markets. For what Ghana exports, AGOA offers better alternatives/options. It also offers a larger market. The EU partners in the produce sectors of Ghana and ECOWAS will not sit idle for their investments to be wasted. They will help re-open the EU markets for their investments or help seek other options.

What does this minister know about the EPA? She probably started learning about the agreement this year. Look into the backgrounds of the EU representatives involved in the EPA. You will find out that they have been involved in the initial EEC concept in the early 70's to the current EU reality. I am sure none of the ECOWAS pioneers are participants in this EPA nonsense.

I do not blame Hannah Tetteh, Iddrisu, Pelpuo or any of the Ghanaian EPA decision makers. Iddrisu speaks and looks like a fish out of water. Hannah Tetteh sounds ignorant every time she opens her mouth about the EPA. Pelpuo just talks nonsense. The EPA is a horrible pact. Just stay away from it.
JH New York 10 years ago

Analysts,please listen to me. The economic and financial factors here is the Balance of Payment,which I suspect would be in favor of EU to enslave the Country/Sub region.And also collapsed our already struggling industries.
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Analysts,please listen to me. The economic and financial factors here is the Balance of Payment,which I suspect would be in favor of EU to enslave the Country/Sub region.And also collapsed our already struggling industries.
Again,What is the reason and the meaning of the Clause that,tariffs would be increased on the Sub region,if the agreement is not signed by the deadline.ECOWAS should not be carried away by those threats !
As I have said several times,one of the Economic and Financial Pillars in export and import is the BALANCE OF PAYMENT.
That is the most important thing to be considered before Ghana decides to Sign or otherwise.
AKWASI FIRE KUMAWU 10 years ago

UNWISE NDC PUBLISH THE FULL AGGREEMENT ITS FULL BENEFITS. WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR PROPAGANDA.WHY ARE YOU KILLS US? GO TO BAWUMIAH IF YOU NEED ADVISE.

UNWISE NDC PUBLISH THE FULL AGGREEMENT ITS FULL BENEFITS. WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR PROPAGANDA.WHY ARE YOU KILLS US? GO TO BAWUMIAH IF YOU NEED ADVISE.
GHANANI 10 years ago

The NPP strongly supports the EPA and would have signed it long ago if it were in power. NPP is a puppet of western nations and always prepared to dance to their tunes.

The NPP strongly supports the EPA and would have signed it long ago if it were in power. NPP is a puppet of western nations and always prepared to dance to their tunes.
Don't condone corruption 10 years ago

The executives of these two parties all work for their real pay,masters in the eu and america.
They both see Ghanaians as second class citizens and will do anything to promote the agenda of these foreigners before us.
These ...
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The executives of these two parties all work for their real pay,masters in the eu and america.
They both see Ghanaians as second class citizens and will do anything to promote the agenda of these foreigners before us.
These two parties think Ghanaians are too dumb to figure this out, but I think they are right.
DONBOLI 10 years ago

How can something to good for a country written by other country far away from you. Its time africa writes the agreements not EU. In the 2000 this very agreement about trade was sign. What is the differents and why are they n ...
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How can something to good for a country written by other country far away from you. Its time africa writes the agreements not EU. In the 2000 this very agreement about trade was sign. What is the differents and why are they not tell us. You cant sell something nobody has ever seen. How stupid do the EU thinks africans are. They what africans to sign a plain sheet so they can put and take at anytime. If you dont like it you pull out is not the answer and it sound foolish. Why should anybody go into something they are not sure it will work.
Ghana will only sign thing they know it will work for five years and more.
Ghana should sign until the agreement is laid on the table for everybody to see. If this agreement had any good in it the information about it should have been coming of ECOWAS not single countries in africa.
The west and EU had their share of africa and should move on and not try to creep their way back to africa because if the Chinese trades with africa.
John Mahama and Hannah thinks the same about ghana, good ideas only for investers.
Why should any country be asking for private foreign investers to invest in their country and go out telling people to buy made in ghana. Made in ghana who? foreign people.
We can also invest in ghana if the know what they are doing. NDC and John Mahama are lost in transilation. The book and the mouth lied to them.
You dont ask people to come and take from your people, you give your people yhe money to do the same thing. John Mahama is confuse, buy locally it doesnt matter how it gets there. shame. STOP foreigner taking our country. Get Us jobs and create jobs.
Adjo 10 years ago

How many people out of the 25million gains from the export to eu except a handful. I hope she reads all the hidden clauses and small prints. She is pro eu as her mother hails from from the eastern country. Patriotism is 50%. ...
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How many people out of the 25million gains from the export to eu except a handful. I hope she reads all the hidden clauses and small prints. She is pro eu as her mother hails from from the eastern country. Patriotism is 50%. We need senchi forum for thorough discussions
PK 10 years ago

What the heck is wrong with this Minister. You brought together public sector workers to sensitise them on ECOWAS regional integration, only to turn around to promote the EPA, which, without a doubt, undermines the mechanisms ...
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What the heck is wrong with this Minister. You brought together public sector workers to sensitise them on ECOWAS regional integration, only to turn around to promote the EPA, which, without a doubt, undermines the mechanisms and benefits of regional integration.
NII 10 years ago

EVER SINCE I GOT TO KNOW SHE WORKED WITH THE INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE US EMBASSY,I HAVE NEVER SLEPT WELL ESPECIALLY WHEN I HEARD SHE HAS BEEN MADE FOREIGN MINISTER.KICK HER ASS OUT NOW.AM DEEPLY WORRIE ...
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EVER SINCE I GOT TO KNOW SHE WORKED WITH THE INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE US EMBASSY,I HAVE NEVER SLEPT WELL ESPECIALLY WHEN I HEARD SHE HAS BEEN MADE FOREIGN MINISTER.KICK HER ASS OUT NOW.AM DEEPLY WORRIED FOR MY PARTY NDC.I KNOW THE TURBULENT TIMES OF THIS COUNTRY AND PLEASE GHANAIANS CAN BE VERY QUIET BUT THE DAY THEY STRIKE,YOU WILL REGRET HAVING SIGNED THIS DEVILISH EPA.WE DONT WANT IT JUST AS WE DONT WANT THE WEST ESPECIALLY EUROPEANS WHO KILLED AND SOLD OVER 1 BILLION OF OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS.WE HAVE FORGIVEN THEM BUT HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THE OBNOXIOUS CRIMES THY METED OUT TO OUR ANCESTRY AND EVEN TO US NOW.THESE BLOOD-SUCKING FUCKING DOGS WILL PAY DEARLY SOMEDAY.WE DONT NEED THEM .THEY NEED US.SACK HANNAH TETTEH NOW WITH ALL THE SPEED.OH HOW I MISS PRESIDENT RAWLINGS,MYILLUSTROUS,BRILLIANT,REMARKABLE,MENTOR.UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS BEING SIDELINED
insight to the bone 10 years ago

first law of economics is supply and demand , second is never produce anything if there is no market for it . we have the market so we can industrialize sooner or later , hand it over freely to the Europeans no matter how wel ...
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first law of economics is supply and demand , second is never produce anything if there is no market for it . we have the market so we can industrialize sooner or later , hand it over freely to the Europeans no matter how well packaged and the future of our children are doomed. i dont see the Europeans offering the other benefits such as the freedom of movement and insisting on visa free entry into their countries. they are not offering half a trillion for infrastructural development and real assistance in bettering the standard of the people of west Africa . this is a war that will destroy any chances of self reliance and self development . see what they have done to our poultry , fish and beef industry . until we have people who understand the issues and the true hidden agendas and dangers of such a one sided agreement where the benefits are only for the Europeans we should not engage in any such devastating experiments . EPA is being pushed now because they are aware pepeni is an illigimate president , even now the video of the murder of atta mills is being circulted in private circles and one day soon he will be overthrown so he is rushing to put another yoke and burden on the people of Akan. this govt can only borrow and can not even secure investments of 30 billion dollars how do they expect to handle a multitrillion agreement which in reality denies your own people the right to develop their own industry. our industrial base is less than 3% by the way. lets not allow this foolishness to pass ,
charles Austria 10 years ago

This woman have emty heard.

This woman have emty heard.
ROGUE LAWYER 10 years ago

you just sit at that of your 4sq meter Office of empty heads and start pronouce things you have no technical knowledge off .

Ghana is suffering economically now,
the state of Ghana economy is in bad shape all because o ...
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you just sit at that of your 4sq meter Office of empty heads and start pronouce things you have no technical knowledge off .

Ghana is suffering economically now,
the state of Ghana economy is in bad shape all because our past leaders refuse to think just the same way you are doing now.

most of Ghana economical Problems are merely Happening on over dependency of foreign goods and Service yet nobody seems to turn things around to the loal manufactures in our daily Needs to meet the Standard of living to boost economic fortunes in the Country.
if hana tete is a wise and patrotic politician she would at this time that the Country is looking for economical Solutions suport such a lazy idears and proposals .
Don't condone corruption 10 years ago

Stop lying you shameful excuse of an African woman.

Stop lying you shameful excuse of an African woman.
PLAIN TALK. 10 years ago

WE HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN FROM THIS AGREEMENT,PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF OUR GRAND CHILDRENS FUTURE DO NOT SIGN THIS AGREEMENT.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN FROM THIS AGREEMENT,PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF OUR GRAND CHILDRENS FUTURE DO NOT SIGN THIS AGREEMENT.
The Mask 10 years ago

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Boachsoft Finance 2012 software, developed in Accra and in East Akyem in the Eastern Region of Ghana, is helping many families across the globe to balance the family budget and save for their children´s future . People say it is better than the American product Quicken in many ways.

The next version would be released in December 2015.

The comptroller and accountant general´s department must expedite the payment of new employees. Rent-advance is not easy to come by and some new employees have to resort to sugar daddies to solve their problem.

I came across this article on family finance and I think all should read it:

blog(dot)boachsoft(dot)com

(dot as in yahoo dot com)
Osei Yao 10 years ago

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THIS, I AM AFRAID THAT YOU ARE NAIVE. EUROPEANS WILL FLOOD YOUR MARKETS TO KILL ANY BUDDING COMPETITION FROM LOCAL INDUSTRIES. BESIDES, YOUR OWN PEOPLE WILL BUY "MADE IN THERE" THAN "MADE IN HERE"

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THIS, I AM AFRAID THAT YOU ARE NAIVE. EUROPEANS WILL FLOOD YOUR MARKETS TO KILL ANY BUDDING COMPETITION FROM LOCAL INDUSTRIES. BESIDES, YOUR OWN PEOPLE WILL BUY "MADE IN THERE" THAN "MADE IN HERE"
HAZOR 10 years ago

They signing EPA will give access to 100% European market but is that true?Absolutely not,we were denial rice and sugar on EPA agreement on European market isn't such a denial a sign of anti-industralisation?Signing EPA will ...
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They signing EPA will give access to 100% European market but is that true?Absolutely not,we were denial rice and sugar on EPA agreement on European market isn't such a denial a sign of anti-industralisation?Signing EPA will create a big problem for Ghana.Ghana will loss taxes on both import and export and this is not going to be fair to other countries from America,Middle East and Asia which do not have any of such agreement with us.
STORY MOJA 10 years ago

It's very obvious Ghanaians don't want the EPA and it's hard to understand what it is about Ghanaians not wanting the EPA that Hanna Tetteh doesn't get. Yenti3 obiaa abi?

It's very obvious Ghanaians don't want the EPA and it's hard to understand what it is about Ghanaians not wanting the EPA that Hanna Tetteh doesn't get. Yenti3 obiaa abi?
JH New York 10 years ago

Hannah Tetteh is not the Minister of Trade (Sector minister).The question is why does She coerce/compel people at the least opportunity to accept the EPA agreement.
Again,why does Hannah Tetteh think Ghana should Sign the ...
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Hannah Tetteh is not the Minister of Trade (Sector minister).The question is why does She coerce/compel people at the least opportunity to accept the EPA agreement.
Again,why does Hannah Tetteh think Ghana should Sign the agreement because the Country has the chance to opt out later.
Is that the Common Sense approach ?.
Hannah Tetteh,I don't think you make sense to me. I suspect you could be dangerous to your own people. Anyway.
JH New York 10 years ago

Correction:
Hannah Tetteh,your actions is an indication that u have been promised something of personal benefits to be able to get on a EPA Campaign message.
If my guess is correct,I implore u to desist from your deficienc ...
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Correction:
Hannah Tetteh,your actions is an indication that u have been promised something of personal benefits to be able to get on a EPA Campaign message.
If my guess is correct,I implore u to desist from your deficiency. Anyway
note:
( sorry,please ignore -I suspect you could be dangerous to your own people).thks.

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