Parliament is broke – Minority Leader

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richmond 9 years ago

why why why so whrere the oil money go koraaaa eeiiiii mahama hmmmmmm Ghana is broke let us know

why why why so whrere the oil money go koraaaa eeiiiii mahama hmmmmmm Ghana is broke let us know
Bony 9 years ago

Greedy Bastard Ghanaian politicians reduce your pay to half and Mother Ghana can use that money for buying hospital beds, materials for farmers hence Ghana will be better off....

Greedy Bastard Ghanaian politicians reduce your pay to half and Mother Ghana can use that money for buying hospital beds, materials for farmers hence Ghana will be better off....
SGT ANANI FIADZAOE 9 years ago

The nation under NDC, our country is completely a broke and a hopeless nation. The entire nation is a broke
nation.

The nation under NDC, our country is completely a broke and a hopeless nation. The entire nation is a broke
nation.
JESSIE TADI 9 years ago

Parliament can go to supreme court for money.

Parliament can go to supreme court for money.
JOHN 9 years ago

You are the minority leader. You are the voice of the people. Thank you. Keep going. Maybe you can get Mahama to create more jobs.

You are the minority leader. You are the voice of the people. Thank you. Keep going. Maybe you can get Mahama to create more jobs.
AGBALAGBA 9 years ago

Who cares if the so-called Parliament is broke? If even it's not broke, you people would find a way to steal it so who the fuck cares? NPONKYE!!!

Who cares if the so-called Parliament is broke? If even it's not broke, you people would find a way to steal it so who the fuck cares? NPONKYE!!!
Ghanaba, USA 9 years ago

Close or dissolve the organization or suspend its activities for say 6 months. After that substantially decrease (about 30%)the number of MPs. They are just wasting Ghana's funds.

Close or dissolve the organization or suspend its activities for say 6 months. After that substantially decrease (about 30%)the number of MPs. They are just wasting Ghana's funds.
KB,LONDON 9 years ago

This is NDC govt. for you. Useless, greedy and incompetent bunch. NDC always sets the country back. After NPP intervention look at what they done to the country.

This is NDC govt. for you. Useless, greedy and incompetent bunch. NDC always sets the country back. After NPP intervention look at what they done to the country.
NO NONSENSE TAKER 9 years ago

Just a period of time or a particular time period that pepeni born ayedge could understand about their own down coming.Let the truth bring them back to Togo and Bukinabe that, these signs have long been here and we are fully ...
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Just a period of time or a particular time period that pepeni born ayedge could understand about their own down coming.Let the truth bring them back to Togo and Bukinabe that, these signs have long been here and we are fully prepared against all the enemies of the state by war or by any means necessary. Enough to the pepeni born ayedge who can not rule
oba nyansani baako Pe in Ghana 9 years ago

Every ministers pocket is full of both Ghana cedis and dollars. So, what ate you telling us? Both majority ans minority MP's are corrupt in parliament. Nkwaseafo3!

Every ministers pocket is full of both Ghana cedis and dollars. So, what ate you telling us? Both majority ans minority MP's are corrupt in parliament. Nkwaseafo3!
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 9 years ago

GHANA HAS BEEN RAPED BY NDC IDIOTS. WE DO NOT NEED ANY NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, WE NEED A NATIONAL COURT OF JURISDICTION TO PUT MAHAMA AND HIS CABINET ON TRIAL. GHANA'S HOPELESS ECONOMIC SITUATION, TODAY, IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTA ...
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GHANA HAS BEEN RAPED BY NDC IDIOTS. WE DO NOT NEED ANY NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, WE NEED A NATIONAL COURT OF JURISDICTION TO PUT MAHAMA AND HIS CABINET ON TRIAL. GHANA'S HOPELESS ECONOMIC SITUATION, TODAY, IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. NDC HAS OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS PRESIDED OVER THE BIGGEST RESOURCES IN OUR HISTORY INCLUDING CRUDE OIL & STEALTH TAXES. THEY HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED THE BIGGEST LOANS IN OUR HISTORY. IF THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THIS AND THE ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES, THEN,THEY MUST BE PROSECUTED. THEY MUST GIVE THE MONEYS BACK TO THE TREASURY. WE DO NOT NEED ANY ECONOMIC FORUM. SET UP A COURT IMMEDIATELY. IT HAPPENED IN THAILAND RECENTLY, PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA WAS REMOVED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FOR ABUSING POWER. LOOK AT GHANA, EMBRAER PLANE SCANDAL, STX KOREA, SUBAH, GYEEDA, WOYOMI, ISOFOTON, WATERVILLE, AFRICA AUTOMOBILE, CP, SADA, FORTIZ/MERCHANT BANK, AKONFEM AND A HOST OF OTHER DODGY JUDGEMENT DEBT PAYMENTS. BUYING VOTES WITH CASH, LAND CRUISERS & LAPTOPS JUST TO WIN ELECTIONS. WHY NDC?????? WHY??? OUR SUPREME COURT COULD NOT HELP BUT DESCRIBED IT AS "ALLIANCE TO CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE" WHAT A SHAME? ?? AND YOU CALLING GHANAIANS TO A WASTEFUL ECONOMIC FORUM. NDC, THE MONEY IS WITH YOU, GIVE IT BACK TO GHANA. NPP, I SALUTE YOUR COURAGE FOR NOT ATTENDING. NPP REMAIN SMART AND VIGILANT!!!!!!
Ambulances 9 years ago

Parliament, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health please procure Ambulances and Training Center for Paramedics IMMEDIATELY. Citizen die in Taxis, Tro-Tro because Ghana do not have adequate Ambulance system. Prez Atta-Mil ...
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Parliament, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health please procure Ambulances and Training Center for Paramedics IMMEDIATELY. Citizen die in Taxis, Tro-Tro because Ghana do not have adequate Ambulance system. Prez Atta-Mills died in Pickup Truck. PV Obeng died in a taxi. Many citizen die each in Ghana on the way to hospital PLEASE CUT AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK AND ALL MEDIA OUTLET AND LET THE GOVERNMENT HEAR OUR VOICE.
ZIGZAG 9 years ago

FINANCIAL MARKETS GET WRONG SIGNAL AND FURTHER HELP DEPRECIATE THE CEDI...GOOD FOR NPP.

FINANCIAL MARKETS GET WRONG SIGNAL AND FURTHER HELP DEPRECIATE THE CEDI...GOOD FOR NPP.
Remove Indemnity Clause 9 years ago

Parliament is broke because there is no money due to corruption in the name of judgment debts and kick backs.

Parliament is broke because there is no money due to corruption in the name of judgment debts and kick backs.
HANSON TEMA 9 years ago

Ibrahim Mahama alone can pay for the PV state burial

Ibrahim Mahama alone can pay for the PV state burial
Prempeh. 9 years ago

PV MADE THEM ALL VERY RICH. THOSE PAST AND PRESENT PRESIDENTS SHOULD PAY FOR THE BURIAL

PV MADE THEM ALL VERY RICH. THOSE PAST AND PRESENT PRESIDENTS SHOULD PAY FOR THE BURIAL
GHANA FIRST 9 years ago

Rawlings accussing Kufour is a pastime to him
Let him enjoy himself a little Flying of planes s no more in him and he has no real hobby so please when Mr Rawlings does what he does leave him
The charisma is gone If he will ...
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Rawlings accussing Kufour is a pastime to him
Let him enjoy himself a little Flying of planes s no more in him and he has no real hobby so please when Mr Rawlings does what he does leave him
The charisma is gone If he will not retire leave him For ever young For ever Juniour Jesus
Remove Indemnity Clause 9 years ago

Parliament is broke because there is no money due to corruption in the name of judgment debts and kick backs.

Parliament is broke because there is no money due to corruption in the name of judgment debts and kick backs.
Remove Indemnity Clause 9 years ago

Parliament is broke because there is no money due to corruption in the name of judgment debts and kick backs.

Parliament is broke because there is no money due to corruption in the name of judgment debts and kick backs.
Pelicles 9 years ago

Who in his/her right mind will allow or vote a party full of truants to rule? This mishap will only happens in Ghana. NPP ruled for eight years without any oil money but what do we see today? With oil, some workers in Ghana ...
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Who in his/her right mind will allow or vote a party full of truants to rule? This mishap will only happens in Ghana. NPP ruled for eight years without any oil money but what do we see today? With oil, some workers in Ghana cannot be paid. Parliament itself is broke so, what is the meaning of all these? Mismanagement is the root cause.
Kofi 9 years ago

The whole country is broke except the NDC members. Was this not the economy we were told was the fastest growing in the world? How did we get into this mess? Where are the unprecedented taxes we are paying? Has the oil money ...
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The whole country is broke except the NDC members. Was this not the economy we were told was the fastest growing in the world? How did we get into this mess? Where are the unprecedented taxes we are paying? Has the oil money made any change? This is what we get when we chose "Ide bee k3k3" over free education.
FINGER OF GOD 9 years ago

MAHANOMIC MAHAMA, SHITBOMBADIER AFARE GYAN AND JUSTICORRUPTED ATUGUBA. THEY PAVED THE ROUTE TO THIS HORRIBLE END !!!

MAHANOMIC MAHAMA, SHITBOMBADIER AFARE GYAN AND JUSTICORRUPTED ATUGUBA. THEY PAVED THE ROUTE TO THIS HORRIBLE END !!!
AKONFEM MAHAMA 9 years ago

Afari Gyan raised the number of parliamentarians. No value for money. Fools and thieves ruling Ghana now

Afari Gyan raised the number of parliamentarians. No value for money. Fools and thieves ruling Ghana now
ohene 9 years ago

Ghanaians never rate how their MPs performance. Just throw these bums out!

Ghanaians never rate how their MPs performance. Just throw these bums out!
IDE BE K3K3 9 years ago

And Ghanaians are to reap in 2014 the fruits of the seeds the sowed in 2013 ......... Remember the President's New Year Promise ??? IDE BE K3K3 IN THIS MAHANOMIC AND DONKORNOMIC BITTER GHANA !!!

And Ghanaians are to reap in 2014 the fruits of the seeds the sowed in 2013 ......... Remember the President's New Year Promise ??? IDE BE K3K3 IN THIS MAHANOMIC AND DONKORNOMIC BITTER GHANA !!!
MAHAMA - DOING MY JOB 9 years ago

PREZ MAHAMA WILL BUILD 200 SCHOOLS THRU OUT THE COUNTRY WITHIN 900 DAYS JUST TO CONVINCE THE VOTERS .

PREZ MAHAMA WILL BUILD 200 SCHOOLS THRU OUT THE COUNTRY WITHIN 900 DAYS JUST TO CONVINCE THE VOTERS .
Mensah Bonsu Gyawu 9 years ago

Mr, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu well said and done. May I know if the gov't owe you any of your allowances or monthly salary? Have you forgotten that that salary of 8,000GH cedis plus your fat sitting allowances multiplied by the ...
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Mr, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu well said and done. May I know if the gov't owe you any of your allowances or monthly salary? Have you forgotten that that salary of 8,000GH cedis plus your fat sitting allowances multiplied by the number of the MP'S alone can make the country broke? your annual salary alone pay for the feeding cost of the entire students of all the training colleges in ashanti region. You are all contributing to the broke of our mother GHANA.
OKOE 9 years ago

ARE YOU COLLECTING YOUR SALARY AND BONUSES? WELL, SOMETHING HAD TO GIVE. DID YOU SPECIFY WHAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS YOU TALK ABOUT WITH CORRESPONDING ESTIMATES FOR THE MONEY TO BE APPROVED, OR YOU JUST TOLD TERKPER I HAVE SUCH ...
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ARE YOU COLLECTING YOUR SALARY AND BONUSES? WELL, SOMETHING HAD TO GIVE. DID YOU SPECIFY WHAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS YOU TALK ABOUT WITH CORRESPONDING ESTIMATES FOR THE MONEY TO BE APPROVED, OR YOU JUST TOLD TERKPER I HAVE SUCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND RELEASE THE FUNDS FOR ME TO CARRY ON AS USUAL. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AND YOU CAN ACCUSE WHOEVER ALL YOU WANT AND REFUSE TO SIT TO DO BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT. GOOD FOR YOU . YOU NEED BRIBES IN ORDER TO WORK, SO DON'T.
ROGUE LAWYER 9 years ago

send this guy to ankuffu Hospital for mental check up it also start like this shit and rubbish-
when you were demanding unrelestic salary and emonuments did you consider the other sectors of the economy?
or you thought Mo ...
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send this guy to ankuffu Hospital for mental check up it also start like this shit and rubbish-
when you were demanding unrelestic salary and emonuments did you consider the other sectors of the economy?
or you thought Money would come from your Anus to run the Business of the house?
Y3nboda 9 years ago

The looting of the Speaker`s Official Residence by his NPP compatroit,Begyina Sekyi-Hughes. How does this guy think the House Administration found the funds to refurbish the residence for occupancy?
What a charlatan this fel ...
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The looting of the Speaker`s Official Residence by his NPP compatroit,Begyina Sekyi-Hughes. How does this guy think the House Administration found the funds to refurbish the residence for occupancy?
What a charlatan this fellow is!
NII 9 years ago

YOU GUYS ARE INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT. TAKE THE REST OF THE YEAR OFF SO WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY.YOU GUYS JUST INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO PARLIAMENT FOR NO REASON. HMM. PLEASE GO HOME.

YOU GUYS ARE INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT. TAKE THE REST OF THE YEAR OFF SO WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY.YOU GUYS JUST INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO PARLIAMENT FOR NO REASON. HMM. PLEASE GO HOME.
Kwame 9 years ago

THIS MAN IS WORRIED ABOUT THE FREE-LOADING IN PARLIAMENT THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING ON BREAK. GET A JOB MR BONSU! MAY BE YOU SHOULD ALL DONATE PART OF YOUR ALLOWANCES TOWARDS THE PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES.

THIS MAN IS WORRIED ABOUT THE FREE-LOADING IN PARLIAMENT THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING ON BREAK. GET A JOB MR BONSU! MAY BE YOU SHOULD ALL DONATE PART OF YOUR ALLOWANCES TOWARDS THE PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES.
commonman 9 years ago

I think this guy Rawlings needs to answer questions from Ghanians as to why he sold all our industrial facilities and now blaming somebody, The young has to stand up him in protest.

I think this guy Rawlings needs to answer questions from Ghanians as to why he sold all our industrial facilities and now blaming somebody, The young has to stand up him in protest.
ohene 9 years ago

A bunch of jokers! Definition of Joke right there!

A bunch of jokers! Definition of Joke right there!
Swapna Guduru 9 years ago

Have you also thought about the so-called career parliamentarians mentoring new members to equip them with knowledge and experience so that they will be more effective in their absence? Foolish Osei Kyei Mensah........

Have you also thought about the so-called career parliamentarians mentoring new members to equip them with knowledge and experience so that they will be more effective in their absence? Foolish Osei Kyei Mensah........
aliyu 9 years ago

this comes as no surprise to many especially at a time millions of Ghana cedis are being used in settling fictitious debts allegedly incurred by the Ghana state.Moreover, the overblown paycheck of the legislators and gover ...
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this comes as no surprise to many especially at a time millions of Ghana cedis are being used in settling fictitious debts allegedly incurred by the Ghana state.Moreover, the overblown paycheck of the legislators and government functionaries is accountable for this apparent malaise.
Kwame Do 9 years ago

Are these guys paid "by day"? or small water and food that they will not get? can someone explain to me why they cannot go to resume work while they wait a week for the money please.

Are these guys paid "by day"? or small water and food that they will not get? can someone explain to me why they cannot go to resume work while they wait a week for the money please.
Citizen 9 years ago

The Local Government is very incompetent. They refuse to increase property taxes for residents of the big cities. Imagine a million dollar house at East Legon paying 100 cedis as property tax. Obviously it shows how "intellig ...
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The Local Government is very incompetent. They refuse to increase property taxes for residents of the big cities. Imagine a million dollar house at East Legon paying 100 cedis as property tax. Obviously it shows how "intelligent" the people at the local government are. Why should the government bear the cost of cleaning the cities. The cities should collect enough revenue to fund these activities. That will allow the government to spend the limited resources on the needed infrastructure the nation needs. That is if someone does not decide to pocket it. What kind of people are we? Where is our God given conscience? God save Ghana
WHEN OH WHEN 9 years ago

Both majority and minority in parli are only interestet in getting huge salaries and bonuses to support their parties as per percentages.so country broke or no broke they only talk .

Both majority and minority in parli are only interestet in getting huge salaries and bonuses to support their parties as per percentages.so country broke or no broke they only talk .
Jatovi 9 years ago

The old man doesn't talk sense any more again. Rawlings is shattered. After all Dr Rawlings didn't acquire a lot through formal education settings. Yet he has not built on the various opportunities that came in his way to dev ...
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The old man doesn't talk sense any more again. Rawlings is shattered. After all Dr Rawlings didn't acquire a lot through formal education settings. Yet he has not built on the various opportunities that came in his way to develope his knowledge. Dr Rawlings needs to learn more for himself.
Ghana's current stage of development has past the level of thinking of Dr Rawlings. He has no brain to think through what he says. Dr Rawlings, is 'only Down-Fall seeker' of entrepreneurs, and attention seeker. A 'Pull-Him Down' mentality. Hence his DR(PHD)
Agbee 9 years ago

The Minority Leader's persistent complaint about electorate failing to retain long serving parliamentarians in parliament, always baffles me. If Ghanaians should pay heed to his advice and do as he suggests,then there should ...
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The Minority Leader's persistent complaint about electorate failing to retain long serving parliamentarians in parliament, always baffles me. If Ghanaians should pay heed to his advice and do as he suggests,then there should not be new MPs in Parliament any time soon. So should we wait till the 'Mugabe' MPs become incapacitated by nature before we vote a total new, 'inexperience' crop of MPs to Parliament? Where did the Minority Leader and his colleagues acquire their experiences? Outside Parliament? If electorates had not voted out sitting MPs, would it have been possible for THESE EXPERIENCED Parliamentarians to get to the House to gain their EXPERIENCES? If politicians claim they have Ghana at heart, then the should start grooming their potential parliamentarians. More importantly, well packaged courses must be introduced in our Universities to adequately prepare our future parliamentarians.
FA 9 years ago

WE HAVE NO OIL FOR ABOUT 10 YRS GHANAIANS MUST NOTE THAT! the revenue from oil for the next 10 yrs is already vanished . 5BILLION DOLLARS WAS USED DOING LATE 2012 TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE FOR JM TO BE PRESIDENT AND THE RESULTS ARE ...
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WE HAVE NO OIL FOR ABOUT 10 YRS GHANAIANS MUST NOTE THAT! the revenue from oil for the next 10 yrs is already vanished . 5BILLION DOLLARS WAS USED DOING LATE 2012 TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE FOR JM TO BE PRESIDENT AND THE RESULTS ARE WHAT WE ARE SEEING-NO MONEY TO PAY WORKERS AND ALL THAT.
0266 880 889 9 years ago

House for sale,good location.

House for sale,good location.
Bell Nono 9 years ago

Is that why this man is in parliament. Every day he is shouting parliament is broke, parliament is broke. Somebody should help me sink it into his mind that he is there because of us, citizens. If the country do not have m ...
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Is that why this man is in parliament. Every day he is shouting parliament is broke, parliament is broke. Somebody should help me sink it into his mind that he is there because of us, citizens. If the country do not have money to provide us with electricity, water, schools etc, why should he be shouting that parliament is broke.
Kofi Osei 9 years ago

Russian anti-GMO activists raise funds for ‘first-ever’ independent intl research
May 17, 2014 11:31

RIA Novosti/Igor Zarembo
As Russian MPs ponder over a draft bill that could see GMOs outlawed, the country’s chi ...
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Russian anti-GMO activists raise funds for ‘first-ever’ independent intl research
May 17, 2014 11:31

RIA Novosti/Igor Zarembo
As Russian MPs ponder over a draft bill that could see GMOs outlawed, the country’s chief genetic safety activist tells RT she is skeptical about the legislative initiative and urges ‘long-overdue’ independent international research.
GMO production and distribution is likened to terrorism by the authors of a draft bill submitted to the Russian parliament earlier this week. It’s not the first comparison of the kind, according to Elena Sharoykina, director of the Genetic Safety Public Association (GSPA), a 10-year-old NGO in Moscow, Russia’s major campaigner for GM-free food and agriculture.

In an interview to RT, Sharoykina recalled a statement made by the NATO Committee on the Challenges to Modern Society in the Belgian city of Liege in 2004, in which it warned that GMOs may be used as a genetic weapon.

“If serious international experts on security who have close ties with the scientific community say this is possible then there’s no smoke without fire,” Sharoykina said.

The GSPA director is still skeptical about the draft bill, as she sees no way in which the legislation could be enforced in practice, as it would be hard to prove a direct link between certain GMOs and health or environmental problems.

The activist however cites some disturbing experiment results, like the one GSPA conducted with the help of the A.N. Severtsev Institute of Ecology and Evolution in 2010.

“We conducted an experiment on hamsters taken from the natural environment,” Sharoykina said. “We had a group that was given standard feed-stuff plus pure soy and another group which had their standard feed-stuff combined with GM soy. The animals which were eating GMO did not have their third generation born.”

Elena Sharoykina, director of the Genetic Safety Public Association (GSPA). Photo from vk.com/oagbru
The GSPA director confesses it was a modest, underfunded experiment and a more serious and comprehensive one is needed and is going to be conducted in Russia. The NGO has already enrolled a team of researchers from the US, France, the UK, China and Russia and will make sure the experiment will comply with all international standards. It’s also going to be available for everyone to follow online.

The GSPA is raising funds from as many sources as possible for the experiment to come up to the group’s claims – the first-ever independent international research on GMO.

Until results of this kind of experiment become available, Russia should abstain from opening its market to GMOs, despite economic losses the step might incur, the expert says.

“How can we think about money when we’re talking about the health of our close ones?” Sharoykina asks. “Russia has huge territories and doesn’t need GM foods. Moreover, we have all the chances of dominating the clean, unmodified food market.”

After entering the World Trade Organization, Russia was expected to allow GM foods production and distribution. However, in March Russia’s president said the country was able stay GM-free without violating its obligations to the WTO.

In April, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told MPs that Russia will not plant GM seeds for at least three more years due to delays in creating the necessary infrastructure. Earlier Russia had expected to allow planting such seeds from June 2014.
ASEMPA ANKASA 9 years ago

NO WONDER, AFTER YOU POLITICIANS HAVE ONLY CONCENTRATE ON LOOTING THE NATIONAL WEALTH, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO EXPERT.

NO WONDER, AFTER YOU POLITICIANS HAVE ONLY CONCENTRATE ON LOOTING THE NATIONAL WEALTH, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO EXPERT.
KWAME, BELGIUM 9 years ago

Wofa Kyei, if parliament is brook, why don't you give us a good example by sacrificing in income just for a month? I think that if you really love Ghana, you will do this then call on other MP'S to follow. Please, stop your c ...
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Wofa Kyei, if parliament is brook, why don't you give us a good example by sacrificing in income just for a month? I think that if you really love Ghana, you will do this then call on other MP'S to follow. Please, stop your cheap dirty politics.
KK 9 years ago

WHAT DO PARLIAMENTARIANS DO IN GHANA.

WHAT DO PARLIAMENTARIANS DO IN GHANA.
Sammy 9 years ago

SO EVERYTHING IN GHANA'S USELESS PARLIAMENT IS PROVIDED FREE AT GOVERNMENT'S EXPENSE.

IS GHANA'S PARLIAMENT NOT A REVENUE GENERATING ENTITY?

NO WONDER PARLIAMENTARIANS ARE ALL GROWING FAT WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF GHAN ...
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SO EVERYTHING IN GHANA'S USELESS PARLIAMENT IS PROVIDED FREE AT GOVERNMENT'S EXPENSE.

IS GHANA'S PARLIAMENT NOT A REVENUE GENERATING ENTITY?

NO WONDER PARLIAMENTARIANS ARE ALL GROWING FAT WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF GHANAIANS ARE JUST SCRAPING A LIVING FROM TRADING IN THE STREETS OF GHANA
fredsaid 9 years ago

Parliament is useless, The police are useless, the courts are useless, the civil servants are useless, the attorney general is useless, the judges and supreme court judges are all useless, please don't talk about the Minister ...
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Parliament is useless, The police are useless, the courts are useless, the civil servants are useless, the attorney general is useless, the judges and supreme court judges are all useless, please don't talk about the Ministers and their fat cat salaries, per diems, expenses, allowances, fat cat mansions in ghana and abroad (after 3 years of being in office), junior minister Ablakwa sending his driver out with 30000 dollars int he boot of a car? What the hell is the army waiting for??

The very crimes, so called, borrowing 50000 cedis from the bank, as an example, the reason JJ Rawlings and Pv Obeng and co killed hundreds of people as a sacrifice for their let the blood flow revolution, this Mahama government and their ministers are doing worse than that but the hypocrite JJ Rawlings the 9th richest man in Ghana with net worth of 50 million US Dollars, does not see anything wrong except to point accusing fingers at Kuffour and call him names (even if he, Kuffour, too had been corrupt)
KOFI BONSU 9 years ago

Very sad that august hose of Ghana is cash trap no buisness,they wants to go and sit and take thier per diem shame to all,also about Mugabe·s in the house so they dont want the Young to grow?

Very sad that august hose of Ghana is cash trap no buisness,they wants to go and sit and take thier per diem shame to all,also about Mugabe·s in the house so they dont want the Young to grow?
Ntim Gyakari 9 years ago

Rawlings and Kufour destroyed Ghana together!!! Is Kufour not in bed with NDC now. Conspired to steal Merchant Bank? Posterity will never forgive Kufour.

Rawlings and Kufour destroyed Ghana together!!! Is Kufour not in bed with NDC now. Conspired to steal Merchant Bank? Posterity will never forgive Kufour.
jazzyj 9 years ago

because your stupid hefty committee allowances cannot be paid.

because your stupid hefty committee allowances cannot be paid.
EZEKIEL 9 years ago

The WHOLE Nation(Ghana)has been BROKE SOON AFTER Independence!!! At least till 1966, we KNEW WHY we were broke.... Akosombo Dam,Tema Township and Harbour, numerous Sec Schools,Teache Training,Unis ETC were established! Since ...
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The WHOLE Nation(Ghana)has been BROKE SOON AFTER Independence!!! At least till 1966, we KNEW WHY we were broke.... Akosombo Dam,Tema Township and Harbour, numerous Sec Schools,Teache Training,Unis ETC were established! Since the coup to date with BILLIONS MORE ADDED, what have we to show for ??? I GUESS a few Individuals have taken the country for a rough ride!!!
The Mask 9 years ago

There is a place where you can be sure that you would find a representative (MP) from every part of Ghana year round gathered together to deliberate on the future and the current state of this country. Where is that? Parliame ...
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There is a place where you can be sure that you would find a representative (MP) from every part of Ghana year round gathered together to deliberate on the future and the current state of this country. Where is that? Parliament house of course. If there is such a place then how should the place and the people there be treated in the scheme of things? What priority should such the house be given in the governance of the country? If there is such a place then what kind of people should we send there and how should we assess their performance?

In the load shedding exercise it is imperative that some key areas be left out. This should include where the three arms of government work and reside like Sakumono where MPs (representatives) reside and flag staff house and osu castle where the President works and resides. Where the chief justice works and resides should also be included. It should also include the premises of key government institutions like ministries.

After winning an election a newly elected Parliamentarian must leave his constituency and come to Accra the National capital to represent his constituency while at the same time providing feedback to his constituents. arliament must also provide a readily available renovated residence to a newly elected parliamentarian. Accommodation in Accra is expensive and not every newly elected parliamentarian will have the money to rent a home in the national capital as he or she may have exhausted all his or her funds campaigning for office.
Kofi Peprah 9 years ago

So there is a finanaicial emergency in Ghana? Well radical situations demand radical solutions. What about cutting the number of MPs to 50 -- 5 per region?

So there is a finanaicial emergency in Ghana? Well radical situations demand radical solutions. What about cutting the number of MPs to 50 -- 5 per region?
fredsaid 9 years ago

Ghana has become like a ship with no rudder or captain floating aimlessly on the atlantic coast.

Our democracy is in shambles. Our boasts of becoming a middle income country is baseless. Parliament is financially broke. ...
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Ghana has become like a ship with no rudder or captain floating aimlessly on the atlantic coast.

Our democracy is in shambles. Our boasts of becoming a middle income country is baseless. Parliament is financially broke. Have you ever heard of such nonsense in any civilised country and the leadership are still in power? No demonstrations in the streets to demand accountability for our resources? What shameful cowards Ghanaians are!

The military should seize power as the civilians have failed us. Do what The Thailand military have done and bring some order and sense into these suicidal politicians and president. The driver is driving the country into THE ABYSS
Dr. med.William Acquah,Germany 9 years ago

Leave Rawlings alone! He couldn`t even pass his O-Levels!He has also forgotten that Ghana had to join HIPC when he handed over to Kufuor.If it had been in Europe or USA,Rawlings would have been jailed long ago together with h ...
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Leave Rawlings alone! He couldn`t even pass his O-Levels!He has also forgotten that Ghana had to join HIPC when he handed over to Kufuor.If it had been in Europe or USA,Rawlings would have been jailed long ago together with his wife.
DUKE 9 years ago

AND CRONIES PLUS HIS WIFE

AND CRONIES PLUS HIS WIFE
DUKE 9 years ago

IN AND SUSPEND ALL PARLIAMENTARIANS AND PRESIDENT FOR 12 MONTHS WHILE WE SAVE SOME FUCKING MONEY THEY HAVE BEEN SQUANDERING.

THEN LETS HAVE MILITARY COURTS TO RETRIAL WOYOME, ISOFOTON, WATERVILLE, CP PARTNERS, SUBAH, GYEED ...
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IN AND SUSPEND ALL PARLIAMENTARIANS AND PRESIDENT FOR 12 MONTHS WHILE WE SAVE SOME FUCKING MONEY THEY HAVE BEEN SQUANDERING.

THEN LETS HAVE MILITARY COURTS TO RETRIAL WOYOME, ISOFOTON, WATERVILLE, CP PARTNERS, SUBAH, GYEEDA, AKONFEM FLIGHTS TO BUKINA FASO, MERCHANT BANK MAFIA, ZOOMLION AND ALL THE CRIMES OF PLANNING LOOTING AND SHARING AMONG ALL THE BRIGADE MEMBERS
Kwame 9 years ago

Why do you think Ghanaians voted out NPP in 2008 ? MISMANAGEMENT AND CORRUPTION. Kyei Mensah Bonsu should not think we have short memories. If Kuffuor and the NPP turned around the economy, why did they have to sell Ghana Tel ...
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Why do you think Ghanaians voted out NPP in 2008 ? MISMANAGEMENT AND CORRUPTION. Kyei Mensah Bonsu should not think we have short memories. If Kuffuor and the NPP turned around the economy, why did they have to sell Ghana Telecom to balance the budget ?
THE NPP INSTITUTIONALISED CORRUPTION, NEPOTISM, LOTING AND STEALING. Their noise making will not help them in any way. Ghanaians know them for what they are. We have not forgotten about the dodgy oil agreements, Ghana @ 50, looting of state lands & bungalows, the sale of the Drill ship, hotel Kuffuor and several others
PEKI TUMU 9 years ago

When it comes to their work, they are broke. This is after using the funds available to pay themselves

When it comes to their work, they are broke. This is after using the funds available to pay themselves
Nana 9 years ago

After sharing all the money at Parliament in the NAME of sitting allowance why shouldn't Parliament be broke. Continue sharing, one day you will share the walls of Parliament.

After sharing all the money at Parliament in the NAME of sitting allowance why shouldn't Parliament be broke. Continue sharing, one day you will share the walls of Parliament.
GOWAN 9 years ago

How can parliament in an excellent democratic dispensation be broke, if not under the Mahama/Amissah Arthur NDC gov't?
The NDC gov't would want Ghanaians to believe that it is working towards addressing their newly found cat ...
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How can parliament in an excellent democratic dispensation be broke, if not under the Mahama/Amissah Arthur NDC gov't?
The NDC gov't would want Ghanaians to believe that it is working towards addressing their newly found catchphrase which is "strengthening of institutions". However the results so far shows a rather cataclysmic deviation from this mantra and propagandist thrust.
It is on record that under the Mahama led NDC gov't, institutions such as CHRAJ has been starved of funds and cannot deliver on their mandate per the constitution. EOCO another body tasked to check rot and financial malfeasance and outrageous sleaze in the country has also been starved of funds to the point that, the institution has to dip it's hands into seized funds to execute their mandate, pending the release of funds from the Mahama led NDC gov't. Indeed, the NHIS which is by far one of the biggest social intervention programs to address the killer cash and carry system is currently facing the worst crisis ever, since it's inception. The district assemblies common fund has so much been starved of funds with the arrears threatening the decentralization policy and drive of local governance, with the result that in the Greater Accra region for example, because of the lack of funds, filth and waste is threatening to take over the region and bury it in a environmental and sanitation catastrophe and quagmire with it's attendant worsening public health ramifications , should the situation get out of hand. The same can be said for the GETFUND, the school feeding program etc,etc. Parliament which constitutes the legislative arm of gov't as a result of the lack of funds cannot execute it's mandate and exert the needed and required oversight over the executive. If this is not a failed state and a banana republic, then one shudders to think what this type of governance is.
It is very clear that the Mahama led NDC gov't has lost the very essence of governance in a democratic dispensation and need to be massively voted out at the ballot box. Ghana deserves better.
Osei Yao 9 years ago

NPP IS PROVING ITSELF UNFIT FOR GOVERNMENT. HOW CAN A MINORITY LEADER GO TO THE PRESS ON MERE RUMOUR? DID HE VERIFY IT FROM TH SPEAKER.? IS HE JUST MISCHIEF MAKING? SUCH IRRESPONSIBLE CHARACTERS ARE NOT FIT FOR GOVERNMENT.

NPP IS PROVING ITSELF UNFIT FOR GOVERNMENT. HOW CAN A MINORITY LEADER GO TO THE PRESS ON MERE RUMOUR? DID HE VERIFY IT FROM TH SPEAKER.? IS HE JUST MISCHIEF MAKING? SUCH IRRESPONSIBLE CHARACTERS ARE NOT FIT FOR GOVERNMENT.
Iman Erskine 9 years ago

The scorn and hatred that Rawlings has for Akans boarders on criminality. Kuffuor accomplished in 8yrs what Rawlings/PNDC/NDC could not accomplished in 30yrs. They stole the peoples vote with the help of Afari Gyan and Atugub ...
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The scorn and hatred that Rawlings has for Akans boarders on criminality. Kuffuor accomplished in 8yrs what Rawlings/PNDC/NDC could not accomplished in 30yrs. They stole the peoples vote with the help of Afari Gyan and Atuguba, and in a short 4yrs has bankrupt the nation.
Kopo 9 years ago

With mp's willingness to approve GMO EPA and gay ism into Ghana,of what benefit are they to us when they don't represent majority of Ghanaian's interest?
Plus they are TOO much of a financial burden on the state.

With mp's willingness to approve GMO EPA and gay ism into Ghana,of what benefit are they to us when they don't represent majority of Ghanaian's interest?
Plus they are TOO much of a financial burden on the state.
Yaw-USA Ashanti 9 years ago

Parliament is broke – Minority
Parliament is broke – .. PLEASE SEND ALL THE MP'S home and shut down the chambers... These MP DO NOT CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING PLEASE SEND THEM ALL BACK HOME......

Parliament is broke – Minority
Parliament is broke – .. PLEASE SEND ALL THE MP'S home and shut down the chambers... These MP DO NOT CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING PLEASE SEND THEM ALL BACK HOME......
JC 9 years ago

NDC dominated parliament reduced to a market place of hooliganism.

NDC dominated parliament reduced to a market place of hooliganism.

Parliament is broke – Minority Leader

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