Barack Obama: Africa should stop making economic excuses

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SAKAWA BOY 9 years ago

Incompetent Mahama listen

Incompetent Mahama listen
DAVI 9 years ago

Alhaji Banda should tell Prez.Mahama to take notes,and STOP given excuses about the world economy,because it started under K4 NPP,Yet we had Shoolfeeding,Healthcare ect.for our Kids and Mothers.NDC Should Stop Building Motowa ...
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Alhaji Banda should tell Prez.Mahama to take notes,and STOP given excuses about the world economy,because it started under K4 NPP,Yet we had Shoolfeeding,Healthcare ect.for our Kids and Mothers.NDC Should Stop Building Motoways on Woyoes' Head.
Bagbin 9 years ago

Well said prez Obama; plse, talk directly to our corrupt president, John Balawo Afiafitor Julor Ewi Ole Dramani Mahama

Well said prez Obama; plse, talk directly to our corrupt president, John Balawo Afiafitor Julor Ewi Ole Dramani Mahama
facts 9 years ago

INTRO.THE PASTOR'S CRY.
This day of the resurrection of Jesus christ is to mark a turning point in my life as I decide to change my methods of approach to the numerous problems of suffering people I m ...
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INTRO.THE PASTOR'S CRY.
This day of the resurrection of Jesus christ is to mark a turning point in my life as I decide to change my methods of approach to the numerous problems of suffering people I meet. Perhaps I will be able to draw the attention of capable bodies,not only in my locality but the world at large, elsewhere if not nearby,to effect some changes in the lives of the voiceless poor souls who come my way hoping to to find solace.They often come to take counsel as to how to go about their problems in pursuit of some sort of solutions . Most of them are people oppressed, suppressed and repressed or wickedly treated in diverse ways to compel them to bow to the demands of the strong and previllaged who are often aided by people in authority or command. These are people who often ask if there could ever be a day of sunshine in their world of darkness. But I hearthat the animal rights organizations protest against horse trainers who maltreat their horses with the aim of hardening them to withstand toucher or bitter conditions and to make them simply submissive. In their cases nobody seams to care.
I read a book about thirty years ago about the mafia. I cherished the idea which led to the formation of the group. I read about how in their own way would retry some cases underground giving a fair trial and fair representations . Even though their ways of effecting their judgement would Sometimes be costly, their aims were in most cases achieved, that was to do justice to the deserved party. My question is: do we have to go back to those days, to put the right in position? In these days when common sins have been accepted as common sense is there no way to redeem the innocent by revealing the atrocities of the wicked. The evil machinations of the bad elements of our world today cannot have their way forever,no evil must not rule forever I believe .
MANSON UK 9 years ago

Go on and tell them to stop putting their millions dollars to New York Stock Exchange,Why are you not telling them Mr. Obama? what will help the continent of Africa.Since when America really care about African development an ...
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Go on and tell them to stop putting their millions dollars to New York Stock Exchange,Why are you not telling them Mr. Obama? what will help the continent of Africa.Since when America really care about African development anyway.All what So called west care about is African downfall.They destroyed Dr.Nkrumah master plans for Africa and most recently they overthrow and killed Libyan leader.Africans leaders should be wise not to entertain American government foreign policies over African continent.
Don Juan 9 years ago

There will always be an idiot who will write negative comments. Who President Obama is saying makes a lot of sense. Africa needs to wake up. The slave trade and colonial eras are over. Stop blaming the West for your under ...
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There will always be an idiot who will write negative comments. Who President Obama is saying makes a lot of sense. Africa needs to wake up. The slave trade and colonial eras are over. Stop blaming the West for your under-development. Let's face it. All your leaders are greedy incompetent fools..
MANSON UK 9 years ago

I am not a fan of corrupt African leaders neither a fan of American leaders.All what I am saying is Mr. Obama should stop pretending that America is going to help Africa in anyway,the answer is they will not.

I am not a fan of corrupt African leaders neither a fan of American leaders.All what I am saying is Mr. Obama should stop pretending that America is going to help Africa in anyway,the answer is they will not.
DR. ASHANTI DO GOOD 9 years ago

OBAMA IS RIGHT STOP CORRUPTIONS AND SAVE OUR CONTINENT, THAT IS WHAT HE IS TELLING THEM. HE CANT JUST SAY IT DIRECT BUT A WORD TO A WISE IS ENOUGH. ALL OF THEM ARE THE SAME NPP OR NDC ALL NA YAAWA

OBAMA IS RIGHT STOP CORRUPTIONS AND SAVE OUR CONTINENT, THAT IS WHAT HE IS TELLING THEM. HE CANT JUST SAY IT DIRECT BUT A WORD TO A WISE IS ENOUGH. ALL OF THEM ARE THE SAME NPP OR NDC ALL NA YAAWA
HASSAN RASTA GERMANY 9 years ago

OBAMA IS RIGHT

OBAMA IS RIGHT
KB,London. 9 years ago

Into the pockets of thieves who brand themselves as leaders.Sorry to say Africans sometimes behave like animals.

Into the pockets of thieves who brand themselves as leaders.Sorry to say Africans sometimes behave like animals.
NANA Ø !! 9 years ago

Sorry to say most black Africans are born evil, they will steal for no reason and always have some poor fellows to defend them.

Sorry to say most black Africans are born evil, they will steal for no reason and always have some poor fellows to defend them.
julu 9 years ago

Tell your wall street morons to stop interfering with our economies

Tell your wall street morons to stop interfering with our economies
oba nyansani baako Pe in Ghana 9 years ago

Where is Ghana's money? I am asking you and Mahama. Nkwaseafo?

Where is Ghana's money? I am asking you and Mahama. Nkwaseafo?
ZoRRo 9 years ago

You should have called the African Leaders "Lazy, Greedy Bastards," which they are.

You should have called the African Leaders "Lazy, Greedy Bastards," which they are.
ITA 9 years ago

Mr Woyome has a chunk of Ghana's money. Ghana's money has been shared among a few NDC guys.

Mr Woyome has a chunk of Ghana's money. Ghana's money has been shared among a few NDC guys.
Emmanuel Gyan Tannor 9 years ago

No Reason To Say Inappropriate Words!

No Reason To Say Inappropriate Words!
Obama abua 9 years ago

Abua mumu

Abua mumu
GHFUO: nyantakyi, 1/9aa must go.ASAP! 9 years ago

These African leaders for the most part don't give a damn about the welfare of their people..all they care about is signing dubious contracts that fails to.protect the safety and heritage of their people. Once these contracts ...
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These African leaders for the most part don't give a damn about the welfare of their people..all they care about is signing dubious contracts that fails to.protect the safety and heritage of their people. Once these contracts are signed, they take the money and deposit them overseas.
MANSON UK 9 years ago

Obama knows it, he knows that if he talk like this it will make him look good in the eyes of fools.He love them all because they are corrupt and they shipped all their millions to NYSE for American economy to be bigger and mo ...
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Obama knows it, he knows that if he talk like this it will make him look good in the eyes of fools.He love them all because they are corrupt and they shipped all their millions to NYSE for American economy to be bigger and more stronger,What is this summit is about? Is to make Africa continent more poorer than before.He wants to convince the leaders not to trade vigorously with China at the same time America will continue to undermine the hole continent development.Wake up citizens of Africa.
AMA 9 years ago

Tell them like it is, Mr. President. African leaders steal too much money. Let's get all the stolen money back to Africa.

Tell them like it is, Mr. President. African leaders steal too much money. Let's get all the stolen money back to Africa.
Omani 9 years ago

Tell your companies to pay fair taxes to African countries. That will be a start. African and black 'leaders' talk too much and produce nothing but debts, bankruptcy and poverty. Factories develop countries not TALK.

Tell your companies to pay fair taxes to African countries. That will be a start. African and black 'leaders' talk too much and produce nothing but debts, bankruptcy and poverty. Factories develop countries not TALK.
Quaye 9 years ago

African leaders will come to the summit but will they hear anything? They Will clap unnecessarily and laugh out loud unnecessarily.
God Help Ghana God help Africa

African leaders will come to the summit but will they hear anything? They Will clap unnecessarily and laugh out loud unnecessarily.
God Help Ghana God help Africa
oba nyansani baako Pe in Ghana 9 years ago

Kwaseato what are you doing in the UK? You see, if Ghana has a people like you how can it be improved? Wadwene nyinaa asei te se J J Rawlings! Wo maame......fa toa so!

Kwaseato what are you doing in the UK? You see, if Ghana has a people like you how can it be improved? Wadwene nyinaa asei te se J J Rawlings! Wo maame......fa toa so!
Don Juan 9 years ago

Manson UK America is not going to help Africa and it should not. Africa has all the natural resources to help itself. Your problem is your leaders are too corrupt. They only think about enriching themselves at the expense of ...
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Manson UK America is not going to help Africa and it should not. Africa has all the natural resources to help itself. Your problem is your leaders are too corrupt. They only think about enriching themselves at the expense of their people.
Kweku 9 years ago

Don Juan, do African leaders need Obama to know these? No wonder Africa still remains rubbish yard. Why would they need Obama to openly say they should find reliable strategy to outwit western suppression and manipulation? Ch ...
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Don Juan, do African leaders need Obama to know these? No wonder Africa still remains rubbish yard. Why would they need Obama to openly say they should find reliable strategy to outwit western suppression and manipulation? China, Russia, India, etc. are all growing political, economic, etc. capacities and anything make or break to emancipate themselves whilst Africans are rather indulging themselves in dependency, suppression, manipulation of the West. Obama's counsel would be irrelevant if African heads are 'leaders'. Obama knows, that even communist North Korea must be feared and respected than bunch of despondent Africa's buying into Western suppression.
MANSON UK 9 years ago

Well said Kweku.Africa can do better if we don't stop been bullied by this nonsense summit like this one,Americans never care for any country in Africa that is why they only overthrow the leaders who can move us forward.

Well said Kweku.Africa can do better if we don't stop been bullied by this nonsense summit like this one,Americans never care for any country in Africa that is why they only overthrow the leaders who can move us forward.
KOFI 9 years ago

Manson UK, I like your spirit. When will you write to advise African leaders to go to forum like this to disgrace us. Do they need America to tell them to wake up to reality before they do? We have all the resources and the m ...
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Manson UK, I like your spirit. When will you write to advise African leaders to go to forum like this to disgrace us. Do they need America to tell them to wake up to reality before they do? We have all the resources and the market to trade among ourselves for the development of Africa and yet the willingness is not there. I think we lack foresight big time. Greediness and stupidity has let Africa down. A word to the wise is enough. Who told you America is suppose to help us? We have all the means to help ourselves but we lack the will power and ingrown greediness and foolishness wouldn't allow us.
yapo 9 years ago

MANSON UK,i think have a quesion for you sir,u said in your comment that americans are the ones who overthrow our so call africa leades, i disagree with you 100% in the sense that we the people of africa overthrow our own lea ...
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MANSON UK,i think have a quesion for you sir,u said in your comment that americans are the ones who overthrow our so call africa leades, i disagree with you 100% in the sense that we the people of africa overthrow our own leaders becouse money and short sighted, tell me who overthrow nkruma i know you will say americans but for my view, it wasn't american is own people, in the sense that we africans careless about the future of our people, be'cos of selfishness and evil minded, blame not americans for your problem, asians are doing better why not africa look at malysia koreas even dubai why not ghana,go to some part of ghana west north what did you see, ghana is more than 50yrs after our indepenant look at us, black men don't understand the world system does all,
Counselor 9 years ago

Well said yapo! Africa cannot continue to live in the past. African countries be proactive, diversify your economies and shift your focus from the exportation of natural resources to value added manufactured goods and service ...
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Well said yapo! Africa cannot continue to live in the past. African countries be proactive, diversify your economies and shift your focus from the exportation of natural resources to value added manufactured goods and services. In other words the bulk of national GDP generation should be refocused on manufactured goods and services, instead of on raw materials and extractive products-the mainstay of African economies. Malaysia, Indonesia, Chile and Mauritius-an African state, have done just that why not African countries.
Don Juan 9 years ago

I mean What President Obama is saying makes a lot of sense.

I mean What President Obama is saying makes a lot of sense.
KWAKU NEW YORK 9 years ago

Wo ye kwasia paa..you think you know too much. Obama yes is Jesus in the States what the fuck is your problem and which part of his story is untrue?

Wo ye kwasia paa..you think you know too much. Obama yes is Jesus in the States what the fuck is your problem and which part of his story is untrue?
gh nyo bi 9 years ago

U still talking about the past.what are as ghanaians doing now to change our situation..

U still talking about the past.what are as ghanaians doing now to change our situation..
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 9 years ago

President Mahama is reported to have given orders to his economic team to go to the IMF for a bail out. His Finance Minister claims the reason why Ghana is going for IMF bail out is to regain international confidence in the e ...
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President Mahama is reported to have given orders to his economic team to go to the IMF for a bail out. His Finance Minister claims the reason why Ghana is going for IMF bail out is to regain international confidence in the economy and the cedi. After wasting Ghana's resources on GYEEDA, SADA, SUBAH, Woyome and other judgement debts, they turn round to blame the global economic situation. These are just mere excuses for corruption, incompetence and mismanagement. I hope Obama tells the African Heads of States that will attend the Africa-US Summit in their faces.
MANSON UK 9 years ago

Mr.Obama knows very well what is good to tell them in relation to Africa development but he will not do that because it hurt US economy.LOL

Mr.Obama knows very well what is good to tell them in relation to Africa development but he will not do that because it hurt US economy.LOL
WTF! 9 years ago

Obama knows how to sweet-talk very well. Ask him who's been supporting the corrupt, clueless regimes in Africa from Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea to Badluck Jonathan of Nigeria? He allied with Europe to ...
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Obama knows how to sweet-talk very well. Ask him who's been supporting the corrupt, clueless regimes in Africa from Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea to Badluck Jonathan of Nigeria? He allied with Europe to kill Gaddafi and steal his billions of reserves and his sweet crude oil, leaving Libya in the same state of permanent chaos as Iraq and Syria. Thanks to the "First Black President of the USA", thousands of Black Libyans and African migrant workers have been slaughtered by the racist, terrorist that NATO put in charge of Libya. Gaddafi was killed because he was going to create an African IMF and encourage economies that were not based on the US dollar. As US President, Barack has first class intelligence on all economic and political affairs on the continent. He knows where all he monies being stolen from Africa are kept but keeps quiet and leverages that information to bend those corrupt African leaders to the US policy aims and goals. What is Obama's legacy in Africa? What can he say he did to make a difference in Africa?
MANSON UK 9 years ago

This so called western countries and their evil system only few African leaders like Dr.Nkrumah,Gaddafi and Selassie of Ethiopia to understand how they operate.They never want any African country to prosper,If you are corrup ...
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This so called western countries and their evil system only few African leaders like Dr.Nkrumah,Gaddafi and Selassie of Ethiopia to understand how they operate.They never want any African country to prosper,If you are corrupt leader and shipped all your money to them then they love you and praise you as democratic.And if don't do what they tell you to do then you are dictator therefore you should be remove from power.Libyans will cry for Gaddafi in the years to come like Ghanaians are crying for Dr.Nkrumah today.
ELINAN 9 years ago

He promotes things that will undermine Africa all thru sweet talking.

He promotes things that will undermine Africa all thru sweet talking.
KAKLO! 9 years ago

YES MY BROTHER WTF THIS IS THE TRUTH.
AMERICA AND EUROPE SHIELD THE STOLEN MONIES OF CORRUPT AFRICAN THIEVES ( WHO CALL THEMSELVES LEADERS ). JUST TO MENTION ONE IS SWITZERLAND. MOST OF OUR SO-CALLED LEADERS HAVE SECRET ACCO ...
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YES MY BROTHER WTF THIS IS THE TRUTH.
AMERICA AND EUROPE SHIELD THE STOLEN MONIES OF CORRUPT AFRICAN THIEVES ( WHO CALL THEMSELVES LEADERS ). JUST TO MENTION ONE IS SWITZERLAND. MOST OF OUR SO-CALLED LEADERS HAVE SECRET ACCOUNTS OPENED IN THE BANKS IN THAT DUBIOS COUNTRY. IF AMERICA OR PRESIDENT OBAMA CARE ABOUT THE CONTINENT HIS FATHER/GRAND FATHER COME FROM, HE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST HELP AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHICH WERE DUPED BY THIER CORRUPT LEADERS REPATRAIT SUCH STOLEN MONIES BACK TO THOSE COUNTRIES. I PLEAD WITH HIM TO HELP AFRICA TO RETRIEVE SUCH MONIES BACK TO THEM. EG THE WEALTH OF THE LATE PRESIDENT OF ZAIRE MOBUTU. I BELIEVE IF THE THIEF DO NOT HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO DUMP HIS BOOTY, HE/SHE WILL NOT GO AND STEAL PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES. MR PRESIDENT OBAMA KINDLY ASK SWITZERLAND TO GIVE AFRICANS ALL THE STOLEN MONEY BACK. IF YOU CAN DO THIS BÇOS YOUR COUNTRY TOOK THE SAME ACTION AGAINST SWITZERLAND FOR OFF-SHORE ACCOUNTS OF AMERICANS IN THAT COUNTRY. WHY NOT FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES? TO ME THIS IS ONE OF THE MEASURES THAT CAN HELP AFRICANS BEGIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION. THE EX-PRESIDENT OF AMERICA ( GW BUSH JNR.) DID A LOT TO HELP AFRICAN BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR OWN BROTHER FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF USA OBAMA? PLEASE LEAVE A LEGACY FOR AFRICANS TO REMEMBER YOU. THANXXXX!!!
Joe canada 9 years ago

OBAMA,SEND THOSE IDIOTS,CLUELESS,VISIONLESS,COCONUT HEAD OF STATES FROM AFRICA PACKING. ACTUALLY, DEPORT ALL OF THEM IN ONE PLANE WITH A VIRUS IN THE PLANE. THEY ARE BETTER DEAD THAN LIVING FOR MOTHER AFRICA.

OBAMA,SEND THOSE IDIOTS,CLUELESS,VISIONLESS,COCONUT HEAD OF STATES FROM AFRICA PACKING. ACTUALLY, DEPORT ALL OF THEM IN ONE PLANE WITH A VIRUS IN THE PLANE. THEY ARE BETTER DEAD THAN LIVING FOR MOTHER AFRICA.
facts 9 years ago

This is directly in referee to Ghana's situation. He is telling us in other was " in the abundance of water the fool is thirsty" . So let us stop the selfish motivated steps taken only to enrich ourselves . Let leaders stop s ...
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This is directly in referee to Ghana's situation. He is telling us in other was " in the abundance of water the fool is thirsty" . So let us stop the selfish motivated steps taken only to enrich ourselves . Let leaders stop stealing.
Akos 9 years ago

Facts, say it again. Our leaders only know how to take selfish motivated steps only to enrich themselves. E.g taking a loan to buy sanitary pads, building 200 new SHS when the already existing ones could be expanded, paying ...
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Facts, say it again. Our leaders only know how to take selfish motivated steps only to enrich themselves. E.g taking a loan to buy sanitary pads, building 200 new SHS when the already existing ones could be expanded, paying dubious judgment debts, SADA, etc.
SARPONG 9 years ago

That is the truth. It is time these useless African leaders, most of them thiefs who have bankrupted their countries through corrupt shenanigans have to stop blaming their colonial masters.

The west, led by the only superp ...
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That is the truth. It is time these useless African leaders, most of them thiefs who have bankrupted their countries through corrupt shenanigans have to stop blaming their colonial masters.

The west, led by the only superpower in the world, USA also has to do its part. They should stop babysitting these countries who want to be welfare states. This nonsense about developmental partners should cease to be a lexicon in our political language.

African countries should learn to live within their means.

The West should also help by seizing the bank accounts of these corrupt officials including fixed assets purchased through corrupt means.

Mahama might not lose that much since his stolen properties, cash, mansions and hotels are securely tucked away in Dubai, UAE.

President Obama should help the US congress to enact laws that will target and seize the assets of these kleptomaniac Africa Politicians.
Jonas Ansah 9 years ago

GERMANY WAS RAZED TO THE GROUND AFTER WORLD WAR 2 BUT SEE WHERE THEY ARE NOW JUST AFTER 60 YEARS. BLACK AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE STILL MOANING AND GIVING EXCUSES ABOUT THEIR FAILURE TO DEVELOP AND BLAMING EVERYONE FOR IT. FAILU ...
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GERMANY WAS RAZED TO THE GROUND AFTER WORLD WAR 2 BUT SEE WHERE THEY ARE NOW JUST AFTER 60 YEARS. BLACK AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE STILL MOANING AND GIVING EXCUSES ABOUT THEIR FAILURE TO DEVELOP AND BLAMING EVERYONE FOR IT. FAILURES ALWAYS BLAME OTHERS!
Professor 9 years ago

Germany was razed to the ground after WW2 alright. But like Japan, Germany got millions from the USA to rebuild their country, under the Marshall Plan" from the USA. The real problems with African leaders are: CORRUPTION, EMB ...
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Germany was razed to the ground after WW2 alright. But like Japan, Germany got millions from the USA to rebuild their country, under the Marshall Plan" from the USA. The real problems with African leaders are: CORRUPTION, EMBEZZLEMENT, MISMANAGEMENT OF FISCAL RESOURCES AND NEPOTISM. Obama's call for African leaders to stop blaming everybody but themselves is so apt. Remember, Obama still has a very soft heart for his fatherland. Obama's dad was from Kenya!
GHANA JEW 9 years ago

Incompetent Mahama listen

Incompetent Mahama listen
walid 9 years ago

STOP THE EXCUSSES, GHANA FALKS WANT
IMPROVMENTS OR ELSE GET THE HELL OUT OF OFFICE GO BACK TO THE NORTH WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND DESTROY THE NORTH NOT GHANA

STOP THE EXCUSSES, GHANA FALKS WANT
IMPROVMENTS OR ELSE GET THE HELL OUT OF OFFICE GO BACK TO THE NORTH WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND DESTROY THE NORTH NOT GHANA
SARPONG 9 years ago

How I wish these African thieves should be sent to their respective countries without a dime of aid. This Equatorial Guinea President has close to one billion dollars in assets stashed away in foreign countries whilst his cou ...
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How I wish these African thieves should be sent to their respective countries without a dime of aid. This Equatorial Guinea President has close to one billion dollars in assets stashed away in foreign countries whilst his country is wallowing in poverty.

About three years ago, more than 20 vintage vehicles costing more than $10 million were seized in USA from one of his sons who was not even 35 years at the time and this thief of a President is piously preaching to us, how dare him?
kwaku amexo 9 years ago

Both Equatorial Guinea and US presidents are all right. There is no doubt the remnants of colonialism and neocolonialism affect Africa. At the same time Africa cannot continue the blame. The West created their economic system ...
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Both Equatorial Guinea and US presidents are all right. There is no doubt the remnants of colonialism and neocolonialism affect Africa. At the same time Africa cannot continue the blame. The West created their economic system that we are all following. The West knows very well that the the assets acquired by the few greedy leaders are stolen but they accept the monies and give Africa AID. If they can return all the stolen money seize the assets and return the proceeds to Africa, there will not be a African summit in US. African summit will be in Africa. Africa should understand the economic system of the West, modify it to suite Africans. Africans should believe in themselves and their resources, value their human capital, help each other, stop stealing from each other and stop helping others to steal from Africa.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue's luxury cars were seized in Paris, France, including a plush $100m dollar mansion and a warrant put out by the French authority for his arrest over some money-laundering allegations. Never knew ...
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Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue's luxury cars were seized in Paris, France, including a plush $100m dollar mansion and a warrant put out by the French authority for his arrest over some money-laundering allegations. Never knew he had a stream of cars seized in the U.S. as well.
Thessalonians 9 years ago

And the mutherfucker is talking shit? $100 million mansion for koojackie?

And the mutherfucker is talking shit? $100 million mansion for koojackie?
KKO 9 years ago

Yes, Obama is saying to Mahama and his ilk that putting $25m in Brazil 2014 and diverting 85% of it into private pockets is not smart. If you then turn round and blame your free-falling currency on the international economic ...
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Yes, Obama is saying to Mahama and his ilk that putting $25m in Brazil 2014 and diverting 85% of it into private pockets is not smart. If you then turn round and blame your free-falling currency on the international economic situation is just plain stupid!

How do you dish out $51m to an individual holding a piece of sh** paper and then go begging another country for $2m to buy sanitary pads for school girls?
Saforo- U.S.A 9 years ago

How I wish I could have this president from Equatorial Guinea and cursed him to his face about how he has stolen all the money from his country leaving them in adverse poverty.What is the population of this country and look a ...
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How I wish I could have this president from Equatorial Guinea and cursed him to his face about how he has stolen all the money from his country leaving them in adverse poverty.What is the population of this country and look at the oil money generated from this country? I do not know what is wrong with African leaders? These leaders are wicked and corrupt. There is no exception. Mahama has stolen so much since he came to power yet done nothing to help his own people from the north.How these young girls and boys have become slaves in their own country.Those who blame their problems on others are those who do not go far in life. They only want sympathy and handout.And that is exactly our leaders are doing. I pity for Africa.
SETH 9 years ago

WELL SAID OBAMA

WELL SAID OBAMA
Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

Mahama took the wind off my sail. If Wayome, Betty, Burton, and of course the Mpianims and the rest doing CHOP CHOP like Wireko Brobey's Ghana at 50,why do we blame others for our woes? Corruption, nepotism, tribalism are kil ...
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Mahama took the wind off my sail. If Wayome, Betty, Burton, and of course the Mpianims and the rest doing CHOP CHOP like Wireko Brobey's Ghana at 50,why do we blame others for our woes? Corruption, nepotism, tribalism are killing Ghana.
ASS HOLE FOLEY 9 years ago

THIS GOOD FOR NOTHING PEOPLE TELL THEM TO STOP STEALING ONE PERSON WANT TO HAVE 6CARS 8 HOUSES WHY FOOLS CALLING THEM SELFS LEADERS WHY DONT U CALL YOURSELFS THIEFS

THIS GOOD FOR NOTHING PEOPLE TELL THEM TO STOP STEALING ONE PERSON WANT TO HAVE 6CARS 8 HOUSES WHY FOOLS CALLING THEM SELFS LEADERS WHY DONT U CALL YOURSELFS THIEFS
KANAWU (U.S) 9 years ago

I wish Mahama went with a pen and a paper to write down some sense.

I wish Mahama went with a pen and a paper to write down some sense.
Remove Indemnity Clause 9 years ago

Please Obama tell these idiots to stop corruption and use the money to develop Africa.

Please Obama tell these idiots to stop corruption and use the money to develop Africa.
=== 9 years ago

you are right , bro.

you are right , bro.
Michigan, USA 9 years ago

Amen

Amen
US Nii 9 years ago

Why Obama should do that for u ? U have no balls urself ?

Why Obama should do that for u ? U have no balls urself ?
MANSON UK 9 years ago

Obama himself is helping them to loot your continent money and bring it to NYSE so the American economy will continue to be stronger. America see China as enemy on African development.

Obama himself is helping them to loot your continent money and bring it to NYSE so the American economy will continue to be stronger. America see China as enemy on African development.
KOFI 9 years ago

So you want to indirectly say our leaders are damn stupid. They do not see the tricks from the west and continue to depend on them? Manson say something that would encourage our leaders to wake up to reality. In the abundance ...
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So you want to indirectly say our leaders are damn stupid. They do not see the tricks from the west and continue to depend on them? Manson say something that would encourage our leaders to wake up to reality. In the abundance of water the fool is thirsty. We are blessed with many and yet we cannot manage them. if you know the west is bad why can't you find solution among yourselves? we always go there to beg for alms. Stupid. we took $2billion loan from China and now we cannot even pay the interest.hmmm....
KnYc (USMC) 9 years ago

Oh yes Mr.Obama, my Commander in Chief tell them Morons Africa leaders how stupid they are. Only in Africa will you see a president driving a half a million car in potholes whiles his people can not fine a good and healthy dr ...
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Oh yes Mr.Obama, my Commander in Chief tell them Morons Africa leaders how stupid they are. Only in Africa will you see a president driving a half a million car in potholes whiles his people can not fine a good and healthy drinking water. Always blaming the West as an excuses, because they have fool soldiers to believe it.
DAVI 9 years ago

Akwesi Pratt Should read your Comment.

Akwesi Pratt Should read your Comment.
Dukadaya 9 years ago

You cannot blame others if you borrow money that attracts interest to buy cars and give away as gifts. Or borrow to buy sanitary pads to give away. or borrow to pay salaries, while your roads are not motorable, you have no qu ...
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You cannot blame others if you borrow money that attracts interest to buy cars and give away as gifts. Or borrow to buy sanitary pads to give away. or borrow to pay salaries, while your roads are not motorable, you have no quality drinking water, no continuous power supply, no quality care etc and yet continue to look for handouts. The list can go on and on. CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION
MANSON UK 9 years ago

Obama as a American president you are no different from your predecessors,African continent success story is a American enemy so please come out and tell the truth nothing else but truth.

Obama as a American president you are no different from your predecessors,African continent success story is a American enemy so please come out and tell the truth nothing else but truth.
KnYc (USMC) 9 years ago

Fool

Fool
okofo 9 years ago

You seem to be labelling people as fools, but reading what you have to say on this issue, you're beyong the word FOOL and not too shy from idiocy.

You have a very LIMITED knowledge on international relations, so you go by ...
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You seem to be labelling people as fools, but reading what you have to say on this issue, you're beyong the word FOOL and not too shy from idiocy.

You have a very LIMITED knowledge on international relations, so you go by just a layman "understanding" of world issues. This makes you feel inferior when a knowledgeable individual puts out an informed discourse out there.

It's not too late to acquire real knowledge in both academical and experiencial, and Stop embarassing yourself by exhibiting gross stupidity and ignorance on this forum.

If somebody puts up an argument and the ONLY response you can give is the word "FOOL", you're making it clear that you are that fool, otherwise you'd come out with an argument of your own instead of insults.
kwame 9 years ago

Drill it into their knuckle heads

Drill it into their knuckle heads
Kwame 9 years ago

The problem with African politicians is---they always thinking about their pockets first.They don't do the right thing so they loot with both hands and legs to chop when they don't come again after the 4yrs.

The problem with African politicians is---they always thinking about their pockets first.They don't do the right thing so they loot with both hands and legs to chop when they don't come again after the 4yrs.
Asswhip 9 years ago

..and the problem with African people is, they kiss the asses of the corrupt upperclass instead of beating this asses.

..and the problem with African people is, they kiss the asses of the corrupt upperclass instead of beating this asses.
KOJO 9 years ago

THANK YOU.
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
OUR MAIN PROBLEM IS THE ROTTEN ATTITUDE OF CIVIL SOCIETY.
WE KEEP BLAMING OUR LEADERS BUT PEOPLE VOTE FOR LEADERS BASED ON
1. TRIBAL AFFILIATIONS
2. MONETARY INDUCEMENTS
3. RELIG ...
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THANK YOU.
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
OUR MAIN PROBLEM IS THE ROTTEN ATTITUDE OF CIVIL SOCIETY.
WE KEEP BLAMING OUR LEADERS BUT PEOPLE VOTE FOR LEADERS BASED ON
1. TRIBAL AFFILIATIONS
2. MONETARY INDUCEMENTS
3. RELIGIOUS CONSIDERATIONS
4. PARTY LOYALTY

NO CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO
CHARACTER
EXPERIENCE
COMPETENCE.
Akos 9 years ago

Kojo, you are perfectly right. I just cannot understand our people who vote based on the factors you have mentioned. Our leaders are fully aware of this and exploit the gullible masses to perpetuate their evil and corrupt d ...
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Kojo, you are perfectly right. I just cannot understand our people who vote based on the factors you have mentioned. Our leaders are fully aware of this and exploit the gullible masses to perpetuate their evil and corrupt deeds and at the end it is these illiterate masses who continue to suffer since they cannot reason very well.
Humanity 9 years ago

WELL SAID

WELL SAID
Mafia 9 years ago

Obama tell your black brothers. They drive V8s, give themselves and parliamentarians 4 months salaries of every year served as gratuities. How much will you Obama take home after serving America for 4 years? They give their b ...
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Obama tell your black brothers. They drive V8s, give themselves and parliamentarians 4 months salaries of every year served as gratuities. How much will you Obama take home after serving America for 4 years? They give their brothers and cronies contracts and create, loot and share. They give The Americans' hard earned taxes to their cronies for no job done. We are blessed with so much resources, gold, timber, cocoa, now oil and many more. Where does the money go? Obama. We support you. Blast them after screening them for ebola. Selfish, greedy, bastards.
********* 9 years ago

Yes, subject them to thorough screening as would do to primates with the ebola virus for they are not worth any VIP treatment.
After that Please give them a very good bashing to bring them to their senses. They are all crim ...
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Yes, subject them to thorough screening as would do to primates with the ebola virus for they are not worth any VIP treatment.
After that Please give them a very good bashing to bring them to their senses. They are all criminals
Samuel Asare-Nkansah(USA) 9 years ago

Fellow Ghanaians,we must rise up to have that stupid indemnity law revoked.Anybody who wants to occupy an office must declare his/her assets before and after service.We are tired of the lootings.Also all foreign held bank acc ...
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Fellow Ghanaians,we must rise up to have that stupid indemnity law revoked.Anybody who wants to occupy an office must declare his/her assets before and after service.We are tired of the lootings.Also all foreign held bank accounts held by such individuals must be investigated
Akomadan Adjei Nkansah Belgium 9 years ago

USELESS MAHAMA SHHOULD BOW HIS EMPTY HEAD,CORRUPT HEAD DOWN,FOOOOOOOOL

USELESS MAHAMA SHHOULD BOW HIS EMPTY HEAD,CORRUPT HEAD DOWN,FOOOOOOOOL
Daniel 9 years ago

America cared less about Africa in the past, but right at this moment in history, Africa is again very important for all the countries, because it has abundant natural resources, that are not well managed. If indeed these nat ...
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America cared less about Africa in the past, but right at this moment in history, Africa is again very important for all the countries, because it has abundant natural resources, that are not well managed. If indeed these natural resources are managed properly, African countries would be able to send their children to school, provide health care for their people, produce more food for consumption for their people. It is very important for the leaders to listen and take advice from Obama. I also would like to let the African citizens know that the economy will not come from America, France, Russia, Great Britain, Germany or else where, rather it will come from Africa. Let us work for rapid development to improve Africa's infrastructure. We cannot remain a laughing stock for the rest of the world. We have the land, we have the natural resources, we have the human resources as well. So get up and let us work harder. This is my point.
Bone Shaker - BS 9 years ago

Ghana's economy is a mess not because of lack of resources, it is lack of leadership, and corruption.
How can leadership allow Woyome to swindle fifty one million dollars from state coffers for no job done, all because, Woyo ...
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Ghana's economy is a mess not because of lack of resources, it is lack of leadership, and corruption.
How can leadership allow Woyome to swindle fifty one million dollars from state coffers for no job done, all because, Woyome is a financier of the ruling NDC government.
Organizations such as GYEEDA,SUBA and many more are established to loot money from the nation's coffers.
A small country like Ghana is blessed with Gold, cocoa, timber, oil and yet our children attend school under trees, and teachers have no materials to teach. We borrow for everything. I agree with President Obama, it lack of leadership, and as long as the west will always bail africa off from her economic mismanagement corruption will never be stopped.
Chief amankwa 9 years ago

These useless African leaders who are elected dictators ready to destroy ,harass ,arrest citizen to work out a way out .
Half of them are millionaires based in corruption no production ..

They are wicked ,self fish leader ...
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These useless African leaders who are elected dictators ready to destroy ,harass ,arrest citizen to work out a way out .
Half of them are millionaires based in corruption no production ..

They are wicked ,self fish leaders
KOJO 9 years ago

GHANAIANS HAVE NOT DIAGNOSED THEIR PROBLEM.
OUR MAIN PROBLEM IS THE ROTTEN COLLECTIVE ATTITUDE OF CIVIL SOCIETY.
TOO MANY PEOPLE OUR PREPARED TO DIE FOR THESE SAME CORRUPT LEADERS.
THINK ABOUT THAT.

GHANAIANS HAVE NOT DIAGNOSED THEIR PROBLEM.
OUR MAIN PROBLEM IS THE ROTTEN COLLECTIVE ATTITUDE OF CIVIL SOCIETY.
TOO MANY PEOPLE OUR PREPARED TO DIE FOR THESE SAME CORRUPT LEADERS.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
Afia Foriwaa 9 years ago

African Leaders think only of their pockets.

African Leaders think only of their pockets.
Chief amankwa 9 years ago

Ok

Ok
Mama G 9 years ago

Tell those fuckers to think b'cos it looks like Africans don't have brain and mostly the soo call leaders

Tell those fuckers to think b'cos it looks like Africans don't have brain and mostly the soo call leaders
gfdgg 9 years ago

well said

well said
gfdgg 9 years ago

well said

well said
EMMANUEL 9 years ago

OYIWA,OBAMA MAY GOD BLESS YOU.IF ONLY THE LEADER OF CREAT,LUTE AND SHARE MAHAMA AND THE LIKES WILL LISTEN

OYIWA,OBAMA MAY GOD BLESS YOU.IF ONLY THE LEADER OF CREAT,LUTE AND SHARE MAHAMA AND THE LIKES WILL LISTEN
MENSAH. 9 years ago

The WEST will always find some ways to exploit Africa,and the third world.
Africa has AU.
What do they also meet to do to prevent these exploitations of the WEST on Africa?
Obama is saying,you can also make some goals to d ...
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The WEST will always find some ways to exploit Africa,and the third world.
Africa has AU.
What do they also meet to do to prevent these exploitations of the WEST on Africa?
Obama is saying,you can also make some goals to do something worthwhile for yourselves but not relying on the WEST always.
If you keep eating your eggs,where would be the chicken out of your incubator?
OUR LEADERS SHOULD STOP THE BRIBERY & CORRUPTION,JUDGEMENT DEBT PAYMENTS,START TO BUILD ON GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT CASH IN,FOR AFRICA.
If our RAW MATERIALS SALES,ARE NOT GIVING US VALUE,WHY NOT PROCESSING THEM,BEFORE SELLING TO THE WEST?
We can't apply the same old strategies ,methods,ideas,to solve new multi-complex problems.

WE NEED A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
Omanbabea 9 years ago

The only wise comment I have read so far on this article. It is true that the west exploits Africa. But why should African leaders allow it to go on? Africa must unite and demand fair play.

The only wise comment I have read so far on this article. It is true that the west exploits Africa. But why should African leaders allow it to go on? Africa must unite and demand fair play.
Parry 9 years ago

SELFLESS AND DEEP THINKING LEADERS

SELFLESS AND DEEP THINKING LEADERS
Abigi 9 years ago

Are you saying the West is leading us to World Bank to take loans and use the loans we are going to pay back with 30% interest to buy sanitary pads and pencils for school children? I do not understand the way you think, but y ...
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Are you saying the West is leading us to World Bank to take loans and use the loans we are going to pay back with 30% interest to buy sanitary pads and pencils for school children? I do not understand the way you think, but you have to own up to your stupidity at some point. The truth is, as said by Einstein the meaning if insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. You can blame the West till your death, but we will keep suffering in poverty and darkness with this your STUPIDITY.
KOJO 9 years ago

WE NEED A CHANGE ALRIGHT, AND THE FIRST CHANGE WE NEED IS FOR THE MASSES TO CHANGE THEIR ROTTEN ATTITUDES.
TO ELECT OBAMA THE ORDINARY FOLKS DONATED MONEY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN AND THEY HOLD HIM STRICTLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIO ...
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WE NEED A CHANGE ALRIGHT, AND THE FIRST CHANGE WE NEED IS FOR THE MASSES TO CHANGE THEIR ROTTEN ATTITUDES.
TO ELECT OBAMA THE ORDINARY FOLKS DONATED MONEY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN AND THEY HOLD HIM STRICTLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS.
TO ELECT OUR LEADERS IN GHANA THE POLITICIANS MUST PAY THE ORDINARY FOLKS IN VARIOUS FORMS.
HOW DO YOU THEN HOLD YOUR LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE?
BOTTOM LINE IS CHANGE THE ATTITUDES OF THE MASSES AND THINGS WILL BEGIN TO FALL IN PLACE.
Kwasi Miezah 9 years ago

Damn fools.

Damn fools.
ENOUGH OF THE BULLSHIT 9 years ago

IT IS VERY EASY FOR THE WEST TO BE SANCTIMONIOUS ABOUT AFRICA WHILE THEY CLOSE US OFF FROM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.SOMEONE TELL OBAMA TO OPEN UP HIS MARKET TO AFRICAN GOODS AND SERVICES AS IT HAS DONE FOR EUROPE.MAY BE WE COULD T ...
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IT IS VERY EASY FOR THE WEST TO BE SANCTIMONIOUS ABOUT AFRICA WHILE THEY CLOSE US OFF FROM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.SOMEONE TELL OBAMA TO OPEN UP HIS MARKET TO AFRICAN GOODS AND SERVICES AS IT HAS DONE FOR EUROPE.MAY BE WE COULD TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY IF THEY SHARED SOME OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS WITH AFRICA AS THEY DO WITH EUROPE. OUR"FRIENDS"IN EUROPE AND USA ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR EXCUSES AND REASONS WHY THEY MUST NOT DO BUSINESS WITH AFRICA.THE LATEST IS THE GAY MARRIAGE RIGHT.BEFORE THAT IT WAS THE LACK OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA.WE MUST FIND NEW PARTNERS IN CHINA,BRAZIL,RUSSIA AND ANY OTHER NATION WILLING TO HELP WITH INDUSTRIALIZATION OF OUR ECONOMY. WE ARE TIRED OF THE LIP SERVICE AND FINGER WAGGING FROM THE WEST.IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE OUR PARTNERS THEY WOULD BE ACTING DIFFERENTLY.I AM NO FOOL,I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
St. 9 years ago

You don't get what he is saying. Why can't you trade in Africa?

You don't get what he is saying. Why can't you trade in Africa?
MENSAH. 9 years ago

America has given us some trade chances to explore.
WE CALL IT "AGOA"
Unfortunately,Africa doesn't produce much to match the required volume needed to pull ourselves in the deal.
We only export RAW MATERIALS,notably OIL,in ...
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America has given us some trade chances to explore.
WE CALL IT "AGOA"
Unfortunately,Africa doesn't produce much to match the required volume needed to pull ourselves in the deal.
We only export RAW MATERIALS,notably OIL,instead of PROCESSED PRODUCTS.

What else should AMERICA offer for us?

I think,they have given us a lot,but we have not been able to take any advantage on them.
LET'S ASK OURSELVES:

How many tonnes of processed COCOA,do we export INTERNATIONALLY,if AFRICA(IVORY COAST & GHANA)TOPS COCOA PRODUCTION?

WHY EXPORT THE BEAN ALWAYS,INSTEAD OF THE PROCESSED PRODUCTS OUT OF IT?

We can't blame the WEST,OUTRIGHT,BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALSO TRIED THEIR BEST,BUT DO NOT PULL OUR WEIGHT.
Prepprah 9 years ago

@Enough has a point.Trying to export anything besides raw materials is next to impossible.They hamper you with crushing rules, tax and requirements to a point of destruction.I am not an apologist for our leaders but for the W ...
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@Enough has a point.Trying to export anything besides raw materials is next to impossible.They hamper you with crushing rules, tax and requirements to a point of destruction.I am not an apologist for our leaders but for the West to continue their lecturing is just hypocritical to say the least.
Nii Joromi 9 years ago

The greedy banks in the west should close the fat bank accounts of these criminal African leaders and repatriate the billions of dollars back to Africa.

The greedy banks in the west should close the fat bank accounts of these criminal African leaders and repatriate the billions of dollars back to Africa.
Meman Nti 9 years ago

African leaders don't have zeal for right things. The best they know is corruption;looting from national coffers and creating hardships for us. They should be ashamed and may God reward them according to their deeds.

African leaders don't have zeal for right things. The best they know is corruption;looting from national coffers and creating hardships for us. They should be ashamed and may God reward them according to their deeds.
Sally 9 years ago

Obama

Bravo; bravo; tell them and let them account for every penny given for development; and monitor the said work done. African leaders are fools & greedy pigs; full stop.

Obama

Bravo; bravo; tell them and let them account for every penny given for development; and monitor the said work done. African leaders are fools & greedy pigs; full stop.
lilli 9 years ago

Obama, tell the same message to those in America that you are always bailing out with our tax dollars. That would include all of your liberal cronies that pretend to love the black man but want the black woman to abort their ...
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Obama, tell the same message to those in America that you are always bailing out with our tax dollars. That would include all of your liberal cronies that pretend to love the black man but want the black woman to abort their children and stay on the government dole.
YOU DON'T GET IT 9 years ago

Because they are not productive. If its love you want from obroni, then just be productive and see the massive love they will show you.!! You guys don't get it. This world is not for slackers. Play the game and be called to ...
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Because they are not productive. If its love you want from obroni, then just be productive and see the massive love they will show you.!! You guys don't get it. This world is not for slackers. Play the game and be called to the club. No room for self pity and moral lessons.Its all economic unfortunately!!!!
Military Man 9 years ago

Why don't you go back to your country and live in your cholera infested capital city?

You come here begging to be an American citizen and when The US president tells your corrupt,thieving and clueless leaders to learn to h ...
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Why don't you go back to your country and live in your cholera infested capital city?

You come here begging to be an American citizen and when The US president tells your corrupt,thieving and clueless leaders to learn to help themselves, you have the audacity to question the US President like you are already an American citizen.

You an illegal alien without a green card so stop abusing the hospitality your host country has given you and count your blessings

Shut the fuck up, Lily Ashun and if you don't like it here just leave and go back to KETAN and live like a pauper.

Fucking BIATCH!!!
Military Man 9 years ago

Right on the money, Prez!!

Let the fools know that they are complete idiots.

Ghana for example, has been crawling on her knees since Nkrumah was overthrown because no leader after him had/has enough brain power and the ...
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Right on the money, Prez!!

Let the fools know that they are complete idiots.

Ghana for example, has been crawling on her knees since Nkrumah was overthrown because no leader after him had/has enough brain power and the selflessness that 'THE GREAT MAN' had to move the country forward.

Our country had been ruled by moronic imbeciles since FEB. 1966, stealing the country's immense riches and dismantling the good infrastructures Nkrumah built, through lack of maintenance and sheer stupidity.

I hope that you don't relent on the pressure you are asserting on these STUPID "millionaire club" of African Leaders who are living it big on their stolen wealth while their fellow citizens can't afford can't afford even one square meal a day, let alone the normal three square meals a day.

Keep hammering them and don't let up, PLEASE.
Mr T 9 years ago

The blame game is the tactics of the corrupt African politician. After independence we still trod on the road of poverty. There is no plan to follow in Africa and the so-called elites are clueless if it comes to improving the ...
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The blame game is the tactics of the corrupt African politician. After independence we still trod on the road of poverty. There is no plan to follow in Africa and the so-called elites are clueless if it comes to improving the standard of living for the masses at the rural areas. Unfortunately the trick is that if the villagers get educated they will resist the oppressors. Africa must change and we need more selfless radicals who love Africa and not themselves.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

The IMF Boss Christine Lagarde, after assuming office took one look at Africa and simply said: Africa is the richest continent on planet earth and yet the poorest. Now, can any of us refute this statement or hers? I bet not! ...
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The IMF Boss Christine Lagarde, after assuming office took one look at Africa and simply said: Africa is the richest continent on planet earth and yet the poorest. Now, can any of us refute this statement or hers? I bet not! Now, what is she seeing that our African leaders can't see for all these years of non-colonial Africa?
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Now, can any of us refute this statement [of] hers?

Now, can any of us refute this statement [of] hers?
Kwasi Owusu 9 years ago

Mahama Gimifour Kronfour always begging for money and later on using it for his NDC dat is National Destroyers Company.

Mahama Gimifour Kronfour always begging for money and later on using it for his NDC dat is National Destroyers Company.
KWAA 9 years ago

Mental lazinesss is the cause of our woes in Africa.We as people are simply refusing to use the brains the good God gave us to better our lives.So we turn to complain.
We complain about the White coming to Africa,we complai ...
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Mental lazinesss is the cause of our woes in Africa.We as people are simply refusing to use the brains the good God gave us to better our lives.So we turn to complain.
We complain about the White coming to Africa,we complain about being slaves to others,infact we complain about anything,but we don`t even attempt to find solutions to our problems,like others do on other Continents.We blame eveybody and everything for,why we are poor,but not ourselves.
Allowe the African to lead his/her own people,he/she only thinks of him/herself alone.Because of greed,wichedness African leaders have become so corrupt,one may think they will never die and live all the stolen properties behind.
Obiango Nguama is ruling only 800,000 people in Equatoria Guinnea with oil output which can make every single one of his people a rich person,but apart from he and his family,the rest of the population are living an abject poverty.Yet,this guy has audacity to blame the whiteman for his corruption.
kwabena texas u.s.a 9 years ago

use this meeting to educate them. there is no excuse when you are managing your own affairs with your abundance natural resources and yet you fail your people miserably. give them some schooling Obama

use this meeting to educate them. there is no excuse when you are managing your own affairs with your abundance natural resources and yet you fail your people miserably. give them some schooling Obama
Kofi 9 years ago

I think it is in their DNA not to get things right. We prefer to show off instead of being humble and knowledge seeking. We admire those showing off instead of asking thoughtful questions. Until a new template is evovled forg ...
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I think it is in their DNA not to get things right. We prefer to show off instead of being humble and knowledge seeking. We admire those showing off instead of asking thoughtful questions. Until a new template is evovled forget it. Prehaps prayer is the solutio now.
Ebibiman 9 years ago

Lost continent .

Lost continent .
Kweku Ntim 9 years ago

Give us a break Preacher Obama...You think we have already forgotten about how you and your NATO Criminals bombed and destroyed Libya back to stone age...Today you are out there preaching about moving forward as if the west i ...
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Give us a break Preacher Obama...You think we have already forgotten about how you and your NATO Criminals bombed and destroyed Libya back to stone age...Today you are out there preaching about moving forward as if the west is not part to blame for our woes...Save us the bullshit!!
Bingo 9 years ago

Hypocrites and parasites.
Through their yearn to exploit resources in Africa,they breed men like Mahama and co to help their dirty games in Africa.
Today he acts like a saint .

Hypocrites and parasites.
Through their yearn to exploit resources in Africa,they breed men like Mahama and co to help their dirty games in Africa.
Today he acts like a saint .
Owusu Ansah 1 9 years ago

Kweku Ntim, thanks for your comments, Ghadafi who made his country like paradise feed almost the whole world with sweet crude oil, NATO went and destroyed him and his country killing thousands of his people leaving the countr ...
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Kweku Ntim, thanks for your comments, Ghadafi who made his country like paradise feed almost the whole world with sweet crude oil, NATO went and destroyed him and his country killing thousands of his people leaving the country in civil war, now telling us to stop excuses-
Papa Yaw. 9 years ago

So

So
Mark Boateng 9 years ago

You can't reach your full potential if you let other people control your life. Quit blaming other people for what's going on in your life and start taking responsibility.
Success isn't permanent,and failure isn't fatal.

You can't reach your full potential if you let other people control your life. Quit blaming other people for what's going on in your life and start taking responsibility.
Success isn't permanent,and failure isn't fatal.
Yaw Poku, USA 9 years ago

Yes tell that to Mahama and his incompetent NDC administration.

Yes tell that to Mahama and his incompetent NDC administration.
Voice of Reason 9 years ago

DISSIPATE $4.5BILLION OF THE NATIONS RESOURCES IN A RECKLESS PRE ELECTION GIVEAWAY AND BEMOAN THE STOPPAGE OF FEW HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FROM DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

DISSIPATE $4.5BILLION OF THE NATIONS RESOURCES IN A RECKLESS PRE ELECTION GIVEAWAY AND BEMOAN THE STOPPAGE OF FEW HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FROM DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
Robert Coleman 9 years ago

Ghanaians stop insulting your leaders

Ghanaians stop insulting your leaders
Themba. 9 years ago

Why don't you give back 90% of the stake your country owns in our oil and Britain give back the 97% stake in our gold mines for starters?
Who instigates the positioning of non-patriotic Africans in leadership in Africa if no ...
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Why don't you give back 90% of the stake your country owns in our oil and Britain give back the 97% stake in our gold mines for starters?
Who instigates the positioning of non-patriotic Africans in leadership in Africa if not you and your partners in eu.
You and your predecessors have killed or helped to de-stool any African who tried to instill some dignity and pride in Africans from Patrice Lumumba to Nkrumah.
Hypocrites and parasites.
Leave Africa and concentrate on your crime infested country of violence and depraved acts.Go solve the uncontrollable murder rate in Chicago right now,the people need you more.
I lost all respect for you as an African when you aided in killing Gadafi.Many Ghanaians are so dumb they actually believed you when you and your cowboy brigade character assassinated him.I always say it takes one to know one.
Money isn't everything all the time but time will tell.
Sad 9 years ago

You are right on the money,look what they did to Gaddafi,now Libya is facing all kinds of difficulties.JJ Rawlings warned the west about killing Gaddafi will bring hardship to Libya and Africa but Obama Pushed ahead,Gaddafi ...
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You are right on the money,look what they did to Gaddafi,now Libya is facing all kinds of difficulties.JJ Rawlings warned the west about killing Gaddafi will bring hardship to Libya and Africa but Obama Pushed ahead,Gaddafi actually love Obama as a son.Bush did more for Africa than Obama.
Korkor 9 years ago

They control our natural resources and expect is to prosper with their implanted puppet African governments.
Don't pay this bounty bar any mind.

They control our natural resources and expect is to prosper with their implanted puppet African governments.
Don't pay this bounty bar any mind.
KOFI 9 years ago

who forced you to vote for mahama? America or England? Tell me

who forced you to vote for mahama? America or England? Tell me
Korkor 9 years ago

Everything is Npp and Ndc to you.
You are pathetic.
Your myopia doesn't let you see the bigger picture.
I don't even support any of these two western puppet parties.

Everything is Npp and Ndc to you.
You are pathetic.
Your myopia doesn't let you see the bigger picture.
I don't even support any of these two western puppet parties.
CAPII 9 years ago

AFRICAN HEADS ARE "LAZY BIG MEN" RULERS. ONLY 5% ARE LEADERS; THE REST ARE CORRUPT,VISIONLESS,CLUELESS,VINDICTIVE,VALUE DESTROYERS,EXTREMELY PARTISAN AND DO NOT TOLERATE SUCCESSFUL INDIGENOUS BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS.

AFRICAN HEADS ARE "LAZY BIG MEN" RULERS. ONLY 5% ARE LEADERS; THE REST ARE CORRUPT,VISIONLESS,CLUELESS,VINDICTIVE,VALUE DESTROYERS,EXTREMELY PARTISAN AND DO NOT TOLERATE SUCCESSFUL INDIGENOUS BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS.
OWEN.NEW YORK. 9 years ago

Our African leaders are a bunch of economic robbers.Most of these leaders have fat savings in foreign banks. They are all theives milking their nation dry.

Our African leaders are a bunch of economic robbers.Most of these leaders have fat savings in foreign banks. They are all theives milking their nation dry.
Kwame (USA) 9 years ago

Tell it to their faces Barrack, tell it to the thieves. Debt relief was provided them once but they are back in debt not from mismanagement but corruption. Idiots - they steal and save in the West for the West to develop and ...
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Tell it to their faces Barrack, tell it to the thieves. Debt relief was provided them once but they are back in debt not from mismanagement but corruption. Idiots - they steal and save in the West for the West to develop and come back to beg for Aid
belgium 9 years ago

NO COMENT

NO COMENT
Themba 9 years ago

Ignorant people insult and use abusive lingo in debates.
Do the right thing.

Ignorant people insult and use abusive lingo in debates.
Do the right thing.
Korkor 9 years ago

All your descendants will never know peace for killing a man of peace you stupid,racist Belgians.

All your descendants will never know peace for killing a man of peace you stupid,racist Belgians.
ELINAN 9 years ago

A lunatic leopold.

A lunatic leopold.
Jesse 9 years ago

African leaders must stop stealing money

African leaders must stop stealing money
Voice of Reason 9 years ago

THESE ARE WORDS OF WISDOM FROM A WISE AND SMART PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT REFERRED TO AS HIS EXCELLENCY......ALL DUMB MAHAMA CRAVE AND CARE ABOUT IS BEING CALLED HIS EXCELLENCY......HE IS JUST AN EGOISTIC ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT WHOS ...
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THESE ARE WORDS OF WISDOM FROM A WISE AND SMART PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT REFERRED TO AS HIS EXCELLENCY......ALL DUMB MAHAMA CRAVE AND CARE ABOUT IS BEING CALLED HIS EXCELLENCY......HE IS JUST AN EGOISTIC ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT WHOSE AGENDA IS SELF SEEKING
Samuel Asare-Nkansah(USA) 9 years ago

"There are a lot of countries that are generating a lot of income, have a lot of natural resources, but are not putting that money back into villages to educate children," he said. "There are a lot of countries where the lead ...
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"There are a lot of countries that are generating a lot of income, have a lot of natural resources, but are not putting that money back into villages to educate children," he said. "There are a lot of countries where the leaders have a lot of resources, but the money is not going back to provide health clinics for young mothers."

These are the words of the president of the United states of American.Obama forgot that presidents of African countries and their entourage come into office for one thing--TO ENRICH THEMSELVES. Ghana ,afterall her resources should never be providing hardships unto her citizens.The root cause of the problems is briefly stated--CORRUPTION and INCOMPETENCE.If a CEO of a 65 billion a year American company company can provide leadership for shareholders and employees to get bonuses, why can't a president of only a 14 billion a year country, with all the abundant resources and sizeable population provide that kind of leadership for the citizens to live better.Problems befall America but with good leadership,things get turned around.The difference between the USA president and the African president including Ghana is 'LOVE OF COUNTRY'.Obama is serving his country out of patriotism and not in the Oval office to steal money and hide them care of friends and relatives abroad.Until we take drastic measures to eradicate all the vices i.e corruption,cronism etc we will still lag behind despite our resources.SHAME ON OUR LEADERS!!! I bet you all the aspiring candidates for the presidency ,MP and other positions have their own agenda but not in the interest of the country.
Kofi Peprah 9 years ago

Everyone knows that our leaders are corrupt, selfish, greedy, incompetent...but we still leave them untouched?
What then is the way out for the suffering masses of Africa?

Everyone knows that our leaders are corrupt, selfish, greedy, incompetent...but we still leave them untouched?
What then is the way out for the suffering masses of Africa?
Samuel Asare-Nkansah(USA) 9 years ago

That's a good question but at the sametime, we shouldn't let them off the hook.That indemnity clause must be eradicated.It is a visa to steal money while in office.Normally the leaders are not all that corrupt but their follo ...
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That's a good question but at the sametime, we shouldn't let them off the hook.That indemnity clause must be eradicated.It is a visa to steal money while in office.Normally the leaders are not all that corrupt but their followers are the looters of the country's resources.Example are Busia and Atta Mills.Accountability must be strengthened in terms of freezing assets and the money given back to the people.If Obama were to touch a dollar,believe me, he will be thrown in Jail but we allow our corrupt leaders to go free.
Oil man! 9 years ago

This is where we revert back to the contracts signed by our Government and the foreign companies who have taken our natural resources for them selves. Am talking about our mining industry!
It's high time we as Ghanaians revi ...
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This is where we revert back to the contracts signed by our Government and the foreign companies who have taken our natural resources for them selves. Am talking about our mining industry!
It's high time we as Ghanaians review these Gold contracts and do the right things for the benefit of all Ghanaians. GHANA OSEYE!!...ahu-ahu, AHU!!!
OSEI 9 years ago

please sereen president mahama of corruption, incompetence, cluelessness, womanizing, electoral fraud and not ebola unless these can cause the ebola disease.

please sereen president mahama of corruption, incompetence, cluelessness, womanizing, electoral fraud and not ebola unless these can cause the ebola disease.
Michigan, USA 9 years ago

Very well spoken Prez Obama. These corrupt African Leaders should be held accountable for squandering the rich resources of their various nations while leaving the masses of the population in abject poverty.

Very well spoken Prez Obama. These corrupt African Leaders should be held accountable for squandering the rich resources of their various nations while leaving the masses of the population in abject poverty.
Sumanguuru 9 years ago

Hey Obama don't let the babies with sharp theeth hear thisooooo they will blast U

Hey Obama don't let the babies with sharp theeth hear thisooooo they will blast U
Kpeblo 9 years ago

Prez Obama well said. It's time Africa and it's leaders be responsible and accountable to themselves and not always turn to the western world to come to their aid. The western nations cannot carry the world' burden .

Prez Obama well said. It's time Africa and it's leaders be responsible and accountable to themselves and not always turn to the western world to come to their aid. The western nations cannot carry the world' burden .
Sad 9 years ago

Gaddafi was preaching this for a long time and Obama together with some allies got rid of him.

Gaddafi was preaching this for a long time and Obama together with some allies got rid of him.
abba 9 years ago

THE SPIRIT OF JUNE 4TH 1979 REVOLUTION IS TOTALLY DEAD BECAUSE MAHAMA LED NDC HAS LOOTED THE COFFERS OF THE NATION. NOW IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE BLOOD OF GEN.I.K.ACHAMPONG AND THE OTHERS WHO WERE EXECUTED ARE INNOCENT.

THE SPIRIT OF JUNE 4TH 1979 REVOLUTION IS TOTALLY DEAD BECAUSE MAHAMA LED NDC HAS LOOTED THE COFFERS OF THE NATION. NOW IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE BLOOD OF GEN.I.K.ACHAMPONG AND THE OTHERS WHO WERE EXECUTED ARE INNOCENT.
abba 9 years ago

EVEN THE OIL DESCOVERY HAS BEEN THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF NDC CRIMINALS AND THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE AILING ECONOMY.

EVEN THE OIL DESCOVERY HAS BEEN THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF NDC CRIMINALS AND THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE AILING ECONOMY.
Lord Tennison 9 years ago

Corruption is the culprit.It is clouding the judgement of presidents,cabinet ministers and administrators alike.The 10% deposit into secret accounts in foreign banks as a prerequisite for the award of contracts.
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Corruption is the culprit.It is clouding the judgement of presidents,cabinet ministers and administrators alike.The 10% deposit into secret accounts in foreign banks as a prerequisite for the award of contracts.
Those resourceful companies who refuse to succumb to these illegal acts are sidestepped, and the inefficient who are ready and willing to pay bribes are awarded the contracts.
It is Africa's Achilles' Hill.
gyasi 9 years ago

i hope he is listening

i hope he is listening
why 9 years ago

Dr. kwame Nkrumah foresaw this but then nation wreckers party; UP and now NPP killed Osagyefo and his dreams for Africa's liberation. this is a wake up call for all knowledgeable Ghanaians that, since the independence of this ...
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Dr. kwame Nkrumah foresaw this but then nation wreckers party; UP and now NPP killed Osagyefo and his dreams for Africa's liberation. this is a wake up call for all knowledgeable Ghanaians that, since the independence of this country, up, npp hasn't not loved this country one bit.
Why are they calling our President that he is an incompetent? Have they now forgotten that they said they will make this country ungovernable? they wished for it and now they have it so what's their problem.
what are they saying,that they have this nation at heat?
the history has it that, while Dr. Nkrumah was fighting for an independent of this nation, some people were telling the Queen not to allow us have our freedom.
having done all that they could do to stop Dr. Nkrumah from building akosombo dam, they now call Mahama sum so dum so president. in fact, were they interested in having electricity in this nation?
Yes, agree 100% with whatever president Obama said but Osagyefo Dr. kwame Nkrumah had been allowed to realize his dreams for Ghana and Africa for that matter, Obama wouldn't have gotten the opportunity say that.
All those who supported and support the overthrow of Dr. kwame Nkrumah should bow down their heads in shame.
Yes, president Mahama is not performing but, na who cause am?
if Osagyefo had even been allowed for just 10yrs, we wouldn't have been where we are today. Don't be deceived by both NDC and NPP tricks. they are all the same. they all create loot and then share. Be wise in election 2016.
---------- 9 years ago

Forget about your stupid hatred and division and let the leaders find solution to the present situation. Excuses is the word.

Forget about your stupid hatred and division and let the leaders find solution to the present situation. Excuses is the word.
Cdi 9 years ago

The have run out of excuses.

The have run out of excuses.
Kojo T 9 years ago

You are spot on

You are spot on
Joe 9 years ago

Tell mahama and his ndc members who have destroyed hospitals and school feed grants so they can loot and run away with it, they know they will not win 2016, so they are finding plan to get money and get away with it. They sho ...
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Tell mahama and his ndc members who have destroyed hospitals and school feed grants so they can loot and run away with it, they know they will not win 2016, so they are finding plan to get money and get away with it. They should know that they will answer one day this mess they have made
YIENTIE OBIAA 9 years ago

ALL THE AFRICAN LEADERS ARE THE SAME .

ALL THE AFRICAN LEADERS ARE THE SAME .
Timur 9 years ago

Obama is the SLAVE of the ELITE WATCH OUT AFRICA, HE IS A DEMON IS SHEEP CLOTHING

Obama is the SLAVE of the ELITE WATCH OUT AFRICA, HE IS A DEMON IS SHEEP CLOTHING
VOLTA MAN 9 years ago

Look at those here insulting obama bcus their parents are criminal leaders.nonesence people here insulting bcus obama is going to give them right way of rulling.idiot pple here, your mother and yr father

Look at those here insulting obama bcus their parents are criminal leaders.nonesence people here insulting bcus obama is going to give them right way of rulling.idiot pple here, your mother and yr father
MIKY 9 years ago

Barack Obama, you are very right in your statement.African leader are the cause of the woes of the continent. I plead with you not to give them a dim.President Mahama will use these monies to pay ex-gracia.

Barack Obama, you are very right in your statement.African leader are the cause of the woes of the continent. I plead with you not to give them a dim.President Mahama will use these monies to pay ex-gracia.
Themba 9 years ago

He made a good point but he has no moral ground to talk .
Which countries own 90% of GH oil and Gold?
Why would we need loans if we controlled these natural resources meant for us but taken under the watchful eyes of Kuffuo ...
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He made a good point but he has no moral ground to talk .
Which countries own 90% of GH oil and Gold?
Why would we need loans if we controlled these natural resources meant for us but taken under the watchful eyes of Kuffuor and Mahama for fear of being overthrown.
Do you people really know what goes on in the world at all???
Z NINJA 9 years ago

WOW

WOW
G. K. Berko 9 years ago

What President Obama is saying is very TRUE. And that implies our leaders must stop being corrupt, and cheating us. These African leaders often steal our resources and then turn around to blame all on the West.

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What President Obama is saying is very TRUE. And that implies our leaders must stop being corrupt, and cheating us. These African leaders often steal our resources and then turn around to blame all on the West.

However, President Obama must assure us that he would do what it takes to strengthen all existing measures that discourage Western Investors and Businesses from joining the corrupt leaders to steal from us. He can reinforce the legal and ethical prescriptions for US Firms to reject any invitation from our crooked leaders to join them in cheating us.

Our elders have a proverb that says: "While you are admonishing the Cat to desist from stealing the Stock Fish, you must also advise the Stock Fish to stop exuding its odor that lures the Cat."

Corruption in Africa involving our Political leaders often show deep complicity of Western entities. And when the ordinary folks begin to charge these Western entities of their shared culpability, we are told we hate Capitalism, and are repelling Free Market...something that they use to scare off potential genuine Investors from coming to help.

If we have a very principled Government that cracks down on corruption and metes out drastic penalties to any culpable Business entities from the West, America must not simply claim that to be an anti-West Government but firmly stand by the truth and support that Administration, so long as no discrimination against Western entities exists.

We all know how the Mills' Administration's initial protest to the Kosmos-EO deal was quickly turned into an inter-Governmental fracas with the unconditional support of the US and her Embassy in Ghana for Kosmos and EO, despite genuine breach of Ghana's Laws in the process.

While we must be appreciative of whatever partnership the Western Businesses have to offer, we must not be relegated to some mummified dunces who must simply accept any unfair Economic, financial, or commercial deal from our Western partners and some local accomplices. We must be held to similar legal and ethical expectations as America would have for her Businesses locally.

At least, the genuine malaise associated with any such unfair deal must be conceded and a joint amicable remediation offered to resolve the crisis. Often that is not the case. A presumption of some anti-Western sentiments is instantaneously adopted by the USA political Authorities to turn the issue into just a political dispute. We cannot forget the use of the US Congress to intervene on behalf of the Kosmos-EO Group, while embarrassingly blacklisting our Ministers for US Visas when they wanted to travel to the USA for further discussions on the issue.

So, as Obama chastises our leaders, deservedly, he must also assure us that he would help discourage US and other Western Economic partners, private or public, from colluding with our corrupt leaders to cheat us.

I would humbly entreat President Obama to put our leaders on notice that the US would help expose all their hidden Accounts in safe havens in the US and elsewhere.

I have even suggested that our culpable Political leaders cited for massive corruption like SADA, Woyomegate, GYEEDA, etc., be subject to prosecution at the Hague for crimes against humanity. After all, some of our Military Officers were punished with execution by firing squad for their alleged Corruption, and the Hague would be a much more humane process to counter similar crimes by our Civilian political leaders. That may sound excessive. But our leaders only respond to excessive reaction to their malfeasance, I am afraid. It did not have to take the entreaties of President Obama and other foreign influences for our leaders to take note of the inimical impact their insensitive Corruption and ineptitude are having on us.

Long Live Ghana!!!
joojo2014 9 years ago

I hope when he (Obama) meets with the African leaders, he reiterates these FACTS: (1) that Africa has every natural & human resources that the developed world "would kill for"; (2) that there are NO EXCUSES why their nations ...
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I hope when he (Obama) meets with the African leaders, he reiterates these FACTS: (1) that Africa has every natural & human resources that the developed world "would kill for"; (2) that there are NO EXCUSES why their nations should always go begging for aid/assistance; (3) that The only REASON why our people of Africa live in ABJECT POVERTY is because of the GREED, SELFISHNESS, NEPOTISM, MISMANAGEMENT, CORRUPTION, SECTARIANISM, INCOMPETENCE, LIP-SERVICE, .... of Africa's political, business, public service, private sector....LEADERSHIP; and (4) that they should strive/work for the betterment of all their citizenry.
STOP LOOTING 9 years ago

Our leaders must stop looting our resources and attend to our needs. Those who save their loot in foreign lands must return the loot for national development. Those who buy houses in America, Europe, Dubai, Cape Town etc. mus ...
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Our leaders must stop looting our resources and attend to our needs. Those who save their loot in foreign lands must return the loot for national development. Those who buy houses in America, Europe, Dubai, Cape Town etc. must sell those houses and invest the monies at home. They must show the way for citizens to believe and accept their call to patronize local goods. Charity must always begin at home. Our leaders cannot continue to divert our resources into their private pockets and blame Western domination or colonialism for our poverty. They must not forget that the almighty United States of America was also once a colony. The leaders they had after independence did not loot the country's resources but put these resources to very good use for their people and country. That is the great difference between them and the always complaining, always looting and always begging leaders of Africa, our own Ghana included.
MIKY 9 years ago

Barack Obama, PLEASE EXPOSE THESE WEAK AND DIRTY AFRICAN LEADERS.

Barack Obama, PLEASE EXPOSE THESE WEAK AND DIRTY AFRICAN LEADERS.
Tom Tom 9 years ago

Well said president Obama, the truth pains but you have said it all.

Well said president Obama, the truth pains but you have said it all.
maxi 9 years ago

Greedy Mahama listen to obama

Greedy Mahama listen to obama
Enoch. O 9 years ago

As much as Obama is right in encouraging African Leaders, he should listen to what our leaders have to say and think deep. We hear about LIBOR, where the western countries between themselves play games with currencies. We hea ...
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As much as Obama is right in encouraging African Leaders, he should listen to what our leaders have to say and think deep. We hear about LIBOR, where the western countries between themselves play games with currencies. We hear about all kinds of underhand dealings on the stock market. Ghana, or West Africa as a whole is the Highest producer of COCOA on the world market. I could say the same for other commodities, When they are priced, do we in AFRICA HAVE A SAY? NO. How many times do we have to [protest, and be ignored. As humans we have the right to suspect the West of underhand dealings just like anybody else. When some of our leaders speak about these things that they feel is going on, they mean well. In some cases some of them are punished in surreptitious ways for saying what they think is right. Africa does not produce arms, and the continent is flooded with armaments. Does Obama not think he can do something about that? We can go non and on about our grievances, but who is going to hear us. We hope things change for the better soon. Long live Africa.
DONBOLI 9 years ago

When the embassador of US wrote in tweeter about John Mahama was because John Mahama is depending on EU and IMF to give loads to ghana we cant pay back.
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When the embassador of US wrote in tweeter about John Mahama was because John Mahama is depending on EU and IMF to give loads to ghana we cant pay back.
European Union Partnership Trade Agreement sign by John Mahama using ECOWAS instead of ghanaians deciding whether we should go back to the very colonel masters we had independence from.
Obama is taking to John Mahama and John Mahama alone. He is the only president who thinks China, EU, USA, UK, IMF and the World bankshould ran the affairs of ghana.
Ghana Cocoa, Oil and things we export should be enough to feed all ghanaians if ghana only govt dont borrow money with 300% interest.

Ghana should cancel the 40 years EPA deal, the agreement on trade should be a govt decision but that of Paliament. EPA deals that no ghanaian have seen the final deal.
USA and World Trade Org are not happy for EU to decide what ghana can trade with US.
If a country dont have trade freedom, that country dont have independence.
Joh Mahama and Hannah Tetteh should be ashame for selling ghana freedom to EU.
EMMANUUEL 9 years ago

I wan't president Obama to aks Mahama that how much difference from cedi to dollar, and aks how many security chartered plane from Gh to Brazil and when Woyome will pay the money back to Gh.

I wan't president Obama to aks Mahama that how much difference from cedi to dollar, and aks how many security chartered plane from Gh to Brazil and when Woyome will pay the money back to Gh.
maxipreist 9 years ago

Mahama listen.

Mahama listen.
Akomadan Adjei Nkansah Belgium 9 years ago

CRIMINAL,CORRUPT MAHAMA NUMBER ONE BIG CORRUPT IN GHANA HISTORY,SHAME,SHAME,SHAME,MAHAMA HUUUUUUUUUUU,SHAME ONTO YOU,AKONFEM,STOLED GHANA GOLD TO IRIAN,BIG HOTAL IN DUBAI,NOW LISTEN TO USA PREZ,KWASEA MAHAMA IS A BIG FOOOOOL

CRIMINAL,CORRUPT MAHAMA NUMBER ONE BIG CORRUPT IN GHANA HISTORY,SHAME,SHAME,SHAME,MAHAMA HUUUUUUUUUUU,SHAME ONTO YOU,AKONFEM,STOLED GHANA GOLD TO IRIAN,BIG HOTAL IN DUBAI,NOW LISTEN TO USA PREZ,KWASEA MAHAMA IS A BIG FOOOOOL
Agonaba 9 years ago

"If Westerners give us 10% of our own natural resources,how can we walk from our economic crawling"

"If Westerners give us 10% of our own natural resources,how can we walk from our economic crawling"
Bra Ben 9 years ago

You fool waaa. Kwasia isn't it your own leaders that go into agreement with the western so what u mean fool

You fool waaa. Kwasia isn't it your own leaders that go into agreement with the western so what u mean fool
Kwame (USA) 9 years ago

so right....he got an excuse

so right....he got an excuse
Agonaba 9 years ago

Kwame,if our leaders seek 50%,they are toppled,open your eyes,Kwame.

Kwame,if our leaders seek 50%,they are toppled,open your eyes,Kwame.
Agonaba 9 years ago

Victimised victim Ben

Victimised victim Ben
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

Thanks for your message Prez. Obama. Please say it loud and clear to the culprits and stop winding around the point! John "Aplanke Prez" Mahama and his bunch of clueless administrators are those that you should be pointing yo ...
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Thanks for your message Prez. Obama. Please say it loud and clear to the culprits and stop winding around the point! John "Aplanke Prez" Mahama and his bunch of clueless administrators are those that you should be pointing your fingers to.

Please call Prez. John Mahama and leaders of all those African countries that you have been monitoring and tell it straight to their face, else they'll continue to cause problems for citizens of the continent. Prez. Obama, I'd humbly urge you to take a quick visit to Ghana these days after your first visit and see things for yourself what has become of Ghana since the last time you were there.

Go to Ghana and have a conference chat with everyone; you'll hear from the voices of the people. They [NDC] party people pressed the neck of former Prez Atta-Mills and killed him when they saw that things weren't going well for their gov't; they knew he'd lose the elections that's why they killed the late Prez.

Now things have gotten even worse after they stole the elections. I believe that you'd agree with me and many others that electoral fraud has brought all these hardships on Ghanaians. Stay bless Mr. President.
Kwasi Amoako 9 years ago

Do we need Obama to tell us to look within for solutions to our problems? We are indeed sick !!!!!!!! What are we doing as a continent ? I am indeed sad for AFRICA

Do we need Obama to tell us to look within for solutions to our problems? We are indeed sick !!!!!!!! What are we doing as a continent ? I am indeed sad for AFRICA
K.A 9 years ago

GHANA GOV'T SHLD AS A MATTER OF URGENCY GET ALL PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS TEACHERS, DOCTORS, NURSES, BANKERS ETC, LICENSED TOGETHER WITH THEIR CERTIFICATION. LICENSES MUST BE RENEWED PERIODICALLY, EX. EVERY TWO YEARS SO THAT THOS ...
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GHANA GOV'T SHLD AS A MATTER OF URGENCY GET ALL PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS TEACHERS, DOCTORS, NURSES, BANKERS ETC, LICENSED TOGETHER WITH THEIR CERTIFICATION. LICENSES MUST BE RENEWED PERIODICALLY, EX. EVERY TWO YEARS SO THAT THOSE WHO DO NOT PROVE THEMSELVES WORTHY FOR THEIR LICENSE TO BE RENEWED, WILL ENTERILY LOSE ENTERING THE PROFESSION AGAIN. THIS I HOPE WILL BRING SANITY AND SERIOUSNESS TO WORKING IN ALL THESE FIELDS. IT IS DONE IN AMERICA AND HOPE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS WELL.
WISE COUNSEL 9 years ago

Professionals must be licensed,doctors,teachers, accountants , general engineering ,etc to pay the right tax due gov't .AND periodically renewel of operational certificate be issued .strikes would be minimal and productiviy w ...
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Professionals must be licensed,doctors,teachers, accountants , general engineering ,etc to pay the right tax due gov't .AND periodically renewel of operational certificate be issued .strikes would be minimal and productiviy would increase., and the will be sanity .All good countries practice this rule,.countries must be ruled by principles and core values.
Agyaku NYC 9 years ago

Say it loud Prez Obama, African leaders are greedy, corrupted and adamant to share power.All African leaders don`t really believe in the true concept of democracy.They are power drunks.

Say it loud Prez Obama, African leaders are greedy, corrupted and adamant to share power.All African leaders don`t really believe in the true concept of democracy.They are power drunks.
kofi 9 years ago

They rip us off with the connivance of US COMPANIES

They rip us off with the connivance of US COMPANIES
Mr simple 9 years ago

We have all the resources out thre in Africa '"""it's just that we are been rule by a bunch of idiots,,,,,

We have all the resources out thre in Africa '"""it's just that we are been rule by a bunch of idiots,,,,,
BIG JAY 9 years ago

Well done, president Obama! But direct your advice to the Ghanaian president, John Mahama.
And also talk to the African leaders, particularly, John Mahama, to stop conniving with the electoral Commission to rig general elec ...
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Well done, president Obama! But direct your advice to the Ghanaian president, John Mahama.
And also talk to the African leaders, particularly, John Mahama, to stop conniving with the electoral Commission to rig general elections, since such a move has the potential to destabilize African countries.
TEE 9 years ago

MAHAMA IS THE MOST USELESS CLUELESS SO-CALLED LEADER KWASEA PEPENI

MAHAMA IS THE MOST USELESS CLUELESS SO-CALLED LEADER KWASEA PEPENI
wee akufour addo posted 9 years ago

who is that one trying to advice???tweeaa,ask who is the cause of those problems, the dog who got white man animal bone, didn't you help in killing of Gaddafi???abua like that, kwasiaa,you are just like the npp good for nothi ...
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who is that one trying to advice???tweeaa,ask who is the cause of those problems, the dog who got white man animal bone, didn't you help in killing of Gaddafi???abua like that, kwasiaa,you are just like the npp good for nothing smelling pigs who overthrew our good man Nkrumah.these dogs,shoe shine goats, think Ghana is for them.Obama or what ever you call yourself keep it your in your trumu trumu industry, African leaders will not accept it.it is only npp n their wee smoking dwarf that in that agreement.
TEE 9 years ago

ALL THESE AFRICA LEADERS ARE CHIMPANZEE NOTHING BETTER WILL CHANGE THEIR THIEVING THEIR LOOT CHOP GO SCOT FREE.

ALL THESE AFRICA LEADERS ARE CHIMPANZEE NOTHING BETTER WILL CHANGE THEIR THIEVING THEIR LOOT CHOP GO SCOT FREE.
Krez 9 years ago

African leaders are lazy and always looking for excuses to justify their nonsense

African leaders are lazy and always looking for excuses to justify their nonsense
ARTHUR JOHNSON 9 years ago

The statement made by president Obama was long over due.Some African leaders lack the vision to propel individual State in Africa to make progressive growth. Leaders in African needs better workshop on how to govern a nation. ...
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The statement made by president Obama was long over due.Some African leaders lack the vision to propel individual State in Africa to make progressive growth. Leaders in African needs better workshop on how to govern a nation. President our leaders in Africa likes to spend money with out bringing in any income back
YEBOPOWER 9 years ago

First of all, all African leaders are old mkfckrs...They lack ideas and innovation. They lack exposure and the ability to turn things around. They are only rooted in tradition, corruption, and the quest to make money by any m ...
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First of all, all African leaders are old mkfckrs...They lack ideas and innovation. They lack exposure and the ability to turn things around. They are only rooted in tradition, corruption, and the quest to make money by any means to satisfy themselves , their tribes and their cronies. What Africa needs is young ,accomplished, exposed , well educated, business minded with a strong moral compass to move the continent around and bring drastic changes. Africa needs leaders who will tackle corruption headon and arrest corrupt officials and make it difficult to steal money. The first step is digitization of all transactions to maintain records keeping on all transactions. African needs strong judiciary and an Accountant General Office that will monitor all business and financial transactions and make sure the money from the sale of exports and others are tricking down to health , education, and development needs.
MUMU VOTERS 9 years ago

We spend huge to celeb8 independent

We spend huge to celeb8 independent
QUAYE- MENSAH 9 years ago

STATEMENT FULL OF WISDOM.AFRICA PRESIDENTS, LISTEN TO THE LEADER FULL OF ACTION.THERE YOU GO MR. PRESIDENT OBAMA.YES YOU RIGHT

STATEMENT FULL OF WISDOM.AFRICA PRESIDENTS, LISTEN TO THE LEADER FULL OF ACTION.THERE YOU GO MR. PRESIDENT OBAMA.YES YOU RIGHT
MUMU VOTERS 9 years ago

After more dan 60 years?

After more dan 60 years?
Wofa Koo 9 years ago

Shame on African leaders for their three days leadership reinstruction from Prez Obama.Thanks to Prez Obama for such useful lesson for African leaders.

Shame on African leaders for their three days leadership reinstruction from Prez Obama.Thanks to Prez Obama for such useful lesson for African leaders.
Blow 9 years ago

Shut up Jewish stooge!

Shut up Jewish stooge!
SIR WU TANG 9 years ago

Mr Obama tell these idiot leaders to go to hell if they are coming to secure loans from the US,especially that guy from Ghana called john mahama that money doesn't grow on trees here.he is so corrupt.he has bankrupted Ghana w ...
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Mr Obama tell these idiot leaders to go to hell if they are coming to secure loans from the US,especially that guy from Ghana called john mahama that money doesn't grow on trees here.he is so corrupt.he has bankrupted Ghana within such a short time of his presidency.
DAVI ADWO JAPAN 9 years ago

MAHAMA ,CORRUPT MAHAMA JULO MAHAMA,IBRAHIM PLUS YENNTIEOBIAA,ABOA LIKE YOU NORTHENERS,WHERE IS AGYA ATA? STUPID FOOL BOLE MAN

MAHAMA ,CORRUPT MAHAMA JULO MAHAMA,IBRAHIM PLUS YENNTIEOBIAA,ABOA LIKE YOU NORTHENERS,WHERE IS AGYA ATA? STUPID FOOL BOLE MAN
truth 9 years ago

towards oneself. This is meant for all contributors blaming Africa leaders. You are all corrupt just as those politicians. You use different names,date of birth you name it to get to USA,UK,and other parts of the world and wh ...
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towards oneself. This is meant for all contributors blaming Africa leaders. You are all corrupt just as those politicians. You use different names,date of birth you name it to get to USA,UK,and other parts of the world and when you sail through to make it in life you use technology to call folks nigger,monkeys etc. You are the criminals that has messed the continent and hiding under oh i'm a usa,uk citizen.Akrofoooo.
sam 9 years ago

I have always maintain a country is made up of several family units and its the same financial principle you employ in managing both. As a family you don't earn 1000GHC and spend 5000GHC every month and expect your family to ...
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I have always maintain a country is made up of several family units and its the same financial principle you employ in managing both. As a family you don't earn 1000GHC and spend 5000GHC every month and expect your family to do well. In the same way as a nation when we live above our means we are bound to suffer. If the nation uses the little income we generate wisely , we will do well without relying on other nations to come to our aid.Every minister and government official drives a V8 SUV who pays for the vehicle , the petrol etc, govt. officials travel in business class . For heaven sake can't they travel in the economy ?, over spending on building projects because no one is held accountable,over bloated civil service,lack of accountability for how we spend our money and use our natural resources until we change no amount of foreign aid is ever going to liberate us from poverty. Obama is right its is not the aid that is going to liberate us from poverty but our determination as a nation to do the right thing and make smart decisions both at the govt level and personal level is what is going to save us as a nation. A nice example is this one. It will take me about 2 liters of petrol to travel from Kanda to Accra Central in a typical American road but the same trip will cost me about 5 liters of petrol on a Ghanaian road meaning if there are one million cars in Ghana typically we are wasting 3 million liters of petrol every day in terms of money even if a liter of petrol is 2GHC we are wasting 6 million GHC times 365 days. The Lord have mercy on us. So will having efficiency road system not help reduce some of this cost and save us the much needed foreign exchange ?
Gyeeda, Sada, Subah, Woyome 9 years ago

Obama must tell it straight to jon Mahama that he (jon Mahama)is a thief and the whole world knows that. After all, before jon Mahama bought the hotel in Dubai, Obama knew it. Before Lordina bought two houses in Uk, the presi ...
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Obama must tell it straight to jon Mahama that he (jon Mahama)is a thief and the whole world knows that. After all, before jon Mahama bought the hotel in Dubai, Obama knew it. Before Lordina bought two houses in Uk, the president knew it. Before all his kids owned houses in US and in South Africa, the whole world knew it so please Obama, tell it straight to the thief (Jon Mahama) to stop the stealing and do what is right. Also the Woyome money as well as CP. Gyeeda, Sada, Subah, Isofoton, Waterville etc must all be paid back to the Bank of Ghana because that is where they stole it from. NDC is a corrupt organization.
ADAMU 9 years ago

OBAMA IS JUST WASTING HIS PRECIOUS TIME TALKING SENSE TO AFRICA'S CORRUPT USELESSLY HOPELESS LEADERS.

OBAMA'S MESSAGE TO THEM WILL GO INTO ONE EAR, THEN OUT THE OTHER.

ALL OF THEM ARE IN WASHINGTON DC TO CHILL OUT AND S ...
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OBAMA IS JUST WASTING HIS PRECIOUS TIME TALKING SENSE TO AFRICA'S CORRUPT USELESSLY HOPELESS LEADERS.

OBAMA'S MESSAGE TO THEM WILL GO INTO ONE EAR, THEN OUT THE OTHER.

ALL OF THEM ARE IN WASHINGTON DC TO CHILL OUT AND STASH AWAY THEIR STOLEN CASH IN THEIR MANY FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNTS ANYWAY.

TALKING TO AN AFRICAN COUNTRY LEADER TO TRANSFORM HIS/HER COUNTRY'S ECONOMY FOR THE BETTER IS LIKE ASKING A CHILD TO STOP PLAYING WITH A FAVOURITE TOY.
MAHAMATU, TAMALE 9 years ago

PRESIDENT MBASONGO YOU IDIOT YOU HAVE EXPOSED CORRUPT MAHAMA,ALL OF YOU ARE EBOLA CARRIERS.OBAMA,DRIVE THEM AWAY WITH THEIR PREPARED SPEECHES STUPID FOOLS.SEARCH THEIR POCKETS AND BAGS THEY ARE CARRYING OUR MONIES

PRESIDENT MBASONGO YOU IDIOT YOU HAVE EXPOSED CORRUPT MAHAMA,ALL OF YOU ARE EBOLA CARRIERS.OBAMA,DRIVE THEM AWAY WITH THEIR PREPARED SPEECHES STUPID FOOLS.SEARCH THEIR POCKETS AND BAGS THEY ARE CARRYING OUR MONIES
koosekyi usa 9 years ago

advice them ooooo the biggest hospital
in Accra korle bu patients carrying
water bcos no water at the hopt Mahama
has million dollars in his account

advice them ooooo the biggest hospital
in Accra korle bu patients carrying
water bcos no water at the hopt Mahama
has million dollars in his account
Jona 9 years ago

i strongly agree with president Obama and also African leaders need divine wisdom from God to make good use of the natural resources.Because being a leader is not about what to say but rather providing a reasonable permanent ...
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i strongly agree with president Obama and also African leaders need divine wisdom from God to make good use of the natural resources.Because being a leader is not about what to say but rather providing a reasonable permanent solution to problem s so that things should move forward.
apuuu 9 years ago

The only thing President Mahama know is talk talk talk excuse excuse excuse promise promise promise corruption corruption corruption apuuu

The only thing President Mahama know is talk talk talk excuse excuse excuse promise promise promise corruption corruption corruption apuuu
RPG 9 years ago

Impliedly this goes directly to JM. Ghana falls into that category of countries in which the leaders have a lot of resources, so the question to JM is that, in addition to 1. what kind of sacrifices they have made, and don't ...
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Impliedly this goes directly to JM. Ghana falls into that category of countries in which the leaders have a lot of resources, so the question to JM is that, in addition to 1. what kind of sacrifices they have made, and don't tell us that it is that pay cut; 2. where are our resources?
Where has the Mahama NDC gov't taken our resources???.
Sankofa 9 years ago

Barack Obama does not appear to understand international politics.

The very fact that he can call African countries to a summit in the US and subject visiting heads of state to Ebola checks shows the imbalance in power bet ...
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Barack Obama does not appear to understand international politics.

The very fact that he can call African countries to a summit in the US and subject visiting heads of state to Ebola checks shows the imbalance in power between countries. The powerful countries use their political and economic power to subdue the less powerful and subject them to political and economic control.

Decision-making by African gov'ts is influenced by these powerful foreign countries. The IMF and World Bank often curb social interventions by imposing conditionalites on countries undergoing their structural adjustment programs.

The room for maneouvre by African gov'ts is severely limited. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo spoke from experience as an African leader, while Barack Obama displayed a lack of understanding of the plight of Africa.
Agonaba 9 years ago

"They eat all our food and turn around and blame us for always being hungry"God help Mother Africa.

"They eat all our food and turn around and blame us for always being hungry"God help Mother Africa.
Simple Simon 9 years ago

1. Barack Obama understands international politics. And, assuming he's as daft as an African leader, he has at his disposal an experienced and intelligent civil service that practises international politics on a day to day b ...
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1. Barack Obama understands international politics. And, assuming he's as daft as an African leader, he has at his disposal an experienced and intelligent civil service that practises international politics on a day to day basis, and can provide him with superior advice than any African country's civil service can ever dream of.

2. African leaders do not have to attend the summit if they don't want to.

3. Decision making by African governments is heavily influenced by corruption, nepotism, a deliberate refusal to ensure public interest is the overriding interest in public policy. (By the way, please describe any circumstance in life, where someone does not want to exert some influence on another. Is it marriage or day nursery? I'll be glad to hear from you on that.). In the 20 years of PNDC/NDC and other military regimes - and arguably even now - did we have any transparency as to how money was spent by our leaders, or whether government policies were costed and implemented? Have you asked yourself how it is possible that in every government in Ghana, Ministers go out weekly to make promises that government is going to do A, B and C, even when these things have not been budgeted for? Do you think, Obama can say make such empty promises on a weekly basis and go scot free in the US? Have you asked yourself why so many Asian countries don't go to the IMF to be told what to do and be given conditionalities?

4. How can room for African leaders to manoeuvre be severely limited? A country of about 24 million, and we have 11 supreme court judges. A western country of the same population has 6 judges in their supreme court. In Ghana, the President is blamed for everything. Have you asked yourself why all the institutions in the country cannot carry out their responsibilities? People go to university with taxpayers' monies and when they start working they can't ensure accountability in their workplaces so we have hundreds of thousands of ghost names in the civil service. And all is the President's fault, because the police cannot investigate fraud, and our graduates cannot arrest mismanagement. And you are happy to say we don't have room to manoeuvre.

5. Theodore Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Please spend 30 minutes reading about him, and let me know what you think. Just remind me of how he has been able to maintain power for so long, compared to US Presidents who have to leave office after 8 years maximum. As you are it, please try and list his achievements and how he has used his country's oil revenue for the well being of his people.

6. If you can provide honest answers to all the above, pat yourself on the back.

Best wishes.
Mr knowing better 9 years ago

Ooh President Obama tell them...stupid leaders and grittfy busted....oooh african leaders always behavior like devil,,,,,so president Obama wise tell them......and wise man president Obama you too you know better stop behavio ...
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Ooh President Obama tell them...stupid leaders and grittfy busted....oooh african leaders always behavior like devil,,,,,so president Obama wise tell them......and wise man president Obama you too you know better stop behavior like devil too....stop talking about gay and lesbian because you know better than this
Emma 9 years ago

Thief president listen to what the wise man is saying.......Mahama,you are A fooooooooool ..

Thief president listen to what the wise man is saying.......Mahama,you are A fooooooooool ..
ACCOUNT 9 years ago

NDC Mahama gov't, na sika no wo h3??? Where are our resources? Sika no wo h3?

NDC Mahama gov't, na sika no wo h3??? Where are our resources? Sika no wo h3?
George Sam 9 years ago

This is real, African leaders must carefully listen.

This is real, African leaders must carefully listen.
AA 9 years ago

Well said, however the West can still partly blamed. I
Imagine the wealth Africa has meanwhile corrupt African gov't officials steal these and keep their booties in Western banks and companies. If the west should stop provi ...
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Well said, however the West can still partly blamed. I
Imagine the wealth Africa has meanwhile corrupt African gov't officials steal these and keep their booties in Western banks and companies. If the west should stop providing safe haven for these thieves and robbers and in fact betray them, it will help tackle the numerous problems Africa has. The west is no doubt a hypocritical world.
kk3 9 years ago

all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder Afric ...
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all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder African leaders and people in general are not taken seriously.
kk3 9 years ago

all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder Afric ...
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all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder African leaders and people in general are not taken seriously.
kk3 9 years ago

all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder Afric ...
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all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder African leaders and people in general are not taken seriously.
kk3 9 years ago

all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder Afric ...
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all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder African leaders and people in general are not taken seriously.
kk3 9 years ago

all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder Afric ...
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all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder African leaders and people in general are not taken seriously.
kk3 9 years ago

all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder Afric ...
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all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder African leaders and people in general are not taken seriously.
Hajj-Nima 9 years ago

Wake up Africa leaders..

Wake up Africa leaders..
kk3 9 years ago

all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder Afric ...
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all these useless African leaders will show up in DC to be lectured and talked down to. Net achievement will be zero and where are the bold ones who will sit this out and WORK to solve their internal problems. No wonder African leaders and people in general are not taken seriously.
Kofi 9 years ago

Yes, tell the idiots!

Yes, tell the idiots!
Simple Simon 9 years ago

An African leader raids his country's consolidated fund to bribe his way to electoral victory. Everybody in Africa knows this. Even the Economic guru at the African Development Bank (a chap by name Ncube or something) has sai ...
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An African leader raids his country's consolidated fund to bribe his way to electoral victory. Everybody in Africa knows this. Even the Economic guru at the African Development Bank (a chap by name Ncube or something) has said that significant macroeconomic gains are often erased during and after general elections and he's not sure why this happens (I guess he was being polite).

After raiding the country's kitty, the President cries foul and laments the state of the economy. He claims he needs the help of everyone, so we should pay more taxes to finance government expenditure, but we can't discuss or find out exactly what constitutes the expenditure. It is now obvious he's not being taken seriously, so what does he do? Let's go to Senkyi, somewhere in the bush and have a chat. The opposition say 'tweeaaaa, you are having a laugh ... do you take us for mugs? Even Kevin Prince and Sulley Muntari can see through your lies, let alone us intellectuals with law degrees from Legon and economic degrees from Oxford and Standford?'

In any case, Senkyi is not keen to miss the chance to put its name on the international map, so the conference takes place. What does Senkyi tell us then? Nothing really, apart from 'we must do this and that, and the financial markets are supposed to do this and that etc'

Little did we know that Senkyi is the proverbial ostridge, very happy to put its head in the sand. Senkyi could not bring itself to say what we all know ie the elephant in the room, which is CORRUPTION.

Because we are corrupt, we pretend we do not know how to do anything. We do not think there will be any consequences if we spend our little money on election campaigning, or buy cars for national house of chiefs (an institution without any record of tangible delivery of anything positive). Because of corruption, we think it is ok to fly professional athletes on long distances in economy class although an international organisation has made money available for them to fly in business class.

Senkyi does not try to link our corruption, nepotism and apathy to our lack of progress. Senkyi thinks it is ok to have all sorts of inexperienced people giving policy direction to our Treasury or finance ministry. Go and read Singapore's history after independence. They ensured that graduates without first class degrees did not enter their central bank to work on policy matters. When they didn't have the required quality, they recruited retired British bankers to come and assist them. They started off with meritocracy, and today, despite issues with racial imbalances in some of their institutions, they are on a great path.

Decades ago, Prof Akilapka Sawyerr of the PNDC admitted that our politicians and economists did not understand the workings of international politics and diplomacy. This was in relation to the renegotiation of the VALCO contracts. In hindsight, the Professor was very charitable indeed. I don't think he could have envisaged that any Ghanaian President would be willing to spend taxpayers' money to sponsor priests and pastors to Israel to pray for the government. If prayers in Israel was the solution to any problem, the Israelis won't be fighting a war to defend their safety from those they consider to be their enemies.

After Senkyi, there was another meeting chaired by the President to implement Senkyi consensus.

The Senkyi consensus should only have been about this statement: "Our leaders must strive to reform the country, including our attitudes to corruption. Our leaders must show the three Cs ie conviction, courage and communication. Conviction and Courage means a leader should have a strong sense of values, a clear sense of purpose, and the courage to pursue those values in the face of strong opposition from vested interests, be it tribal, political, or whatever. And our leaders must demonstrate a strong understanding of, and accept, the importance of placing the public interests above private or political interests."

Lastly, it is now clear that the handouts from development partners has allowed us to sit idly by while our leaders corrupt our finances and undermine our well being. Is it not interesting that as soon as our development partners stopped providing us with the usual assistance, our hardships have been so bad that even our middle classes have woken up to go on demonstration. If Obama and his ilk stop giving us assistance, Ghanaians will wake up and be more demanding of their leaders, and they would seek transparency and behave like the electorate in western societies. In those societies, they know that if government ministers are allowed to have free petrol for personal use, it has a direct effect on other taxpayers. They also ensure that if corruption occurs and the culprits are flushed out, they will be prosecuted, unlike what occurs in Ghana.

Mr US President, please don't gave us any more aid.
Ghanaman Original 9 years ago

A Technological Revolution is needed in Africa. I wonder if any African country makes electric motors. Zambia produces the copper needed to make electric motors but does not produce any electric motor. Zambia sells the copper ...
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A Technological Revolution is needed in Africa. I wonder if any African country makes electric motors. Zambia produces the copper needed to make electric motors but does not produce any electric motor. Zambia sells the copper cheap to Japan, who then produces electric motors, puts them in cars, refrigerators, generators, etc, and sells them back to Zambia at value added prices. I am not sure if any African country produces any measuring instrument. I don't believe we even make metric rulers. You must first make rulers to take measurements. Then use the measurements to make machines. Then use the machines to make more machines (Tractors, Earth Movers, computers etc.) This will create employment for the engineers, factory workers and farmers. When a machine breaks down, you don't have to wait for an expert from abroad to fix it. Make it. Fix it. There is too much buying and re-selling going on. Without local production, most people will be engaged in buying and re-selling or working in administrative/clerical positions. At the end of the African work day, it would be interesting to measure how much real productivity has taken place. I leave that to the professionals who are paid to do this. We have the talent but it is not being put to use in a coordinated fashion.
Counselor 9 years ago

Well said Ghanaman Original!

Well said Ghanaman Original!
Emmanuel Gyan Tannor 9 years ago

Emmanuel's List
1. Tax Collectors
2. Tax Fraud
3. Abuse
4. Unrelated Topics
5. Uncooperative Coworkers
6. High Prices
8. Did You Notice I Skipped 7?
7. When Your Boss Says "I Need To Cut Your Pay"
9. When Kids Expect ...
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Emmanuel's List
1. Tax Collectors
2. Tax Fraud
3. Abuse
4. Unrelated Topics
5. Uncooperative Coworkers
6. High Prices
8. Did You Notice I Skipped 7?
7. When Your Boss Says "I Need To Cut Your Pay"
9. When Kids Expect Toys For Their Birthday
10. Useless Ads
11. When An Ad Writes "YOU ARE THE 100th PERSON TO GO ON THIS WEBSITE NO TRICK!"
12. That Awkward Moment When You Say "This Is Awkward" When You Actually Made That Moment Awkward.

Sara's list
1. France
2. French People
3. Ugly French People

Vote And Decide On Who's List Was Better!
Emmanuel Gyan Tannor 9 years ago

1.Go To 5
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3.Go to 1
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5.Go To 2
7.Go To 3
8.Go To 4
9.Go To 6

1.Go To 5
2.Go To 9
3.Go to 1
4.Go To 8
5.Go To 2
7.Go To 3
8.Go To 4
9.Go To 6
Hater #1 9 years ago

Skipped 6 noob DX

Skipped 6 noob DX
Hater #1 9 years ago

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Kojo 9 years ago

Obama, you are an embarrassment. African Americans continue to blame the slave trade, racism and continued discrimination for their current predicament, including their preponderance in the countries prisons. Tell them to sto ...
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Obama, you are an embarrassment. African Americans continue to blame the slave trade, racism and continued discrimination for their current predicament, including their preponderance in the countries prisons. Tell them to stop using these historical experiences as excuses. African leaders are a disgrace. Why should they allow themselves to be lectured by a President who has shown himself to be indifferent and ignorant of Africa's issues and challenges. When strong, independent leaders emerge on the African continent, the US and its western allies will kill them or cause their downfall. When bad leaders emerge, America supports them so long as they are subservient to US demands. At the height of the cold war, the US and USSR fought their proxy wars in Africa. Do you want us to forget the harm that these kinds of meddling have done?
Afridom 9 years ago

Very well said Kojo. You are a wise man among a sea of sycophants. The thought of all these African heads of states flying to the USA to listen to this rubbish from Obama baffles me. Nkrumah and other leaders who fought fo ...
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Very well said Kojo. You are a wise man among a sea of sycophants. The thought of all these African heads of states flying to the USA to listen to this rubbish from Obama baffles me. Nkrumah and other leaders who fought for our freedoms will be turning in their graves. Does Obama care about Africa? I don’t really think so. Does he have any long term substantial plan to help for sustainable development in Africa? I guess not? This meeting is just to counter the rate of China’s expansion in Africa - back to the ‘cold war’ and Africa will be the worse for it. What we need is to go back to the vision that Nkrumah and others had for the continent.

Following Obama’s speech in Cairo, we had the so-called Arab spring and where has that got us? Chaos in Libya, Iraq, Syria, and instability in Egypt, Tunisia, to mention just a few. What Africa needs in these difficult times is a very calm deliberation among its peoples on the way forward and not a lecture from President Obama, especially when he seems to have lost his tongue as Gaza burns and innocent Palestinian children and women are being killed every day. I hope he has the same empathy for the Palestinian children as he had for Trayvon Martin when the innocent teenager was shot dead just because of the colour of his skin.
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Agyeman. 9 years ago

Forget Obama and his lectures and look east towards China,the new economic superpower that presents itself with no trade conditionalities,no interference and no lectures about governance.Let Obama go rectify USA's battered i ...
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Forget Obama and his lectures and look east towards China,the new economic superpower that presents itself with no trade conditionalities,no interference and no lectures about governance.Let Obama go rectify USA's battered image in the Mideast and leave us alone.We're growing fast economically and his empty words will soon turn to dust.
wiseman 9 years ago

Mr Obama tell your chronies who come to Africa and robb us our resources to make nice deals not to make us more impoverish country,example. in Ghana our gold weve just 3%, the painful one our oil only 10%. Anyway..our lea ...
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Mr Obama tell your chronies who come to Africa and robb us our resources to make nice deals not to make us more impoverish country,example. in Ghana our gold weve just 3%, the painful one our oil only 10%. Anyway..our leaders need counseling l mean npp and ndc.
KnYc (USMC) 9 years ago

Moron like you, keep enjoying the freebie.

Moron like you, keep enjoying the freebie.
Paa George 9 years ago

This goes to all the African period

This goes to all the African period
atuppa 9 years ago

Many of you Africans are stupid,read him well,he is not out leader and we don't what him to lead us,kwame Nkrumah is the real man to lead Africa and it's me only,no one is born for that organization remember that all Africans ...
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Many of you Africans are stupid,read him well,he is not out leader and we don't what him to lead us,kwame Nkrumah is the real man to lead Africa and it's me only,no one is born for that organization remember that all Africans,peace OAU,
Conscientious Objector 9 years ago

I cried the day Mandela died.He was the only man and star of Africa.With him gone there's no one else left.We're ieft with greedy sons o' bitches-baboons who wear clothes and talk.Armed rubbers who pay themselves huge amounts ...
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I cried the day Mandela died.He was the only man and star of Africa.With him gone there's no one else left.We're ieft with greedy sons o' bitches-baboons who wear clothes and talk.Armed rubbers who pay themselves huge amounts and turn around and steal from everyone else.Obama is our only star left and if Africans know how the Republicans are treating him,we'll think twice.African leaders are a disgrace to the black race.I'm beginning to think we in the diaspora must buy a lot of arms and lead a new revolution.I can't comprehend why we sit down and make these educated ignorants to lead us.Why should these blind men lead us who can see?In Ghana there is no food security.There's no fixed price for anything.There's no water security.I bet half the population shit and pee anywhere they choose like dogs and chicken.The government doesn't know the number of the population and they don't care.There's no security,'cause politicians got it and they're themselves involved in organized crime-mafia-adjovia.Why should a government sit on their balls and watch their citizens being rubbed and killed by foreigners?Policemen getting involved in armed rubbery-this is why Jerry Kobolo was mad when Kuffour ordered his security detail to finish any armed rubber caught in the act.Choooooo Boiiiii Ghanaian diasporans wake up.These blind men must be stopped now.The corruption is just too much.Even now the Supreme Court is involved.They're scared of their killer Jerry K.We should not be fooled by these motherfuckers who have nothing to offer and so confuse Ghanaians with tribalism.It's time for action,cause why should I buy a car for $1200.00, ship it for $1500.00,and go to Ghana and pay $3000.00 before I can claim it from the port--why, why, is Ghana for any one?If the blackman cannot take care of each other, then we should rock the boat.Some years ago, this same Obama told Ghanaians- "you don't need strong men but strong institutions{idependent electoral commissions,courts,whistle blowers etc.So stop worshipping criminals like Rawlings and members of his party.Diasporans, let us begin to organize ourselves,'cause time and tide waits for no man.
SYDNEY 9 years ago

CRIMINAL STUPID NDC GOVT EVEN STEALS OUR MEAGER MONIES FOR CP, WATERVILLE,ISOFOTONE,AFRICA AUTOMOBILE LTD, ETC ETC....STUPID CRIMINAL AFRICANS CANT BLAME ANY WHITEMAN SOR OUR DOWNFALL...CAUSED MAINLY BY OUR STUPID USELESS GOV ...
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CRIMINAL STUPID NDC GOVT EVEN STEALS OUR MEAGER MONIES FOR CP, WATERVILLE,ISOFOTONE,AFRICA AUTOMOBILE LTD, ETC ETC....STUPID CRIMINAL AFRICANS CANT BLAME ANY WHITEMAN SOR OUR DOWNFALL...CAUSED MAINLY BY OUR STUPID USELESS GOVTS LIKE NDC NOW..
kwekuUSA 9 years ago

Ghanaians follow their leaders blindly without questions. Ghanaians follow the old blindly without challenge. They follow the elite and educated with fear without suggestions. We are like wilder-beast of the Serengeti, always ...
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Ghanaians follow their leaders blindly without questions. Ghanaians follow the old blindly without challenge. They follow the elite and educated with fear without suggestions. We are like wilder-beast of the Serengeti, always led to slaughter. None of these people are prosecuted when they offend the state. Yet we are quick to accuse others for our Malays. Forbes magazine stated Mahama's wealth at some substantial dollars!! what did he do to worth that much in Ghana? Ghana must take care of her economic growth and no one else. Obama bravo,let the African leaders have it because no one have said such bold words to their face.
Nana Egyir Aggrey 9 years ago

This generation of african leaders are ignorant greedy bastards who are in politics just to rob their own people. They blame everybody for their backwardness and stupidity. They blame the whiteman if they have diarrhoea, cons ...
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This generation of african leaders are ignorant greedy bastards who are in politics just to rob their own people. They blame everybody for their backwardness and stupidity. They blame the whiteman if they have diarrhoea, constipation, malaria and headache. These arrogant, ignorant bastards in politics, have done more harm to their people than anytime in the history of colonisation. Why do you blame the whiteman who left our shores fifty years ago? The founding fathers under the leadership of Osagyefo Dr. Nkrumah gave us the foundation to build on, but Koo Darkie with his little mind and hatred, destroyed everything. The state assets which belong to the people of Ghana were sold by Rawlings who was about seven years old at the time of our independence. His wife,-nana Konadu is beneficiary of the Nsawam cannery which was one the state assets. This greedy woman has recently collected four million dollars from NDC government as 'judgement debt'. 'Judgement debt' is a ponzi scheme to rob the people of Ghana with the connivance of the dysfunctional judiciary. Woyomi was beneficiary of the 'judgement debt'. Since the oil was found in Nigeria in 1956, 440 billion dollars have been stolen by the politicians- 'the big men'; the big thieves. Ghana is no different from Nigeria. Corruption is corruption- whether big or small. African leaders are arrogant, ignorant, selfish and greedy bastards and educated fools without common sense- Nana Egyir Aggrey Snr citizen
Counselor 9 years ago

Africa cannot continue to live in the past. African countries be proactive, diversify your economies and shift your focus from the exportation of natural resources to value added manufactured goods and services. In other word ...
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Africa cannot continue to live in the past. African countries be proactive, diversify your economies and shift your focus from the exportation of natural resources to value added manufactured goods and services. In other words the bulk of national GDP generation should be refocused on manufactured goods and services, instead of on raw materials and extractive products-the mainstay of African economies. Malaysia, Indonesia, Chile and Mauritius-an African state, have done just that why not African countries. In my estimation all regimes after Nkrumah have failed to reach the threshold of the diversification process. The situation has also been worsened by corruption, tribalism, nepotism, lack of transparency and misplace priorities.
E.O 9 years ago

he is refering to GHANA

he is refering to GHANA
okofo 9 years ago

America built its wealth on the backs of AFRICANS they ENSLAVED. Give even a country like Somalia FREE slave labour for 500 years and sit back and watch DEVELOPMENT. My point is, any country can develop using FREE human resou ...
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America built its wealth on the backs of AFRICANS they ENSLAVED. Give even a country like Somalia FREE slave labour for 500 years and sit back and watch DEVELOPMENT. My point is, any country can develop using FREE human resources for 500 years!! That's what the West did, and still doing, albeit differently.

Is Mr. Obama implying that the relationship the West has had with Africa is not detrimental to Africa's development? He must be joking!!

Yes, there's corruption in Africa which costs that continent somehow, but why should the West determine the price of our commodities, when Africa doesn't have a say in the price of the produce from the West? This is not only arrogance but hypocritical.

We're NOT children in Africa Mr president: even the West takes out our astute leaders who have genuine development plans for Africa, so stop this lecture Mr Obama, and be honest that the West has kept iron grip on Africa's resources even after decolonization, and living off Africa.

Don't worry Mr. Obama, new breed of African leaders will eventually emerge to stop the arrogant relations the west has imposed on Africa which is impoverishing that continent.
KnYc (USMC) 9 years ago

Fool like You.

Fool like You.
okofo 9 years ago

Give me a single logic on the issue at stake if you have any. Idiots have no room here.

Give me a single logic on the issue at stake if you have any. Idiots have no room here.
Kyedu 9 years ago

Oh Obama, you hit the nail righ...t at the head. Will they listen? Our African leaders are making us a laughing stock in the eyes of the so called "colonial masters". However, President Obama note that the stealing from Afric ...
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Oh Obama, you hit the nail righ...t at the head. Will they listen? Our African leaders are making us a laughing stock in the eyes of the so called "colonial masters". However, President Obama note that the stealing from Africa by you and your apparatchiks through your IMF, WB and Co are persisting. The raw deal is too much. Please talk about that too. Unnecessary "conditionalities".
Mission impossible 9 years ago

There we go African leaders are just seeking wealth for themselves but not the people who voted them in to power. In Ghana a Minister will tell you do you know who I am? Or slap his driver and tell clients waiting to see them ...
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There we go African leaders are just seeking wealth for themselves but not the people who voted them in to power. In Ghana a Minister will tell you do you know who I am? Or slap his driver and tell clients waiting to see them that he is not aviable through their secretary. There we go they call themselves Professors but practical and implementation of the knowledge is zero. Atta Mills was one and other in the Government calling themselves professiors are equally like Atta Mills.
Kwame 9 years ago

Barack Obama lied and just like any other U.S. president will continue to lie through his tooth. The economic policies of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was aborted by the U.S. through the Central Intelligence Agency. All the eco ...
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Barack Obama lied and just like any other U.S. president will continue to lie through his tooth. The economic policies of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was aborted by the U.S. through the Central Intelligence Agency. All the economic policies that Patrice Lumumba desired for his country were all aborted because the same U.S. and her NATO partners murdered him. The River Congo that would have electrified the whole of Africa does not have a single hydroelectric power station build on it because the U.S. and her partners in crime against Africa are of the view that Africa with energy resources will compete with them. The west said that capitalism is competition, yet they do not want to compete with anybody.
In 2011 the world witnessed how the U.S. and her partners murdered Murmur Ghaddafi. The war in the Ukraine will not happen if Barack Obama and his NATO allies were not to have supported the fascists there. After the Ukraine parliament voted to reject the EU trade policy the U.S. and her NATO partners did all exist at their disposal to overthrow the Ukraine government without and armed revolt and install their puppet regime there.
I am of the view that an African yo washes his face upwards will take Barack Obama serious when the issue is about Africa.
MARFO 9 years ago

OBAMA FORGET THE BUDGET SUPPORT AND TRADE RULES THAT MAKE US WEAK.

OBAMA FORGET THE BUDGET SUPPORT AND TRADE RULES THAT MAKE US WEAK.
ziff 9 years ago

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU NDC PEOPLE? ANY LEAST ADVICE THAT APPEARS TO FIT YOUR PREZ, YOU BECOME AGITATED AND BEGIN TO INSULT THE ONE WHO ADVICES. LUANDA CAME OUT OF WAR, BUT YOU WOULD BE ASHAMED TO CALL YOURSELF A GHANAIAN IF Y ...
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU NDC PEOPLE? ANY LEAST ADVICE THAT APPEARS TO FIT YOUR PREZ, YOU BECOME AGITATED AND BEGIN TO INSULT THE ONE WHO ADVICES. LUANDA CAME OUT OF WAR, BUT YOU WOULD BE ASHAMED TO CALL YOURSELF A GHANAIAN IF YOU WENT TO LUANDA TODAY! WHY IS GHANA LIKE THIS, WITH ALL THE PEACE THAT WE HAVE?
NBTT 9 years ago

A COMBINATION OF THREATS AND INTIMIDATION WAS USED TO FORCE GHANA TO ACCEPT AN IMF LOAN IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE USA TO USE THESE LOANS AS LEVERAGE TO FORCE US TO DO WHAT THEY WANT.External enemies coupled by an incompetent and ...
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A COMBINATION OF THREATS AND INTIMIDATION WAS USED TO FORCE GHANA TO ACCEPT AN IMF LOAN IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE USA TO USE THESE LOANS AS LEVERAGE TO FORCE US TO DO WHAT THEY WANT.External enemies coupled by an incompetent and corrupt Ghanaian government has made Ghana extremely vulnerable to foreign exploitation. When a country's government is riddled with corruption it is easy for foreign powers to support and encourage opposition against that government. Threats of exposure of corruption by individual government officials (foreign bank accounts etc) threats of sanctions and freezing of assets of individuals is usually enough to intimidate recalcitrant politicians and government officials into submission. Hence we see the Ghana government do a complete u-turn in its position regarding taking deadly IMF loans. THE SALUTARY LESSON HERE IS THIS: ANY GOVERNMENT RIDDLED WITH CORRUPTION IS VERY VULNERABLE TO COERCION AND MANIPULATION BY MALEVOLENT FOREIGN POWERS.CONVERSELY ONLY A GOVERNMENT MADE UP OF DEDICATED AND SCRUPULOUSLY HONEST INDIVIDUALS WITH A REAL LOVE FOR GHANA CAN WITHSTAND THESE DESTRUCTIVE MANIPULATIVE INTERVENTIONS FROM ABROAD

For those foolish enough to buy the IMF "stabilization" nonsense,including the "learned" Kwame Pianim I would recommend that they read the book by Perkins:

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a book written by John Perkins and published in 2004. It provides Perkins' account of his career with consulting firm Chas. T. Main in Boston. Before employment with the firm, he interviewed for a job with the National Security Agency (NSA). Perkins claims that this interview effectively constituted an independent screening which led to his subsequent hiring by Einar Greve,[1] a member of the firm (and alleged NSA liaison) to become a self-described "economic hit man".

According to Perkins, he began writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man in the 1980s, but "threats or bribes always convinced [him] to stop."

According to his book, Perkins' function was to convince the political and financial leadership of underdeveloped countries to accept enormous development loans from institutions like the World Bank and USAID. Saddled with debts they could not hope to pay, those countries were forced to acquiesce to political pressure from the United States on a variety of issues. Perkins argues in his book that developing nations were effectively neutralized politically, had their wealth gaps driven wider and economies crippled in the long run. In this capacity Perkins recounts his meetings with some prominent individuals, including Graham Greene and Omar Torrijos. Perkins describes the role of an EHM as follows:
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Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign "aid" organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources. Their tools included fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.
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The epilogue to the 2006 edition provides a rebuttal to the current move by the G8 nations to forgive Third World debt. Perkins charges that the proposed conditions for this debt forgiveness require countries to privatise their health, education, electric, water and other public services. Those countries would also have to discontinue subsidies and trade restrictions that support local business, but accept the continued subsidization of certain G8 businesses by the US and other G8 countries, and the erection of trade barriers on imports that threaten G8 industries.

In the book, Perkins repeatedly denies the existence of a "conspiracy." Instead, Perkins carefully discusses the role of corporatocracy.[2] – November 4, 2004 interview
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I was initially recruited while I was in business school back in the late sixties by the National Security Agency, the nation’s largest and least understood spy organization; but ultimately I worked for private corporations. The first real economic hit man was back in the early 1950s, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., the grandson of Teddy, who overthrew the government of Iran, a democratically elected government, Mossadegh’s government who was Time‘s magazine person of the year; and he was so successful at doing this without any bloodshed—well, there was a little bloodshed, but no military intervention, just spending millions of dollars and replaced Mossadegh with the Shah of Iran. At that point, we understood that this idea of economic hit man was an extremely good one. We didn’t have to worry about the threat of war with Russia when we did it this way. The problem with that was that Roosevelt was a C.I.A. agent. He was a government employee. Had he been caught, we would have been in a lot of trouble. It would have been very embarrassing. So, at that point, the decision was made to use organizations like the C.I.A. and the N.S.A. to recruit potential economic hit men like me and then send us to work for private consulting companies, engineering firms, construction companies, so that if we were caught, there would be no connection with the government

THE TRAITORS IN OUR MIDST WHO ARE HAPPY TO SELL GHANA IN EXCHANGE FOR VARIOUS FAVOURS AND MONETARY GAIN OFFERED BY THOSE WHO WISH TO ENSLAVE US THIS TIME NOT PHYSICALLY BUT RATHER BY MEANS OF CRIPPLING DEBT I SAY TO THEM EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCES

Barack Obama: Africa should stop making economic excuses

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