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Otabil 'sinking ship' comment investment killer - Minister

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  • BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

    Nana’s sources of income did not come from his personal sweat. He is where he is as a result of the booty bequeathed to him by what his father looted from the economy and also the bribe his father took, serving as a traitor ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    FOOLS LIKE YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE

  • Sammy Odoi 9 years ago

    Mr Otabil Up You! you have hit the nil right on the head. Ghana is gone down a million % ever in the history of its make.
    Now have my take to the Nonesence voiced by Mr. Omane Boahma;
    why is this Guy preventing the Minister ...
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  • The 9 years ago

    The NDC should cut out that crap of trying to whip everybody into lying about the economy. The economy is bad people are feeling it and the people will say so in clear terms. Pastor Otabil will not and cannot lie about the ec ...
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  • GHANA-MAN 9 years ago

    NDC must learn to accept the truth. All that Mr Otabil said is true. NDC must also learn to tell the truth and stop the lies. Their propaganda will never work for Ghana. No foreign investor is so stupid to throw millions of d ...
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  • insight to the bone 9 years ago

    Everybody is complaining bitterly but very few dare speak the truth . We shall never move forward until the undeclared war against the Akans, discrimination of the majority and anti Akan propaganda hate agenda is resolved. On ...
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  • Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 9 years ago

    The statement "the ship is sinking" was first raised on Citi FM morning show some weeks ago and the presenter even played Gypsy's (from Trinidad) "Captain, Your Ship is Sinking" that morning and asked the government to act to ...
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  • Shabi 9 years ago

    I heard this Agalga man talking for the first time on on the radio yesterday and that gave me yet another reason, to be more depressed about Ghana.

    The man couldnt make any sense out of anything at all he said. The other p ...
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  • Wulomei 9 years ago

    Mr Agalga,
    If you honestly think that an investor (any investor) will base his or her decisions to invest in a country based on what a pastor says (i dont care how renowned that pastor is) says, then it is no wonder that thi ...
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  • IMANI 9 years ago

    chinese yuen to the USD $1 to 6.14725

    Chinese yuan to the GBP £1 TO 10.26057

    Yet china is producing which we are not. A weak currency is good for encouraging export and manufacturing. The economy is not that bad if you ...
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  • Esi 9 years ago

    Hello Mr. Minister,
    The investors are seeing the same thing the pastor is talking about. The last time I checked, investors are not charities. They put their money where they can make profits. If your economic conditions are ...
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  • Onua Francis 9 years ago

    Fact! the rate for the cedi is set depending on the strengh of the economy not a comment made by a preacher.

  • kkk 9 years ago

    the strength of an economy is not determined by words or views. The president and for that matter the government is already seeking international help. You only seek help when you don't have control over something or you can' ...
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  • anabolic 9 years ago

    Fool go back and read your history before you say stupid stuff like this. What do the truth got to do with Nana. Please.

  • Atugabiig 9 years ago

    Mr Ignorant, the investors know more and better than the man of God. You can deceive gullible Ghanaians, not international investors.

  • Close Observer 9 years ago

    I believe James Agalga knows that he is not more sensible than Mensah Otabil. The investor world is also not sleeping. You have decided not to listen to anyone, not even tolerate questions from the US Embassy in Ghana. You ca ...
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  • Free Thinker 9 years ago

    The NDC government is ever ready for blame game- finding excuses and not listening to the truth. It means they don't care, and are not ready for any change.
    During Kufuor and Atta Mills administrations we heard worst commen ...
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  • ISAAC 9 years ago

    I WONDER WHAT SOME OF THESE MEN OF GOD ARE FOR, ARE THEY PASTORS OR POLITICIANS. IF GHANA IS A SINKING SHIP WHY LIVE IN AND PERISH WITH IT. I GUESS HE WANTS TO COLLECT ALL THE TITHES AND OFFERINGS UNTIL NOTHING IS LEFT TO ...
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  • ISAAC 9 years ago

    NOTE HE IS NOT GOD

  • Owusu 9 years ago

    Who cares about your correction,you sound like an uneducated being,naive,ignorant and blind, who doesn't know what he is talking about

  • Yaa Adoma 9 years ago

    Good one, thank you

  • SMOOTH 9 years ago

    FOOLS LIKE YOU WILL NEVER LEARN....OTABIL IS NOT A POLITICIAN BUT A GHANAIAN .....IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE, READ AND YOU WILL SEE THE PROPHETS OF OLD WAS ALWAYS REBUKING THE ISRAELITES ANYTIME THEY DO WRONG..... I ...
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  • KOZI AGBE 9 years ago

    FOREIGN INVESTORS ARE NOT FOOLS. THEY KNOW ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN GHANA. THEY KNOW THAT MAHAMA AND HIS NDC GOVT ARE CHOPPING GHANA MONEY AND AS SUCH THE ECONOMY IS BEYOND REPAIRS. DONT YOU REMEMBER THE COMMENT THAT THE USA ...
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  • Sammy Odoi 9 years ago

    you are Right Mr. Its Mr. Agalag who has shown his foolishness. He thinks investors just wake and follow the wind as it blows.
    These are smart people who needs returns of what they spend. they are not just like your preside ...
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  • Kwapps 9 years ago

    A pastor or a politician so what? He has the right to speak his mind like you twerp!

  • Close Observer 9 years ago

    This is what I have been talking about. Many of you are retarded. Will you say to a physician that he should concentrate on his medical work and never show any concern about the state of his country just because he is not a p ...
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  • Nana Konadu 9 years ago

    Foolish minister.

  • Sammy Odoi 9 years ago

    Who is this Agalaga Boy? This Kid suppose the staying with his mother in the Kitchen, making Food for his father, so that he could get some for his kids the eat. He dose not deserve to be staying with a woman as a wife, for h ...
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  • gla 9 years ago

    why do these NDC guys think everybody is stupid. if the message is going to discourage investors, don't they read from other sources to be informed , or they think anybody gets up without a research and says i'm going to inve ...
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  • Ebibiman 9 years ago

    Lost country .

  • Alex 9 years ago

    The question we must ask is , has he the right to speak his mind as a Ghanaian? If the answer is YES then why the noise?
    He is saying what he can forsee as a preacher and a Ghanaian, if the if the government is unhappy they ...
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  • Antiochus - London 9 years ago

    The truth hurts but will always set you free.

  • Paul 9 years ago

    He is fake

  • BARIMA 9 years ago

    This man is just a fake pastor. Another NPP Supporter. Fools.

  • Dark 9 years ago

    What's going on in Ghana right now is not NPP issue but rather Ghana's. It is not NPP that's suffering but Ghanaians suffering so quit the stupid political ignorance and for once think like a Ghanaian. I am glad that I do not ...
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  • Dark 9 years ago

    Why do you think he is fake? Can you help us with one or two reason(s). I am assuming you are also fake for speaking your mind here as a Ghanaian. Are you happy with the situation in Ghana? Some of you guys are ignorant and w ...
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  • anabolic 9 years ago

    You are stupid that's why you call the truth as fake fool.

  • ASSINMAN BA, COLUMBUS, OHIO 9 years ago

    That stupid minister should shut up
    and have his President and his team of failures fix the chaos from their
    greediness. Pastor Otabil is 100% right.

  • koo 9 years ago

    Yes Dr Otabil is a man of God,he will never lie.

  • good name is better than riches 9 years ago

    Investment killers are. Dumso dumso dumso bad roads trash no running water no leadership corruption arm robbers bad roads JJ Rawlings NDC with no ideas about governess

  • Justman 9 years ago

    THIS CRITICI IS HEATHY AND SOULD WAKE UP TO PERFORM. THIS GOVERNMENT IS SLEEPING AND IT IS GOOD THE PASTOR IS TELLING YOU THE SHIP IS SINKING.
    REMBER THE CAPTAIN AND ALL THE OFFICERS WILL DROWN WITH THOSE ON BOARD. WAKE UP ...
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  • Yiadom 9 years ago

    The youth of ghana must wake up not to alow any polititian to use them ghana need third political force,with god fearing youth to rescure our nation.

  • cha 9 years ago

    Enough of the thieves

  • GHANANI 9 years ago

    But not for NPP to return to power.NPP members stole all state assets-lands and buildings and left empty state coffers which forced the late president Mills to seek help from the IMF.Ghanaians are not fools for if the NDC is ...
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  • cc 9 years ago

    A politician pastor who only sees doom . otabil is not God and his negaative intentions won't work.
    God will not allow otabil's negative thoughts to Come through.

  • Dark 9 years ago

    I can detect how ignorant you are reading your post. I think you need to wake slumber ignorant. Otabil is a Ghanaian and has the right to speak his mind. Oh read the bible because there were prophets that were involve in poli ...
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  • anabolic 9 years ago

    Fools aaaaah, so when will you people learn? Who cares about what you say about someone saying the truth fool.

  • AYIGWEMAN 9 years ago

    Agalga, you have looted the coffers and now you want IMF to bail you out! Its a shame that a country with so much talent and natural resources should sink so low. Mahama has removed the hands of God from his government and ru ...
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  • BARIMA 9 years ago

    And you think Akuffo Addo believes in God. You are a complete joker. you Guys should keep on dreaming. Idiots.

  • Shabi 9 years ago

    I think Barima should be ignored with some sympathy. He has just exposed himself as being one of those unfortunate Ghanaians suffering from the vicious strain of the NDC virus of criminal ignorance.

    My friend Barima, get w ...
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  • Odeneho Omama 9 years ago

    When is the Government going to accept critics in good faith and work towards it? . This makes it very very difficult to bring forth ideas to improved the economy and if not we are all going to sink and sink deeper

  • GHANA FIRST 9 years ago

    WHy wont Muntari be angry?
    Those who sacked Muntari must be summonec to the president to explain why a player gets $ioo and a management get $82.500
    The President must not let this matter die
    Ghana is not poor butour leade ...
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  • Sarfo Adjei Yeboah 9 years ago

    Mr. Deputy Minister, don't you know the world is a global village that everybody knows what's going on in Ghana with just a click of a batton? Do you think an investor will just get up and come to Ghana for the sake of invest ...
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  • Vince 9 years ago

    Does he think investers just throw monies into a country withou weighing risk and reward?
    Ignorance at this level in government is unbelievable .
    May God save Ghana .

  • OWEN.NEW YORK. 9 years ago

    The will never say the truth in their life.Even when the ship is sinking,tell them ,
    ,the ship is sailing well.N.D.C lairs .

  • OWEN.NEW YORK. 9 years ago

    They will never say the truth in their life.Even when the ship is sinking ,tell them the ship is sailing well.

  • Adelaide guy(Shanton) 9 years ago

    I am not in support or against any political party, but I strongly believed that if something not done about the current situation of our economy, we will surely see $1- GHS10 in some few years to come, it's just a fact and t ...
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  • Yiadom 9 years ago

    The man of god is right ghana is at the verg of sinking

  • Sammy Odoi 9 years ago

    Oh boy! you are knowldgeable. The misister would make his voiced be heared ever day, as long as he remains a sgood son of Ghana. who on earth can silence him, No body except God.
    Now here is my take on the foolish words spok ...
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  • Bono 9 years ago

    And she was right. As stupid as she is. she brought the upon the country with her filthy mouth. And this minister was yet to be born then? marauding bandits

  • fredsaid 9 years ago

    information about ghana. They have their own economic analysts who advice them about investment decisions. They already know the facts about Ghana's currency free fall and the factors that have contributed to it. They are n ...
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  • dan 9 years ago

    THE NDC HAS LIED SO MUCH AND TURNED COWS INTO GOATS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN HARDLY DISTINGUISH FACTS FROM FICTION. THE INVESTORS ALREADY KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT GHANA FROM OTHER SOURCES APART FROM OTABIL.

    YOUR COW GOAT SY ...
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  • Akua AU 9 years ago

    What do you call a spade?

  • kusasi 9 years ago

    otabil is angry because of fall in his in his sunday collections.he is a bussiness man not a man of god

  • anabolic 9 years ago

    Fools that's why we are where we are now. Stupid fool you need some slaps fool. This is the truth and nothing but the truth. Fool. Collection please.

  • KOBLA ZEGO 9 years ago

    A MAN OF GOD STABBING HIS COUNTRY IN THE BACK? THE COUNTRY WHERE 20 YEARS AGO HE STARTED USING THE PULPIT TO EXPLOIT THE POOR ON SUNDAYS. THE COUNTRY WHERE HIS POVERTY DIMINISHED DUE TO RAKINGS FROM THE CONGREGATION ON SUNDAY ...
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  • Kwapps 9 years ago

    Mooòoooo

  • WILL ACCRA 9 years ago

    WHEN WILL THIS NTAFOR LEARN AGALGA AND MAHAMA HAS LOST THEIR BRAINS THE INVESTORS ARE NOT BRAINLESS AND USELESS LIKE THEM THEY THINK VERY WELL WHERE TO PUT THEIR MONEY WITH THIS EBOLA ENCONOMY WHO WILL INVEST IN GH.

  • TOKABA 9 years ago

    THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. OTABIL WAS TELLING IT LIKE IT IS. THE COUNTRY IS IN TROUBLE UNDER INCOMPETENT MAHAMA AND THE NDC. WHO WANTS TO INVESY IN A COUNTRY WHERE THE ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS ARE SO OUT OF LINE.

  • kusasi 9 years ago

    you decended heavily on my comment .is your pay master a man of god or a businessman? you are just satisfied by keeping guard at his mansion

  • yaw-london 9 years ago

    TRUTH HURTS, SO BETTER SAY IT AND BE DAMNED. INFANTILE LEFTIST

  • Alex London 9 years ago

    It worries me big time when some people think comments like that made by Otabil will deter investors. Are we so naïve?
    Astute foreign investors will have all the relevant data and information they need to invest in the coun ...
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  • USMAN 9 years ago

    It is only a stupid minister of state who could think like this. I think this is purely a beggarly mentality. This is how far our useless university graduates have brought us.

  • Patience 9 years ago

    Why do members of this govt get jittery anytime Rev Otabil expresses an opinion? Is it because the bitter truth hurts? Or is it because they know he is a man of integrity and people sit up when he speaks?

  • MENSAH. 9 years ago

    A preacher like that of PASTOR MENSAH OTABIL'S CALIBER,preaches THE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
    You these conventional-minded politicians control national asset,pastors like this have no control over.
    It's the politic ...
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  • Lord Tennison 9 years ago

    The foreign investors do not listen to government officials and all the lies.They read about Ghana from the credit rating companies,the IMF/World Bank reports,reputable broadcasters and newspapers before they invest their har ...
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  • Dede london 9 years ago

    Whoever sent you must be ashamed of himself as well as you. Youve been placing your nasty comments about Nana Addo, this shows how mad you are. If Nana Addo is the son of a traitor then what are you? You are the son of an arm ...
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  • Nomans Land 9 years ago

    Dr.Otabil is just speaking the truth.
    Agalga do you actually believe that the world is ignorant about the leadership of Ghana?
    For sure Ghana can be compared to the sunken RMS Titanic of 1912. Ghana is a sinking ship and th ...
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