Eschew corruption and get-rich-quick attitude - Kufuor

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PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE) 9 years ago

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It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Mou ...
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It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Moulds guilty of judgement debt payments the only thing he could do was to move her to the Education dept to continue her looting. Readers would recall that Betty Mounds was the one who awarded SCHOOL building contracts at a triple price of the existing contract sum of some GH 80,000.00. And this happened at a time when they claim inflation was in the single digits. Could you imargin how foolish these criminal liars were. Kuffour built similar structures with 80,000 at a time when inflation was around 14.8% and under Mills it was 240,000 at a rate of 8.8%. And these buffoons turn around to blame the fall of the cedi on some mysterious dwarfs. I don't blame those African countries that have been ripped apart by civil unrest because if you have such buffoons in power who always turn our local elections into a West Africa one
by contracting Togolese Trokosis, Burkinabe and Wangaras from La Cote D'ivoire to vote for them, the " Road To Kigare", is sometimes, a likely option to kick their ass from power.
ADJOA WANGARA 9 years ago

This food for thought piece from Kufuor goes mostly for the useless Mahama and his thieves in Ghana.

This food for thought piece from Kufuor goes mostly for the useless Mahama and his thieves in Ghana.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE) 9 years ago

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It would be recalled that before Election 2000, the Rawlings's P/NDC had ruled Ghana for 19 solid years. This era, as we all know, was marked by human rights abuses, tribalism, c ...
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It would be recalled that before Election 2000, the Rawlings's P/NDC had ruled Ghana for 19 solid years. This era, as we all know, was marked by human rights abuses, tribalism, corruption, economic hardship, cash and carry system, and more seriously, serial killings of women.

What then did President John Agyekum Kufuor and his NPP do with the power given him between 2001 and 2009? This write-up seeks to find the answer under social infrastructure, policies & programmes, and good governance.

ON SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE • Kufuor's tenure witnessed the construction of two new sports stadia at Essipong and Tamale; the rehabilitation of both Accra and Kumasi sports stadia, and another sports complex in Cape Coast.

• Under Kufuor, a new Presidential Palace was built to house the president and his family; the Accra-Tema commuter railway line was constructed, and the Keta Sea Defence wall was built to protect the people of Keta.

• A $622m loan was secured for the construction of the Bui Dam & Bui City Project; the Boankra Inland Port was started (now abandoned); major feeder and trunk roads (Accra-Kumasi-Aflao-Kasoa-Cape Coast, Aburi), several by-passes in Accra and Kumasi including the Sofoline and Asafo interchange, and George Walker Bush 14km High Way were all constructed.

• The Peduase Lodge, which had been abandoned was restored; several boreholes were drilled to end the perennial water problems in Cape Coast and Tamale; the Aboadze Thermal Plant was expanded; the Kofi Annan ICT Centre for Excellence, and state-of-the art wood village at Sokoban in Kumasi for Anloga carpenters were all built.

• Another legacy of Kufuor is the construction of the Accident and Emergency Centre with a landing base at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). This has saved several precious lives.

• Besides, 56 existing senior high schools were upgraded as Model Schools; two institutions (University of Education, Winneba, and University of Mines & Technology) were given autonomy to run as public universities, UDS had Campuses at Wa and Bolgatanga, 21 new senior high schools, 1,334 new JHS blocks, 1,331 primary schools, and 5,164 pre-schools were built.

• Also, over 5,000 affordable housing units at various parts of the country were built. A cocoa processing plant was built in Kumasi. The West African Gas Pipe Line was nearly completed. There was expansion of the road network from 39,000 km of accessible roads to 65,000 km by 2008.

• The Ghana @ 50 ‘legacy’ projects like recreational parks, renovation of public buildings, and historical monuments across all the 10 regions and their district capitals were built. The government also built 14 fishing harbours in our fishing communities.

ON POLICIES & PROGRAMMES • The Kufuor government introduced free basic education through the capitation grant (fee- free). There was school feeding programme where pupils from some selected public basic schools were given one hot meal a day.

• The National Health Insurance Scheme was introduced to replace the cash and carry system and make health care affordable. There was also the introduction of free maternal care to reduce child mortality.

• The government frequently released brand new buses to GPRTU, and introduced the metro mass transit, replaced the Ghana Airways with Ghana International Airlines (all meant to improve the transportation system.

• The NPP introduced the Northern Development Fund with a US$25m seed fund to reduce the North-South poverty gap; free bus ride for school kids, brought Zoom Lion Company Limited to rid our cities of filth, created Youth Fund with a $50m seed money and instituted the National Youth Employment Programme, which rolled out seven programmes including community police, teaching assistance, health care, agric extension, etc to reduce the country’s high unemployment.

• Kufuor also introduced the mass cocoa spraying exercise, frequently increased the producer price of cocoa; subsidised fertilizer, and made prompt payment of bonuses to cocoa farmers.

• In his quest to mechanise agriculture, the Kufuor government imported 3,331 brand new tractors, but unfortunately, Mahama Ayariga, and Alban Bagbin used their positions in government to buy some at only GHC1,000.

• The annual cocoa yield increased from 350 metric tonnes in 2000 to 750 metric tonnes in 2006 with an income of US$1bn to the economy. By 2010, Ghana had hit 1m cocoa production. This feat alone moved Ghana from the 4th position to the 2nd position in terms of the world’s leading producers of the product.

• The size of the Ghana's economy quadrupled from US$3.9m in 2008 to US$16.3m in 2008, thus ending the year with GDP growth rate of 8.4%.

• Whilst inflation was reduced from 40% in 2000 to 9.8% in 2006 (single digit) and later 18% in 2008, interest rate fell from 50% to 25% during the period under consideration. The daily minimum wage was increased from 42Gp (4,200 old cedis) in 2000 to GHC2.25 (22,500 old cedis) in 2009.

• A New Education Reform was put in place in 2007 with special emphasis on Maths, Science, Vocational and ICT. Kindergarten education officially became part of our basic education system.

• The admission of JHS graduates into SHS was computerised to reduce corruption and hassle of parents; there was Baah-Wiredu Laptop project aimed at giving one laptop to every school child.

• All the 38 Teacher Training Colleges were upgraded into tertiary status (Colleges of Education); Distance education programme was introduced for teachers and workers.

• The government also introduced Untrained Teacher Education Programme for Pupil Teachers to become trained teachers, Access Course to Teacher Training Colleges for SHS graduates who could not do well in Maths and English. The purpose was to upgrade the knowledge of the teacher, beef up the teacher population, and subsequently help to address the falling educational standards in the country.

• Private universities sprung from 4 to over 50, whilst existing infrastructure in the public universities and other public tertiary institutions were expanded through the GETFund.

• The SSNIT Loan Scheme was restructured for students to take more loans. Plans were far advanced to start not only Single Spine Salary Structure for public sector workers, but also a new 3-tier pension scheme for both private and public sector workers.

ON GOOD GOVERNANCE • His Excellency, President J. A. Kufuor tolerated all shades of opinion and verbal abused from ‘Dr.’ Asemfoforo, an NDC paid serial caller, and J. J. Rawlings, who at one time referred to the then sitting President as ‘Ataa Ayi’ - a notorious armed robber.

• Ghanaians witnessed the National Reconciliation; the reburial of three former heads of state namely; Okatakyie Afrifa, Gen. I.K. Acheampong and Gen. F.W.K Akufo and five senior military officers, who were executed in 1979 by J. J. Rawlings.

• In addition, over 100 assets of noble and hard working citizens seized by J.J. Rawlings were deconfiscated to their owners.

• The criminal libel and seditious laws which had provided 10 years’ maximum imprisonment for offenders was repealed. The People’s Assembly concept which made it possible for Ghanaians to interact with the President and his Ministers on yearly basis was instituted.

• There was all-inclusive governance with the likes of Mallam Issah (PNC), Dr. Paa Nduom, Prof. Badu Akosah, Prof. Hagan - all CPP leading members, working under the NPP administration. Kufuor also facilitated the appointments of Dr. Ibn Chambas as the Secretary General of ECOWAS, and Ekwow Spio-Garbrah as Chief Executive Officer of CTO.

• Kufuor created 60 additional districts and raised some of them to municipal & metropolitan status to facilitate local governance. The District Assembly Common Fund was increased from 5% to 7.5%.

• There was a plethora of FM Radio stations, regular media encounters with the President, broadcasting of news in the major local dialects on the Ghana Television (GTV), which hitherto had been in English and Akan.

• The Kufuor government passed the Representation of the People Amendment act (ROPAA) into law to enfranchise Ghanaians in the diaspora, though Afari Gyan failed to make it operational.

• Kufuor should also be commended for the expansion of mobile phone network across the length and breadth of the country as he removed tariffs on mobile phone importation.

• Kufuor created a Ministry for Public Sector Reform with the view to developing a new and positive mindset for public sector workers; Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs to empower women and improve their lot; and the Ministry of Chieftaincy Affairs to tap the rich expertise of our noble traditional leaders.

• Also, June 4 and the 31st December were removed from the statute books as public holidays. The 64th Infantry Regiment were disbanded to other units to ensure discipline in the Armed Forces.

• Kufuor featured regularly at all G-8 Summits. His excellent diplomatic relations with world leaders enabled Ghana not only to attract attention and investment worldwide, but also he was unanimously elected to chair both the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Under his leadership, Ghana had the opportunity to assume the rotational presidency of the UN Security Council.

• President Kufuor also won several international awards including the Chatham House Prize Award in 2008 as a result of peace and economic growth which characterised his two terms in office. No wonder he was given a rousing welcome by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England.

• Again, President Kufuor took a leading role in mediating in regional conflicts including those in Liberia, La Cote D’Ivoire, Kenya, Sudan, and Zimbabwe.

• As a true democrat, he was even criticised by his own party members and sympathisers for not hanging onto power before the Tain by-elections when the NPP’s Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo was leading in the 2008 Presidential elections.

• Kufuor is on record as the only President who left office in the peaceful manner in which he entered it. This is indeed a lasting legacy because all his predecessors were either overthrown by the military or metamorphosed themselves into civilian presidents.

• Kufuor introduced the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, where the aged and other vulnerable people in Ghana were paid monthly allowances of between 8 and 15 Ghana cedis.

• Under President Kufuor's leadership, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to cut in half the proportion of its people who suffer from hunger. He and LUIZ DA SILVA of Brazil jointly received the 2011 World Food Prize.

• He introduced micro finance loans to help small and medium-scale businesses, the Export Development Fund (EDIF), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which makes it possible for local producers to access the US market, as well as, the Ghana Poverty Reduction Programmes I & II were all aimed at improving the lot of Ghanaians.

• The Kufuor-led NPP administration purchased VALCO from the Americans at a cosmic sum of US$20m.

• On corruption, a minister of state under his administration was charged for wilfully causing financial loss to the state and together with other members of the previous government, was sentenced to a prison term.

• Ghana was the first country in Africa to submit herself to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). It would also interest readers to note that for the first time in 50 years, Ghana under the leadership of Kufuor earned a respectable B+ rating on the international financial scene in 2006 and this indeed, facilitated the country’s successful bid to access over US$ 750m from the Eurobond market.

• The passage of the Public Procurement Act, Financial Administration Act, Internal Audit Agency Act, which made the agency exceed its revenue target every year, the Office of Accountability Act, the Whistle Blowers Act, the importation of new police uniforms and over 1000 police vehicles to combat crime, the Right to Information bill, the establishment of Fast Track High Courts, the strengthening of state institutions like the SFO, CHRAJ, among others, were all geared towards the eradication of this social evil in the Ghanaian society.

• Last but not the least, Ghana under Kufuor’s reign became the largest recipient of Millennium Challenge Account funds of US$547m to combat poverty in Ghana. The bilateral and multilateral debt cancellations as a result of Ghana joining the Heavily Indebted and Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and the UN's and World Bank’s lucrative jobs for His Excellency, J. A. Kufuor even before the 2008 general elections make him stand tall among his contemporaries. He made Ghana, an oil producing country as oil was struck in commercial quantities in 2010.

How could the excellent record enumerated above be a factor to the NPP's electoral defeat? I leave it for the judgement of the Ghanaian voter in 2016.

God bless Ghana! God bless the NPP!! God bless Kufuor!!!

Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyemang, Asante Bekwai-Asakyiri (Free SHS Ambassador) Official blog: (www.katakyie.com) katakyienpp@yahoo.co.uk 0202471070 : 0264931361 : 0547851100
okukuseku 9 years ago

KWASI ADADE, ARE YOU NOT TIRED OF REPETITION OF YOUR NEFARIOUS NONSENSE?
THE NARTIC PEOPLES PARTY WITH KRONFUOR
K4 AS THIEF OF STATE, LOOTING AND SHARING THE PROPERTY ODF THE NATION IS WELL KNOWN.

KWASI ADADE, ARE YOU NOT TIRED OF REPETITION OF YOUR NEFARIOUS NONSENSE?
THE NARTIC PEOPLES PARTY WITH KRONFUOR
K4 AS THIEF OF STATE, LOOTING AND SHARING THE PROPERTY ODF THE NATION IS WELL KNOWN.
Prophetess 9 years ago

THE CAT SAYS DONT STEAL FRIED FISH.
THE CHICKEN SAYS DONT EAT A COCKROACH.
THE LION SAYS DONT EAT MEAT.

THE CAT SAYS DONT STEAL FRIED FISH.
THE CHICKEN SAYS DONT EAT A COCKROACH.
THE LION SAYS DONT EAT MEAT.
Alfa 9 years ago

Indeed, the cat says do not eat fish. This thief is now advising students to eschew corruption and get rich quick attitude.How funny

Indeed, the cat says do not eat fish. This thief is now advising students to eschew corruption and get rich quick attitude.How funny
okukuseku 9 years ago

HEAR, HEAR! THE THIEF OF STATE IS TALKING. THIS KRONFOUR K4, WHO PROPAGATED, THAT "CORRUPTION ORIGINATED FROM ADAM AND EVE". WHAT A SHAME!

HEAR, HEAR! THE THIEF OF STATE IS TALKING. THIS KRONFOUR K4, WHO PROPAGATED, THAT "CORRUPTION ORIGINATED FROM ADAM AND EVE". WHAT A SHAME!
RJ 9 years ago

See who is talking. With your middle name as corruption, you dare open your mouth
Has this Kuffour guy got any shame?

See who is talking. With your middle name as corruption, you dare open your mouth
Has this Kuffour guy got any shame?
Humanity 9 years ago

After his sermon for zero tolrence and the perpetuation of corruption onder his watch, he exuses him self by saying that corruption started with Adam. Hypocirite. Kuffor is the product of corruption.

After his sermon for zero tolrence and the perpetuation of corruption onder his watch, he exuses him self by saying that corruption started with Adam. Hypocirite. Kuffor is the product of corruption.
nana kwesi 9 years ago

loo at his ugly face,stupid boy.

loo at his ugly face,stupid boy.
Mina Ashong 9 years ago

In fact Ghana needs another revolution .
All the johns in this fourth republic have been either thieves or mediocre.

In fact Ghana needs another revolution .
All the johns in this fourth republic have been either thieves or mediocre.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

LOL. Who is talking. Kuffour, you are also part of the problem. Didn't you get rich quickly too? You, Mahama, Mills and Jerry are all the causes of our woes. Besides Mills, which of you Johns did not get rich quickly.

LOL. Who is talking. Kuffour, you are also part of the problem. Didn't you get rich quickly too? You, Mahama, Mills and Jerry are all the causes of our woes. Besides Mills, which of you Johns did not get rich quickly.
Kojo! 9 years ago

This is the second time in many many years since you've spoken the truth. Keep it!

This is the second time in many many years since you've spoken the truth. Keep it!
Kwabena 9 years ago

Frank Agyena-Karikari, did you know the President before he became president personally? Don't just hate people just for the sake of hating. kuffour was an established lawyer and rich in his own way before becoming president. ...
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Frank Agyena-Karikari, did you know the President before he became president personally? Don't just hate people just for the sake of hating. kuffour was an established lawyer and rich in his own way before becoming president. Don't go around talking about things you do not know. I am sure you are old enough, have respect and don't talk about what you have no idea about. Peace and have a good day
ELINAN 9 years ago

K4 before 2000 election was a cement block maker and could not balance the books and make a profit that could have lifted him out of poverty but all is history now.

K4 before 2000 election was a cement block maker and could not balance the books and make a profit that could have lifted him out of poverty but all is history now.
RJ 9 years ago

Which law school did he go to?

Rich people don't use state money to renovate their private houses

Which law school did he go to?

Rich people don't use state money to renovate their private houses
Nzema K 9 years ago

Wonders they say will never end. the head of the most corrupt people in Ghana is advising the youth. Kuffour please first bring our 26,000GBpds golden chain before we listen to you. Awule, Ewi, Dwulor, fiafitor, Olee, Atta A ...
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Wonders they say will never end. the head of the most corrupt people in Ghana is advising the youth. Kuffour please first bring our 26,000GBpds golden chain before we listen to you. Awule, Ewi, Dwulor, fiafitor, Olee, Atta Ayi like you
Repugnant. 9 years ago

kufuor speaks from experience, this is just another page from his 'over-clever' and don't ask don't tell past.

kufuor speaks from experience, this is just another page from his 'over-clever' and don't ask don't tell past.
H. Tawiah 9 years ago

After becoming President, how long did it take you to "conjure" $7 million to buy a hotel for you and your family? You later told us the hotel belonged to your son. A son that could not contribute common $50 to your campaign ...
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After becoming President, how long did it take you to "conjure" $7 million to buy a hotel for you and your family? You later told us the hotel belonged to your son. A son that could not contribute common $50 to your campaign was able to come up with such amount in two years?

You should have chosen a different topic to speak on instead of talking about corruption which is like "rubbing-it-in" to Ghanaians.
NPP SUPPORTER 9 years ago

If we had leadership in Ghana that led by example then they would not need to talk soo much to the youth as the youth would simply see and follow. But when Kuffour was serving the people as President if he did not simply awar ...
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If we had leadership in Ghana that led by example then they would not need to talk soo much to the youth as the youth would simply see and follow. But when Kuffour was serving the people as President if he did not simply award contracts to his friends and himself and sell state houses and lands to himself the youth would have had a good example to learn from. now he is off the throne he is preaching. Why did he not preach when he was in power..Big Thief
Nan Ansah 9 years ago

This is exactly what you did during your tenure of Office. You are saying a tell-tale of your past. Echo!!!!! yelling to the mountains.

You institutionalized corruption and get-rich-quick attitude by sitting aloof with "pr ...
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This is exactly what you did during your tenure of Office. You are saying a tell-tale of your past. Echo!!!!! yelling to the mountains.

You institutionalized corruption and get-rich-quick attitude by sitting aloof with "provide the evidence" mantra. Yours was cronyism, kleptocracy and nepotism. So shut it K4. The advice of; do what I say but not what I do or did is best suited when you are swiming in $$$$$$$$$$.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

If I hear Kufuor preaching about the evils of corruption to others, then my "gigigaga" suddenly climbs the excess of temperature above the norm. Such a corrupted to the teeth fellow shouldn't be given the podium to even advis ...
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If I hear Kufuor preaching about the evils of corruption to others, then my "gigigaga" suddenly climbs the excess of temperature above the norm. Such a corrupted to the teeth fellow shouldn't be given the podium to even advise people on corruption since he is the embodiment of the word corruption itself.
Tieme Bako 9 years ago

KUFFOUR HAS NO MORAL RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION. KWASEA GREEDY BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KUFFOUR HAS NO MORAL RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION. KWASEA GREEDY BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
okukuseku 9 years ago

THE THIEF OF STATE, KNOWN AS KRONFOUR K4, SAYS "CORRUPTION STARTED WITH ADAM AND EVE". SO, HE PRACTISED TO THE CORE: LOOTING AND SHARING AND GETTING RICK QUICK TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE NATION´S COFFERS.THE UNQUALIFIED LAWYER ...
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THE THIEF OF STATE, KNOWN AS KRONFOUR K4, SAYS "CORRUPTION STARTED WITH ADAM AND EVE". SO, HE PRACTISED TO THE CORE: LOOTING AND SHARING AND GETTING RICK QUICK TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE NATION´S COFFERS.THE UNQUALIFIED LAWYER TO THE BAR AND HIS CERTIFICATELESS TIATIANO DWARF JUST ENTERED INTO POLITICS TO LOOT AND SHARE TO MAKE THEMSELVES FILTHY RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CITIZENRY. SHAME!
Ras Bo @ London 9 years ago

It is very unfortunate to have calibre of people who displays nothing than greediness gluttony and cranking attitude towards each other. Even within their party they find it difficult to unite, how would they be able to unite ...
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It is very unfortunate to have calibre of people who displays nothing than greediness gluttony and cranking attitude towards each other. Even within their party they find it difficult to unite, how would they be able to unite the whole nation? NPP is truly a joke they have nothing to offer. By their deeds you shall know them.

Ghanaians should not be blinded by these tax looters who only seek their interest by lobbying through their agents who are scattered throughout the country. Their sole interest is to make every regime ungovernable by castigating lies, ugly insults, throwing bombs, killing women, burning markets, lengthy shallow litigations in courts and false alarm blowers. What can they boast of themselves and what have achieved for Ghana?
They want Ghanaians to be sub-servants to them whilst in their own thinking and mental deliberations remain perpetually slaves to neo colonialism.

Have you so soon forgotten how Kuffour brought Gisele Yaazi to Ghana as “special economic advisor” accommodated her in La Palm hotel with seven armed body guards which he later impregnated her with twins?
Were there not economic titans in Ghana at the time Miss Yaazi came in? And what role did she play in making Ghana the heaven everyone wanted?

Have you so soon forgotten how Kuffour who has no money to renovate his current residence and it was a farmer friend who sponsored the renovation of the house? Two years down the lane, after twisted the arm of Miss Yaazi by his own promises with regards to “hotel wa-wa” his son can buy a hotel bigger than his fathers. Where was his son when the father’s house was going down?

Have you also done diligence to who owns Accra mall?
Who now owns Merchant Bank?
What is the source of income of Kuffour`s brother, Addo Kuffour; all of a sudden richness that ranks the 5th in Africa.

Kuffour travelled more than any President on earth yet what did you bring home?
Kuffour introduced more initiatives (PSI) than any president which one of them survived?
Kuffour`s ministerial appointments was higher than all presidents what were their achievements?
Kuffour`s time in office saw real brutality of innocent and vulnerable people but you offered no defence nor justice for them (Issah Mobilla and Yaa Naa)
Kuffour`s Turn saw over 200 people dying in a stadium which your appointee (Jake Mulato) squandered all donations both foreign and abroad.
“Kick Backs” was the term in your administration and your party chairman then confirms to that.
It is you who has made the presidency so cheap that people like Nkrabea Effah Darteh wants to be president.
Our country became the hub of Cocaine activities. The over spending of these “junkies” is what has lured every Ghanaian today to be rich at all cost.

I find it very sickening when NPP sees nothing wrong with man who has tainted their party with so much evil and embarrassment is allowed unchecked
Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

Jerry started the modern corruption. Who sold SOEs to cronies and wife? Jerry was a pauper when he became the leader of the country, indebted to crediting YOR KE GARI. Look at him now. Is he not one of the richest? Kuffour ca ...
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Jerry started the modern corruption. Who sold SOEs to cronies and wife? Jerry was a pauper when he became the leader of the country, indebted to crediting YOR KE GARI. Look at him now. Is he not one of the richest? Kuffour cannot be exonerated but he did not start it.
AKONFEM MAHAMA 9 years ago

Is Mahama's Job to retrieves stolen money paid to Abuga Pele(GYEEDA) and Woyome, or to clean the gutters of Accra. They give $50 million to a crook for no work done, and then go to the world bank to beg for a $30 million loan ...
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Is Mahama's Job to retrieves stolen money paid to Abuga Pele(GYEEDA) and Woyome, or to clean the gutters of Accra. They give $50 million to a crook for no work done, and then go to the world bank to beg for a $30 million loan. What a useless country called GHANA?
Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

Look at who is talking

Look at who is talking
AGYAAKU 9 years ago

This man is today advising others against corruption? Lord have mercy! Over magnanimity of Prof. Mills has made this man now bold enough to mount platforms to admonish others about corruption and even apply to be awarded The ...
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This man is today advising others against corruption? Lord have mercy! Over magnanimity of Prof. Mills has made this man now bold enough to mount platforms to admonish others about corruption and even apply to be awarded The Mo Ibrahim Award.
okukuseku 9 years ago

KRONFOUR K4 HAS THE AUDACITY TO APPLY FOR THE MO IBRAHIM AWARD AFTER ALL HIS CORRUPTION MONEY IS DEPLETED!

KRONFOUR K4 HAS THE AUDACITY TO APPLY FOR THE MO IBRAHIM AWARD AFTER ALL HIS CORRUPTION MONEY IS DEPLETED!
Otoo 9 years ago

This is total rubbish and garbage. This is just a joke. The most corrupt President in the history of Ghana, coming out with such a statement. Maybe Thief Kufuor is now a "Born Again". Kufuor was very very poor when he became ...
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This is total rubbish and garbage. This is just a joke. The most corrupt President in the history of Ghana, coming out with such a statement. Maybe Thief Kufuor is now a "Born Again". Kufuor was very very poor when he became President and because of unlimited corruption on his part, he is now a Dollar Multimillionaire. Thief Kufuor should just keep his dirty mouth shut because most Ghanaians know he is corrupt and a THIEF.
Alhaji Pope 9 years ago

We are aware of. Those who stole airforce seat to decorate their room and later beat and molested innocent women to become millioniars,we are also aware of the one who pushed his agjarwa peugeot car out of the castel and late ...
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We are aware of. Those who stole airforce seat to decorate their room and later beat and molested innocent women to become millioniars,we are also aware of the one who pushed his agjarwa peugeot car out of the castel and later became bribe taking president, first in history. and we are still aware of Akomfem president.
Dan,Tema 9 years ago

See who is talking. After decorating himself like an Arabian King with Ghc 666,000 Gold Chain. Thief who presided over corruption at the Castle. Soon forgotten about your "Okulanpe" vehicle that got stuck at the Castle. Using ...
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See who is talking. After decorating himself like an Arabian King with Ghc 666,000 Gold Chain. Thief who presided over corruption at the Castle. Soon forgotten about your "Okulanpe" vehicle that got stuck at the Castle. Using Public fund to renovate your private residence under pretence that it was a farmer. Then that farmer is more responsible than you Kuffuor. Hypocrate Ashanti Ape.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

Hahahahahaha, "OKULAMPE" VEHICLE. Hahahahahaha. Well he was also corrupt but at least he came with a car and had his own house which he used state funds to renovate. Well, others came with nothing but own mansions now, drive ...
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Hahahahahaha, "OKULAMPE" VEHICLE. Hahahahahaha. Well he was also corrupt but at least he came with a car and had his own house which he used state funds to renovate. Well, others came with nothing but own mansions now, drive bullet proof vehicles now, used air-force plane to teach their kids how to drive and were even able to sponsor children to Univ outside the country after messing up with our school system. So, which is the better of these two evils? Your genuine answer is as good as mine.
Kwabena 9 years ago

What happenend to the JUSTICE SYSTEM in Ghana. Take the man to court and stop this insults.or yet still Keep mute

What happenend to the JUSTICE SYSTEM in Ghana. Take the man to court and stop this insults.or yet still Keep mute
Yaw 9 years ago

Look who is talking about corruption, Armed robber without gun.

Look who is talking about corruption, Armed robber without gun.
Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago

Who is Kufour to talk about corruption? There is no politician intellectually qualified , morally or principled to lecture Ghana about the effects of corruption on society and they can take that to the bank. Kufour could have ...
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Who is Kufour to talk about corruption? There is no politician intellectually qualified , morally or principled to lecture Ghana about the effects of corruption on society and they can take that to the bank. Kufour could have accounted for all his assets prior to becoming the president of Ghana and those he has acquired during his presidency and since to set an example of a moral leader but he could not because there is no thief in Ghana like a politician.
Kwame 9 years ago

Kuffour should be the last person on earth talking against corruption!

Kuffour should be the last person on earth talking against corruption!
KOKOLIKOKO 9 years ago

You state: "... there is no thief in Ghana like a [Ghanaian] politician."!!! I really, really like that: it's so true, true and true!

You state: "... there is no thief in Ghana like a [Ghanaian] politician."!!! I really, really like that: it's so true, true and true!
Osei Yao 9 years ago

LISTEN TO THE NEW PREACHER. AFTERENRICHING HIMSELF, HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HE NOW PREACHES TO THE REST OF US. WE KNEW YOU AND YOUR CRONIES BEFORE YOU BECAME PRESIDENT. GET RICH QUICK WAS YOUR MOTTO.

LISTEN TO THE NEW PREACHER. AFTERENRICHING HIMSELF, HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HE NOW PREACHES TO THE REST OF US. WE KNEW YOU AND YOUR CRONIES BEFORE YOU BECAME PRESIDENT. GET RICH QUICK WAS YOUR MOTTO.
Umslopogaas 9 years ago

Dismantled and sold Nkrumah's prestigious Ghana Airways! Packaged and sold The Ghana Telecom single handedly and pocketed the loot..Decorated himself with tons of gold and fixed his OWN retirement package.. Globe-trotted, sle ...
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Dismantled and sold Nkrumah's prestigious Ghana Airways! Packaged and sold The Ghana Telecom single handedly and pocketed the loot..Decorated himself with tons of gold and fixed his OWN retirement package.. Globe-trotted, sleeping in a thousand-dollars/night hotels to the tune of more than $2,000,000 of poor, hapless Ghanaians sweat.. Now lives in multi-million mansion..after building himself a multi-million supermarket.. a multi-million hotel. Guaranteed to travel around the globe for LIFE checking the loot he stashed away in foreign banks., Free life/health insurance.. Now guarded by an army/police combined squad....ALL PAID FOR BY THE POOR, POOR GHANAIANS.

Any time this abominable tribal, jungle ape of a crook speaks, I feel like vomiting!

Umslopogaas
Real Abongo 9 years ago

You are corrupt more than Hotel Kuffour

You are corrupt more than Hotel Kuffour
appiah 9 years ago

Why are all the corruption leaders, JJ Rawlings, Kufour and Mahamah advising the youth to do what they did not do. It would be more credible for Kufour to give up all the state lands he acquired fraudulently and take his self ...
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Why are all the corruption leaders, JJ Rawlings, Kufour and Mahamah advising the youth to do what they did not do. It would be more credible for Kufour to give up all the state lands he acquired fraudulently and take his self-given medals to the museum to impress the youth instead of the fuck-talk.
Esi 9 years ago

Listen to who's talking! Did Kuffour know this when he asked to be given several houses and cars after his presidency? What did he think that was? These holier than thou folks make me sick to the stomach!

Listen to who's talking! Did Kuffour know this when he asked to be given several houses and cars after his presidency? What did he think that was? These holier than thou folks make me sick to the stomach!
GHANAMAN 9 years ago

I TOLD YOU SO GHANA

I TOLD YOU SO GHANA
Kojo! 9 years ago

Vain talk!

Vain talk!
Akyemkwaa 9 years ago

Ei!! G-h-a-n-a! Kufuor says what?? Coming from such a man it is very very rich.

Ei!! G-h-a-n-a! Kufuor says what?? Coming from such a man it is very very rich.
Zak 9 years ago

In fact I am feeling sick. Most African leaders are corrupt and they go Scott free. In fact, recently, a drug dealer Amoateng, an MP of Kuffuor's party and administration, who had been jailed for 10 years was released and we ...
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In fact I am feeling sick. Most African leaders are corrupt and they go Scott free. In fact, recently, a drug dealer Amoateng, an MP of Kuffuor's party and administration, who had been jailed for 10 years was released and we had Kuffuor's party members cheering him with placards with words elevating him to a hero. Today, a former Virginia Governor and his wife have been convicted of crime. How much money did they steal? The story is different. In Ghana we have presidents sons getting contracts from state institutions. In fact jobless boys overnight become contractors. Elvis Efiriyie Akrah, as a Minister of Sports gave catering contracts to his wife, travel agency contract to his uncle, PR and Marketing to his brother and on and on the list continues. He cries on TV like his student days in Legon when he was learning performance and theatre. Today Kufuor has the odasity to lecture us on morality and corruption. Shut Up.
Amobie 9 years ago

See who is talking. After attending Merchant Bank sale party which people smell he has a hand in. Who is more corrupt that Kufuor and Mahama? These two love evil money and women. Give us a break.

See who is talking. After attending Merchant Bank sale party which people smell he has a hand in. Who is more corrupt that Kufuor and Mahama? These two love evil money and women. Give us a break.
NON-ALIGNED 9 years ago

WOW! This man has no shame at all...............
It's rather unfortunate Ghanaians are very ****** to place indemnity clauses on the heads of our former presidents, hence no prosecution for their CORRUPT practices, when in o ...
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WOW! This man has no shame at all...............
It's rather unfortunate Ghanaians are very ****** to place indemnity clauses on the heads of our former presidents, hence no prosecution for their CORRUPT practices, when in office.

This AFROPEAN-K4, Rawlings and all their cronies would never have been heard from again, if they had been made to reside at Nsawam Prison, for selling Ghana short to multi-nationals under the guises of IMF bailouts of SAPs etc.

You lot sold us dry to the detriment of our children and here you are preaching on corruption and get-rich quick attitude??????

Today in Ghana, when Tullow Oils makes a profit of $3 billion, Ghana gets only $3 million out of that. And your cronies the E&O Group also makes millions, right?

K4, can this agreement truly better the lives of Ghanaians? Yet, you of all people, recently suggested that bad leadership is Africa's problem, was the same president who signed Ghana's oil agreement handing over our oil to the foreign firms.

This is what happens when foreign corporations are allowed to secretly finance our politicians into power during election periods!

The time is right for the African parliaments to consider banning these traitors who call themselves politicians from receiving funds from abroad as a means to finance their political campaigns.

Don't be surprised if the African youth rises up and rebel against such dangerous oil agreements which has given our black gold to the foreign companies for free.

This is our destiny and we must not allow foreigners to steal it through these greedy politicians who care only about themselves and their families. If the oil were to be your personal property of the K4, would he have ever approved such an unfair contract?

Unfortunately, instead of the African media, especially the Ghanaian media, to critically examine the content of all those oil agreements, these journalists are only concerned about elections, always discussing the politicians as if there are no other issues worth discussing.

K4 have you sold off your medallion yet? Since, corruption in your opinion started from Adam and Eve..............................

You should be ashamed of yourself!
So, Osagyefo was overthrown for these lot?????? My goodness!!

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES!
GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
JAYE MENDS 9 years ago

B4 advicing somebody, pls advice yrself first.

B4 advicing somebody, pls advice yrself first.
Ibn Batuta 9 years ago

Hahahaa!! The great Seckago called him Thiefour. Ha haa haaa!!!

Hahahaa!! The great Seckago called him Thiefour. Ha haa haaa!!!
Kwame jr 9 years ago

Look at who is talking. Its a shame he got the guts to talk about this topic. Shame on you. We all know what you did so spare as the sentiments. All politicians are the same.

Look at who is talking. Its a shame he got the guts to talk about this topic. Shame on you. We all know what you did so spare as the sentiments. All politicians are the same.
MAHAMA LOOT ND SHARE 9 years ago

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU K4

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU K4
JojoHe 9 years ago

Look at this banana thief monkey talking about corruption.
A thief advising another thief not to steal, hello?

Look at this banana thief monkey talking about corruption.
A thief advising another thief not to steal, hello?
Kwesi 9 years ago

Well, maybe he is born again on corruption, but to confirm his new state, he should return all the state monies he made to enter his personal account. This should include, at least, his cut on the Vodafone deal and the Oil di ...
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Well, maybe he is born again on corruption, but to confirm his new state, he should return all the state monies he made to enter his personal account. This should include, at least, his cut on the Vodafone deal and the Oil discovery deal. It is after this that we can be sure of his change
Yaw Yeboah 9 years ago

Rawlings & Kufuor have selective memories about the levels of corruption they presided over while ruling the country. I wish both of them would keep quiet about this issue as they both financially benefited from resources of ...
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Rawlings & Kufuor have selective memories about the levels of corruption they presided over while ruling the country. I wish both of them would keep quiet about this issue as they both financially benefited from resources of the State.
MAAME 9 years ago

WANTED HUGE EX GRACIA

WANTED HUGE EX GRACIA
ABOCHI 9 years ago

K4clever thiev

K4clever thiev
Keteke 9 years ago

Look who is calling the Kettle black!

Look who is calling the Kettle black!
Kofi 9 years ago

The most corrupt president in Ghana's history is still being hypocritical. Kufuor surely must have thought that Ghanaians have short memories, thinking that they've soon forgotten his numerous corrupt practices.

Was Kufuo ...
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The most corrupt president in Ghana's history is still being hypocritical. Kufuor surely must have thought that Ghanaians have short memories, thinking that they've soon forgotten his numerous corrupt practices.

Was Kufuor not the one who presided over a party that engaged in cocaine peddling, involving even his paramount chief, the occupier of the Sika Ogua Kofi? When Eric Amoateng was funding his party with cocaine money, didn't Kufuor and the leadership of his party know that he was deeply into the drug trade? When the confiscated cocaine bags disappeared from the Ghana Police Headquarters in Accra during his administration, some of which bags were traced to the Manhia Palace, can Kufuor sincerely tell Ghanaians he didn't know anything about what happened to those missing bags? Was he not so pleased with that diabolical woman's conclusion, after she'd chaired a commission that investigated the matter, which conclusion saved Kufuor and his party as well as his Asante police chief, that he promoted her over and above all her seniors to the Supreme Court position? When he personally went to London and met with Vodafone executives and sold cheaply GhanaTelecom to them, didn't he allegedly take a $30 million bribe from them into his own pocket? But why was a president of a country personally involved in such a deal, if it wasn't the birde that motivated him in the first place?

And what about all the government properties that he and his party members cheaply sold to themselves?

Kufuor has told Ghanaians that he's a lawyer and gave the impression that he earned his law degree from Oxford University, but Oxford categorically denied it, saying that the subjects Kufuor studied there were Economics, History and Philosophy. So, the question is where did Kufuor earn his law degree? No wonder he didn't and couldn't register with the Ghana Legal Council.

There're numerous other corrupt acts Kufuor engaged in that can be mentioned, but space and time don't allow us to demonstrate them here. One can only say that it's very shameful that the most corrupt president in Ghana's history can be so callous and unrepentant that he'd want to throw dust into Ghanaians' eyes about corruption.
Franklin 9 years ago

The headmaster of corruption talking? Hahahahahaha

The headmaster of corruption talking? Hahahahahaha

Eschew corruption and get-rich-quick attitude - Kufuor

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