Mahama: IMF wants Ghana to freeze public sector wages

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

I urge, entreat, supplicate, admonished and above all beg NPP delegate to harness their moral duties and obligations to shun Akuffo Addo and elect Alan as their presidential candidate. If de delegates didn't heed my advice th ...
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I urge, entreat, supplicate, admonished and above all beg NPP delegate to harness their moral duties and obligations to shun Akuffo Addo and elect Alan as their presidential candidate. If de delegates didn't heed my advice they will together with Akuffo Addo and his supporters plung Ghana in to war zone.Becase Nana is so obsessed and preocuppied with the presidency and he is poised to go beyond morality. A cat in disarray makes a strange moves and behave irresponsible.Because when Nana loose again to president Mama, he has nothing to loose, because he has lost already. Becuase he has no Ghana at heart, he will destroy the peaceful and beautiful country in West Africa. Because if Nana is not saying what he is going to do, he is going to do what he is saying. (ALL DIE BE DIE).Please super delegates i am apealing to your consceince to use your God given moral compass to save Ghana from disaster, eitherwise your children and grand grand children will never forgive you.
BBC News 9 years ago

You Need Prayers

You Need Prayers
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

AUTHOR: MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU....

It would appear that those in control of the NDC, for the time being, were bent on excluding other bona fide members of the Party who may wish to lay democratic claims to who becomes the ne ...
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AUTHOR: MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU....

It would appear that those in control of the NDC, for the time being, were bent on excluding other bona fide members of the Party who may wish to lay democratic claims to who becomes the next flag bearer of the Party by excluding them even before the mortal remains of the demised President were interred. It is also symptomatic of how political party elites in Ghana and Africa worm their way into the confidences of persons perceived as likely to ascend to power positions for purposes of eventual personal economic gain at the expense of the generality of the mass of Party members and the Nation which every President swears to serve under the Constitution
felix 9 years ago

You foolish idiots you can not tell as what to do. OK akuffo addo will and you bastass will go to prison.

You foolish idiots you can not tell as what to do. OK akuffo addo will and you bastass will go to prison.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AF ...
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BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AFEDE FILLING HIS BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD< ASIEDU NKETIA SPREADING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER BRONG AHAFO AND BUYING MANSION IN CALGARY CANADA, HANNA BISSIW ,OYI LITHUR ANITA DISOSO SPREADING MONEY AS IF GHANA HAS NO PROBLEM
Gyeeda, Sada, Subah, Woyome 9 years ago

I think this guy called BBC News has lost all his balls. He is the only fool on this platform writing nkwaseasem always about the most peaceful man in Ghana's politics. Such idiots must be imprisoned alongside NDC criminals. ...
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I think this guy called BBC News has lost all his balls. He is the only fool on this platform writing nkwaseasem always about the most peaceful man in Ghana's politics. Such idiots must be imprisoned alongside NDC criminals. nkwaseasem ara kwa. Aboafunu.
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

If u are stupid. Others will come and tell you to.do smthing you should be doing long ago. We have no business seeking imf bailout. But since these niggas in govt are so stupid and lazy to think and implement hardcore protoco ...
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If u are stupid. Others will come and tell you to.do smthing you should be doing long ago. We have no business seeking imf bailout. But since these niggas in govt are so stupid and lazy to think and implement hardcore protocols for the rest to follow. And have the discipline to stick to them against all odds. Ghana now finds itself in this position of having to listen to these imf robbers. Na who cause am? Widen the tax net, lower public sector salaries, trim the size of the public sector and glvt, more rehabilitation and infrastructure projects to create jobs, more factories to export, high tarrifs on unnecessary imports of food etc.....If the govt does these we womt need imf. But bcos of laziness and get money fast nti. Loot at where we are now.....tweaaaaa!
joe London, 9 years ago

what good do you expect from this northernes ? this is the best they can do. if you are teaching a pigs to sing he will never sing. you are just worrying yourself.

what good do you expect from this northernes ? this is the best they can do. if you are teaching a pigs to sing he will never sing. you are just worrying yourself.
REV JAMES 9 years ago

JOE FRPM LONDON IS NOT A GOOD GHANAIN INSULTING NORTHENERS AM AN NPP MEMBER BUT YOUR COMENT IS UNCALL FOR

JOE FRPM LONDON IS NOT A GOOD GHANAIN INSULTING NORTHENERS AM AN NPP MEMBER BUT YOUR COMENT IS UNCALL FOR
Oba Nyansani Baako Pe ln Ghana! 9 years ago

You are disgraced like your opepeni president Mahama and who will listen to you? Why don't you lift Alan and put him direct as a flagbearer for NPP? Alan can never ever lead NPP and after 18/10/2014 his political ambition wil ...
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You are disgraced like your opepeni president Mahama and who will listen to you? Why don't you lift Alan and put him direct as a flagbearer for NPP? Alan can never ever lead NPP and after 18/10/2014 his political ambition will be ended. Trust me and this is what we as wise men in NPP will do to him period.
nokwareI 9 years ago

Stop feeding us with your bad english.

Stop feeding us with your bad english.
Ken Ntiamoa 9 years ago

And the President had to tell Ghanaians this from Dubai? Why didn't he tell us this news on ground zero. We would have marched to FSH right away to protest.

Now I know why IMF was called. "IMF wants us to do this and that ...
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And the President had to tell Ghanaians this from Dubai? Why didn't he tell us this news on ground zero. We would have marched to FSH right away to protest.

Now I know why IMF was called. "IMF wants us to do this and that BUT, I don't want it that way."

Ken
SARP 9 years ago

ALAN MISAPPROPRIATED THE CASH FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL INITIATIVE.HE IS A THIEF/

ALAN MISAPPROPRIATED THE CASH FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL INITIATIVE.HE IS A THIEF/
Mahmoud 9 years ago

Communists and Young Pioneers don't have what it takes to to grow an economy,they rather spend more and steal more.

Communists and Young Pioneers don't have what it takes to to grow an economy,they rather spend more and steal more.
Obed Adore 9 years ago

Yes, place a freeze on it.. This is done everywhere.. Even with their SSS wages Ghanaian officials are still stealing from right, left, centre, front, and back! Freeze it!!!

Yes, place a freeze on it.. This is done everywhere.. Even with their SSS wages Ghanaian officials are still stealing from right, left, centre, front, and back! Freeze it!!!
Abby 9 years ago

You are right, but they don’t get it. Low IQ or selfish greed is the question.

You are right, but they don’t get it. Low IQ or selfish greed is the question.
Mm 9 years ago

Why can't IMF suggest tht for import duties,where the ppl could bring the machinery to move the country on the long run,#No short cut...

Why can't IMF suggest tht for import duties,where the ppl could bring the machinery to move the country on the long run,#No short cut...
Time Will Tell 9 years ago

God have mercy....

God have mercy....
serwaa 9 years ago

Freezing wage while inflation keep rising? You have to reduce your government size first. As some of the ministers to go home. All the deputies must stay at home. The narrow down the seats at parliament, especially those that ...
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Freezing wage while inflation keep rising? You have to reduce your government size first. As some of the ministers to go home. All the deputies must stay at home. The narrow down the seats at parliament, especially those that were recently created. Then cut down the fuel and incentives you give to big officials and the directors. Then move on to fix the loophole in the system to reduce the stealing and looting.Tell the politicians to stop stealing for their reelection campaign s, then you can move on the freeze salaries for 3 years. Let the business sector understand that there should be no prices increases within the next 3 years, and banks should lower their lending rates. May be God will show us mercy and things will begin to work.
JOASS 9 years ago

IT A SHAME RAWLINGS HAVE SEVERAL HOMES AND A FACTORY FOR HIS WIFE AFTER TAKEN GHANAIANS PRIVATE ENTERPRISES ASSETS WHEN HE CAME INTO POWER SUCH CORRUPT. CROOKED, GREED BUSTARD FOR ALMOST 20YRS RAWLINGS TOOK GHANA THROUGH A RI ...
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IT A SHAME RAWLINGS HAVE SEVERAL HOMES AND A FACTORY FOR HIS WIFE AFTER TAKEN GHANAIANS PRIVATE ENTERPRISES ASSETS WHEN HE CAME INTO POWER SUCH CORRUPT. CROOKED, GREED BUSTARD FOR ALMOST 20YRS RAWLINGS TOOK GHANA THROUGH A RINGER THE SAME BEING DONE BY MAHAMA ADMINISTRATION STEALING IS AFRICAN KNOWN TO DO BEST AND THAT IS WHY THE AIDS, EBOLA IS WHIPPING AFRICANS JUST LIKE THAT. FOR ALMOST 40YRS WHEN EBOLA CAME INTO EXISTENCE NO RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION WAS SETUP EVEN CUBA THAT DOESN'T HAVE DECLARED RESOURCES HAVE BETTER HEALTH AND RESEARCH SYSTEM IN PLACE ALL THESE YEARS.
Kofi 9 years ago

Who cares what the IMF tells you? Ghana was doing great until you decided to use all our resources for your election campaign. What were you expecting the IMF to tell you? We've been there before and didn't have to go there a ...
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Who cares what the IMF tells you? Ghana was doing great until you decided to use all our resources for your election campaign. What were you expecting the IMF to tell you? We've been there before and didn't have to go there again!
Peter 9 years ago

A very good point, Paddy. No one mentions IMF during election campaigns. Mahama continues to draw his monthly salary and enjoy all the presidential goodies. He must put his acts together and his ass on the job and stop distur ...
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A very good point, Paddy. No one mentions IMF during election campaigns. Mahama continues to draw his monthly salary and enjoy all the presidential goodies. He must put his acts together and his ass on the job and stop disturbing the ears of Ghanaians with all this IMF stuff.
Abigi 9 years ago

You invited the IMF because you failed to manage your economy, after figuring out your spending problem. You are turning on them, making it look as if the IMF is forcing you to do something you do not want to do. Why INVITE t ...
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You invited the IMF because you failed to manage your economy, after figuring out your spending problem. You are turning on them, making it look as if the IMF is forcing you to do something you do not want to do. Why INVITE the IMF if you know what to do? USELESS stupid LIARS
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Sharrap, we are talking about real white kahunas here with massive dollars in their bank accounts and popularity to boot. Trevor Linden is a former captain of the Vancouver Canucks and now president of the team. Even though m ...
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Sharrap, we are talking about real white kahunas here with massive dollars in their bank accounts and popularity to boot. Trevor Linden is a former captain of the Vancouver Canucks and now president of the team. Even though moi shook hands with them and even had selfies, their bank accounts alone make moi felt like a superstar.
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Sharrap, we are talking about real white kahunas here with massive dollars in their bank accounts and popularity to boot. Trevor Linden is a former captain of the Vancouver Canucks and now president of the team. Even though m ...
read full comment

Sharrap, we are talking about real white kahunas here with massive dollars in their bank accounts and popularity to boot. Trevor Linden is a former captain of the Vancouver Canucks and now president of the team. Even though moi shook hands with them and even had selfies, their bank accounts alone make moi felt like a superstar.
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

It's sad when you have a President who PROBABLY never sat in a business classroom or any quantitative analysis class. Here is a President of a country that is spending a chunk of its annual revenues on payroll, including sala ...
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It's sad when you have a President who PROBABLY never sat in a business classroom or any quantitative analysis class. Here is a President of a country that is spending a chunk of its annual revenues on payroll, including salaries paid to ghost employees. In a Fortune 100 Company I have had association with in the past, the first thing they look at on their income statement analysis is the variance in payroll and benefits paid in that month. Don't let anyone fool you about automation and mechanization, one of the most heavyweight items on any company's income monthly statement is payroll for both salaried and non-salaried workers. The story is no different in the Public Sector.

The IMF gave President Mahama a window of opportunity to fix some of the major economic challenges affecting the management of the economy but it looks like he did not even see the OPPORTUNITY.

Yes, my cry (and call) may be an idiotic cry of a lost son in the wilderness but no matter how President Mahama cuts it, IT IS TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC. FREEZE the country's wage bill, prune the payroll register of most Ghost names and spend in accordance with the frozen wage levels. By so doing, inflation will come down, the Cedi will stabilize and there will be savings that will accrue and could be used to fix some of the problems in the Health and Educational Sectors.

Is President Mahama thinking of inflating the country (aka increasing government spending by printing money) in 2015 and 2016 that is why he is NOT willing to cede to the IMF's demands? Your guess is as good as mine.

CIVIL SOCIETY MUST RISE UP and force President Mahama to do the right thing for the country.

* http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=328463

Mr. President, this is an opportunity to show the stuff that you are made of? Is it kapok?

Peace and respect

YK
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

It's sad when you have a President who PROBABLY never sat in a business classroom or any quantitative analysis class. Here is a President of a country that is spending a chunk of its annual revenues on payroll, including sala ...
read full comment

It's sad when you have a President who PROBABLY never sat in a business classroom or any quantitative analysis class. Here is a President of a country that is spending a chunk of its annual revenues on payroll, including salaries paid to ghost employees. In a Fortune 100 Company I have had association with in the past, the first thing they look at on their income statement analysis is the variance in payroll and benefits paid in that month. Don't let anyone fool you about automation and mechanization, one of the most heavyweight items on any company's income monthly statement is payroll for both salaried and non-salaried workers. The story is no different in the Public Sector.

The IMF gave President Mahama a window of opportunity to fix some of the major economic challenges affecting the management of the economy but it looks like he did not even see the OPPORTUNITY.

Yes, my cry (and call) may be an idiotic cry of a lost son in the wilderness but no matter how President Mahama cuts it, IT IS TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC. FREEZE the country's wage bill, prune the payroll register of most Ghost names and spend in accordance with the frozen wage levels. By so doing, inflation will come down, the Cedi will stabilize and there will be savings that will accrue and could be used to fix some of the problems in the Health and Educational Sectors.

Is President Mahama thinking of inflating the country (aka increasing government spending by printing money) in 2015 and 2016 that is why he is NOT willing to cede to the IMF's demands? Your guess is as good as mine.

CIVIL SOCIETY MUST RISE UP and force President Mahama to do the right thing for the country.

* http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=328463

Mr. President, this is an opportunity to show the stuff that you are made of? Is it kapok?

Peace and respect

YK
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
read full comment

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
STAFFORD 9 years ago

Well said,good comment...stay the same !

Well said,good comment...stay the same !
apuuu 9 years ago

This IMF money is not coming after 2016 election because Mahama lead administration do not have good credit with the world apuuu

This IMF money is not coming after 2016 election because Mahama lead administration do not have good credit with the world apuuu
Brobbsnet-USA 9 years ago

Mahama and NDC gang of thieves have stolen over $2 Billion (woyome,SADA,GYEEDA & others.) with no money left to run the country.Ghanians have elected an economic-terrorist as president.

Mahama and NDC gang of thieves have stolen over $2 Billion (woyome,SADA,GYEEDA & others.) with no money left to run the country.Ghanians have elected an economic-terrorist as president.
fidelity 9 years ago

Shame on you Mahama

Shame on you Mahama
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 9 years ago

Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have ...
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Inflation? Go and tell that to those whonhave more jobs? If you are lucky to have a lucrative job in the public sector and due to hardiness. Ur wage has been frozen or reduced for 3 yrs. Is this cause for alarm? Hw3, we have new grads who will do the job for half. If u don't like the job, Comot! I'm sorry, but mahama u are incompetent and ghana ain't going nowhere with you as president. Don't unhave the balls to make tough decisions and stick to them? That is the mark of a leaders! You are a flip flop, chale wotey, president
Stephen, US 9 years ago

Fellow Ghanaians, pls let's cast our burden unto God and chose only Him as our president. For all others come to do for us only harm and nothing else. Greedy, selfish and wicked people, we alwas vote for to maltreat us.

Fellow Ghanaians, pls let's cast our burden unto God and chose only Him as our president. For all others come to do for us only harm and nothing else. Greedy, selfish and wicked people, we alwas vote for to maltreat us.
Oba Nyansani Baako Pe ln Ghana! 9 years ago

Mahama aren't you shame of yourself to go to IMF at this stage? A nation like Ghana with full of natural resources including oil that has been producing recently and because of your incompetent look at where you are taking us ...
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Mahama aren't you shame of yourself to go to IMF at this stage? A nation like Ghana with full of natural resources including oil that has been producing recently and because of your incompetent look at where you are taking us to? Opepeni president you are disgraced to the world. Kwasia kwa!
YAW 9 years ago

nincompoopery and useless president. Why do you have to borrow money in the first place.

nincompoopery and useless president. Why do you have to borrow money in the first place.
Ghanaba 9 years ago

IMF telling government to freeze wage bill is an indirect way of telling government to stop stealing. The wage bill contains lots of ghost names and it is lopsided. The Article 71 holders are less than 2000 in total number bu ...
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IMF telling government to freeze wage bill is an indirect way of telling government to stop stealing. The wage bill contains lots of ghost names and it is lopsided. The Article 71 holders are less than 2000 in total number but they take away more than half of the wage bill considering their ex-gratia every four years and their stealing of govt funds willy nilly. The public sector is more than 600, 000 workers a government estimate since the year 2000.
Ga 9 years ago

OMG this is rediculous. He chartered and plane with $ 3 million cash to Brazil and now is crying that IMF want him to have a correct budget. Stupid Blacks !

OMG this is rediculous. He chartered and plane with $ 3 million cash to Brazil and now is crying that IMF want him to have a correct budget. Stupid Blacks !
GHANANI 9 years ago

Too many public sector wokers,massive corruPtion in the public sector and low productivity.The public sector is the number one drawback to the nation's progress.The 70 per cent of state revenue used to pay public sector emplo ...
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Too many public sector wokers,massive corruPtion in the public sector and low productivity.The public sector is the number one drawback to the nation's progress.The 70 per cent of state revenue used to pay public sector employees is not sustainable.
mr amin 9 years ago

we dont want voodo inflation where by the cedi loses value n inflation comes down. we wnt when intlation goes down the cedi should apreciate. when the cedi apreciate our live apreciate n when it depreciate our live follow su ...
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we dont want voodo inflation where by the cedi loses value n inflation comes down. we wnt when intlation goes down the cedi should apreciate. when the cedi apreciate our live apreciate n when it depreciate our live follow suit.
Dr k Azaglo, Ecomomist 9 years ago

Ghanas economic woes started from when Mahama under the guise of Ewurama commission increased his salary threefold (150%). Those of our good for nothing MPs also followed suit. Economists will tell you that an increase in sa ...
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Ghanas economic woes started from when Mahama under the guise of Ewurama commission increased his salary threefold (150%). Those of our good for nothing MPs also followed suit. Economists will tell you that an increase in salary not backed by an increase in productivity leads to inflation. so Mahama, is thos what you killed Mills for. I do agree with IMF to freeze wages.
Commonsense 9 years ago

The face of a corrupt, incompetent and murder Northerner telling lies all his life. He doesn't understand that his foolishness has brought this country to this level.

The face of a corrupt, incompetent and murder Northerner telling lies all his life. He doesn't understand that his foolishness has brought this country to this level.
monkey they work 9 years ago

we live to see. we are almost in an abiss,IMF ? ghanaians we are our own enemies

we live to see. we are almost in an abiss,IMF ? ghanaians we are our own enemies
Orion 9 years ago

Now d cedi has began to rise cnt d government stop dis IMF tin wit deir complicated demands???

Now d cedi has began to rise cnt d government stop dis IMF tin wit deir complicated demands???
Lukman 9 years ago

hmmm wahala ghana

hmmm wahala ghana
E. hegemony 9 years ago

The kookoose people want to clinch power
by all means so that they can fully
implement their all die be die mantra.
Mahama all the way.

The kookoose people want to clinch power
by all means so that they can fully
implement their all die be die mantra.
Mahama all the way.
Deco 9 years ago

what is happenin to my beloved country,Ghana?? Did i hear freeze of wages as a recommendation by IMF?? Mahama please use ur head for d first tym. becos if heed to dis stupid advise, ur family will end up in d public sector to ...
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what is happenin to my beloved country,Ghana?? Did i hear freeze of wages as a recommendation by IMF?? Mahama please use ur head for d first tym. becos if heed to dis stupid advise, ur family will end up in d public sector to clean up d mess der. Remember Ghana first.
Nissi 9 years ago

Mahama and his inexperienced team are jokers. Mahama is a man pleaser the real issue facing the country's economy is there so if you don't fixed the real issue forget it. You don't need to be economy expect to know that Maham ...
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Mahama and his inexperienced team are jokers. Mahama is a man pleaser the real issue facing the country's economy is there so if you don't fixed the real issue forget it. You don't need to be economy expect to know that Mahama is doing nothing.
NBTT 9 years ago

The IMF is simply a mechanism for Western banks to use crippling indebtedness to loot and strip the assets of many nations.
Let us hope that our leaders will come to their senses before it is too late.

WHY GHANA IS IN GR ...
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The IMF is simply a mechanism for Western banks to use crippling indebtedness to loot and strip the assets of many nations.
Let us hope that our leaders will come to their senses before it is too late.

WHY GHANA IS IN GRAVE DANGER
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.
”
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
"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
Twum Donkor 9 years ago

Mahama will kill us with his inconsistencies, this month I only got 15.51 cedis as my monthly salary what does he expect as to feed on.because he knows how to talk he always brings out trash. Who caused the cedis to depreciat ...
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Mahama will kill us with his inconsistencies, this month I only got 15.51 cedis as my monthly salary what does he expect as to feed on.because he knows how to talk he always brings out trash. Who caused the cedis to depreciate is it those in government or the populace?
Ayivor 9 years ago

IMF will decide for us all the time because we as a nation is totally screwed up. We cannot even manage our own nation. Things are falling apart. The government spent all the money on campaign and now there is no money for vi ...
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IMF will decide for us all the time because we as a nation is totally screwed up. We cannot even manage our own nation. Things are falling apart. The government spent all the money on campaign and now there is no money for vital projects. It is pity
Steven banson 9 years ago

Mr president my question is why do u always increase de price of cement,unt.bills without increasing out salarie by then by rather freezing it we need a better reason behind dat tank u

Mr president my question is why do u always increase de price of cement,unt.bills without increasing out salarie by then by rather freezing it we need a better reason behind dat tank u
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yaw darko 9 years ago

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

Mahama the most idiot.

Mahama the most idiot.
sam 9 years ago

Now the IMF, is advising a whole sovereign nation,because it cannot take care of itself.Black man,black sense does not understand the world, which is plain and simple. Even after getting help, it will go back again.

Now the IMF, is advising a whole sovereign nation,because it cannot take care of itself.Black man,black sense does not understand the world, which is plain and simple. Even after getting help, it will go back again.
FACT 9 years ago

So it is not a homegrown policy? The NDC gov't never thought of it?...lol. We thought the homegrown policy was just going to be assented to by the IMF and the gov't had already started implementing them already and even more; ...
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So it is not a homegrown policy? The NDC gov't never thought of it?...lol. We thought the homegrown policy was just going to be assented to by the IMF and the gov't had already started implementing them already and even more; eg. the pupil teachers biting the dust, nurses allowances scrapped, teachers allowances scrapped, salaries and allowances of judges and magistrates cut into 50% and in some cases scrapped, etc, etc. "It is mindboggling the NDC gov't never thought of this" and also, when the same IMF policies had put a freeze on public sector employment.
Preacher 9 years ago

Mr. President, this a big blunder if you try it. Do you want to tell the hard working citizens of Ghana that you are so naive that an international money mongers have to dictate what Ghana must to do fix her economy?. Please ...
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Mr. President, this a big blunder if you try it. Do you want to tell the hard working citizens of Ghana that you are so naive that an international money mongers have to dictate what Ghana must to do fix her economy?. Please consult your predecesors in the person of Mr. John Kuffour for an advise. Thank you.

Mahama: IMF wants Ghana to freeze public sector wages

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