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2 Years in office: Mahama falls flat on promises

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  • Remove Indemnity Clause 9 years ago

    What a failed president.

  • SAMO JEWELERY 9 years ago

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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE) 9 years ago

    AUTHOR: KOFI ************
    hehehehehehee ahahahahahahaaa....ndc filled our governance system with nobodies and non achievers like ablakwah okudzeto the judgement debt negotiator who asked ghana to pay 1.5 billion dollars to a ...
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  • BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

    NDC YOU THINK GHANAIANS ARE FOOLS? ALL INDICATIONS SHOWS JOHN MAHAMA IS INCOMPETENT HE CAME TO ENRICH HIS FAMALY AND HIS MINISTERS, WE ARE NOW IN MODERN WORLD NOBODY IS A FOOL? ITS NOT LIKE TE OLDEN DAYS WE ARE NOW WILD! WE W ...
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  • Komla Agbeshie ( Ho ) 9 years ago

    Ghanaians are not fools. Come 2016 and we will see him off. Any idiot in NDC can be president by ridge,

  • OBAA YAA 9 years ago

    Inaugurating Bui Dam is not an achievement. Credit should be given to Kaffour for his foresight……..
    This is history of Bui Dam
    •The Bui hydro-electric dam had first been envisaged in 1925 by the British-Australian g ...
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  • NO NONSENSE TAKER 9 years ago

    Pepeni is like a repist you invite into your house and you will not know untill he strikes. The virgin Ghana is raped by Pepeni. JJ knew why he castrated president Leman in none time and detests Pepeni's presidency. The goons ...
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  • Another Thief of Bagdad 9 years ago

    When the BLOOD THRSTY REBEL LEADER, AKUFO ADDO, wasted 9 months of the ELECTED PRESIDENT's time in court on frivolous issues; raised a bloody temperature of the country; intimated foreign investors from coming into the countr ...
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  • ABAAH. 9 years ago

    ANOTHER STUPID THIEF IN BAGDAD!!.WHAT INVESTORS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?.WHO WILL COME AND INVEST IN GHANA,A COUNTRY THAT HAS NO ELETRICITY FOR 24HOURS.MAHAMAH IS A FAILURE ACCEPT IT.DON'T TALK ABOUT COURT CASE OF NINE MONTHS Y ...
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  • Nzema K 9 years ago

    Electricity for industries do not just drop from heaven, you need to have a long term strategic plan in place. Mahama could have used the wasted 9months to do all these initial planing. As far as I can calculate, Mahama has b ...
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  • ABAAH. 9 years ago

    NZEMA K IT SEEMS YOU ARE CONTRADICTING YOURSELF EVEN IF IT IS 1YEAR AND THREE MONTHS WHAT HAS HE DONE ABOUT IT.I THINK HE WILL LOOSE 325,000 VOTES THEY STOLE FOR HIM.HE IS A FAILURE IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOU CAN BURN THE SEA IN N ...
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  • fredsaid 9 years ago

    Let me remind you who is blood thirsty! You were probably not born when people like your father was chanting let the blood flow and the following innocent Ghanaians were killed by JJ Rwanda Rawlings and his (P)NDC for alleged ...
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  • Pelicles 9 years ago

    Winning a presidency with just only 325 votes is incredible and most nations will tore each others throat. Ghana is really peaceful indeed and at times the president should accept the criticism coming from all angles because ...
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  • Whatever 9 years ago

    Is Mahama not building the SHS schools he promised? the universities? Has he not created a 10million seed fund for entrepreneurs? Has he not crack the whip on corruption?Has he not extended water to the people of Adenta and m ...
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  • Pelicles 9 years ago

    To have sex with our ladies or to make lives better for Ghanaians by instituting good and commonsensical economic measures? Do you think everybody will praise him?

  • SGT ANANI FIADZOE 9 years ago

    Mahama is the most hopeless, clueless,
    empty promises, corrupt, dishonest, deceit, lack of vision, poorest economical strategy and cocaine trafficking President in our political history.

    Mahama has let this nation downm M ...
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  • B B Nuhu 9 years ago

    Those who have eyes can see and thoese who have ears can hear. Those with active senses can feel the Mahama administration positively. Mahama has been the most unfortunate president in the history of Ghana but certainly the s ...
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  • B B Nuhu 9 years ago

    Those who have eyes can see and thoese who have ears can hear. Those with active senses can feel the Mahama administration positively. Mahama has been the most unfortunate president in the history of Ghana but certainly the s ...
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  • Yaw 9 years ago

    Pericles or what ever your name is I could assure you that the number quoted by the newspaper is wrong. The figure is about 325000. Please check the figure from the EC website.

  • Somisonka 9 years ago

    The votes difference is 325,772 and not 325 as indicated by the writer.

  • Efo Kwaku Canada 9 years ago

    Upon the one million ghost names the difference was 325, 772 ? And NDC stolen 30 percent from Ashanti this mean that the wise men and women in Ghana are more than the idiots and greedy bustards ,I thought NDC won by big imag ...
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  • ISSA ABONGO 9 years ago

    JOHN MAHAMA IS A MAN WITH NO VISION AND IS RUNNING GHANA ON A WHIM AND LURCHING FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS WITH NO HOPE OF SORTING OUT THE PROBLEMS(HIS OWN CREATION), HE HAS DUMPED GHANA IN. GHANA NEEDS A CHANGE AND FAST, BEFORE T ...
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  • Pelicles 9 years ago

    President Mahama can focus on one important agenda like roads and that will be his legacy for a long time but trying to tackle the huge situation in Ghana at the same time, he becomes "jack of all trade but master of none".

  • HolyGhost 9 years ago

    Nonsensical analysis

  • Nii Joromi 9 years ago

    Poverty, filth, a weak currency and corruption is a summary of this brilliant article. Only fools will disagree that Ghana is heading the wrong direction.

  • MYSELF 9 years ago

    This dimwit mahama, Atta Mills', election thief, cocaine baron, friend of aseidu kwasea oh! sorry nketia rather and an unoppossed stupid useless head of state to govern Ghana. He has failed Ghanaians seriously and has taken G ...
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  • Titriku 9 years ago

    To you

  • Atinga Kobla Atongo 9 years ago

    TWO YEARS WASTED!NOTHING BUT HARDSHIP.
    TOTAL FAILURE.

  • Second anniversary 9 years ago

    NDC has been in govt for six years! Mahama was part of mills govt and he is continuing the "better Ghana" agenda. It is not a fresh or totally new govt!!!

  • Whatever 9 years ago

    Maybe your dwelling place is not in Ghana. come and see the things Maham is doing in Ghana. water, roads, gas, farm, hospitals, leading the fight against corruption...come see how is performing creditably. Only recently he ex ...
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  • Pelicles 9 years ago

    Was he voted for have sex with our ladies or to put good measures in place to make lives better for Ghanaian? Trust me, let Mahama tarred all our roads with gold and still some will criticize him. He should use the critics ...
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  • GaBaa 9 years ago

    And as the result of the removal of fuel subsidies, Ghana was able to save 760 million cedis last year

  • Just corrected the writer 9 years ago

    Correction, he won 325,863 vote

  • fiction 9 years ago

    This mahama call president is fake n emotional immatured to rule ghana he is just a total disgrace to northerners infact whn dis guy was controversial elected as president northerners heads were held in high esteemed bt wat d ...
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  • Punchba 9 years ago

    Why can't this pepeni keep quite.If i will him, I will not promise anymore

  • Naaba kugri 9 years ago

    You and your party npp that you love so much and has almost blinded you will
    need the votes of those pepeni that you are degrading now to win election
    2016. Wait and see we sure will advice our selfs. Mark my word no an ...
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  • K.K.D 9 years ago

    CONGRATS!!!! MR. PRESIDENT. ENVYNESS AND DIRTY POLITICS WILL ALWAYS BLIND FOLD GHANAIANS. CONTINUE WITH YOUR GOOD JOB MR PRESIDO.... AND GHANA WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

  • gloria usa 9 years ago

    pepeni is a human being ok. any way presi fail totaly I will mark him 0

  • gloria usa 9 years ago

    pepeni is a human being ok. any way presi fail totaly I will mark him 0

  • K.K.D 9 years ago

    CONGRATS!!!! MR. PRESIDENT. ENVYNESS AND DIRTY POLITICS WILL ALWAYS BLIND FOLD GHANAIANS. CONTINUE WITH YOUR GOOD JOB MR PRESIDO.... AND GHANA WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

  • gloria usa 9 years ago

    pepeni is a human being ok. any way presi fail totaly I will mark him 0

  • Amoateng 9 years ago

    There's no way first term president can fulfill his promise even the second term president. Kuffour didn't fulfill even his first term promise, let alone the second term, they can do some but not all, not in USA, GERMANY, ...
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  • Amoateng 9 years ago

    There's no way first term president can fulfill his promise even the second term president. Kuffour didn't fulfill even his first term promise, let alone the second term, they can do some but not all, not in USA, GERMANY, ...
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  • gloria usa 9 years ago

    pepeni is a human being ok. any way presi fail totaly I will mark him 0

  • K.K.D 9 years ago

    CONGRATS!!!! MR. PRESIDENT. ENVYNESS AND DIRTY POLITICS WILL ALWAYS BLIND FOLD GHANAIANS. CONTINUE WITH YOUR GOOD JOB MR PRESIDO.... AND GHANA WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

  • Amoateng 9 years ago

    There's no way first term president can fulfill his promise even the second term president. Kuffour didn't fulfill even his first term promise, let alone the second term, they can do some but not all, not in USA, GERMANY, ...
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  • SHAGGY 9 years ago

    OUT OF MAHAMA 2YEARS NPP WAISTED8MONTH OF HIS TIME I WILL SUGGEST HE HAD ONLY 1YEAR 2 MONTH IN OFFICE

  • Aikins 9 years ago

    12 months minus 8 months =4. Did you see mamaha or any of his ministers for that matter at court in that 8 months? Or if they did not pay themselves, contracted loans, didn't collect taxes, durring the 8 months in court? Fool ...
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  • fredsaid 9 years ago

    Mahama was not in court; his time not wasted as you put it. He had plenty of time to do his job; unless of course he was a nervous wreck because deep down he was not sure he won the elections and afraid the judges might reve ...
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  • SHAGGY 9 years ago

    OUT OF MAHAMA 2YEARS NPP WAISTED8MONTH OF HIS TIME I WILL SUGGEST HE HAD ONLY 1YEAR 2 MONTH IN OFFICE

  • Amoateng 9 years ago

    There's no way first term president can fulfill his promise even the second term president. Kuffour didn't fulfill even his first term promise, let alone the second term, they can do some but not all, not in USA, GERMANY, ...
    read full comment

  • Amoateng 9 years ago

    There's no way first term president can fulfill his promise even the second term president. Kuffour didn't fulfill even his first term promise, let alone the second term, they can do some but not all, not in USA, GERMANY, ...
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  • ugly akufo addo 9 years ago

    he is aware

  • VOICE OF REASON 9 years ago

    Dumb Dramani has managed to run a thriving economy aground in just two years !

  • Ameen 9 years ago

    Mahama is the worse gov't in the history of our country. 2016 is almost near and ghanaians will not allow any one to steal their vote again.

  • ugly akufo addo 9 years ago

    he is sick

  • VOICE OF REASON 9 years ago

    Bad roads nationwide.Dumso nationwide.Economic fundamentals weakest since independence.So the all important question is why is Dumb Dramani still occupying the presidency?He is just a waste !

  • Jon K. 9 years ago

    What do you expect from a low IQ person
    NON ACHIEVER MAHAMA.
    Ghanaians deserve the kind of stupid President they got. Some of us knew this idiot could not do any thing, that's why we did not vote for him.

  • Nii Nartey Lartey 9 years ago

    According to the non performer President outsiders see development in Ghana than insiders. By his elementary logic Ghanaians have no eyes to see developments all around us.

    This is politically self damaging and n opportuni ...
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  • Abudu Issahaku Naakotia 9 years ago

    I urge that president Mahama should not waste his time looking at such articles, but believe that criticism is the soul's food to success. Continue with the good works. God bless Ghana.

  • Kofi Nti 9 years ago

    if there is a difference of 325,772 between Mahama and Akuffo Addo has been reducd to a mere margin of 325 votes, then such biased analysis must be taken with a pinch of salt.

  • Jam 9 years ago

    Report is mathematically wrong. The vote difference was 325,000 (three and twenty-five thousand votes). Did your mathematics teacher die before you completed your education?

  • yaman 9 years ago

    Is never late ,u still hv chance but ur guys are very stupid! sack them

  • Banawontuo Nangdem- Lawra 9 years ago

    performance of JM still better than NPP 8 yrs

  • ABAAH. 9 years ago

    YOU WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR NAME.YOU CAN SHOW YOUR STUPIDITY AND TRIBALISM AT ANY PLACE.SHAMEFUL!!.MAHAMAH IS THE MOST USELESS AND AIMLESS PRESIDENT GHANA HAS EVER GOT.THE PLACE YOU ARE SHOWS YOU HAVE A LONG TO GO.FROM ...
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  • KUMASI TRUTH 9 years ago

    Even babies in the wombs of their mothers know that Mahama is a total failure!!!
    What wrong did we do as a nation to get this sort of poor leadership!!!
    The man simply cannot tell his left from his right!!!
    He can't seem t ...
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  • Concern citizen 9 years ago

    Mahama led administration has totally disappointed we Ghanaians. The NDC gov't has nothing good to offer we Ghanaians. They re filled with lies and empty promises. Corruption and incompetence is the order of the day. Mr. pres ...
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  • Kwame 9 years ago

    Is unfortunate to have this man as president of Ghana. He promises and never fulfill. What he knows is to steal Ghana's money. He and his brother Abrahim had enriched themselves,overnight. Mahama just step down because you ar ...
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  • Ataa 9 years ago

    Who wrote this nonsensical piece. Can anybody compare the Prez achievements in 2 years with that of kufuors first term 2 years. Why are people throwing dust In our eyes. Kufuor used his first 4 years to hound political oppone ...
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  • KWAME-BELGIUM 9 years ago

    The man is only 2 years on as President and yet people of NPP are pushing him to solve problems the country is going through in this very short time. Give the man his time to do his work freely.

  • ANA BA 9 years ago

    HE HAS ACHIEVE ALOT

  • Law Speaks 9 years ago

    Mahama was comfirmed on August 29, 2013.

  • polli chelli 9 years ago

    This is a wonderful and factual article. It must be printed in big bold letters and put out in the presidential achievements list which is already in place. Unfortunately Mahama has not got that much of an excuse because he h ...
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  • zongo neymar 9 years ago

    I dnt understand human beings, do u expect the prez to come and tell you to keep your environment tidy?Are you not the one living there? So try and clean your environment regularly.

  • B B Nuhu 9 years ago

    This is how the Npp can put dust in to the eyes of people. I hate people who lie. Sometimes they just take every body for a ride. So u don't know the difference btn a hundred and a thousand? U have put this wrong information ...
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  • KWAME ERIC 9 years ago

    325 votes or 325, 772 Votes

  • weed not be crime 9 years ago

    this man is a total failure! !!resign n leave our country for us!!!

  • Michael 9 years ago

    It does not matter the insults and names you called the president he shall win again 2016 .your wishes for mahama then you Nana also shall not become president in yur life period Amen

  • chevaneza 9 years ago

    A complete stupid newspaper. I wonder if this newspaper "Today Newspaper" exists at all. How can you write a full criticisms without even one achievement. The problems listed here exist in every part of the world.

  • Gyeeda, Sada, Subah, Woyome 9 years ago

    Jon Mahama is the most stupid president on earth. He is so foolish and corrupt. He has surrounded himself with thieves like Ofuigyato Aboakwa, Asiedu Nkasei, Fiifi Kwata, Alontey Jacobus, Setkwata,Betty Mfuuld, and all the st ...
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  • Maame Abena 9 years ago

    Yes Mahama did not get a passing grade.
    He failed totally.

  • James Opoku Junior Manchester 9 years ago

    The Mahama NDC people robbed my mum of her life savings. When Ghana International Airways collapsed, Mr Newman said the Ghana Government will give us our money back. Now Mr Newman has closed his office and run away. If this i ...
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  • Prince Joe 9 years ago

    Mahama & his NDC, ministers and officials are dishonest liars and thieves. Look at Wayome case, the courts say they should retrieve the money and they haven't. Duffour and all the thieves will be persecuted when Nana Addo com ...
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  • Spencer, new york. 9 years ago

    Check your facts you put here. Some of your figures are in accurate and your subject matter falls short too. Do a realistic journalism.

  • Hard Listeners 9 years ago

    Now the president says outsiders but not Ghanaians are the ones seeing his achievements. Of course, as the proverb goes, " a liar says my witness is on the way coming".

  • ABRAMPA 9 years ago

    Mahama has failed miserably. The legacy bestowed on Ghana by his govt of 6 years is unprecedented corruption and poverty in the highest order.

  • Sammy Thinker 9 years ago

    I am entreating all Ghanaians and Africans in general to have a strong feeling of togetherness, a sense of creativity and innovation in all fields of development. Let's learn to study everything we need,buy or see.We can spen ...
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  • Sada Gyeeda Suba Rlg Judgment Debt Wo 9 years ago

    Mahama has failed miserably. The legacy bestowed on Ghana by his govt of 6 years is unprecedented corruption and poverty in the highest order.All that he is interested in is to steal from the nation's coffers in the guise of ...
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  • Gbeye 9 years ago

    What is the President saying, does his advisers advice him well or what? I want to know something from Prez Mahama if he can pay all Ghana's debts before he leaves office? Ghanaians listen to what this sensible Prez is sayin ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Mahama made no promises. He only made "prayer requests".

  • Alex 9 years ago

    We need to castrate the president because his monumental failure knows no bounds.He is damned corrupt.

  • Agustine Aidoo Washington D.C. 9 years ago

    prez Mahama beat Nana Akuffo Addo by 325,772 votes not 325 as been peddled around by TODAYS Newspaper

  • kre 9 years ago

    Mahama is just playing politics with Ghanaians. He is waiting for 2016 to start fulfilling some of his unsustainable promises for cheap political points in order for him to win elections

  • RICHMOND GALLEY 9 years ago

    I AGREE THAT THERE STILL EXIST MUCH TO BE DONE BUT I DON'T HOLD THE VIEW THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS AS POOR AD THE WRITER WILL WANT US TO BELIEVE. WE CURRENTLY HV A CHALLENGES INTHE ENERGY SECTOR BUT THE MANY INTERVENTIONS A ...
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  • Joe Cantankerous 9 years ago

    Mahama w ill deliverin 2015 and 2016 and mighteven win the 2016 elections

  • B B Nuhu 9 years ago

    The minority leader and his Npp must wait for a long time and if given the chance one day they can then implement their too known policies. They know a lot when in opposition but does nothing in power. Kuffuor only enjoyed th ...
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  • wake up mr 9 years ago

    When u are in office the way u speak must be different from when u are doing campaign mr president fulfill ur promise ooo.