Ghana’s $100m debt to Nigeria Gas not unusual – Mona Quartey

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sam 9 years ago

SO THEY WILL FORGIVE OUR HUGH DEBT TO THEM FOR THE GAZ

SO THEY WILL FORGIVE OUR HUGH DEBT TO THEM FOR THE GAZ
Aikins 9 years ago

I thought you were going to transform the economy, when you newly came but rather it's getting worse by the day ashawo.

I thought you were going to transform the economy, when you newly came but rather it's getting worse by the day ashawo.
Helen 9 years ago

Looking for things to nail government. They will fail.

Looking for things to nail government. They will fail.
NTRA SAKYI 9 years ago

You will continue to live your life of desperation under the NDC because you were born a fool and continues to live as a fool l

You will continue to live your life of desperation under the NDC because you were born a fool and continues to live as a fool l
The mask 9 years ago

Generator Sellers,
Inverter Sellers,
Car battery Sellers,
Electrical Shop Owners,
Solar Panel dealers,
Petty Criminals,
Candle, matchbox and Lantern Retailers,
Kerosene Sellers,
Fuel Stations,
Rechargeable lamp selle ...
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Generator Sellers,
Inverter Sellers,
Car battery Sellers,
Electrical Shop Owners,
Solar Panel dealers,
Petty Criminals,
Candle, matchbox and Lantern Retailers,
Kerosene Sellers,
Fuel Stations,
Rechargeable lamp sellers

Add to the list...
DE Spinola 9 years ago

This is a clear indication of the NDC Government's inability to successfully solve Ghana's economic challenges. The reason is they don't have the right calibre of people with right knowledge, skill, experience and qualificati ...
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This is a clear indication of the NDC Government's inability to successfully solve Ghana's economic challenges. The reason is they don't have the right calibre of people with right knowledge, skill, experience and qualification to tackle the issues confronting them. Look at the Caliber of the Finance Minister and his Deputies and you can tell from the outlook they are not material for Leadership in the Finance Industry.
THINGS FALL APART 9 years ago

What a shame!. Pressed by Kafui Dey if she would concede to the figure claimed by Dr. Bawumia, this shameless deputy finance minister said: “…I don’t know that number but I’m just saying that it’s not unusual for th ...
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What a shame!. Pressed by Kafui Dey if she would concede to the figure claimed by Dr. Bawumia, this shameless deputy finance minister said: “…I don’t know that number but I’m just saying that it’s not unusual for that kind of business and, therefore, whichever agency is buying gas to produce electricity, it’s an ongoing process…yes it is a debt but it is not a burning debt.”
Things Fall Apart and the center cannot hold.
bex 9 years ago

That is how much you know. The lady is right, and Bawumia knows she is right. (He is a banker; he ought to know.) It's all politics, and Bawumia is becoming very good at it. He is now a cheap shot artist. Overall though, let' ...
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That is how much you know. The lady is right, and Bawumia knows she is right. (He is a banker; he ought to know.) It's all politics, and Bawumia is becoming very good at it. He is now a cheap shot artist. Overall though, let's give them also chance to try. Who knows, they may succeed.
david 9 years ago

WE ARE COUNTRY OF BEGGERS SO WE NEED TO GO BEG JOHNATAN GOODLUCK OF NIGERIA TO FORGIVE OUR DEBT

WE ARE COUNTRY OF BEGGERS SO WE NEED TO GO BEG JOHNATAN GOODLUCK OF NIGERIA TO FORGIVE OUR DEBT
Joe Thinker 9 years ago

What Dr Bawumia is saying is that you(NDC)own vra $1bn that's why they(vra) are not able to put Nigeria the $100m they own.
Comprehend, woman comprehend.

What Dr Bawumia is saying is that you(NDC)own vra $1bn that's why they(vra) are not able to put Nigeria the $100m they own.
Comprehend, woman comprehend.
adako 9 years ago

Obviously some people are stealing the peoples money.To bring these people to book there should be independent prosecutor preferably white person!!!.Encourage people to come out to tell us who has taken cutbacks from them in ...
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Obviously some people are stealing the peoples money.To bring these people to book there should be independent prosecutor preferably white person!!!.Encourage people to come out to tell us who has taken cutbacks from them in massive projects eg road constructions and give them immunity from prosecution.
sul 9 years ago

Where were you when kuffuor was making this stupid changing of our currency. That's the genesis of all our problems today. ONLY FOOLS WILL HAVE TIME FOR YOU.

Where were you when kuffuor was making this stupid changing of our currency. That's the genesis of all our problems today. ONLY FOOLS WILL HAVE TIME FOR YOU.
Lord Tennison 9 years ago

The circumlocutions did not answer the question.We have a right to know,including the children yet to be born whether we owe the Nigeria gas company the amount in question,who incurred the debt and,most importantly, IF the ca ...
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The circumlocutions did not answer the question.We have a right to know,including the children yet to be born whether we owe the Nigeria gas company the amount in question,who incurred the debt and,most importantly, IF the cause of the dunsor,dumsor is as a result of the indebtedness as disclosed by Dr.Bawumia.
If the cause is financial, then what is the sense in creating a new ministry and appointing a new minister to add to the weighting public sector wages and the dancing around the problem and the cacophony about renting unsustainable floating electricity generating barges for?
Somebody is not telling us the TRUTH.There is pronounced lack of integrity by the government and its appointees.
Economic statistics being brewed?Is there any cogent reason the IMF should compile our figures or subject them to their acid test and scrub our public sector wage bill of ghost names?Something which could have been handled excellently by the innumerable unemployed graduates?
Why pay all those economic advisors if they cannot estimate correctly the price of crude oil?
How funny!The IMF does not trade in crude oil.They depend on statistics from the oil producing and marketing companies.So who AT ALL will bypass the original sources and rely on a secondary source which is most likely to have distortions?Was the GNPC in deep slumber and,therefore, could not help estimate the cash flow from our portion of crude oil revenues?
No wonder that the finance minister and his entourage over-estimated crude oil income because they had buried their heads in the sand in the fashion of the proverbial ostrich and had refused to follow debates by the US Congress to open up the latter's crude oil deposits.
Absolutely nothing will work until we fix the economy.That is going to be an onerous task for a government which takes delight in lip service solutions and is accustomed to beating the side of the drum and leaving the top untouched.
Our economy is sitting on thorns,at this juncture.Any upward adjustment of the Fed's policy rate to further strengthen the USD will send the Cedi tumbling as before,bearing in mind our borderline foreign exchange reserves which is inadequate to prop up the medium of exchange and our mountainous debt.
The octopus tentacles resemblance economic predicaments have put the government in a state of quandary.
They should curtail the non-life threatening imports and shoot for a trade surplus and go all out to export,export and export!It is our magic wand.The massive borrowings at exorbitant interest rates and the panhandling from our so-called development partners are limiting.
A few years ago,China was a country of straw.All what they did was to produce comparatively cheaper and ephemeral products to undercut markets in the rich countries by purposefully holding down the foreign exchange rate of the Yuan to artificially suppress the cost of production and enhance competition.
That was the game changer.The ultimate result being a vault of trillions of USD of foreign currency reserve.Now
does China need to borrow from any country?No!Do they need the IMF?No!
Do they have to worry about a wholly depleted foreign exchange backing good only for three months of imports?No!
efo 9 years ago

only a Fool will vote for ndc

only a Fool will vote for ndc
Jay London 9 years ago

What did she say? Perhaps they are working on it> Perhaps/ Is that a government minister statement?

Come on NDC stop disgracing Ghana.

What did she say? Perhaps they are working on it> Perhaps/ Is that a government minister statement?

Come on NDC stop disgracing Ghana.
#NO MORE DUMSOR# 9 years ago

So where is the money? NDC gov't where is the money owed Nigeria for the gas supplied? Where is the money owed VRA? Where is the money owed ECG? NDC gov't where is the money? Where is the money NDC gov't?
Ghanaians are leavi ...
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So where is the money? NDC gov't where is the money owed Nigeria for the gas supplied? Where is the money owed VRA? Where is the money owed ECG? NDC gov't where is the money? Where is the money NDC gov't?
Ghanaians are leaving in darkness, dying in darkness, schooling in darkness, cooking in darkness, conducting surgeries in darkness, pregnant women are going into labour in darkness, water is not flowing to areas that normally have water, because energy to power the water distribution system is not available, everything is in darkness, businesses are collapsing meanwhile NDC gov't thievery is on the ascendancy. NDC gov't where is the money for the dumsor? Where is it???.
ADA 9 years ago

It is incredibly interesting to hearing economy managers in government displaying high level ignorance. It is my prayer God reduces the number of days making a year so that 2016 comes early for us to remove these thieves from ...
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It is incredibly interesting to hearing economy managers in government displaying high level ignorance. It is my prayer God reduces the number of days making a year so that 2016 comes early for us to remove these thieves from office
Prof. Laweri 9 years ago

Shame on you Mahama, this lady is not educated. A masters degree in finance in canada with very little experience is not enough to be a deputy minister of finance. Ghanaians must wake up and stop this nonsense. Shame on you a ...
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Shame on you Mahama, this lady is not educated. A masters degree in finance in canada with very little experience is not enough to be a deputy minister of finance. Ghanaians must wake up and stop this nonsense. Shame on you again Mahama.
Nana Adwoa New York City 9 years ago

Looking for which things to nail who is it not a fact?If I were you bootlickers I would shut up bow our head down in shame and rather point out to our clueless leader the terrible mess so he buck up

Looking for which things to nail who is it not a fact?If I were you bootlickers I would shut up bow our head down in shame and rather point out to our clueless leader the terrible mess so he buck up
Yaw Oppong Kyekyeku 9 years ago

Only an inefficient and uncaring government will refuse to admit to owing Nigeria Gas for oil imported for good economic activity. But then again the government agency does not want to acknowledge the debt meaning the money c ...
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Only an inefficient and uncaring government will refuse to admit to owing Nigeria Gas for oil imported for good economic activity. But then again the government agency does not want to acknowledge the debt meaning the money could have diverted for a private purpose. This is corruption at the best. How long is it going to take the NDC government to realize that it has done enough damage to the Ghana. This is so pathetic

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