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BB 8 years ago

GOOD JOB MR. PREZ!!!!!

GOOD JOB MR. PREZ!!!!!
Komla Agbeshie ( Ho ) 8 years ago

Stop deceiving yourself because nothing good will come from this trip.Will Akua Donkor and the waste team of Mahama to Italy makes difference? Dumsor every where in Ghanaand things has falling apart which the Mahama led gover ...
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Stop deceiving yourself because nothing good will come from this trip.Will Akua Donkor and the waste team of Mahama to Italy makes difference? Dumsor every where in Ghanaand things has falling apart which the Mahama led government cannot hold.Tweaaa Mahama? a total incompetent man.
John Tetegah 8 years ago

President Mahama announced that Ghana, through the new Transformation Agenda, had positioned itself to increase the volume of cocoa processing in the country, and had started achieving significant results in that direction.
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President Mahama announced that Ghana, through the new Transformation Agenda, had positioned itself to increase the volume of cocoa processing in the country, and had started achieving significant results in that direction.

Present with him were the Minister for Trade and Industry Ekwow Spio Garbrah, Minister for Food and Agriculture Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, and the Secretary to the President Ambassador Kwesi Quartey.

So where were the people and the companies that would be processing and selling these products. Politicians don't create business deals ooo.
bex 8 years ago

Mahama should stay home and focus on providing electricity to his suffering nation.

Mahama should stay home and focus on providing electricity to his suffering nation.
APONKYE 8 years ago

How Nana wishes he was the one. But he will never be!

How Nana wishes he was the one. But he will never be!
LARYEAH 8 years ago

EBI NICE PHOTO YOUR PAPA, YOUR MAMA AND CHILDREN GO CHOP? ELFOLEFO!

EBI NICE PHOTO YOUR PAPA, YOUR MAMA AND CHILDREN GO CHOP? ELFOLEFO!
Ken Ntiamoa 8 years ago

Ken

Ken
Dessy 8 years ago

process all raw materials in ghana

process all raw materials in ghana
Atta 8 years ago

Complete wasted trip. Where is Akua Donkor? Mahama is a waste material. NDC smell

Complete wasted trip. Where is Akua Donkor? Mahama is a waste material. NDC smell
why 8 years ago

common sense should have told him you need like to process tomatoes

common sense should have told him you need like to process tomatoes
why 8 years ago

light to process tomatoes

light to process tomatoes
Kofi Nyame 8 years ago

shame on you. common sense should have told you that you just don't write anything for the public without reading through what you have written

shame on you. common sense should have told you that you just don't write anything for the public without reading through what you have written
Obedii 8 years ago

Who owns the tomatoe factory that was toured? Im sure its a private enterprise. Govt should stay out getting another loan for this. Make condition possible for private people to do this. That is the role of govt. you dont do ...
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Who owns the tomatoe factory that was toured? Im sure its a private enterprise. Govt should stay out getting another loan for this. Make condition possible for private people to do this. That is the role of govt. you dont do it yourself, you help your citizens to dev. companies.
They Say They Say 8 years ago

Problem is, the gov't will help a private enterprise to start up the plant and the next gov't will kill the enterprise, branding it as the other government's enterprise. By the way, why is that all these so called rich people ...
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Problem is, the gov't will help a private enterprise to start up the plant and the next gov't will kill the enterprise, branding it as the other government's enterprise. By the way, why is that all these so called rich people in Ghana never invest into projects like this? Some how I understand why the gov't always step into these projects even though it shouldn't because if it doesn't, nobody will. Most people look for lazy investments such as hotel, transportation, stores, commerce, etc.
Nii Lartey Nartey. 8 years ago

Where are all the nation's plants built by Great Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah? Your fake Nkrumaist NDC criminal party sold all these legacies left to disregard of evidence of such legacies and to discredit the Great man.

Your pa ...
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Where are all the nation's plants built by Great Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah? Your fake Nkrumaist NDC criminal party sold all these legacies left to disregard of evidence of such legacies and to discredit the Great man.

Your party NDC sold everything Ghana under IMF control, including state hotel enterprises which were productively active with factories like the meat, tomatoes, matches, rubber, pharmaceutical, the Nsawam factories and many more.

Now you see the need to travel to Italy just to visit a tomato factory when we destroy ours at home.

Ghana, mmmmmmmmm!!!
LMAO 8 years ago

Mahama is doing this for the chance to loot more money. Kufuor wrote the book on how to make money with overseas travel. Now Mahama is following suit: Per diems and heaven knows what other allowances.

And it's sll so path ...
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Mahama is doing this for the chance to loot more money. Kufuor wrote the book on how to make money with overseas travel. Now Mahama is following suit: Per diems and heaven knows what other allowances.

And it's sll so pathetic, as you have pointed out. NDC sold, looted, destroyed over 300 enterprises established by the great Osagyefo. Now they try to fool us by visiting tomato factories in Italy!
MARCUS AMPADU 8 years ago

President Mahama and his entourage should have learned from this trip that you need electrical power to process all your products, whether it is pineapples, tomatoes or zucchini.

President Mahama and his entourage should have learned from this trip that you need electrical power to process all your products, whether it is pineapples, tomatoes or zucchini.
LMAO 8 years ago

Ghana does not need any divine revelations on how to build and operate a tomato factory. Nkrumah built one in the sixties!!! (Stolen from state by Rawlingses).

Ghana does not need any divine revelations on how to build and operate a tomato factory. Nkrumah built one in the sixties!!! (Stolen from state by Rawlingses).
ganja 8 years ago

DID GHANA EVER HAVE A TOMATO PROCESSING FACTORY? WHAT HAPPENED TOM IT? WHAT A LOSER COUNTRY

DID GHANA EVER HAVE A TOMATO PROCESSING FACTORY? WHAT HAPPENED TOM IT? WHAT A LOSER COUNTRY
LMAO 8 years ago

All the way to Italy to see a tomato factory at taxpayers's expense! How pathetic. Some fifty years after Nkrumah opened Nsawam Cannery - stolen by the Rawlingses! Tweeeaaaah!!!

All the way to Italy to see a tomato factory at taxpayers's expense! How pathetic. Some fifty years after Nkrumah opened Nsawam Cannery - stolen by the Rawlingses! Tweeeaaaah!!!
@STUPID Douglas. Bristol-UK 8 years ago

John Mahama is just a joke, because Mr Alan Kyeremateng assured the people of Talensi about the re-opening of the tomato factory in one of their areas which was initiated by then Kuffuor government has triggered a headache on ...
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John Mahama is just a joke, because Mr Alan Kyeremateng assured the people of Talensi about the re-opening of the tomato factory in one of their areas which was initiated by then Kuffuor government has triggered a headache on this president to visit a tomatoes factory in Italy. What kind of people are these? Is it a force to be in government when you have no idea about governance? This man doesn't know the real sense of governing a nation, he hasn't got what it is to build it and he is just behaving like a movie star. Ghana is in a real trouble. How on earth can any serious president take Akua Donkor with him to meet world leaders? I can't get it and I don't get it .JACKASS governing Ghana.
WORRIED CITIZEN 8 years ago

IT SEEMS LIKE OUR PRESIDENT WAS STANDING AT MAKOLA IN ITALY BUYING TOMATOES. IN ITALY, MOST OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE FAMILY OWNED. SOME QUICK QUESTIONS, WHERE ARE OUR ACCOMPLISHED BUSINESSMEN TO DO THIS BUSINESS FOR US? WHAT H ...
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IT SEEMS LIKE OUR PRESIDENT WAS STANDING AT MAKOLA IN ITALY BUYING TOMATOES. IN ITALY, MOST OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE FAMILY OWNED. SOME QUICK QUESTIONS, WHERE ARE OUR ACCOMPLISHED BUSINESSMEN TO DO THIS BUSINESS FOR US? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PWALUGU FACTORY?
king 8 years ago

He was just there...one of the many trips to waste state funds.Nothing positive will come out of this.The most useless govt ever.

He was just there...one of the many trips to waste state funds.Nothing positive will come out of this.The most useless govt ever.
Sam 8 years ago

mr maama, u see how people are managing deir country, how do u feel. maybe u' ll learn sometin from it.

mr maama, u see how people are managing deir country, how do u feel. maybe u' ll learn sometin from it.
Say the TRUTH 8 years ago

hahahahahhhaha the JOKER MAHAMA JOKING WITH GHANA'S GOVERNANCE!!!!

AKUAH DONKOR - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR,ESCORTER AND POLITICAL STRATEGIST!!!

hahahahahhhaha the JOKER MAHAMA JOKING WITH GHANA'S GOVERNANCE!!!!

AKUAH DONKOR - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR,ESCORTER AND POLITICAL STRATEGIST!!!
fidelity 8 years ago

A wise president should travel to negotiate about how to process iron ore first not tomatoes so please go back and think about it and then send me the reply.Do not hide your feelings.

A wise president should travel to negotiate about how to process iron ore first not tomatoes so please go back and think about it and then send me the reply.Do not hide your feelings.
Asempa 8 years ago

Tomato factory? Why? You are a bloody fool Mahama.

Tomato factory? Why? You are a bloody fool Mahama.
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Paa Joe 8 years ago

PRESIDENT.

PLEASE, NOBODY WILL COME TO HELP US UNLESS WE TAKE OUR OWN INITIATIVES TI BUILD OUR OWN INDUSTRIES.

ALL THOS MACHINES YOU SAW THERE WERE NOT PRODUCED BY THE OWNER OF THE TOMATO PLANT, THEY WERE BOUGHT AND INS ...
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PRESIDENT.

PLEASE, NOBODY WILL COME TO HELP US UNLESS WE TAKE OUR OWN INITIATIVES TI BUILD OUR OWN INDUSTRIES.

ALL THOS MACHINES YOU SAW THERE WERE NOT PRODUCED BY THE OWNER OF THE TOMATO PLANT, THEY WERE BOUGHT AND INSTALLED THERE.

WHY ARE WE NOT IN THE POSITION TO GIVE LOANS AND CREDITS TO SERIOUS GHANAIAN CITIZENS WITH PRACTICAL PROFESSIONAL SKILLS WITH THE WILL IN HELPING TO BUILD A SOUND ECONOMY IN GHANA TO ACQUIRE THESE MASHINES AND FOR THEM TO RUN PROCESSING PLANTS IN THE COUNTRY.

WHY ARE SMALL COUNTRIES IN EUROPE LIKE DANEMARK, NORWAY,ICELAND, FINLAND,SWEDEN AND LUXUMBURG ALL BEEN IN THE POSITION TO BUILD A SOUND ECONOMY.

IF THE MANUFACTURING MACHINES ARE NOT PRODUCED BY THEM, THEY BUY THEM FROM ELSEWHERE,AND USE THEM TO PRODUCE VITAL PRODUCTS FOR US IN THEIR COUNTRIES.

HIS EXCELLENCY, ARE GHANAIANS EDUCATED FOR NOTHING.

IT IS TIME WE REALIZE, WHY WE ARE ECONOMIC BACKWARD,UNDERDELOPED AND EXTREME POOR.

WHO EVER THINK, HELP WILL COME FROM OUTSIDE LIVES IN A ''FOOLS PARADISE'''.

ARE WE NOT STILL AWARE OF OUR BITTER PAST.
odeneho us 8 years ago

mahama even when the tomatos process in the dumsor is like Akua Donkor

mahama even when the tomatos process in the dumsor is like Akua Donkor
ISAAC A.K.A MARCUS GARVEY- ASIA 8 years ago

Even our PERLIMENT chairs from China & Italy. oh Oman Ghana,Hmmm this NDC paa.It is time for Ghana carpenters think twice,and vote well.NDC has no Love for you guys..

Even our PERLIMENT chairs from China & Italy. oh Oman Ghana,Hmmm this NDC paa.It is time for Ghana carpenters think twice,and vote well.NDC has no Love for you guys..
Ekow Samuel. 8 years ago

Try to build the factry in Ghana.God bless you.

Try to build the factry in Ghana.God bless you.
Agonaba 8 years ago

"More of that move"

"More of that move"
NANA KWAKAME ADDO 8 years ago

It is so easytogrow tomato, so why don't you grow own in your backyard or in a container lazy people.

It is so easytogrow tomato, so why don't you grow own in your backyard or in a container lazy people.
Stephen Kwesi Nkrumah 8 years ago

Madam AKua Donkor inclusion in this trip is a clear demonstration that, NDC govt is a socialist n open up to everyone irrespective of ur credentials or personality in society, NDC ayekoo!!! u will always win the heart of rura ...
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Madam AKua Donkor inclusion in this trip is a clear demonstration that, NDC govt is a socialist n open up to everyone irrespective of ur credentials or personality in society, NDC ayekoo!!! u will always win the heart of rural community.
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By Reuters4:36PM BST 21 Jul 2015Comments10 Comments
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Italy on Tuesday for failing to provide legal recognition to same-sex couples and said the country should introduce some form o ...
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By Reuters4:36PM BST 21 Jul 2015Comments10 Comments
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Italy on Tuesday for failing to provide legal recognition to same-sex couples and said the country should introduce some form of civil union for homosexual couples.
Italy is the only major western European country that does not recognise either civil partnerships or gay marriage.
The country was taken to the Strasbourg-based European Court by three homosexual couples who all complained that Italy discriminated against them because of their sexual orientation.
In their ruling, a panel of seven judges said same-sex couples in Italy needed greater legal rights.
"The court considered that the legal protection currently available in Italy to same-sex couples ... not only failed to provide for the core needs relevant to a couple in a stable committed relationship, but it was also not sufficiently reliable," it said.
Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, said at the weekend his government would introduce a law on civil unions by the end of the year, convincing a junior minister to end a hunger strike he had started in early July to protest at the lack of legislation.
Draft legislation to allow for civil unions is blocked in the senate by thousands of amendments put forward by both the opposition and one of Mr Renzi's coalition partners.

Mapped: Where is same sex marriage legal in the world?
The European Court of Human Rights was set up in 1959 and aims to protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law across the continent. It said 24 out of 47 member states of the Council of Europe rights watchdog had already legislated in favour of same-sex unions.
It ordered Italy to pay each plaintiff €5,000 (£3,500) in damages and up to €10,000 jointly to cover their costs and legal expenses.
Support for same-sex unions has risen in Italy, especially after another predominantly Roman Catholic country, Ireland, voted in May to legalise gay marriage.
Matilda Azure 8 years ago

My prayer is that after Our president has visited the tomato factory in Italy, He will come and revamp our tomato factory in Upper East which will create jobs and also promote our tomato production and farming.

My prayer is that after Our president has visited the tomato factory in Italy, He will come and revamp our tomato factory in Upper East which will create jobs and also promote our tomato production and farming.

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