Sakara's defection a machination to destroy CPP - Samia

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aikins 8 years ago

Well I wish you all political parties in Ghana the best except ndc and Akuah Donkor

Well I wish you all political parties in Ghana the best except ndc and Akuah Donkor
ATSU, HO 8 years ago

UNTIL SAMIA GETS TO APPRECIATE THAT THE FACT THAT SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF NKRUMAH IS NOT ENOUGH TO ORGANISE A PARTY , THE CPP WILL NEVER BE ATTRACTIVE.
WHY DID NDOUM LEAVE WHAY IS SAKARA LEAVING _ JUST ONE REASON, SAMIA!!!

UNTIL SAMIA GETS TO APPRECIATE THAT THE FACT THAT SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF NKRUMAH IS NOT ENOUGH TO ORGANISE A PARTY , THE CPP WILL NEVER BE ATTRACTIVE.
WHY DID NDOUM LEAVE WHAY IS SAKARA LEAVING _ JUST ONE REASON, SAMIA!!!
Dery 8 years ago

CPP is finisehd because of you samia. Stop wasting your time now. Come Noveber 2016, you will get less that 0.001% of the votes. You are too ambitious and fail to buy your time. CPP is finished.

CPP is finisehd because of you samia. Stop wasting your time now. Come Noveber 2016, you will get less that 0.001% of the votes. You are too ambitious and fail to buy your time. CPP is finished.
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Author:-tontrobi....
Indiscreet and insensitive statements like this by a person who has been appointed to head the EC by a govt whose stay in power was largely determined by either the dishonesty or incompetence of Afari-G ...
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Author:-tontrobi....
Indiscreet and insensitive statements like this by a person who has been appointed to head the EC by a govt whose stay in power was largely determined by either the dishonesty or incompetence of Afari-Gyan, now confirms to all of us that the woman is not impartial.

So far everything that has come out of her mouth over the past few days, shows that she has been put into that position to do a hatchet job for the NDC.

At the very least, even if she is not partisan, this woman is not mature enough to hold such a sensitive public position. She should know that the subject of Afari-Djan raise strong emotions in the public domain and for her to overlook those concerns and to go ahead and publicly praise him simply means that she is either looking for trouble or she is not sensible enough to know what she is doing or where she is at.

I do not hold any political sympathies for the NPP but looking at current developments, I have a deep worry about the future of the country.
Concerned 8 years ago

Talk is cheap. I don't think much of abu sakara myself but what exactly can samia offer? Don't tell us you have a vision without telling us what it is.

Talk is cheap. I don't think much of abu sakara myself but what exactly can samia offer? Don't tell us you have a vision without telling us what it is.
Ebo Hagan 8 years ago

CPP caused Ghana so many problems with thier type of rule. President for life and no Vice, one party state where political opponents are persecuted nad tortured. Look at what is hapenning in Gambia(Jammeh), Cameroon(paul Biya ...
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CPP caused Ghana so many problems with thier type of rule. President for life and no Vice, one party state where political opponents are persecuted nad tortured. Look at what is hapenning in Gambia(Jammeh), Cameroon(paul Biya, Togo(Eyadema) Zimbabwe(Mugabe), Burundi(Nkumanzana) and many other African countries. Is all dictatorship and no prograss. They are still following Nkrumah's bad example.
Africanus 8 years ago

Why are you not telling us what those who overthrew Nkrumah's government did for Ghana? We are in this mess because those who came after Nkrumah did not know what they were doing. The man ruled Ghana for only 9 years and you ...
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Why are you not telling us what those who overthrew Nkrumah's government did for Ghana? We are in this mess because those who came after Nkrumah did not know what they were doing. The man ruled Ghana for only 9 years and you blame him for all the problems Ghana has faced over the 57 years of our independence. If those who ruled Ghana for the last 48 years knew what they were doing, Ghana should have been like South Korea by now. Our problem as a people is that we just throw irrational blames around, no logic.
KOFI YAROO 8 years ago

GO FOR THE CHIEF LIE LIE MAN BAWUMIA

GO FOR THE CHIEF LIE LIE MAN BAWUMIA
Jude 8 years ago

You are acting like a spoilt brat

You are acting like a spoilt brat
James 8 years ago

Samia you are wasting our time and yours.
People had high hopes when you came on the political scene but so far nothing and you are losing all your strong supporters

Samia you are wasting our time and yours.
People had high hopes when you came on the political scene but so far nothing and you are losing all your strong supporters
Belewa Abacha 8 years ago

Keep on dreaming girl!

Did u inherit your dictictorial traits from
Kwame or Fathia said you could act so? You'll soon be a one woman cpp party.

Keep on dreaming girl!

Did u inherit your dictictorial traits from
Kwame or Fathia said you could act so? You'll soon be a one woman cpp party.
Jake 8 years ago

Our party is still planted by rivers across the country. It's leaves may have withered, but soon, it shall bear good fruits. The bad fruits would fall before the harvest. They the bad fruits shall be gathered along with the d ...
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Our party is still planted by rivers across the country. It's leaves may have withered, but soon, it shall bear good fruits. The bad fruits would fall before the harvest. They the bad fruits shall be gathered along with the doubters, the liars, false tongues, the certificate-less, the false document perpetrators, along with the chaff, and burned, just as they burned the books of the Great Dr. Keane Nkrumah.
Asamoah Buaben 8 years ago

The 8 Year rule of Kuffour and the NPP saw the period of the greatest corruption scandals and mass looting ever witness in Ghana. Kuffour never for once investigated any corruption case brought under his presidency. Kuffour w ...
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The 8 Year rule of Kuffour and the NPP saw the period of the greatest corruption scandals and mass looting ever witness in Ghana. Kuffour never for once investigated any corruption case brought under his presidency. Kuffour would ask his critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General would go mumu. See no evil talk, no evil whilst the country was milked dry.

In JM we have a president who would investigate any case of malfeasance, though we believe he could do more by being militant about it. Don’t you love this president? Going down memory lane

1. VRA lost ?14bn in a deal with Sahara- Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil
2. President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied giving a $13 million loan to Ghana for the purchase of police cars
3. 100 Police Cars cost $1.375 NOT $13 million - Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil
4. The NDC group in parliament wanted an explanation of the circumstances under which funds were secured for the purchase of the vehicles especially since the government claimed to be adherents of a policy of zero tolerance for corruption - Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil
5. Authorities in the U.S. and Ghana are investigating the Ghanaian company EO, which hit the jackpot with a share in the largest of all recent offshore discoveries in Africa – the Jubilee oilfield. - Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil
6. Cosmos- EO is suspected of using ties to the Kufuor administration to gain preferential terms, according to a financial times report. - Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil
7. Who is behind EO?
8. EO was created by two US-based Ghanaians. Kwame Bawuah Edusei, the E in the company, is a medical doctor, stalwart of the former ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP), and according to his political allies a friend of ex-president Kufuor. He was appointed ambassador first to Geneva and then Washington, where he served until last January.
9. George Owusu, the O in the group, was a Houston-based businessman who worked for oil companies including as a commodities manager for Royal Dutch Shell. Until recently he was also the representative for Kosmos in Ghana.

10. US oil giant, Anadarko International Oil Company, has blown the whistle on the shape of how oil exploration licenses were awarded under the NPP government, saying they and their partners, Hess, were asked to part with 5% of their stake to, ‘an unknown Ghanaian party,’ as a condition for being awarded the South Deepwater Tano block for oil exploration.

“We were informed that if we made such a strong bid, it would overcome a previous demand by then Chairman of GNPC, Stephen Abankwa, that we carry an unknown Ghanaian party for five percent (5%) something neither Hess nor Anadarko can do, given that we are both subject to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other related US legislation,” Anadarko revealed.

Anadarko, who had put up an individual bid, alongside Hess and others, stated in a protest letter to the Minister of Energy, Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei that the above demand, was made of them after they were encouraged by GNPC to combine their individual bids for a joint one.

11. NIK AMARTEIFIO Nik Amarteifio is a bosom friend of former President Kufuor, he is also the man who brought Telenor to replace Telekom Malaysia. Telenor, according to a recent government investigation criminally run down Ghana Telecom. - Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil
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Kufour’s government paid Telenor a whopping $600,000 for the business plan they used to secure a Ghana Telecom management contract in response to an international advertisement inviting strategic investors to partner Ghana Telecom. Eventually, Telecom Malaysia sued the government in an international arbitration and walked away with a handsome compensation.
Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil
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Nik was appointed by former President Kufuor to serve on the board of Bank of Ghana, and was rumored to be the President’s ear on activities at the Central Bank of Ghana.

Nik’s offshore investments, which stretch from Channel Islands in the UK to his equity stock option in Canada are under investigation by The Enquirer. Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil

14. STEPHEN SEKYERE-ABANKWA Mr. Stephen Sekyere-Abankwa, who was appointed by President Kufuor to serve as GNPC Board Chairman, remains a very close pal of the former President Kufuor. He is rumored to have served as a quiet financial advisor to the former President.

Mr. Abankwa, is currently the Managing Director of Prudential Bank Ltd in Ghana.

During the Ghana@50 celebrations, the Office the President guaranteed about $10 million for him and his partners to secure a loan facility from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to construct residential accommodation. By press time yesterday, Mr. Abankwa and his group had still not been able to pay up the loan they took from workers’ pension contribution. Interest on the loan has reached about 4 billion Cedis. Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil

15. MOSES BOATENG When Energy Minister, Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei, referred the Anadarko letter to the then Managing Director of GNPC, Mr. Moses O. Boateng for his response, he gave the minister what could at best be described as half-truths in a letter dated March 9, 2009.

Mr. Boateng stated, for instance, that “In terms of financial and technical capabilities the two companies were found to be almost at par and GNPC would be indifferent as to which of them was eventually awarded the block.”

This assertion is not supported by the facts as a cursory glance at the track record of Aker ASA, Anadarko, Hess and Chemu, would leave no one in doubt that the two US companies, Anadarko and Hess are streets ahead of their Norwegian and Ghanaian counterparts in their technical and financial capabilities as well as all other departments of the oil industry.

Again, in a table that purported to compare the terms of the Hess-Anadarko and Aker ASA applications for the Tano Deepwater, Mr. Boateng was not forthright with the minister. He actually, matched the raw bid of Hess-Anadarko against the negotiated terms under the Aker ASA – Chemu Power agreement. Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil

16. This obviously was to misrepresent to the new minister that the bid of the latter was better.

However, a review of the Petroleum Agreement signed with Aker ASA, revealed that contrary to the requirements of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Law, PNDC Law 84, the company neither registered nor incorporated a company under the laws of Ghana.

That Agreement was ratified by Parliament on November 5, 2008. But Aker ASA, got Aker Ghana Limited incorporated on October 29, 2008 with certificate of incorporation number, CA-51,646, to commence business on October 30, 2008.

Aker ASA sought to assign its interest to Aker Ghana Limited, as a means of regularizing the agreement. However, by a letter dated December 30, 2009 the Energy Minister, declined the request, since the original agreement was invalid.

According to him, “The assignment you have requested is legally impossible in view of the underlying failure of compliance with the law.”

The minister, by a copy of that letter advised GNPC to reimburse Aker ASA with costs incurred in acquiring data, since such data acquired belonged to GNPC. He notified Aker ASA that it was going to reactivate negotiations which had commenced previously with the Anadarko/Hess application.

The relevant clauses under Section 23(15) of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Law PNDC Law 84, states that a contractor (foreign company):

“which is not an incorporated company in Ghana under the Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179) shall (a) register an incorporated company in Ghana under the provisions of the Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179) to be authorized to carry out solely petroleum operations in respect of which a petroleum agreement or petroleum sub-contract has been entered into under this Law and such signatory shall be a signatory to any petroleum agreement;”

“(b) maintain an office or establishment in Ghana to carry out petroleum operations and shall have in charge of such office or establishment a representative with full authority to act and to enter into binding commitments on behalf of the contractor or sub-contractor, as the case may be; and, continues with subsection (c) that:

“In respect of such petroleum operations, open and maintain an account with a bank in Ghana.”

Companies, such as Kosmos Energy, Tullow Oil, Anadarko, Sabre Oil and Gas Holdings have all registered their companies under Ghana’s Companies Code, to facilitate their compliance with the law before entering into petroleum agreements for their blocks. Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil

17. THE NORWEIGIAN CONNECTION

One shocking revelation from the GNPC boss to the Minister was that in awarding the South Deep Water Tano block to Aker ASA, they were influenced by factors such as “The Norwegian Government’s Support to Ghana in restructuring the oil and gas industry together with their support for training of Ghanaian staff” The GNPC boss further noted that “the keen interest of the Norwegian Ambassador in GNPC affairs became a plus in favor of Aker”

According to Mr. Boateng, one other consideration for awarding the field to Aker ASA was the fact that “.there were relatively too many American companies in the basin namely, Kosmos, Hess, Anadarko and Vanco,” but “There were only two European companies - Tullow and Vitol, the decision was to spread and therefore favored Aker.”

The above has generated a geo-political controversy as to whether the Norwegian government twisted the arms of the previous government in awarding the field to Aker.

Observers say the mention of the interest of the Norwegian Ambassador is akin to the controversial role played by the British Ambassador to Ghana in the sale of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone, a British telecom giant. - Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up, Opana the Attorney General go mumu. See no evil talk no evil.

18. Hotel Waa Waa Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up
19. Anane saga, Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up
20. Asa Bee, Zuleika Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up
21. Ghana @50 Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up
22. Property grabbing , Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up
23. Ghana Airways Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up
24. The renovation of Kuffour mansion by unknown farmer Kuffour asked critics to bring evidence or forever shut up
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This was mass looting.
This is what the useless NDC communicator should be discussing. Turn the heat on them now and sustain it. You don’t have time at your disposal.
Boahemaa 8 years ago

Samia is destroying the party, she has no vision for the party. She take money from NPP just to sell our party to them.

Samia is destroying the party, she has no vision for the party. She take money from NPP just to sell our party to them.
KHAKI 8 years ago

CHRONOLOGY OF INSTABILITY OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THE CPP SINCE 1992: KOW NKENSEN ARKAAH (LATE)1992- 1996 (NDC 1ST VEEP): GEORGE PANIN 1996 (NPP MINISTER OF CUTURE - 2000 TO 2004):PROF.GEORGE AGGUDEY (2004)LOST TO PAA K ...
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CHRONOLOGY OF INSTABILITY OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THE CPP SINCE 1992: KOW NKENSEN ARKAAH (LATE)1992- 1996 (NDC 1ST VEEP): GEORGE PANIN 1996 (NPP MINISTER OF CUTURE - 2000 TO 2004):PROF.GEORGE AGGUDEY (2004)LOST TO PAA KWESI NDUOM IN 2008 AND WITHDREW ASSETS DONATED TO THE PARTY TO FURNISH ITS HEAD OFFICE: DR PAA KWESI NDUOM (2008)LOST TO DR ABU SAKARA IN 2012 AND BROKE AWAY TO FORM HIS OWN PARTY (PPP): DR ABU SAKARA (2012), DEFECTS FROM THE CPP ON SUSPICION THAT SAMIA NKRUMAH IS GOING TO CONTEST HIM IN HER FATHER'S PARTY. HENCE THE EQUATION BECOMES: ARKAH = ATTA PANIN = GEORGE AGGUDEY = PAA KWESI NDUOM = ABU SAKARA
KHAKI 8 years ago

ENVY GO KILL YOU. IS IT BECAUSE YOUR PARTY NDC LACKS AN ECONOMIC GURU LIKE DR MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA, THE REASON FOR YOUR HATRED FOR HIM? I PITTY THE WOMB THAT CONCEIVED YOU! HE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPOSE YOUR DIABOLICAL MOVES UNTIL YOU ...
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ENVY GO KILL YOU. IS IT BECAUSE YOUR PARTY NDC LACKS AN ECONOMIC GURU LIKE DR MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA, THE REASON FOR YOUR HATRED FOR HIM? I PITTY THE WOMB THAT CONCEIVED YOU! HE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPOSE YOUR DIABOLICAL MOVES UNTIL YOU PEOPLE ARE GONE.
Boahemaa 8 years ago

Comrades let's vote against Samia in the up coming presidential congress on 30th January.She doesn't have anything to offer our party. If she gives you money to vote for her, colllect it but don't vote for her. She has no vis ...
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Comrades let's vote against Samia in the up coming presidential congress on 30th January.She doesn't have anything to offer our party. If she gives you money to vote for her, colllect it but don't vote for her. She has no vision for the party.
Jake 8 years ago

Get away from us, carry your load oo boahema or whoever you are. Go be part of the chaff that would soon burn

Get away from us, carry your load oo boahema or whoever you are. Go be part of the chaff that would soon burn
Better Ghana no matter what 8 years ago

Same think the party is for her. CPP needs a change and remove this woman. What has she done for Ghana or as an MP? She is just trying to use her fathers name. To many fools in Ghana politics. Actually 99.99% are not supposed ...
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Same think the party is for her. CPP needs a change and remove this woman. What has she done for Ghana or as an MP? She is just trying to use her fathers name. To many fools in Ghana politics. Actually 99.99% are not supposed to be there but if u let illiterates vote, then then this is what u get.
Boahemaa 8 years ago

@ Jake hahahahaha,you are very funny. I have exposedd ur secrets errh lol, Samia will lose becos she not a leader n can't lead our party to victory. Smh

@ Jake hahahahaha,you are very funny. I have exposedd ur secrets errh lol, Samia will lose becos she not a leader n can't lead our party to victory. Smh
Ekow Samuel. 8 years ago

Very great talks Madam Samia yaaba,God bless you and oman Ghana.

Very great talks Madam Samia yaaba,God bless you and oman Ghana.
Aseidu keteke 8 years ago

Sakara is too good for cpp he should never have been there in the first place.He has now made a wise move l. Shame on all of you who accussed him of being ndc or npp he had gone independent because he is a nationalis to a par ...
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Sakara is too good for cpp he should never have been there in the first place.He has now made a wise move l. Shame on all of you who accussed him of being ndc or npp he had gone independent because he is a nationalis to a party worshipper who forgets they live in a nation. As for samia and her cheap saliva talks only now will ghanaians see her for what she really is. She is an opportunist who wants a monopoly on her father's name and legacy. She is fighting her own brothers and sisters leave alone party members. Many party members are so obsessed with kwame nkrumah so they are blind to her machinations and apply double standards that allow her to ddecide to do anything without official sanctions. This offensive rot in the party is why the people of substance move away to better ground. Those who stay have no where to go and ca not survive competition outside. They wallow in self praise in a pit of mediocrity. They want to be big fish in small ponds.Sakara is bold and will thrive outside cpp no matter where he goes. Shameless samoa will now put the last nail in the coffin if cpp as a presidential candidate if she succeeds. Predictions are that she will faik in her bid because sakara was the front runner and very popular in the party. His exit has unleashed backlash of anger against samia and her cabal of personality cult worshippers.
Aseidu keteke 8 years ago

Yes ooh Sakara is a nationalist. He is not a party worshipper that forgets they live in a country and not a party. The idotic practice of blind partisan politics is killing the natuon. Welcome to Sakara's National Interest P ...
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Yes ooh Sakara is a nationalist. He is not a party worshipper that forgets they live in a country and not a party. The idotic practice of blind partisan politics is killing the natuon. Welcome to Sakara's National Interest Platform. We shall all vote for him as an independent presidential candidate if he stands on this platform. Sakara shiukd keep talking for ordinary ghanaians as he focuses on national issues not partisan interests. Samia's brain is a parrit brain. She only keeps repeating dead old ideological phrases which have no relevance in modern ghana. She should find somewhere to hide and chop her ill gotten riches from robbing cpp party.

Sakara's defection a machination to destroy CPP - Samia

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