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Gov’t diverts $250m Eurobond money to private bank - Bawumia

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  • auffo addo retirement party 8 years ago

    Very funny ghanaweb, you just realized you published something good about the president so you had to repost a Bawumia lie.

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE ( OFIE P33 ) 8 years ago

    Author:-OFOSUAA..... JJ Rawlings knows too well that he has unleashed a group of monsters and nation wreckers on Ghanaians bcos this current ndc is never what he dreamt of at all at all…..this ndc fears to use the very word ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

    I like the NDC government because of solid infrastructure developments going on all over the country, especially Western,Central Eastern and B/A, This gov is using our monies judiciously, and because of this I and my family a ...
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  • eugene 8 years ago

    and probably a boko harem too

  • j0eY l0nD0n 8 years ago

    These were their characteristics in the sixties but majority of the masses are no longer tuning into Everlasting battery powered radio sets for them to spread their dirty wicked lies.

  • edi 8 years ago

    BAWUMIA WANTS GHANA KIDS TO LEARN TO TALK ARABIC AND STUDY ISLAM IN GHANA SCHOOLS.WE SHOLD NEVER FORGET HIS HIDDEN MUSLIM AGENDA THAT WILL NEEVER HAPPEN IN PEACFULL CHRISTIAN
    GHANA

  • blade 8 years ago

    well, jj can't do anything. he is powerless now and sobbing but was he clean too?

  • aikins 8 years ago

    Lord God of Israel please intervene or else mahama and his family and friends will collapse our dear nation through corruption.

  • edith 8 years ago

    we will re-elect mahama and ndc so bawumia and npp wont force Arabic and Islamic studies on our kids in school

  • Akua Mansa 8 years ago

    Ghana is indeed gone to the Dogs

    Manama and his incompetent Looting Brigade stifling Ghana. What a shame

    Mahama is running the country into the Abyss

    Let's save Ghana and vote these Idiots out

  • Nun 8 years ago

    Akua Mansa greedy, uncivilised bastard. How does that feel? Learn to control your mouth.

  • Brian Williams 8 years ago

    What is the legislative branch of government doing about this? Why did the governor of the central bank of Ghana allow this? This is criminal and must be dealt with as such.

  • Nun 8 years ago

    It is his kind of lie that forms the foundation of violence in Ghana. The NPP tells lies and it's uneducated people act on these lies. I am surprised that Bawumia has not been forced to prove some of these silly things he say ...
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  • samson 8 years ago

    AS USUAL BAWUMIA IS PEDDLING A LIE. THIS IS ANOTHER GAFF THAT HE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR SOONER THAN LATER.

  • Nana Obiri Agyei 8 years ago

    Tell us the truth

  • Hanson 8 years ago

    You may dislike the man for whatever reason known to you but let's not allow partisanship to blind us. The man Bawumia has always gotten it correct in his predictions and allegations. This is a serious allegations coming from ...
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  • eugene 8 years ago

    your part of the band of theives that will burn in hell for eternity

  • NANA 8 years ago

    Can you prove it?

  • kk 8 years ago

    Are u seriously making such a silly remark with regards to what Bawumia said. Any reasonable and sensible person would at least wait for the gov't to respond. After all the things Bawumia has said and was vilified by the gov' ...
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  • Klinker 8 years ago

    Is Bawumia a true banker or economist? What is he talking about? Is he saying that if you have money at the bank you can not go back the same bank and borrow money? Does Bawumia as a banker knows how banks create money?

  • Prof. Issifu, USA 8 years ago

    What an incompetent government! Ghana is bleeding profusely

  • Native 8 years ago

    If Bawumia can prove what he is saying then that is fraud not incompetence and the government must be sued to answer.

  • Nii 8 years ago

    Please don't judge politicians from what they promise. They are all liars. On one hand we have a grade D president called Mahama but at least the country is safe. On the other hand you have an "all die be die" cemetry bound i ...
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  • pee 8 years ago

    Oh mither Ghana If you have allortey Jacobs akua donkor Solomon nkansah Peter otukonor kobby fiagbe and the low class mentally retarded people as state advisors to president mahama what do you expect.Ghana is finished

  • Why Are They So Stupid 8 years ago

    The ongoing financial malfeasance by this administration is a threat to the security of Ghanaiana now and generations to come. Mahama must just leave and go, we and our children faces a bleak future.

  • ATSU, HO 8 years ago

    Ah this man be ggod oh!

  • Kojo Billy Duncan 8 years ago

    Has the private bank got no name? Or is it a matter of giving it a name and if it is a lie one risks being sued?

  • kk 8 years ago

    For those of u going on the tandem of naming the bank, doesn't it occur to u that putting the name of the bank out there when the bank for no fault of theirs has money deposited in their account gives them a bad image. Some p ...
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  • E T M 8 years ago

    Barwumia predicted all these economic hardship, but he was lambasted by this unthinkable, reckless, incompetent and this failed accountant doing the job of an economist.

  • ADAM SOULE-MAN 8 years ago

    THE FUTURE REVOLUTION WILL CRUCIFY THEM

  • Francis Kya 8 years ago

    Them de hit town with Manhandra pickups .....Ali Baba Mahama and his 40 thieves have hit town ooooo

  • Tawiah 8 years ago

    He is right but NPP will still loose to the NDC, and that isn't pretty at all?

  • Akans Prophecies 8 years ago

    Yes, because as you see , the strategy of Ndc is obvious. It is based on fraud electoral. Consistent frauds at the pollings station coupled with bribery in the Ec and even among Npp poll agents.And finally, agression and int ...
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  • Mary Ofosu 8 years ago

    Stop making wild allegations. If you have the proof why don't you show it to the Ghanaians, after all it will benefit you politically.

  • Kwaku Atta 8 years ago

    Senseless bitch...

  • Wisdom Kwame 8 years ago

    This is the time to tell us the common men on the street what interventions NPP will make concerning school fees, utility bills, hospital bills, transport fares, food prices, rents etc and not Eurobond allegation. Take a cu ...
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  • Chris 8 years ago

    So him educating Ghanaians, how the ndc government, is borrowing in our names recklessly, left, right and center. To you is unimportant? The action and inactions of this ndc government will have disastrous implications on no ...
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  • kk 8 years ago

    Twat, some of u the level of hypocrisy and stupidity u exihibite is beyond believe. Are u saying u have never heard of any policy statement from npp. I am sure even if u hear it u will still have something to complain
    Stop ...
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  • Kk 8 years ago

    Look at this guy again and his comic economic analysis. Bawumia what is the. name of the private bank where the money has been transferred? Give us the name of the private bank involved.

  • Chris 8 years ago

    You'd enquire yourself if indded you really are a good citizen, but no, you rather spend your time to defend the government instead of your country. Pathetic

    He has made the claim it's up to the government to refute it.

  • Gentleman 8 years ago

    SADA, SUBA, WATERVILLE, WOYOME, SMARTTYS, ISOFOTON, GYEEDA, MAHAMA PRESIDENCY, MUNTAKA, TSATSU EX GRATIA, KUMASI AIRPORT, RIDGE HOSPITAL SCANDAL, KASOA AND CIRCLE INTERCHANGES, DKM, DUBAI PROPERTIES, AMERI, FUEL STATIONS, ECG ...
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  • spiritual buldozzer 8 years ago

    I voted for ndc since they one.i m ndcian But the smartness and the intelligence of the last hero in ghana bawumiar put me in dilema actually dont know who to vote for .i still love ndc but the guy bawumir is superb.who shoul ...
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  • SADIK LATEST 8 years ago

    Why are you doing this to yuorself Doc? Can you plse bring on board the alternatives that you can give to us Ghanaians, when you're given the opportunity instead of the wild allegations all round.

  • agyemang 8 years ago

    The president since last week had been tag by Adoyea if I get the name right corruption and Dr. Bawumia also coming out with this information. If these gentle men are not making things up then the President must as a matter o ...
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  • CATAPULT 8 years ago

    Why is John Mahama, Amissah Arthur, Seth Terkper, Abdul Nashiru the new Gov of the BoG, Omane Boamah and Co. not speaking to these matters?
    Ghanaians want to know of the 1 billion dollars borrowed on the capital market thro ...
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  • Bobby Brown 8 years ago

    Your git ideas would forever remains in your head. Ewu ewu.

  • Dessie 8 years ago

    can someone tell this guy to shut-up.no one buying election rthetorics

  • Kotei Ashie 8 years ago

    This man cannot be a vise president. He has an agenda to push Islamism down our throats. I don't even know why every running mate of a political party flag bearer must hav an Islamic name. Partner should be picked based on me ...
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  • Derek 8 years ago

    This government will do anything possible to stay in power even at the expense of the people they are supposed to represent. Daylight robbery. Look at the cost of living in Ghana today due to such silly incompetent decision. ...
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  • eD 8 years ago

    LOOK AT THE LIST OF RICHEST IN GHANA IN 2013 AND MAJORITY OF POLITICIAaNS ARE ON THE LIST NO WONDER THEY REFUSE TO DECLARE THEIR ASSETS AS MANDATED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. HYPOCRITES!

    Talk about the real issues about th ...
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  • Ben sikakrom 8 years ago

    eD your comment is true but I want you to check 2008 Edition and join me condemn NPP and NDC corupt government because any change in government in Nov7 will be worse than kufuor and Mahama

  • Kojo, Kumasi 8 years ago

    Please give us a break from lies. You are only good at peddling lies. Provide proof.

  • AYISAM 8 years ago

    Western Journalists will fall over each other to follow this sweet allegation to the Exchequer for the truth and only the truth since the allegation is not coming from their news houses. Over to you, True Ghanaian Journalists ...
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  • AFOKOS FAITHFULL 8 years ago

    YOU LEFT YOUR LUCRATIVE CARER ,COME FOLLOW INTELLECTUALLY WEAK INDIVIDUAL, SOMEBODY WHO ESCAPED LEGON WITH A THIRD CLASS DEGREE IN ECONS,SOMEONE WHOSE INTELLECT BECOME EXTREMELY DEFECTIVE DUE TO CONSTANT ABUSE OF ILLEGAL SUB ...
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  • Landlord, Bolga Zongo 8 years ago

    This man, Bawumia is actually becoming a nuisance. This reckless and shameful allegation is so vile and irresponsible. Recklessly, he couldn't provide the name of this LOCAL BANK.

  • Chris 8 years ago

    Bush boy bawumia what's wrong with you ? are you mad or what ..am so sorry for you ..useless talk

  • Chris 8 years ago

    Go way you bawumia.. You and acid man akufo addo.. Will never be come a leaders in this country.. You can only do that in npp party but not the whole Ghana..

  • Nana Kwaku 8 years ago

    Allow your head some space and not your heart.

  • K Mensah 8 years ago

    How do you know that he is lying?

  • Honest Thruth 8 years ago

    You and your family can vote for black mambas to invade your house on Nov. 7th
    Nana will till win
    By the way, you are a liar. Never have been, and never will you be accepted as a member. Just a gutter follower of the NDC ...
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  • kutsi 8 years ago

    Nobody takes this liar called Bawumia serious any longer. Where is the evidence of the 90% bloated voters register from BF, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Afghanistan? This Bawumia should be invited by the police to proof his poi ...
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  • Golden Boy 8 years ago

    May God bless Dr Bawumia for always reviling to us the reality and the thievery in NDC government, NDC has no plans for Ghana, they came to steal and destroy our future, Inshaala change is coming

  • Dunga 8 years ago

    why did we vote this gov't into power atall? Do they really believe in judgement day? God will one day judge them all

  • VOICE OF REASON 8 years ago

    By the time this corrrupt greedy buffoon is voted out in November 7,Ghana would be utterly bankrupt.....mark my words

  • Daniel Domfeh 8 years ago

    Dr Bawumia has always gotten it right. P/NDC has had over 28 years out of Ghana's 59 years so why should the current generation still believe their crap of unemployment and deplorable stat of Ghana, i am wild awake NPP all th ...
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  • PAULO 8 years ago

    Mahama and the NDC must be rejected come November.

  • Ibn Batuta 8 years ago

    Sad I never expect the NDC to the very bad things the NPP did during their 8 yr tenure. As deputy governor at the BOG under the NPP, Bawumia oversaw the deposition of GoG loans into Prudential bank whose owner is a close padd ...
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  • Ibn Batuta 8 years ago

    Corrections : must rather read. ---- NDC to do------;
    -----huge bank charges were creamed-------.

  • Gyeeda, Sada, Suba,Bus Branding Woyom 8 years ago

    Jon Maaaaama is a thief. His ministers are all thieves and they have evil intensions. God will punish them one after the other even before the 2016 elections, just mark my words.

    John Mahama must be impeached now!!



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  • Shama 8 years ago

    Bawumia is a stinking lier, I can see that like the fox, he is trying to find a hole to go and hide after his infamous divisive religious comment; he is now diverting the public attention away from himself unto what is not th ...
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  • @ Bawumia 8 years ago

    The head nodding guy again... just watch him closely in public he is always shaking his head. He will only be made hero in Nana People's party. The so called economist could not help Kufour and they had to sell ghana telecom ...
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  • akad 8 years ago

    come on. How much was a sim card before they sold Ghana telecom and how much is today? please be a bit objective.

  • Yakubu Allll 8 years ago

    Bawumia is not a liar he is always good for you and I but u maybe hate him for 1/2 reasons. That can't change him from being able to get doing good things. U NDCs are hopeful to win it in 2016 bcos u no u are in bed with the ...
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  • Nkwantabisa,Italy 8 years ago

    Asem beba dabi, nipa bedwane nso na coup nsii

  • kofi 8 years ago

    Name the private bank, or hold your peace. This guy just want to take us for a the ride.

  • Iwan 8 years ago

    Bawumia is becoming an irritant . lies here and there. Why? If you don't known how to play politics, just quit.

  • Boss 8 years ago

    We don't trust u again!all politicians ar de same!looters

  • sammy 8 years ago

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  • Hafiz Techiman 8 years ago

    Prez Mahama clearly and eloquently showed his realistic and evidence based employment plans. Bawumia did not show even one but only to spew untruths. Bawumia where is the 90% of work left on the register. Your credibility i ...
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  • SEE, HEAR AND UTTER NO EVIL 8 years ago

    Bawumia is too truthful; from pink sheet to Togolese register then to lslamic/Christian balance at flagstaff hse and now to some phantom private bank. Abba Dr, u r dragging ur reputation through de mud.

  • SEE, HEAR AND UTTER NO EVIL 8 years ago

    Mamood why put ur integrity on de line and be made the fall guy by a people who care not an
    inkling about ur kith and kin and have no scrupples about denegratingly abusing Ntafour.

  • Queen 8 years ago

    Mahama is a THIEF

  • JOHN 8 years ago

    COME OUT WITH FACTS AND HELP GHANA TO KNOW THE TRUTH. ALWAYS YOU TALK RUBBISH WITHOUT FACTS. WHAT KIND OF VICE PRESUDENT ARE YOU GOING TO BE.

  • Tuuluu 8 years ago

    Mr.Bawumia can you give us the name of that private bank? I think this man still look confuse.

  • Ghana must know. 8 years ago

    This is very serious allegation. In fact it's day light robbery if it's true. The finance minister should quickly come out and explain to Ghanaians what is happening. Politicians are given the mandate into government to work ...
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  • Ghana must know. 8 years ago

    This is very serious allegation. In fact it's day light robbery if it's true. The finance minister should quickly come out and explain to Ghanaians what is happening. Politicians are given the mandate into government to work ...
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  • Awuah, nana 8 years ago

    Please, give a break, Bawumia, why do keep on lying for Somali position on earth? Remember what Kuffour did to late Vice President : you this foolish northner will be dumped in trash container, foolish boy

  • Moby Dick 8 years ago

    The explanation should come from Asiedu Nketsia. I enjoy his contribution to such otherwise intellectual debates. His is normally full of rubbish.

  • Telemo 8 years ago

    Hmmmm I find it so hard to understand why everyone is quiet. We rather discuss or pursue issues which never bring us jobs and better life. We must wake up and start asking questions

  • deen 8 years ago

    Ghanaians want to know the said bank an the account number in which the money is paid in so that anybody at all will know the truth about the matter the man raise.

  • SIR BLAQ 8 years ago

    it shall be well one day

  • Tit 4 Tat is not a sin 8 years ago

    perpetual liar from religious politics to deceptive statements. Can u tell Ghanaians the total amount used for the redenumination of the cedi?With all your so-called competence where is the five pesewa that was rejected by p ...
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  • Wisdom 8 years ago

    I'm not suprise.

  • Rude bwoy 8 years ago

    Be wise and Support Bawumia for change .
    Becuase the NDC looting mentality is never going to stop till is stoped by the masses.
    They came to loot and to enrich thierselfs.
    Corrupt greedy bbastards !!!!

  • Uncle Perch 8 years ago

    This Bawumia guy is a stupid fool deceiving people all round.

  • North 8 years ago

    Through out the writeup we only read private bank, private bank, private bank. Which private bank? That bank has no name? Or it's Alhaji Bawumia's lies as usual.

  • Abdulrahman A. 8 years ago

    Bawumia doesn't know anything governing a nation is not about figures.All the time figures it cannot work so stop lying

  • Abdulrahman A. 8 years ago

    Bawumia doesn't know anything governing a nation is not about figures.All the time figures it cannot work so stop lying,those people who don't know bawumia his not a public figure

  • NOBODY 8 years ago

    Aplanke Bawumia was standing on a street corner last week when he observed General Mosquito flying with sacks of money attached to his wings.
    Bawumia asked Mosquito how much money he was carrying and where he was taking the ...
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