'My electricity bill has jumped from GH¢20,000 to over GH¢200,000' - Businessman 'confronts' Bawumia in Kumasi

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  • Ashantihene is a moshi boy 1 year ago

    The nnp sees you ashantis as stupid apes. They feel they can treat you apes anyhow and still get your votes. You ugly apes must start reasoning like humans. It is only then the npp will give you Development.

  • Ashantihene is a moshi boy 1 year ago

    As for this ashantis they are as stupid as their ashawo mothers. I thought these apes inherited some sense from their moshi fathers. The man is in power and so you should be demanding he does something now to make things easy ...
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  • Drez 1 year ago

    Your fada dey look for you. He e says you should buy razor blade and go and shave his cunt hairs... hahaha

  • Does the Vice-President care? 1 year ago

    Does the NPP care about the fate of businesses?

    Do the President and Vice-President care? They are only interested in imposing taxes and raking in revenues. They are only interested in winning another election - breaking ...
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  • Kwame adekkpe 1 year ago

    Ashanti yɛntie obiara! Bawumia all the way. No matter what you say, Ghanaians prefer Bawumia to the incompetent, corrupt one, John Mahama.

  • DotCom 1 year ago

    Although you are struggling and can’t pay fees and medical expenses. Although there are daily reports of serious corruption at the highest level. Although there hasn’t been any development whatsoever. Although you have ga ...
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  • Ato 1 year ago

    Ashantes are so stupid and dump yet they called Fantes cheap people. Your ECG bill went up fro 20k to 200k with Buwumia as the head of economic management team and you expect the same Bawumia to bring it down when he becomes ...
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  • Osei 1 year ago

    Monkey no fine but in mama like am. Fantes can go to hell. NPP is an Ashanti party. Our party is not a party for comedians.

  • 1FISHERMAN 1 year ago

    Osei the spoiler ( Osei=spoiler) you dey lie. Your party the npp is purely for comedians eg Bawumia, and crooks eg Cecilia Dapaah, Bryan
    Acheampong the former US base fuel attendant, facts.

  • Cc 1 year ago

    Wo de3 gyimii de3

  • Kwame. 1 year ago

    And you are one sick racist ..highly ignorant & breath illiteracy all day ...I'm sure you Are not an African You R here to creat hatred amongst Africans u shall never succeed disgusting Zio*ne*st Colonial fool.U all will be t ...
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  • SMARTPHONE £XPERT - START MAKING REAL MONEY IN 3WKS 1 year ago

    Very unrealistic figure...Dear King, please don't keep yourself busy only scrolling pages online daily. That's equivalent to the size in pages of a self-improvement book you could have bought and read. Kings don't just read ...
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  • Drez 1 year ago

    Whatever we di or dont do seems to affect you ape shit carriers.....hahahaha.You moda loves is apes....hahaha.You are a frustrated zinjathropus with juvenile testicles...hhhaaahaha

  • Kofi 1 year ago

    Nkwasiafo. The number of votes Bawumia will get from this election will show the number of fools we have in this country.

  • Bran 1 year ago

    We are in a democracy. People have right to vote as they please.Deal with it.

  • Aku Wele Rambo 1 year ago

    Only sane people must be allowed to vote. EC must purchase a machine to look into people's brains before allowing them to vote... The guy is right in front of you and see where you're taking the matter to pass

  • Bran 1 year ago

    Well,you haven't denied what I stated earlier on.Regardless of how you view someones opinion,they can vote as they please.Thats the essence of democracy.You may not like it but it is what it is

  • they say they say 1 year ago

    The right to vote for voting sake is not in dispute. It's the need for enough people with common sense that moves a society or community

  • Seeker 1 year ago

    YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT BUT THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES ARE INSANE, IMMORAL AND PARTIAL. YOU CAN TELL BY THEIR UTTERANCES AND ACTIONS. SO THEY MUST BE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO BE EXAMINED BY THOSE MACHINES. BUT TRULY, INSANE, TRIBAL B ...
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  • they say they say 1 year ago

    The right to be stupid is allowed indeed..enjoy

  • Seeker 1 year ago

    I DISAGREE WITH THE INSULTS BUT THE NPP IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING BETTER FOR THIS COUNTRY. THE ASHANTIS CAN CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR THEM. WHO CARES? THE TRUTH IS WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. WHETHER NPP, NDC, CPP, PPP AND THE REST ...
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  • they say they say 1 year ago

    Indeed ..you're absolutely right. I stopped feeling sorry for Ghanaians. The pain they're going through is deliberate, self inflicted and ignorance

  • Mr bones 1 year ago

    In fact gyimi fuo wo Ghana paaa, why are you asking a liar and head of the economic team who knows nothing but lies to help you ? Master vote for someone else that can do the job! The gas that they bought on loan is finished ...
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  • I’ll 1 year ago

    Africans are apes not humans

  • Iron 1 year ago

    And your types are sub apes

  • Stitches 1 year ago

    Westerners are swines

  • Obimpey 1 year ago

    So you see! In opposition, Bawumia and his Nana were not laughing during their campaign trips and they told us the private sector is the engine of growth. That was the mantra then. They said, the Mahama government didn't supp ...
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  • Camonzi 1 year ago

    What a fool? The guy is in power already with a huge title of head of economic team and u are saying when he comes to power, this is how stupid and dumb u are, after u vote for him then u wait another 4 yrs to say nonsense, ...
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  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    It's called COGNITIVE DISSONANCE. They will rather die than accept that the status quo is a scam requiring a u-turn in both thought and action. These people are nation wreckers by nature. They never wanted to be a part of Gha ...
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  • Kweku 1 year ago

    This is very sad in a country called Ghana. Nothing seems to be working in Ghana anymore. This NPP government has collapsed the economy of Ghana

  • Atta Obeng site 19 Tema 1 year ago

    You see how an Ashanti voter is, your business is collapsing under this regime with the man as vice president, you are asking him when he becomes president he should help, why not now, ghanaians are suffering because of Ashan ...
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  • DK 1 year ago

    I like your last sentence "Ghanaians are suffering because of Ashanti Region". That's very true.

  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    Go read your history books written by the white man not the revisionist one written by rebellious nation wreckers and you'll figure out why.

  • Bran 1 year ago

    Wow.. Asantes must be very powerful and influential then.Did you people also cimplain like this in Kufour era?

  • The Spear 1 year ago

    Stop mentioning Kufuor the thief any time you have nothing more to say!

  • Bran 1 year ago

    He was president.If K4 was athief,what is JDM? We all remember SADA,GYEEDA,SUBAH,The AIRBUS scandal,The scandal involving the Burkinabe businessman etc.Shall I continue?

  • Sam Fante warrior. 1 year ago

    Kufuor the 3 BMW bulletproof thief.

  • The Spear 1 year ago

    Watch the date:-

    Author: Ga_Man
    Date: 2007-01-06 08:07:04

    The A-Z of the NPP's failure as a Government
    When in opposition, the NPP boasted that they had the men and that given the opportunity, they would turn the f ...
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  • Bran 1 year ago

    Not hard to find such comments online.I wonder,does the author have real name?He is just an individual giving his opinion.Do you think the NDC government before Kufours government would have tolerated this?NDC did much worse.

  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    You forget that they ACTUALLY "tolerated" that and more!!! They liberalized the airwaves and prior to that "opposition" newspapers and forums had a field day!! That tolerance gave birth to the NPP and that same tolerance ensu ...
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  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    @Bran, it is infinitely easier to destroy than to create and nurture/build. An albatross Asante has decidedly weighed Ghana down and kept it in the mud and pulling us backward.. There's your "power".

  • Bran 1 year ago

    @DEEVINITY .Oddly enough a non-Asante assumed power and how did things go?Lets not forget that those who assumed power had the benefit of oil ,a discovery made by Asante government.That is indeed "powerful"I await your respon ...
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  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    Clearly you're a neophyte. Your "Asante government" DID NOT "discover" oil. GNPC under Tsatsu Tsikata had already done the work. What did that "Asante government" do with the oil they supposedly "discovered"? Did it benefit G ...
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  • Antiba 1 year ago

    I really commend this guy for his boldness but at the end of the day, the foolishness of we those in the Ashanti region will come to play for us to vote this incompetent party into power again. I have always asked why we keep ...
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  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    The reality is that if the typical Ashanti votes against the NPP it would amount psychologically to the painful admission that they have indeed been fools for ages for supporting a perennial scammer. To admit that one has wil ...
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  • BB gun 1 year ago

    I feel the issue here is the failed leadership of current regime and not those who vote for party.NPP was in power before and were far better than Akkufo Addo government

  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    The NPP that came to power before this one was the beginning of the destruction proper of Ghana. They are the trailblazers and pioneers of the rotten, vindictive "democratic governance" we're experiencing today. Never attempt ...
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  • BB GUN 1 year ago

    Things were much worse between 1980-2000.and there was no NPP in sight.Hunger,killings and a stagnant economy was the order of the day

  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    That is a convenient untruth. Whatever was experienced in the 80s was a spill-over and a direct result of the evil that existed prior which is not different from what is happening now! History is repeating itself. Those who b ...
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  • We the PEOPLE(Clifto) 1 year ago

    That businessman is not smart enough to hit harder at this planke Bawumia. All his so touted credentials in junky and archaic economic theories could not help matters. He is galloping around with his sharp squirrels, vampire ...
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  • All die be die 1 year ago

    Bahumia is a bloody liar and incompetent, Asantefou shine your eyes. You are too tribalistic

  • Kwame nkrumah 1 year ago

    He is wasting the electricity. ECG should audit his usage

  • Ghana 1 year ago

    What did Ghana benefit for bringing npp to power to only burrow over ghc500 billion and share the money...
    Mahama gave Ghana
    Ridge hospital,
    UG hospital
    Atoabo Gas plant,
    Two oil fields,
    Terminal 3 Airport,
    Circle ...
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  • Mr bones 1 year ago

    52 million dollars worth of a man hole in the ground. NPP don't fear God sef by stealing in the name of a cathedral

  • Ghana 1 year ago

    What did Ghana benefit for bringing npp to power to only burrow over ghc500 billion and share the money...
    Mahama gave Ghana the following with just ghc100 billion...
    Ridge hospital,
    UG hospital
    Atoabo Gas plant,
    Two ...
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  • ElHitab 1 year ago

    He will tell us nurses allowances have been restored so we should be happy.... What has this got to do with high utilities

  • Jon J 1 year ago

    In a month fo da whole year or wat..dat shud ve been stated

  • Sul 1 year ago

    THEN STOP ENTERTAINING HIM AND HIS LOOTERS WHEN THEY COME AROUND. LET THEM KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ELEMENTS LIKE THEM

  • Abramtie 1 year ago

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  • Kilogram 1 year ago

    John Dramani Mahama incompetent Gonja thief
    John Dramani Mahama incompetent Gonja thief
    John Dramani Mahama incompetent Gonja thief
    John Dramani Mahama incompetent Gonja thief
    John Dramani Mahama incompetent Gonja thie ...
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  • Obimpey 1 year ago

    Bawu, the lie lie man!

  • Kwame A 1 year ago

    Like one of the commentators on this platform said, Ghana indeed is suffering because of my people Ashanties; instead of this business man demanding that Bawumialiar begin to do something now to convince him and others to vot ...
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  • Kilogram 1 year ago

    Whilst some if these complaints are legitimate and well founded, we are also wary of some NDC die-hards who will come to DMB's .meetings only to create problems. So far so good.

  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    What will a diehard NDC member say about Bawumia that is not already known by every child on the street? Only an imbecile would attempt to spread calumny about Bawumia; the man requires no help; he has more than done the dama ...
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  • Abena 1 year ago

    And you pay double when mahama comes .He will. charge youfor charging your phone
    Wait for the solar energy.

  • Pee 1 year ago

    Nkwaseafo)
    This Liar has nothing good to offer you

  • King 1 year ago

    It's not true. Pay your bills regularly.

  • Nii Adjei 1 year ago

    For Ashanti Region to vote any other party apart from NPP is impossible. Their only demonstration of disenchantment will be voter apathy, which will translate into voting for either Alan Kyeremanteng or not voting at all. Giv ...
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  • Bran 1 year ago

    I agree with your last sentence

  • BabZee 1 year ago

    NDC, said part of their 24hr economy policy is that, when you subscribe to some of the programs, you might get cheaper electricity tariffs at nights; hence the gentleman who was complaining about the hike in electricity costs ...
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  • Ratata 1 year ago

    Shut up and suffer you are the people who supported this evil government in opposition.

  • .com 1 year ago

    For all that i know such businesses must be registered types to enjoy fixe rates of electricity bills. He needs to be educated except may be wanting to cheat gov. .

  • BOYIIMEN 1 year ago

    Mr. Kumasi businessman why are you asking a liar(Dr Mahamud Bawumia) and head of the economic team who knows nothing practical economy but lies to help you ?
    Mr. Businessman vote for President John Dramani Mahama who can do ...
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  • A party of vindictives 1 year ago

    U r even more foolish to go sit at such a program.
    This tribe de3 hahahaha sense de3. Wen he becomes president indeed. So currently he is de vice chair of NDC er? Mo de3 gyimi. Tweeaaa

  • vuzi 1 year ago

    Your tribe get more sense?Foolish.Mention them.

  • Good confrontation 1 year ago

    I like this confrontation , because Politicians has taken us for granted in the name of a stronghold sindrome

  • Dan 1 year ago

    Development in freedom, they are still living in 2000bc

  • Jah Alone 1 year ago

    This time aound the Ashantis need a big applause.For the first time a group of people in Kumasi - Adum booing Bawumia and his disciples.
    They are gradually changing and change is coming when they wiill vite based on issues. ...
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  • Bran 1 year ago

    Despite your very accurate observation,Ashantis are branded as tribalistic,stupid etc....just look at some of the comments here.I cant stop laughing

  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    I don't know about stupid, but @Bran inherent tribal bigots, that's an unalloyed fact. The demographic and social dynamics largely account for the nominal decrease in NPP votes in Ashanti but the core has never shifted allegi ...
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  • Bran 1 year ago

    @DEEVINITY ..You may confuse fact with perception depending on your own upbringing and experiences.The fact that majority of Ashantis in general dont shift allegiance is not a manifestation of tribalism.Would you say that abo ...
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  • DEEVINITY 1 year ago

    Truth stands @Bran. Read history. NPP is an Ashanti tribal party born in Manhyia to thwart the unitary state of Ghana. Fact! The ideology and philosophy of the NPP and all it's antecedents have always been anti-state and a te ...
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  • Wisdom 1 year ago

    That is why we are going for Nana Kwame Bediako!! O Cheddar, No vote!! Period!

  • Dogo Moro 1 year ago

    The hyperinflation we are seeing in this country is caused by the irresponsible printing of paper cash by the governor of the Bank of Ghana under Akufo Addow and Bawumia's instruction. This was preceded by the introduction of ...
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  • Truth 1 year ago

    Reality as they don't leave in reality

  • Let the NDC also develop Volta region 1 year ago

    Is Volta region more developed than Ashanti region?

  • Cc 1 year ago

    This is the way a wise man petitions a leader,no insults but deep words.

  • Joe Kalabule 1 year ago

    Kalabule soon return. Ghanaians go suffer paa.

  • SAM 1 year ago

    Why wouldn't you run your own power system if you have that resources to buy electricity? A complete solar system or hybrid would be way cheaper. Don't ask a government to think for you as a businessman Or don't come and lie ...
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  • MASPRILLO 1 year ago

    @SAM odwan ba mm33333...!!!!!!! Why do you NPP brainless animals hate the truth being told like that? You are following a government led by ACADEMIC IMBECILES & RECKLESS NINCOMPOOPS, but you are rather insulting a businessman ...
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  • FTT 1 year ago

    DR BAWUMIA’S solar energy policy will solve high energy costs so vote for him

  • Kofi Adu 1 year ago

    The electricity bill is not you only. I always say that company is the most corrupt in Ghana. My house in Ghana, Abuakwa, I have just finished one apartment with only a fridge and TV. Those guys working around that area are u ...
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  • Kwam 1 year ago

    Why are u directing your question to Bawumia? You haverst what u sow.
    As Ghanaians don't vote on issues across the country we will continue to pay the price dearly, haircut on bonds, high prices of goods and services, poor ...
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  • Joy 1 year ago

    Till mahama ndc and nana addo npp team quit from power ghanaians won't see any happiness at all

  • Wakkuffo Waddo 1 year ago

    Ghana's problem is the Ashantis. This is a truth no one will tell any Ashanti because we expect them to see for themselves.

  • viy 1 year ago

    When are these people going to get angry ?

  • THE MECHANIC 1 year ago

    I thought they said they have reduced the electricity tariffs ooo, eeiihh 419 paaa nie??

  • Elephant Farmer 1 year ago

    Business man, the sun is shining for free. Become independent and install solar power plant. No more Dumsor. All five years you buy new batteries with Lithium from Ghana exported, you import. Running Mate of a Mate is unknown ...
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  • Ex-Pope 1 year ago

    INCOMPETENT APLANKE BAWUMIA MUST GO.

    And it's all due the incompetence of this useless Aplanke Bawumia and incompetent Julor House galamsey government. Send him into retirement before he gets a chance to make matters worse ...
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  • James Bassop 1 year ago

    You see any critical thinking being who is overburdened with unbearable high cost of living will not even in the first place go and talk to let alone appeal to the Veep Bawumiah who from the word go has been part of the worst ...
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  • ASEMPA 1 year ago

    A stupid and senseless plea, are Ashantis the only business men and women in Ghana. These Ashantis and their Voltarian counterparts are the reasons Ghanaians always suffer because of their senseless patterns of voting.

  • Bawumia eyes have died 1 year ago

    Why is Bawumia distinctive himself from Npp government he is power and has the very power to change things. This man is been deceptive and deceitful. If Bawumia has the solutions to the problems he is part to have created di ...
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  • Sam Fante warrior. 1 year ago

    Infact Ashantis are very fools and wicked people.