Leaked Document: How NPP government awarded a $5m housing contract 12 days after election defeat

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  • Achakanapaya 11 months ago

    NPP are a criminal organisation. Thieves and Lai's brigade government. Nation wreckers.

  • Nana Kwaku 11 months ago

    Ghana is not growing as a state.If Ghana was a human being he/she would be described as a Useless Child.59yrs ago we did the same to Dr Kwame Nkrumah yet nobody was caught and prosecuted in a Law Court legally.Why do Ghanaian ...
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  • Winston 11 months ago

    NPP NEVER AGAIN, nkwasiafuo peoples party

  • Dr Mumbi Seraki 11 months ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine....for instance 10 paracetamol at once....or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • Mahama gave Ghana bauxite to his brother a day before leaving office 11 months ago

    What goes around comes around. You are i power so it is not a leaked document. You can publish all the hand over notes, including the 8.2 billion dollars of external.reserves you have received.

  • DotCom 11 months ago

    With fools like you, it is difficult to think how Ghana can develop. At what point should someone attempt to break the chain of corruption in Ghana? Mahama did it years ago so everyone should do it. You are not worried why li ...
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  • Biden is signing $500 Ukraine contracts 11 months ago

    He's commuting death sentences and offering presidential pardon. Ghanaweb should educate us better over what is allowed and not.

  • Yak 11 months ago

    A shattered economy, with you buying petrol without queue, lights on, hospitals running, schools not complaining of lack of chalk, etc. Mahama has a lot of work to do with people like you thinking he is going to give all Ghan ...
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  • Wwwe 11 months ago

    I hope U remember the guy who signed a contract to his brother hmm on 6 December 2017

  • JD 11 months ago

    For more than 50 years after ndc no government build accommodation for this security agencies. Npp did that all over the country , yet you're here insulting the patriots of Ghana. You wanted him to leave the money for ndc to ...
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  • DotCom 11 months ago

    Do you know how much money the country raised during the last 8 years, and do you know how much money was spent on development? This is how you can judge the performance of a government. You have done nothing when you use onl ...
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  • ZINGARO 11 months ago

    You are rather making silly nonsense argument. If you understand governance u will not come and spew Gibberish here.

  • DotCom 11 months ago

    Well, evidence will show who is spewing nonsense. Not sure which part of the argument you are referring to. Are you disputing the previous administration raised a lot of money through taxation and the export of oil? Now check ...
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  • Joe Pike 11 months ago

    Kuffuor took us to HIPC and got debt forgiveness so he had no excuse not to work yet he started our eurobond woes.
    Nana Addo has also done haircut so reduced the debt he had to pay. In both cases ndc came in and had to suff ...
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  • WE ARE WATCHING WITH KRUKRU EYES. 11 months ago

    THIS IS NOT TRUE, EVERY NEW NDC GOVERNMENT DOES THIS AND THEY END UP BEING MORE CORRUPT THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS.

  • DotCom 11 months ago

    You all will rot in jail. How does it feel to lose an election and go to jail? Criminals!

  • Baba 11 months ago

    Never again must this criminal, wicked, evil and demonic organization called npp be allowed to govern this country. And did I read a reverend signed the contract? Oh, pastors, you are making things difficult for God. Stay tru ...
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  • Baba 11 months ago

    Never again must this criminal, wicked, evil and demonic organization called npp be allowed to govern this country. And did I read a reverend signed the contract? Oh, pastors, you are making things difficult for God. Stay tru ...
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  • Wwwe 11 months ago

    Ofuibiba U defend Ur mahama in 6 December 2017 animal God will punish you

  • Issaka 11 months ago

    Bawumia had 38.2% in the elections not 41%

  • Kobby 11 months ago

    Fooooolish fooool,are you dog eater thinking you are also a ghanaian at all? Big son of a bitch.wai

  • Kwame Ghana 11 months ago

    Does it mean after elections are over the government should not function? Is the contract legitimate? Did it go through the due process? Rushing to the public to create the impression that something fishy has been done is un ...
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  • Akan Prophecies 11 months ago

    THEY ARE ALL THE SAME . BOTH NPP OR NDC ! NDC DID WORSE IN 2016 DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD. WITH JOHN MAHAMA SIGNING DUBIOUS CONTRATS, DISTRIBUTING GOVERNMENT CARS AND PROPERTY. ALMOST ALL THE CITIZEN'S HARDSHIP COME F ...
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  • GHANA'S LOOTING LEADERS WILL NEVER CHANGE FOR THE BETTER EVEN IF EACH IS PAID US$1 TRILLION PER HOUR. 11 months ago

    BANKRUPT GHANA IS FINISHED, DESPITE THE COUNTLESS NATURAL RESOURCES AT THE NATION'S DISPOSAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL GHANAIANS AND THE FOREIGNERS AMONG US.

    THEY ARE NOW SCRAMBLING FOR POSITIONS IN ANOTHER NPP/NDC CYCLE OF F ...
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    Everlasting principle - SOW & REAP! SOW knowledge/skill, REAP money in exchange. It is training that would give you an edge towards earning & mastery . No cash-capital for a sales business this year? Set up this smartphones ...
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  • Kwame 11 months ago

    Propaganda.

  • Kwaku Tee 11 months ago

    NPP did the same in 2017 yet they could not put a single notable NDC Thief into prison in 8yrs.Is it a problem with our judiciary system or our politicians do such things to get goodwill from the masses to kick start their re ...
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  • Jimbo 11 months ago

    Are you a stranger here? The Ewe woman from MASLOC who stole the money have you forgotten that he was prosecuted and jailed in absentia? Is she not NDC minister?

  • GH8 11 months ago

    Watch the space. Now that NDC is in power the convicted MASLOC THIEF SADINAM TAMAKLOE, sister of EDUDZE TAMAKLOE will soon land on the shores of the country from her hide out in USA and might even be pardoned when her brother ...
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  • Paul 11 months ago

    Ask Abuga Pele. Where is car branding lady? The MASLOC lady? You see, in NDC the ladies are smarter.

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 months ago

    Let us stop crying because this is not new. It has been done in various political administrations and shall continue. This shows the kind of people we are and how corruption has eaten into the very fabrics of our nature. NPP ...
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  • Di tw3 11 months ago

    Foolish man who told you they are all the same odwan m333 disappointed npp member ofui

  • King 11 months ago

    When was Domelovo appointed

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 months ago

    That is an interesting question. And the DZELOKOKPE MAFIA and MANIACS did whatever they wanted including even murders. Yes, and the CDR Nonsense that went on unchecked and uncontrolled. Hahahaha. The 31st December nonsense.

  • DotCom 11 months ago

    You still live in the past. How helpful is it for your own personal development? Those who taught you the history of the country which you often revisit with inaccuracies are your biggest enemies. Cast your eyes outside the b ...
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  • FOYOOSIS 11 months ago

    Dot Com, don't waste precious time on Frank Agyena-Karikari, the political goon. A man who claimed he lived with Akufo addo in Paa Willie's house in Kyebi and so finds nothing wrong with his 8 years administration. A man who ...
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  • GH8 11 months ago

    20th December 2016, after JDM and NDC lost the 2016 General elections

  • Akua 11 months ago

    TAKE BACK SAGLEMI

  • John,Tema 11 months ago

    No Wonder NDC followers were cheering Capt Traore Ibrahim when our own democratically elected President was being inaugurated into office.NDC fans have a Coup Detat mentality it is as if they don't believe in the rule of Law.

  • Baba 11 months ago

    John, you are very stupid. We cheered capt. Traore because he is making things to work in his country. Yes, he came by a coup and so what? Your evil and wicked demented octogenarian came in by the ballot but he drew this coun ...
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  • John,Tema 11 months ago

    There were many NDC Followers at Independence Square that day who would have been happy if Capt Ibrahim Traore had used his pistol to shoot John Mahama. NDC followers don't have confidence in Mahana

  • OGYAM-THE ATOPA CJ 11 months ago

    Hahaha stop fooling he came with pistol because of your stubbornly packaged Akuffool Addoi who snitched on him to the west and breached our international ties with our neighbors because of foreign loans. You see Nana is wicke ...
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  • No 9 11 months ago

    Aaah John tema,
    Don't worry yourself on this John guy from tema. His anus is crying of sperm so pardon him.
    Hahahaha heerh you fool pass John. When we meet I will let you know I know you.
    Don't even try making silly stat ...
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  • Ghanaba 11 months ago

    I beg come to the traffic spots in Kumasi especially asawase and u will see the people from burkina Niger and Mali and can deduce whether ur citizens are better or not
    Those drug addicts cheering at indece square have no lif ...
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  • Atsemei 11 months ago

    He is making things to work with a gun in hand.
    Do you want the same thing happening in Ghana?

  • Ekow 11 months ago

    I think its ok if they build those houses within 18 months as awarded.

  • Kofi K 11 months ago

    Was it illegal? Mahama awarded contracts the day he left office.

  • Jimbo 11 months ago

    So is 12 days after election not part of Kufo Addo's last four year term? Ghanaweb pls give us a break. NPP is being accused for not ordering fuel for power and again is being accused for ordering for construction of office b ...
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  • Abusua 11 months ago

    Akuffo Addo is simply a thief.

  • DDT 11 months ago

    NPP never again. A can't wait to see prosecution of these criminals.

  • THE CRUSADER 11 months ago

    EIH! PAPA SOFO!GH DEE! YOU CAN NEVER SEE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EVEN OSOFO AND KOFI BONSAM! WAAOO!

  • Lord A 11 months ago

    GHANA and Ghanaians!

    Indeed, a government's departure from office does not mean the country grinds to a halt. However, transparency and accountability must be paramount, especially in the administration of public funds dur ...
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  • chief vandal 11 months ago

    Totally agree with you

  • Sul 11 months ago

    WICKED OLD MAN.....GOD WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU

  • Ankamede 11 months ago

    He was still in power

  • Citizen8 11 months ago

    Can someone kindly educate me on what's untoward about this contract award. Was any law violated? I'm not too sure that just by losing elections a government that hasn't handed power yet ceases to lose the rights to govern. P ...
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  • BA 11 months ago

    What moral right do NDC have. Mahama awarded contract worthy billion of pounds to his brother at his last days in his first term. Nahama appointed Sufitor Geberal at his last days of his first term. He appoint CHARJ boss at t ...
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  • Afua Iceland 11 months ago

    Why political actors always want/like equalization. What is all this nonsense. If something is bad it's bad and we don't repeat it. How can we grow as a nation with this attitude?

  • Afua Iceland 11 months ago

    That Director should be sacked...

  • Shame on. Npp 11 months ago

    The evil men do lives after them

  • AVENGER 11 months ago

    STRIP ALL THE CULPRITS NAKED AND WHIP THEM IN PUBLIC.

  • Thief of Staff - Akosua Frema 11 months ago

    And the Chief Director who bears the title Reverend was the one who issued the contract letter? Thieves, crooks, criminals, cowards, pretenders, traitors, fools, opportunists, saboteurs and murderers.

  • NDC/NPP are both the same 11 months ago

    Business man

  • FIRST ORGANISED LABOUR STRIKE AGAINST PRESIDENT GOVERNMENT IN THE OFFING. 11 months ago

    According to a secret reliable sources the organised Labour of Ghana comprising CLOGSAG, GNAT, NURSE'S ASSOCIATION, DOCTORS and other unions are secretly bracing themselves for a spontaneous unannounced strikes against the ...
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  • KOFI tamale 11 months ago

    ITS ALL POLITICS. HAVE WE ASKED WHEN THE NEGOTIATIONS STARTED.DOES IT MEAN AFTER 7 DECEMBER THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT EXECUTE ANY CONTRACT,
    WE WILL SEE THE TRUE STATE WHEN THE NOISE DIES DOWN

  • No 9 11 months ago

    You these npp fools doing foolish and writing foolish comment here need firing quad killing. These idiots making money and what annoys me most is how these ugly akyem apes are making it large by stealing Ghana,you are there b ...
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  • D 11 months ago

    Stupid news, then after da elections npp shouldn't hv paid salaries n wait for ndc to cm n pay them in January..nkwasiasem, so they shouldn't hv after da elections.

  • Registered independent 11 months ago

    Can't anyone be prosecuted for this diabolical act? This country seems to reward bad behavior. Do the politicians and the so called elite technocrats ever think of the citizens of Ghana? Prosecute the bastards involved in the ...
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  • DOGBEBU 11 months ago

    Would you not agree that if human society is corrupt, then any government that is a part of it will inevitably be corrupt? If that is the case, then a government free of corruption must come from outside human society. The Bi ...
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  • Abrantie 11 months ago

    Criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals criminals crimi ...
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  • Kobby11_11 11 months ago

    What's the fuss about this? The past administration's mandare expired on 6th January 2025. Until that date, they could execute business on behalf of the state, provided it fmdid not infringe on the laws of Ghana.

  • Kwaku US 11 months ago

    Please, is there any laws in the constitution that bear the government responsibilities after election. Can anyone explain to me and also there is a notion that my party is in power, what about other citizens who does not bel ...
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  • Niayerh 11 months ago

    How can this be a secret document? Public document from a state agency like works and housing? Sensationalism

  • Kwaw Esiako 11 months ago

    This sounds primitive to me. Do those who have issues with transactions that took place during the transition period mean government machinery should have been frozen during the period? This is much ado about nothing. If a co ...
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  • Kusi 11 months ago

    Who was in power then? If it was N.P.P can't they award contract, their regime stopped after 6 January 2025

  • NPP is opposition bound 11 months ago

    Mahama’s government might be the last democratic government if all these criminals in the NPP are not made to cough out these monies…

  • Abraziaa 11 months ago

    Akufo addo is a dog and week thinking human being the foolish president Ghana never knew Rebecca

  • CONTRACT AWARD IS A PROCESS NOT AN EVENT. AND THE MONEY IS NOT A GIFT TO THE CONTRACTOR. ALL NDC HAS TO DO WITH IT IS TO MAKE SURE THE CONTRACT IS DONE. 11 months ago

    The process to award this contract must have started many months earlier. The housing project would have been conceived perhaps a year ago. Designs and and their approval, invitation for bids, bid approval, and signing of con ...
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  • JDM 11 months ago

    so you wanted the Government to cease working after the election declaration??? nonsense!

  • Sofo 11 months ago

    Was the contract illegal? The housing project will benefit Ghanaians when completed and there is no need for the sensational headline. We tend to read mischief into anything done by outgoing government. NDC can take the contr ...
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  • Name 11 months ago

    Who was the.president 12 days after the election?

  • Truth 11 months ago

    12 days after election and so what?. Have they committed any offence?. Ghanaweb is now being managed by idiots who are ass kissing the ndc govt.
    Do you know when such contacts negotiations started.

  • Kofi 11 months ago

    The akyem mafia and his government are all criminals and thieves

  • Kay 11 months ago

    Government business in the hands of the outgoing administration ceases on the eve of the assumption of the new administration. There's therefore nothing wrong with the said contract. We must rise above this.

  • Kofi Kwatsi 11 months ago

    The president, Nana Akufo Addo should be a candidate for jail

  • Nana 11 months ago

    So, after election the country should be brought to a standstill until handing over, abi?

  • Mahama 11 months ago

    Is the project not for the country?

  • Kweku Boateng Jnr. 11 months ago

    The Mahama government must cancel the contract and the Chief Director of the ministry should be dismissed and disciplined.
    This is clearly looting the state.
    Shameful and disgusting.

  • Tom 11 months ago

    I didn't see anywhere in the article saying the contract is illegal. Are you saying the government should stop working after losing an election. If you think it's illegal, then take it to court wae

  • Yeboah 11 months ago

    A Reverend Minister signed this?

  • KWASI 11 months ago

    Utter Nonsense
    Is it that some of these news outlets have nothing to report on? or is it that they are just interested in sensationalism? What is wrong with a government that has been elected for 8 years awarding a contract ...
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  • Wwwe 11 months ago

    Lol at that time is he president if yes fools keep quiet

  • gh 11 months ago

    is that akuffo addos picture?

  • Paul 11 months ago

    Ghanaweb, was the Housing contract initiated, evaluated, processed, approved and signed within the 12 days? And such stupidly has gone through your Editorial office and passed for public consumption. Please give us some respe ...
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  • Kk 11 months ago

    This write up is nonsense , is he not still in power after the elections???

  • KG 11 months ago

    How did we get a bustard and a thief like Akufo-Addo to become president of this nation. The man is a thief to the core. I believe if his father were not to have been in politics this moron would have become an armed robber. ...
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  • Kofi Adu 11 months ago

    This is a stupid leaked document.Who was the president ? Fools.

  • Kojo Opoku-London-Uk 11 months ago

    LOOTERS PARTY-HANDINGOVER POWER 4 REAL. ALL DIE BE DIE Akyem Mafia Akkuffo Addo-the Traitor. Akuffo Addo is the first President in Ghana to GET the full OIL oney after the Court of Law of the Sea Arbitration judgement in 2017 ...
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  • Zigii 11 months ago

    Akufo-Addo is a devil, and he is stupid too. He thought he will be president forever. Such an imbecile.

  • chief vandal 11 months ago

    He may be evil he may be stupid(I say may be)but how did you jump to the conclusion that he thought he will rule for ever? THta is bit of a stretch oo