Read Comments Comments (1)

• GOLD AND DIAMONDS SMUGGLING OUT OF GHANA DID NOT START TODAY. IT'S A DECADES-OLD PRACTICE. GHANA'S ECONOMY HAS BEEN BLEEDING PROFUSELY SINCE 1957. 5 months ago

  GOOD ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS A SUB-BASE OF 4" THICK LEAN-MIX 4000 PSI CONCRETE REINFORCED WITH BRC MESH, THEN A 2" THICK CAMBERED ASPHALTIC CONCRETE BASE COURSE, THEN A CAMBERED WEARING COURSE OF 2" THICK ASPHALTIC FINE AGGREGAT ...
  read full comment

  GOOD ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS A SUB-BASE OF 4" THICK LEAN-MIX 4000 PSI CONCRETE REINFORCED WITH BRC MESH, THEN A 2" THICK CAMBERED ASPHALTIC CONCRETE BASE COURSE, THEN A CAMBERED WEARING COURSE OF 2" THICK ASPHALTIC FINE AGGREGATE CHIPPINGS TOP COAT. FINALLY, PRECAST CONCRETE KERBS ON BOTH EDGES TO PROTECT THE EDGES FROM EROSION AND CHIPPING OFF. DIRECTION YELLOW THERMOPLASTIC LINE MARKINGS COMPLETES THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
  
  CAMBERING THE TOP COATS IS FOR THE RUN-OFF OF SURFACE RAINWATER TO PREVENT "BIRD BATHS" ON THE ROADS AND KEEP THE TOP COAT SURFACE DRY.
  
  THAT'S HOW THE WISE CHINESE CONSTRUCT THEIR DURABLE ROADS. WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN GHANA IS A JOKE. NO WONDER GHANA'S SUBSTANDARD "ROADS" LAST ONLY TWO RAINY SEASONS.
  
  THE NOISE WILL NOT PUNISH GOLD SMUGGLERS. ARRESTS, JAIL TIME AND ASSETS CONFISCATION WILL. GHANA'S CROOKED LEADERS ONLY MAKE NOISE ABOUT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GOLD SMUGGLED OUT OF GHANA TO DUBAI AND THE WEST.
  
  ATO FORSON KNOWS EXACTLY WHO THE "BIG TIME" GOLD SMUGGLERS ARE, BUT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, HE PRETENDS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
  
  THE "BIG TIME" GOLD SMUGGLERS ARE TOP GHANAIAN BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN, SUCCESSIVE LOCAL CHIEFS, GHANAIAN POLITICANS AND PASTORS FRAUDULENTLY USING GHANA'S DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS AND THE VVIP/VIP LOUNGES AT KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SOME EVEN USE PRIVATE JETS TO SMUGGLE OUT GHANA'S GOLD.
  
  THE REST ARE INDIANS AND OTHER SOUTH ASIAN BUSINESSMEN/WOMEN OPERATING IN GHANA, CHINESE, NIGERIANS, SYRIANS AND LEBANESE, PERIOD. THESE ARE THE BIG TIME GOLD SMUGGLERS.
  
  IF ATO FORSON IS PRETENDING HE DOES NOT KNOW THEM, I'VE NAMED THEM FOR HIM TO PURSUE THOSE CRIMINALS, INCLUDING THE LIKES OF WONTUMI AND MANY OTHERS.
  
  GHANA'S ECONOMY HAS BEEN BLEEDING PROFUSELY SINCE 1957. WHY IS AKWATIA, KNOWN FOR MASSIVE DIAMOND RESERVES, STILL A DEPRIVED GHOST TOWN AND A VILLAGE? THE SAME APPLIES TO PRESTEA FOR GOLD. GHANA'S SUCCESSIVE LEADERS HAVE BEEN LOOTING THE ROYALTIES MEANT FOR BRINGING MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TO THE MANY MINING AREAS IN BANKRUPT GHANA, THEN THEIR NEXT STOP IS THE IMF BEGGING FOR MORE LOANS TO LOOT AND DUMP THE REPAYMENTS ON POOR ORDINARY GHANAIANS TO FORK OUT IN HIGH STATUTORY TAXES, LEVIES AND KILLER PRICE LEVELS OF FUEL AND OTHER CONSUMER PRODUCTS.
  
  GOLD AND DIAMONDS SMUGGLING OUT OF GHANA DID NOT START TODAY. IT'S A DECADES-OLD PRACTICE.

  reply