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Francis mccarthy 3 months ago

Shame on Sophia Akuffo.You warned the public not to SPEAK ON CHARLOTTE OSEIS’ TRIAL.Didn’t you witnessed the OPEN BIASED OF THE LAW by the former Chief Justice? Madam TORKORNOO is history, period.

Shame on Sophia Akuffo.You warned the public not to SPEAK ON CHARLOTTE OSEIS’ TRIAL.Didn’t you witnessed the OPEN BIASED OF THE LAW by the former Chief Justice? Madam TORKORNOO is history, period.
Mahama 24 Hour Economy is Real & West Togoland independence 3 months ago

Ghana's democracy is 180 degrees nosedived. It will take prayer and peace- loving and good-hearted next NPP government to save Ghana.
The reason is vengeance has taken root in Ghana's democracy.

In a country where are ar ...
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Ghana's democracy is 180 degrees nosedived. It will take prayer and peace- loving and good-hearted next NPP government to save Ghana.
The reason is vengeance has taken root in Ghana's democracy.

In a country where are are easily angered and wicked, war is the next potential thing in Ghana, unless God steps in or cools the hearts of successive NPap and NDC governments
DotCom 3 months ago

Many more people testified against Torkornoo. No, it doesn’t take a prayer to fix a country. It takes people to put the country first rather than their selfish interests. We have an opposition party whose main goal is to un ...
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Many more people testified against Torkornoo. No, it doesn’t take a prayer to fix a country. It takes people to put the country first rather than their selfish interests. We have an opposition party whose main goal is to undermine the ruling government rather than offering a credible alternative solution to the problems we have. How do you build a country like this? We will never develop with this kind of attitude where one is pulling up and the other is pulling down. Archaic mentality and our unwillingness to be honest to ourselves is a barrier that would be difficult to overcome.
Jet 3 months ago

But why are the NPP leaking everything that was supposed to have been in secrete. What do they hope to achieve? All these documents and letters were not submitted to public but to their lawyers and the committee. Who is leaki ...
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But why are the NPP leaking everything that was supposed to have been in secrete. What do they hope to achieve? All these documents and letters were not submitted to public but to their lawyers and the committee. Who is leaking them and for what? The Law is still the Law. If a law has been broken go back to court not public. It makes it all worse.
Nothing will change. The woman has been sacked. Simple. Everyone is subject to the law. Why is the whole NPP focused on this instead of planning to win elections. The majority of Ghanaians wanted her gone. Can’t you feel it?
Stephen Donkor, New York. 3 months ago

THE PREDICTION I MADE ABOUT THE DOLLAR RATE CAME TO FRUITION IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK? AYEKA!
MAHAMA’S INCOMPETENCE IS IN FULL GEAR !

THIS IS WHAT I SAID LAST WEEK-

“I’M PREDICTING THE DOLLAR RATE TO GO AS MUCH TO ...
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THE PREDICTION I MADE ABOUT THE DOLLAR RATE CAME TO FRUITION IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK? AYEKA!
MAHAMA’S INCOMPETENCE IS IN FULL GEAR !

THIS IS WHAT I SAID LAST WEEK-

“I’M PREDICTING THE DOLLAR RATE TO GO AS MUCH TO ABOUT GHC 13-14 TO 1 US DOLLAR, PERHAPS MORE! THE REALITIES OF MAHAMA’S DECEPTIONS ARE ABOUT TO BE FELT BY GHANAIANS. OYIVE”!

Has Mahama started implementing any of the numerous policies he campaigned on? Of course not! If you remember Akuffo-Addo’s first eight months in office, programs like the Free High School Program, the I District I Factory, I District 1 Dam, settling of those unpaid teachers, nurses as well as pensioners salary arrears among many other programs were already in the works. What has Mahama done to create employment for the teeming unemployed Ghanaian men and women?

John Cribo Mahama has taken advantage of the fact most Ghanaian people’s mind is fixated on the Dollar and Forex market — and so the Cribo Kingpin is taking undue credit for the Cedi appreciation against the dollar and other major currencies. And even that feat actually came about as a results of the NPP’s prudent and bold fiscal policies just before the 2024 elections. The dollar trounced the Cedi to the point our currency was at some point in 2023– 2024 rated as one of the worst currencies in the world. The situation exacerbated to an unacceptable level in the months running up to the 2024 elections because Ghanaians started stocking up on the dollar, as the most rest assured means of not losing their life savings. That situation coupled with the traditional Christmas shopping and imports season, the impending 2024 general elections as well other factors pushed the rate of the dollar to a seemingly unsustainable levels.

Also due to the fact that many Ghanaian businesses owners were very uncertain about the peaceful outcome of the 2024 elections due to the threats of violence that the NDC successfully pushed through to frighten the Ghanaian public, so people started to massively change their life savings into dollars. However after Dr Mahmoud Bawumia came out to concede defeat earlier than expected and the peaceful outcome of the elections became clear , people started thinking of how to start getting back to their various normal businesses and projects ; that caused the mad rush to discard the Green Bills (dollar) for the local Ghanaian currency— another development that brought about the cascading fall of the dollar. Now the John Cribo Mahama administration should come out and rebut my analysis.

Though other factors might have contributed to the green bills depreciation against the Ghanaian Cedi but those were minimal factors . Talking about the NDC’S implementation of the Gold Board and their subsequent hunting down of unregulated foreigners in the Gold purchasing business, just to mention some few other things only had some trivial effect, and those effects were not so sustainable as the NPP’s policy of shoring up the Cedi by injecting massive amounts of the dollar to curb its galloping appreciation against the Ghanaian Cedi.

In hindsight, I’m talking about the months preceding the 2024 elections the Akuffo-Addo government actually implemented a more sustainable approach to curb the uncontrollable appreciation of especially the American dollar as well as the other major foreign currencies , by injecting several millions of dollars into the forex markets, nevertheless ; due to the fact that the import demands were so massive and outweighed whatever intervention amount the government injected due to most of my above stated factors. Ghanaians didn’t feel the impact of the government’s prudent approach. Trust me, that’s one of the reasons the NPP lost the 2024 elections. Because as we all know anytime the dollar rate appreciates, it affects the prices of consumer goods and subsequent rise of cost of living in the country. So the cost of living in Ghana started tilting higher than the average Ghanaian citizen expected . The rising forex exchange rates, the inflation and the surging prices of consumer goods continued until after the elections and the Christmas festivities. So as soon as these major events were over without any uneventful developments, especially the fear of violence during the elections, the prospect of the rise of the Cedi became more urgent. And that brought about the mad rush to dump the green bills ( American Dollars) for the Ghanaian Cedi. Actually fluke was also on the side of the new John Cribo Mahama administration. But in the real sense they didn’t contribute anything towards the Cedi appreciation against the major foreign currencies. Neither did they take any approach that impacted the Forex markets. I expect their so called financial experts to come and dispute my analysis.

Right now it’s becoming more visible that the Ghanaian Cedi’s stability against the Dollar may not be as sustainable as Ghanaians were made to believe and also the fact that the John Cribo Mahama administration is not coming out with any bold policies to create employment aside and stabilize the economy aside their dumb 24 hour economy that they used to hoodwink the unsuspecting Ghanaian voters to win the elections— I’m predicting the dollar to rise as much to minimum of GHC13-14 or probably more before the first week of December when imports activities starts to dwindle.
I SHALL RETURN!
Lori 3 months ago

Araba pe koti.

Araba pe koti.
Yes. 3 months ago

Why Charlotte Osei's case was unfair? It started from there. If Sophia Akufo had fought for her. It would been easy for this case. Was Charlotte Osei not occupying a sensitive position? Sophia delayed in fighting for justice.

Why Charlotte Osei's case was unfair? It started from there. If Sophia Akufo had fought for her. It would been easy for this case. Was Charlotte Osei not occupying a sensitive position? Sophia delayed in fighting for justice.
The SILLY Children Afenyo Markins and Annor Dompreh 3 months ago

Don’t mind madam Sophia Akuffo! She was the only one who determined that madam Charlotte Osei had prima facie case to answer. She went ahead to constitute a committee, which I am informed she sat on the committee to adjudic ...
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Don’t mind madam Sophia Akuffo! She was the only one who determined that madam Charlotte Osei had prima facie case to answer. She went ahead to constitute a committee, which I am informed she sat on the committee to adjudicate Charlotte Osei case using article 146. In Charlotte Osei’s case Charlotte there was no evidence that she benefited directly from whatever procurement infarction she was accused off.

Now the same the same article 146 was applied to a CJ who clearly abused her office and misappropriated funds to the benefit of her immediate family in violation of the same constitution that she sworn an oath to defend and Sophia Akuffo is saying what?

If her action in this case is not the highest form of hypocrisy and mere solidarity to her comarade CJ then I don’t know how to describe it.
TORTOISE 3 months ago

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Thank you learned Sophia Akuffo.
History knew that The efforts to stop the atrocity were in vain.
History knew that The efforts to unseat Araba Torkornoo were concluded before the game started. The Mah ...
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Thank you learned Sophia Akuffo.
History knew that The efforts to stop the atrocity were in vain.
History knew that The efforts to unseat Araba Torkornoo were concluded before the game started. The Mahama NDC Mission Accomplished.
The historian knows that History stubbornly repeats itself: sooner very soon.
In Ghana History:
Kwame Nkrumah was the Life President.
Kwame Nkrumah had the Preventive Detention Act (PDA 1959)
1959-1966 All dissenters and all oppositions were mute. He did all he wanted to do. Then...
In 1966 the PDA could not bring Kwame Nkrumah back to Ghana again.
Ghana moved on. And Ghana is moving on.
Not entirely honest... 3 months ago

From what I read from this narrative and the text, Madam Akuffo appears to be speaking out of both sides of her mouth. She is fully aware of the constitutional, procedural and policy regulations, including some that originate ...
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From what I read from this narrative and the text, Madam Akuffo appears to be speaking out of both sides of her mouth. She is fully aware of the constitutional, procedural and policy regulations, including some that originated from her office at the time she was Chief Justice. She was part of the Council of State that was consulted by President Mahama as required by the Constitution, and she gave her opinion at that time. And yet she publicly pronounces on this matter to imply all that was needed was an admonition and a 'go and sin no more'. And I find it interesting how much confidential information Madam Torkornoo shared with various parties in her desperate desire to remain in office. If those we hold as the leaders in integrity behave like this behind closed doors, what hope have we as a nation?
The Spear 3 months ago

Sophia Akuffo should be investigated for having likely committed the same infractions as CJ Torkonoo;
Araba Torkonoo should be in jail for feigning ignorance of her duties and the Constitution. She probably bought her law de ...
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Sophia Akuffo should be investigated for having likely committed the same infractions as CJ Torkonoo;
Araba Torkonoo should be in jail for feigning ignorance of her duties and the Constitution. She probably bought her law degree?
DEEVINITY 3 months ago

@NOT ENTIRLEY HONEST. Thank you Sir. There IS hope for Ghana and your thoughts on this matter encapsulate it eloquently. Thank you!

@NOT ENTIRLEY HONEST. Thank you Sir. There IS hope for Ghana and your thoughts on this matter encapsulate it eloquently. Thank you!
Bentil 3 months ago

She is supporting the dismissed CJ because she is guilty of the same crimes. But know what. A thief is not a thief until he is caught. So madam Sophia has nothing to fear.

She is supporting the dismissed CJ because she is guilty of the same crimes. But know what. A thief is not a thief until he is caught. So madam Sophia has nothing to fear.
Mandela 3 months ago

Please, clueless journalists, spare as this Torkornoo nonsense. Have you no better issue to report. How long are we going to be subjected to this NPP Torkornoo nightmare? Ghana has 35million suffering citizens to care for. Pl ...
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Please, clueless journalists, spare as this Torkornoo nonsense. Have you no better issue to report. How long are we going to be subjected to this NPP Torkornoo nightmare? Ghana has 35million suffering citizens to care for. Please, to hell with Torkornoo.
Nana TRUMU TRUMU Addo 3 months ago

SOPHIA AKUFFO IS A CHAMELEON AND A TRAITOR. KICK HER OUT FROM THIS GOVERNMENT!

SOPHIA AKUFFO IS A CHAMELEON AND A TRAITOR. KICK HER OUT FROM THIS GOVERNMENT!
Jet 3 months ago

But why are the NPP leaking everything that was supposed to have been in secrete. What do they hope to achieve? All these documents and letters were not submitted to public but to their lawyers and the committee. Who is leaki ...
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But why are the NPP leaking everything that was supposed to have been in secrete. What do they hope to achieve? All these documents and letters were not submitted to public but to their lawyers and the committee. Who is leaking them and for what? The Law is still the Law. If a law has been broken go back to court not public. It makes it all worse.
DEEVINITY 3 months ago

@NANA. You're wrong!! She is no Chameleon. She has always been a "CAREER" traitor!! She cannot help it!!! Nothing about her utterances or posture should be perceived as a surprise. She is only demonstrating who and what she h ...
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@NANA. You're wrong!! She is no Chameleon. She has always been a "CAREER" traitor!! She cannot help it!!! Nothing about her utterances or posture should be perceived as a surprise. She is only demonstrating who and what she has always been, just like TORKORNOO and the rest of them!
ROGUE LAWYER 3 months ago

Sophia Akuffu should come out again to explain to Ghanaians as to why in the council of state sittings and meeting s that initiated the removal process the reason she did not vote against the removal process but chose to ab ...
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Sophia Akuffu should come out again to explain to Ghanaians as to why in the council of state sittings and meeting s that initiated the removal process the reason she did not vote against the removal process but chose to abstain from the voting proceeding .
until she has given a tangible reason to her actions at the council of state proceedings -
1. she should be classified as a traitor

2. she should be considered as a not trustworthy woman fit for the position as a member of the council of state and either resign or be kicked out

3. or considered herself as a corrupt minded person who deserve no stateswomanship recognition.$
why are all these political hypocrites failing to point to 1 constitutional breaches of the president ?- are you guys mad or just doing a bidding of a political party ? instead of defending the constitution ?
shame on you
123 3 months ago

So why are in camera hearing evidence in the Public domain? What do they aim to achieve?

So why are in camera hearing evidence in the Public domain? What do they aim to achieve?
Cimint of The Dansomanburg 3 months ago

Who wanted it?Who started it?

Who wanted it?Who started it?
DEEVINITY 3 months ago

Clearly Sophia Akuffo is an unprincipled, forked tongue hypocrite without a bone of scruple in her body. To sacrifice the sanctity of the constitution, and by extension the soul of a nation for the gratuitous and entitled con ...
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Clearly Sophia Akuffo is an unprincipled, forked tongue hypocrite without a bone of scruple in her body. To sacrifice the sanctity of the constitution, and by extension the soul of a nation for the gratuitous and entitled consideration of decidedly corrupt public official of no less an office than that of the CHIEF JUSTICE is deeply disturbing. She and her type, (and they have historically demonstrated this from the genesis of their careers), have been openly callous, self-seeking, anti-state, anti-citizen Trojan horses who must always be marked for who they are. NOTHING GOOD OR JUST WILL SNARE FROM THESE PEOPLE. THEY ARE A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO BOTH THE STATE AND ITS PEOPLE. THEY JUST PLAIN EVIL.
DEEVINITY 3 months ago

Clearly Sophia Akuffo is an unprincipled, forked tongue hypocrite without a bone of scruple in her body. To sacrifice the sanctity of the constitution, and by extension the soul of a nation for the gratuitous and entitled con ...
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Clearly Sophia Akuffo is an unprincipled, forked tongue hypocrite without a bone of scruple in her body. To sacrifice the sanctity of the constitution, and by extension the soul of a nation for the gratuitous and entitled consideration of decidedly corrupt public official of no less an office than that of the CHIEF JUSTICE is deeply disturbing. She and her type, (and they have historically demonstrated this from the genesis of their careers), have been openly callous, self-seeking, anti-state, anti-citizen Trojan Horses who must always be marked for who and what they are. NOTHING GOOD OR JUST WILL PROCEED FROM THESE PEOPLE. THEY ARE A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO BOTH THE STATE, THE PEOPLE AND OUR COLLECTIVE PROGRESS. THEY ARE JUST PLAIN EVIL!!
Sophia Akuffo is sick 3 months ago

If Ghanains continue to listen to old fools like Sophia Akuffo then we're done. This foolish woman abuse his powers when she was in office.She dump the constitution and done what Useless Akuffo Addo told her to do.This ugly f ...
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If Ghanains continue to listen to old fools like Sophia Akuffo then we're done. This foolish woman abuse his powers when she was in office.She dump the constitution and done what Useless Akuffo Addo told her to do.This ugly foolish woman was a disgrace to our judiciary when she was in office.She used her power to buy government land at cantoment for 2000 Gh. Shameless bias woman talking nonsense.
KK 3 months ago

Partisan will kill Ghana in so many ways.

Partisan will kill Ghana in so many ways.
Jack 3 months ago

Why do you publish her testimony? Was it not given in camera?

Why do you publish her testimony? Was it not given in camera?
The SILLY Children Afenyo Markins and Annor Dompreh 3 months ago

Don’t mind madam Sophia Akuffo! She was the only one who determined that madam Charlotte Osei had prima facie case to answer. She went ahead to constitute a committee, which I am informed she sat on the committee to adjudic ...
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Don’t mind madam Sophia Akuffo! She was the only one who determined that madam Charlotte Osei had prima facie case to answer. She went ahead to constitute a committee, which I am informed she sat on the committee to adjudicate Charlotte Osei case using article 146. In Charlotte Osei’s case Charlotte there was no evidence that she benefited directly from whatever procurement infarction she was accused off.

Now the same the same article 146 was applied to a CJ who clearly abused her office and misappropriated funds to the benefit of her immediate family in violation of the same constitution that she sworn an oath to defend and Sophia Akuffo is saying what?

If her action in this case is not the highest form of hypocrisy and mere solidarity to her comarade CJ then I don’t know how to describe it.
Justice One 3 months ago

I am not a lawyer but reading through the testimony, I think Sophia Akuffo rather ditched Torkonoo.
Confirmed, private travel Security should accompany CJ not family members.
Confirmed, judges cannot be transferred arbitra ...
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I am not a lawyer but reading through the testimony, I think Sophia Akuffo rather ditched Torkonoo.
Confirmed, private travel Security should accompany CJ not family members.
Confirmed, judges cannot be transferred arbitrarily when handling cases not completed.
Confirmed the recommendations of an inquiry (judicial) board should not be ignored by the CJ.
Confirmed the press briefing by Tokornoo was wrong as matters are in camera. That she handled the Charlotte Osei petition same way.
Need I write more?
Korbla 3 months ago

You are right my brother. Basically she confirmed the wrongs of CJ Torkonoo. I guess she didn't know what she was getting herself into when she decided to testify. She is an unprincipled double tongued woman who lacks the in ...
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You are right my brother. Basically she confirmed the wrongs of CJ Torkonoo. I guess she didn't know what she was getting herself into when she decided to testify. She is an unprincipled double tongued woman who lacks the integrity to be part of the council of state. She must resign or be sacked from the council of state
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DOG MEAT 3 months ago

SOPHIA AKUFFO YOU ARE AN IDIOTIC. IS THAT WHAT YOU LEARNT TO BE LAWYER THAT CJ IS RECEIVING CASES IN HIS HOUSE. ARE WE STUPID ? YOU YOURSELF ARE YOU ALRIGHT IN YOUR HEAD . STUPID OLD FOOLS .

SOPHIA AKUFFO YOU ARE AN IDIOTIC. IS THAT WHAT YOU LEARNT TO BE LAWYER THAT CJ IS RECEIVING CASES IN HIS HOUSE. ARE WE STUPID ? YOU YOURSELF ARE YOU ALRIGHT IN YOUR HEAD . STUPID OLD FOOLS .
DOG MEAT 3 months ago

WHAT MAKES ME ANGRY WHERE WERE YOU WHEM MRS OSEI WAS SENT PACKING. KWASIA WOMAN

WHAT MAKES ME ANGRY WHERE WERE YOU WHEM MRS OSEI WAS SENT PACKING. KWASIA WOMAN
Kwesi 3 months ago

Did that woman not preside over the sacking of Charlotte Osei using the same Art 146 and with flimsier complaints, one complainer even described as 'dead'?
Hypocrite!

Did that woman not preside over the sacking of Charlotte Osei using the same Art 146 and with flimsier complaints, one complainer even described as 'dead'?
Hypocrite!

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