President Mahama reveals plans to refresh cedi

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  • Dr Kwame Nkrumah 1 month ago

    Eiiii…. Hmmmm, this governor and Mahama, another plan or scheme to create loot and share!!!…

  • Cool 1 month ago

    Are we Safe? Anything about this fella concerning money comes with a scandal. Can he prove us wrong?

  • Blacks are wicked. 1 month ago

    Hayina Government interesting days ahead

  • Shai 1 month ago

    Your line of thinking, because NPP did it. Mahama is not like your npp looters.

  • POURFENDEUR DE LA CORRUPTION/ANTI CORRUPTION 1 month ago

    Instead of encouraging cashless system, the incompetent one, the Airbus thief had planned to loot our money by this pretentious money strengthening. Ghanaians, open your eyes ooo, the criminals are at it again

  • POURFENDEUR DE LA CORRUPTION/ANTI CORRUPTION 1 month ago

    Instead of encouraging cashless system as in the case of Western countries, the incompetent one, the Airbus thief had planned to loot our money by this pretentious money strengthening. Ghanaians, open your eyes, the criminals ...
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  • Fireman 1 month ago

    It is time to introduce some level digital currency to reduce the cost reprinting the cedis. And also fighting fake currency

  • A Ghanaian. 1 month ago

    EVEN THE DOLLAR AND EURO CAN COUNTER.

  • Tweakai 1 month ago

    Nonsense promaxxx we don't want you to waste millions of dollars on the printing of new cedi notes enough is rnough@

  • Nene Sackitey 1 month ago

    Mr. President. It is not everything that you have to the one to announce. That is why you have “the men” under you. Secondly we need to focus on expanding our digital currency footprint along with strengthening the sec ...
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  • Mr Smith 1 month ago

    Hello Nene, this president doesn't joke with money matters oooo!! He's intentionally announcing it to check out reaction. If there's too much heat, he will use another strategy. It's only political animals who will buy into t ...
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  • AGYA OKOROMANSAH 1 month ago

    This announcement was the responsibility of the governor of the Bank, not the president of the country!

    Cheap popularity.

  • FunnyGhana 1 month ago

    Every government comes in and wants to print currency. Who accounts for the withdrawal of the old currency and intro of the new currency. On top.of that another contract for printing the notes.

  • Mr Smith 1 month ago

    FunnyGhana, you are 100 percent on point. Exactly what any smart person will analyze things. Corruption to the MAX!!!

  • Great one 1 month ago

    Can you remember the exchange rate on the day Ghana redenominated its currency, it was my first time in Ghana and I remember going to buy something that day and the woman selling refused to accept my money and unfortunately I ...
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  • Yiadom 1 month ago

    Behind this NDC is planning for Money to campaign 2028,

  • Great one 1 month ago

    I want to remind Ghanaians that a standard bottle of Star larger liquid contents only in Ghana is about Ghs18 or Ghs 180,000 and higher depending on where just to drink a bottle of beer, meanwhile a higher quality of the same ...
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  • Shamsi 1 month ago

    Nigeria has a very huge population compared to Ghana hence some goods would be very very cheaper there compared to Ghana.

  • Great one 1 month ago

    Under which arrangement does that work? Togo has smaller population than Ghana, why are things cheaper in Togo than Ghana?

  • AGBELI KUMORDZI8 1 month ago

    And so what? this 21st century you can only compare Nigeria to Afghanistan

  • Great one 1 month ago

    Still we produce the richest and most hardworking Africans and still we buy a bottle of beer for about N800 which can never happen in Ghana. Like I talked about, on the day Ghana changed currency, I think it was President Joh ...
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  • SD.com 1 month ago

    Make sure you bring back the 2 cedi note with Nkrumah's head on it

  • Baga 1 month ago

    Mak it smaller the current one looke like a book.

  • Reggae 1 month ago

    Eeeeeiiii Ghana we haven't gone anywhere with our country and consistent replacement of features of the credit.Americans are still using coins or quarter for daily activities. Politicians u won't go free with the hardship unl ...
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  • Reggae 1 month ago

    Eeeeeiiii Ghana we haven't gone anywhere with our country and consistent replacement of features of the cedi.Americans are still using coins or quarter for daily activities. Politicians u won't go free with the hardship unlea ...
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  • KOFI KUMI 1 month ago

    It’s not entirely true. Updating or replacing currency is not necessarily a sign that we are going backwards. We also need to improve the security, durability and reliability of the cedi to protect it from counterfeiting an ...
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  • Skili Skillibingi 1 month ago

    Waste of money... just another blatant corruption move

  • Wahab 1 month ago

    Meanwhile you ecowas leaders say next year we go go chop the Eco currency so why waste money to do this??

  • Pelicles 1 month ago

    John Mahama, no matter how hungry you are, you cannot eat with your two hands because it is not normal. Was this part of you manifesto during the campaign? Where are the jobs for the 24-hour economy and the formula of 1:3:3? ...
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  • KS 1 month ago

    No currency in the world is immune from counterfeiting. The US dollar in every denomination has been in circulation for years with just minor changes . All the government could do is to enact stringent laws against counterfei ...
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  • Jibril 1 month ago

    Just tell us you want to remove the faces of the big 6 from the banknotes. You can go ahead and put your own face plus your brother's on it. That too will be refreshed.

  • Jibril 1 month ago

    Actually, this is a ploy to loot money for the NDC's 2028 campaign. Who controls the process of removing old currency and replacing with new ones? That is when a lot of money is smuggled into the pockets of parties and people ...
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  • Busiah 1 month ago

    NDC government always accused NPP government about these our current currency. Now if NDC want change it is good for him to do so.

  • Kwamena 1 month ago

    JOHN MAHAMA GHANA HAS NO CASH TO BE WASTED .THIS REFRESH OF CEDI IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT AKUFFO ADDO PROMISED GHANAIANS TO.BUILD A NEW CHATEDERAL THAT NEVER GOT DONE BUT MUCH CASH WASTED .GHANA NEEDS TO ELIMINATE SCHOOL U ...
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  • Pelicles 1 month ago

    Kwamena, what do you mean by Mahama has no cash to be wasted? Do you understand the meaning of using $10 billion to facelift the cedi which Mahama did after winning the election? According to statistics, $10billion can upgrad ...
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  • Abugre 1 month ago

    BoG should take note and remove the GH from the cedi notes so they can remain/return to original.
    The GH was introduced to distinguish the current notes from the old notes, I guess.
    You go to the bank and they insist you w ...
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  • Kofi 1 month ago

    Oyiwaaaaa those who have money in your polytanks bring them out this is to make those with cedis note hiding to render it useless mahama will bring wahala in this country oooo

  • Koa 1 month ago

    I won't be surprised if either Rawlings or Atta Mills is featured in their new so-called refresh. We are waiting

  • AyyBeeCee 1 month ago

    Do anything with with the cedi since we can't prevent you, but don't let the picture of those six men be on all notes; we don't appreciate that. As if Ghana has nothing else to cherish other than six men standing side by side ...
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  • Alex 1 month ago

    How long has US Dollar be in existence? yet it has not been changed. Enough security features and counterfeit could be detected with detectors so there no need to spend millions of dollars to print or change the not long ago ...
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  • Dan 1 month ago

    Warning! Warning President Mahama! don't make a mistake to over print more money to discredit your achievement. This is the first time I'm hearing this strange story.

  • KK 1 month ago

    Settings govt. Is this the most pressing need of Ghanaians? Already the cedi is under lock and key at BOG with Pandit Asiama keeping an eye. Which Ghanaian now is Counterfeiting the cedis? How long has the Current USD been i ...
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  • AGBELI KUMORDZI8 1 month ago

    The cedis with 6 ghosts should be replaced with a modern secured from Nigerians
    A handsome new cedis is what we been waiting for

  • KOFI tamale 1 month ago

    ANOTHER AVENUE FOR STEALING. GOD HELP US

  • Sheegey 1 month ago

    So people who feel they are Ghanaians than every other Ghanaians are complaining. Where were they when Kufour changed the whole country currency from Cedi to Ghc 10yrs time Akufo Addo change security features and even introdu ...
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  • Achakanapaya 1 month ago

    I personally support the change of the Ghanian currency, why are people crying foul?
    Because the Npp criminals and Nation wreckers are hiding the ghc in poly tanks so they are scared.
    Is a very good disicion Mr President.
    ...
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  • Former President 1 month ago

    They're going to use toilet paper