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“Media assault” on me “chauvinistic", “misogynistic” – Victoria Hammah

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  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    No matter what the ndc and their agent provocateurs say the fact remains the country can never move forward if the majority are marginalized and excluded from truly being represented as is the the case today. after killing mi ...
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  • Lawless country 10 years ago

    For the sake of God you erred so stop being defensive and blaming the media. We are tired of this blame game.

  • Lawless country 10 years ago

    Ghana is so funny, can you imagine White House spokesperson erring in this manner. Girl you went there unprepared. You should have even rehearsed your speech when the final edited one was handed to you.

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    not qualified

  • Efo Kossi Korve 10 years ago

    In life, where one commits a gaffe, the most prudent thing to do is to either apologize or remain quiet. This lady Minister, sorry, this small girl talks just as loose as she breathes sounding the worse whilst she exposes her ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

    Author: Gye Nyame...
    This is the way the administration flows, they are only apologizing because the 91 year old decided that she was not going to take it lying down, other wise they would have rolled over her and done the c ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

    Bah! All of you critising and insulting Ms Hammah are just small-minded simpletons who support lying with no idea about how the governance system works. The lady decided not to lie to the audience and here you are insulting h ...
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  • Nyansasem 10 years ago

    "On the goof of the Deputy Minister"

    The Late President Mills, during his term, gracefully opened the doors of political office to young people of our dear nation to have the opportunity to learn and contribute their bit t ...
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  • Nelson Mandela 10 years ago

    Nyansasem I wish I could "buy" this comment/response of yours. You have elucidated the points so succinctly I don't know how else anyone can try to explain this gaffe. Infact you analysis is simply SPOT ON!!!

  • DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago

    “The third was what sounded like an attempt to disown her speech:
    ssssssss, where is the speech I edited, this is not the speech I edited. No, I can’t read this.”

    Hahaha, her spontaneous excuse was rather disingenu ...
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  • Nyansasem 10 years ago

    The name of the authors are there. I copied that from joyonline.

    This is what I wrote about the case yesterday.

    It is wrong for anyone to call for her dismissal, but it is equally wrong for anyone to support this classl ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

    Ah! You think you can get me with that not being emotional ruse of the so-called scientific or positivist clap-trap of the imperialists, while they plundered, enslaved and colonised you?? No way!

    Can you tell us whether al ...
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  • Yaw 10 years ago

    She was immature and incompetent on the occasion.

    Ab initio, she is thoroughly unqualified for the job she is holding.

    Her excuse was lame and her demeanor after the public embarrassment she caused indicated that she ...
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  • Tibaa 10 years ago

    Why is it that Ghanaians alawys compare local events with what happens in the USA?

    This woman did the best out of a very bad situation. She is right in doing what she did: no pretences, no what-nots. Indeed, she is a very ...
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  • boobuoo 10 years ago

    we admire your beauty which your opponents do not have,we know you are extremely educated,we are aware that you are being undermine by your enemes and it will not work for them,what ever be the case,you are a minister of stat ...
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  • Adwoa 10 years ago

    GYIMI FO>. WA BO DAM. BONSAM. YOU DEVIL GO AWAY FROM GHANAIANS.

  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    foolish one , your stupidity is your own undoing , you wait and our justice will soon reach you

  • Sir 10 years ago

    whatever you say you are not qualified for the job. Only an incompetent dumb person will appoint a first degree graduate with no experience to be a minister. No civilized government will do that. Period

  • Joe 10 years ago

    It is just because you are not educated. Whoever told you a first degree holder cannot be a minister is as ignorant as you. Prime Minister David Cameron of UK, is a first degree holder. The former Prime Minister of UK John M ...
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  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    not minister material

  • JH 10 years ago

    Her qualifications do not matter but i wonder what background she has to be a minister of communication. As far as I know she just popped from no where and had the job!

  • Joe 10 years ago

    Vic don't mind those idiots who cannot even write good English.

    You will serve your full term in office and they will still be there writing rubbish.

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    What makes her qualified to be a minister? her degree? What else?

  • kwame no 1 10 years ago

    zoobie you forget she got bigger BREASTS NDC pricks

  • k. dompreh 10 years ago

    Your best is not good enough my dear.This is the outcome when you put square pegs in round holes.THEY WON'T FIT!! Meanwhile enjoy your post while it lasts!!!

  • henry 10 years ago

    you've done my job for me

  • Pontius Pilate 10 years ago

    there are code of conduct, ethics and protocols that govern positions such as yours. that singular act of yours no matter how well intended you were was just unacceptable. don't try to belittle it.

    unfortunately or fortun ...
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  • DUBAI-BEIRUT 10 years ago

    You couldn't have said it better Pontius Pilate. She is just horrible and pathetic. Simply apology could have saved her face somehow. However she chose to underline her incompetence with defiance which is more appalling.

  • Humble Africa 10 years ago

    some idiots are even jealous of your beauty and the position which you hold. Don't give them the opportunity to distract you my dear sister.

  • Papa Yaw 10 years ago

    True

  • Zombie Killer 10 years ago

    IMCOMPETENT and poor English grammar

  • Zombie Killer 10 years ago

    She looked in the dictionary and find those words

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    just not qualified

  • Paul Amuna 10 years ago

    I very much doubt that, if she was able to deliver a whole speech minus script (or tele-prompter as politicians are now more accustomed to) after her original speech had been 'doctored' or replaced without her authority.

    O ...
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  • MIZZY 10 years ago

    PLEASE YOU ARE RIGHT BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO REPLY THIS UNEDUCATED FOOLS.EVEN IF SHE LOOKS IN THE DICTIONARY IT TAKE,S AN EDUCATED PERSON TO LOOK FOR A WORD IN THE DICTIONARY AND USE IT CONSTRUCTIVELY.

  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    This had most of the Nation of Ghana laughing for two days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks. What happens when you predict rain but don't get any? A true story. ...
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  • Serwa 10 years ago

    Miss Deputy Minister you simply failed. You lacked maturity on the occasion and if I were you i will just go silent and let this matter die than trying ti fight your course.

    You guys will not wait till you grow into somet ...
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  • K.K 10 years ago

    MOST OF THESE PEOPLE IN GOV'T TODAY NEEDS TO BE WORKING IN INDUSTIRES, ORGANISATIONS ETC FOR "PROPER" EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN PLACING ASKING THEM TO LEAD OUR MINISTRIES AND GOV'T INSTITUTIONS. THEY DON'T KNOW "TEE"

  • Ama_Ghana 10 years ago

    Undermine and publicly trip you up, I did not realize the stuff you were made of. I have read other postings that have been attributed to you,and all I can say is that the people Ablekuma West have missed out on a good repre ...
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  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    may be good for Ablekuma West but not minister material

  • Paul Amuna 10 years ago

    I would have done exactly the same, announced to the audience that the speech was NOT mine, and proceeded to do what she did, talk from her mind and heart MINUS a script. In fact, I have done this before, and not on one occas ...
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  • TONTO. 10 years ago

    ALL WHAT THEY KNOW IS TO SPEAK BIG, BIG LATIN ENGLISH.WHERE IS PRATICALS WORKS.CHEAP-WOMAN.

  • Krakye Denteh 10 years ago

    You did a great job, lady! You rose to the occasion! You showed how far we have come - a long way from the days of Kwame Kwakye to military leaders who were unfamiliar with the content of their prepared speeches. In your shoe ...
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  • JH 10 years ago

    This is a communication minister who has no clue about communication. You should have known Ms Hammah that by teh nature of teh way you went 'psssssss' and the fact that you implied someone has swapped your 'edited' speech wa ...
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  • Beeee 10 years ago

    Learn to spell ....hole,communications,English,,

  • JH 10 years ago

    Beee thansk for the correction. i think i was typing in a rush- i definitely know how to spell those words because i've had my fair bite of schooling! i am not Ghana's Communication Minister so i could be pardoned, and I will ...
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  • Paul Amuna 10 years ago

    So you can make excuses for yourself yet are quick to condemn someone who did a brilliant job after her official speech had been swapped? You must be enjoying this right? And for what reason if I may ask? It ain't funny, it a ...
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  • JH 10 years ago

    Paul,
    the minister actually sounds daft by what she said and how she has subsequently defended herself. If she was minister for agric or something else I'll probably be lenient in my critique. I really hope you don't work fo ...
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  • Paul Amuna 10 years ago

    First of all I don't work for anyone in Ghana. Secodnly, what is wrong with Psssssss? Was that all what her speech was about?

    I thought she was given credit for delivering her speech without a script and people's initial c ...
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  • JH 10 years ago

    For a communication minister she could have done herself a service by not telling the whole world someone had changed her script. She would have gained my admiration if she did not make that initial comment before giving her ...
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  • Accra Resident 10 years ago

    Don't back down. You are doing fine. Better than most of the ministers with peanut brains and can't think on their own.

  • Sankofa 10 years ago

    She's blaming everyone but herself. If she edited the speech, why didn't she take a copy? Of course, she wanted her servants to be handling everything so she'd just turn up and read. Did she even know anything about the subje ...
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  • Ghanaba 10 years ago

    Eery experienced politician was once a novice. Former presiddent Kufuor was appointed Deputy Foriegn Minister by Busia at the age 0f 27 years and it helped his political career. Be Bold and truthful and God bless you!!

  • Tsatsu Tsikata 10 years ago

    Massa, is this the kind of minister you vouch for this country?? Your mental framework is quite questionable!!! This woman has shown gross incompetence and instead of you to call for an internal coaching for her, you are here ...
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  • Nana Yaw 10 years ago

    I hope the Hon lady will allow this to be her last comment on the issue. She must ignore any question posed to her on this matter. She must move on and let the "against" people eat their hearts out!!!

  • Paul Amuna 10 years ago

    I agree with you. She must move on, ignore any questions and insinuations on the matter and focus on doing her job and doing it right. She, like the rest of us has a lot to learn but that is what life is all about.

  • Chikay 10 years ago

    If you have nothing better to say, I suggest you shut up because you will definitely not win this meida war you are embarking on. Whether the lapse occured outside your direct and immediate responsibility or not, you have pro ...
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  • Isaac Kusi, Bronx, NY. 10 years ago

    You did the right thing. If possible write your own speech if you are know the subject matter. Don't let anybody slip some crap for you to read. And let the people know the plot against you.

  • Fredo 10 years ago

    Seriously, this lady has really gone nuts, why would u even think people hate the fact that you're a woman, wasn't the former Attorney General a woman, and on what occasion did you see her in a public ridicule of being victim ...
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  • chigri wagadugu 10 years ago

    you are just like the president and
    the rest of the ministers. You are
    not qualified for the job you are
    holding. Resign and have your peace
    of mind and save disgrace.

  • GENERAL DeGAULE 10 years ago

    If she were the Minister for Education, Health, Finance, Local Government or some other outfit with a big budget and large staff and requiring her to generate grand policy initiatives; the we could fault her for her inexperi ...
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  • kwa 10 years ago

    i said so, these Mahama guy and NDC are bad terrible disease to Mother Ghana.See this serious blunder here; appointing an inexperience lady to be a Minister because she got big booty they can bonk.

  • solo 10 years ago

    She was never fit for such post , she would have made a perfect bedroom minister .

  • OBENG 10 years ago

    AWFUL AND IS A DISGRACE TO GHANA

  • Paul Amuna 10 years ago

    Really? On whose evidence?

  • kweku don 10 years ago

    This Girl is shameful. Instead to come out with an apology this is all she can say? Hahaha,Mahama or whoever responsible to have appointed this lady for this portfolio should bow in shame and apologize to mother Ghana for spe ...
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  • Boro 10 years ago

    What happened to you like any other unexpected event could happen to anybody as long as we are humans. However, I think this should serve as an eye-opening to you and should always make sure you double check any final work be ...
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  • me 10 years ago

    Will the president allow a novice surgeon perform a heart surgery on him? Why put the destiny of millions of Ghanaians in the hands of novices, loud mouthed-good-4-nothing bigots occupy positions they have no idea about? why, ...
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  • echo 10 years ago

    Ghanaians are enamourede of the charade and the artificial. when a person speaks his/her real mind, they ridicule him/her. but when he/she reads some stuffy nonsense copied from ancient files, full of cliches and generalities ...
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  • obsa 10 years ago

    chauvinistic, etc

  • WHO CARES 10 years ago

    STICK TO COMMUNICATIONS

  • tsatsu 10 years ago

    twerp

  • KKO 10 years ago

    Typical Black person; when we fail through incompetence and ineptitude, we invoke the race, egeism or gender card! Any serious person that is going to deliver a paper at a function, even if they are not competent enough to wr ...
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  • Yaw 10 years ago

    It is unbelievable that she has people holding brief for her. People are defending the level of her incompetence and her failure to do a basic function associated with a very involving job position? That lady is unqualified t ...
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  • Kobena 10 years ago

    Exactly, YAw,
    That is the very sad part of it, With people like that in control of our country, others think we are all like that!

  • Michael 10 years ago

    She goes into polytricks, and still expects to be pampered for incompetence! even the Prof fell, how much more you neecompoop?

  • idiot 10 years ago

    use simple english to address your issues fool.

  • MIZZY 10 years ago

    LEAVE THIS UNEDUCATED FOOLS WHO TRY TO BRING POLITICS INTO EVERY THING.LONG LIVE HAMMAH LONG LIVE GHANA

  • me and you were not there 10 years ago

    YOU COULD HAVE USED THOSE WORD ON JULY 30TH. YOU CAN STILL GIVE THE PUSSY AWAY.

  • MENSAH 10 years ago

    We have all shifted from the main CAPTION:
    CYBER CRIMINALS.
    We often tend to lay emphases on TRIVIAL,RATHER WEIGHTIER MATTERS.
    We consider STYLE RATHER THAN SUBSTANCE.
    We tend to celebrate relationship,rather than conside ...
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  • Yaw 10 years ago

    There is a reason why people are not paying attention to the topic she attempted to address. Simply, people do not trust that she is capable to doing any justice to the topic due to her inability to perform a very basic funct ...
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  • MENSAH 10 years ago

    I am not in any way,in favour of the mess created.
    My concern is the MAIN TOPIC SHE SPOKE ABOUT.
    CYBER CRIMINAL IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM,AS WE ALL KNOW.
    Therefore,I was just suggesting that we rather gear our attention to that ...
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  • Queen 10 years ago

    Can anybody picture/imagine this woman-Hammah sitting in between USA and UK Deputy Ministers of Communication in International Conference? Twwweeeeaaaaaa!!! Aappuuuiii! Team "Z" indeed!

  • Kwasi 10 years ago

    LET MAHAMA FUCK YOUR ASS WE DONT CARE SHAME ON U HAMMAH.

  • Regor 10 years ago

    Just not qualified period

  • ASHANTIS ARE GHANAS CANCER 10 years ago

    WHY SHOULD NPP POLITICIANS TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY NOT QUALIFIED WHEN THE LEADER OF THEIR PARTY HAS NOT SHOWN HIS CERTIFICATE UP TILL THIS TIME?NPP DOES NOT WORK WITH QUALIFICATION THEY WOULD NOT HAVE APPOINTED NANA A CJ IF THEY ...
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  • EDEM 10 years ago

    Yoo bitch, you are incompetent and inept, just saying.

  • ASHANTIS ARE GHANAS CANCER 10 years ago

    K4 A WHOLE PRESIDENT OF OUR REPUBLIC WAS WORSE SO LEAVE THE PRETTY HANNAH ALONE K4 COMMITTED ALL MANNER OF MISTAKES IN PUBLIC MORE THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN GHANA BUT U UGLY ASHANTIS DID NOT PASS ASINGLE COMMENT ABOUT THAT, K4 WA ...
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  • Ben.S-Hamburg 10 years ago

    The minister is not demi-god nor sacrosanct. Most of the comments here are mediocre and utterly abhorring.Moreover some of you exposed their inability to reason and insensitivity to honesty .Your respective level prove beyond ...
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  • Ibn Batuta 10 years ago

    Only a thorough immature amateur will respond in such a manner. Ghana can surely do better than this.

  • ns3mfoo 10 years ago

    Eiiiii Mahama p3 3to ak3se3.