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GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY N TRANSPARENCY IN GOVT!
WE NEED CORRUPTION COURTS IN GH NOW!
MAHAMA PAID TO APPEAR ON CNN!!! CNN DIDNT INVITE HIM.
WHY DID MAHAMA GIVE AGGUDEY A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON? FOR WHAT? FOR HIM TO SAVE FACE AN ...
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WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY N TRANSPARENCY IN GOVT!
WE NEED CORRUPTION COURTS IN GH NOW!
MAHAMA PAID TO APPEAR ON CNN!!! CNN DIDNT INVITE HIM.
WHY DID MAHAMA GIVE AGGUDEY A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON? FOR WHAT? FOR HIM TO SAVE FACE AND NOT BE DISGRACED?
THIS FOOL WAS SPENDING MONEY THAT WASNT HIS AND WOMANIZING WITH YOUNG LEGON FEMALES. WHERE IS THE MORALITY HERE?
THESE GIRLS COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR SIS TERS, DAUGHTER OR NIECE...YOU KNOW...
ALL THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENENING IN GH, AND YOU EXPECT ME TO SUPPORT GH TO GO TO BRASIL? CMON NOW...
MAHAMA SAYS: LET THEM EAT CAKE....
...TARRIFS ARE GOING UP ALL ACROSS THE BOARD IN GH. YET, WE DONT SEE AN IOTA OF AN IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC SERVICES OR QUALITY INFRATSRUCTURE. YOU HAVNT SEEN ANYTHING YET.
ILLITERACY/LACK OF BASIC EDUCATION HAS CAUSED THE PPL TO VOTE OUT OF SHEER EMOTIONS AND ETHNIC JUDGEMENTS.
PUMPING MONEY INTO PUBLIC SERVICE ISNT THE WAY TO GO. ESP IN TODAY'S CASH STRAPPED, TECHNOLOGY INSPIRED WORLD. GOVT MUST STREAMLINE THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
WE HAVE DISTRICT, MUNICIPAL/CITY, REGIONAL AND FEDERAL GOVT . STREAMLINE THE GOVT N REMOVE THESE QUACK/QUASI, USELESS GOVT INSTITUTIONS WHICH EXIST BUT DONT DO ANYTHING TO RENDER EFFICIENT SERVICE OR COLLECT REVENUE.
1.CHECK PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION. INSTITUTE CORRUPTION COURTS!
2.REDUCE PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES.
3.HIRE LESS PPL TO PROVIDE EFFICIENT SERVICE. WE NEED DISCIPLINE, CLEAR OVERSIGHT, CHECK N BALANCES N PATRIOTIC HARDWORKERS IN THE SYSTEM.
4. FACTORIES
GH REVENUE SOURCE: TAXES. LOANS, GRANTS FROM OUTSIDE FOR REVENUE GENERATING VENTURES IN GH. STREAMLINE INDUSTRIES, GOVT...CUT DOWN SPENDING,
WIDEN TAX BASE, EXPORT MORE.
NOT A BUNCH OF THIEVES WHO COME TO STEAL N COLLECT BRIBES! WHO ARE YOU MAKING A MOCKERY OF?...
IN MY BOOK, YOU EITHER DO IT RIGHT. OR YOU GET ELIMINATED.
TOO MANY GH PPL LACK SELF CONFIDENCE AND DONT BELIEVE IN WHO THEY ARE. THEN AGAIN, U CANT BLAME THEM. LOOK AT THEIR SURROUNDINGS..OPEN GUTTERS, MALARIA, FILTH, DIRT EVERYWHERE!
I AM 37 YRS OLD. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH MALARIA SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN. STILL HAVNT FOUND AN ATIDOTE. WHY?
NO BASIC PLANNING IN GH TO AID TAXATION, AND ADDRESS SYSTEM OR TO CHECK CRIMINAL ACITIVITY. UNLICENSED BUSINESSPPL SELLING FOOD NEXT TO FILTH, I MEAN ITS A SHAME...ITS A SHAME.
SINCE THE DAYS OF METHUSELAH, WE HAVE BEEN WASTING MILLIONS ON MALARIA, WHY?
WAT WILL IT TAKE TO DEVELOP MODERN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, CLOSED GUTTERS?
LOOK AT BRASIL? THEY HAVE CLAIMED THE MOST WCUPS IN HISTORY BCOS THEY INVESTED IN QUALITY SOCCER INFRSTRUCTURE, STADIUMS ETC.
GO TO ALL OUR GOVT STADIUMS N SEE GARGANTUAN INFRASTRACTURAL DEGRADATION. YOUR SCOREBOARD DOSENT EVEN WORK, BUT U WANT TO GO TO WORLDCUP?
LOOK AT GH. YOU WANT TO GO TO WCUP, BUT LOOK AT YOUR SOCCER INFRSATRUCTURE? IS IT FAIR TO THE OTHER NATIONS IN AFRICA WHO HAVE INVESTED IN
BETTER SOCCER INFRASTRUCTURE, STADIUMS, LEAGUES ETC. TO STAY HOME FOR GH TO QUALIFY AND GO TO BRASIL? HELL NO!
HE WHO CLIMBS A GOOD TREE DESERVES SUPPORT....NOT VICE VERSA. LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF PLAYERS AA HAS INVITED FOR THE WCUP QUALIFIER VS EGYPT?
REALLY?..EVEN OLELE PAID 5000 DOLLARS FOR SELECTION. DO BRASILIAN PLAYERS PAY BRIBES TO GET SELECTION? WAT IS OTOO, JORDAN AYEW, ADOMAH, FRIMPONG DOING HERE?
Now, if you were to open a textbook from years ago, you would have found that natural resources in abundance are a source of growth and wealth for
developing countries, or so it was supposed. Why not?
If you have oil, if you have diamonds, if you have gold and copper, can't these be used to help develop the country?
But if you turn to contemporary textbooks, the first chapter is liable to be about the resource curse, meaning that the revenues from foreign
investment in oil and gas and coal and copper get siphoned off in corruption. billions of dollars are siphoned off every year into THE private pockets of these so called DEMOCRATIC LEADERS.
WHAT A SHAME! There is a lack of transparency. There is a lack of accountability.
if you look at Chile, Peru, Indonesia, Malaysia, these are
countries that have been very successful in using their rich resources TO DEVELOP THEIR NATION. WHY CANT GHANAIAN GOVTS LEARN FROM THEM?
So the question is, how can resources be used to benefit broad economic and social development and avoid the corruption and authoritarian rule?
The key issue is always going to be the local population, the local leadership, the local press, and NGOs, non-governmental authorities that try
to promote openness and transparency. In 2010-2011, Ghana started to export significant quantities of oil.
Is this going to be the best thing that ever happened to Ghana or the worst thing that ever happened to Ghana?
The phenomenon called "Dutch Disease" is also part of the resource curse. THIS means that the exchange rate for the currency of
resource-rich countries becomes overvalued, and this hurts the exports of other industries.
WHAT THIS NDC GOVT IS DOING IS THIS. THEY HAVE DEVALUED THE CURRENCY, SO FOREIGNERS CAN BUY MORE EXPORTING OIL FOR EXPORT, RESOURCES. WHILES THEY STEAL THE MONIES INTO THEIR PRIVATE, FOREIGN
BANK ACCOUNTS. REALLY? IM READY TO START KILLING SOME OF THESE MINISTERS, MPS ETC......
Ghana is NOW like Haiti!!! There was only one airport in Haiti and when the disaster strucked,aid donors HAD it so hard to send humanitarian reliefs because the only one international airport
was destroyed. just imaginING if Ghana is not the same as Haiti??!! Building one international airport in Kumasi has turnED into tribal politics!!#
President John Dramani Mahama has added a whopping GHc15.6 BILLION DOLLARS to Ghana’s total public debt stock since being sworn into office as caretaker and substantive president within the period from July 2012 to August 2013.
This implies that President John Mahama has contracted a total of GHc15.6 BILLION DOLLARS of debt for Ghanaians since becoming the President of Ghana.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR ALL THIS DEBT? LOOK AT GH? SMELLY, DUSTY...OPEN GUTTERS I MEAN WHY? HOW? WHO VOTED FOR NDC? GO N CLAIM YOUR SHARE....PLUS AN INCREASE IN WATER, HYDRO TARRIFS ACROSS THE BOARD?
WHEN RICH WESTERN NATIONS ARE PAYING DOWN THEIR DEBTS/NATIONAL DEFICITS. WAT IS GH DOING, U ASK? BORROWING MORE MONEY. WAA LOOK?
IF YOUR STANDARD OF LIVING IS THIS BAD. HOW BAD WILL THE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR YOUR CHILDEREN AND GRANDCHILDREN BE? THINK ABOUT THIS PPL?.....
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NPP OR NDC. ghana is under the most useless leadership of all time,nurses are unpaid for six months ,children are dying of heart failures and asiedu nketia is feasting in streatham london with ghanas money.i pity for those who voted ndc.
A CLASSIC CASE OF FRENCH QUEEN CATHERINE'S "LET THEM EAT CAKE"...WELL, GUESS WHAT TRIGGERED THE FRENCH REVOLUTION? THIS FOOLISH STATEMENT IS WHAT TRIGGERED THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
GHPPL, RISE UP AND CLAIM YOUR SHARE!
Mr Paul Victor Obeng, has made a strong case for the need to ensure that increasing access to the Internet does not lead to the importation of alien cultures.
“While increasing access to the Internet would improve the socio-economic circumstances, its negative influences call for a concerted effort to counter the bad influence.
Increasing access should not lead us to the importation of attitudes that are incompatible with our social norms,” he said.
WAT IS PV'S PROBLEM? WESTERN NATIONS LIKE CANADA, AMERICA, BRITAIN, GERMANY ETC ALL HAVE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY READILY AVAILABLE FOR THEIR CITIZENS. HAS IT IMPACTED THEIR CULTURE NEGATIVELY?
EVEN BEFORE INTERNET, WE WERE SELLING/THROWING AWAY OUR CULTURE. WAT HAPPENS AT INDEPENDENCE MARCHES IN GH, 6 MARCH. DO WE EVEN POUR LIBATION ANYMORE?
WE PUT OUR KIDS IN THE BURNING SUN TO BLACKEN N FAINT. KIDS WE CANT EVEN GIVE FREE BASIC EDUCATION TO. WHILES, WE WALLOW IN THE ABJECTIVITY OF THE BIBLE N KORAN..
GAMBIA, CONGRATULATION FOR TAKING A BOLD STEP ON YOUR DECISION TO LEAVE THE COMMONWEALTH. I SALUTE YOU! GH GOVT, DO YOU HAVE THE BALLS TO DO SO?
SHAME ON OUR USELESS, TOOTHLESS SO CALLED LEADERS, ELDERS, MINISTERS, PRESIDENTS. SHAME ON YOU AND TO YOU ALL WHO HAVE EMBARKED ON STEALING.
I WISH EARLY DEATH AND A LIFE RIDDLED WITH PAINFUL DISEASES ON ALL OF YOU. YOU KNOW WHO ARE....
STUPID GOVT LEADERS. BCOS OF YOUR STUPID CORRUPT HABITS, AFRICANS ARE HAVING TO TRAVEL ILLEGALLY TO RACIST NATIONS. MANY HAVING TO DIE OR DROWN IN THE SEA. IS THIS RIGHT?
WHY ARE YOU SOO FUCKING WICKED, HUH? WHY?....
THIS IS BROWN BROWN BROTHERS, AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!
Mark 10 years ago

What is wrong with his speech? People cannot hide their hatred for the president and would make up any stupid allegation for only fools to believe. You dark hearted NPPians should know that we all have our own understanding ...
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What is wrong with his speech? People cannot hide their hatred for the president and would make up any stupid allegation for only fools to believe. You dark hearted NPPians should know that we all have our own understanding of the president's message at the UN and you cannot interpret it in your convoluted way for in hidden agenda for us. Fuck off!!
Kojo T 10 years ago

The tribalist KKK can never see anything good about him so long as in their eyes he is " pepenI" . They cannot see that they were the ones who dimmed Africa's light and now they shout " dumsor, dumsor" . What a bane such dim ...
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The tribalist KKK can never see anything good about him so long as in their eyes he is " pepenI" . They cannot see that they were the ones who dimmed Africa's light and now they shout " dumsor, dumsor" . What a bane such dim witted African have created for the continent
WILLIAM 10 years ago

President Mahama was not there to mirror western perceptions of Africa. He is African President speaking to a global audience!The Finder sounds like one injected with a killer dose of colonial mentality! Pathetic.

President Mahama was not there to mirror western perceptions of Africa. He is African President speaking to a global audience!The Finder sounds like one injected with a killer dose of colonial mentality! Pathetic.
J.J. LAWRENCE 10 years ago

MAHAMA HAS NO TINCTURE OF IDEA IN GOVERANCE, HE IS A BLOODY SILLY NOVICE WHO IS ONLY INTERESTED IN HIS OWN PERSONAL GOOD. HE IS LOOKING FOR ANY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL MONEY.

MAHAMA HAS NO TINCTURE OF IDEA IN GOVERANCE, HE IS A BLOODY SILLY NOVICE WHO IS ONLY INTERESTED IN HIS OWN PERSONAL GOOD. HE IS LOOKING FOR ANY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL MONEY.
Policeman 10 years ago

And I am talking to you people who just wake up in the morning and cry, eat, and dream Mahama like some fools without anything to do than to hate Mahama. For you knuckle heads there, Mahama is your president and the only Gha ...
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And I am talking to you people who just wake up in the morning and cry, eat, and dream Mahama like some fools without anything to do than to hate Mahama. For you knuckle heads there, Mahama is your president and the only Ghanaian the UN regards as the president of the Republic of Ghana and not Nana Addo. You fools can cry wolf as much as you can and Fui will happen. You can wake up and hate all day and Mahama will be your president all day until 2020. Now what?
Akwasi Boateng 10 years ago

YOU CANNOT SPELL AND YOU CALL SOMEONE SILLY???

YOU CANNOT SPELL AND YOU CALL SOMEONE SILLY???
Ollie 10 years ago

Too long a comment. I couldn't read all.

Too long a comment. I couldn't read all.
GHANA CAN DO BETTER 10 years ago

FAR MORE SMART AND CIVILIZED GHANAIANS THAN THIS GONJA-IDIOT

FAR MORE SMART AND CIVILIZED GHANAIANS THAN THIS GONJA-IDIOT
Albert 10 years ago

Only a fool will write this.

Only a fool will write this.
Kwame 10 years ago

So where did he goof?

So where did he goof?
Akwasi Boateng 10 years ago

GONJA OR GANJA - HE IS MORE INTELLIGENT THAN YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!! WAS KUFOUR ANY BETTER AND WHY DID GHANAIANS ELECT HIM AS PRESIDENT?
ARE GHANAIANS NOT INTELLIGENT?
YOU HAVE LOST - AND YOU WILL BE WRANGLING IN OPPOSITION F ...
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GONJA OR GANJA - HE IS MORE INTELLIGENT THAN YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!! WAS KUFOUR ANY BETTER AND WHY DID GHANAIANS ELECT HIM AS PRESIDENT?
ARE GHANAIANS NOT INTELLIGENT?
YOU HAVE LOST - AND YOU WILL BE WRANGLING IN OPPOSITION FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
HE'S A FOOL 10 years ago

AND UNCIVIKIZED

AND UNCIVIKIZED
Joe Black 10 years ago

Deal with the corruption in your government and stop this gibberish speech, I like you as a president but you're not stamping your authority on your appointees.

Deal with the corruption in your government and stop this gibberish speech, I like you as a president but you're not stamping your authority on your appointees.
Ghana 10 years ago

What you are writing here is a complete lie. So what you want us to believe is that, so far as the west don't like us to progress there's no way we can make it right?
For your information we can make progress in Ghana if onl ...
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What you are writing here is a complete lie. So what you want us to believe is that, so far as the west don't like us to progress there's no way we can make it right?
For your information we can make progress in Ghana if only we abhor all the negative tendencies in our country being Ghana.
NOKORE NA EYE OOH 10 years ago

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CAN NOT FARM AND FEED YOUR OWN FAMILY WHILES THE LAND FOR FARMING IS IN ABUNDANT?

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CAN NOT FARM AND FEED YOUR OWN FAMILY WHILES THE LAND FOR FARMING IS IN ABUNDANT?
Odasanyi, London 10 years ago

There is absolutely nothing wrong with what he said. If he was fumbling, you people would have made a big issue of this.No one is perfect. I am sure the President will tackle corruption so that the poor man can also enjoy a l ...
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with what he said. If he was fumbling, you people would have made a big issue of this.No one is perfect. I am sure the President will tackle corruption so that the poor man can also enjoy a little. I was disappointed when he paid the common fund or whatever they call it to those good for nothing MPS.
Skains 10 years ago

This is the most stupid article about politics that I've read in the 21st century. Who must have written this article?

This is the most stupid article about politics that I've read in the 21st century. Who must have written this article?
GENERAL DeGAULE 10 years ago

Pointless article. You couldn't tell his direction of travel. Is Africa or Ghana not set for endless possibilities? That fact that some people think differently or will conspire to make it otherwise does not detract from the ...
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Pointless article. You couldn't tell his direction of travel. Is Africa or Ghana not set for endless possibilities? That fact that some people think differently or will conspire to make it otherwise does not detract from the view expressed by the President. And his expression is borrowed; so what? Does that constitute a gaffe? Mr Finder should go and find some useful topic to write about.
mensa 10 years ago

Jealousy people..... PRESIDENT don't mind them. everything you do, they will talk... abaaa

Jealousy people..... PRESIDENT don't mind them. everything you do, they will talk... abaaa
ALJ 10 years ago

This is th emost stupid comment I have ever read. The writer does not know whathe is saying. It is pure rubbish!!

This is th emost stupid comment I have ever read. The writer does not know whathe is saying. It is pure rubbish!!
SULE 10 years ago

Mr President, you said “for decades the corruption, greed and depravity of a few caused the suffering of an entire continent.”
There might be some truth in this, but are you sure the situation is any different now?
Very ...
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Mr President, you said “for decades the corruption, greed and depravity of a few caused the suffering of an entire continent.”
There might be some truth in this, but are you sure the situation is any different now?
Very very interesting question and it would do the Mahama-Amissah Arthur administration a lot of good, answering this very poignant question.
Mark 10 years ago

Where the hell were you during the Nothing People's Party when big time corruption and armed robbery was the order of the day and you have the nerve to make noise now?

Where the hell were you during the Nothing People's Party when big time corruption and armed robbery was the order of the day and you have the nerve to make noise now?
ADWEN 10 years ago

MAHAMA is a fool so even with a tool (empowered as a president) he is still a fool.
Mahama presidency and his personality is characterised with gargantuan corruption of the highest order as he himself is so corrupt he has ma ...
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MAHAMA is a fool so even with a tool (empowered as a president) he is still a fool.
Mahama presidency and his personality is characterised with gargantuan corruption of the highest order as he himself is so corrupt he has made corruption free-for-all in Ghana so that he can accumulate the biggest share.
Mahama has led Ghana to the dogs and to the doldrums. MAHAMA DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING. HE THINKS MERELY TALKING AND PROMISING IS WHAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT.
pa Nii 10 years ago

Whoever the finder is is not known but he has not pointed out any clear point that the president was wrong. There is a clear misguided intention to discredit the president's speech. Please lets appreciate the good efforts of ...
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Whoever the finder is is not known but he has not pointed out any clear point that the president was wrong. There is a clear misguided intention to discredit the president's speech. Please lets appreciate the good efforts of our leaders and where criticisms have to be made lets lake them objectively and constructively. There is nothing objectively wrong in the president's speech. So Mr. Finder, correct yourself and make your findings with objectively clear mind.
dennis awah 10 years ago

this statement by the writer is totally false - "And the worse, Mr President, is this: “There was a time when killing seemed almost commonplace in Africa.’’ There was absolutely no time like that. This is just a creatio ...
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this statement by the writer is totally false - "And the worse, Mr President, is this: “There was a time when killing seemed almost commonplace in Africa.’’ There was absolutely no time like that. This is just a creation of some fame-seeking Western journalists. this idiotic writer has goofed even worse than the president cos he knows nothing about history - the 350 -400 odd years of the trans-atlantic slave trade a great part of Africa was covered in political strife and war, how else could 10-12 million Africans be sold into slavery??? the military and terror campaigns of the Dahomey, Mandingo and Ashanti empires among many that propagated wars, famine and the facilitation of the slave trade. this idiot writer must come again, Idiot
john ansah 10 years ago

well he is human!

well he is human!
Akwasi Boateng 10 years ago

Whoever wrote this article must be an absolute FOOL!!!
Where did Mahama goof!!
God help Ghana. We have so many IDIOTS writing RAMBLING & MEANINGLESS articles one wonders if FREEDOM of SPEECH has to be suspended in Ghana.
I ...
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Whoever wrote this article must be an absolute FOOL!!!
Where did Mahama goof!!
God help Ghana. We have so many IDIOTS writing RAMBLING & MEANINGLESS articles one wonders if FREEDOM of SPEECH has to be suspended in Ghana.
I am NOT an NKRUMANIST but when you read such GARBAGE, you can be forgiven to ADVOCATE for the UNPOPULAR 'PREVENTIVE DETENSION ACT'.
Joeboy 10 years ago

Where is the goofing and what's your point? So we should still be begging for hand-outs instead of a leveled play ground/field? Go back to school.

Where is the goofing and what's your point? So we should still be begging for hand-outs instead of a leveled play ground/field? Go back to school.
ea 10 years ago

There are critical questions to bother our minds!

There are critical questions to bother our minds!
GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST go www.greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST go www.greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com
mahama is corrupt,evil 2 the nation 10 years ago

USELESS MAHAMA IS NUMBER ONE CORRUPT,SHAME ON HIM,GOD WILL PUNISH THEM ALL,PERIOD

USELESS MAHAMA IS NUMBER ONE CORRUPT,SHAME ON HIM,GOD WILL PUNISH THEM ALL,PERIOD
SAY IT AS IT IS! 10 years ago

Where is the goof, or the editort does not understand the word goof??

Where is the goof, or the editort does not understand the word goof??
appiah 10 years ago

Anyway how can a narrow-minded leader who has surrended himself with greedy and selfish clowns run a successful government. The country has over 80 ministers whose main duty is to follow the president around. Nobody has any v ...
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Anyway how can a narrow-minded leader who has surrended himself with greedy and selfish clowns run a successful government. The country has over 80 ministers whose main duty is to follow the president around. Nobody has any vision, job schudule nor a meaningful goal. Beer and, hard liquor are served in the offices of all ministers and Managing directors during working hours under the guise of entetaining their visitors in office. Poor Ghana and none of the ministers and MDs pay for utilities.
Sumaila Musah 10 years ago

Oh guys what are all these for???

Oh guys what are all these for???

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