Sir John to Prez Mahama: We’ll not wait till 2016…

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Americano 10 years ago

Indeed John is corrupt!

Indeed John is corrupt!
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

Just look at Sir John's picture. Is that a human being? That looks more like a chimpanzee than a man - in fact, like an angry gorilla.!

Sir John is still in the evolutionary process from monkey to early humanoid!

Just look at Sir John's picture. Is that a human being? That looks more like a chimpanzee than a man - in fact, like an angry gorilla.!

Sir John is still in the evolutionary process from monkey to early humanoid!
insight to the bone 10 years ago

the short memory of these so called journalists is worrying . look at what this same bagbin did as minister or works and housing , there its more evident his corrupt unscrupulous lying character in the stx , chinese and numer ...
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the short memory of these so called journalists is worrying . look at what this same bagbin did as minister or works and housing , there its more evident his corrupt unscrupulous lying character in the stx , chinese and numerous take money for myself only dealings . bagbin has the reputation of being the most corrupt minister after mahama then vice himself so who are we joking here . we now see the caliber and nature of all these useless ministers by just looking in their waiting rooms . during the time of npp you would go to these same waiting rooms and see people in suits and other attire waiting to do business today the transformation is you see young ashawo girls , boys in t shirts and all kinds of crazy ass idiots waiting to collect monies from whoever , none are there for any govt business talk less of anything beneficial to the state . the business community has now shied away from having anything to do with these criminals and their anti Akan agenda . kwasea pepeni has destroyed all unity left and so we must continue to prepare for the revolution and war. it seems even their own gen mosquito is slowly coming to his senses and seeing the pain and suffering of his own people , i guess the syndrome of the prodigal son is now getting through to the Akans among them . long live the republic of Akan
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AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am c ...
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AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am compelled to do this expose on the former junta head for those who do not know his role in promoting corruption as a national concept. Read on!
In June 1979, eight top military officers, including three former heads of state, were lined up and executed at the Teshie Military Firing range in two batches. Gen. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Gen. Frederick William Kwasi Akuffo, Gen. Robert Kotei, Lt-Gen. Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa, Rear Admiral Joy Amedume, Air Vice-Marshall George Yaw Boakye, Emmanuel K. Utuka and Colonel Roger Felli were accused of corrupting the body politic.
In an interview with New Nation, a monthly magazine circulating in Nigeria and now defunct, the Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, which supervised over the most famous case of extra-judicial killings in the history of the political evolution of Ghana, justified the action of his military junta as a necessary action to rid the body politic of corruption.
“They were jumbo-sized armed robbers whose killings left the world smelling nicer,” Flt-Lt. Rawlings was quoted by the magazine as saying in explanation.
Jerry Rawlings said the officers had to be killed, “because Ghana was faced with their type of thievery breed of criminals who were worse than Nigeria’s armed robbers” in the 1970s.
“Now, I’ll tell you what we have here. We have a breed that is, perhaps, worse than your armed robbers,” he told reporters of the New Nation in an exclusive interview. “They are the pen robbers. These species of vermin have for long perpetrated corruption with impunity.
“They have not only bled the nation white, but as a result of their thievery, Ghana has suffered hunger, loss of national spirit, loss of pride and respect in the military uniform. So, as you can see, while Nigerians have perceived their main social problems to be the proliferation of six Naira armed robbers, we, in Ghana, think that our problem is that of people who take widow’s mite from a bankrupt nation.”
In the words of the ex-junta head: “While you (Nigeria) content yourself at the Bar Beach by watching the executions of mal-adjusted labourers, mechanics or clerks, we in Ghana, have killed the jumbo armed robbers, call them generals or brigadiers – whose going to leave the world smelling sweeter.”
One interesting thing about this claim is that Jerry Rawlings and his righteous AFRC members could not account for monies lodged in AFRC Account 48, which was specially created to lodge huge monies paid by businessmen and other persons and institutions found guilty by a so-called people court to have corrupted the system. Monies from seized goods auctioned to the public at so-called control prices were also lodged in the account.
When President Hilla Limann took power after the AFRC had left the scene on September 24, 1979, the new Head of State complained that there was nothing in the coffers, insinuating that the famous Account 48 could not be traced.
When Flt-Lt. Rawlings, who had refused to accept the new government’s offer to go on course abroad, was questioned on the disappearance of the huge lodgings in the account, he replied that he was not an accountant. Incidentally, the fate of PNDC Account 48, established by the second junta led by the same person, has not been accounted for as you read this piece.
One of the most interesting developments in Ghana’s political evolution was the decision to abolish the General Certificate of Examinations -Ordinary and Advanced levels- by the Provisional National Defence Council. The main reason given was that the old educational system had favoured only the children of the elite class.
At a time ordinary folks of the land were enrolling their children in what became known as the Junior and Senior Secondary schools, whose certificates -BECE and SCCE- were not recognised beyond the four corners of the country, Jerry Rawlings enrolled his children at the expensive Ghana International School in Accra to read subjects that qualified them to sit for the GCE Ordinary and the Advanced levels his PNDC administration had prohibited the mass of Ghanaian children from.
I do not believe corruption is only putting state money in one’s pocket. Exploiting state resources for one’s advantage could even be a worse form of corruption. That is why I have an axe to grind with Jerry Rawlings for enrolling all his children abroad to study with the GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels, acquired outside the formal sector in the country.
What I call Jerry’s Stupid Schools has debased education up to the tertiary level, where lottery numbers, other than real academic work, determines qualification at the first degree level.
To add insult to injury, when asked to tell Ghanaians how he was funding the education of all the three children -Ezanator, YaaAsantewaa and Kimathi- in expensive universities in Britain and Ireland, Jerry Rawlings looked at Ghanaians in the face and answered that unknown benefactors were picking up the bills for their fees.
The Almighty is a kind Lord. It emerged that companies the state of Ghana was dealing with and which were milking Ghana dry, were picking up the bills of Jerry Rawlings’ children. And such a person has the audacity to complain about leaders being corrupt.
I dare state that corruption was elevated into an art under Jerry Rawlings. The circumstances under which he transformed himself from a military dictator into a civil constitutional President smells of corruption all the way to the Castle.
After eleven and a half years of the ‘Gospel According to Jerry Rawlings,’ a period he himself identified as the ‘culture of silence’, Jerry Rawlings and those who claim to believe in him used the resources of state to convert his military oligarchy and the entire governance system into a political party. With the Electoral Commission and the entire process under his thumb, Jerry Rawlings exchanged his military garb for a description as Constitutional President of the Republic of Ghana. God Almighty should remain where he is.
The eight year administration he led, as Constitutional President of this Republic, eulogised corruption as a state-sponsored event. State asserts were transferred to cronies under the guise of divestiture. As you read this piece, Nsawam Cannery, one of the flagship projects of the now defunct Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation, belongs to Caridem, a company floated by Mrs. Rawlings’ 31st December Women’s Movement, in a purchasing agreement that parceled the company to Caridem for a pittance.
Under the Government of the National Democratic Congress Mark One, corruption festered on a large scale. It would take volumes to chronicle corruption under the NDC. But four prominent issues stand out. Getting to the end of the first term of office, newspapers that had been freed from the bondage of the culture of silence began chronicling evidence of corrupt deals by leading members of the regime.
In 1996, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice investigated one matter and established massive corrupt deals against Ibrahim Adam, then Minister of Agriculture, Colonel E.M. Osei Owusu, a former Minister of the Interior, P.V. Obeng, a Presidential Staffer, and Dr. Adjei Marfo, a Chief Executive Officer of a state-run company.
Instead of prosecuting them, the Government of Saint Rawlings rather issued a While Paper exonerating the corrupt elements, and rather indicted the media for highlighting the issue.
In Britain, Mabey and Johnson was prosecuted not too long ago for corruptly influencing Ghanaian politicians between 1994 and 1999 to gain bridge contracts, The news in these contracts is that barely one year after completing two bridges in Ghana, including one over River Oti, the Ghana Government had to contract experts from Britain to repair them as they threatened to cave in.
In 2002, the former Managing Director of Ghana Rubber Estates Limited, Mr. Etienne Arthur Marie Popeler, told an Accra Fast Track High Court that he gave millions of dollars to Mr. Dan Abodakpi, then Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Shirley Ayittey, then Treasurer of the 31st December Women’s Movement, in bribes before his French company, SIPH, could secure GREL.
The case of Ms. Cotton, an unemployed American, secured $20 million of scarce state cash from compromised state officials, ostensibly to grow rice for Ghanaians at Aveyime in the Battor area of the Volta Region. Even when Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States had sent a warning letter about the background of Ms. Cotton, and intimating that she was incapable of undertaking the task, state officials paid the money. As it turned out, the main motivating factor was the cut they all stood to make.
If corruption is endemic in the body politic after the so-called June 4, uprising, the genesis could be traced to Jerry Rawlings who executed eight Ghanaians officials on unproven trivial charges, and out-doored full- blown corruption as a state policy.
In other exposé next week, I intend to draw the link between the free for all looting that assails the body politic in the Mills-Mahama regime, and the adventure of Jerry John Rawlings as Head of State of this Republic. I shall return!
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william 10 years ago

Before 2016 you will be out as secretary general, that is what you are worried about!

Before 2016 you will be out as secretary general, that is what you are worried about!
Krikri,, 10 years ago

Go and bring your dead father to take the place of Mahama

Go and bring your dead father to take the place of Mahama
wise 10 years ago

we have to impeach mahama for his inability to fight corruption and remove him from office. we can't wait mahama to destroy ghana.

we have to impeach mahama for his inability to fight corruption and remove him from office. we can't wait mahama to destroy ghana.
The Northern Patriot 10 years ago

Frustration will kill NPP idiots like you.

JDM all the way! You will be left complaining till 2020 when handsome Mahama will finish his mandate and hands over to another cadre, possibly Sam Ablakwah.

Frustration will kill NPP idiots like you.

JDM all the way! You will be left complaining till 2020 when handsome Mahama will finish his mandate and hands over to another cadre, possibly Sam Ablakwah.
GOOGLE MY ASS 10 years ago

DON'T BLAME SIR JOHN , I DO LIKE THE PRESIDENT BUT INFACT HIS RESPONSED TO MR BAGBIN WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED "2016 IS NOT FAR AWAY TO SEE ME GONE" TO ME WAS VERY POOR RESPONSE TO MR BAGBIN THAT I THINK HE DO NEED SPEECH WRITER ...
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DON'T BLAME SIR JOHN , I DO LIKE THE PRESIDENT BUT INFACT HIS RESPONSED TO MR BAGBIN WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED "2016 IS NOT FAR AWAY TO SEE ME GONE" TO ME WAS VERY POOR RESPONSE TO MR BAGBIN THAT I THINK HE DO NEED SPEECH WRITERS .
insight to the bone 10 years ago

what handsome this idiot who walks around like he has a stick in his ass is handsome , wo ye kawsea paaa.

what handsome this idiot who walks around like he has a stick in his ass is handsome , wo ye kawsea paaa.
Blay 10 years ago

you don,t know ewhat is Handsomeness,because you are used to fucking monkeys in the bush!!!!that all you,ve got.

you don,t know ewhat is Handsomeness,because you are used to fucking monkeys in the bush!!!!that all you,ve got.
BOB CAT 10 years ago

ANANI THANK NKRUMAH THAT YOU ARE NOW A GHANAIN.A 4thCENTURY HOMO SERPIAN.EWES ARE CURSED TO THE NATION.

ANANI THANK NKRUMAH THAT YOU ARE NOW A GHANAIN.A 4thCENTURY HOMO SERPIAN.EWES ARE CURSED TO THE NATION.
CHAMPION 10 years ago

@insight to your ass, ARE YOU ALSO A HUMAN BEING OR A BEAST? you are not a person enough even to wash the president and his wife under wears. idiot fool.

@insight to your ass, ARE YOU ALSO A HUMAN BEING OR A BEAST? you are not a person enough even to wash the president and his wife under wears. idiot fool.
Aponkye 10 years ago

If the Game and Wildlife Department should build a cage for Sir John in the zoo it will be a top tourist attraction to bring much needed foreign exchange to strengthen the Cedi.

If the Game and Wildlife Department should build a cage for Sir John in the zoo it will be a top tourist attraction to bring much needed foreign exchange to strengthen the Cedi.
chris 10 years ago

Even in the zoo, the rest of the animals will run away,because his boss Kuffour ,Osofo Marfo will also like to be there.

Even in the zoo, the rest of the animals will run away,because his boss Kuffour ,Osofo Marfo will also like to be there.
Okute 10 years ago

Can you do me a favour, only just to change your forum nickname from Aponkye to 'whatever' please?
I like Aponkye-nkrakra soup too much but not here on the forum which spoils my taste for my ready weekend hot pot.
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Can you do me a favour, only just to change your forum nickname from Aponkye to 'whatever' please?
I like Aponkye-nkrakra soup too much but not here on the forum which spoils my taste for my ready weekend hot pot.
Choose some new sexy forum name like 'I'm aware' or even 'super-chick' or something else that will give me some fresh appetite to fit your comment perfectly!! Aaaaa Aponkye paa niee?
I won't tell you the meaning of Okute anyway, those who knows it understands it!!!
Joemens 10 years ago

It will be better you also paste your picture here for we the discerning viewers to decide you and and sir john who is more uglier

It will be better you also paste your picture here for we the discerning viewers to decide you and and sir john who is more uglier
Kwadwo Asare 10 years ago

Joemens
Are you saying Sir John is ugly and you want him to contest for the ugliest man in !!!!!!!, and maybe !!!!!?

Joemens
Are you saying Sir John is ugly and you want him to contest for the ugliest man in !!!!!!!, and maybe !!!!!?
Money 10 years ago

put your picture up and you will see a million run..U dickhead

put your picture up and you will see a million run..U dickhead
Kofi K New Jersey 10 years ago

Mahama take simpa panyin's advice, if the kitchen is too hot for you pack your bags n leave the shores of Ghana, in your case, U have stashed enough to make you live well. God bless Ghana

Mahama take simpa panyin's advice, if the kitchen is too hot for you pack your bags n leave the shores of Ghana, in your case, U have stashed enough to make you live well. God bless Ghana
ishmael avoh miezah 10 years ago

we need drastic actions to fight corruption in ghana, how can a deputy thinks of one million dollar in her account, Gyeeda report, wayome, isofoton oooh ghana.

we need drastic actions to fight corruption in ghana, how can a deputy thinks of one million dollar in her account, Gyeeda report, wayome, isofoton oooh ghana.
Zaga 10 years ago

Sir John the muppet is at it again, making noise about corruption so that Ghanaians will vote for his party to come and loot us blind. His party, the NPP was the most corrupt and criminal in the history of Ghana. Let better p ...
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Sir John the muppet is at it again, making noise about corruption so that Ghanaians will vote for his party to come and loot us blind. His party, the NPP was the most corrupt and criminal in the history of Ghana. Let better people take over the party and improve the quality of opposition for a change. This current leadership are a disgrace to politics. They make politics look like a job the uncouth and badly bahaved.
APAE BIO 10 years ago

Does Sir John think corruption comes only when one uses unauthorised means to amass wealth? What he (Sir John) did at GNPC by sleeping with female staff and arrogating some powers to himself which led to his resignation also ...
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Does Sir John think corruption comes only when one uses unauthorised means to amass wealth? What he (Sir John) did at GNPC by sleeping with female staff and arrogating some powers to himself which led to his resignation also constitute high level corruption. He should give us a break.
KOFI 10 years ago

listen to this accomplished IDIOT

listen to this accomplished IDIOT
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

A man is doing yard work and his wife is about to take a shower. The man realizes that he can't find the rake. He yells up to his wife, "Honey... where is the rake?"
She can't hear him and shouts back, "What?"
The man first ...
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A man is doing yard work and his wife is about to take a shower. The man realizes that he can't find the rake. He yells up to his wife, "Honey... where is the rake?"
She can't hear him and shouts back, "What?"
The man first points to his eye, then points to his knee and finally makes a raking motion. The wife is not sure and says, "What?" and the man repeats his gestures.
"EYE KNEE - THE RAKE" The wife replies that she understands and signals back.
She first points to her eye, next she points to her left breast, then she points to her butt, and finally to her crotch. Well, there is no way in hell the man can even come close on that one.
Exasperated, he goes upstairs and asks her "What in the frigging' hell was that?"
She replies, "EYE - LEFT IT - BEHIND - THE BUSH"
T T 10 years ago

Just look at John Mahama Corrupt.John Mahama corrupt Picture look like Criminal

Just look at John Mahama Corrupt.John Mahama corrupt Picture look like Criminal
T T 10 years ago

Let put John Mahama in zoo b,cos he look like monkey

Let put John Mahama in zoo b,cos he look like monkey
GhanaBA 10 years ago

well since i dont support corrupt politicians, it seems sir john want to cash in here!

well since i dont support corrupt politicians, it seems sir john want to cash in here!
GOOGLE MY ASS 10 years ago

PRESIDENT HAS AGREE TO PACK OUT 2016 SO LET SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BY THEN .

PRESIDENT HAS AGREE TO PACK OUT 2016 SO LET SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BY THEN .
Kojo Samla 10 years ago

Look at the face of an idiot. All the idiots do not know that they are idiots, but we know them all. They hide behind political parties and spew out idiotic trash. To think that such an idiot was a manager at GNPC.

Look at the face of an idiot. All the idiots do not know that they are idiots, but we know them all. They hide behind political parties and spew out idiotic trash. To think that such an idiot was a manager at GNPC.
Phuilips 10 years ago

If the village lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie,thinks the President is corrupt he has every right to take him to court and prove his case otherwise, he must stop fooling around like the demon's advocate. He has become such a nuis ...
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If the village lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie,thinks the President is corrupt he has every right to take him to court and prove his case otherwise, he must stop fooling around like the demon's advocate. He has become such a nuisance to even his own party.
kusasi 10 years ago

kufuor the most corrupt in ghana

kufuor the most corrupt in ghana
NANA KASA 10 years ago

What did you do in 8years?

What did you do in 8years?
HAWA YAKUBU 10 years ago

Listen to this dick head.NPP will get 30% of the total votes

Listen to this dick head.NPP will get 30% of the total votes
BOB CAT 10 years ago

OH HAWA YAKUBU,SIR JOHN'S HEAD REMINDS YOU THE DICK OF YOUR HUSBAND'S..., SORRY FOR DISGRACING YOUR HUSBAND IN PUBLIC,THAT IS WHY WE NORMALLY SAY PEPE IS STILL PEPE,NO RESPECT,NO MATTER HOW EDUCATED THE ONE IS.

OH HAWA YAKUBU,SIR JOHN'S HEAD REMINDS YOU THE DICK OF YOUR HUSBAND'S..., SORRY FOR DISGRACING YOUR HUSBAND IN PUBLIC,THAT IS WHY WE NORMALLY SAY PEPE IS STILL PEPE,NO RESPECT,NO MATTER HOW EDUCATED THE ONE IS.
Simingue 10 years ago

This man Sir John is thinking that by saying these outrageous things about the president, his party will get the opportunity to power? NEVER

This man Sir John is thinking that by saying these outrageous things about the president, his party will get the opportunity to power? NEVER
b.b 10 years ago

Hello there mr tomatos teets cnt y advice yr self as soon as y open yur stking mouth tomatos teets everybody picks on y jst shutup doom ass

Hello there mr tomatos teets cnt y advice yr self as soon as y open yur stking mouth tomatos teets everybody picks on y jst shutup doom ass
NAA4U 10 years ago

IF YOU CAN WAIT TILL 2016, IMPEACH HIM OR THROW BOMBS AT HIM LIKE YOU DID TO NKRUMAH.

BROOD OF VIPERS!

IF YOU CAN WAIT TILL 2016, IMPEACH HIM OR THROW BOMBS AT HIM LIKE YOU DID TO NKRUMAH.

BROOD OF VIPERS!
ALHAJI KANO 10 years ago

YES WE ARE GOING TO THROW BOMBS AT HIM. BECAUSE STUPID PERSON DESERVES IT.WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE THE BLOOD OF PEPENI TO OUR GODS.

YES WE ARE GOING TO THROW BOMBS AT HIM. BECAUSE STUPID PERSON DESERVES IT.WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE THE BLOOD OF PEPENI TO OUR GODS.
Agbee 10 years ago

Being a politician does not mean BEING INSOLENT. I wonder the kind of role model sir john is for his children, and Ghanaian youths. is sir john the only big man in NPP? Sir john must take the trouble to look at decent politic ...
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Being a politician does not mean BEING INSOLENT. I wonder the kind of role model sir john is for his children, and Ghanaian youths. is sir john the only big man in NPP? Sir john must take the trouble to look at decent politicians like Hon. Dan Botwe, Hon. Hana Teteh, Hon. Pelpuo, and the likes. SIR JOHN, PLEASE GIVE SOME RESPECT TO YOUR PRESIDENT. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, PREZ. MAHAMA IS YOUR PRESIDENT, A POSITION YOU WILL NEVER GET ON THIS PLANET.
Blay 10 years ago

Sir John is the Head of the "Villagers" unit of NPP!!!

Sir John is the Head of the "Villagers" unit of NPP!!!
Ideology 10 years ago

Were Ghanaians better off economically under his Kuffour administration.

Were Ghanaians better off economically under his Kuffour administration.
KONFANKO 10 years ago

YES GHANAIANS WERE ECONOMICALLY BETTER OFF UNDER KUFFOUR'S ADMINISTRATION THAN THIS GONJA MAN,YEBE DII KEKE.

YES GHANAIANS WERE ECONOMICALLY BETTER OFF UNDER KUFFOUR'S ADMINISTRATION THAN THIS GONJA MAN,YEBE DII KEKE.
Cantankerous 10 years ago

Does NPP really stand a goat's chance of winning the next election if it remains in its current form and the present visionless and self-serving leadership remains in place? An "Akans only" party hijacked by a handful of trib ...
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Does NPP really stand a goat's chance of winning the next election if it remains in its current form and the present visionless and self-serving leadership remains in place? An "Akans only" party hijacked by a handful of tribalists and infested with demented individuals with genocidal tendencies will never be voted into power.It is probably too late for the NPP to win the 2016 elections as there is simply not enough time left to perform the deep cleansing , restructuring and pruning of dead wood that would make the NPP appealing enough to be electable. Too much time was and resources was taken up persuing a foolish litigation that was clearly bound to fail. NPP will likely pay the price at the next election for indulging the bruised elephant sized egos of its leadership. Of course there is always the possibilty that Mahama and the NDC leadership will do something really daft to lose the election but that is only a remote possibility. The NPP does not appear to have the stomach for the painful but necessary reforms required to put it on a winning mode. It is with great sorrow that many of us have come to this conclusion.
EVIL DWARF FROM KYEBI 10 years ago

This disgraced ugly Ashanti buffoon is at it again! If I were him, I would go and find a stone in the forest and crawl under it.

This disgraced ugly Ashanti buffoon is at it again! If I were him, I would go and find a stone in the forest and crawl under it.
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OPEN LETTER TO H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA AND READING PUBLIC OF GHANAWEB.COM,

IT IS TIME TO CALL "SPADE A SPADE"AND THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF GHANA REPOSED THEIR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA TO LEAD GHANA AS THE COMMANDER-IN CHIEF AND FATHER OF THE NATION AND NOBODY CAN CHANGE THAT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST REPOSED IN THE PRESIDENT.
THAT AS "FATHER PROVIDES FOR HIS CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN ALSO HELP THEIR FATHER" SO IT SHOULD BE WITH ALL OF US AS GHANAIANS.
THAT THE FIFTH (5TH) COMMANDMENTS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE BIBLE ENTREAT ALL CHRISTIANS "CHILDREN OBEY YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER TO LIVE LONG AND ALSO TO PROSPER IN THE LAND THAT YOUR GOD GIVES TO YOU".
THAT THE BOOK OF ROMANS ALSO ENJOINED ALL CHRISTIANS "TO OBEY THEIR GOVERNMENTS SINCE NO GOVERNMENT CAN EXIST WITHOUT GOD BRINGING THEM TO POWER."
THAT THE BIBLE ALSO ENTREATS GOVERNMENTS AND LEADERS NOT TO OPPRESS THEIR PEOPLE BUT TO DISPENSE JUSTICE WITH FAIRNESS" AND OTHERS.
HOWEVER, AS INTERNATIONAL LAWYER I DO ADMIT THAT WE ARE NOT ALL CHRISTIANS IN GHANA BUT WE HAVE OTHER RELIGIOUS SECTS WHICH WE MUST RESPECT SINCE GHANA 1992 CONSTITUTION PROVIDES FOR "THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND CONSCIENCE" UNDER CHAPTER 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH ENJOINED ALL OF US TO RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION.
THAT THE FRIVOLOUS ACCUSATIONS BEING LEVELED AGAINST H.E.PRESIDENT OF GHANA JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA THOUGH I DO RESPECT DIVERGENT OF VIEWS ARE NOT BEING DONE WITH CLEAR CONSCIENCE BUT WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT.
THAT THE REAL QUESTIONS THAT I RESPECTFULLY RAISED FOR HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO, WHO WAS GHANA FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER NEVER BEING ANSWERED BY HIM AND PEOPLE ARE NOW RESORTING TO DIVERSIONARY TACTICS AND CASTING FRIVOLOUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST H.E.PRESIDENT MAHAMA RATHER INSTEAD OF INSISTING THAT HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS AS BELOW:
(i) WHETHER OR NOT AMERICA GOVERNMENT GAVE ME $10 MILLION WHEN AMERICA GAVE GHANA A GRANT OF $547 MILLION WHEN HE WAS GHANA FOREIGN MINISTER?
(ii) WHETHER OR NOT AMERICA GOVERNMENT GAVE GHANA $547 MILLION AS GRANT FOR POVERTY REDUCTIONS WHEN HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO WAS GHANA FOREIGN MINISTER?
(iii) IF YES, THEN WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE SAID MONEY?
(iv) WHETHER OR NOT HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO WHEN HE WAS NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR 2008 TRANSFERRED MONEY TO CANADA TO PURCHASE CARS/VEHICLES?
(v) IF YES, TO WHO DID HE OR THEY TRANSFER THE MONEY TO IN CANADA?
(vi) WHERE ARE/WERE THE CARS/VEHICLES?

THAT ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE RELATED QUESTIONS ARE NOT MATTERS OF FANCY BUT VERY SERIOUS AND IT IS MY RESPECTFUL SUBMISSION THAT MPS WHO LOVE GHANA AND ARE IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE GOOD CAUSE/COURSE OF THE PEOPLE TO RISE UP ABOVE PARTISAN DIVIDES AND PERSONAL IDIOSYNCRASIES TO TAKE THE MATTER SERIOUSLY TO GET ANSWERS AND ALSO TO GET TO THE RUDIMENTS OF THE MATTER AND TO STOP CASTING FRIVOLOUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST H.E.PRESIDENT JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA.
IT IS AT THESE RELATED BACKDROPS THAT I AM RESPECTFULLY URGING H.E.PRESIDENT MAHAMA TO INSTITUTE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE MATTER IF HON.NANA AKUFO ADDO REFUSED TO TALK ON THE MATTER, THERETO.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
GOD BLESS GHANA AND AMERICA.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI
INTERNATIONAL LAWYER/LEGAL CONSULTANT/ADMINISTRATOR
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11-09 05:13

lying pepeni and ayigbe criminals
insight to the bone
11-09 05:25

Am saddened for Vicky Hammah
Simingue
11-09 05:32

Re: 'Vickieleaks' content is very damning to NDC g
Frank Agyeman Prempeh
11-09 05:34

NANA AKUFO ADDO WHERE IS MY $10M?
BENONY TONY AMEKUDZI, ESQ.
11-09 05:34
HONESTY 10 years ago

Looks are not critical in politics but I think they influence voters to some extent. Sir John to attract voters!! Ha! ha! haa!

Looks are not critical in politics but I think they influence voters to some extent. Sir John to attract voters!! Ha! ha! haa!
Okobo 10 years ago

I prefer a 'pepeni president' than an ape-man (soroboa/wild monkey) to be our president.
They're all opportunists!!!
Don't call him a "sir" again!!
'sir', my ass!!
Use a used toilet roll as you ...
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I prefer a 'pepeni president' than an ape-man (soroboa/wild monkey) to be our president.
They're all opportunists!!!
Don't call him a "sir" again!!
'sir', my ass!!
Use a used toilet roll as your voting ballot for him!!! Do it if you're really HONEST!!!
mary 10 years ago

You are a disgrace n apology to society.
You talk b4 u think.be civil in hour talks.
Your recent conviction has not taught u any lesson.you npp negative n evil politics will fail.

You are a disgrace n apology to society.
You talk b4 u think.be civil in hour talks.
Your recent conviction has not taught u any lesson.you npp negative n evil politics will fail.
Whatever 10 years ago

Anytime I read comments from NPP on corruption, my eyebrows raise by itself.

Anytime I read comments from NPP on corruption, my eyebrows raise by itself.
Zakari 10 years ago

no wonder

no wonder
venom 10 years ago

What did Kuffuor do to curb corruption in Ghana? This is where our problem really is. Showering praise for the wrong conduct because we belong to the same club. Kuffuor ruled Ghana like the village king by sidelining the legi ...
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What did Kuffuor do to curb corruption in Ghana? This is where our problem really is. Showering praise for the wrong conduct because we belong to the same club. Kuffuor ruled Ghana like the village king by sidelining the legislative assembly of men and women of Ghana and pulling the shots from castle single handed. This is complete misuse and abuse of executive powers- and that alone is a recipe for corruption especially in the developing world where the winner takes it all. Of course if Rawlings sowed that seed, Kuffuor watered, fertilized the plant for a healthy growth and reproduction. And so Mahama is only reaping the fruits of his predecessors who must be told point blank as being the source of it all. As for Mills the least said of him the better. He was one of the boring presidents of our time. May he rest in peace though. Civil society is also to blame for our acceptance of corruption as a norm in politics. Not until we change our behavior of greed, the cultural of silence and shielding our kinsman of corrupt practices, I bet to say even Jesus cannot rid Ghana of its corrupt practices if assigned the throne of governance. We need a lot more of that driver because they really see a lot.
MATTHEW KAINYAH 10 years ago

Oh, so Sir John is still talking? And what about? Corruption? Indeed we are living in interesting times!

The NPP administration under President Kufour's watch oversaw the sale of a whole drill ship in a shady transaction w ...
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Oh, so Sir John is still talking? And what about? Corruption? Indeed we are living in interesting times!

The NPP administration under President Kufour's watch oversaw the sale of a whole drill ship in a shady transaction whose details the country is still struggling to find out and Sir John has the courage to sit out there and talk about corruption? Well, Well!

My only advice to President Mahama is this: watch these (NPP) people very, very closely. They are a bunch of remorseless crooks and hypocrites whose only place in Ghanaian politics is jail and opposition.

If we do not punish them for all the evil things this tradition has done to this country since the time of Kwame Nkrumah, we would wake up one day to find out that they have sold this nation to the devil and shared the proceeds among themselves.

Sir John says Ex-President Kufour "put in place" anti corruption measures? So were those measures still in place when K.T. Hammond and Kan Dapaah conspired to sell the GNPC drill ship and dispersed the proceeds among God knows whom?

The NPP thinks they can always get away with the evil they do by talking louder than everybody else! Ghanaians are smarter than they think!

As for you, Sir John, be quiet in your shame. You can shout and lament and complain, but your party will stay in opposition for as long as you show such arrogance and disrespect to Ghanaians.

If there is anything you might want to exercise your right of speech about in your criticism of President John Mahama and the NDC, it definitely cannot be corruption!

Why, we know you just too well, Sir John and NPP!
Diasporan 10 years ago

I agree with you. All descent Ghanaians must make sure that the corrupt and violent, "all-die-be-die" NPP crooks remain forever in the opposition and in prision.

I agree with you. All descent Ghanaians must make sure that the corrupt and violent, "all-die-be-die" NPP crooks remain forever in the opposition and in prision.
Diasporan 10 years ago

Did I hear Johny The Chimp say that the Ex-President, Kufuor, created opportunities to fight corruption? If Kufour actually created those opportunities, why did he not avail himself of them? And why would the NPP's cocoine- ...
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Did I hear Johny The Chimp say that the Ex-President, Kufuor, created opportunities to fight corruption? If Kufour actually created those opportunities, why did he not avail himself of them? And why would the NPP's cocoine-based corruption go down in history as one of the worst Ghana?
steve 10 years ago

The president stated that he would prove his enemies wrong before 2016 and therefore those who want the military intervention and insulting him anyhow must stop until 2013. No where did he said that you couldn't criticize him ...
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The president stated that he would prove his enemies wrong before 2016 and therefore those who want the military intervention and insulting him anyhow must stop until 2013. No where did he said that you couldn't criticize him. He knows that we are in democratic society and therefore he embraces any decent criticisms. This is a simple English Sir John should have understood before disgracefully commenting on.
Hafiz. Techiman 10 years ago

This failure of a GS will not keep quite n ponder over his not being able to lead npp to win. This GS who was disgraced at the SC is facing serious challenge frm 4 compatriots. If he was ok, maybe only 1 person will contest h ...
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This failure of a GS will not keep quite n ponder over his not being able to lead npp to win. This GS who was disgraced at the SC is facing serious challenge frm 4 compatriots. If he was ok, maybe only 1 person will contest him
OSEI TAWIA JUSTICE (USA). 10 years ago

ALL ASHANTIS ARE PEPEFUO SO NPP AND FOR THAT MATTER ASHANTIS SHOULD STOP CALLING THE PRESIDENT AS PEPENI, B'COS
HE IS UR BROTHER. ALL ASHANTIS ARE
FROM MALI SO FOR ONECE STOP UR HATRED AND UR TRIBALIST COMMENT ABOUT H.E. T ...
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ALL ASHANTIS ARE PEPEFUO SO NPP AND FOR THAT MATTER ASHANTIS SHOULD STOP CALLING THE PRESIDENT AS PEPENI, B'COS
HE IS UR BROTHER. ALL ASHANTIS ARE
FROM MALI SO FOR ONECE STOP UR HATRED AND UR TRIBALIST COMMENT ABOUT H.E. THE PRESIDENT, JOHN D. MAHAMA.
steve 10 years ago

Either all people would call him pepeni or not he is proud pepeni President trying to fill all potholes left behind by the previous governments.

Either all people would call him pepeni or not he is proud pepeni President trying to fill all potholes left behind by the previous governments.
NAA4U 10 years ago

PLEASE THE PRESIDENT RESPONSE TO BAGBIN NOT TO WORRY ADN THAT 2016 IS NEAR IS METAPHORIC. LET HIM TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT

PLEASE THE PRESIDENT RESPONSE TO BAGBIN NOT TO WORRY ADN THAT 2016 IS NEAR IS METAPHORIC. LET HIM TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT
NAA4U 10 years ago

WHAT AT ALL IS IN THAT LOAD THAT THE NPP DESPERATELY WANTS TO CARRY? DID HE SAY THE LOAD WAS TOO BIG? WHY CANT YOU WAIT FOR HIS TENURE TO END AND LET THE ELECTORATE DECIDE?

WHAT AT ALL IS IN THAT LOAD THAT THE NPP DESPERATELY WANTS TO CARRY? DID HE SAY THE LOAD WAS TOO BIG? WHY CANT YOU WAIT FOR HIS TENURE TO END AND LET THE ELECTORATE DECIDE?
.MR WISE 10 years ago

SGT ANANI FIADZOE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INSULT ON MY BROTHER.BUT MIND YOU"ENYE
YÖGOSEBRE YÖKO NE TIMBER DUA".ENYE WO
ANWONNANI YÖNKO NE ASANTE NI":
LOOK ASHANTIS ARE THE EYES OF GHANA:

SGT ANANI FIADZOE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INSULT ON MY BROTHER.BUT MIND YOU"ENYE
YÖGOSEBRE YÖKO NE TIMBER DUA".ENYE WO
ANWONNANI YÖNKO NE ASANTE NI":
LOOK ASHANTIS ARE THE EYES OF GHANA:
MATTHEW KAINYAH 10 years ago

Hey brother, I don't subscribe Anani Fiadzoe's attacks on Ashantis, but I despise your allusion to Ashantis as "the eyes" of Ghana.

If you didn't know, Ashantis have not led by example as possibly the largest ethnic group ...
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Hey brother, I don't subscribe Anani Fiadzoe's attacks on Ashantis, but I despise your allusion to Ashantis as "the eyes" of Ghana.

If you didn't know, Ashantis have not led by example as possibly the largest ethnic group in Ghana.

Many advanced countries have made it because the dominant ethnic stock led the minoroty groups on the path to progress.

Unfortunately, the philosophy of Ashantis is about nothing except the relentless pursuit of wealth. This is partly the reason why Ghanaians think of nothing except making money even to the detriment of national progress.

Besides, Ashantis carried their struggle with the British colonialists into modern politics, so they are the least patriotic of Ghanaians and are often very confrontational to government.

In fact Ashantis often think their sacred duty is towards Asanteman and not Ghana and that is why most Ashantis would only support a President only when he is of Ashanti or Akan stock. This is the sad truth.

Ashantis can be "the eyes" of Ghana only when they present themselves in a nationalistic context. Only then can you be the true "eyes" of Ghana.
A consern foreigner... 10 years ago

AMEN TO THAT....

AMEN TO THAT....
bob 10 years ago

Illiterate uncouth , village lawyer

Illiterate uncouth , village lawyer
Canadasheabutter(GhUWR) 10 years ago

Let's bring some lttle bit of sanity into the political arena. The battle is over why daily vicious senseless attacks rather than reserving your energy ( if u are ever to be reelected ) to mount a come back & give the party V ...
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Let's bring some lttle bit of sanity into the political arena. The battle is over why daily vicious senseless attacks rather than reserving your energy ( if u are ever to be reelected ) to mount a come back & give the party Victory like your past predecessors.

U will have a heart attack , what personal vendatta do u have for the President ? Your attacks are without any merits .
Us boy 10 years ago

We all know sir john as a noise make,if sir john can't wait he should live to togo.

We all know sir john as a noise make,if sir john can't wait he should live to togo.
amed 10 years ago

sir john should give way to captain effah dartey because of his loose talks.this will not help npp to win.

sir john should give way to captain effah dartey because of his loose talks.this will not help npp to win.
jj 10 years ago

I WONDER

I WONDER
Adom 10 years ago

These monumental theives will not stop making noise. Kokoase koraseni sir john

These monumental theives will not stop making noise. Kokoase koraseni sir john
Angelina, Oduro 10 years ago

Sorry, owusu afriyie, you must have self-discipline, believe in democracy and understand our Constitution and electoral process. I am afraid you just have to wait rather patiently. Ghana is not an anarchist state. You have ev ...
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Sorry, owusu afriyie, you must have self-discipline, believe in democracy and understand our Constitution and electoral process. I am afraid you just have to wait rather patiently. Ghana is not an anarchist state. You have every right to criticise and express your views and opinion but not beyond the rules and the regulations that maintains civility and orderliness. Be mature and offer intelligent and constructive suggestions towards the advancement of our Ghana.
GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

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

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npp_419$ 10 years ago

this man called sir john is completely out of his senses.He needs nothig but deliverance.

this man called sir john is completely out of his senses.He needs nothig but deliverance.
Audrey 10 years ago

This is the kind of militancy that you guys employ to keep your party in opposition. If we make t

This is the kind of militancy that you guys employ to keep your party in opposition. If we make t

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