Kufuor's redenomination was political – Mornah

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  • KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 11 years ago

    How Ghana allowed a Thief, Kufuor to rule for eight good years still remains a mystery.

    Kufuor, the most ugliest and darkest looted Ghana dry and today, he is the richest. Assuming he ruled Ghana for 19years? He would sold ...
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  • Christopher 11 years ago

    "Assuming he ruled 19years? He would sold"?

    Is writing English that difficult especially for somebody supposedly living in London?

    Assume he ruled by for 19 years, he would have sold.

    Is that too difficult, you jss ...
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  • Onipaba Of Akyem Maase 11 years ago

    My name is Onipaba of Akyem Maase and I second your comment.

  • The 11 years ago

    .KOLA we prefer thief Kuffour who provided us with NHIS, Capitation Grant, School Feeding, Metro Mass Transport, Free Health Care for pregnant women, stable economy etc without oil revenue to a hopeless and clueless thief Mah ...
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  • TWEAA 11 years ago

    YOU HAVE THE POINT HERE MY BROTHER... BERNARD MORNAH CAN ADVICE MAHAMA TO ADD MORE ZEROS TO ANY NEW CURRENCY PRINTED AND HIS WARPED MIND OF ECONOMICS WILL BE SOLVED...IN BERNARD MORNAH'S ECONOMICS WORLD, SAVINGS WILL BE ENCOU ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 11 years ago

    Author: OBAA YAA
    ...So, the people around the president including his wife and those Team “B” staffers were aware of the president failing health. Therefore, who were they kidding when they ruin insults on whoever quest ...
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  • KOZI AGBE 11 years ago

    MORNAH AND FAKE DR. KWAKYE ARE FOOLS AND OF LITTLE MINDS FOR BRINGING UP SUCH INFANTILE ARGUEMENT. THEY NDC FRONT MEN SHOULD STOP PUTTING UP SUCH STUPID WRITE UPS. THE FACT IS MAHAMA WAS VOTED INTO POWER BECAUSE OF THE PROM ...
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  • Christopher 11 years ago

    Assume he ruled for 19 years, he would have sold.

  • KOLA, INSIDE LONDON 11 years ago

    AS THINGS ARE GETTING HAND TODAY IN GHANA, KUFFOUR's WAS A BIT BETTER THAN THIS MAHAMA WHO IS DISGRACING JJ AND NDC

  • RASMAN !!! 11 years ago

    We dont eat english. the guy writes just like Kuffour speaking. Leave him alone. !!!

  • Apase 11 years ago

    The Akans are the big fools in Ghana.true talk mornah

  • ALL TRUTH MORNAH 11 years ago

    What he said is absolutely true. The party only seeks the interest of the elite in society and the rewards are catastrophe.

    Yes, someone would argue Kufuor created free school feeding, mass buses and NHIS, but all this ca ...
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  • DKB 11 years ago

    The elite are the ones who establish businesses to help reduce unemployment, it is their business that are taxed to raise revenue for the govt, they are the engine of growth for the economy. It was a so called elitist party t ...
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  • eugene 11 years ago

    KEEP YOU SMALL PENIS AT HOME...NOT LOOKING FOR GIRLFREINDS AT ACCRA MENTAL HOSPITAL

  • The 11 years ago

    KOLA we prefer thief Kuffour who provided us with NHIS, Capitation Grant, School Feeding, Metro Mass Transport, Free Health Care for pregnant women, stable economy etc without oil revenue to a hopeless and clueless thief Maha ...
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  • GHANAMAN 11 years ago

    All the NPP can do is align themselves to the West, offer them everything we have and collect the crumbs in exchange. I am not surprised you felt a bit better under his reign, that is the idea. India ch ...
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  • eugene 11 years ago

    YOUR COLLECTING CRUMBS NOW! MERCURY TAINTED WATER TO DRINK, THANKS TO MAHAMA LETTING THE CHINA MEN MINE..BECOME A COMMUNIST IDIOT AND DIE LIKE THE CHINA PEOPLE WITH POISON FOOD AND WATER...NIGERIA IS WORSE OFF THAN GHANA! HOW ...
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  • Nyansba 11 years ago

    Mornah the NDC goon can be forgiven for pouring out such stupid trash; after all, people always have suspected that he has been a huge beneficiary of the NDC create-loot-and-share spoils. But for a so-called 'Dr' and lecturer ...
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  • Yaw Poku, USA 11 years ago

    That stupid Mornah has again open up his stinking beck

  • Bohyeba Kojo 11 years ago

    YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD. WE HAVE DISHONEST, GREEDY AND NATION WRECKERS PARADING AS INTELLECTUALS AND POLITICIANS. SOMETIMES I SHUDDER TO ASK WHEN BERNARD MORNAH EXITED THE NDC. FOR A VERY LONG HE HAD NDC BANNER IN ...
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  • Amadu Siedu 11 years ago

    Nyansaba, i concur absolutely with you but avoid words like stupidity among others. i know you are extremely annoyed with the trash poured by a so called dr in economist. it is very annoying anyway but keep cool as you put i ...
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  • Onetribe 11 years ago

    A lot of very expensive education has been invested into the "Doctor" so what other tangible reason can there be for such utterances from him. The politician well, he is a politician, what else can i say, but the doc!

  • New Shriff in Town 11 years ago

    Duka daya! They mean the same thing from where Nyansaba is coming from, Abi?

  • Onetribe 11 years ago

    Is there any hope for us?

  • Tijani 11 years ago

    Another monkey, supporting his brother, Rawlings collected fifty cedis note without replacement, the gye nyame cedi was exchange for 70p 1000 for 700

    idiot

  • MAHAMA - DOING MY POOR JOB 11 years ago

    YOU ARE VERY IDIOT TO BELIEVE BEEN DARKEST IS UGLIEST . HOPE YOU LIKES IT WHEN WHITES CALL YOU MONKEY IN LONDON ?

  • JOHN 11 years ago

    What is wrong with being the darkest? How light are you? Are you suggesting that lighter is better?

  • Patriotic Ghanaian 11 years ago

    The Americans believing the role GOD plays in their economy, embossed the inscription "IN GOD WE TRUST" on their currency. In Ghana ,we had the "Gye Nyame" symbol on our old cedis until k4 and his NPP decided to change our mo ...
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  • eugene 11 years ago

    WHEN HE'S NOT CLEANING TOILETS IN THE LONDON SUBWAY 10 HOURS PER DAY, AND SLEEPING WITH 1 EYE OPEN WAITING FOR IMMIGRATION TO DRAG HIM TO AIRPORT FOR 1 WAY TIX TO GHANA!

  • Christopher 11 years ago

    Listen to this tanii. What did 200,000 old cedis buy? This fool is not making any sense and should go and tend goats.

  • The 11 years ago

    As for the argument about re-denomination coming from the camp of the NDC and their allies like Bernard Mornah l'll say these arguments are from little brains, lazy minds that don't think. They prefer to see the old ways of c ...
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  • AGYAAKU 11 years ago

    The root cause of the present economic woes facing Ghanaians is MAINLY the re-denomination of the Cedi carried out by the Kufuor Administration. And the blame should be laid at the feet of all those Economists who were quiet ...
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  • DKB 11 years ago

    Ignorance, stupidity and incompetence. For over 6 years the economy has been pretty stable till after this incompetent people took over. A bunch of dishonest politicians. A bad worker blames his tools. You trumpeted achieving ...
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  • Kuukua 11 years ago

    Mr. Mornah can you please explain exactly how the cedi redenomination brought hardship to Ghanaians? Please be specific and cite examples, please.

  • Nana Da Don 11 years ago

    People save when they have alot. if you have 200,000 old cedis which is alot of the then cedis denominations you have no choice than to save in the bank. But currently who saves 20 cedis note in the bank? Lol.

  • J. J. Rawlings 11 years ago

    I agree with you, he's not making sense at all. Is he insinuating that Ghana become like Zimbabwe where billions of Zim dollars are spent on buy just bread?

  • Ben Tiago 11 years ago

    What nonsense thinking is this? This remind me of Angola in 1997 where we were buying a bottle of beer for 2,000,000 (2 million) Kwanza.
    They now think wise and knocked many zeros off but still their economic is more robust ...
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  • WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 11 years ago

    The country has gone to the dogs.

    The country glorifies ignorance and crass stupdity.


    Every loud mouth making the most noise is given the plaform to spew nonsense .

  • Akwasi 11 years ago

    People do save when they have excess money after their expenditure.

  • Onipaba Of Akyem Maase 11 years ago

    The government of the day had the responsibility to put value in our currency. If you had the time to read Dr Bawumia's you would have realized that, experts who did not wear political shirts made inputs ad to the best way to ...
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  • ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

    we must also blame our politics , structural and Formation of government in every Change of government-it is true most of us were against the idear but since it was a new Thing to ghanains NDC should have excercise some Pati ...
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  • Pumpuni 11 years ago

    And this idiot calls himself a politician?

  • Tom Jones 11 years ago

    why we ghanaians are very stupidP,the redomination is the cause of high inflation in your country today.What do you derive from your export?please when people talking you illitrate fools shoe shine boys too messing.You do not ...
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  • Omanhene 11 years ago

    This guy is crazy.silly and lazy analysis ,All this brains are now leading political parties ,no wonder we are in a mess.Disgraful people who don't think deep b4they open their month.

  • SARPONG 11 years ago

    If you have such fools holding high positions in political parties and influencing policies, is it any wonder the country is in this mess?

    Mr "Brainy" Mornah, tell us how the redenomination could have caused inflation when ...
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  • Kwabena Senkyire 11 years ago

    When fools speaks, wise men should just close their 'minds'

  • kwaku 11 years ago

    Woaa look at that! all these people want to rule Ghana. Is this man educated in any field of government at all? What a stupid thinking. Mornah, We never expect this from you. We thought you are educationally sound not knowing ...
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  • Ras Bo @ London 11 years ago

    I smell rotten egg during the redenomination exercise and Dr.Bawumia should know a lot about this. He was then deputy governor at Bank of Ghana where most transactions would have passed under his watchful eyes. How much moni ...
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  • Dr. DIASEMPA 11 years ago

    This boy is a pathetic illiterate to understand what re-denomination means. If he thinks it better to carry money in articulated trucks and wheel-barrows then God save Ghana. And such dumb and scumbags rule Ghana when so many ...
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  • DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 11 years ago

    Most of his explanation as to why the Cedi is depreciating fast out of its own value against the major currencies is simply nonsense. Upon all his ranting, only one statement of his came close for consideration, thus, "if the ...
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  • Tijani 11 years ago

    even Atta Mills who was sick and partially impaired eye site did better

    baboons

  • Nana Da Don 11 years ago

    Now ask yourself. With the previous denominations we had 50 cedis coin, 100 Cedis coin, 500 Cedis coin where are those coins now? Now we now buying pure what for ¢2000 old Ghana cedis becose the old coins are missing. 1 pese ...
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  • Yao Dagadu 11 years ago

    Fool! Did you love to carry large amount of money in suite cases? No rational Ghanaian did like that.

  • ogyam 11 years ago

    Many foolish thinking people like mornah are in this present ndc administration; hence the ghanains predicament. No wonder he will soon be appointed a deputy minister at our expense.

  • eugene 11 years ago

    HOME LOANS IN USA ARE 4%, CAR LOANS IN USA ARE 5% FOR 6 YEARS (3% FOR 4 YEARS) PETRO TODAY WAS $3.37 PER GAL(4 LITERS) 20 LB BOTTLE OF LP GAS IS $19..USA STILL HAS PENNYS(CENTS) BUT IT TAKE 100 OF THOSE BROWN COINS TO BUY COK ...
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  • Yaa Maggie 11 years ago

    This Mornah guy is speaking like an illiterate....that people were encouraged to save because of the many notes. Did this fool also think about the high rate of robbery when people withdrew large denominations which sometimes ...
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  • DONBOLI 11 years ago

    What is the sense in what he wrote. Is it political or economics.
    Mornah should say ghana should have more cash points where people cant have their money at will.
    Ghana cant have a cedi with 0 even if its one zero. Cedi me ...
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  • Ugly Akufo Addo 11 years ago

    Every bastard takes stupid advise

  • eugene 11 years ago

    SUCKING PENIS ON BEACH IS HOW YOU PAY RENT..YOU REALLY ENJOY SUCKING A WHITE MAN'S DICK BECAUSE YOU THINK TASTE MUCH BETTER...AND YOU HAVE DREAMS OF WHITE MAN FUCKING YOU IN ANUS

  • Richard Adu. 11 years ago

    I am very surprise to read this article from the

    ":..General Secretary for the People's National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah says the cedi redenomination has created high cost of living for Ghanaians."

    How can a G ...
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  • SEIDU JOHNSON GERMANY 11 years ago

    HOW CAN THIS GUY CALL HIMSELF A POLITICIAN THINKS SO EASY? THIS (REDENOMINATION) IS NOT THE ISSUE OR THE REASON OF THE ECONOMICS CRISES IN GHANA. THE MISMANAGEMENT IS THE ISSUE NOT THE REDENOMINATION. GHANAIANS CAN KEEP EVER ...
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  • MODIBO 11 years ago

    Simple Mr. Mornah. Advocate for the restoration of the four zeros. I, however, wish that our economics the movers and shakers in economics will share their views with us. I hope it will not be political (like Benard Mornah's ...
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  • Prof 11 years ago

    Redenomination of the cedi of Kufuor's Government has nothing to do with our current economic situation. Blame Mahama and his cronies for looting the country.

  • Ugly Akufo Addo 11 years ago

    It was seidu Dagaati the impregnated the mother b4 the mother then got married to his step Father

  • eugene 11 years ago

    VICE PRESIDENT SAYS IT;S TIME TO DRILL YOUR ANUS AND SPRAY SEMEN IN YOUR MOUTH

  • SYDNEY 11 years ago

    i never knew this ben mornah guy was this stupid to the extent that he does not even appreciante his ndc's thievery thro bloated contracts and 4.4 billion overexpenditure in 2012 elections just for mahama to win elections. sa ...
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  • DON KING. 11 years ago

    YOU LACK COMMONSENSE KUMASIANO BUSHMAN,JUST LIKE YOUR ASSOCIATE WUNTUMI IN KUMASI,TIPICAL ILLITRATE WHO HAS JOIN POLITICS

  • kiki 11 years ago

    Mornah,dont treat Ghanians like illiterate Folks.How do you base your assesment on how Banking should be done?The current situation has nothing to do with Redenomination of the Cedi but rather poor Management and Corruption.

  • MILLS 11 years ago

    in fact Ghanians do not need any angel from heaven to come and disclose to us that; the egocentric erstwhile president Kufour is the creator of the current economic frenzy in this country. it really takes the intervention of ...
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  • Efo Kobla 11 years ago

    Waa listen to him? Why did Mornah say this when inflation was single digit and Ghana was said to be the fastest growing ecominy? NDC changed 4-year SHS to 3-year, so if the feel removing 4 zeros is causing our problems they c ...
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  • GHANAIANS WILL SAVE IF 11 years ago

    THIS ARTICAL IS POINTLESS . GHANAIANS WILL SAVE AGAING WITH GOOD LEADER THAT CAN LEAD WITH GOOD ECONOMY - THE REASON IS THAT NDC COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH GOOD ECONOMY BY NPP AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY GHANAIANS HAVE CHOSEN NOT T ...
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  • Ben Tiago 11 years ago

    What a shallow thinking!!

  • BOY KOFI 11 years ago

    I would like to delve into the history of the Cedi.For your information,I was just a little boy about 10 years old when Kwame Nkrumah introduced the first Ghana currency,called "Cedi".Anyway,what is the meaning of cedi?I thin ...
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  • Villakakalika 11 years ago

    Why don't these people tell everybody that when they come into power they will add the three zeros back!!!

  • Kofi, London 11 years ago

    Monnah has small brain. Stupid fool.

  • Ken Ntiamoa 11 years ago

    When people like Monnah want to rule Ghana, you do not need a magician to tell you why Ghana is going nowhere.

    Ken

  • Owura 11 years ago

    Im surprised people like Mornah are in politics representing people in the country. How could he make an observation like that. Is he saying that he would rather have a suitcase full of currency to buy an item rather than hav ...
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  • Kwame 11 years ago

    Governments are elected to solve problems and enhance development. If the current govt. thinks the rede nomination is the cause of Ghana's woes, they are free to bring back the old cedis to make Mornah Papa Jay and warped min ...
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  • Kwaku Fosu 11 years ago

    The suggestion is just simply nonsense

  • Patriot 11 years ago

    This Morna boy is becoming too big in his shoes. What does he know to criticize a move supported and given credit by better educated people than he is? Does he think getting the Supreme Court to grant him his wish for review ...
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  • Abena 11 years ago

    Woow i didnt know some literates are really illiterates! Do you expect us to carry a whole sack full of money just for bread? The value is not the same now becos of bad policies. If during Ex-prez Kuffuor's time 1$=1Cedi and ...
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  • Kwasia bi nti 11 years ago

    If that is the cases how can NDC was able to keep inflation in a single digit? Every body can talk anyhow. Is not about redenomination. It is about mismanagement. SADA, WAYOME, GEEDA ETC ETC

  • BOY KOFI 11 years ago

    In the Gold Coast and during the early post colonial Ghana was still using,pennies,shillings and pounds as it was in Britain.Kwame Nkrumah changed the colonial currency into Pesewa and Cedi,Fanti words for one penny and one s ...
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  • John Doe 11 years ago

    Sounds like an illiterate talking here.

  • Kwamina 11 years ago

    Mornah, did you ever taught of the printing cost of the old cedi bills before you made your point

  • Say the Truth 11 years ago

    NO WONDER WE HAVE SUCH STUPID ECONOMICS AND SO CALLED TOOO KNOWNS LIKE THIS GUY SAYING WHAT THEY HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT IN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE!!!!!!

    IF THE 000000000000000 CEDIS EQUIVALENT IS THE BEST FOR THE COUNTRY REVERT ...
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  • Nana Yaw Mensah 11 years ago

    DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE ANY SENSE OF SHAME? IT IS WORRYING THE WAY THE EDUCATED ELITE CONTINUE TO SPEW PROPAGANDA AND FALSEHOOD. UNDER THE NPP, AT LEAST MY PURCHASING POWER WAS STABLE, WITH OR WITHOUT RE-DENOMINATION. CAN WE SA ...
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  • Kwame-Dublin 11 years ago

    what is wrong with Ghanains are you all mental - like your Rawlings -- how can this redenomination be the problem for high cost of living --look when Rawlings ruled for so long and made the cedi worthless-ghanains had no eye ...
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  • Kanta 11 years ago

    Mornah, you are nobody when it comes to economics. Go and hide yourself with the little change Mahama has given you to do propaganda.

    You would have needed 30,000 today to buy what 10,000 bought in the past.

  • KA 11 years ago

    If you have problems with redenomination, why do you change the cedi to 1 Billion cedis and carry the new Billion cedis on you.


    Do these people understand economics and finance? They forget to realize that when there is ...
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  • Close Observer 11 years ago

    What an idiot in politics. Why do we have such low grade politicians in Ghana. Mona or whatever he calls himself, must not be given the chance to say such nonsense to Ghanaians and the world in the name of a Ghanaian politici ...
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  • KOO 11 years ago

    Listen to Morna,s argument. (What ten thousand can buy yesterday one Ghana cannot buy today).There is no where on earth where prices can remain the same all the time however the rate of increment in Ghana is what is the matt ...
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  • NANA AMPEM DARKOH 11 years ago

    WHAT ABOUT WE THE SPEND DOLLAR BILLS AND THE BRITISH POUND STERLING CLUELESS GHANAIANS TALK IS CHEAP I BEAT THATS ANOTHER NORTHNER

  • Truthiness 11 years ago

    If removing four zeroes was the cause of our problem, then why don't we add a 1000 zeroes to the cedi?. That will solve our problems way into the foreseeable future.
    A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  • kwame npp 11 years ago

    K4 is thief indeed bring our zero back

  • ogyam 11 years ago

    This guy is a disgrace to his village his town his region his conscience and above all the schools & lectures.

  • ogyam 11 years ago

    Dr Kwame Nkrumah didn't educate this guy for free & get this stupid ideas as his reward. God bless Ghana.

  • O. D. 11 years ago

    The NDC people should read the final Senchi Concensus Final Report which admits Government part in the current economic state of affairs.
    The 2007 Cedi Redenomination is not one of them.
    Mornah should use his knowledge to ...
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  • CAPII 11 years ago

    POOR NDC ECONOMIC POLICIES,GREED,VISIONLESS,LEADERLESS,CORRUPTION,CREATE,LOOT & SHARE ARE TO BLAME FOR THE MESS GHANA IS IN. NDC HAVE MONEY TO PAY JUDGEMENT DEBT BUT CAN'T PAY CIVIL SERVANTS. NDC IDIOTS ARE ALWAYS LITTLE MIND ...
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  • Ekow 11 years ago

    Benard you're so disappointing. We studied economics together in UCC but it looks to me that either your political affiliation has clouded your thinking or you're just being mischievous . The value of 1 gh cedi is not the sam ...
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  • adanko 11 years ago

    If u have taken your new Ghana cedes and squandered them, why blame k four? Are the lower income class paid in old cedis. Please think about this again by you open your big mouth and make a fool of yourself

  • Lord Tennison 11 years ago

    Once again,the denomination of a country's currency has no bearing whatsoever on its value.
    It is done for the sake of convenience.
    The value is predominantly determined by supply and demand.
    Whilst the supply is from prin ...
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  • eugene 11 years ago

    WHEN I CAME TO GHANA IN 2006...THE LARGEST AMOUNT YOU COULD GET FROM ATM WAS $50....DUE TO LARGE AMOUNT OF BILLS NEEDED TO DISPENSE! SHIT LIKE THAT AND NO ELECTRIC MEANS YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE AUTOMATIC COKE MACHINE LIKE WE'VE H ...
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  • Bernasko 11 years ago

    I don't know why Ewes and some Northerners don't have brains. NDC has been complaining since 2009, putting all blames on NPP. These Ewes suffer from inferiority complex