I’ve always been frank with Ghanaians – Seth Terkper

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HHH 9 years ago

WELL DONE

WELL DONE
Bsfe 9 years ago

one of the hardest job in the world. you cannot command maggic for the whole global reaction

one of the hardest job in the world. you cannot command maggic for the whole global reaction
kwasi 9 years ago

THIS IS THE MAN THAT RAISE OUR VAT AND TAXES FEW MONTHS AGO ,THIS IS THE MAN THAT HIS VOODOO ECONOMIC ARE DESTROYING GHANA TODAY THE MAN IS A LOSER AND GOT TO GO HOME FAST GOD HELP US IN GHANA WITH LUNATICS LIKE HIM

THIS IS THE MAN THAT RAISE OUR VAT AND TAXES FEW MONTHS AGO ,THIS IS THE MAN THAT HIS VOODOO ECONOMIC ARE DESTROYING GHANA TODAY THE MAN IS A LOSER AND GOT TO GO HOME FAST GOD HELP US IN GHANA WITH LUNATICS LIKE HIM
MENSA 9 years ago

TRKPTR IS A WOLF IN A SHEEP CLOTH
HE TOGETER WITH MAHAMA ARE RIPPING US PEOPLE OFF BY THE HIGH VAT AND TAXES THEY IMPOSE ON US HARD WORKING GHANA PEOPLE IT IS TIME TO TELL THEM TO GET LOST WE CANT REMAN SILENT,
REMMBER ...
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TRKPTR IS A WOLF IN A SHEEP CLOTH
HE TOGETER WITH MAHAMA ARE RIPPING US PEOPLE OFF BY THE HIGH VAT AND TAXES THEY IMPOSE ON US HARD WORKING GHANA PEOPLE IT IS TIME TO TELL THEM TO GET LOST WE CANT REMAN SILENT,
REMMBER WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ONCE SAID "THERE COME A TIME WHEN YOUR SILENSE BEACUME A BETRAYAL"
TERKPER GOT TO GO HIS VOOODOO ECONOMICS HAD FAIL GHANA MISERABLY
OBAA YAA 9 years ago

We know you are not forthcoming with the truth when you hide behind your twitter to release statement concerning the financial status of the rotten country..

We know you are not forthcoming with the truth when you hide behind your twitter to release statement concerning the financial status of the rotten country..
Mahmoud 9 years ago

The so-called professor that tried to embellish Nkrumah's economic record needs to go back to school again. These types of socialists' arguments could deceive Ghanaians in the 50s and 60s but they cannot do so now. Nkrumah wa ...
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The so-called professor that tried to embellish Nkrumah's economic record needs to go back to school again. These types of socialists' arguments could deceive Ghanaians in the 50s and 60s but they cannot do so now. Nkrumah was the first leader to introduce unsustainable debt into this nation by borrowing massively and unnecessarily to finance his whims and caprices. It was a misfortune that we had such a person as president immediately after the independence. He didn't lay a realistic economic foundation for sustainable development in this country considering the amount of money that was at his disposal in those days.

Ghana had about 1bln dollars in reserve when Nkrumah took over the reins of government in this country. Can you imagine the value of one billion dollars in the early fifties? Again, after 2years of Nkrumah's rule, cocoa prices at the world market rocketed and increased fourfold. But contrary to any sound economic planning, he did not reserve any fraction of the windfall for a rainy day, as the Whiteman had done with only one fourth of the revenue he got from cocoa. So, what did he do with all that money from the astronomical cocoa prices and the big reserve he inherited that took years to build for our future financial stability and sustainable development?

Kwame Nkrumah went on a spending spree both in Ghana and around the world, throwing his weight about and talking big. So when the cocoa prices fell close to the end of his rule, he was quick to point accusing fingers at the West, blaming them for manipulating cocoa prices to sabotage the economy of Ghana and overthrow his government. Finally, after misusing all the money mainly on useless prestigious projects, communist agricultural projects, and whimsical mad-rush industrialization projects, he also burdened the young nation with another billion dollars' debt before he was forced out of this country.

The truth is that, Kwame Nkrumah met a rich country with stable economy and left it nearly bankrupt as a result of gross mismanagement. NDC is also dragging our country into bancruptcy and the next stop will be HIPC.
The only one 9 years ago

Hope you will never be happy When somebody call your father a lunatic But frankly speaking I think your illitrate father is the lunatics ok.

Hope you will never be happy When somebody call your father a lunatic But frankly speaking I think your illitrate father is the lunatics ok.
daladam 9 years ago

this is the man that raise our vat and taxes and still loking to find ways to rob fools and ignorate like you wake up brother stop living in denial

this is the man that raise our vat and taxes and still loking to find ways to rob fools and ignorate like you wake up brother stop living in denial
hamed al qaq 9 years ago

terkper is bad news everyone knows it

terkper is bad news everyone knows it
Gyeeda, Sada, Subah, Woyome 9 years ago

That's not true. You have always lied to us and lied even to the IMF. What are you talking about? NDC as a government has always lied to Ghanaians. Tell us about Gyeeda, Sada, Suba, Woyome and your stupid idiot Merchant Bank ...
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That's not true. You have always lied to us and lied even to the IMF. What are you talking about? NDC as a government has always lied to Ghanaians. Tell us about Gyeeda, Sada, Suba, Woyome and your stupid idiot Merchant Bank purchase and your 20 million dollar NDC edifice. What is this thief talking about? You are a thief yourself and jon Ebola, Sanitary Pad Mahama is a moron.
PETER- USA 9 years ago

The IMF has exposed the npp and your empty headed MP- Kwaku Kwarteng and you are here saying what?
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh!

The IMF has exposed the npp and your empty headed MP- Kwaku Kwarteng and you are here saying what?
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh!
Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

Terkper wants to tell the truth but his government will not allow him. Those in his government who survive on lies and politics wanted him booted out. So, he has to sometimes tow the lines of some members of his party.

Terkper wants to tell the truth but his government will not allow him. Those in his government who survive on lies and politics wanted him booted out. So, he has to sometimes tow the lines of some members of his party.
BINTA 9 years ago

we know your work is not easy but try to make us happy

we know your work is not easy but try to make us happy
Eric 9 years ago

So what is the point Mr. Terkpe? What is good, nice or positive about the IMF projection.
Whether the Debt/GDP is 71% this year or projected to be 71% next year spells trouble for the country.

Are you saying that a debt t ...
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So what is the point Mr. Terkpe? What is good, nice or positive about the IMF projection.
Whether the Debt/GDP is 71% this year or projected to be 71% next year spells trouble for the country.

Are you saying that a debt to GDP figure of 71% next year is better than this year?

Actually, the IMF projections mean that things are expected to get worse not better.

So what is the jubilation about?
Gregori Toli 9 years ago

Exactly !! despite his comments, the accountant still cannot fathom the dread of the situation.

Exactly !! despite his comments, the accountant still cannot fathom the dread of the situation.
mahama 9 years ago

the value is the same, you watched the cedi fall from 1.8 to 3.4 and you now stabilize it at 3.1 and you want Ghanaian s to clap for you.

the value is the same, you watched the cedi fall from 1.8 to 3.4 and you now stabilize it at 3.1 and you want Ghanaian s to clap for you.
Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

That's why she gave birth to a useless son like this oldman Akufo Addo Dwarf

That's why she gave birth to a useless son like this oldman Akufo Addo Dwarf
Dick 9 years ago

Press Conference held October 18th - this publication is October 16th. Can we trust the press? Is this article fake or true? What is going on?

Press Conference held October 18th - this publication is October 16th. Can we trust the press? Is this article fake or true? What is going on?
Joejoe 9 years ago

SETH YOU AND YOUR BOSS ARE JUST A VERY FUNNY JOKERS THAT OUR FAITH HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED. YOU KILLED US ALL INCLUDING OUR BUSINESSES DUE TO YOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND DEEP THINKING TO BUILD A NATION. YOU ARE JUST A LUCKY ONE ...
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SETH YOU AND YOUR BOSS ARE JUST A VERY FUNNY JOKERS THAT OUR FAITH HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED. YOU KILLED US ALL INCLUDING OUR BUSINESSES DUE TO YOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND DEEP THINKING TO BUILD A NATION. YOU ARE JUST A LUCKY ONE BECAUSE U SUPPORT MAHAMA IN ALL THE DIRTY STEALING OF GHANA MONIES THAT IS WHY YOU ARE STILL THERE BUT NOT ON ANY GOOD THING FROM YOU. NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM YOU
ABENA 9 years ago

ARE YOU FRANK WITH YOURSELF// DID YOU HEAR THE ADVICE THE LEARNED PRESIDET GAVE BEFORE UR DEPATURE THAT YOU SHOUL SING WITH OE VOICE.PLS SIT THERE HUMBLY AND PRAY ,AND DONT PRETEND TO KNOW EVERYTHING .

ARE YOU FRANK WITH YOURSELF// DID YOU HEAR THE ADVICE THE LEARNED PRESIDET GAVE BEFORE UR DEPATURE THAT YOU SHOUL SING WITH OE VOICE.PLS SIT THERE HUMBLY AND PRAY ,AND DONT PRETEND TO KNOW EVERYTHING .
TWEAA 9 years ago

MR FINANCE MINISTER, GHANAIANS WANT YOU TO BE FRANK WITH THEM ON GYEEDA, SUBA, WOYOME, ISOFOTON, SADA. WATERVILLE, MERCHANT BANK, JUDGEMENT DEBTS, CHINESE LOAN, AND A HOST OF DUBIOUS DEALS BY YOUR GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIALS WHICH ...
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MR FINANCE MINISTER, GHANAIANS WANT YOU TO BE FRANK WITH THEM ON GYEEDA, SUBA, WOYOME, ISOFOTON, SADA. WATERVILLE, MERCHANT BANK, JUDGEMENT DEBTS, CHINESE LOAN, AND A HOST OF DUBIOUS DEALS BY YOUR GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIALS WHICH HAVE EATEN ALL THE FLESH TO THE BONE (THANKS TO MAHAMA)...TWEAA KAI...
Agyeman 9 years ago

Ghana actually nneds more debt in order that we can run into problems and thus qualify for debt writeoff like Zambia ,Uganda and other nations did a few years ago.Its free money in the long run.

Ghana actually nneds more debt in order that we can run into problems and thus qualify for debt writeoff like Zambia ,Uganda and other nations did a few years ago.Its free money in the long run.
JAA 9 years ago

Seth, you may have, but how did we get here in the first place after inheriting such a robust economy?. You also appreciate that the Washington Consensus route puts us in a more awkward state, considering their neoliberal eco ...
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Seth, you may have, but how did we get here in the first place after inheriting such a robust economy?. You also appreciate that the Washington Consensus route puts us in a more awkward state, considering their neoliberal economic paradigm. Seth, why couldn't we avoid this glaringly cut throat paradigm?.
MAHAMA LOOT ND SHARE 9 years ago

GOD WILL PUNISH THEM ALL FOR GHANIANS,FOOOOOOL,CRIMINLAS,CORRUPT NDC MAHAMA DOG MAN

GOD WILL PUNISH THEM ALL FOR GHANIANS,FOOOOOOL,CRIMINLAS,CORRUPT NDC MAHAMA DOG MAN
Julie 9 years ago

As usua, not me.

As usua, not me.
Esi 9 years ago

Today's date is October 16th, so how could a press conference have happened on October 18th? Lazy journalism!

Today's date is October 16th, so how could a press conference have happened on October 18th? Lazy journalism!
tata 9 years ago

anpp can never force anything on the necks of ghanaians. no sensible ghanaian has become aprehensive apart from the npp. ghanaians believe absolutely in the Mhama government.not the trash these npp hooligans have been churni ...
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anpp can never force anything on the necks of ghanaians. no sensible ghanaian has become aprehensive apart from the npp. ghanaians believe absolutely in the Mhama government.not the trash these npp hooligans have been churning out.npp's cheap politics is unpatriotic.
Kay 9 years ago

Don't you feel ashamed to write what you have written? Are you really a Ghanaian? Are you in Ghana? Typical ndc-man who knows no shame but know and eat lies!

Don't you feel ashamed to write what you have written? Are you really a Ghanaian? Are you in Ghana? Typical ndc-man who knows no shame but know and eat lies!
Wright 9 years ago

what about the agricultural colleges trainee allowances,what is the government saying about it?

what about the agricultural colleges trainee allowances,what is the government saying about it?
Didier 9 years ago

You threw away your professional ethics and succumbed to political pressure by manipulating numbers to suit the government. The world at large have lost every respect for you and your cohorts and you should actually resign i ...
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You threw away your professional ethics and succumbed to political pressure by manipulating numbers to suit the government. The world at large have lost every respect for you and your cohorts and you should actually resign in shame. You are a voodoo minister to say the least. Shame on you.
Araba 9 years ago

"Frank" and "accurate" backside. As frank and accurate as Prophet Joshua trying to get us to believe he had a vision his church in Agege would collapse. Tweeeeaaaaaa. These people think Ghanaians are fools.

"Frank" and "accurate" backside. As frank and accurate as Prophet Joshua trying to get us to believe he had a vision his church in Agege would collapse. Tweeeeaaaaaa. These people think Ghanaians are fools.
AKUAMOAH-BOATENG 9 years ago

ANOTHER STUPID MAN. KWASEA PANIN PAA, KOWHINII PAA ABOOAH!

ANOTHER STUPID MAN. KWASEA PANIN PAA, KOWHINII PAA ABOOAH!
Worried Citizen 9 years ago

Listen to the many Ghanaians and not your stomarch Mr. Terkpe.

Listen to the many Ghanaians and not your stomarch Mr. Terkpe.
Dan Buduh 9 years ago

Please check the date you indicated the WB personnel held a press conference. Today is October 17, and you indicated that the press conference was held on October 18 which day is not yet come. So please check the date.

Tha ...
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Please check the date you indicated the WB personnel held a press conference. Today is October 17, and you indicated that the press conference was held on October 18 which day is not yet come. So please check the date.

Thank you.

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