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‘Ghana Armed Forces need funds urgently’

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  • EFO KOKU 9 years ago

    They are indiscipline and cowards. What they do best is to attack civilians and beat their wives.

  • Military Man 9 years ago

    A useless bunch of pansies!!

  • KWAKU MANU 9 years ago

    The fact that one or two miscreants in the army misbehave is not grounds enough to stave the whole Ghana Army of the needed funds. These are obvious signs of NDC misrule. Don't cover it up with the stupidity of a handful of s ...
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  • Abenaa Kwabena 9 years ago

    John Mahama must not extend his stupidity to our armed forces. The president is enjoined by the constitution to maintain a credible fighting force to safeguard the territorial integrity of Ghana and which also serves as a cre ...
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  • Onetribe 9 years ago

    Good grief, an army is not just about fighting, they should be able to take care of their own roads and maintain their buildings. What kind of soft army are we creating.This goes for the general populace as well, we think bei ...
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  • son of man 9 years ago

    @EFO KOKU. I dont know we still hv animal llike u in our country.

  • STEVE 9 years ago

    In my opinion, Starving the armed forces of some basic amenities may lead to a dangerous occurance. The army personnels have been serving at United Nations crisis areas for quite sometime now, and the foreign earned money com ...
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  • Isaac 9 years ago

    why should such things happen???????? Dont we cherish the sacrificial works of the Military???????? Do you think is easy on the battle field or peace keeping missions???????? Please Ghana government attend quickly to their pr ...
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  • DAN 9 years ago

    SINCE YOU SEEM TO BE SAYING PAY THE FUNDS....ANYBODY THE JOINS THE MILITARY OR POLICE SHOULD EXPECT TO HAVE 50% CHANCE OF BEING KILLED,,,HOW MANY PEOPLE TRY TO JOIN THE MILITARY IN USA WHEN NO WAR TO GET JOB AND COLLEGE EDUCA ...
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  • Sam 9 years ago

    What do you mean by the following, "Starving the armed forces of some basic amenities may lead to a dangerous occurrence"? If what you mean is what I think, can you really describe such an outcome as a dangerous occurrence? ...
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  • The truth 9 years ago

    They can eat grass for all I car. Bunch of punks

  • Otafrigya Nana Amankwaah 9 years ago

    The Ghana army is one of the most professional armed forces on the continent of Africa, if not the entire world. The job is tough but they always deliver. Lets give them the tools and equipment they need to perform their duti ...
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  • STEVE 9 years ago

    In my opinion, Starving the armed forces of some basic amenities may lead to a dangerous occurance. The army personnels have been serving at United Nations crisis areas for quite sometime now, and the foreign earned money com ...
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  • DAN 9 years ago

    HOPEFULLY THE ARMY WILL FORCE NDC FROM OFFICE..WHEN THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL SAME BULLSHIT THE CITIZENS DO...AS LONG AS THE GET THE SPOILS OF WAR THEY WILL SUPPORT GOV TO THE BLOODY END!

  • vic 9 years ago

    stop the loot and share.

  • STEVE 9 years ago

    The earlier a solution is found to the pending issue, I think the better.Starving the army of basic amenities can be dangerous.

  • Mansah 9 years ago

    No medicine at the hospitals, No electricity(dumsor), No money for the Army, No money for teachers, No money for anything!!!Yet Ghana is an Oil-producing country...I don't understand this picture...Yet you wanna pay a soccer ...
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  • Dzaka K 9 years ago

    Our leaders are sick in the head. No priorities. Just manufacture false projects and share. Mahama and his NDC government lucky to be in Ghana. If any where in the developed world they will be completely wipe out in the comin ...
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  • mr amin 9 years ago

    this why i complain a lot about thr cedi fall. weak currency makes revenue collected valueless, army equipment is sold in dollers. weak cedi cant buy. i think we should build the purchesing power of the cedi.

  • DAN 9 years ago

    your correct in your question...if all the money ndc has stolen or borrowed against and stolen was added back to treasury, they would be some money to pay bills

  • OKOROMANSA 9 years ago

    THE SOLDIERS ARE ALSO GHANAIANS. NOW, WE SHALL WAIT AND SEE THE NEXT LINE OF ACTION BY THE GOVT. YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO THE STRIKING WORKERS, SO LET US ALL WATCH HOW THEY RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE ARMY.

  • summy addo 9 years ago

    ILLEGAL SCALE ADJUSTMENT KILLING THE INTEREST OF COCOA FARMERS. LBCs TO BLAME . USING PURCHASING CLERKS AS TOOLS TO PERPETRATE EVIL AGENDA. FARMERS SUFFERING

  • Kofi Thomas, Cape Coast 9 years ago

    If the govt can me give me the contract I will be able to solve this. But I don't belong to any party and I hate the politicians. Guess what, if you can do anything better for the country and you are not part of the the party ...
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  • Kenkey Warriors!! 9 years ago

    I am saddened to see able bodied men and ladies wasting away in barracks. These 4cking zombies only need orders and good spines to march on.
    It is high time we recycle the human waste that is called Ghana Armed Feces....sor ...
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  • Yankee 9 years ago

    You are an Armed robber. Stuoid inward thinking fool. You are too stupid to be counted among humanbeings

  • George Gyamfi 9 years ago

    Some of you idiots have no idea what armed forces do in a country. You guys should be thankful to have a solid army in Ghana. I met some of the Ghanaian soldiers in Republic of South Sudan recently on peace keeping mission. Y ...
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  • George Agyemang Gyawu 9 years ago

    PLEASE LETS BE SERIOUS FOR ONCE. IN A COUNTY WHERE NOTHING WORKS. ARE WE SERIOUS? THE GOVERNMENT IS DUMP. HOW CAN YOU STARVE THE ARMY OF FUNDS? IN GHANA NOW DUMSOR GETFUND ARREARS SCHOOL FEEDING TROUBLE MPS COMMON FUND ARREAR ...
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  • DAN 9 years ago

    and schools & hospitals

  • Adjei 9 years ago

    Can people be so ignorant like this semi literate?

  • Joe Turkey 9 years ago

    I wonder what the officers at 3BN told the minister in the face of the gargantuan corruption by the NDC. The NDC has enough money to build a $20 million headquarters and the Minister goes to inspect the ghettos in the barrack ...
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  • VOICE OF REASON 9 years ago

    But Dumb Mahama is too thick-headed to understand the import of Otabil's wise words.In other words,dumb Mahama is not up to the task and must do the honourable thing by stepping down and save himself from total disgrace.

  • Military Man 9 years ago

    They've been sitting on their asses while Ghana's riches are being "divied up' by a corrupt thieving group of politicians.

    They thought they were immuned to or shielded from the economic hardships the civilian population w ...
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  • Buffalo soldier. 9 years ago

    The Fanti Generals, Quanoo,Nunoo Mensah and Smith help Rawlings to destroy the Army.

  • Manisd 9 years ago

    Defence is one of the top prority of every country for the Minister of Defence to be asking for more funds beg for that is actually happening within the government. The left is not aware what the right is doing and its import ...
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  • Your caring government 9 years ago

    let the army go and get the money Woyome owes, then they can use it for their 'urgent needs'. As for civilians they can all go burn the sea; govt will get to their urgent needs in the coming election year.

  • ogyam 9 years ago

    Money is released very quickly to woyome because of create, loot, and share by the likes of betty mould, barton oduro & ndc.

  • Buffalo soldier. 9 years ago

    Misplaced priority by Gen.Smith when he was the Minister for Defence.He rather bought Aircrfts against Armed robbers and for floods and left the Barracks in a delapitated state.An Engineer General,Minister without Dupety .

  • mr amin 9 years ago

    why index import duties in dollers? wont that put presure on the cedi?? wont that make the goods expensive to the very peoples govt wants to make comfotable? weak currency courses poverty,curruption n civil unrest.

  • DAN 9 years ago

    do you see oil on world market priced in euro or british pounds?????

  • DONBOLI 9 years ago

    Another minister not speaking sense. What kind of govt will go half way in governing a country, and say his army need more funding.
    Shameless some of these ministers are, it will this very government who budget for the army ...
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  • KK 9 years ago

    Ministers are building massive mansions whilst the conditions in our hospitals and tour military barracks remain poor .We are sitting on a time bomb, Mr Rawlings are you there sir?

  • Kwasi Owusu 9 years ago

    hmm

  • Thomas Thumb 9 years ago

    Back in the Mills era the loud mouth was on radio stations squealing that they had solved all the problems relating to facilities for the military, in particular accommodation in the barracks.

    Where is he now? Propaganda a ...
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  • Observer 9 years ago

    Listen to one minister speaking on behalf of his ministry, as if the various ministries are separate entities from the government of the nation!
    A minister is supposed to negotiate within government on behalf of his ministry ...
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  • SOLDIER MILITARY 9 years ago

    THE HARACHY OF THE ARMY IS TRYING TO DITCH MAHAMAS GOVERNMENT YOU KNOW THERES NO MONEY AND YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT 2000 SOLDIERS SHOULD GO ON RETIREMENT IN DECEMBER .THE ARMY IS ALSO CORRUPT PEOPLE DONT KNOW HOWTHEY SUFFER WHEN ...
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  • Kpanlogo 9 years ago

    Some of the repair works can be done by the army themselves but they wont do it. They sit in the barracks and let the place deteriorate and then they get out and go terrorise the civilians paying for their upkeep. They should ...
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  • Abukari Natongma 9 years ago

    So where has Ghana's money / wealth gone to?...... is this the same country which was named the Gold Coast?

  • sansan 9 years ago

    Awaribe another coward,

  • attu zongo 9 years ago

    Defence minister tell president i dont care mahama to pay the soldiers onpeacekeeping duties their monies that one too has been a problem for this criminal government! Ahba why my friends and cousins in peacekeeping missions ...
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  • SAMSON 9 years ago

    I just want to comment on what Efo koku said, fuck us? good, we are cowards? fine but let me tell you,some of us did not join the army because of your silly money, we did because we love to serve our nation,we risk our lives ...
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  • Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago

    Let's use this opportunity to scrap the National Service Scheme as it stands today so we can make it work for Ghana
    How about allowing students seeking professional degrees or certification in building construction and manag ...
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  • OSEI KWAME 9 years ago

    As am well informed, all the soldiers on peacekeeping missions in Lebanon, Liberia, Sudan, Mali are not yet paid their dollars. Their commanders say the government has not release funds yet. But where are the funds of the UN ...
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  • attu zongo 9 years ago

    NASO OOOO NASO, OSEI KWAME IF YOU NDC MAHAMA PLS TELL HIM WAII IT IS TRUE ALL OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN PAID, IT IS TRUE AND THE TENSIONS IN THE MISSION AREAS FROM MY SOURCES IS LUKEWARM AND IF THE NATIONAL DESTROYERS/DECEIVERS C ...
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  • isaac 9 years ago

    hello my name is aisak

  • Sanford essuman 9 years ago

    GAF needs alot of infrastructures because they are the heart of the nation " protecting the country'" is what each and every soldier has sworn to do.

  • SAMSON 9 years ago

    YOU SAY FUCK THE ARMY AND I SAY FUCK YOU TOO EFO KOKU,LET ME EDUCATE YOU, SOME OF YOU THINK YOU ARE EDUCATED, YOU CAN READ AND WRITE SO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING SIT ON THE RADIO'S AND TELEVISION AND THROW DUST INTO THE EYES ...
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  • SAMSON 9 years ago

    YOU CALL YOUR SELF THE TRUTH YET YOU ARE A COWARD, TRUTH IS WISDOM NOT STUPIDITY, SOME OF US DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR MONEY, BUT FOOLS LIKE YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE PEACE, SO YOU WILL ALWAYS SPEAK RUBISH.LET ME TE ...
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  • Abukari Ahamed 9 years ago

    Please The government should attend to them they are doing a sacrificial work to the Nation.

  • Kramer Assining 9 years ago

    The NDC is gradually losing the goodwill it enjoyed among the military. Please check the way the soldiers voted in the last two elections. The President as the Commander in Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces should personally ...
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  • andy 9 years ago

    Very stupid,what is the use of the Ghana army they only there having money for nothing n

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