‘I have no ill-feelings towards Seth Terkper’ - Kwesi Botchwey

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K.K 9 years ago

Kwesi,

This so called takeover is harshly done; no due diligence was done, due process thrown out the window. This gov't is full of criminals and incompetent officials. This smack of corruption.

Kwesi,

This so called takeover is harshly done; no due diligence was done, due process thrown out the window. This gov't is full of criminals and incompetent officials. This smack of corruption.
ZoRRo 9 years ago

Such decisions taken without consultation is what is rocking the Ghanaian economy to the ground.

Such decisions taken without consultation is what is rocking the Ghanaian economy to the ground.
facts 9 years ago

The mismanaged economy is not the making of Terkper but by the insructions from above. They always have to take loans so they can have their shares. All NDC leaders are millionaires. The akans say "when the frog dies we shall ...
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The mismanaged economy is not the making of Terkper but by the insructions from above. They always have to take loans so they can have their shares. All NDC leaders are millionaires. The akans say "when the frog dies we shall know the true length".
Jude 9 years ago

Some body please retire Kwesi Botchwey
And give us some one with New skills and fresh ideas.

Some body please retire Kwesi Botchwey
And give us some one with New skills and fresh ideas.
C.Stephen Sackey 9 years ago

Chicken coming home to roost!

Chicken coming home to roost!
Kwaku Eshun 9 years ago

Dr. Kwasi Botchway is the best economics brain that NDC has and yet they disrespect him and try to undermine him all in the name of Politics.
How I wish he leaves them or better still challenges Mahama for the leadership of ...
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Dr. Kwasi Botchway is the best economics brain that NDC has and yet they disrespect him and try to undermine him all in the name of Politics.
How I wish he leaves them or better still challenges Mahama for the leadership of the Party
Kwabena Yeboah 9 years ago

You have no idea what you just wrote, which is very typical of a Ghanaian. Read my post and learn from it.

You have no idea what you just wrote, which is very typical of a Ghanaian. Read my post and learn from it.
KWAME-BELGIUM 9 years ago

The media houses are being run like Kumasi market women with their gossips, lies and all other evil thoughts.

The media houses are being run like Kumasi market women with their gossips, lies and all other evil thoughts.
Joyce (spill blood) Mujuru 9 years ago

Ghana has indeed gone to dogs! No sign of progress in 57 years of so called independence! Only trying to fool people with one good road from the only international airport!

Ghana has indeed gone to dogs! No sign of progress in 57 years of so called independence! Only trying to fool people with one good road from the only international airport!
PATROTIC MAN 9 years ago

Let's not undermine kwesi's intelligence. He was in NDC before, I think he saw something wrong and he resigned honorably. He's back for a good course, I won't be surprise he would do so again. Why the rush to get Ghana Gas Co ...
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Let's not undermine kwesi's intelligence. He was in NDC before, I think he saw something wrong and he resigned honorably. He's back for a good course, I won't be surprise he would do so again. Why the rush to get Ghana Gas Company under GNPC? He's not against. He spoke his mind.
Concerned 9 years ago

Botchway said that there is no friction between him but went on to say he felt things like the takeover should not be done the wrong manner because of friction.

Botchway said that there is no friction between him but went on to say he felt things like the takeover should not be done the wrong manner because of friction.
pm 9 years ago

Thieves!

Thieves!
Ashanti 9 years ago

It is true, Kwesi Botchwey is undermining Seth and Buah. He holds so many positions in John Mahama's government. He the board chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, board Chairman of Ghana Gas, Chairman of ...
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It is true, Kwesi Botchwey is undermining Seth and Buah. He holds so many positions in John Mahama's government. He the board chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, board Chairman of Ghana Gas, Chairman of the economic advisory council, chairman of IMF negotiating team and chairman of the Millenium Challenge Compact II negotiation team. He chairs all these and yet the economy is in a mess. He should Seth and Buah alone. He was finance minister for 18 years and yet Ghana is still in such a miserable state.
Kwaku Gloenawo 9 years ago

Why should one person hold so many very important board positions? Is he the only competent person in the NDC? If Mahama can't find people in the NDC to help him solve Ghana's problems, he should look to the NPP,PPP, GCPP, ND ...
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Why should one person hold so many very important board positions? Is he the only competent person in the NDC? If Mahama can't find people in the NDC to help him solve Ghana's problems, he should look to the NPP,PPP, GCPP, NDP, CPP.
Austin 9 years ago

They always disagree when it comes to sharing the loot! That veteran of crime (Kwesi Botchwey) will show those upstarts he's been in the business for long! But Terkper & Buah will show the old fox they have new tactics up the ...
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They always disagree when it comes to sharing the loot! That veteran of crime (Kwesi Botchwey) will show those upstarts he's been in the business for long! But Terkper & Buah will show the old fox they have new tactics up their sleeves when it comes to stealing!
Nii Lante 9 years ago

Yes, Terkper and Buah are locals, dyed in the wool with Nigerian 419 buga buga and cow lane tactics. Botchway is coming with sophisticated Wall Street IT stealing skills. The two cannot gel together.

Yes, Terkper and Buah are locals, dyed in the wool with Nigerian 419 buga buga and cow lane tactics. Botchway is coming with sophisticated Wall Street IT stealing skills. The two cannot gel together.
Nii Lante 9 years ago

When this man was Finance Minister, he confiscated peoples fifty cedi notes and then printed thousand cedi notes. During his term as Finance Minister, the cedi became worthless.

When this man was Finance Minister, he confiscated peoples fifty cedi notes and then printed thousand cedi notes. During his term as Finance Minister, the cedi became worthless.
Odurose 9 years ago

But surely asking a retired former Minister of Finance to lead the negotiations with the IMF was inept and undermined the authority of the incumbent Minister of Finance. The current Minister of Finance would feel belittled in ...
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But surely asking a retired former Minister of Finance to lead the negotiations with the IMF was inept and undermined the authority of the incumbent Minister of Finance. The current Minister of Finance would feel belittled in the eyes of Ghanaians and certainly of the international community and ostensibly without authority and credibility. What would Dr Kwesi Botchway have felt if in his day as Ghana's Finance Minister he had been sidelined in major negotiations with the IMF? What if Mr Terkper disowns the outcome of the negotiations and fails to implement the recommendations arising from them?

One would have thought President Mahama and the NDC leadership had political nous but they seem to be totally challenged in that department of governance.
Toffey 9 years ago

Its simply. Seth Terkper has been a complete failure as a Finance Minister. No wonder most people in the NDC want a see the back of him. Mahama couldn't have trusted him with successful negotiations with IMF. He could have em ...
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Its simply. Seth Terkper has been a complete failure as a Finance Minister. No wonder most people in the NDC want a see the back of him. Mahama couldn't have trusted him with successful negotiations with IMF. He could have embarrassed the president, himself as the nation. He's only a tax-happy minister.
Aduanaba 9 years ago

If JDM believes his Finance Minister is incompetent, why keep him at post ? Once you your market yourself to get a job, you cannot escape expectations your payers have of you. After all you showed a lot of potential in the hi ...
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If JDM believes his Finance Minister is incompetent, why keep him at post ? Once you your market yourself to get a job, you cannot escape expectations your payers have of you. After all you showed a lot of potential in the hiring process. However, once you get in, you will judged solely on your current performance.
Gen.Mosquito 9 years ago

I am telling you that its Mahama's style of leadership.divide and rule to coverup his own insecurity

I am telling you that its Mahama's style of leadership.divide and rule to coverup his own insecurity
JAMES Y 9 years ago

No one dare takes Ghana cherished oil find and production for political football. Ghana needs to make funds on its own, instead of going cup in hand, always, for funds, for development and other use. Our new-found oil can pro ...
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No one dare takes Ghana cherished oil find and production for political football. Ghana needs to make funds on its own, instead of going cup in hand, always, for funds, for development and other use. Our new-found oil can provide these funds - with minimal outside fund added-on - if greater care is taken to manage it. So, the country can ill afford to bring politics and divisions into it.
Casapa 9 years ago

Incompetent Terkper should be replaced by the old Proferssor.Terkper brodught only hardship

Incompetent Terkper should be replaced by the old Proferssor.Terkper brodught only hardship
Kofi Thomas, Tema 9 years ago

Shut the fuck up! You did nothing for the country when you had all the power/authority under the heavens and you were just power drunk insulting Ghanaians as if you are only one with the smart brain. But guess what? with time ...
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Shut the fuck up! You did nothing for the country when you had all the power/authority under the heavens and you were just power drunk insulting Ghanaians as if you are only one with the smart brain. But guess what? with time you have realized how useless you are. Will die like wild beast. You should learn from the demise of PV Obeng. Yours will be worse than that. You idiot!!
Kwabena Yeboah 9 years ago

In my opinion, the most useless finance minister ever in Ghana's short political history is Kwesi Botchwey. Kwesi Botchwey is another Ghanaian phd, who has no vision and mettle, and in fact hollow to say the least. Kwesi Botc ...
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In my opinion, the most useless finance minister ever in Ghana's short political history is Kwesi Botchwey. Kwesi Botchwey is another Ghanaian phd, who has no vision and mettle, and in fact hollow to say the least. Kwesi Botchwey was Finance Minister for 15 solid years, the longest Finance Minister since Independence and accomplished nothing for the country. Instead, he handed over our country to the IMF and the World Bank, as the country faced the harshest IMF and World Bank conditionality ever visited upon any nation on this mother earth.

During his time in office, Ghana's fiscal budget was prepared by IMF technocrats in New York and brought to the country. He virtually surrendered Ghana's sovereignty to these foreign imposters (IMF & World Bank) and these two organizations the harshest policies and squeezed to the point of strangulation to demonstrate to the world that their conditionalities work. In the end, our country, Ghana, became worse off in economic growth and development.

While it took Singapore a mere quarter of a century (25 years) to develop their marshy land into a first world country status, this scum of the earth, Kwesi Botchwey, wasted 15 years with the IMF and World Bank to the detriment of the ordinary Ghanaian.

It is interesting that today, Kwesi Botchwey has the balls to point a finger at another useless Finance Minister, Seth Tekper, accusing him of not doing things properly - the pot calling the kettle black. Ghana is indeed a very funny place, and to think that today, this useless Kwesi Botchwey is now the chair of Ghana Gas speaks volumes about about our country. The ignorant Rawlings in 1982, gave Kwesi Botchwey full control of Ghana's economy and for 15 solid years, this fool messed it up with nothing to show for it.
Atinga Kobla Atongo 9 years ago

useless lot!

useless lot!
Says Who 9 years ago

The question still remains; Are you on good terms with the current FM?
Secondly on the issue of who leads any financial negotiations, there is no question whatsoever due to his position, that should he choose to lead or hav ...
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The question still remains; Are you on good terms with the current FM?
Secondly on the issue of who leads any financial negotiations, there is no question whatsoever due to his position, that should he choose to lead or have executive oversight, you do not have any say. He calls the shots because the buck stops with him as the Finance Minister. Get over it and ride shotgun if you are required, otherwise please stand aside. You do not get to throw your weight about for any reason.
NANA AKUFO ADDO 9 years ago

76 YEARS OLD KWESI BOTCHWEY HAS BEEN UNDERMINING PROPHET SETH TERKPER SINCE DAY ONE. TERKPER IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AS A FINANCE MINISTER. THE CEDI IS STABLE AGAINST THE MAJOR CURRENCIES, EVEN IN DECEMBER. FOR GOODNESS SAK ...
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76 YEARS OLD KWESI BOTCHWEY HAS BEEN UNDERMINING PROPHET SETH TERKPER SINCE DAY ONE. TERKPER IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AS A FINANCE MINISTER. THE CEDI IS STABLE AGAINST THE MAJOR CURRENCIES, EVEN IN DECEMBER. FOR GOODNESS SAKE. KWESI BOTCHWEY WAS FINANCE MINISTER MINISTER FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS AND HAS NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. KWESI BOTCHWEY STILL WANTS TO FINANCE MINISTER AT AGE 76 AND BE KNOWN AS MUGABE KWESI BOTCHWEY. WAA LOOK O. GIVE SETH TERKPER A BREAK. SETH TERKPER IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AND MAHAMA KNOWS IT.

‘I have no ill-feelings towards Seth Terkper’ - Kwesi Botchwey

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