look at the kettle calling the charcoal black. Your being there could not get rid of the corruption, you increased it.
look at the kettle calling the charcoal black. Your being there could not get rid of the corruption, you increased it.
Mahmoud 9 years ago
Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06
Please be patient and read this to the end.
By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
In 2004, Craig Mur ... read full comment
Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06
Please be patient and read this to the end.
By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
In 2004, Craig Murray was famously removed as British Ambassador in Uzbekistan after accusing the Uzbek government of human rights abuses. But from 1998 to 2002, Murray served as Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana. Here he tells how, against all odds, he helped leave a legacy of free and fair elections in the African country... It was November 1999 and I'd been Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana for almost a year - the culmination of 15 years' Foreign Office service in Nigeria, Warsaw and the equatorial Africa department in London.
I'd always been passionate about Africa and had immersed myself in its minutiae. Nevertheless, my father, who had a timber yard in Ghana in the Sixties, offered a little extra counsel before I departed, aged 40. 'If you see any good-looking girl, aged about 30, light skinned, whatever you do, don't touch her - she could be your sister!'
Not that this was a big concern for me. My most pressing duty was the 1999 State Visit by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Enhanced Coverage Linking the Duke of Edinburgh, -Search using: Biographies Plus News, Most Recent 60 Days, accompanied by Robin Cook, the then Foreign Secretary. It was a three-day blur of activity, the teeming crowds displaying an uncomplicated and old-fashioned reverence.
A warning that the Duke was averse to looking at things without useful purpose proved absolutely right. As we stood looking at the strip of brass laid in a churchyard that marked the line of the Greenwich Meridian, he said to me: 'A line in the ground, eh? Very nice.'
Ghana epitomises much of the best of Africa, but also throws into relief the tragedy of the continent. It has maintained its higher education and has fewer extremes of wealth than elsewhere. But at independence in 1957, Ghana was richer than Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia or Singapore. Today, those countries are at least ten times as wealthy.
Corruption, cronyism, economic mismanagement, irresponsible lending by the West and the dumping of cheap food all did for Ghana. When I arrived with my wife Fiona and children Jamie and Emily, Ghana had been ruled for 20 years by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
The son of a Stirlingshire pharmacist and a local woman, he seized power in a coup in 1979, but claimed to have won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, despite allegations of vote-rigging.
In his early years, Rawlings unleashed a political terror on Ghana. His campaign against the middle classes resembled Mao's Cultural Revolution. People were persecuted for having savings or two indoor lavatories. Market women were sometimes killed for 'profiteering'.
The Queen's visit delighted Rawlings, who craved international respectability. I, too, was determined to make the most of the trip, by helping ensure Rawlings gave up power by the start of 2001, as the constitution required because he had served two four-year terms.
The Queen's speech to the parliament in the capital, Accra, was to be the focus of the visit and I had contributed to its drafting. It contained the usual guff about a future based upon partnership, but there was a sting in the tail. 'Next, year, Mr President,' the Queen intoned, 'you will step down after two terms in office in accordance with your constitution.' The opposition benches went wild and the Queen stopped, looking in bewilderment at the hullabaloo.
Afterwards, Robin Cook was furious. 'It's a disaster. Who the hell drafted that?'
'Er, I did, Secretary of State,' I said. 'I might have guessed! Who the hell approved it?' 'You did.' Cook's Private Secretary had to dig out the draft he had signed. After the State banquet, I retired to a hotel bar with the Royal Household. The senior staff had withdrawn to allow the butlers, footmen and hairdressers to let off steam.
The party appeared, to a man, to be gay. Not just gay, but outrageously camp. We'd taken the hotel for the Royal party, but allowed the British Airways crew to stay. Now three cabin stewards, two Royal footmen and a Royal hairdresser were grouped around the piano singing hits from Cabaret. I was seated on a sofa and across from me in an armchair was a member of the Household who seemed out of place. The valet looked to be in his 60s, a grizzled NCO with tufts of hair either side of a bald pate, a boxer's nose and tattoos on his arms.
He was smoking roll-ups. I turned to the old warrior and said: 'Don't you find all this a bit strange sometimes?' He lent forward, put his hand on my bare knee below the kilt I wore on ceremonial occasions and said: 'Listen, ducks. I was in the Navy for 30 years.' I think he was joking, but some things are too weird even for me. The lower reaches of the Royal Household are one of them.
One enjoyable aspect of our time in Ghana was the constant stream of visitors. Among them was Peter Hain, the Minister for Africa. Hain, a good footballer, agreed to play in a charity match between children from a community football scheme and the High Commission.
Unfortunately, the ground was hard and the opposition turned out to be super-fit professionals. After a heavy tackle, I went down. Result: a dislocated shoulder. I couldn't move my arm for eight weeks. Other visitors included Clare Short, at the time Secretary of State for International Development.
She was in Ghana to try to persuade it to join a debt relief scheme. At a dinner for her, a Minister had made a speech about how much Ghana had learnt from the British Empire. Short stood up and expostulated: 'The British Empire! Don't tell me about the British Empire. I know about British colonialism. My father was Irish and we know about British colonialism. I'll tell you what the British did to your country. They exploited it, that's what they did. They exploited it.' After a few moments of stunned silence, the dinner continued.
On another occasion we were joined by Bobby Charlton, who came to Ghana seeking support for England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup. He was still an astounding player at 60 and it was good of him to get on the pitch for a local community football programme. Nevertheless, I found Charlton disappointing. He was self-centred and ratty - one of those heroes you wish you hadn't met.
Conversely, Roger Moore, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, was charming and suave, just as you would expect, with a fund of brilliant stories beginning with lines such as: 'One day, Frank, Dean, Tony and I decided to play a trick on Marilyn ... ' He was also well briefed about children's issues in Ghana and was prepared not just to do PR, but to get his hands dirty helping in refugee camps without a camera in sight.
I was less taken with Jamie Theakston.
The BBC were filming a wildlife programme in Ghana, looking at the endangered green turtle population near Ada. A group of young volunteers had accompanied the BBC team to help the newly-born turtles to reach the ocean. But one girl, in her mid-20s, had streams of mascara running down her cheeks. She claimed Theakston had just broken up with her - yet here he was, surrounded by young women, enjoying the adulation.
I had bigger concerns, however. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections were due in December 2000 and there were signs that its 11 million voters might be preparing for a change of government. Enthusiasm for politics was everywhere. Even in the meanest village, people gathered under the banyan tree listening to FM stations on a battered transistor and arguing about the coming change.
In the West, tired of our politicians' deceit, we no longer much value democracy. It is wonderful to see a people exercising for the first time their power over those who would govern them. Our job was to see the elections were free and fair, with Britain funding a £10 million programme for photo-ID cards to reduce electoral fraud. The exercise eradicated one million fake names.
Another practical new weapon was indelible ink: when somebody voted, their thumb was painted to stop them casting more than one vote. India was the only source of a truly permanent ink that could not be washed or rubbed off. I had also persuaded the Foreign Office to provide experts from the Electoral Reform Society. Further valuable additions were two British MPs, Roger Gale and Nigel Jones.
Rawlings's party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), put up the vice President, John Atta Mills, as its presidential candidate. The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) fielded John Kufuor. There is a tribal element in Ghanaian politics: the Ewe people vote overwhelmingly NDC; the Ashanti overwhelmingly NPP.
It was clear the governing party would not abandon power easily. Alarmed that it would lose, it had the high court declare the ID cards illegal because they disenfranchised legitimate voters. But the ruling was to no avail - the people took over. Polling station officers decided they were going to use ID cards anyway.
When first- round votes on December 7 were tallied; Kufuor had 48.4 per cent against Atta Mills's 44.8 per cent. The opposition was heading for a small majority but, with no candidate exceeding 50 per cent, a run- off was required. Ghana's 30 or so FM stations were vital in bringing democracy, so it was no surprise that the NDC moved against them.
On the evening before the poll, I took Roger Gale and Nigel Jones to visit Joy FM, possibly Ghana's most influential station. We were sitting in the office when an armed posse of Rawlings's security men arrived, saying they were closing the station on the President's instructions.
‘Good evening,' I said. ‘I am Craig Murray, Deputy British High Commissioner, and these gentlemen are Mr Roger Gale MP and Mr Nigel Jones MP, members of the British Parliament.' Gale added: ' Obviously there has been some mistake.
I thought I heard you say that you were closing down the station, but we are here to visit our fellow democracy, Ghana, and democracies don't close down radio stations.' The goons left. Joy FM never was closed. However, the NDC started to think I was a part of their problem and they assigned a secret service team to follow me around.
As the second round on December 28 approached, we discovered a problem: not enough Indian ink. We had paid for more, but it had to be specially made and would not be ready until December 24. This was cutting it tight and action was needed. Chartering a private plane to set off from India on Christmas Eve was easier said than done. Whitehall was in festive mode and unlikely to sanction spending quickly, so I used the Embassy's budget to pay for it.
Ghana's government did not want the Indian ink to get in and I was concerned it would be delayed by customs officials. So on Christmas Day 2000, instead of eating turkey, I stood baking on the airport tarmac. When our plane taxied in, we unloaded the boxes of little ink bottles on to two trucks. I escorted these out of the VIP gateway, helped by a substantial tip to the guards.
The truck drivers then delivered the ink to regional centres for distribution to constituencies. This was a game being played for high stakes, with real danger of civil war.
Hotheads in the ruling party might claim electoral fraud and mount a military takeover. The Ashanti could also react violently to losing. Every embassy was updating evacuation plans. Around 1am, the results started to come in. There was a more or less consistent swing to the opposition candidate, John Kufuor. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.
The coolest man in Ghana that night was the wry, chain-smoking Electoral Commissioner, Kwadwo Afari- Gyan, who received constant threatening phone calls instructing him to fix the result. Each time, the Electoral Commissioner replied: ' The result will be what the result will be. I am just making sure it is fairly counted.' Then, taking his umpteenth call, he stiffened. He summoned me to listen: it was his wife. Soldiers had come to their bungalow, taking her and his children hostage and threatening to kill them if he did not deliver the ' right' result.
Kwadwo barked down the phone: ' Put their leader on.' ‘Listen you little *****,' he snarled. 'How dare you come to my house and threaten my wife and children. I am sitting here with the British Deputy High Commissioner and he knows what is happening. Now get out of my home before we have you thrown into jail!' The soldier said: ' Yes, sir; sorry, sir.' Kwadwo then told his wife not to worry and calmly returned to his work.
By 3am on the second night only two constituencies were still to declare. Even if every voter there went for Atta Mills, Kufuor could still not be beaten.
The opposition had won - an African country ... had shown that democratic change could be achieved peacefully. Kufuor's eight years as President saw economic growth of more than 70 per cent - the first prolonged period since independence when Ghana was not getting poorer. But Ghanaians chose to exercise their democratic right to change and earlier this month narrowly elected Atta Mills.
Ghana is the only country in Africa to achieve the democratic norm of power alternating peacefully between parties at successive uninterrupted elections.
As I look back on my involvement with Africa over 30 years, I remain most proud of helping Ghanaians to attain democracy. It is an example that sadly, the rest of the continent has so far done little to follow.
But Ghana remains there - a glimmer of hope, an example to others and a rebuke to cynics who claim democracy is not possible in Africa.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago
Author:-PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE)...
Ivor Greenstreet said directly to President John Mahama and Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur that: “You don’t care”.
“Nobody is feeling your better Ghana”, Greenstreet sho ... read full comment
Author:-PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE)...
Ivor Greenstreet said directly to President John Mahama and Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur that: “You don’t care”.
“Nobody is feeling your better Ghana”, Greenstreet shouted when he delivered his party’s solidarity message to the NDC at the congress at the Baba Yara Stadium in the Ashanti regional Captial, Kumasi – stronghold of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In the full glare of the President, Vice President, former President Jerry Rawlings, and thousands of leaders and supporters of the NDC, a defiant Greenstreet said:
“…Currently nobody, I mean nobody is feeling your better Ghana.”
“Continuous ‘dumsor dumsor,’ corruption from top to bottom, left right inside out, and all the challenges you are facing [are] suffocating the Ghanaian people.”
He added: “We would have thought that perhaps you may have used an occasion like this to discuss policies, programmes and solutions to all the difficulties we are facing as a nation, but no, you chose today to share your Christmas gifts with each other.”
“Ghanaians are not happy at all. This ‘bronya’ is dry. Too too dry,” he told the President, adding: “The most painful thing of all is that you don’t care.”
“NDC continue, we are watching you, Ghana is watching you, do what you want to do, we also know what we’ll come and do…make sure you’ll elect executives who will be able to steer your parties affairs when you are in opposition. Boys abr3.”
The wheelchair-bound Politicians has been called names and criticised by leaders and supporters of the NDC after his bluntness.
While Majority Leader Alban Bagbin has said he believed Greenstreet was possessed by some demons, which caused him to be “so emotional”, presidential staffer Sam George wrote on his Facebook wall that: “Ivor Greenstreet apparently needs elevation to see the Better Ghana.
”However, Nkrumah said Greenstreet’s message was crafted by the CPP to capture the mood and mind of the entire country.
Susuka 9 years ago
Did this thieving scum just say that he run Ghana or is it that I cant read well?
Did this thieving scum just say that he run Ghana or is it that I cant read well?
CORNEY 9 years ago
The man is a successful business man unless the corrupt workers who are always against the people who want to question their dubious activities.
Some of us will always say we missed those days when you have your name menti ... read full comment
The man is a successful business man unless the corrupt workers who are always against the people who want to question their dubious activities.
Some of us will always say we missed those days when you have your name mentioned on radio to face either Citizens Vetting committee or National Investigations Committee you knew what lied ahead of you,those were the days we call action time,you embezzled you don't get away with it but today that is not the case,criminals can even go to court to block government from stopping their dubious activities.
All these criminal will get away with their crimes.
CORNEY 9 years ago
unlike the corrupt workers,not unless the corrupt workers.
unlike the corrupt workers,not unless the corrupt workers.
Don't Mock God. 9 years ago
When did this man who say they is no God run ghana.Because of JJ R that is why he is rich.this man do not no anything about management. He is a corrupt man.
When did this man who say they is no God run ghana.Because of JJ R that is why he is rich.this man do not no anything about management. He is a corrupt man.
Paapidi 9 years ago
When did you ran the whole country? You must be dreaming, STUPID ASSHOLE.
When did you ran the whole country? You must be dreaming, STUPID ASSHOLE.
djdjd 9 years ago
Pharmacy systems are prone to missing data and frequent price changes that is very difficult to keep current. This is an innocent woman who is being paraded as a criminal.
Pharmacy systems are prone to missing data and frequent price changes that is very difficult to keep current. This is an innocent woman who is being paraded as a criminal.
Afi 9 years ago
Djdjd,
No one is calling the woman a criminal. Lets assume she is innocent. If she accepts the position as a boss at the pharmacy, she is responsible if the pharmacy is being looted. She needs to have a system in place to pr ... read full comment
Djdjd,
No one is calling the woman a criminal. Lets assume she is innocent. If she accepts the position as a boss at the pharmacy, she is responsible if the pharmacy is being looted. She needs to have a system in place to prevent corruption. If she is unable to do this then she is not fit to be the boss. You mentioned that "Pharmacy systems are prone to missing data and frequent price changes"... In fact, this is a raw excuse. Yes it may be difficult to manage but she also has a responsibility of preventing fraud. What did she do? She sat and watched the system she works for destroyed? Its a shame.She needs to take responsibilty and go to jail.
Ogboh Kofi- Adjei Kojo/New York 9 years ago
Look, u better keep mute an to be making noise. U crooks who Mahama new nothing about ur background but sharing Gh scarce resources to compensate ur NDC crookes. That thieve Rev. Okpoti who collected Ghanair ticket over $400. ... read full comment
Look, u better keep mute an to be making noise. U crooks who Mahama new nothing about ur background but sharing Gh scarce resources to compensate ur NDC crookes. That thieve Rev. Okpoti who collected Ghanair ticket over $400.000 issued them to Gov't appointees in JJ/NDC time & pocketed the money even not ashame of himself & his church calling himself a pastor w all this bad astrocities be made CEO korle-Bu hospital & u want to brown ur stinging mouth again.
MOST OBVIOUSLY 9 years ago
NDC THIEVES WHO ARE SO SELFISH AND SO GREEDY THAT DESPITE LACK OF WATER AT SOME WARDS AT KORLE BU, EDDIE ANNAN AND HIS BOARD WERE BUYING EXPENSIVE CARS FOR THEMSELVES FOR FREE....THIEVES THIEVES THIEVES EVERYWHERE IN NDC HAVE ... read full comment
NDC THIEVES WHO ARE SO SELFISH AND SO GREEDY THAT DESPITE LACK OF WATER AT SOME WARDS AT KORLE BU, EDDIE ANNAN AND HIS BOARD WERE BUYING EXPENSIVE CARS FOR THEMSELVES FOR FREE....THIEVES THIEVES THIEVES EVERYWHERE IN NDC HAVE DESTROYED GHANA,,,,,HE MALFEASANCE WAS FROM 2010 TO 2014....NDC THIEVES
Fiction 9 years ago
That is Ghana under de most usesless inept n corrupt mahama for u bcus de man himself is corrupt to de bone marrow n many of dis people who are indulgent in corrupt practices knows very wel dat de leader of de country is ... read full comment
That is Ghana under de most usesless inept n corrupt mahama for u bcus de man himself is corrupt to de bone marrow n many of dis people who are indulgent in corrupt practices knows very wel dat de leader of de country is de most corrupt guy n leadership dey say is by example
KWASI IN EUROPE 9 years ago
When you steal at one place, Mahama promotes you and transfers you to another place as "punishment". Only an idiot will not steal under NDC.
When you steal at one place, Mahama promotes you and transfers you to another place as "punishment". Only an idiot will not steal under NDC.
Ekow 9 years ago
Corruption would have been a very expensive commodity if all governments,NPP & NDC,had confronted it the way the Mahama led government is currently fighting and exposing the corrupt officials in the system
Corruption would have been a very expensive commodity if all governments,NPP & NDC,had confronted it the way the Mahama led government is currently fighting and exposing the corrupt officials in the system
magagia 9 years ago
Look at this thief called eddie annan. Did he manage the country in his dreams. You should be ashamed of yourself. U have no conscience. How can u play politics with a health institution and misappropriate the funds.
Look at this thief called eddie annan. Did he manage the country in his dreams. You should be ashamed of yourself. U have no conscience. How can u play politics with a health institution and misappropriate the funds.
GBEWAA 9 years ago
THAT'S GHANA FOR YOU!
EVEN THOSE AT THE POLITICAL HELM AND AT THE TOP ARE PLUNDERING THE NATION'S ECONOMY THROUGH A SYSTEM OF OLIGARCHY.
THAT EXPLAINS THE WHOLESALE LOOTING WITH IMPUNITY IN GHANA.
THE TOP CAN NOT ... read full comment
THAT'S GHANA FOR YOU!
EVEN THOSE AT THE POLITICAL HELM AND AT THE TOP ARE PLUNDERING THE NATION'S ECONOMY THROUGH A SYSTEM OF OLIGARCHY.
THAT EXPLAINS THE WHOLESALE LOOTING WITH IMPUNITY IN GHANA.
THE TOP CAN NOT CHECK THE BOTTOM, AND VICE VERSA BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN "YOU EXPOSE MY ARSE, I EXPOSE YOURS".
LOOTING OF MOTHER GHANA HAS BECOME AN ART WHICH HAS PERMEATED THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP FABRIC OF GHANA.
GHANA GOVERNMENT WILL PROBABLY BE "BETTER OFF" ESTABLISHING A UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL LOOTING, POLITICAL PATRONAGE AND OLIGARCHY STUDIES.
WE SHALL ALL SWIM IN THE SHIT
Afi 9 years ago
Mr Annan,
I think as a nation we need to find lasting solutions to problems. Putting the hospital "in the hands of dedicated people" may not be enough to solve the problem. What if the person dies or quits. Then we have to s ... read full comment
Mr Annan,
I think as a nation we need to find lasting solutions to problems. Putting the hospital "in the hands of dedicated people" may not be enough to solve the problem. What if the person dies or quits. Then we have to start all over and look for dedicated people. However, putting functional structures in place will put the hospital at an advantage because there will be polices governing the running of the hospital. Anyone who is unable to follow the policy will not be able to work for the hospital.
GBEWAA 9 years ago
THE PEOPLE YOU NEED SUPPORT FROM ARE THEMSELVES DEEPLY INVOLVED IN MASSIVE LOOTING OF GHANA, SO WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT? EDDIE ANNAN!
THE PEOPLE YOU NEED SUPPORT FROM ARE THEMSELVES DEEPLY INVOLVED IN MASSIVE LOOTING OF GHANA, SO WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT? EDDIE ANNAN!
ugly akufo addo 9 years ago
just look at that long n wide mouth
just look at that long n wide mouth
agyeman 9 years ago
Yes but definitely not you and Okpoti's type.
Yes but definitely not you and Okpoti's type.
Che 9 years ago
All of you useless managers can now talk. What did you do when you were there?
All of you useless managers can now talk. What did you do when you were there?
Sappey Agboh -Atsiame-Avenorpeme 9 years ago
Common sense they say is not common. Do you know the history of why Eddie Annan and the CEO Rev Botchway were removed? In case you are a Johnny Just Come, for your information, it was during their tenure that this forensic a ... read full comment
Common sense they say is not common. Do you know the history of why Eddie Annan and the CEO Rev Botchway were removed? In case you are a Johnny Just Come, for your information, it was during their tenure that this forensic audit was started. The so-called Senior Staff Association and the director of Pharmacy rebelled against them and forced the hand of the President to have them removed. Now the cat is out of the bag. Just as Dr Akosa said, Korle Bu is a hydra headed monster, any decent person who tried to slaughter the monster was always devoured by the monster. Eddie Annan and Rev Botchway were victims.
ATTA ABBEY 9 years ago
It is interesting to note that the so called staff spokesman has kept quiet.It was obvious that those looting were prepared to fight to death.Those involved in this scandal should be paraded in public to serve as a deterrent ... read full comment
It is interesting to note that the so called staff spokesman has kept quiet.It was obvious that those looting were prepared to fight to death.Those involved in this scandal should be paraded in public to serve as a deterrent for those to see.
adacanaen. 9 years ago
They are all corrupt. Not a single person can say they are holy than Thou. They are all in it.
They are all corrupt. Not a single person can say they are holy than Thou. They are all in it.
CATAPULT 9 years ago
“Korle Bu needs dedicated a person. I can run Korle Bu; it’s not a big deal, if I can run the whole country, I can run Korle Bu.-Eddie Annan.
If I can run the whole country...
No wonder the country is on the rocks, the ... read full comment
“Korle Bu needs dedicated a person. I can run Korle Bu; it’s not a big deal, if I can run the whole country, I can run Korle Bu.-Eddie Annan.
If I can run the whole country...
No wonder the country is on the rocks, the economy is in shambles, energy sector has collapsed, businesses have collapsed, education has collapsed, health is in the pits, everything has collapsed but the NDC cocaine trade is on the uptick, stealing and thievery by the NDC gov't has been put on fast-track, incompetence is now a virtue, and propaganda is has become right out of the door/frontal policy of governance.
And you wonder why the country is on the decline...hmmn.
Woyome has walked off with over $30million dollars, the NDC gov't walked off with over $5billion dollars in just 2months of 2012 alone, Afriyie Ankrah walked off with millions of dollars in the Brazilgate saga,
RLG has walked off with millions of dollars in all sorts of conduits for thieving the national purse,
NSS walked off with millions and millions of cedis, and the list goes on and on.
Listen to him, things have gone bad for years, it just didn't start yesterday...and in that, Eddie"if I can run the whole country"Annan is conspicuously right and correct.
So far the P(NDC)gov't have been at this "things have gone bad for years" situation for about almost 30years. Is it now that Eddie"if I can run the whole country"Annan realized that for the almost 30years his P(NDC)party and gov't have been in office, things have been going bad for years?
When jokers govern, the country collpases.
Oheneba Akwasi Kuffour - Germany 9 years ago
Oh Ghana is bleeding, everywhere is corruption , chop maker chop. Day light armed robbers, oh when will ghana be free from this looters. Oh God arise in the name of Ghana and let the enemies of Ghana be scattered.
Oh Ghana is bleeding, everywhere is corruption , chop maker chop. Day light armed robbers, oh when will ghana be free from this looters. Oh God arise in the name of Ghana and let the enemies of Ghana be scattered.
look at the kettle calling the charcoal black. Your being there could not get rid of the corruption, you increased it.
Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06
Please be patient and read this to the end.
By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
In 2004, Craig Mur ...
read full comment
Author:-PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE)...
Ivor Greenstreet said directly to President John Mahama and Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur that: “You don’t care”.
“Nobody is feeling your better Ghana”, Greenstreet sho ...
read full comment
Did this thieving scum just say that he run Ghana or is it that I cant read well?
The man is a successful business man unless the corrupt workers who are always against the people who want to question their dubious activities.
Some of us will always say we missed those days when you have your name menti ...
read full comment
unlike the corrupt workers,not unless the corrupt workers.
When did this man who say they is no God run ghana.Because of JJ R that is why he is rich.this man do not no anything about management. He is a corrupt man.
When did you ran the whole country? You must be dreaming, STUPID ASSHOLE.
Pharmacy systems are prone to missing data and frequent price changes that is very difficult to keep current. This is an innocent woman who is being paraded as a criminal.
Djdjd,
No one is calling the woman a criminal. Lets assume she is innocent. If she accepts the position as a boss at the pharmacy, she is responsible if the pharmacy is being looted. She needs to have a system in place to pr ...
read full comment
Look, u better keep mute an to be making noise. U crooks who Mahama new nothing about ur background but sharing Gh scarce resources to compensate ur NDC crookes. That thieve Rev. Okpoti who collected Ghanair ticket over $400. ...
read full comment
NDC THIEVES WHO ARE SO SELFISH AND SO GREEDY THAT DESPITE LACK OF WATER AT SOME WARDS AT KORLE BU, EDDIE ANNAN AND HIS BOARD WERE BUYING EXPENSIVE CARS FOR THEMSELVES FOR FREE....THIEVES THIEVES THIEVES EVERYWHERE IN NDC HAVE ...
read full comment
That is Ghana under de most usesless inept n corrupt mahama for u bcus de man himself is corrupt to de bone marrow n many of dis people who are indulgent in corrupt practices knows very wel dat de leader of de country is ...
read full comment
When you steal at one place, Mahama promotes you and transfers you to another place as "punishment". Only an idiot will not steal under NDC.
Corruption would have been a very expensive commodity if all governments,NPP & NDC,had confronted it the way the Mahama led government is currently fighting and exposing the corrupt officials in the system
Look at this thief called eddie annan. Did he manage the country in his dreams. You should be ashamed of yourself. U have no conscience. How can u play politics with a health institution and misappropriate the funds.
THAT'S GHANA FOR YOU!
EVEN THOSE AT THE POLITICAL HELM AND AT THE TOP ARE PLUNDERING THE NATION'S ECONOMY THROUGH A SYSTEM OF OLIGARCHY.
THAT EXPLAINS THE WHOLESALE LOOTING WITH IMPUNITY IN GHANA.
THE TOP CAN NOT ...
read full comment
Mr Annan,
I think as a nation we need to find lasting solutions to problems. Putting the hospital "in the hands of dedicated people" may not be enough to solve the problem. What if the person dies or quits. Then we have to s ...
read full comment
THE PEOPLE YOU NEED SUPPORT FROM ARE THEMSELVES DEEPLY INVOLVED IN MASSIVE LOOTING OF GHANA, SO WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT? EDDIE ANNAN!
just look at that long n wide mouth
Yes but definitely not you and Okpoti's type.
All of you useless managers can now talk. What did you do when you were there?
Common sense they say is not common. Do you know the history of why Eddie Annan and the CEO Rev Botchway were removed? In case you are a Johnny Just Come, for your information, it was during their tenure that this forensic a ...
read full comment
It is interesting to note that the so called staff spokesman has kept quiet.It was obvious that those looting were prepared to fight to death.Those involved in this scandal should be paraded in public to serve as a deterrent ...
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They are all corrupt. Not a single person can say they are holy than Thou. They are all in it.
“Korle Bu needs dedicated a person. I can run Korle Bu; it’s not a big deal, if I can run the whole country, I can run Korle Bu.-Eddie Annan.
If I can run the whole country...
No wonder the country is on the rocks, the ...
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Oh Ghana is bleeding, everywhere is corruption , chop maker chop. Day light armed robbers, oh when will ghana be free from this looters. Oh God arise in the name of Ghana and let the enemies of Ghana be scattered.