Mahama dismisses reports of retrenchment in 2017

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OB 9 years ago

MAHAMA FOR 2016!!!

MAHAMA FOR 2016!!!
JDiM 9 years ago

Mahama will definitely lose in 2016 there's no doubt Ghanaians can't trust this clown any longer.

Mahama will definitely lose in 2016 there's no doubt Ghanaians can't trust this clown any longer.
BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

This is going to all the great NDC PARTY sympathizers, as we all knew the true History of UP / NPP and how they chased the founder of this nation (GHANA ) KWAME NKRUMAH with a Bombs throwing, we as NDC supporters must not in ...
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This is going to all the great NDC PARTY sympathizers, as we all knew the true History of UP / NPP and how they chased the founder of this nation (GHANA ) KWAME NKRUMAH with a Bombs throwing, we as NDC supporters must not in any way seat down unconcerned for them to butcher us. I'm here for urging all of us to stand up to respond to the invitation they threw to us, the Npp has called us and we must respond to it as soon as possible. NDC Sympathizers must bear it in their mind that , the party isn't formed by a cowards, if you are , then i'm sorry to tell you that you are in a wrong place. The Npp is now killing the innocent NDC members in ( BRONG AHAFO ) and we seat down like nothing is happening? What is wrong with NDC now a days? Everywhere you are as a truthful member of the Great NDC PARTY, you must respond in any form to their invitation.
Omanba Pa, Islington-London! 9 years ago

Everyone knows the complications to join IMF except those who are idiots and they cannot read and write that you can deceive them with your stupidity. Okay? JDM! President hunu apuu tuuu!

Everyone knows the complications to join IMF except those who are idiots and they cannot read and write that you can deceive them with your stupidity. Okay? JDM! President hunu apuu tuuu!
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 9 years ago

BAWUMIA WARNED THESE NDC THIEVES OF FINANCIAL INDISCIPLINE BUT THEY NEVER TOOK HIS WORD . THE NDC CLUELESS GOVERNMENT NEVER LISTENED. IS THIS THE GHANA K4 HANDED OVER TO THE NDC GREEDY CORRUPT BASTARDS????

BAWUMIA WARNED THESE NDC THIEVES OF FINANCIAL INDISCIPLINE BUT THEY NEVER TOOK HIS WORD . THE NDC CLUELESS GOVERNMENT NEVER LISTENED. IS THIS THE GHANA K4 HANDED OVER TO THE NDC GREEDY CORRUPT BASTARDS????
Paa Joe (UK) 9 years ago

"Mahama said it appears some people are misconstruing an impending rationalisation exercise in the public sector for retrenchment"

Who will be fooled by this pompous jargon?
Whichever way you look at it, workers will loos ...
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"Mahama said it appears some people are misconstruing an impending rationalisation exercise in the public sector for retrenchment"

Who will be fooled by this pompous jargon?
Whichever way you look at it, workers will loose jobs so just come clean and tell the truth for once...Sir!!!!
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

MAHAMA IS A DISGRACE & A THEIF.

MAHAMA IS A DISGRACE & A THEIF.
United Ghana 9 years ago

Well! I don't trust him too. Shameless liar

Well! I don't trust him too. Shameless liar
BAFFOUR 9 years ago

Mr president you are a liar nobody trust you anymore eg you said NO IMF but finally we are there

Mr president you are a liar nobody trust you anymore eg you said NO IMF but finally we are there
Close Observer 9 years ago

THEY ARE BOTH HOPELESS young presidents. These young men only celebrate their positions like movie actors. VERY CLUELESS AND NO VISION YOUNG MEN.
VOTE THE USELESS NDC GOVERNMENT THAT HELPED WAYOME TO DUPED GHANA OUT IN 2016. ...
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THEY ARE BOTH HOPELESS young presidents. These young men only celebrate their positions like movie actors. VERY CLUELESS AND NO VISION YOUNG MEN.
VOTE THE USELESS NDC GOVERNMENT THAT HELPED WAYOME TO DUPED GHANA OUT IN 2016. That money could have been used to build a better place for our children to study. NDC STILL LOVE WAYOME AND HATE MARTIN AMIDU, the man who fought for the return of the money illegally given to Wayome. NDC IS A SELFISH GROUP. VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016 JUST LIKE THE NIGERIANS HAVE DONE.
Johnson, USA 9 years ago

THE BEST PRESIDENT EVER. 2016 IS SURELY FOR YOU SURE

THE BEST PRESIDENT EVER. 2016 IS SURELY FOR YOU SURE
ATO 9 years ago

THE BEST PRESIDENT EVER. 2016 IS SURELY FOR YOU SURE NANA ADDO IS A LOOSER

THE BEST PRESIDENT EVER. 2016 IS SURELY FOR YOU SURE NANA ADDO IS A LOOSER
Kpenyigba Kwesi 9 years ago

My perception is that if Nana Addo lost the election come 2016, he would commit suicide, so he must NOT stand. We need him elsewhere!!

My perception is that if Nana Addo lost the election come 2016, he would commit suicide, so he must NOT stand. We need him elsewhere!!
NANA ADWOA NEW YORK CITY 9 years ago

LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS A FREE FALL OF THE CEDI AGAINST THE DOLLAR WE HEARD WE HEARD COMMUNICATORS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES SHOUTING FROM ROOF TOP THE POLICIES THE GOVERNMENT PUT IN PLACE HAS STABILIZED THE CEDI SOME ...
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LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS A FREE FALL OF THE CEDI AGAINST THE DOLLAR WE HEARD WE HEARD COMMUNICATORS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES SHOUTING FROM ROOF TOP THE POLICIES THE GOVERNMENT PUT IN PLACE HAS STABILIZED THE CEDI SOME OF US EVEN FROM FAR OFF WERE SAYING THE GOVERMENT THE STABILITY CAME FROM THREE FRONT
1.THE $1BILLION EUROBOND GOVT SIGNED ON TO
2.COCOBOD $1.5BILLION SYNDICATION TO PURCHASE COCOA THIS CROP SEASON
3.THE FACT THAT IMPORTES OF GOODS IFOR XMAS 2014 WILL IN THE 1ST QUARTER 2015 PLACE LETTERS OF CREDIT TO PAY FOR THOSE GOODS AFTER THE 90DAYS SO WAS THERE ANY PRUDENT ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT?
NOW WE ARE FACING THESE CRISIS AGAIN AND ASKING FOR $914MILLION FROM IMF TO SHORE UP THE BALANCE SHEET.
THE VISIT OF THE IMF WAS LONG PRDICTED GOVERMENT SAYSSAYS NO IT WAS BAILOUT ETC ETC WHAT MEANING AND DEFINITION THOSE OF US "ILLITERATES" WE ARE YET TO YET THE TEAM CAME DOWN SCRUTINIZING OUR BOOKS BEFORE LANDING ON THESE DEAL SO WHO HAS THE GOVERNMENT BEEN KIDDING?IT SHOULD BE PLACED ON RECORD THAT GHANA IS NOT A NEW DEMOCRACY WITH JDM NDC AS THE 1ST GOVERNMENTS HAVE PRECEDED IT.AGAIN MOST OF GHANAIAN INTELLECTUALS ARE WORKING OR HAVE WORKED WITH WORLD CLASS INSTITUTION LIKE WORLD BANK UN IMF SO SOMETIMES YOU LISTEN TO SOME OF THEM AND YOU ASK ARE THEY TALKING TO TODDLERS?LET US HELP THE PRESIDENT HE NEED HELP FOR THE WAY THE COUNTRY IS BEING MANAGED............HMMM...............FANATICSM ILL NOT HELP
abu inusah 9 years ago

all what ghanaians want is job creation but not other thing

all what ghanaians want is job creation but not other thing
GhanaianBoyz @Abroad 9 years ago

Ghanians Abroad are unhappy and have lost hope with d John Mahama's Ndc govm't of the abundant of resources: Oil, Cocoa, Gold etc. We beleive & have confidence under Nana Addo's capability things can work again in Ghana. Ghan ...
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Ghanians Abroad are unhappy and have lost hope with d John Mahama's Ndc govm't of the abundant of resources: Oil, Cocoa, Gold etc. We beleive & have confidence under Nana Addo's capability things can work again in Ghana. Ghanians abroad wants to come Home and invest heavily to create Jobs & Education, but not under Ndc. Wind of change has already begun, throw ethnocentric away and vote for positive change. We 're One Ghana.
Dead Goat 9 years ago

Then why headcount in all agencies

Then why headcount in all agencies
Oko Djan Mubarak 9 years ago

How many times havent we heard of this NDC man Mahama lying. Countless times and Satan does not even believe him

How many times havent we heard of this NDC man Mahama lying. Countless times and Satan does not even believe him
Kojo Atta Mensah 9 years ago

To help eliminate all the ghost names on pay roll. IMF will cut off centralized payment of pay roll. Pay at source system.

To help eliminate all the ghost names on pay roll. IMF will cut off centralized payment of pay roll. Pay at source system.
Israel Jude 9 years ago

Starfmonline News, please do us good by reporting factual and truthful on this platform. "Bagbin said this at an event," and this one it is, "Mahama reacted to this in the Eastern region." Stupid reporting.

Starfmonline News, please do us good by reporting factual and truthful on this platform. "Bagbin said this at an event," and this one it is, "Mahama reacted to this in the Eastern region." Stupid reporting.
gadanga john 9 years ago

the. president has made it clear enemies of progress shd bow their heads in shame.

the. president has made it clear enemies of progress shd bow their heads in shame.
DB 9 years ago

Mahama told us they were NOT going to the IMF for a bailout but rather for policy creditably. What are we seeing now? IMF bailout of $918m. If you chose to continue believing Mahama and his government that is your business bu ...
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Mahama told us they were NOT going to the IMF for a bailout but rather for policy creditably. What are we seeing now? IMF bailout of $918m. If you chose to continue believing Mahama and his government that is your business but for me the lies and promise and fail has been consistent. If anyone lies to me as often as Mahama's govt has over the past 6 years i won't trust or believe anything that comes from them.
DB 9 years ago

*creditability*

*creditability*
Sumanguuru 9 years ago

Please could you tell us what rationalization means?

Please could you tell us what rationalization means?
Adjua 9 years ago

What do you think? It is IMF speak for retrenchment.

What do you think? It is IMF speak for retrenchment.
terkper mahama 9 years ago

liars.who believes in mr dumsor?tweaaaa .all thier children in abroad schooling and u are throwing dust into our eyes.apuuu torrrr

liars.who believes in mr dumsor?tweaaaa .all thier children in abroad schooling and u are throwing dust into our eyes.apuuu torrrr
Adjua 9 years ago

I wish I could have a cedi for all the times Mahama and his NDC have vehemently denied stuff only for them to turn around and abmit them when the lies became unsustainable. I would be a rich person. This is one such barefaced ...
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I wish I could have a cedi for all the times Mahama and his NDC have vehemently denied stuff only for them to turn around and abmit them when the lies became unsustainable. I would be a rich person. This is one such barefaced lie from Mahama.The IMF document states it clearly and anyone with any brain can read it for themselves.
Joe 9 years ago

We have more intellectuals in Ghana more than Mahama and his bunch of thieves and liars. We can read and understand what the conditionalities says and Mahama cannot deceive any one of us. We know it and believe it is in the ...
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We have more intellectuals in Ghana more than Mahama and his bunch of thieves and liars. We can read and understand what the conditionalities says and Mahama cannot deceive any one of us. We know it and believe it is in the package. Your denial as usual will not change anything. Mahama, you are done.
K-Manu 9 years ago

It is not in the power of the President to say there will not be retrenchment if the IMF conditionality says so. The assurance I think the present should give to the teaming public should be something like this..."folks rest ...
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It is not in the power of the President to say there will not be retrenchment if the IMF conditionality says so. The assurance I think the present should give to the teaming public should be something like this..."folks rest assured, the clause of retrenchment is not part of the conditionality". He can then go ahead and publish the conditionality and that will calm nerves down. As long as the terms of the IMF bailout are shrouded in secrecy people will continue to speculate and this will not help matters. We need the best for our country folks.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

"As long as the terms of the IMF bailout are shrouded in secrecy?"

Gee! You guys are dangerously incredible. What was ever secretive about the process prior to the IMF bailout of recent? In fact, when are your bunch ever g ...
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"As long as the terms of the IMF bailout are shrouded in secrecy?"

Gee! You guys are dangerously incredible. What was ever secretive about the process prior to the IMF bailout of recent? In fact, when are your bunch ever going to give the truth the deservedly chance under this Mahama-led administration? Oh NKrumah, where are you? I have a stone to place at your honourable feet.
k.boateng london 9 years ago

oh no

oh no
Amidini 9 years ago

Prez God bless u

Prez God bless u
Ali Mahama 9 years ago

Who will believe this Liar? Ghana is in this failed state due to his perchant for lies. Drop this Dead Goat in2016.

Who will believe this Liar? Ghana is in this failed state due to his perchant for lies. Drop this Dead Goat in2016.
ISSA ABONGO 9 years ago

JOHN MAHAMA LYING AGAIN.

JOHN MAHAMA LYING AGAIN.
Wisdom 9 years ago

Arm robbry attacks during University Exams? My God!
Ghana isn't a country to live or invest in
Rawlings Where are you?

Arm robbry attacks during University Exams? My God!
Ghana isn't a country to live or invest in
Rawlings Where are you?
Ritewing 9 years ago

I think the average person understands what the word rationalization means. The president should not continue to lie to us as nationals of this nation. Downsizing, rightsizing and rationalization is the nuanced meaning of the ...
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I think the average person understands what the word rationalization means. The president should not continue to lie to us as nationals of this nation. Downsizing, rightsizing and rationalization is the nuanced meaning of the word retrenchment. Do I blame President Mahama? His forebear in Ndc 1, President Rawlings made those whose jobs were affected, accept that retrenchment meant redeployment.
Jim Tetteh 9 years ago

Your are just wasting your breath

Your are just wasting your breath
attu zongo 9 years ago

so when will this goons speak the truth just once, the program is clear so do not deceive the working force we know already so just start now and give us our gratuity, after all, whether retrenchment or not we the masses have ...
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so when will this goons speak the truth just once, the program is clear so do not deceive the working force we know already so just start now and give us our gratuity, after all, whether retrenchment or not we the masses have made our minds already that NANA O NANA ALL THE WAY.
Joe 9 years ago

Mahama, this is a lie. Publish the details of the conditionalities for everyone to see. Ghanaians are not going to vote for you in 2016 only to be retrenched in 2017. This is just a lie and Ghanaians knows it.

Mahama, this is a lie. Publish the details of the conditionalities for everyone to see. Ghanaians are not going to vote for you in 2016 only to be retrenched in 2017. This is just a lie and Ghanaians knows it.
ADZOA 9 years ago

STAFF RATIONALIZATION IS RIGHT-SIZING

STAFF RATIONALIZATION IS RIGHT-SIZING
GOWAN 9 years ago

"Civil service reform
25. The government aims at bringing the wage bill-to-revenue ratio down from 53 percent in
2014 to 35 percent over the medium term, in line with the regional ECOWAS target. This will
require wage rest ...
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"Civil service reform
25. The government aims at bringing the wage bill-to-revenue ratio down from 53 percent in
2014 to 35 percent over the medium term, in line with the regional ECOWAS target. This will
require wage restraint over the full three year program period, with increases consistent with
expected disinflation. To also help achieve this objective while improving public services, the
authorities will design a civil service reform strategy during 2015 with the assistance of
development partners, which will aim at increasing the productivity and rationalizing the size of
the civil service (MEFP ¶65). As part of this reform, the government intends also to review the role
of subvented agencies (MEFP ¶60). A task force will be instructed to provide recommendations to
the Government as part of the right-sizing exercise".

"C. Civil Service Reform
65. The Government will undertake, with the assistance of development partners, a
comprehensive plan to rationalize the size and increase the efficiency of the civil service and allied
services on the payroll. The related strategic plan will be ready in December 2015, the results of
which will inform the actual rationalization of staff, which is expected to begin in 2017.
66. Further elements that will accompany and sustain the plan for civil service reform include:
the full implementation of the budget and financial accounting reforms under the second phase of
GIFMIS; interface HR modules with the payroll under GIFMIS Phase I; expand GIFMIS to cover
organizational and functional review of all MDAs; a decentralization strategy whose elements cover
administration and legal reforms".

This is from the IMF country report for Ghana, #15-103, underpinning the bailout measures the Dramani Mahama-Seth Terkper-Kofi Wampah NDC gov't sought from and agreed upon with the IMF.
From the report it is stated verbatim, that the strategic plan for this exercise will be ready by December 2015, and this would serve as the basis for the actual rationalization of staff, which is expected to begin in 2017. This is in the IMF report, a conditionality agreed upon between John Dramani Mahama's NDC gov't and the IMF, and unless there is a misunderstanding and confusion in the mind of President John Dramani Mahama, which confusion the Chief Psychiatrist called for a mental checkup, then dismissing reports of retrenchment in 2017, is being very economical and a huge deviation from the truth, because those are the facts. Indeed, the wheels have literally gone off the rails and it is very unfortunate. That is the dearth of credibility that has necessitated this bailout and Ghana is now a goner.
There is obviously no seriousness in this Mahama-led NDC gov't and they need to be massively fired at the ballot box in 2016 because the expertise in propaganda and deceit as a function of governance has been extremely costly for this country within the last 6years of this Mahama NDC gov't. Ghana deserves a change.
United Ghana 9 years ago

No sane person can argue with facts. Well said

No sane person can argue with facts. Well said
patrick johnson, uk 9 years ago

Don't mind this man. He talks like a parrot.

His negligence has sent Ghanaians to seek for help.

He spends money without thinking.

Just a political game. More people will be laid off. All along u don't know there s ...
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Don't mind this man. He talks like a parrot.

His negligence has sent Ghanaians to seek for help.

He spends money without thinking.

Just a political game. More people will be laid off. All along u don't know there should be ..........
BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Nana Akanfuo Binaddo Buhari once insulted thief kufour that , He Kufour can't speak good ( English ). But Nana Binaddo forgot so soon that ,he Nana too can't speak ( TWI ). Hahahahaha !!!!!

Nana Akanfuo Binaddo Buhari once insulted thief kufour that , He Kufour can't speak good ( English ). But Nana Binaddo forgot so soon that ,he Nana too can't speak ( TWI ). Hahahahaha !!!!!
Abdul Rahaman Samari 9 years ago

Mr president we don't TRUST you. you lie tooooo much almost all what you promise turn not be true. you think you can decieved us and get away with it? we would surely teach you a lesson come 2016.Inshaallaahu.

Mr president we don't TRUST you. you lie tooooo much almost all what you promise turn not be true. you think you can decieved us and get away with it? we would surely teach you a lesson come 2016.Inshaallaahu.
Jacob 9 years ago

Labour rationalization in the public and civil service is part of the conditions in the IMF program.I have read the document and it is a condition. In the first place the Bretton Woods institutions asked for freeze on employm ...
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Labour rationalization in the public and civil service is part of the conditions in the IMF program.I have read the document and it is a condition. In the first place the Bretton Woods institutions asked for freeze on employment for the last 5 years. This president is just out of step. He is so dump or asleep at the switch. Mahama is simply not a good presidential material.
Ugly akufo addo 9 years ago

Idiot oldman

Idiot oldman
Edensu 9 years ago

This is purely an anase story. rationalisation exercise in the public sector leads to etrenchment. The same exercise was carried out under Rawlings regime when Kwesi Botchway, then Finance Minister and the then government we ...
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This is purely an anase story. rationalisation exercise in the public sector leads to etrenchment. The same exercise was carried out under Rawlings regime when Kwesi Botchway, then Finance Minister and the then government went in for IMF loan. Time will tell, Ghanaians. We live to see
Kofi 9 years ago

When was the last time you told the truth? Have you ever spoken the truth? Do you even know what truth means?

When was the last time you told the truth? Have you ever spoken the truth? Do you even know what truth means?
Fianko 9 years ago

mahama is a pathological liar, he cant stop.

mahama is a pathological liar, he cant stop.
WHITEMAN SPEERS. 9 years ago

HELL IS WAITING FOR EAGELY. YOU HAVE COME TO DISTROY GHANA TO THE BONE. YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COHORTS HAVE STOLEN THE TAX PAYERS MONEY AND HAVE MADE YOUR SELVES EXTREMELY RICH. YOU REALLY DONT CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ...
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HELL IS WAITING FOR EAGELY. YOU HAVE COME TO DISTROY GHANA TO THE BONE. YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COHORTS HAVE STOLEN THE TAX PAYERS MONEY AND HAVE MADE YOUR SELVES EXTREMELY RICH. YOU REALLY DONT CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THESE NATIONS BECAUSE YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE EDUCATED ABROAD. YOU CONTINUE TO BORROW MONEY TO STEAL MOST OF EAT AND LEAVE GHANA DRY. THE ECONOMY IS AT A STAND STILL. STATUTORY DISBURSEMENT UNPAID, TEACHERS AND NURSES ALLOWANC BEING WITHDRAWN. WHAT HAVE GFHANAIANS DONE WRONG TO MERIT THESE HARDSHIPS FROM YOU MAHAMAH, TELL GHANAIANS WHAT IS IT THEY DID WRONG. GOD IS GREAT.
Saintzero 9 years ago

Mo de3 moagyimi ooo. You still believe this dead goat liar. Didn't he say they were not going to IMF.
Ghana belongs to all of us. The fact that he is the president does not warrant him to toy with us. Enough of this nonsense ...
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Mo de3 moagyimi ooo. You still believe this dead goat liar. Didn't he say they were not going to IMF.
Ghana belongs to all of us. The fact that he is the president does not warrant him to toy with us. Enough of this nonsense.
mimosa 9 years ago

for a small country like Ghana, our parliament is too big, and so is the cabinet. We would do a lot more efficiently with half our parliament and half the cabinet we now have. the more these crooks the murkier and worse the ...
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for a small country like Ghana, our parliament is too big, and so is the cabinet. We would do a lot more efficiently with half our parliament and half the cabinet we now have. the more these crooks the murkier and worse the their misbehavior. trim the government, because it's like the human body - the leaner the healthier.
M.KILLA 9 years ago

go n read about Greece, Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe and the rest ...when they went to the IMF. for bailout, massive layout awaits us. MR president your days are numbered

go n read about Greece, Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe and the rest ...when they went to the IMF. for bailout, massive layout awaits us. MR president your days are numbered
jj peter 9 years ago

THIS ODWAN FUNU PRESIDENT IS A LIAR . MASTER NO MORE VOTE FOR YOU.
BRING OUR ALAWA

THIS ODWAN FUNU PRESIDENT IS A LIAR . MASTER NO MORE VOTE FOR YOU.
BRING OUR ALAWA
mr amin 9 years ago

Vote mahama out he is lieying. Why is the rationalization delayed till 2017 ? Ghanians wide up. Vote him out.

Vote mahama out he is lieying. Why is the rationalization delayed till 2017 ? Ghanians wide up. Vote him out.
Kweaa DCE 9 years ago

We take it with pinch of salt

We take it with pinch of salt
DROSSMANI JNR 9 years ago

BUT WHO BELIEVES THIS THIEF AND LIAR CALLED MAHAMA? WHAT HAS HE SAID OR PROMISED THAT HAS COME TO PASS? - DUMSOR, IMF BAILOUT, FREE SHS, 1-TIME NHIA PREMIUM PAYMENT? THIS EMBRYER AND STX THIEF CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED.

BUT WHO BELIEVES THIS THIEF AND LIAR CALLED MAHAMA? WHAT HAS HE SAID OR PROMISED THAT HAS COME TO PASS? - DUMSOR, IMF BAILOUT, FREE SHS, 1-TIME NHIA PREMIUM PAYMENT? THIS EMBRYER AND STX THIEF CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED.
luther king 9 years ago

What does this confused Perez mean by rationalisation? Is it not semantics? Give us space Mr Perez

What does this confused Perez mean by rationalisation? Is it not semantics? Give us space Mr Perez
BUILSA KANJARGA 9 years ago

There will be massive retrenchment in 2017 if this lair wins

There will be massive retrenchment in 2017 if this lair wins
Akumah Kwarteng 9 years ago

Ghanaians just have to prepare against the worst. In the meanwhile, Mr. President, there's no need to put up a defense. With this poor performance you won't have the privilege of winning 2016 elections, not to think of 2017. ...
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Ghanaians just have to prepare against the worst. In the meanwhile, Mr. President, there's no need to put up a defense. With this poor performance you won't have the privilege of winning 2016 elections, not to think of 2017. Mark it!
James 9 years ago

We don't trust you. LAIR!

We don't trust you. LAIR!
obeng sarpong 9 years ago

"a politican is a fellow who will ask u to lay ur life for his country" now upon all assurances by mr prez n his ndc to help the poor n the vulnerable they are rather enjoying n turn to bombard the very people they promised t ...
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"a politican is a fellow who will ask u to lay ur life for his country" now upon all assurances by mr prez n his ndc to help the poor n the vulnerable they are rather enjoying n turn to bombard the very people they promised to assist with numerous taxes. the people do nt take u serious bcos u said ghana will nt go to imf bt we are now there. what shows we shd believe u this time mr prez. do nt be tagged a liar
Fred 9 years ago

You are a liar JM. Amy responsible person won't do that. Stop lying JM.

You are a liar JM. Amy responsible person won't do that. Stop lying JM.
Ken 9 years ago

Business dictionary defines rationalization as "Selling off or closing down some plants or units to reorganize a firm's operations to be more in line with its core competencies, in the interest of efficiency, or as a cost cut ...
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Business dictionary defines rationalization as "Selling off or closing down some plants or units to reorganize a firm's operations to be more in line with its core competencies, in the interest of efficiency, or as a cost cutting measure. Often used as a euphemism for firing employees"
Abena 9 years ago

Mahama should give us a break. What deos he take GH people for. He has done enough damage to GH already he should just shut up. Can't he see we are teid of him. He should be ashamed of himself. Shame on him. If this is how hi ...
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Mahama should give us a break. What deos he take GH people for. He has done enough damage to GH already he should just shut up. Can't he see we are teid of him. He should be ashamed of himself. Shame on him. If this is how his predecessors messed up GH could he hv come to power. Useless president.
Abena 9 years ago

Mahama should give us a break. What deos he take GH people for. He has done enough damage to GH already he should just shut up. Can't he see we are teid of him. He should be ashamed of himself. Shame on him. If this is how hi ...
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Mahama should give us a break. What deos he take GH people for. He has done enough damage to GH already he should just shut up. Can't he see we are teid of him. He should be ashamed of himself. Shame on him. If this is how his predecessors messed up GH could he hv come to power. Useless president.
HMMMMN 9 years ago

If there will be no retrenchment then the conclusion that can be drawn would be, the number of employees as stated by the NDC gov't is correct and as such, they will be maintained, and if the number is going to be maintained, ...
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If there will be no retrenchment then the conclusion that can be drawn would be, the number of employees as stated by the NDC gov't is correct and as such, they will be maintained, and if the number is going to be maintained, then it means something else must have accounted for that ballooning wage bill, because you cannot cut the wage bill by keeping the staff numbers intact or retrenching some employees, and neither does the labour laws allow for a reduction in remuneration of employees. So assuming the wage bill was occasioned by increase in remuneration and the laws are such that you cannot arbitrarily reduce same, then how does the NDC gov't reduce the wage bill?
So logically, if there's no retrenchment and the number of employees should remain constant, and remuneration cannot be unjustly varied, if we are to assume it is as a result of an increase, then something else must have to account or cause the wage bill to reduce unless, the huge wage bill itself, must have been triggered by other causes. So would the Mahama-led NDC gov't explain to Ghanaians how there can be no retrenchment, and at the same time make the case for a reduction in the huge wage bill, bearing in mind the law prohibits a variation in remuneration to the disadvantage of the employee, subsequent to the implementation of the SSSS during the tenure of Kwabena Duffuor, Seth Terkper, Fifi Kwetey, Kofi Wampah at the Ministry of Finance and the BoG respectively, because in such a case, then the huge wage bill would be the result of something else, which the Mahama NDC gov't would have to explain to the citizenry. How can the absence or lack of any retrenchment exercise be congruous to a reduction in the wage bill?
Ato Kwamena 9 years ago

Mr Mahama, you are leading a bunch of liars and thieves

Mr Mahama, you are leading a bunch of liars and thieves
Paul oduro a k a Justice 9 years ago

Nobody cares about you N D C President, stupidity in the highest level. idiot.

Nobody cares about you N D C President, stupidity in the highest level. idiot.
truth 9 years ago

This Mahama man is not true to himself. Mahama be a man and dont be a coward. The truth will set you free

This Mahama man is not true to himself. Mahama be a man and dont be a coward. The truth will set you free
cha 9 years ago

Unbelievable how this man can continue to lie when we live in the world of technology where anyone can access the information. NDC must go

Unbelievable how this man can continue to lie when we live in the world of technology where anyone can access the information. NDC must go
Your Lordship 9 years ago

Well for those of you who are just new to the political discourse, search for Prof. Kwasei Y lecture delivered sometimes back at the Ghana Academic of Arts and Science. It was based on the NPP all die be die and Prof. Atta's ...
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Well for those of you who are just new to the political discourse, search for Prof. Kwasei Y lecture delivered sometimes back at the Ghana Academic of Arts and Science. It was based on the NPP all die be die and Prof. Atta's Mind your business...In that lecture, the learned prof tells us in political discourse thet do not say workers are retrenched, but there is some exercise. Never take the president serious.
say it loud 9 years ago

So this lazy president will not stop lying. We will teach him a bitter lesson in 2016.

So this lazy president will not stop lying. We will teach him a bitter lesson in 2016.
mensah abrampa 9 years ago

When you have a president who can not level with the people on anything and especially on a very sensitive issue like the IMF Bailout conditionality that affects a portion of the national work force then it's time to say good ...
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When you have a president who can not level with the people on anything and especially on a very sensitive issue like the IMF Bailout conditionality that affects a portion of the national work force then it's time to say good bye to this president. Lying has been his stock-in-trade and since he keeps getting the nod and the ovation he has no qualms about telling yet another lie . He has lied many times to gullible Ghanaians before and ever since he became president so why is he still our president and what does this tell the world about Ghanaians? This time we've had it and President John "Read My Lips" Mahama lying spells are nearly over. He will be dropped at the 2016 polls like a red hot scrap metal. What does he take Ghanaians for? A bunch of idiots?
kweks 9 years ago

Pres JM stop responding to que on IMF and concentrate on your good work. Its the only message of Ghanaweb and NPP. All Ghanaweb does is IMF. Always news about IMF. Ghanaweb does not report on your infrastructural devt. they o ...
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Pres JM stop responding to que on IMF and concentrate on your good work. Its the only message of Ghanaweb and NPP. All Ghanaweb does is IMF. Always news about IMF. Ghanaweb does not report on your infrastructural devt. they only talk about borrowing.
Kofi kumasi 9 years ago

This animals called npp.

This animals called npp.
Saani 9 years ago

Mahama the liar.

Mahama the liar.
odeneho 9 years ago

nothing mahama has dismissed that never came to pass consider the IMF bailout

nothing mahama has dismissed that never came to pass consider the IMF bailout
james 9 years ago

This gay think he is too clever busy destroying ghana think about the future of ur children die in other people country until when the way I see things this gay will rig the election and he need guns to bring him down

This gay think he is too clever busy destroying ghana think about the future of ur children die in other people country until when the way I see things this gay will rig the election and he need guns to bring him down
agyeman 9 years ago

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN AT ALL. WITH ALL THE IMF IS SAYING HE THINKS HE IS GOING TO GET ME MO O TH ER F CK R TO EMPLOY HIS HOPELESSLY INCOMPEYENT GRADUATES. In a civilised government this man would have thrown in th ...
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN AT ALL. WITH ALL THE IMF IS SAYING HE THINKS HE IS GOING TO GET ME MO O TH ER F CK R TO EMPLOY HIS HOPELESSLY INCOMPEYENT GRADUATES. In a civilised government this man would have thrown in the towel. What is this failed presidency want us to believe again. His is a bad leader curiously appointed to lead an NDC party. NDC just find a better candidate. If this is the one you bringing then it is not about airports and flyovers. That is gold coast campaign. We are now talking about Ghana's tomorrow not about campaign promises.
joe 9 years ago

KWAKYE OFOSU TOLD US GOVT WAS GOING FOR POLICY CREDIBILITY.HMM

KWAKYE OFOSU TOLD US GOVT WAS GOING FOR POLICY CREDIBILITY.HMM
Stone 9 years ago

Are you not the one who denied going to the imf? Now what do we see?The eyes of ghanaians are wide open you can't fool them again.Pathological liar

Are you not the one who denied going to the imf? Now what do we see?The eyes of ghanaians are wide open you can't fool them again.Pathological liar
okasu 9 years ago

retrenchment or rationalization all mean firing workers from work and have the effect,please check from the dictionary.stop deceived people .workers will rationalize before you even have chance to do so

retrenchment or rationalization all mean firing workers from work and have the effect,please check from the dictionary.stop deceived people .workers will rationalize before you even have chance to do so
HAZOR 9 years ago

President Mahama you need to know that you can fool some people who want to be fool all times but you cannot fool all the people all the time.President Mahama do you think IMF lack credibility and contort deception like you? ...
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President Mahama you need to know that you can fool some people who want to be fool all times but you cannot fool all the people all the time.President Mahama do you think IMF lack credibility and contort deception like you?IMF has confirm the entrenchment in the program of mass public woprkers entrenchment and you are denial it all call IMF liars.President Mahama Ghanaians are not fools.
Mawuli 9 years ago

Look at his face. He looks like a man in a state of perpetual drunkeness.

Look at his face. He looks like a man in a state of perpetual drunkeness.
ABU 9 years ago

Hazor please,it is retrenchment and not entrenchment

Hazor please,it is retrenchment and not entrenchment
citizen 9 years ago

Hmmmmmmm! gh weeps bcos mahama behaves as if he is teaching kg pupils where dey believe everything. plss come 2016 all dis Kwaku ananse stories will end. arise youth of gh

Hmmmmmmm! gh weeps bcos mahama behaves as if he is teaching kg pupils where dey believe everything. plss come 2016 all dis Kwaku ananse stories will end. arise youth of gh
BE BOLD 9 years ago

The IMF is the most hopeless financial institution on earth. How can one ignore the suffering of the Ghanaian masses and grant such a loan to the government that will end up in the pocket of the individual officials? This is ...
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The IMF is the most hopeless financial institution on earth. How can one ignore the suffering of the Ghanaian masses and grant such a loan to the government that will end up in the pocket of the individual officials? This is aiding and abetting at its best and I have no respect for such an organization. The IMF is just as corrupt.
Kwame 9 years ago

The evil that men do these days, even Satan is surprised

The evil that men do these days, even Satan is surprised
Ghanaman 9 years ago

Rationalisation is a business word for reorganization and reduction. Pres. Mahama is playing with words. Look for the meaning on Google!!!!

Rationalisation is a business word for reorganization and reduction. Pres. Mahama is playing with words. Look for the meaning on Google!!!!
J M ALEX 9 years ago

Well meaning Ghanians must learn to be circumspect with their comments and desist from the unwarranted insults in the name of comments after reading any article here. It has assumed an alarming proportion that even the whole ...
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Well meaning Ghanians must learn to be circumspect with their comments and desist from the unwarranted insults in the name of comments after reading any article here. It has assumed an alarming proportion that even the whole President of the Country is not spared. This is arrant nonsense and has got to stop.
Having divers understanding of an explanation given by somebody does not call for insult. We must respect authority in this country and refrain from being childish.
Don't forget you can be a leader tomorrow and you shall surely reap what you sow. PLEASE always try to be issues based criticize constructively.

Mahama dismisses reports of retrenchment in 2017

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