Govt denies 'inflating' 'dubious' AMERI contract

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  • GHANA 10 years ago

    Just be careful

  • Jake 10 years ago

    This Yamamoto NPP party can speak lies

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 10 years ago

    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”, 

    In the full glare of the President, Vice Preside ...
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  • Martian Voter 10 years ago

    Caught red-handed. But the Hon Dumsor Donkor has promised to resign anyway. Nice $510 million pension pot, too.

  • .USMAN. 10 years ago

    Mahama is so heartless, wicked and corrupt that he wouldn’t blink stealing from a helpless orphan. Please read the following:
    Ghana’s President Hurls Insults At Obasanjo At African Forum In London-bloomberg

    There was ...
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  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    BOOT in short means the people are still buying at an exorbitant price , sophisticated lies do not hide the truth

  • Jumbo 10 years ago

    Fellow Ghanaians,this Story was a Handy work of NPP with their Norwaygien Counterpart to derail NDC govt´s quest to fight the energy crisis head-on.

    Norway has not forgiven NDC govt under the late prof Atta Mills for den ...
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  • Alhaji suleimana 10 years ago

    Nonsense and idiot NDC. You will receive your punishment soon by the almighty Allah for your your relentless behaviour never ending stealing of mother Ghanas resources. How credible is your contract, if your witness is a crim ...
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  • Brian Williams 10 years ago

    Does anybody wonder why Mahama celebrated Christmas in Dubai last year? Ghana is bleeding.

  • Gino 10 years ago

    Fools like u are the reason why Ghana will always be impoverished. What does this have to do with NPP? Smh

  • Jack,US. 10 years ago

    Only a wicked ,heartless and selfish being will attribute this to NPP. Was this article published in Ghana? Where in lies the blame on NPP. You're one of the paid people to defend the government in any way you can but God has ...
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  • Jumbo 10 years ago

    Have you forgoten that Nana Addo was in Norway recently?.He was in Norway when he made the Allegation that our national debt will be 100 Billion by the time he takes Office.

  • THE SENTINEL 10 years ago

    JAKE, EITHER YOU HAVE BEEN DEMONIOUSLY BRAINWASHED BY THE CORRUPT NDC GOVERNMENT OR YOU ARE A STUPID IDIOT TO BELIEVE THAT ALL THIS ARE NPP LIES. WHEN JUDGES AND LAWYERS ARE CAUGHT RED-HANDED TAKING BRIBES, WHEN FLAGRANT CORR ...
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  • Johnny 10 years ago

    Going into contract with this AMERI power barge producers alone prove that our Govt is corrupt,these are ppl who are wanted in the Scandinavian countries.NDC/Mahama shd have done a background check on these ppl.

  • ADJOA WANGARA 10 years ago

    Micheal J.K. Bokor, a whole Ph.D writing such a silly English. That is a punishment to expose yourself for your much tribal and partisan hatred for the Akan people and the NPP.

    Now read the stupid English Grammar fron the ...
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  • VK 10 years ago

    I hope Ghanaian journalists see the quality work done by their counterparts from Norway in this investigation instead of getting paid by the govt and sing their praises. Surprised they call themselves As journalist.

  • United Ghana 10 years ago

    I couldn't agree more. This is what our journalists should be doing - proper investigations to expose corruption, but, they're for sale at a price. Parliament has also been useless in its scrutiny role.

  • Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago

    Journalists in Ghana are scared of probing politicians and asking hard questions or conducting investigations into such corrupt deals. One wonders what the parliamentarians are doing when it comes to scrutinising agreements s ...
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  • VK 10 years ago

    This is not Internet fraud but Corruption at highest level. Ghana has been robbed by the politicians and as usual they always deny. One day the truth will come out.

  • samo jewellery 10 years ago

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  • Akuvie 10 years ago

    My question for you is why do you think NDC government like doing business with the Chinese and the Indians? These countries are as corrupt as NDC is. Europeans and Americans will blow the horn if they find anything dubious a ...
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  • sammy 10 years ago

    Very soon corruption will come under terrorism. If poor governance, no jobs and corruption, people become desperate and walk through Sahara and take boats to Europe. Many do not get there and they die. So who killed them?

  • Sule 10 years ago

    Ndc is very busy stealing, Ghanaians must wake up.

  • Kofi (USA) 10 years ago

    NPP please set a comment on this to investigate. If true action

  • Pele Pele 10 years ago

    I said this yesterday that the government will come and denied this secret deal. Ghanaians must wake up.

  • THE SENTINEL 10 years ago

    NOT TOO LONG AGO THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER WAS COPIOUSLY INSULTED BY NDC GURUS FOR DARING SPEAK AGAINST WANTOM CORRUPTION IN GHANA, INCLUDING AT HIGH PLACES IN GOVERNMENT. PROFESSOR ADEI, FORMER RECTOR OF GIMPA WAS ALSO F ...
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  • ATM 10 years ago

    The British and American companies in Ghana are more dubious than this company. They are monopolizing some sector of businesses to their advantages.

  • Emma 10 years ago

    You claim not to have made any payment but admit in the same statement of raising $51m LC.

    The statement also did not clarify when and how we will pay the said $510m.

    The question then is, does the alleged inflated pri ...
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  • alfred odzi 10 years ago

    Emma when a company builds owns operates and transfers (BOOT) a facility you dont pay for it. They invest their money and make the profit during the agreement period and after that they transfer to the govt. So the govt is no ...
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  • Nana 10 years ago

    Why then established LC(same as payment)to the value of $51m representing 10%?Why shd Umar Farooq,a known criminal to the minister be a witness to this agreement?Will Ghana sue JP Morgan if AMERI owners are arrested?

  • alfred odzi 10 years ago

    Excellent response. In the national interest the politics around power should stop. For the newspaper to present a Build own operate and transfer agreement as an outright purchase agreement is wrong and misleading. We should ...
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  • koffi Montreal 10 years ago

    These people are all thieves,Kwabena donkor was begging for money after2001 and you see him those day at a car dealership in around Nogahill hotel ,the same birds fly to gather if Mahama and family are making millions why not ...
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  • Uncle Pee 10 years ago

    What makes the minister's response "excellent"? Are you kidding me? What did the minister mean by the GE Consortium offer was "far more expensive"? How much was the offer? This is naked robbery and must be investigated thorou ...
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  • Akuvie 10 years ago

    Algeria bought 8 for 161 million. Ghana buys 10 for 510 million. What a shock? Corruption in NDC will never end. Ghanaians wake up before its too late.

  • KAT 10 years ago

    Do you believe these politicians? Have they ever told you the truth? The only thing they are good at is stealing money.

  • kobina 10 years ago

    Excellent response? Alfred Odzi must be one of those paid NDC serial callers who have sold their souls and patriotism for a couple of cedis. The day of reckoning for these nation wreckers is pretty close. Alfred, there is sti ...
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  • Ben 10 years ago

    How can this be an excellent response? Its because of people like you that Africa and for that matter Ghana will always remain backward. The VG story is talking about cost upto $510m on evaluation not just on outright sale. B ...
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  • santrofi 10 years ago

    My brother thank you very much.For some people,all that they know is to read without understanding what they have read.What is the guarantee that publication is not meant to down play the efforts the government?

  • THE SENTINEL 10 years ago

    ALFRED ODZI, YOU MUST BE EITHER A VERY LITTLE SHALLOW MIND OR AN IGNORANT FOOL TO CONSIDER THIS CAMOUFLAGED RESPONSE EXCELLENT!

  • modinsane 10 years ago

    Ghanaian Journalist should stop disgracing themselves.
    If the document was sent to parliament how come they did not see it before humiliating themselves.
    Its a shame.

  • Nii-Adama, Osu-RE 10 years ago

    What could be the interest for a Norwagian newspaper to have to spend so much time and resources to investigate an allegedly rotten/stupid deal 'contract' by an African government ? Some of our so called representatives ...
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  • modinsane 10 years ago

    Who cares if the price is super inflated! they have delivered. Period. dumsor will end.

  • Sethoo 10 years ago

    Do you mean the 250 mega watts can meet the 2200 mega watts national demand?You definitely need a free JHS education.Modisane this is not a black man problem,blacks also have brains.

  • Alhaji suleimana 10 years ago

    ??? What a person or an animal.

  • manner 10 years ago

    I think the Norwagian newspaper just want to hunt down the ameri owners they don't really care about ghana

  • Pele Pele 10 years ago

    AFRICA MOST CORRUPT COUNTRY TO BE BY THE END OF 31ST DECEMBER ,2015 IS GOING TO BE GHANA. GHANA WILL BE CROWN CHAMPIONS

  • Genuine Observer 10 years ago

    Here we go again! Inch by inch, all the dubious and criminal deeds this NDC govt has put poor Oman Ghana into will be exposed! Then, there'll be no more room for lies and denials.

  • Chiga 10 years ago

    Auxiliary payments cost more than the plant itself? Energy ministry come again if the plant alone cost 220 m and because you're pay with all other auxiliary cost it rises to 500M plus?

  • Appletus 10 years ago

    One turbine cost 22million and if you get 10 of them , that goes to make 220million.
    now where is this amount 500million coming from?
    Ghana shortchanged?

  • kofi 10 years ago

    Ameri operates from Dubai so you should know the Links.Don't be suprise if the man JDM is part of the deal.

  • Nana 10 years ago

    I'm told his son's school fees in the Gulf country is paid by a friend from that country,is it a surprise AMERI is coming from that area?Just like JJ whose children had their fees paid by friends JDM is also enjoying that.

  • d'SignStyle 10 years ago

    Non-sense article..only fools will be thrill by this non-sense..I wonder how Ghanaians write fictitious to deceive public

  • kobina 10 years ago

    The article is no fiction and neither was it written by Ghanaians. It originated from Norway by reputable research journalists who are exposing a corrupt, inflated deal byGhana government. Try to understand what you read and ...
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  • Francis Kay 10 years ago

    The whole wide world is aware of your deal. When will this government stop lying? Let's call for an international probe into this if you can allow it. thiefs

  • ASEM NIE 10 years ago

    Why are all the DONKOR's behaving like this in Ghana
    If it's not Akua Donkor then is Kwabena Donkor If it's Kwabena not Donkor then it's Akua Donkor
    WHY??????

  • Tawiah 10 years ago

    The Minister is a top criminal and I say this without an equivocation.

    He is a criminal who should be taken to the gallows and be made to feel what it's done to criminals if his ilk. A casual check online will tell you th ...
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  • Uncle Pee 10 years ago

    This incompetent Power minister thinks he can sweep vague statements under the carpet. What does he mean by the "GE Consortium offer was far more expensive"? Tell us the figure for we the taxpayers footing the bill to determi ...
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  • fzuru 10 years ago

    Conny man steal another conny man who cares. Where did your country get all these shit monies from? Produce for 2€ sell for 200€ is also stealing in Gods eyes.

  • Lawyer Opana 10 years ago

    When the Minister was questioned at one of their meetings regarding the deal as to how he was going pay for it, the minister told them and l quote; "Dont worry, we will increase tariffs between 50-60% on the people. The oppos ...
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  • Edem 10 years ago

    As we see straights lights on during the day the same way our national resources are been managed. Nobody cares to put the straights lights off same way nobody cares how the national purse is protected. It is said the very pe ...
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  • Duke 10 years ago

    No doubt, most people in the NDC should be excuted by firing squad, Why is the nations money been wasted in such maqnitiued, we Ghanians are very weak people and we have a very weak constitution, which is making the so call ...
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  • Odeefour 10 years ago

    Please we put our trust in both of you to help us unveil the truth surrounding this deal. Ghanains are looking up to you for your help. Our own Parliament has failed us misurably and we dont trust them anymore.
    The Oppositi ...
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  • F. Asam 10 years ago

    Congratulations to you, Minister of Energy! Welcome to the expanding club of multi-millionaires in Ghana, who have no factories or any business of any kind, who produce nothing but make multi-millions just by being in governm ...
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  • nakoja 10 years ago

    is it new, we know but just pretend our gov't and its officials are milking the state. Gh is dumed.

  • Papa Yaw 10 years ago

    No

  • Ghanaba 10 years ago

    Birds with the same feathers fly together. President Mahama & NDC are in the same corruption cloth; why won’t they deal with a person living like them. It is not surprising. The best way for Ghanaians is to vote NDC out ...
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  • adenkyekye 10 years ago

    Good name is better than riches.

  • JC 10 years ago

    Akromfoo!! God will punish all of you!!

  • Adama d'Gharty 10 years ago

    Trust handed to our unreliable, incompetent, and unmistakably less intelligent NDC political leaders continue to bring havoc to this nation once more. Are our leaders so stupid in the head that they can easily be duped into s ...
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  • seidu 10 years ago

    AKRONFUO YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED GOD WILL PUNISH U ALL .NDC YE AKRONFUO PARTY. NO DESCERNING PERSON WILL VOTE FOR NDC

  • Kofi K 10 years ago

    Didn't the NDC Woyome? They always deny but the truth will come out.

  • John Mahama.?? 10 years ago

    Stupid

  • THIEVES 10 years ago

    Create Dumsor ...... Exploit Dumsor ....... Loot Ghana in the name of fixing Dumsor ......Share the loot ..... And to hell with the docile people of Ghana !!! That is clearly the policy of the THIEVES !!!!

  • Saint 10 years ago

    foolish minister

  • Kwame Gyekye 10 years ago

    BUT DOES ANYBODY EXPERCT A CORRUPT GHANAIAN MISTER TO ADMIT TO ANY WRONG DOING? THAT WILL BE THE DAY

  • A CONCERNED AFRICAN 10 years ago

    Ghanaians and Zimbabweans are the most stupid people on the continent. How can you allow a bunch of thieves headed by your president and his ministers to continue to loot whatever money you have everyday but nothing is done. ...
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  • Miss Etweba 10 years ago

    Please Mr Government, continue to rip these talkatives Ghanaians at any least opportunity. They deserve that. They are swine and primitive people.
    Next opportunity, steal as much as you can. .,All they will do i ...
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  • mahama is a thief 10 years ago

    i weep everyday why ghana ndc aden u will always deny and blame npp for every mistake u make ndc party full of disrespectful people they have started insulting npp

  • fine girl 10 years ago

    These Norwegians have verified what they are saying. Shame on you Kwabena Donkor and the rest of the incompetent Mahama team.

  • OKO 10 years ago

    MASTER NDC IS NOT PERFORMING,TELL US THE TRUTH

  • Joe 10 years ago

    So he wants us to believe him, hahaha, criminals like you!

  • Akwasi Nyame Adom 10 years ago

    This Mahama is very dangerous and EVIL.

  • asem 10 years ago

    hmmmmmmmm the power belong to NDC gov indeed

  • Sam Walker 10 years ago

    Wht is this Gh leaders re fools where in the world will this happen only Gh

  • inercycl 10 years ago

    He calls himself doctor even though he has never handled a syringe. These brain-dead "doctors" are a real menace.Time will definitely tell who would show up next "a la june 4th"

  • Kay 10 years ago

    Most corrupt and incompetent government in history

  • Agbo- Ghana International Airways Vic 10 years ago

    If you want to hear ONE good example of dubious things happening in NDC government. When Ghana International was suspended The NDC gathered old retired Corrupt NDC sympathisers to for a refund committee. They didn't know wha ...
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  • Kanawu 10 years ago

    God save Oman Ghana

  • Kofi Ghana 10 years ago

    The power minister is saying that Ameri will produce n sell it to vra. Why on earth did he signed such a bad agreement. Ameri will be selling their power at 14 cent PKWH to vra and then vra will sell it at 14 pesewas to Gh ...
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  • aziz 10 years ago

    This is by far the biggest corruption scandal in the whole wide world...

    Ghanaian journalist should see the good work done by their counterparts in Norway. Ghana journalist easily compromised even with a ball of kenkey and ...
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  • Ghana must know. 10 years ago

    The Ndc party is not just incompeten they are THIEVES and CRIMINALS. Their thievery is unprecedented in the whole world. Wake up Ghanaians.

  • Chief rebel 10 years ago

    What evidence do we need to believe that the power minister and his cronies are fraudsters

  • Obed Bibiibiba lnimbiwun 10 years ago

    What is in support of government is bought by government but what is against government is the truth. Hmmmm Ghana with wicked NPP which interest is to win power by all cost. May God safe us. Corruption must be fought by all m ...
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  • Peprah Emmanuel or prepra6@gmail.com 10 years ago

    Can't the so called incompetent power minister kwabena donkor spare us with his ignorance n senseless explanations?we are fed up with nonsense

  • fast 10 years ago

    mr minister. if u know is not true than go ahead and sue the newspeper. u can only fool ghanains. just as they are idoit and cant think.

  • Kofi Bediako,Germany 10 years ago

    This party is always lying.Whoever vote for them in 2016 lacks foresight.From President Mills to dumsor to woyome...etc its all lies.What is happening in Ghana need an answer.Vote wisely like the Nigerians did.

  • LAS 10 years ago

    It was for such dubious contracts Mahama created this useless Power Ministry. Where is the gold bars stolen from Ghana to Turkey and later diverted to Dubai? For how long would these greedy dogs behave like this?

  • LAS 10 years ago

    It was for such dubious contracts Mahama created this useless Power Ministry. Where is the gold bars stolen from Ghana to Turkey and later diverted to Dubai? For how long would these greedy dogs behave like this?

  • LAS 10 years ago

    It was for such dubious contracts Mahama created this useless Power Ministry. Where is the gold bars stolen from Ghana to Turkey and later diverted to Dubai? For how long would these greedy dogs behave like this?

  • LETTRUTHPREVAIL 10 years ago

    Ghanaians, please let's sift the chaff from the wheat.
    Yesterday it was Atuabo gas project, Atuabo port, kasoa interchange, the Ridge Hospital, the mighty ADB public offer and now AMERI plant.
    Anything that would enhance t ...
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  • Apuu 10 years ago

    no wonder kwabena donkor is doing all this becouse he have his persentage in this contract. but l blame ghana journalist for not doing their work as journalist but they only report on what ...
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  • New Sherrif in Town 10 years ago

    If the AMERI Group is responsible for the civil works, installation, operation et all where is the $510 million cost coming from? Who is paying the $510 million either today or at the end of the BOT period? Ghana has been dup ...
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  • Ghanaba 10 years ago

    the $550 mil is in the power purchasing agreement. That's where the govt guarantees to buy the power produced at a certain rate. The total value of the contract is the total cost of the power to be paid to the Ameri group aft ...
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  • Master & Commander 10 years ago

    Parliament, upon receipt of relevant documentation on the project and the agreement, also scrutinized and reviewed the agreement before approving it at the Committee Level unanimously and later by the House.

    Dr. Kwabena Do ...
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  • Nick 10 years ago

    Hmm the truth will surely come up. This government will never accept anything. Always denial.

  • DerDieDas.@KÖLN 10 years ago

    President Mahama himself is a Master criminal, look at his mouth he's a weed smoker. He's more corrupt than his Ministers. He is infiliting deals and using d state Asset for his own personal business. He bought a private Jet ...
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  • pato 10 years ago

    l guess kwabena donkor is an ewe?

  • Ras 10 years ago

    Jokers . Let's see how they get out of this

  • Ras 10 years ago

    Truly shocking

    Ghana signs deal with fraudsters

    Add www. To front of link below

    vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/ghana-s-minister-of-power-signed-deal-with-a-man-from-oslo-wanted-for-fraud-and-organized-crime-the-deal-is-wo ...
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  • Whatever 10 years ago

    I don't even know why Government botherd itself to respond to such shameless lies by the NPP. Even worse is that they get their facts from a website. A serious opposition would have done background checking itself to ascertai ...
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  • Hamidu Fuseini 10 years ago

    Those praying for dumso to remain just for political reasons will fail God willing and will be put to shame!

  • apuuuu 10 years ago

    Now that the Power Minister Kwabena Donkor able to inflating the price and makes some money he now can resign as the end of the year promise he made apuuuu

  • uncle ato .frm teshie 10 years ago

    the power minister is indeed not competent.so he should pack her self out.

  • cuuh!. 10 years ago

    If the whole stuff is true, then curse be upon u & your family mr minis of power. The end of u & your family be so misrerable.

  • cuuh!. 10 years ago

    Miserable.

  • Joe Rasman 10 years ago

    Ghanaians it's about time to think wisely and drag out his Excellency the thief John Dramani Mahama.He can't do anything better thing for Ghana.He and his boys and girls came to steal.Even his own town he doesn't care about t ...
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  • Nabs 10 years ago

    Umar Farooq Zahoor (born 26 October 1975) is a Norwegian-Pakistani businessman and gain criminal.

    Zahoor grew up in Oslo with Pakistani parents, and started his own agency at age 18. He has also run business in countries s ...
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  • Kanga 10 years ago

    We need aliens compliance order again, these filthy backward idiots who are in our midst are going to burn Ghana down. Busia saved Ghana by expelling these uncultured sub-humans to their various countries, now they back thank ...
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  • Papa Yaw 10 years ago

    Why

  • Akuvie 10 years ago

    Algeria bought 8 of these turbines for 160 million dollars and Ghana under the able leadership of honourable MAHAMA is going to pay 1 billion for 10 of the same turbines. Can't stop laughing. Wow. Ghanaians need a miracle to ...
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  • sammy 10 years ago

    Just keep quite. It is election time we must save so we can buy votes all round. This is the African form of democracy. We can do it better than the whites. It is just SHAMEFUL

  • Observer 10 years ago

    Do not take the word of the President or any other as factual in the Ameri Group matter.
    Ghana could have asked for handholding by the US government or gone straight to GE. GE has partners whose business it is to setup, run ...
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  • Jjrawlings 10 years ago

    Robbery is Robbery.They have been caught with dubious contracts to defraud the country of Ghana.Mahama his brother and ndc Government merry Christmas to all that corruption.Thanks for your time in office.Idiots engoying the b ...
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