Both ndc and npp are full of idiots who don't know shit about governance. Only interested in their stomachs and could care less about development. How I wish some bold patriots could rise up and remove all these incompetent o ... read full comment
Both ndc and npp are full of idiots who don't know shit about governance. Only interested in their stomachs and could care less about development. How I wish some bold patriots could rise up and remove all these incompetent old fools (npp and ndc) from office and takeover! Ghana is being destroyed by these political fools.
Ben 10 years ago
What a corruption soaked person is this, weak after weak, there are cases of corruption again John Dramani Mahama.
What a corruption soaked person is this, weak after weak, there are cases of corruption again John Dramani Mahama.
ttt 10 years ago
What worries me is the fools who vote for NDC! Can't we use such people as farm tools to produce to feed the people of Ghana? I think some people shd be banned from voting in Ghana people they are just monkeys still evolving, ... read full comment
What worries me is the fools who vote for NDC! Can't we use such people as farm tools to produce to feed the people of Ghana? I think some people shd be banned from voting in Ghana people they are just monkeys still evolving, no matter what, they will continue to vote for NDC
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 10 years ago
Author:-Mahmoud...
Ghanaians are visibly yearning for a change to liberate themselves from the corrupt nation wreckers' party which has brought untold hardship on them.
NPP party, on the other hand, has what it takes to ... read full comment
Author:-Mahmoud...
Ghanaians are visibly yearning for a change to liberate themselves from the corrupt nation wreckers' party which has brought untold hardship on them.
NPP party, on the other hand, has what it takes to save the nation from the sinking ship, and fully prepared to take over from the NDC con men democratically through free and fair elections.
Their water-gating tactics will not save them because Ghanaians have seen the light, and their attempt to divert their attention from the real issues confronting the nation will backfire on them
Prof Lungu 10 years ago
President Mahama is not only stealing our money but also throwing our money away because of his incompetence.
President Mahama is not only stealing our money but also throwing our money away because of his incompetence.
KWASHIE ADJAH 10 years ago
"CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE" THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DR MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA CALLS A TOXIX MIC. JOHN MAHAMA AND THE NDC HAS GOT THEE TOXIC MIX IN ABUNDANCE AND IT INDEBTING AND KILLING GHANA.
"CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE" THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DR MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA CALLS A TOXIX MIC. JOHN MAHAMA AND THE NDC HAS GOT THEE TOXIC MIX IN ABUNDANCE AND IT INDEBTING AND KILLING GHANA.
Tsiame 10 years ago
What is the parliamentary committee on energy is saying? Why they should approve what they don't understand? When you are exposed of your 10%, then you started to make noise.
What is the parliamentary committee on energy is saying? Why they should approve what they don't understand? When you are exposed of your 10%, then you started to make noise.
the insider 10 years ago
Well said. I support your statement 100%. What prevented the idiot minority to do its own due diligence. A bunch of yahoos.
Well said. I support your statement 100%. What prevented the idiot minority to do its own due diligence. A bunch of yahoos.
Create,loot and share 10 years ago
What do Ghanaians expect under NDC regime.Kick backs.
What do Ghanaians expect under NDC regime.Kick backs.
Joe Turkey 10 years ago
Nonsense, but did the minority check the costs or did any research before the Yeah, Yeah vote. Why are they in parliament as opposition? All they do is show up at funerals and weddings at weekends in SUVs and big cloths and c ... read full comment
Nonsense, but did the minority check the costs or did any research before the Yeah, Yeah vote. Why are they in parliament as opposition? All they do is show up at funerals and weddings at weekends in SUVs and big cloths and call themselves Honorables. What Honorables.
Amuzu 10 years ago
STOP THIS SPIRITUAL NUNSENSENSE : GHANAIANS DO NOT IT :WE NEED HUMAN BEINGS WHO WILL SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS : THERE NO GREATER POWER ON THIS EARTH THAN THE CREATOR :IF YOU SEEK GUIDANCE GO DIECT TO THE CREATOR WITH YOUR PRAYERS A ... read full comment
STOP THIS SPIRITUAL NUNSENSENSE : GHANAIANS DO NOT IT :WE NEED HUMAN BEINGS WHO WILL SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS : THERE NO GREATER POWER ON THIS EARTH THAN THE CREATOR :IF YOU SEEK GUIDANCE GO DIECT TO THE CREATOR WITH YOUR PRAYERS AND HE WILL LISTEN: WE DO NOT NEED THIS BYFORCE RICHESS : IF YOU ARE RICH WHY DO YOU NOT KEEP YOUR MONEY BECAUSE WE ALL CANNOT BE RICH PEOPLE ;HAVE YOU VISTED INDIA AND SEEN THE POVERTY IN THAT THE COUNTRY : IF THERE IS SUCH POWERS WHY ARE ALL INDIANS NOT RICH : PLEASE STOP THE BULL SHIT AND DUPING PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF DUPING FROM JON MAHAMA.
Close Observer 10 years ago
It is the responsibility of every member of government (the executive, the judiciary and the legislature) to ensure that GHANA REMAINED UNITED. Therefore if there is any member of the legislative arm of government like BBC NE ... read full comment
It is the responsibility of every member of government (the executive, the judiciary and the legislature) to ensure that GHANA REMAINED UNITED. Therefore if there is any member of the legislative arm of government like BBC NEWS!!!!!!!! AMASA NAMOALE, who has made it his agenda to PROPAGATE TRIBAL DISCRIMINATION, that member does not deserve to be called HONORABLE. Invariably, BBC NEWS!!!!!!! AMASA NAMOALE does not belong to Ghana's parliament. In this regard, I call for his SUSPENSION TO BE SUSTAINED. BBC NEWS!!!!!!! has lost interest in posting his nonsense on this forum because of his suspension. He said members of executive of his own NDC PARTY are FRAUDSTERS AND PICKPOCKETS. WHY THEN MUST WE VOTE FOR THIEVES?
TICO 10 years ago
THESE OPPOSITION LEPERS AND THIVES SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND STOP THEIR BAD FLATULENCE ON GHANAIANS : HOW ON CAN YOU SIT THERE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PASS SUCH A DEAL OVER YOU IDIOTS :DO YOU THINK GHANAIANS BELIEVE YOU -NO SIR : ... read full comment
THESE OPPOSITION LEPERS AND THIVES SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND STOP THEIR BAD FLATULENCE ON GHANAIANS : HOW ON CAN YOU SIT THERE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PASS SUCH A DEAL OVER YOU IDIOTS :DO YOU THINK GHANAIANS BELIEVE YOU -NO SIR : I HAVE A STRONG FEELING THE OPPOSITION WERE IN ON THE DEAL UNTIL THE ALARM BLEW UP : HOW CAN YOU SAY THE GOVERNMENT JUST TOLD YOU THEY JUST MACHINES : THE POWER COMMITEEE WERE BRIBED TO KEEP QUIET : THIS BIG 'NOKOFIO' INVOLVING THE TWO PARTIES; BECAUSE TO ME THERE A BIG CONSPIRACY OF STEALING BETWEEN THE NDC AND NPP AND OTHERS IN IN PARLIAMENT : JON MAHAMA SEEM TO HAVE BOUGHT EVERYBODY WITH MONEY ; FOR ME NO POLITICIAN IS HONEST BECAUSE POLITICIAN IS VERY VERY DISHONEST AND A THIEF -!!!!!!!!!
Tsiame 10 years ago
Tico,I agree with you 100%. They are all useless beings in parliament.
Tico,I agree with you 100%. They are all useless beings in parliament.
atwei 10 years ago
The MPs are all sleeping. No due dilligence was made.
The MPs are all sleeping. No due dilligence was made.
Tsiame 10 years ago
The president said it before. They were all sleeping in parliament.
The president said it before. They were all sleeping in parliament.
Johnny 10 years ago
You mean the President was aware they were sleeping that is why he pushed through that shaddy deal?I see then we're dead a stealing President plus a sleeping parliament.
You mean the President was aware they were sleeping that is why he pushed through that shaddy deal?I see then we're dead a stealing President plus a sleeping parliament.
Milton 10 years ago
You are so right! Majority of Ghanaians only think about the latest phones, driving in cars they can't afford, following fake pastors, attending useless events on weekends (engagements, weddings, funerals, outdooring) only to ... read full comment
You are so right! Majority of Ghanaians only think about the latest phones, driving in cars they can't afford, following fake pastors, attending useless events on weekends (engagements, weddings, funerals, outdooring) only to show off and some typical illiterate buffoons will be hailing them with their useless titles ''honorable, honorable, big man, chairman, etc..''. That's all what life in Ghana is about - pomposity, stupidity and nothing else. Just listen to most of the radio stations like okay fm, Adom fm, Nhyira fm and you'll get the drift. All their programes are a huge waste of time and only promote alcoholic beverages. After all this show of arrogance and stupidity by our so called ''big men'' in society we are still years behind development and technology only because we have a majority of citizens who deliberately support foolery. It's stupidity day in, day out in Ghana. No intelligent human beings to govern the country only brain dead fools who spend all their time in fake churches and still believe in religious hogwash. When the world is forging ahead with high/smart technology we still shout the name of jesus on radio stations. What a waste of human life!
Pure Gem 10 years ago
A reputable, well run and a fully licensed Micro Finance institution is for sale in Kumasi.Owner leaving the shores of Ghana soon.
Call 0267621010
A reputable, well run and a fully licensed Micro Finance institution is for sale in Kumasi.Owner leaving the shores of Ghana soon.
Call 0267621010
Jay+++++++++++++London 10 years ago
In a way mahama is right the NPP MPs in Parliament have always been outmanoeuvred by their NDC counterparts when the NDC WANT to STEAL OUR MONEY.
WHAT AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY DO THE NPP DO IN MAKING SURE THE NDC ARE NOT SAYING ... read full comment
In a way mahama is right the NPP MPs in Parliament have always been outmanoeuvred by their NDC counterparts when the NDC WANT to STEAL OUR MONEY.
WHAT AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY DO THE NPP DO IN MAKING SURE THE NDC ARE NOT SAYING ONE THING AND DOING ANOTHER.
CRYING AFTER THE CRIME GAS BEEN COMMITTED IS NOT EFFECTIVE OPPOSITION WHICH TO IS AMOUNTS TO CONNIVING AT BEST.
MAHAMA, WITH SAGA, HAS DEMONSTRATED TO THE WHOLE WORLD THAT HE IS A MAN WITH NO MORAL INTEGRITY.
MAHAMA IS A REAL GANGSTER SO THAT IMPULSE-LOOKING VISIT TO DUBAI WAS WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
THIEF MAHAMA.
Berr 10 years ago
Cost $210 million paying $510 million over 5 years that's one hell of a good interest rate.
GE did due diligence NOT on Ameri as they were not the purchasers .
Ameri was set up this year for this deal to syphon over $300 m ... read full comment
Cost $210 million paying $510 million over 5 years that's one hell of a good interest rate.
GE did due diligence NOT on Ameri as they were not the purchasers .
Ameri was set up this year for this deal to syphon over $300 million over 5 years
Why did it take foreign journalists to highlight all this?
Why are Ghana dealing with fraudsters (see how minister described all persons on contract - the excuse he's only a witness is pathetic)
See turkey barge deal also cost $210 million we pay $1 billion (excluding fuel) over 10 years - anyone care ?
Ben 10 years ago
Have we not been taken for granted for far too long? Are we that stupid as the power minister will portray as or he thinks we can not read? Should we continue to vote at all? Even if the government failed to do due deligent j ... read full comment
Have we not been taken for granted for far too long? Are we that stupid as the power minister will portray as or he thinks we can not read? Should we continue to vote at all? Even if the government failed to do due deligent job what about the minority? Is it true that they are also sleeping on their job as the president stated? Oh God save Ghana.
James Mann 10 years ago
Hallmark of the NDC, how much did Ghana pay for the Embraer 900 under the supervision of John mahama as vice president?
Hallmark of the NDC, how much did Ghana pay for the Embraer 900 under the supervision of John mahama as vice president?
YAO 10 years ago
I BLAME THE MINORITY LEADER IN PARLIAMENT, HON OSEI KYEI MENSAH FOR THE BAD GOVERNANCE GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY. HIS STOMACH IS FILLED OR CORRUPT SO UNWILLING TO LEAD THE OPPOSITION IN PUTTING THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS TOES. SEE H ... read full comment
I BLAME THE MINORITY LEADER IN PARLIAMENT, HON OSEI KYEI MENSAH FOR THE BAD GOVERNANCE GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY. HIS STOMACH IS FILLED OR CORRUPT SO UNWILLING TO LEAD THE OPPOSITION IN PUTTING THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS TOES. SEE HOW THE WHOLE NDC DESCEND ON NPP WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM WITHIN THE LATER AND JUST WATCH HOW THE NPP BIG WIGS IN PARLIAMENT BEHAVE WHEN CORRUPT DEAL IS UNEARTH IN THE GOVERNMENT. NANA ADDO MUST WATCH THE MAJORITY LEADER FOR HE CAN BE DANGEROUS THAN CHAIRMAN PAUL AFOKOH.
MANGOES 10 years ago
The NPP is ashamed of the success of the NDC over the dumsor. Now that dumsor is almost solved making the NPP without anything to campaign on , they have brought this issue to take away the success story. Shame on the NPP.
The NPP is ashamed of the success of the NDC over the dumsor. Now that dumsor is almost solved making the NPP without anything to campaign on , they have brought this issue to take away the success story. Shame on the NPP.
Kakaminamor 10 years ago
You guys are sleeping on the job. Mahama said it and you were mad! Either you can't read and understand or you are just incompetent. Approving documents you have not read? Sleeping on the job, that's it!
You guys are sleeping on the job. Mahama said it and you were mad! Either you can't read and understand or you are just incompetent. Approving documents you have not read? Sleeping on the job, that's it!
Ernest 10 years ago
What exactly is wrong with the deal? Everybody seems to be expert at the sound of 'corruption' loooo..... without giving the public unbiased facts. Every Ghanaian is an expert in every field, it's becoming boring with the med ... read full comment
What exactly is wrong with the deal? Everybody seems to be expert at the sound of 'corruption' loooo..... without giving the public unbiased facts. Every Ghanaian is an expert in every field, it's becoming boring with the media mostly churning out thrash. The opposition isn't helping matters either for political reasons. How can a contract, that's scrutinized and approved at a committee level debated and passed by parliament, raised so much criticism. And the opposition saying they didn't have access to all particulars,... and when the president says they're sleeping on the job they take offense! I'm yet to see the opposition stand by the integrity of any contract approved by parliament with their total participation. All that I hear critics saying is we could've this, we could've done that and I'm yet to hear where the 'corruption' is! In fact Ghana is blessed with 25milion experts in every field!!
KnYc (USMC) 10 years ago
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Ghana's Minister of Power signed deal with a man from Oslo wanted for fraud and organized crime. The deal is worth 510 million dollars.
Ghana's mi ... read full comment
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Ghana's Minister of Power signed deal with a man from Oslo wanted for fraud and organized crime. The deal is worth 510 million dollars.
Ghana's minister of power does not even bother to lift his eyes when two journalists from the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) enter his huge office at the government quarter in the capital city of Accra.
His desk is covered with large stacks of document that are strewn in front of him. Kwabena Donkor has one cell phone on top of a stack of papers, while a second phone is charging on the windowsill.
It is September 9th, and Donkor is a very busy politician: A crippling energy crisis is playing havoc with Ghana, and it is the minister's job to solve the problem.
Donkor confirmed to VG that the government of Ghana had acquired ten gas turbines from a company called Ameri Group. The minister had signed the contract seven months earlier, which may be the best transaction ever for the mystical Dubai-based company he did his business with.
THEY SIGNED THE DEAL: The 9.september VG met Ghanas energy and power minister Dr.Kwabenda Donkor at the government quarter in Accra. He confirms that Umar Farooq Zahoors from Oslo had a key role in the agreement. Photo: HARALD HENDEN
VG showed the minister a photo of a wanted man; a Pakistani Norwegian named Umar Farooq Zahoor (40). The 40-year-old man from Oslo is wanted by Norwegian and Swiss police for spectacular acts of fraud committed the last ten years.
VG showed the minister a picture, and he pointed to the Pakistani Norwegian right away. He knows him as the head of the Ameri Group.
– I know him; he is the Chief executive of Ameri Group, Donkor says.
Then we show the minister a picture of the man who co-signed the agreement with Umar Farooq Zahoor, a prince from the ruling family in Dubai. The minister has no doubts:
– The sheikh, his royal highness. They both work for Ameri Group, he said.
VG investigated what happened after the wanted man from Norway and the prince from Dubai acquired ten gas turbines for Ghana for 510 million US dollars, in a so-called BOOT deal (build, own, operate and transfer.)
VG’s investigations show that these turbines usually sell for 220 million dollars, if done as outright purchase.
So why did the West African country pay 290 million dollars more than the standard price?
Mohammed Amin Adam, the director of a Ghanaian think tank called Africa Centre for Energy Policy, is highly sceptical.
– If you can help us find out who these people at Ameri Group are we would certainly pursue the case here, he told VG when we met him at his office in Accra.
CRITICAL: Since may this year, director Mohammed Amin Adam of the think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has been critical to the deal between Ghana and Ameri Group. Photo: Harald Henden
VG has been following Ameri Group’s tracks for seven months on several continents. The full name of Ameri Group is Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group.
According to the company website, the company works to develop, co-own and operate power plants in different parts of the world.
The company has apparently achieved spectacular success in a very short period of time. Their website was created two months before the multi-million dollar contract was signed with the government of Ghana.
It's pitch dark in one of Accra’s poorest neighbourhoods, Nima. The sun has set for today, and the electricity is gone. Power can disappear for 24 hours at a time in this impoverished neighbourhood.
Everything goes black, every day, more and more often and for longer periods of time. The energy crisis is very debilitating for the country.
In 2014 alone, Ghana lost over two billion dollars due to the national power crisis, according to a report from Ghana's largest university.
The residents of the neighbourhood told VG just how desperate the situation really was: Electrical systems are damaged, food stored in freezers rots and businesses go bankrupt.
The crisis got so bad last year that the president of Ghana handpicked someone to solve the problem: Dr Kwabena Donkor.
Donkor signed the agreement with Ameri Group six weeks later on the 10th of February this year.
Ameri Group would provide Ghana with ten gas turbines. This procurement would help solve the energy crisis.
CONTRACT: VG has a copy of the 40 page long deal Umar Farooq Zahoor (40) signed together with the minister of energy and petroleum in Ghana.
The contract was signed by the minister of power and another prominent representative of Ghanaian authorities, Assistant Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dominic Ayine.
VG got its hands on a copy of the agreement, which is 49 pages long. The director who signed for the company in Dubai is now a well-known name among investigators at the Financial Crime Section of the Oslo Police District: Pakistani Norwegian Umar Farooq Zahoor.
As early as 2013, Deputy Chief of Police for Oslo Gro Smogeli singled out Zahoor as a ringleader of one of Norway's boldest and biggest bank frauds ever; the so-called Nordea Swindle.
VG can announced today that Farooq Zahoor is also wanted internationally by Norwegian police and Interpol for his leading role in this scam.
Deputy police constable Gro Smogeli in Oslo confirms to VG that Umar Farooq Zahoor is wanted worldwide for fraud.
– He is wanted by Oslo police distric through Interpol-channels, she says.
The Borgarting Court of Appeal announced its unanimous verdict on 26 November confirming reasonable grounds to suspect the 40-year-old of fraud, as part of organized criminal activity subject to Norway’s mafia activities paragraph.
The Pakistani Norwegian is also wanted for running a fake bank in Switzerland.
CAR COLLECTION: Umar Farooq Zahoor in front of a Rolls Royce. Sonia Rashid claims that the car was bought after the Nordea fraud in 2010.Photo: PRIVAT
Umar Farooq Zahoor portrays himself as a busy and prosperous businessman. His base of operations the past nine years has been the United Arab Emirate of Dubai. He has been living here in a luxurious mansion in one of Dubai’s most fashionable neighbourhoods, as new luxury cars appear in his garage from time to time.
His story began in 1971 when Umar Farooq Zahoor’s father left a small village in Pakistan to try his luck in Europe. He ended up in Oslo. He set up the first immigrant store in the neighbourhood of Grønland, Oslo, together with his wife who joined him in Norway some years later.
20 years later the family owned 5 stores in the same neighbourhood. They sold food, clothing, gold items and ran a travel agency.
The couple had 15 children. Umar was the second oldest son. As the parents ran their businesses, many of their sons learned to be criminals.
Umar was sentenced to one year in prison in 2003 for embezzling airline tickets from his family’s travel agency. The Oslo District Court stated that he had shown clear criminal intent, and that his actions were thoroughly planned and had a professional touch.
Umar Farooq Zahoor did not appear in court. Before the trial the judge had received a letter from the accused asking for a postponement in the case. In the letter, the man from Oslo told the court he was in the midst of business negotiations with bank connections in Switzerland.
Later on the police discovered that he was in full swing at the time with a new and spectacular crime. He had rented office space with a New Zealander in Zürich’s best business, at which they hung up a gilded sign that read Bank.
What customers thought was a real bank would drain its victims for a combined loss of 20 million dollars.
Farooq Zahoor’s business partner was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for this super scam. During his trial, Zahoor’s partner told the Zurich District Court that starting a fake bank was his Farooq Zahoors partner’s idea.
By the time the Swiss police headed off to arrest the Farooq Zahoor he had already moved to his father's country of origin.
Some years later the man from Oslo was on the run again, this time heading for Dubai, where he began his dubious affairs again.
Together with a band of fraudsters he managed to empty the Nordea bank account of a very wealthy widow over the course of 13 days in the summer of 2010. He recieved help from an employee at the bank's branch office in Oslo to withdraw 10 million dollars.
6 million dollars were transferred to two accounts that belonged to a Norwegian businesswoman who lived in Dubai named Sonia Rashid.
BEACH HOLIDAY: Umar Farooq Zahoor (40) enjoys a drink on a holiday resort i Asia. On his right hand side sits his brother Usman convicted as the man who organized the Norwegian part of the Nordea fraud in 2010. The scammers managed to transfer 62 million NOK to Dubai which has never been recovered. Photo: PRIVAT
On the 25 th of June 2013, nearly three years after this record-breaking fraud, Sonia Rashid admitted to VG that she had withdrawn this money in cash.
She said she gave the millions to Umar Farooq Zahoor.
“Umar was with me when I withdrew the money. He sat in the car while I drove from bank to bank. I went inside the banks and withdrew money that had been transferred to my accounts in Dubai. I gave him the money when I got in the car”, Rashid said.
Despite extensive media coverage in recent years, Zahoor continued to work for major financial institutions in Norway. He has worked the last six years as a consultant for a Norwegian company called NBT ASA, which develops wind power projects in China and in the Karachi area of Pakistan.
The three largest owners of NBT ASA are the corporate finance company Arctic Securities, billionaire Lars Nilsen via his investment company and Kjell Inge Røkke’s Aker Capital AS.
17 September this year: The Greek EPC contractor and industrial group METKA issued a press release from its headquarters in Athens. The company specialises in major energy, infrastructure and defence projects has good news:
They have secured the first major contract in Sub-Saharan Africa. The entrepreneurial giant had opened an office in Ghana's capital city only a few weeks earlier.
METKA is owned by one of the richest dynasties in Greece, the Mytilineos family. According to the press release, the industrial giant had acquired a new partner: Ameri Group.
The Greek corporation informed that its wholly-owned Turkish subsidiary will be providing Ghana with ten brand new gas turbines manufactured by General Electric (GE). In addition to that, the Greeks will be responsible for operation and maintenance of the turbines.
The press release said this is a five-year agreement with the government of Ghana and METKA’s partners in the agreement, Ameri Group.
METKA said their share of the deal exeeds 350 million dollars. This sum is up to 160 million dollars less than the 510 million that Ghana will be paying Ameri for the turbines.
Nobody yet knows who got their hands on this money.
VG has posed several questions to METKA. The company's spokesperson Elli Gardiki replied in an email, saying they cannot speak about the details of this agreement, referring to the press release from September.
– The projects we carry out are complex technical projects, and as such each one is by no means identical. Each project varies significantly depending on many factors, such as overall project scope, delivery time, site and others. No project and no contract is identical and simplified comparisons can lead to wrong conclusions, she stated.
Ameri Energy was presented in the press release from September as part of energy investments made by His Royal Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Dalmook Al Maktoum, a member of the ruling family in Dubai.
PRINCE FROM DUBAI: The wanted Norwegian-pakistani signed the contract in Ghana together with Shaikh Ahmed Bin Dalmook Al Maktoum.
The press release also stated that the project was made possible with active support from General Electric (GE) in the United States.
GE would not comment on what active support means, VG was told by Communication Manager Ivar Simensen at General Electric Norway.
“METKA will respond to its own press releases”, GE's communication manager said.
GE's spokesperson would not comment on whether they sold gas turbines to the Ameri Group, or what price the turbines were sold for.
Dubai's largest traffic artery is the Sheikh Zayed Road. Its 16 lanes cut right through the city and continue west toward Abu Dhabi.
On the right side of the highway, not far from the Burj Khalifa Skyscraper, lies a weatherworn five-storey building. The Emgate Building consists of business offices and apartments. Until recently one could visit a streetside used car store named Deals on Wheels.
OFFICE IN DUBAI: Emgate Buliding is a weatherworn five-storey building close to the Burj Khalifa Skyscraper. This is where the Ameri Group supposedly has its headquarters. . Photo: PRIVAT
This is where the Ameri Group supposedly has its headquarters. The contract and the company’s websites give this as their main office.
VG has been in contact with the employees of a medical center in the same building. They have never heard of the company.
NOT LISTED: Four months after Ameri Group made their deal with Ghana, the company is still not listed on the list of tenants in the office building in Dubai. Photo: PRIVAT
Ameri Group had not posted its name on the signboard of tenants in the building four months after the contract was signed.
Umar Farooq Zahoor signed the multi-million dollar contract in Ghana together with Prince of Dubai Sheikh Ahmed Bin Dalmook Al Maktoum. The Arabian prince is named and mentioned frequently in Ameri’s websites. The 40-year-old Pakistani Norwegian is not mentioned anywhere.
Ameri Group’s website states that the company’s affairs are based on trust, integrity and transparency. We are a very ethical corporation and are proud of our work, it states.
The multi-million dollar contract was signed in the greatest secrecy. There were no members of the press present when the contract was entered into. Until now, the name of the person who represented the company was a well-kept secret.
Ameri Group’s website also lists the prince as chairman of the board. The website also maintains that the prince travels to poor countries in the third world and participates in development projects to provide energy solutions for electricity, water and better infrastructure for the inhabitants of those countries.
According to the Ameri Group, the prince’s motto is: a better world for the less fortunate.
Director Mohammed Amin Adam of the think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) does not believe this agreement will make the world a better place.
On the contrary, he is very critical to the agreement between the Ghanaian government and Ameri Group.
According to the agreement, Ghana will lease the ten gas turbines for five years. After that, Ghana becomes owner of the turbines after paying an equipment cost of 510 million dollars.
– That same equipment could have been purchased for 220 million dollars. The Ghanaian authorities would have saved 290 million dollars, said Amin Adam.
– Why did the authorities decide to trust Ameri Group?
– It makes no sense economically. We think someone is making money on of this deal, but we do not have any evidence yet, the head of the think tank said.
In addition to an equipment price of 510 million dollars, Ghana will pay variable costs of 16 million dollars annually, according to a report from the National Assembly of Ghana. Ghana will also need to pay for the gas to power the ten turbines.
According to the agreement the ten gas turbines are type TM2500+, often referred to as a power plant on wheels.
VG’s investigations show that the standard price for these turbines is about 20 million dollars. Last summer, GE sold eight identical turbines to Sonelgaz, the state energy company in Algeria, for 161 million dollars.
Professor Olav Bolland is one of Norway's foremost experts on gas power plants.
– This is one of the world's most popular turbines, if not the most common, he said.
EXPERT: Professor Olav Bolland is one of Norway's foremost experts on gas power plants. - This is one of the world's most popular turbines, if not the most common. – A simple internet search indicates that they sell for about 22 millioner dollars each. Photo: GEIR MOGEN/NTNU
– A simple internet search indicates that they sell for about 22 million dollars each. That seems to be a reasonable price if you ask me based on my previous experience pricing power plants.
He leads the Institute of Energy and Process Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
The agreement was sent to the National Assembly for approval after the government had signed the agreement with Ameri Group.
The minister's delegation reported to Ghanaian elected representatives that a direct purchase of the ten turbines would cost 411 million dollars. This amount is almost double the standard price for such turbines on the world market.
A crucial reason for choosing Ameri Group, was that the company could deliver the turbines quickly, while it would take nine months or a year for GE to manufacture ten turbines, the minister said.
But it was not until late October (eight months after the agreement was signed) that the turbines were unloaded at the Port of Accra.
A VISIT FROM THE MINISTER: In may Kwabena Donkor visited Aboadze in Ghana, where the ten turbines are going to be installed. In may the minister said the turbines would be installed within eight week. It did not happen. Photo: MINISTRY OF POWER, GHANA
From there they were transported to a power station in the west, where they are now being connected to the power grid and soon ready to produce electricity.
The minister of power have argued to VG that he did nothing wrong when he signed the agreement with the mysterious company:
– I would not get involved in anything that is not good for Ghana, he said.
VG made a number of attempts to get Umar Farooq Zahoor, the prince and Ameri Group to explain why Ghana had to pay such an enormous price. Neither the prince nor the wanted Oslo man have responded to VG’s enquiries.
After sending an email to the address listed on the company’s website, someone named Kate spoke on behalf of Ameri Group saying:
– Mr Umar stopped working for our company a few months ago to pursue bigger business opportunities.
The mysterious company does not want to answer VG’s question:
– We are a privately held company in Dubai that does business all over the world, also in Ghana. We see no reason to answer any of your questions. We do not understand why a Norwegian newspaper would be interested in what we do, she writes.
ELECTRICITY GONE: In the Nima-neighborhood in Accra the power can be gone for 24 hours. Food rots, business is bad and the frustration increases. In this small store, a generator powers the light.
Not many inhabitants of the Accra slum care anymore.
“They are all corrupt thieves!”
Head of the neighbourhood council, Aziz Haruna, is furious over his countries politicians.
It's six o'clock in the evening and power in the city's most densely-populated neighbourhood has just gone.
Like so many others in this neighbourhood, Haruna has lost faith in politics and politicians. He waves his arms and says:
– Our politicians are stealing our country's resources. If you want to be rich in Ghana, you need to become a politician.
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MANGOES 10 years ago
NPP go and read the proceeding on this contract and stop crying unnecessarily. Your members in parliament are no fools, they saw reason in the contract before voting for it.look for another thing to dwell on for votes. This i ... read full comment
NPP go and read the proceeding on this contract and stop crying unnecessarily. Your members in parliament are no fools, they saw reason in the contract before voting for it.look for another thing to dwell on for votes. This is a kick of a dying horse.
Adama d'Gharty 10 years ago
It now seems all is not so well with Mr John Mahama and his incompetent energy ministry. Having succeeded in plunging the whole country into darkness for so many months, with shallow promises of soon ending the energy crisis ... read full comment
It now seems all is not so well with Mr John Mahama and his incompetent energy ministry. Having succeeded in plunging the whole country into darkness for so many months, with shallow promises of soon ending the energy crisis, we now know the truth behind the never ending energy deception. As usual, we learn from Foreign media, that the President and his incompetent team "B" group of
ministers have entered into a dubious contract with an ex-con, a notorious criminal of Pakistani origin. Are the NDC government and its advisers not intelligent enough to differentiate between a genuine trading company and a bogus criminal run Arabian company with ex-con for CEO? This is really shameful for the whole country. Is Ghana not a registered member of the INTERPOL, for our Police Service to have been alerted to the fact that the tactless, hopeless, and useless NDC government was dealing with a well-known international convict? I am not surprised at all, to read about this bogus deal going to a known criminal Arabian bogus company - not with our incompetent Mr Mahama in charge.
Tibaa 10 years ago
Shameful, shameful, and shameful. Mahama was recently bemoaning the idea that Ghana is the second most corrupt country in Africa. Yes it is. Just look at this shameful deal; a deal with one of the most wanted guy in the world ... read full comment
Shameful, shameful, and shameful. Mahama was recently bemoaning the idea that Ghana is the second most corrupt country in Africa. Yes it is. Just look at this shameful deal; a deal with one of the most wanted guy in the world; a deal that over-inflates the cost of purchase; a deal through the backdoor so that Kwabena Donkor will get his share deposited in foreign accounts; a deal so bad that it raised alarm in the corridors of foreign governments; a deal that makes Ghana a laughing stock in international financial markets. Shame on you NDC miscreants.
Jojo 10 years ago
There is so much to be worried about the performance of this particular minority in Parliament. They have been very sloppy in checking the excesses of the government. Contracts and certain bills which required thorough examin ... read full comment
There is so much to be worried about the performance of this particular minority in Parliament. They have been very sloppy in checking the excesses of the government. Contracts and certain bills which required thorough examination have been hurried through Parliament under certificate of urgency only for them to come out later to complain. They have become part of the reasons Ghanaians are suffering so much under this Mahama government. If they had been diligent and patriotic enough most of the regressive laws on taxation and others would have been avoided.
Whatever 10 years ago
If you claim you are ignorant of the term of contract, on what grounds do you say Govt has made payment or has agreed to this and that. The thing to do is to call the minister to provide you with documentation and financial i ... read full comment
If you claim you are ignorant of the term of contract, on what grounds do you say Govt has made payment or has agreed to this and that. The thing to do is to call the minister to provide you with documentation and financial information regards to fueling, production of electricity by AMERI per the contract between it and the the Govt. You don't do that and then you come out to say Govt has done this and that when you have no documents to support it. What kind of lazy, inefficient minority is this?
Zoolorm 10 years ago
Where were you the minority when this deal was discussed in the parliament. You were busy suspending people and have not participated in the discussion to put this incompitent NDC in check. Am very disappoint in both NDC and ... read full comment
Where were you the minority when this deal was discussed in the parliament. You were busy suspending people and have not participated in the discussion to put this incompitent NDC in check. Am very disappoint in both NDC and NPP
James 10 years ago
It is disturbing to note that the Minority in Parliarment knew very well that the KARPOWER deal was not a rental agreement as Bawumia had lied to the People of Ghana.
It is even more disturbing that the Minority knew that Ba ... read full comment
It is disturbing to note that the Minority in Parliarment knew very well that the KARPOWER deal was not a rental agreement as Bawumia had lied to the People of Ghana.
It is even more disturbing that the Minority knew that Bawumia was lying to Ghanaians when he said the Power Barge will sail away after 5 years and yet did not call Bawumia to order or reveal his mischief to Ghanaians.
This double standards for political gain must stop if we are to progress as a nation
uncle ato aggrey frm ekumfi abor ,man 10 years ago
our mps are the leaders representing their constutiencies . they must think about the people. a true leader does not eat plenty .he make sure that their followers are ok before themselves. he suppose to sleep in darkness w ... read full comment
our mps are the leaders representing their constutiencies . they must think about the people. a true leader does not eat plenty .he make sure that their followers are ok before themselves. he suppose to sleep in darkness whiles his followers sleep in light. is their responsibility to provide us light. pls sit up and investigate this deal.
truglio u.s 10 years ago
You people have taken voters for granted far too long.we all know you ganna do bigger deals than this little one.Oh Ghana should we vote at all?
You people have taken voters for granted far too long.we all know you ganna do bigger deals than this little one.Oh Ghana should we vote at all?
eD 10 years ago
THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT FLOWED ON A SO CALLED ANTI CORRUPTION LET THE BLOOD FLOW MANTRA, NOW? HOW SUCCESSFUL HAS THE NDCPNDC BEEN IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION THAT STINKS TO THE HEAVENS?
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
In addition to t ... read full comment
THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT FLOWED ON A SO CALLED ANTI CORRUPTION LET THE BLOOD FLOW MANTRA, NOW? HOW SUCCESSFUL HAS THE NDCPNDC BEEN IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION THAT STINKS TO THE HEAVENS?
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
In addition to the 3 judges (who were not proven to have committed any crimes in a court of law) the following also were, innocently killed and today the innocent (from all tribes) blood ; still speaks and cries for justice:
Greater Accra Region
Major Sam Acquah, Madam Larmioko Adjebu, Azure Frafra, Akwei Allotey, Bokari Moshe, Alberta Rockson, Kwame Danso, Emmanuel Ashitey, Joseph Oduro, Samuel Kotey, Nash, Mnuanuan Alhassan, Gadzi Jamesi, Alex Aggrey, Joseph Kwaakye, Abukari Mukaila, E K Frimpong, Emmanuel Abbey, Rose Tetteh, Demawuna Grushie, Julius Odartey, Bonney Lartey, Okoe Allotey,
Mohamed Alhassan, Frank Yaro
Ashanti Region
Kwaku Kramo, Kwabena Nti, John Chinkwa, Akosua Addae, Kwame Kum, Gabriel Tseyi, Abdulai Moshie Abdu, Ibrahim, Osumanu Sissala, Kofi Gyaaman, Kwadwo Boateng, Benjamin Whyte, Dagarti Seidu, Raphael Avorga, Azzure Kussasi, Johnson Oware, Amma Agyeiwah, Alhamadi Maiga, Kwabena Dapaah, Osei Kwame, Kwaku Opoku, Kwame Opoku, Agnes Korkor, Kpele Bimoaba, Kwadwo Nsafoa, Abena Afra, Mohammadu Halifu, Kwame mekye, Amma Asantewaah, David Darko, Agyaba, Oanduku Mantse,Akua Takyiwaa, Moro Moshie, Mama Kanjarga, Cpl Joana Essien, Ali Grushie, Odiyifu Samuel Asare. Abu Kramo, GNTC 75 yr old Watchman at Kronum, Abena Kyerewa,
Eastern Region
Mrs Mary Solomon (wife of proprietor, Solomon Commercial College) under Yaw Akrasi Sarpong’s watch (then Eastern Regional Secretary and now Drug Enforcement Agency Boss) with no legal justification, Kwame Tetteh, S.K. Ampadu, Amma Ansah, Akosua Wiafe, Afuah Boahemaa, Osei Kofi, Mary Arkumaki, Adwoa Kyeraa, Vida Abla Amenuvor, Kudzonu Torgbe, James Olugan, Kwettey Narki, Cpl S K Sarpong, Kwasi Mensah, Kwabena Doh, Salifu Zabrama, Supt Owusu Siaw, Kwadwo Ampofo, Yaw Mosi, Adzo Adabla, Ossumanu, Bussanga, BB Bismark and family member (Aburi)
Tema
Joseph Boateng, Anthony Dagarti, Jacob Ashmond Mensah, Justice Quainoo Paul, Aklugu Tugo, Abu Piss, Emmanuel Kwesi Nukpor
I will be happy if we the readers will take pain to fine out and ask questions b4 we comment with insult. I believe some ppl want to make government look like the way he looks. This ppl have worked for npp b4 wen jerry was in ... read full comment
I will be happy if we the readers will take pain to fine out and ask questions b4 we comment with insult. I believe some ppl want to make government look like the way he looks. This ppl have worked for npp b4 wen jerry was in power,the same ppl from Noway did same. I believe u will go n listen to what k.t Hammond said about this in seconding this deal. Have u heard him speak. Let us find out things b4 we talk if not so we will listen to this npp n NDC and we will do things and later cry.
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 ... read full comment
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 such as Switzerland, Mexico, Dubai and Egypt. In 2000 he was revealed to have embezzled tickets for over 15 million through its own travel agency. [1]
In 2003 he started up the fake bank Banque Internationale Ltd. in Switzerland with Shaun Gregory Morgan from New Zealand. Morgan was in 2009 sentenced to five years in prison for extensive fraud. [2] That same year, Zahoor convicted in Oslo District Court to one year in prison for aggravated embezzlement.
In 2004 he was arrested in Pakistan and allegedly tortured by police. [3] The arrest was based on a review that was staged by a Turkish businessman and politician Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh who year after it was accused of extensive corruption. [4] [5]
In 2006 he married the Pakistani actress Sofia Mirza and got two twin daughters with her. [6] When the marriage was dissolved in 2009 the mother was awarded custody of the twins, and the fear that Zahoor was going to take his daughter out of Pakistan these are included on a list of people who could not leave the country. This however was not enough to prevent the same year he managed to kidnap daughters and smuggle them out of Pakistan by using fake passports. [7] In 2013, it was announced that Zahoor had entered into engagement with the Pakistani actress Veena Malik. [8 ]
Zahoor brother Usman Zahoor, defrauded in 2010 along with four accomplices Block Wathne-widow Randi Nilsen for over 63 million. Money was using a false proxy transmitted through Nordea's branch at Tveita in Oslo, and ended up in Dubai where they are believed to be controlled by Umar Zahoor. [9] In September 2011, these five convicted in the Oslo City Court, and Usman Zahoor got the strictest punishment of ten years in prison. [10]
Umar Zahoor is wanted by Interpol for a variety of conditions, including for having defrauded 27 people of 120 million kroner through the fake bank in Switzerland. [11]
In 2015 VG revealed that Zahoor was involved in a major contract between the company Ameri Group and authorities
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago
Well, am not saying Umar Zahoor is a clean dude. All I know is that Ghana has no contract with him.
Well, am not saying Umar Zahoor is a clean dude. All I know is that Ghana has no contract with him.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago
Under NPP opposition, Lease Finance is wrong, BOT is wrong, BOOT is wrong, Hedging is wrong.
The only thing right to NPP is the one done the old fashion way, "buy it outright" or sell through KT Hammond.
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Under NPP opposition, Lease Finance is wrong, BOT is wrong, BOOT is wrong, Hedging is wrong.
The only thing right to NPP is the one done the old fashion way, "buy it outright" or sell through KT Hammond.
NPP kwaseafuo, BOOT is like Wofa Pajadie. Wofa Builds it, Owns it, Operates it, and finally Transfers the property yo you.
Wu pe way na wu pe den?
NPP dummies, how much will it cost to build and operate such a plant?
(a) 10 turbines that cost 220 million dollars.
(b) how much will it cost to BUILD the power plant that will utilise the 220 million dollar turbine?
(c) after building power plant, how much will it cost to OPERATE the power plant for 5 fucking years?
(c) add your fucking profit margin too.
NPP fools, what is your total cost after adding up the various cost profiles?
This stupid brouhaha red-herring that NPP has raised is going nowhere and it will rather exposed NPP's folly and shallow-mindedness.
Why is NPP not saying anything about the Sheikh Mohamed AL Maktoum but think they can do politics with Umar Farooq because they claim is a wanted criminal in Norway?
If the link between Sheikh Mohamed AL Maktoum and Umar Farooq is well distilled, and it has, then the triviality of what NPP is trying to achieve in crystallised out.
Sheikh Mohamed AL Maktou, the Chairman of AMERI Energy had the said Umar Farooq sign as a witness for him.
JP Morgan too was so stupid to be part of this deal because someone who witnessed for the Sheikh Mohamed AL Maktou is wanted by Interpol?
Both ndc and npp are full of idiots who don't know shit about governance. Only interested in their stomachs and could care less about development. How I wish some bold patriots could rise up and remove all these incompetent o ...
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What a corruption soaked person is this, weak after weak, there are cases of corruption again John Dramani Mahama.
What worries me is the fools who vote for NDC! Can't we use such people as farm tools to produce to feed the people of Ghana? I think some people shd be banned from voting in Ghana people they are just monkeys still evolving, ...
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Author:-Mahmoud...
Ghanaians are visibly yearning for a change to liberate themselves from the corrupt nation wreckers' party which has brought untold hardship on them.
NPP party, on the other hand, has what it takes to ...
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President Mahama is not only stealing our money but also throwing our money away because of his incompetence.
"CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE" THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DR MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA CALLS A TOXIX MIC. JOHN MAHAMA AND THE NDC HAS GOT THEE TOXIC MIX IN ABUNDANCE AND IT INDEBTING AND KILLING GHANA.
What is the parliamentary committee on energy is saying? Why they should approve what they don't understand? When you are exposed of your 10%, then you started to make noise.
Well said. I support your statement 100%. What prevented the idiot minority to do its own due diligence. A bunch of yahoos.
What do Ghanaians expect under NDC regime.Kick backs.
Nonsense, but did the minority check the costs or did any research before the Yeah, Yeah vote. Why are they in parliament as opposition? All they do is show up at funerals and weddings at weekends in SUVs and big cloths and c ...
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STOP THIS SPIRITUAL NUNSENSENSE : GHANAIANS DO NOT IT :WE NEED HUMAN BEINGS WHO WILL SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS : THERE NO GREATER POWER ON THIS EARTH THAN THE CREATOR :IF YOU SEEK GUIDANCE GO DIECT TO THE CREATOR WITH YOUR PRAYERS A ...
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It is the responsibility of every member of government (the executive, the judiciary and the legislature) to ensure that GHANA REMAINED UNITED. Therefore if there is any member of the legislative arm of government like BBC NE ...
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THESE OPPOSITION LEPERS AND THIVES SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND STOP THEIR BAD FLATULENCE ON GHANAIANS : HOW ON CAN YOU SIT THERE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PASS SUCH A DEAL OVER YOU IDIOTS :DO YOU THINK GHANAIANS BELIEVE YOU -NO SIR : ...
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Tico,I agree with you 100%. They are all useless beings in parliament.
The MPs are all sleeping. No due dilligence was made.
The president said it before. They were all sleeping in parliament.
You mean the President was aware they were sleeping that is why he pushed through that shaddy deal?I see then we're dead a stealing President plus a sleeping parliament.
You are so right! Majority of Ghanaians only think about the latest phones, driving in cars they can't afford, following fake pastors, attending useless events on weekends (engagements, weddings, funerals, outdooring) only to ...
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A reputable, well run and a fully licensed Micro Finance institution is for sale in Kumasi.Owner leaving the shores of Ghana soon.
Call 0267621010
In a way mahama is right the NPP MPs in Parliament have always been outmanoeuvred by their NDC counterparts when the NDC WANT to STEAL OUR MONEY.
WHAT AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY DO THE NPP DO IN MAKING SURE THE NDC ARE NOT SAYING ...
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Cost $210 million paying $510 million over 5 years that's one hell of a good interest rate.
GE did due diligence NOT on Ameri as they were not the purchasers .
Ameri was set up this year for this deal to syphon over $300 m ...
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Have we not been taken for granted for far too long? Are we that stupid as the power minister will portray as or he thinks we can not read? Should we continue to vote at all? Even if the government failed to do due deligent j ...
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Hallmark of the NDC, how much did Ghana pay for the Embraer 900 under the supervision of John mahama as vice president?
I BLAME THE MINORITY LEADER IN PARLIAMENT, HON OSEI KYEI MENSAH FOR THE BAD GOVERNANCE GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY. HIS STOMACH IS FILLED OR CORRUPT SO UNWILLING TO LEAD THE OPPOSITION IN PUTTING THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS TOES. SEE H ...
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The NPP is ashamed of the success of the NDC over the dumsor. Now that dumsor is almost solved making the NPP without anything to campaign on , they have brought this issue to take away the success story. Shame on the NPP.
You guys are sleeping on the job. Mahama said it and you were mad! Either you can't read and understand or you are just incompetent. Approving documents you have not read? Sleeping on the job, that's it!
What exactly is wrong with the deal? Everybody seems to be expert at the sound of 'corruption' loooo..... without giving the public unbiased facts. Every Ghanaian is an expert in every field, it's becoming boring with the med ...
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AvRolf J. Widerøe
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Ghana's Minister of Power signed deal with a man from Oslo wanted for fraud and organized crime. The deal is worth 510 million dollars.
Ghana's mi ...
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NPP go and read the proceeding on this contract and stop crying unnecessarily. Your members in parliament are no fools, they saw reason in the contract before voting for it.look for another thing to dwell on for votes. This i ...
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It now seems all is not so well with Mr John Mahama and his incompetent energy ministry. Having succeeded in plunging the whole country into darkness for so many months, with shallow promises of soon ending the energy crisis ...
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Shameful, shameful, and shameful. Mahama was recently bemoaning the idea that Ghana is the second most corrupt country in Africa. Yes it is. Just look at this shameful deal; a deal with one of the most wanted guy in the world ...
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There is so much to be worried about the performance of this particular minority in Parliament. They have been very sloppy in checking the excesses of the government. Contracts and certain bills which required thorough examin ...
read full comment
If you claim you are ignorant of the term of contract, on what grounds do you say Govt has made payment or has agreed to this and that. The thing to do is to call the minister to provide you with documentation and financial i ...
read full comment
Where were you the minority when this deal was discussed in the parliament. You were busy suspending people and have not participated in the discussion to put this incompitent NDC in check. Am very disappoint in both NDC and ...
read full comment
It is disturbing to note that the Minority in Parliarment knew very well that the KARPOWER deal was not a rental agreement as Bawumia had lied to the People of Ghana.
It is even more disturbing that the Minority knew that Ba ...
read full comment
our mps are the leaders representing their constutiencies . they must think about the people. a true leader does not eat plenty .he make sure that their followers are ok before themselves. he suppose to sleep in darkness w ...
read full comment
You people have taken voters for granted far too long.we all know you ganna do bigger deals than this little one.Oh Ghana should we vote at all?
THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT FLOWED ON A SO CALLED ANTI CORRUPTION LET THE BLOOD FLOW MANTRA, NOW? HOW SUCCESSFUL HAS THE NDCPNDC BEEN IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION THAT STINKS TO THE HEAVENS?
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
In addition to t ...
read full comment
I will be happy if we the readers will take pain to fine out and ask questions b4 we comment with insult. I believe some ppl want to make government look like the way he looks. This ppl have worked for npp b4 wen jerry was in ...
read full comment
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 ...
read full comment
Well, am not saying Umar Zahoor is a clean dude. All I know is that Ghana has no contract with him.
Under NPP opposition, Lease Finance is wrong, BOT is wrong, BOOT is wrong, Hedging is wrong.
The only thing right to NPP is the one done the old fashion way, "buy it outright" or sell through KT Hammond.
NPP kwaseafuo ...
read full comment