I wasn’t elected to take "popular decisions" – Mahama

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  • Naa Koshie 9 years ago

    Which of your stupid decisions has ever made sense, even to yourself?

  • Johnny 9 years ago

    Calm down ladies don't talk that way don't let this President's performance infuriate you.Nov 7 2016 will come for us to do away with him.

  • Obaa 9 years ago

    Swear Mr. President that you did not ever promise a BETTER GHANA. Swear. I am so angry right now.

  • concern 9 years ago

    Its not about the tax hike but the way the tax payers money is squandered and shared among cronies. People are just angry. Didn't you see that woman in Kumasi asking the GRA personnel to collect Woyome's stolen money before ...
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  • insight to the bone 9 years ago

    if you are here to punish the people with bad decisions and incompetence , then you better go

  • GOD GHANA SAVE. 9 years ago

    NATIONAL SECURITY IS NOT ONLY POPULAR BUT A MUST.WE DON'T WANT BRONI WAA WU ANYMORE IN GHANA."WHAT WE SHOULD FEAR IS SOMEONE COMING INTO CREATE HAVOC"BY PREZ.MAHAMA. LIKE J.J.RAWLINGS IN 1978.GHANA SHOULDN'T ALLOW THESE GITMO ...
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  • GGG 9 years ago

    LETS WATCH NPP WELL

  • GOD GHANA SAVE. 9 years ago

    THE PRESIDENT CAN GO AHEAD AND TAX GHANAIANS TO DEATH.NPP NEVER LINED UP OUR FORMER HEADS OF STATES SHOT THEM TO DIE IN PUBLIC.OUR JUDGES WERE KILLED BY MISTER VUVUZELA AND WIFE.

  • getzze 9 years ago

    mahama is doing a good job for our future kids

  • Yaw Adu-Asare 9 years ago

    Mahama is unfit to rule Ghana. He and his people must go back home.

  • sam 9 years ago

    get lost mahama go home fast we had it with your bull-shit

  • edi 9 years ago

    GET LOST MAN GO BACK TO THE NORTH YOU HAVE ZERO SUPPORT IN GHANA NOW

  • THE VOICE 9 years ago

    I Mahamah got one million matches boxes
    I got one million 5 ghana. Notes.They are fake
    this scam is for Asantefor nkruasefor
    that is my bait.what I need is one million vote fromThe bush people.As for Volta Region l got t ...
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  • Kingsley 9 years ago

    Of course. you were elected to take only UNPOPULAR decisions.
    Sorry to say but your statement is very stupid and foolish. Come again.

  • Yaw Adu-Asare 9 years ago

    Mahama has been disappointing and he doesn't even know it.

  • Nana Antwi 9 years ago

    Mr. President we prefer "no risk" to low risk. If your security interviews and assessment convinces you that the ex-detainees are "low risk" use that information to convince the US Congress that they are wrong in refusing to ...
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  • K. M., Australia 9 years ago

    The fact that a decision is taken and you are not in agreement does not in any way make you to insult the president. Is that the way you are brought up? To insult your father, brother, uncle or any elderly person in society? ...
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  • KWASHIE ADJAH 9 years ago

    YES, BUT YOU HAVE TAKEN STUPID AND UNWISE DECISIONS, WHICH HAS DESTROYED GHANA, UNDER YOUR RULE. THAT IS WHAT GHANAIANS ARE ANGRY ABOUT. YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO RULE, BECAUSE IN 7 YEARS(SOON 8 YEARS) GHANA IS IN DEBT OF US$37 B ...
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  • George 9 years ago

    GIMI, GIMI PRESIDENT

  • jonas 9 years ago

    I LOVE YOU JOHN DRAMAN MAHAMAI. MY VOTE FOR YOU IS GUARANTEED.

  • AKRANTIE-BINI-EATER 9 years ago

    You love who?
    Somebody brought terrorist to Ghana and you love him.
    Even if Kuffour chop our money, at least he did not bring Terrorists.
    This man is chopping our money and also bringing terrorists.

  • Mawusi Dake 9 years ago

    What decisions has John Mahama ever taken? Only those that carry personal financial rewards for you and your family. $300M for terrorists!

  • Pazu 9 years ago

    Are you saying all you can do is to punish us in the name of unpopular decisions for the citizens to suffer while you and your ministers and NDC officials keep on enjoying. We have been paying high price for fuel and when the ...
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  • Skiper 9 years ago

    LOOKING AT THIS MAN MAKES ME WANT TO PUKE. I AM SO DISGUSTED BY HIM

  • Galbose 9 years ago

    Me,I was told a lot about this man the very moment president passed on.My old man asked me to watch him closely. He told me how corrupt his father was in n k rum a h's regime. According to the old man, stealing is in their dn ...
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  • ISSA ABONGO 9 years ago

    THIS MAN JOHN MAHAMA AND HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO MAKE THEMSELVES RICH AND THEY HAVE DONE IT, LEAVING THE WHOLE NATION ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE, WITH HIGH TAXES, HIGH FUEL PRICES, DUMSOR, UNEMPLOYMENT, STEALING ...
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  • OH NDC 9 years ago

    Over to you the good people of Ghana. Mr Mahama said it all that we didn't elect him to make us happy, but to squeeze us put pepper into our eyes, burden us with more taxes, make us pay more utility bills, create more unemplo ...
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  • Kwamea 9 years ago

    You will surely lose the next general election for slapping the citizens with so much hardship because you do not care about us but your families

  • yoo 9 years ago

    mr president, we have been calm for too long oooo! Still no improvement

  • Galbose 9 years ago

    Look, Mr dead goat,u were not elected in the first place. afar gyan helped with the finger of God and twenty seven zero and atubga pushed the deal after u bribed him.U know clearly u did not win the election. This time, try i ...
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  • OFOSUAA 9 years ago

    UNPOPULAR BUT DESTRUCTIVE DECISION AND ACTIONS BY JOHN MAHAMA AND NDC HAVE CRIPPLED OUR ECONOMY...

  • Aziz 9 years ago

    Please Lets not waste our time on this incompetent president.

    Remember that elections are won at the polls and as we talk plenty here NDC are on the grounds in villages lieing and confusing this folks.

    Imagine telling t ...
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  • Ogua boy 9 years ago

    Good talk

  • adanko 9 years ago

    WE SHALL SHOW YOU HOW NOT TO TAKE UNPOPULAR DECISIONS. IF A DRIVER IS DRIVIVING RECKLESSLY AND YOU DO NOT COMPLAIN, YOU WILL DIE IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING THAT CAR.

  • fear woman 9 years ago

    mahama is a lying ass s.o.b

  • JEMBIBI 9 years ago

    OKASAFO.STOP TALKING AND DO WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU.AM HAPPY YOU KNOW PEOPLE VOTED FOR YOU.DONT TRY TO RIG ELECTIONS BECAUSE GOD WILL SEE TO IT YOU DEAFEATED FOR YOUR WICKEDNESS AND YOU GO KNOWN YOUR STAND.

  • Kma, New town 9 years ago

    Pepeni Mahama, it is a lie. Because your tenure of office expires this year and you want our votes that's why. Do you know that you are lying to us for your selfish gains on us. Shame! Pepeni mind robber. Ghanaians are wiser ...
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  • Yaa 9 years ago

    Because you are a fool. Why are you there then! To please western world? Go and live with them. If Obama and David Cameroon make this statement in UK and USA the nations they rule would lose interest in them. But you are lock ...
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  • Aziz 9 years ago

    Please Lets not waste our time on this incompetent president.

    Remember that elections are won at the polls and as we talk plenty here NDC are on the grounds in villages lieing and confusing this folks.

    Imagine telling t ...
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  • Yaw Adu-Asare 9 years ago

    Mahama has been a bum, unfit to rule Ghana.

  • Adam 9 years ago

    We knew this all along

  • KIPO 9 years ago

    It was the same challenge the NPP was facing in 2008 when fuel prices on the world market was high but you said you would reduce the price "DRASTICALLY". So who is now fooling Ghanaians. We live to see and God is watching. No ...
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  • KOKOO 9 years ago

    HE ELIMINATED JOHN EVANS FIIFI ATT MILLS

  • Moshie Kokonte 9 years ago

    Instead of raising taxes and fuel prices, the government could have instead reduced spending drastically. Some areas that spending could be reduced include reduction in allowances to government officials, unnecessary travels ...
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  • Kusi 9 years ago

    This man Mahama man is an albatross on Ghanaians. He does not deserve to be a president.

  • Plasma Kote 9 years ago

    I doubt if you are capable, you were not willing to be the VP CANDIDATE, now a PRESIDENT....????

    THIEVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Mr Bond 9 years ago

    So that is why you accept Taliban terrorist to put Ghanaians at risk to Make Ghanaians happy.what a stupid president does over increase patrol prize make Ghanaians happy? What an mental retarded imbecile president we have in ...
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  • Johnson 9 years ago

    Whats does the Prez mean by ”majority of Ghanaian". All Ghanaians or majority of Ghanaians. You are to serve all not just a majority of Ghanaians. Is he referring to his NDC party as majority or what's. Wicked leaders death ...
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  • WhenIdiotsRule 9 years ago

    Even though we don't expect you to make popular decisions, some of the decisions that you've made and not made, are clearly STUPID, even to an elemenantary school kid.

  • JJ 9 years ago

    How?

  • Whatever 9 years ago

    Tough decisions are understanding but the focus should be on developing human beings, developing land, developing existing infrastructure, developing water bodies. To do this we need to take a look at the food we eat, our agr ...
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  • Tuntumi 9 years ago

    Of course Mahama was not elected to take popular decisions. All we can see so far is that he and his gang of thieves have continued to steal this country blind

  • asem 9 years ago

    Mr president before Ghana was not having petrol now we have why why why all this mess we were leaving without petrol and all was well why why now ??????????

  • Tr 9 years ago

    Mahama all.de.way

  • Damoah philusty 9 years ago

    what Mahama does is always rejected by Ghanaians, how could you?

  • Asanteni 9 years ago

    Npp n ur insults lies fabrication.U 'll be in opposition till Eternity

  • Yussif 9 years ago

    Was the president elected to preside over corruption?if you were not elected to take popular decisions then take the unpopular ones to save this country because no one understands why all this corruption is taking place under ...
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  • elizabeth 1/8/16 9 years ago

    You were not elected you stole the election you are not presidential material you are too stupid to be president .which of your stupid decisions has made sense the boko haram and Al Qeald and isis when they take over the coun ...
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  • pk 9 years ago

    If for nothing at all, Prez should be lauded for his courage in making a bold decision, a mark of leadership.

  • Obasanjo 9 years ago

    well said Mr Mahama you haven't done JACK SHIT for your country

  • Meshack 9 years ago

    ...and you were not elected to display such gargantuan stupidity either!!!

  • NANA KOFI 9 years ago

    OTANII, very arrogant!

  • peter 9 years ago

    Who elected u? U bribed your way through!!!

  • adjei the wise 9 years ago

    you are blind thats all mahama and u cant lead this our belove ghana again

  • save ghana 9 years ago

    exactly Mr president. your decision to steal money from our coffers isn't popular at all. your decision to consume de meat to de bone in 2012 wasn't popular. you have only been popular with skewed ministerial appointments jus ...
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  • Bright K. 9 years ago

    Repent from your sins and take the free gift of salvation by believing on Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal saviour and you shall be saved. Heaven and Hell are real. Where will you spend eternity? Choose heaven.

  • Boadi prince 9 years ago

    am late atta mills only fools say that stupid words or john mahama u are fools paa and we are not ready to hear your fools words

  • Charles 9 years ago

    In another country there would have been a vote of "no confidence" in your administration by now. Ghana does not seem to have such a provision in it's constitution so you have stayed in power for 3 long unproductive years. So ...
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  • Jerry 9 years ago

    What about the "Emperors new Clothes"?

  • Mensah Bediako Tema Ashiaman 9 years ago

    THIS MAN DECIDING THE FATE OF MILLIONS OF GHANAIANS. PRESIDENTCY IS NOT A JOKE AND IS NOT A WORK FFOR AN IDIOT LIKE THIS.HE IS A THIEF, A WOMANISER, A MURDERER, HE KILLED ATTA MILLS, HE HAS STOLEN OUR MILLIONS HE IS AN IDIOT. ...
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  • aikins 9 years ago

    You were imposed on us by Afari Gyan, Ghanaians didn't elect you. That's why we are suffering.

  • kizito 9 years ago

    kwasia man