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Mahama boycott in Scotland exaggerated – Jon Benjamin

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  • GAB 8 years ago

    They are trying to polish it. Racists.....to hell with Scotland and their Jon Benjamin.........nonsense is no issue at all. Wait till we reciprocate. I wonder when we will......

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 8 years ago

    SOURCE: NPP COMM.------
    Dr. Bawumia pointed out that the NDC had increased Ghana’s debt in seven years by GHC90 billion, from GHC9.5 billion at the end of 2009 to some GHC99 billion currently; an equivalent of some 37 bill ...
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  • ATSU, HO 8 years ago

    There is absolutely nothing to defend. The minority MPs boycotted the president because as a nation we believe that the way God made things is the way it should be

  • Mobert Rogabe 8 years ago

    ...fellow Ghanaians don't EVER forget the minority MPs are faggots ...also, don't EVER forget we still have the gitmo 2 in the country ...2 lesbians just got arrested in A/R ...what is the Right sexual attitude? ...my cousin ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

    BUS BRANDING------Author:-ADANKO...
    Don't go far to punish an innocent person. Mahama is the brain behind it.Asiedu Nketia brought the idea and supported byNDC national council. It is a way to get money for their party.

  • opoku 8 years ago

    Do u understand english, bawumia name was mention in this article, grow up

  • Nana kwesi akropong 8 years ago

    NPP is quick to jump at anything just to make the Mahama govt look ineffective and stupid. Elections are not won based on lies and deception. Ghana is wide awake thank 16 years ago where TVs and radio stations were few. Now ...
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  • DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 8 years ago

    The realisation throughout the western world about the blatant, non-factual lies radiating from the Kukurudu camp is just overwhelming. The two zip codes, that's the US and of course great Britain are coming to terms as to ho ...
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  • Sam 8 years ago

    So the NPP and their stooges are happy that Scotish MPs walked out on Mahama because of his anti-gay stance?
    Well thats very good, at leat we now know those who support and those who oppose gays in Ghana.
    JM toaso.

  • FREEDOM FROM THE TRUTH 8 years ago

    THANKS MAHAMAH FOR FIGHTING THE WESTERN DEVIANT LIFE STYLE. THE WEST INCLUDING OBAMA CANNOT IMPOSE THEIR LOOSE MORALITY AND DEVIANT LIFESTYLE ON THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A NATION BEGINS TO ROT FROM WITHIN. THE US AND THE ...
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  • Kojo Nketsiah 8 years ago

    Shame onto the Scottish Parliament. Homosexuality is very unnatural and inhuman , even animals do not engage in this abnormal act.

  • scientist 8 years ago

    you visit a catholic school or none school?
    unqualified comment from a typical bush man

  • KK3 8 years ago

    Who cares what Jon Benjamin says? The real issue remains our president does not challenge the oppression of gay people with his 'bully pulpit' and he should.

  • AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

    Mahama took gay money to legalise gayism in Ghana and West Africa. The Scotish gay MPs are mad with Mahama because he could not fulfill his part of the bargain. That is the simple truth.

  • Kwame 8 years ago

    The same people supported racial discrimination and colonization. It is a fact that Ghanaians can not force Scots to eat banku because Ghanaians eat banku and akple. Thus in the same vain the Scots can not force Ghanaians to ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    I really respect your view on the decision taken by the president God bless you and continue thinking positively

  • Nana Pee 8 years ago

    Ghananians should know that in Ma hama's 2nd term he will bring gay rights to Ghana. He will do what Obama did for Gay rights in his 2nd term. Sit there and vote for him again. Ghana will be lost forever. He already does not ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    President Mahama will be voted again and again and please democracy doesn't give you the platform to predict bad stuffs into the country. He is man of his words and wont allow the cheap talks of the people to bring him down. ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    Do you have evidence to the allegation you are leveling against the president. President Mahama never received money from the Scotland government. He stands on his words and our culture debunk such act in our culture. Preside ...
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  • AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

    .... and the American gay leader secretely visited Mahama in Ghana to question Mahama why he collected the Gay money and refused to legalise gayism and homosexuality. Disgrace is what you get when you decide to dine with SaTA ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    You dont know what you are saying even if Dogbe was the brain behind the act, President Mahama will never accept the decision of legalising Gay and lesbian in Ghana

  • AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

    Mahama should return gay money with interest.

  • Nancy Forson 8 years ago

    It is very unfortunate, how mean some of us have become to the extent, even our sense of judgment has been affected.

    You can't denigrate the personality of a person to this extent because you hate him, or the party he belo ...
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  • Sokpeti 8 years ago

    What was mahama doing in the Scottish parliament? Who invited him or he invited himself to ran away from the pressure at home. Instead of putting his pepeni buttocks down and solve Ghana's problems here at home, he is always ...
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  • adanko 8 years ago

    WHAT WAS HE DOING IN SCOTTIH PARLIAMENT? ASK THAT AGAIN! JUST SHOWING OFF

  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    Prez. Mahama was there to renew his relationship with the Scotland and talk about business; a business that Ghana will be a beneficiary.

  • gogomi 8 years ago

    Rubbish! What relationship is there to renew? The relationship of colonialism or racism? Business between Scotland and Ghana is in itself so negligible as to describe it as insignificant or even non-existent.

    The circumst ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    A ticking youth bulge requires that we speed up the process of economic growth in order that we can provide decent jobs for the large number of young people graduating from our schools. Accelerated economic growth, expansion ...
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  • Johnson 8 years ago

    Mahama see your self? Next time stay here in Ghana with us .

  • Sappey-Agboh -Tsiame-Alagbokope. 8 years ago

    What baloney!! Who informed this illiterate journo that Scotland is a British colony? And these are people who are salivating when mistakes were made in the independence day brochure. Meanwhile, this story is on the web for a ...
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  • Sappey-Agboh -Tsiame-Alagbokope. 8 years ago

    Third rate media practitioners and not 'their rate media practitioners'

  • gogomi 8 years ago

    Perhaps your remote location of Alagbogbogbogbo whatever kope has further beclouded your mutilated mind. But let me tell you, you simpleton, colonialism under any other name or description is still colonialism. You can call i ...
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  • Nana Pee 8 years ago

    For whatever reason why sit and listen to this corrupt Mahama! Self imposed president of Ghana.

  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    er 9, 2012 - 11:15
    Accra, Dec. 9, - The Electoral Commission(EC)of Ghana on Sunday declared the Presidential
    Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Mahama as the winner of the
    2012 Presidential ...
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  • kobby 8 years ago

    What is in scotland that you have to travel there with the taxpayer's money.Ah,can't you stay at home and focus instead begging for alms all the time?
    The money for this trip could have been used to secure desk for schools u ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    My brother, President Mahama has visited alot of European countries based on the bilateral relationship Ghana has with them. HE went there for business purpose and renew the relationship Ghana has with them. But the issue of ...
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  • Judy 8 years ago

    Ghanaian seeks not to understand what president Mahama does but his ideology is to see Ghana been recognised as developed country. Is Ghana a developed country? A low income country being bailed out by IMF being led by dead g ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    Development is not a one day process. Its takes some countries 60yrs to become a developed country. Judy, how do u understand development. Do you think Ghana can develop on its own when even paying of tax is a problem to you. ...
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  • adanko 8 years ago

    WHAT ARE THE PARTY POSITIONS IN GHANA? ONLY PREZ MILLS SPOKE AGAINST IT BUT I DO NOT KNOW STANDS ON MAHAMA, NANA OR INDUM AND OTHERS. THEY SHOULD COME OUT NOW!

  • I SHALL RETURN 8 years ago

    All political parties in this country must be made to declare their stand on issues such as homosexuality before the elections later this year.

    Any political party that does not declare its stand on homosexuality should be ...
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  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Scotland a British Colony? Do you know the meaning of the term/word British?
    Is Brong Ahafo a Ghanaian Colony?
    Great Britain consist of three nations.ie England, Scotland and Wales.So how on earth can Scotland be a British ...
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  • Anwona Kanjaga 8 years ago

    I seriously think Ghanaians should call this Jon Benjamin to order. He behaves like a typical foot soldier now. Is he here to do somebody's bidding or as a diplomat?

  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    he was there and understand what actually went on. DO you want the president to accept the Gay right just because he went there to talk about business. No. Jon Benjamin statement is the true state of the nation. The media cap ...
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  • Joe Turkey 8 years ago

    A boycott is a boycott.

  • Kwaku 8 years ago

    Npp has been far far disrespectful rtowards Mahama. They should shut up and give us all a break! We are tired of their negativism.

  • john mahama 8 years ago

    the scottish parliament's is like a state parliament's or Regional Assembly the are Assemblymen in legal terms.How can a president of sovereign country go and address regional assembly the MPs the in other word are assemblyme ...
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  • john mahama 8 years ago

    the scottish parliament's is like a state parliament's or Regional Assembly the are Assemblymen in legal terms.How can a president of sovereign country go and address regional assembly the MPs the in other word are assemblyme ...
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  • COMMON SENSE 8 years ago

    The Scottish mp s who behaved in that manner behaved as though their minds have been perverted by 'unreasonable obsession' for gayism and lesbianism.

  • Des 8 years ago

    See photo of them sitting like bored school children in gallery then say all was good?

  • Seesw 8 years ago

    Look st video on myjoyonline hardly any if 129 msps there and it is in a small conference room not parliament main part. Plus the address of thank you went to president and "the first lady of Ghana". And the msp looked at Han ...
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  • Bill, china 8 years ago

    how on earth will a man marry another man and be living with him everyday? how?? serous psychosexual disorders.. There's a limit to every right. this disgraceful and enbarrassing
    sexual madness should remain there! all scot ...
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  • Brogya 8 years ago

    Ghana does not need a two-faced president like Mahama. I would have been happy to hear the response of a pragmatic leader like Mugabe on this abhorrent behaviour of the Scot MPs who have definitely lost my respect. They shoul ...
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  • Adu Boah 8 years ago

    Did President Mahama ever say he was going to accept their suggestions. President Mahama is a cultural man and understands the cultural and religious state of the nation and will never bow to such abomination. President Maham ...
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  • Kwame USA 8 years ago

    If that's the case then no foreign AID money from Europe or America to Ghana

  • ROGUE LAWYER 8 years ago

    Ghana WONT ACCEPT ANY AID WITH STRINGS- THAT WAS THE DECISION FROM OUR LATE PRESIDENT MILLs ghanaians hold that statement in a high esteem

  • KOTOKO 8 years ago

    THE WORSE ONE IS THE GHANANATION.COM THEY PUBLISH INAPPROPRIATE VIDEOS FOR KIDS. IS A SHAME COMMUNICATION MINISTER IS WATCHING THIS AND WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING.

  • ROGUE LAWYER 8 years ago

    stupid people of scotish blood nonsense , we also as a country has law which if they think they are democrats should also respect us as a nation.

    why do you arrested cocaine and marijuana users in your country if you th ...
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  • DAGADOO,NY,NY 8 years ago

    What is all this BS about "this nonsense". Whose rights must over ride the other? BS!! Nobody dictates moral or constitutional issues of Ghana to Ghanaians. Let us handle or mishandle our own affairs.Who said that!? PRESIDENT ...
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  • CAMERA NO LIE 8 years ago

    THE BRITSH ARE DIPLOMATIC, BUT THE SCOTTISH TELL THE TRUTH.

    ITS THE DEGREE OF EXAGERATION. WE SAW DIFFERENTLY.

    STAN CAN BE CHARGED FOR ASSAULT

  • ROGUE LAWYER 8 years ago

    YOU BETTER UPGRADE YOURSELF WITH SECURITY DETAILS OF A PRESIDENT WHEN IT COMES TO MORAL AND EMOTIONAL SENSITIVITY , that journalist need to be arrested for forcing his way near to the president, dont forget Osama bin laden gr ...
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  • indiica 8 years ago

    you call in our president to maltreat him and you call that overly stated.so call well known people

  • Marcus Chris Lawson 8 years ago

    If their protest was about the discrimination of those who abuse the tenets and cornerstone of the bible, how do we reconcile their hostility within the broader context of prejudice and discrimination
    These shameless English ...
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  • kk, uk 8 years ago

    SCOTTISH MPs ARE ANIMALS WHO DON'T THINK. WOULD THEY BE IN EXISTENCE IF THEIR PARENTS WERE GAYS/LESBIENS? STUPID IDIOTS OF YOU WHITE BEASTS WHO CLAIMED TO BE MORE RATIONALS THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

  • Koo 8 years ago

    What is wrong with this Benjamin? He always pokes his nose to everything in this country. I don't know whay he always wants ti comment on every issue in this country. Let me chronicle the list...from Obinin, GFA, Shatta Wales ...
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  • JOE MENSAH SEATTLE, WA U S 8 years ago

    this should not be problem that will hurts the president or Ghana image like mr president u stood firmly on yr grounds and doctrine about gay rights. if the would not allows u in the country because their country is gay count ...
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  • Adjo 8 years ago

    IT IS CLEAR THESE ARE NPP PROPAGANDA.

  • KHAKI 8 years ago

    JON BENJAMIN SEEMS TO BE INTERFERING IN GHANAIAN INTERNAL POLITICS, IS HE THE SPOKESMAN FOR JOHN MAHAMA?

  • THE CRUSADER 8 years ago

    Benjamin but should shut up,Ghana can never be a gay country a we prefere polygamy to that stupidity the eyesore of the creater ,sasAfric,should keep its stand period by his grace,

  • Whatever 8 years ago

    We will take you up on your word

  • Whatever 8 years ago

    running with lies about the president shows how shameless the NPP is

  • kwame 8 years ago

    The scotish can go to hell. Our culture frowns on homosexuality and they can not compel us accept it.

  • Africa Man 8 years ago

    Jon Benjamin can't u mind your business.