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Presidents, Veeps should not accept gifts – Prof. Adei

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  • NANA KOFI 7 years ago

    Mahaani must be impeached!

  • insight to the bone 7 years ago

    The country has been mismanaged for so long that the only way to rest affairs and put things in the right direction is unfortunately through war . Our gold and all natural resources are of no benefit to the people despite ove ...
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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE ( OFIE! P33 ) 7 years ago

    AUTHOR : JAMES MANN------ - How does Omane Boamah explain these: 1. the preamble says, the contractor did a bid and did win the contract and he was introduced to the then Vice President who happens to be the present President ...
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  • Nowati 7 years ago

    When kuffour was busily accepting all sorts of gifts left right and centre, where was this stupid idiot so called prof was? The media is very stupid to entertain this pathetic fool. Our median men and women must be serious in ...
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  • NOBODY 7 years ago

    Ghanaians will not elect a clueless Akufo-Addo whose own NPP members have labeled him as "incompetent and a monumental failure". To compound matters for Akufo-Addo, he has no agenda, and he has also managed to turn his NPP in ...
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  • Kuffour 7 years ago

    You look at this animal what's he saying? You were collecting original bribes when you were the rector at gimpa you think we don't know you. Foolish man. JDM SHOULD START IMPLEMENTING DESPERATE MEASURES TO STOP ALL THIS NONSE ...
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  • Alhassan Walla 7 years ago

    Your stupid president can't do any 'foko'. Let the fool try any trick, and he will smell pepper. I dare him to bring it on, and morons, fools, ignoramuses and imbeciles of your execrable ilk who populate the despicable NDC wi ...
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  • Kofi 7 years ago

    Oh that is a good one for these imbeciles parading on this platform. The guy has erred period. If that constitute impeachment we don't know and this is not a country that the people may get justice against the wrong doings of ...
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  • rita 7 years ago

    I think u she respect urself on social media. The prof we all know is a principled man. Nobody can take that,away from him

  • JM 7 years ago

    Prez. JM try to follow Late Prez. Attah Mills method, NO GIFT OR AMPOAWO.

  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago

    Two men are sitting at a bar. One impeccably dressed in an Armani suit the other in his work clothes. The business man turns to the other and says " I bought my wife a brand new BMW and a 5 carat diamond for mother's day" The ...
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  • James Awotwe-Braun 7 years ago

    I just read the same 'toli' somewhere some few seconds ago! It become boring when you pour the same stuff everywhere.

  • Sogmeh 7 years ago

    He is a plagiarist. I have stopped reading him long agop

  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago

    IF I CAN PARK A CAR FOR FREE AT VALET,WHY SHOULD I WASTE MY TIME LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPACE.
    i KNOW THOUSANDS OF JOKES AND I CAN TELL THE JOKES. IF I WANT TO COVER EVERY TOPIC ON GHANAWEB,DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG ITS GOING TO T ...
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  • Bbb 7 years ago

    Mahama has failed and faulted by receiving the second hand USED CAR,soo cheap as GORO.

  • jam 7 years ago

    Kuffuor, you and your entire family are stupid fools. Am sure you have your brains at the wrong side inside your head. Do you have the likes of Prof Addei in your entire family ? IDIOTIC FOOL

  • jam 7 years ago

    Kuffuor, you and your entire family are stupid fool. Am sure you don't have your brains at the right side inside your head. Have you the likes of Prof. Addei in your entire family. IDIOTIC FOOL

  • ATUAJOE 7 years ago

    NONSENSE! WE ARE NOT BIGGER THAN USA, UK OR EUROPE. LEADERS FROM ALL THIS DEMOCRACIES ACCEPT GIFTS.GIVE US A BRAKE PROFS.

  • James Awotwe-Braun 7 years ago

    We'll certainly give you a 'taya' (tyre) not a 'brake' (break)!

  • GBODZROMODO 7 years ago

    HYPOCRITE!

  • Mohammed Osman 7 years ago

    David if u are insulting prof u will see your wk

  • David 7 years ago

    What is this man saying? Was he in heaven when Kuffour and his people were receiving kickbacks right & left?Or is because ''pepeni''is involved? This oldman should give us a brake!

  • Dr. Daniel A cka hMr. Prat, 7 years ago

    Adei, What is your logic in saying that President and the Vice President should not accept Gifts? Former President Flt. Lt., said recently that the so called intellectuals are indeed, useless. This is one of the useless intel ...
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  • dave 7 years ago

    When you were the rector for gimpa, u were accepting gifts left right center. Did that influence yr judgment? Check yrself

  • Atoo 7 years ago

    folks, certain people in this country perceived to know it all may after all not be that. this man has never made sense in any public discourse before. Are presidents not human beings? why only presidents? are gifts and bribe ...
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  • CHE 7 years ago

    To the extent that the huge gift that
    President Mahama received ignominiously has subsumed his bereavement by his mother, this matter is of serious consequence in an election year and will have dire implications.

  • Paul 7 years ago

    The motorcycle the President is using is also a gift.

    This one, it was not added to the Presidential fleet!

  • Adako 7 years ago

    Professor u have been given the opportunity to speak the truth but u have been economical.

  • Prof Lungu 7 years ago

    They ought to be able to accept --. if they account for the gift publicly, and directly turn over the gift to the People of Ghana.

  • Prof. A.K.Appiah 7 years ago

    Gift-giving is a natural process in life. The politicians therefore, can receive gifts however, those gifts should in turn be given back to the state.

  • RUTH 7 years ago

    JOHNMAHAMA only ensured the Burkinabe contractor was overpaid, and the Burkinabe contractor also paid back to JOHNMAHAMA by gifting him the Ford vehicle...... Thieves thieves in government blind to the pains of the poor Ghana ...
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  • Paul 7 years ago

    It is a big disgrace to Ghana for the president to accept gifts. It cannot happen in advanced countries, NEVER

  • samuel azumah 7 years ago

    not everything the president and the vice do should be reported.the car went through custom checks.why was is that it was not reported then.did manasseh interview the president why he received the car.did manasesh talk to the ...
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  • FIADOR 7 years ago

    who never take a gift on this earth? you people should stop disturbing your self and think foward.

  • RUTH 7 years ago

    It's a bribe for contracts at dubiously highest prices and sole sourcing..... SCRATCH MY BACK I SCRATCH YOUR BACK....

  • RUTH 7 years ago

    Ghanaians are ready to kick off this ndc government which is so full of shameless opportunists who dupe Ghanaians big time while we wallow in abject poverty....

  • Agonaba 7 years ago

    Is a "thank you gift" a no no?

  • VOICE OF REASON 7 years ago

    For trying very hard to defend his boss who has been exposed big time as a shitty corrupt buffoon....the only honourable thing left for this buffoon to do if he has any iota of shame is to step down as demanded by Nduom and c ...
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  • Whatever 7 years ago

    He's CLEAN

  • Samson 7 years ago

    That is your opinion prof, but unfortunately it carries no weight. Even the most powerful president in the world Barack Obama accepts gifts and those before him have also accepted gifts. They are humans like all of us. Why do ...
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  • VOICE OF REASON 7 years ago

    No ifs no buts.No amount of propaganda and damage limitation exercise by Ndc apparatchiks will save this buffoon.The die is cast and he is mortally damaged and irreparably disgraced.No one respects him now.He shd just step do ...
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  • Your business is my business 7 years ago

    Even King Solomon took a gift
    You fail this time Prof. Adei

  • samuel azumah 7 years ago

    this gift case about the president is dead.ndc,go and preach the good works you have done and plan to do to the people.

  • apuuuu 7 years ago

    The question is when should the government or administration report a gift this gift had been received and thanks since 2012 until now something is not right if the investigation had not been lunch ...
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  • Blackstar babe 7 years ago

    Mr. President the is an election coming. Unless you do not want win accept gifts.

  • Kofi 7 years ago

    This old geezer is the biggest gift taker as a rector of gimpa. Today he wants to play holy

    The problem with Ghana is everything is stealing, taking bribes, corrupting and scheming but pretends they are some holy folks. S ...
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  • tiger 7 years ago

    it is nonsense to say that presidents do not accept gifts.it showa how ignorant some people about the world politics.Should this learned proferssor be able to afford it he should visit the white house and ask to be shown the ...
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  • Kojo 7 years ago

    I can't believe Ghanaians have now scooped so low that they cannot distinguish between RIGHT and WRONG. It's always who belongs to what party.
    This is real simple and clear as water and not clear as mud. If the "gift" had co ...
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  • Luze 7 years ago

    Every one knows you, you call yourself prof, they should not accept gift because they are not human beings. Tell me whether you have never accept gift before in your life. God punish you.

  • INDIAN SPRITUALIST IN GHANA 7 years ago

    hi there is indian spritualist in the wold call for all spritual problem money charm locket
    and knws that this year is for the lord lucifer a lot will happen in 2016 just calculate
    666+666+666+6+6+6 give the answer is ...
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  • JOHN 7 years ago

    IN GHANA TODAY, WE HAVE SO MANY FAKE PROFESSORS WHO BOUGHT THEIR DEGREES OUTSIDE GHANA. THEY THINK THEY ALWAYS MUST BE HEARD IN SOCIETY AND FEELS IMPORTANT THAN OUR FARMERS WHO TOIL TO TILL THE LAND TO FEED US

  • anyemi 7 years ago

    Mr. Adei, are you really a Prof.? If heads of states should not accept gifts, the should a person or governments wishing to give gifts to Ghana, go to the ordinary citizen in the street to give him/her the gift for Ghana? Th ...
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  • SIMPLY GEORGE 7 years ago

    Professional bribe takers condemning others of accepting gifts is totally abominable. I wouldn't even mind to see a hen condemning the president for receiving a gift but to see professional bribe takers doing it, sounds lik ...
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  • Kiku 7 years ago

    One police man told me that now they don't take 5GH anymore because president Mahama is taken millions of Ghana Cedis which is on record why 5GH to police it is 10GH now

  • sumaila,madina old road 7 years ago

    absolute. interlectual dishonesty

  • kutsii 7 years ago

    This plagiarised criminal beast 'Prof' Adei says wetin? Stealing others work and calling it his own was exposed big time to his shame and disgrace.

    If this NPP moron thinks his ugly lion face with hard jaws , red eyes and ...
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  • Yussif 7 years ago

    The presidency through their response think they re covering up because I ll be very surprised if anybody in government can boldly come out to say the president was wrong or its conflicts of interest and resign,Omane Boamah c ...
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  • Akwasi Kwarteng, London 7 years ago

    My dear prof, please know what is a spoon and what is a spade. You cannot convince me that you don't know what Mahama has done to give it a name.

  • Sulemana 7 years ago

    When a chief barber's his head what do you want his followers to ,then he sit there and says he is fighting corruption he should give us a break

  • Ken 7 years ago

    Can an ordinary person accept a gift from the President? Can Church Pastors also accept gifts? Does it mean that if l accept a gift today and in 20 years time become the President of Ghana l have compromise my integrety ? Or ...
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  • Frank 7 years ago

    I took a gift to Church today and the Pastor accepted it. Is it corruption?