Ghana losing $9.9m to AMERI monthly

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  • Foreigner 9 years ago

    In ghana, everything is political. I know this story has been posted by the NPP and is written with a slant in their favour. HOWEVER, look at the facts. The cost to produce electricity in Ghana is so much higher..Why? Busine ...
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  • GhanaMan 9 years ago

    ivory coast came out of war to produce enough electricity with surplus for ghana even at cheaper rate.

    ghana currently is an oil drilling nation whilst ivory coast is not .

    ndc should not even be allowed to contest elec ...
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  • Skizzy 9 years ago

    This whole Ameri gas contract stinks to high heaven. When you have a bunch of politicians who only think of contracts as a way of lining up their already bulging pockets then that's exactly the kind of mind boggling contract ...
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  • RUTH 9 years ago

    ...... Oooooooohhhhhh Ghanaians, NDC IS really destroying the......... Unprecedented dumsor, unemployment rate plus high Ghana indebtedness will vote ndc out of power in 2016 elections...... NDC deceives rural areas with bore ...
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  • kk 9 years ago

    When you have fools signing contracts they don't understand that what happens. The nation bleeds to death. And Fools will continue to vote for them. They say a country deserves the gov't they have. When there are too many ill ...
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  • willie 9 years ago

    This is a wicked and evil administration who came to steal,kill and destroy just like Satan. John Mahama and his people will not blink a second stealing from a dead orphan. But there is time for everything..what will a man ge ...
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  • Ebenezer 9 years ago

    Jesus Christ! Really?

  • Nana Antwi 9 years ago

    Mahama and his ministers are too fond of contracts that enrich contract holders and penalise government financially. Why? The only reason can be to keep the cash flowing like water

  • ssa 9 years ago

    The gas supply problem is less than a week and Ghana is already losing $9.9m a month? Daily Guide must ome again

  • RUTH 9 years ago

    ...... Ghanaians are watching real evil at work in governance through the ndc government.... NDC deceives rural areas with bore holes and proudly boasts of winning next election because villagers only care about bore holes an ...
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  • sharp point 9 years ago

    Maths fool maths

  • atwei 9 years ago

    The gas supply problem is more than two months. Your govt does not tell the truth. Uncle John is always stammering with lies. It is good Daily Guide reminds us of the AMERI deal and how much we are paying. Whether it is on ...
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  • Papa Bissue 9 years ago

    The Ameri contract is one of the standard methods adopted in the power industry. A generator (IPP) installs the generators and gets paid a tolling fee for making the machines available. This is to recover the capital investme ...
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  • RUTH 9 years ago

    ..... NDC deceives rural areas with bore holes and proudly boasts of winning next election because villagers only care about bore holes and graded feeder roads, meanwhile ndc thieves are busy ripping Ghanaians off.... Our kid ...
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  • sharp point 9 years ago

    Papa B issue. You are wrong. CONTRACT does not have to be standard. It is an agreement between 2 parties. The contract is governed by its terms. THIS CONTRACT HAS BAD TERMS FOR GHANA. ANOTHER WAY FOR NEW TO STEAL FROM US. ...
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  • Kaert 9 years ago

    Very good article . AMERI was set up by that sheik (a rich man by the way) but a horrendous CROOK (Alah I am sure will deal with him one day) anyway set up specifically to screw Ghana . He is making personally excluding any b ...
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  • RUTH 9 years ago

    Now because of tribalism and ethnocentrism, JOHNMAHAMA doesn't mind looting the state because he's assured of his biased tribalistic voters who disregard performance.... Hahahaaaa ide biiiiiiii Keke thieves in government blee ...
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  • kwe 9 years ago

    What is the electricity supply to the communities in Cote Di Voire? it is thirty percent but in Ghana ,we re doing more than eighty percent. So when it comes to generation power. Ghana is far ahead of it's peers in West Afri ...
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  • Derek Sangari 9 years ago

    Really, when prudence is thrown out what has it got to do with NPP. When this government has made poor decisions and not taken into account the people of Ghana you have a nerve to say NPP. Is NPP the ruling government. It is ...
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  • Big Dadi 9 years ago

    That is why you people are living in darkness. You allow such stupid and idiotic Mahama to deceive you. Even while you are living in darkness, Mahama promises you 24 hours of light and since you are a fool, you still believe ...
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  • GOD HATES PRIDE 9 years ago

    HOW ON EARTH CAN NDC -KINDOM OF DARKNESS PRODUCE LIGHT?????? GHANA WILL NEVER SEE LIGHT IF WE DONT LIFT UP THE UMBREELA AND THROW IT AWAY SOMEWHERE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE KINDOM OF LIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY TO COME TO GHANA ---NDDC ...
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  • Ghana is sick ! 9 years ago

    Are we not mental patients as a country?

  • Say the TRUTH 9 years ago

    UPON HAVING A VERY BAD CONTRACT SIGNED BY THIS DOOMED DAMNED NDC/MAHAMA REGIME THE COST OF THEIR ENERGY PRODUCTION IS KILLING COMPARATIVELY AND WE ARE ALSO DEFAULTING IN OUR ENERGY VITAL COMPONENTS SUPPLLIES!!
    Cheap power fr ...
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  • KKD 9 years ago

    Ghanaian politicians are all alike. They come I to government with the sole purpose of lining their pockets. We need a strong honest leader who can control his ministers. Nana is not it, and neither is JDM. Ghana is fucked

  • The Analysts 9 years ago

    Lets get the facts right. 9.9m a month, is what is being used to recover the investment made. We Ghanaians are responsible for providing the fuel to run these machines. If we have failed to do so, lets make sure the blame is ...
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  • DUNSOR IS BACK 9 years ago

    OH BOY - NEVER THOUGHT OUR LEADER WILL SIGNED SUCH AN BAD AGREEMENT LOSING 10 MILLION A MONTHLY 120 MILLION A YEAR .

  • KnYc(USMC) 9 years ago

    When you have stupid people signing agreement which doesn't favor the country nor the people in Ghana but their own personal interest. Ndc propaganda government led by his killer founding father and corrupt JJ Raw shit. What ...
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  • atwei 9 years ago

    This AMERI business is really a serious con strategy to milk us dry. The president has no ideas. His ministers are clueless and have no morals. Even if the ECG is sold, the investor will make no profit because at the end o ...
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  • Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago

    We got to the level of foolishness in Ghana decades ago when we sat around as other nations with less sunshine in a 24 hour period than most African nations got on supplemental energy sources.

    Yes there are industries and ...
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  • Kwaku Carl 9 years ago

    MY GOODNESS!

  • Nebucadenezar 9 years ago

    Ghana is being raped in the anus and vagina , left right centre by politicians. A drive through Ghana will show poverty all over the place. The incompetence and mismanagement is just too much. The worst we,the populace can to ...
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  • 8888888888888 9 years ago

    NPP AND THEIR LIES. STILL THIS WILL NOT HELP DWARFY TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA.

  • inercycl 9 years ago

    That Donkor former energy minister should be arrested... immediately! Or later...time will tell

  • K Mensah 9 years ago

    ssa, it appears you don't understand simple English.

  • K Mensah 9 years ago

    Papa bissue, don't throw dust into our eyes. This Ameri contract is scandalous. It is of no benefit to Ghana.

  • Abeiku SW 2 9 years ago

    And the Sports Minister is talking about spending 1 million dollars on the Black Stars ... at least they are doing a job

  • Shamo 9 years ago

    GHANA NEEDS ONE MORE CLEAN UP, LIKE JUNE 4 1979.KWMAE NKURMAH ERROR,GHANAIAN'S ALWAYS THINK THEY KNOWN EVERYTHING BUT NOT.WHY DON'T GHANA GOVERNMENT CALL THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO HELP FIND A SOLUTION TO THE AKOSOMBO DAM, BE ...
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  • pinado 9 years ago

    Oh Ghana fucking negotiations of p

  • VOTE MAHAMA AND THE USELESS NDC OUT 9 years ago

    Mahama and NDC are behind this looting and Share AMERI DEAL. People have to face the law. Those who are involved. Have to pay the prize. Thief's and Fools.

  • Kwaku Accra 9 years ago

    If 1kw of solar power currently sells at 50cents why can't the government help individual home owners acquire solar panels on their roofs to produce power into the grid during the day which can be used cheaply by barbers, tai ...
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  • asem 9 years ago

    why should we waste soo much money?