President Mahama writes: My manifesto is all about putting people first

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Kwasi Ajin 7 years ago

Liar did you put Doctors teachers farmers first? JJ is mad at you

Liar did you put Doctors teachers farmers first? JJ is mad at you
Dessie 7 years ago

If JDM put all the money in those aforementioned pocket and if they don't "cut coat" according to their size it will end up nothing

If JDM put all the money in those aforementioned pocket and if they don't "cut coat" according to their size it will end up nothing
Francis kwarteng 7 years ago

Mmmm!

What can I say? You have spoke.

The people will decide.

Thanks Mr. President.

Mmmm!

What can I say? You have spoke.

The people will decide.

Thanks Mr. President.
K. Badu,UK. 7 years ago

Well, Mr President, your best is not enough.

Well, Mr President, your best is not enough.
Alex 7 years ago

What does that pleonasm mean? It matter not to some of us, it is a mere literary prolixity and nothing else.

What does that pleonasm mean? It matter not to some of us, it is a mere literary prolixity and nothing else.
KELLICS 7 years ago

You have done tremendous developement despite the numerous challenges.....that is an enviable track record! you stand tall amongst your competitors....you are simply the best!

You have done tremendous developement despite the numerous challenges.....that is an enviable track record! you stand tall amongst your competitors....you are simply the best!
Alex 7 years ago

Bloody 'nodding yes man'. Tell me, if you are not a sycophant, what and who are you? Are you a bootlicker? A parasite or what?

If you are indeed a reflective thinker, you would have realised that President Mahama has coll ...
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Bloody 'nodding yes man'. Tell me, if you are not a sycophant, what and who are you? Are you a bootlicker? A parasite or what?

If you are indeed a reflective thinker, you would have realised that President Mahama has collapsed Ghana's economy. In fact, it is only a guzzler who will eulogize laid-back Mahama for supposedly improving Ghana's fortunes.
Kwabena Yeboah 7 years ago

Mr. President, I am glad you chose this forum to make your pitch for another term in office. It may or may not surprise you that some of us in this forum are more cognitively adroit than the run of the mill average Ghanaian w ...
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Mr. President, I am glad you chose this forum to make your pitch for another term in office. It may or may not surprise you that some of us in this forum are more cognitively adroit than the run of the mill average Ghanaian who attend your rallies. You should therefore be prepared to hear somethings you have not heard before from your NDC apparatchiks because over in this forum it is no hold bars - we say what we want to say without fear or favour in the spirit of self expression as encoded in our Constitution.

First of all, your opening paragraph gives you up as someone who lacks attention to detail assuming you wrote this yourself, because your expression that we are being caught up in 'details' and your exhortation that we look at the 'big picture' are contextually oxymoronic, because 'big picture' and 'details' mean the same thing. You cannot juxtapose one with another.

You posed the question: What is Ghana? Those of us who can answer the question would say that Ghana is a Republic and a democracy. What this means is that, there is 1) law; 2) order; and 3) good government. This is our democratic credentials, which we in a democracy must live by. I bet this is probably the first time you are hearing this narrative about democracy, because the vision you set forth (if any) did not include, law, order, and good government. Mr. President, are you presiding over a democratic country that exhibits all three tenets of democracy? Do law and order permeate Ghana's democracy, and moreso good government? What business do you have as President of a democracy commuting the sentences of the Montie 3 criminals who mounted the airwaves to threaten the lives of Justices of the Supreme Court? Most democracies thrive on strong democratic institutions, such as the Judiciary, Parliament, Electoral Commission, Ghana Bar Association, etc., etc. Teach your NDC apparatchiks to respect these institutions because without them, there is no democracy. What about putting strains on the hooligans in the NDC youth wing? It is your responsibility to maintain order in our democracy, you know.

Your government boasts of massive infrastructure in the country. In case you do not know, or not aware, infrastructure financing is a Keynesian (Sir John Maynard Keynes) economic philosophy to fight or arrest unemployment, and also boost aggregate demand and spurn economic activities in the country. Many countries have successfully applied this philosophy to reduce unemployment and increase aggregate demand. An recent example is the US after the 2008 financial meltdown. The US under Obama has created thousands of jobs using the Keynesian approach, whereas in Ghana, Mr. President, graduates can't find jobs and youth unemployment is prohibitively high. Is this government?

Time will not allow me to go into detail why I think your government's retention in power would be a disaster for the country. Nonetheless, I wish you godspeed!!!
Alex 7 years ago

Well said Mr Yeboah.

Anyway, Mr President, some of us would like you to address all the bribery and corruption scandals hanging around your neck. What do you have to say about the alleged Armajaro scandal, the Djibril Kana ...
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Well said Mr Yeboah.

Anyway, Mr President, some of us would like you to address all the bribery and corruption scandals hanging around your neck. What do you have to say about the alleged Armajaro scandal, the Djibril Kanazoe's Ford Expedition gift, STS housing deal, SUBA Info Solutions, SADA etc.

Some of us will never accept any thing either than a full and satisfied explanations on the scandals enumerated above.

Mind you, Mr President, corruption is serious hindrance to economic advancement and to a large extent a breach on citizens human rights. For corruption destroys lives.

In fact, the scandals are many but for time and space, I have only delineated a few here. Address them, Mr President.

Many thanks.
1 Loaf 7 years ago

Mr president, l know you have done your best for Ghana's democracy. You have an amazing absorbing power, all the vilification , l mean.
You have 'cooked' Ghana and now that it's 'done' they are using your brother Bawumia, ...
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Mr president, l know you have done your best for Ghana's democracy. You have an amazing absorbing power, all the vilification , l mean.
You have 'cooked' Ghana and now that it's 'done' they are using your brother Bawumia, to turn you into a villain so they can hang you.
My prayer is that all discerning Ghanaians stay you you in faith and give you another four years
But Mr president, what is disturbing is how some technocrats who have long retired are brought back to head ministries thereby denying younger and more dynamic brains the opportunity to drive these important institutions. Why is Ing. Boamah still at post at the ministry for food and agriculture?
Kofi Boat. Kaduna, Nigeria. 7 years ago

In your previous manifesto where did you put people?

In your previous manifesto where did you put people?
Nsia 7 years ago

Your opponents will not admit it but there are 15.1 million people in the Ivory Coast without access to electricity out of their 23 million population. In Nigeria, the figure is 95.5 million out of 186 million population.The ...
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Your opponents will not admit it but there are 15.1 million people in the Ivory Coast without access to electricity out of their 23 million population. In Nigeria, the figure is 95.5 million out of 186 million population.The figure in Ghana is 7.3 million out of 27 million.Ours is not the best but you are doing your utmost. Countries such as Uganda, DR Congo,Burkina Faso, Ethiopia etc are not worth talking about. These are world bank and IMF figures/data. You are doing remarkably well even though I do not support NDC nor NPP. I wish you all the best! Rome was not built in a day. Please, be extremely tough on "Galamseyers" because they are destroying the ECO SYSTEM. Pay particular attention to the Western Region in terms of infrastructure.To be honest, Pres, ID Cards are not necessary when people are in dire need of potable water and other basic human essentials.It has not made Burkina or Togo richer neither does it stop crime or terrorism.
Teiko 7 years ago

Unmitigated Corruption, disregard for the Rule of Law, Impunity, Cronyism, Creating, Looting and Sharing of Ghana's resources have been the hallmark of your Presidency. Its been a painful journey with you as President, as you ...
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Unmitigated Corruption, disregard for the Rule of Law, Impunity, Cronyism, Creating, Looting and Sharing of Ghana's resources have been the hallmark of your Presidency. Its been a painful journey with you as President, as your family,friends and cronies have been the biggest beneficiaires of your rule; not the ordinary Ghanaian. Please go in peace.
Mr Bond 7 years ago

Folks president John Dramani Mahama who put people first steal school girls sanitary pads money approved by parliament and sponsored world bank and the president turn around to steal the money so girls has to go out to trade ...
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Folks president John Dramani Mahama who put people first steal school girls sanitary pads money approved by parliament and sponsored world bank and the president turn around to steal the money so girls has to go out to trade sex to get money to buy sanitary pads so they can stay in class and learn and due to the president John Dramani Mahama action and inaction of stealing the sanitary pads money as a result 414 school girls got pregnant and that is putting people's first and so is collapse NHIS so people can't give healthcare is his people first.Folks president John Dramani Mahama sold your pension to his brother so that he can buy Benz that cost $1 million because he put people first and NDC people first.
Jack 7 years ago

Thanks for putting families and cronies first and the ordinary Ghanaian who made you a President is suffering.7th Dec. will tell

Thanks for putting families and cronies first and the ordinary Ghanaian who made you a President is suffering.7th Dec. will tell
Wontumi (London) 7 years ago

Hurray! All meaningful Ghanaians, you can see and smell from what the president had put down in writing clearly that, God in his own wisdom, had re-incanated the spirit to make Ghana the best in Africa, which was first besto ...
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Hurray! All meaningful Ghanaians, you can see and smell from what the president had put down in writing clearly that, God in his own wisdom, had re-incanated the spirit to make Ghana the best in Africa, which was first bestowed in Dr kwame Nkrumah, is now in the full gear by the peoples president JDM. Let us all help him in any small way we can to make this ower dear country Ghana, prosperous.# Forward ever, Backwards never. No ma yen nyinaa som na Ghana ereko nanim. God bless Ghana, God bless Dr. President JDM.
Eric 7 years ago

Thief!! you are going jail as soon as you leave the Flagstaff House. You are the deveil himself. Buffoon!!

Thief!! you are going jail as soon as you leave the Flagstaff House. You are the deveil himself. Buffoon!!

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