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Ghana spent $450,000 to transport troops to The Gambia - Dominic Nitiwul

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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 7 years ago

    AUTHOR: ISSA ABONGO--------- WHAT IS THIS NDC THIEF SAYING NOW????? THE NDC PARTY HAS CAUSED THE DENIAL OF FREE EDUCATION TO MILLIONS OF CHILDREN IN GHANA OVER EIGHT WASTED, CORRUPT YEARS. WHAT IS THIS NDC BLABBER MOUTH NOW S ...
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  • Tay 7 years ago

    You see how foolish NDC was? The money given to Woyome alone could have transported the soldiers 150 times. This is how stupid and useless and brainless mahama and the NDC was. Only fools still think NDC is a party and will c ...
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  • sam 7 years ago

    i can see u are rather very brainless n stupid....

  • Black 7 years ago

    Unarmed robbers the money is too much

  • Francis 7 years ago

    Transporting troops all over the world is very expensive because of their special nature. No problem.

  • Tilayoo 7 years ago

    That was a stupid dicision to transport trops to start a war in another country. If the trops were for peace keeping that would have been a great move but sending an invassion force to The Gambia was such a terrible blunder. ...
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  • Nii Teiko 7 years ago

    You cannot spend the people's money like that. We have navy ships that could have transported the 200 troops and their teabofr3 rifles for free. So how come you spen that huge money ? How could we have funded the troops if BA ...
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  • Oye Onye Kwasi Atta 7 years ago

    I taught NPP said there's no money in coffers? So where did this money come from

  • Abor)nny3 7 years ago

    From wo maame twem

  • Captain Akolgo Northern command 7 years ago

    Kwasi,this is what it's called defense budget,some of these situations are anticipated in military situation and funds allotted are used,They don't go to the finance ministry for money in these occasions

  • sam 7 years ago

    stupid so u mean to say defence budget doesn't come from national treasury? It the defence ministry did business from which some monies are kept for things like this....
    some people think they know too much to correct others ...
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  • AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

    These three thieves are some way ooo. They started looting in surreptitious manner

  • Mansahvi 7 years ago

    To transport troops is always expensive. That is why the AU is toothless and cannot keep any peace mission any where. Congratulations Nana. The foolish silly dead goat would have told us that he used 25 million dollars. May t ...
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  • QUEENIE-PARIS 7 years ago

    iDIOT WHAT DID THE DO IN GAMBIA ?YOUR PARENTS ARE THE SILLY DEAD ANIMALS IDIOT

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 7 years ago

    Thieves have assumed the office of governance. Bloody scoundrels in government

  • ghanaman 7 years ago

    The figure given by the Defence Minister breaks down to about $2250 per soldier for transport only!

  • Kwaku Gyau 7 years ago

    WELL DONE NITIWUL.IF IT IS NDC,THEY WILL COME AND TELL GHANIANS THAT THEY HAVE SPENT 2MILLION AND SHARE THE REST..

  • sam 7 years ago

    Wooww!!!! that comes too around 2200 dollars per soldier or 100 million cedis as transport from Ghana to Gambia?
    insanity !!!!!!!!! What has Ghana do to politicians

  • Kofi 7 years ago

    What the Minister should have explained better is that the money was not only used to transport the soldiers but also their weapons and specialised equipment. Think about it: if you are going to a potential combat situation, ...
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  • thiefghanadwarfprez 7 years ago

    Mr. Defense Minister, NPP's Invincible Forces are more competent,well-trained and can achieve rapid results.
    Send them to Syria to fight ISIS and the whole world will know that Nana is the best prez and NPP the best party.
    ...
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  • Boycott Ecowas 7 years ago

    This is stupidity!!! What is the use for African Union and the Ecowas? Wy should any country bear it´s own cost?We should not have been there at all. It´s this same Gambians killed some Ghanaians for no apparent reason.

  • NON-ALIGNED 7 years ago

    OH! GHANA???? This is what we spent to transport our troops and how much was spent on keeping them there?

    I bet these troops who could have sacrificed their LIVES got less than the pampered and unpatriotic Black Star playe ...
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  • Agyemang 7 years ago

    Even the NDC could never have released such outrageous figures,this is shameful,$2200 per soldier,wonders will never end

  • SHAMO 7 years ago

    MONEY CAN NOT BUY HUMANS, SO THAT IS OK, AFRICANS HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN MAN POWER SOMETIMES TO BRING PEACE AND UNITY,

  • GPS 7 years ago

    how many boreholes can this money produce for entire villages, and towns?

  • MenayeAFUAforiwa 7 years ago

    President Akufo Addo should let Ghanaians know who leads Ghana. He or Mahama?