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Otabil, Adei dine with Ofori-Atta over 2017 budget

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  • ORKORDIE 7 years ago

    At least somebody listened and Heritage fund is safe. This guy is risky anyway so please keep eyes on him.

  • Mike from Ho. 7 years ago

    Yes this capitalist who call themselves pastors now have their way. They are taking control of the economy and make more money from us. That is why he HATES NDC so much. We are in trouble. Ghanaians let us be watchful oo.

  • Abigi 7 years ago

    Capitalism has moved us from old antiquated societies into this modern day society. For past 50 years can you imagine the number of societies that have moved from abject poverty free of common diseases and famine to where we ...
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  • Tee 7 years ago

    Abigi, did you read my mind? Social democrats my foot. Where are they now? Riding their V8s bought for peanuts and taking trips to Dubai .

  • METWEEEEEW 7 years ago

    Everybody hates ndc except you in the ndc. Ndc will never come back,it is not Ghanaian. Our country has been destroyed by lowlife group of people who wanted to be rich over night,building a nation needs team work so the finan ...
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  • D DAY 7 years ago

    EXAMPLE ARE THE OKUJETO AND THE NDC INHERTENT TEAM B/SHARP TEETH WHO CAME WITH THE EVIL IDEA FROM MILLS CLASSROOM.

  • D DAY 7 years ago

    EXAMPLE ARE THE OKUJETO/BETTY MOULD AND THE NDC INHERTENT TEAM B/SHARP TEETH WHO CAME WITH THE EVIL IDEA OF LOOTING GHANA FROM MILLS CLASSROOM.

  • Babs 7 years ago

    Can't we borrow their knowledge on issues of national interest?we have to learn to back down sometimes on politics especially with issues of national interest.otabil is a respectable pastor and an entrepreneur and vice chan ...
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  • Papa Alajo 7 years ago

    His party is in power why don't he take a firm position to help them succeed.

  • Ed 7 years ago

    Your so called socialist NDC became the worst capitalists through stealing and looting our resources and. In the end left poor Ghanaians with empty pockets. At least with genuine capitalism people will be free to fill t ...
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  • Lori 7 years ago

    Do not bring your private matters into our matters. Wicked, ugly ChriFe man. If you know God why do you steal?

  • Benito. 7 years ago

    Lori you're so pathetic,youre that still has the stone age mentality, in the age of technology and innovation.We brains like Otabil and others whose credibility is unquestionable
    Do have proof he stole anything,Mr.lowlife.Ge ...
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  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
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  • reading comments 7 years ago

    why do u hate God so much my friend. is God so wicked to hv made you to live with d Ewe n d Northener

  • ver 7 years ago

    Stupid fool stupid akan kwasiaa who are you I blame your mother for given birth to you stupid man aboa let's see what your useless npp can do

  • Nana Okumkom Addo-Daquah 7 years ago

    Even using the akan word "kwasiaa & aboa " to insult the real Ghanaians that newly got their independence from InDi Amin Dramani Mahama & the Bastards followers like U..ain't U ashamed , Mr idiot ? U're the most useless asset ...
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  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
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  • Clifford 7 years ago

    Haaaahaaaaa

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • os 7 years ago

    you are an ndc man pretending to be an npp sympathiser. we are all Ghanaians. am an ewe but voted for npp. you think we did not see the JM stealing all over. pls give us a break. ndc need to sit up and stop propagander. we ne ...
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  • Old Tiger US 7 years ago

    Nice Os. You sound like my kind of guy. You don't mince or misappropriate words. You call a spade so people can either accept the truth or go grain the ocean. People need to sit up and think and not allow to be taken advantag ...
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  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • House of Commons 7 years ago

    NDC sore losers of the Ewe and Northern stripes, here is the truth for you: Akanfo agye yen Aban ! Accept and blend along. NDC as a party cannot take power without the support of the Akan South. Rawlings is gone no more guns ...
    read full comment

  • emeka 7 years ago

    do you actually have brain?

  • Okponglo Guy 7 years ago

    Block his IP

  • $AINT GHFUO, BLACK EXCELLENCE! 7 years ago

    CHURCH GOERS PAT TITHE SO WHY SHOULD CHURCHES ALSO PAY TITHE TO THE LAND/FLAG THEY DWELL UNDER. WHEN I BECOME PRESIDENT. MO B3 DWANE TO BURKINA

  • Anomy 7 years ago

    The church is not a business so in that case NGOs must first pay taxes too

  • Knockout 7 years ago

    Watch out

  • Alhaji 7 years ago

    Please include absorption if unemployed health workers in de budget. These young men and women are home doing nothing wasting human resources. Meanwhile their services are needed at various hospitals

  • Kaakie 7 years ago

    Hmmmm. I see. Otabil n them them. All their preaching n stuffs were geared towards Npp's victory. I see. Hope u make sure the change happens. tnx

  • Osahen 7 years ago

    Please, those of you heaping insults on the man of God must be careful,what wrong with the finance minister dinning with the man of God and discussing our annual budget?.Nobody sees you but, know God is watching .

  • KOFI WENCHI 7 years ago

    REMEMBER OTABIL TOLD GHANAIANS TO VOTE INTELLIGENTLY? ADEI CASTIGATED THE GOVT ON SO MANY ISSUES? THE INTELLIGENT GOVT IS HERE WORKING WITH INTELLIGENT PEOPLE. GOD IS GREAT AND GHANAIANS ARE WATCHING

  • GHANAWATCH 7 years ago

    A man of God who dabbles in politics contrary to Jesus'injunction to his followers not to dabble in politics.Otabil should be ashamed of himself for selling his conscience to the political establishment and using his cassock ...
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  • Xt 7 years ago

    Show me one Scripture that says Christians should not engage in politics... politics is one of the field God is interested most right from the old testament to the new please read your Bible before making false statements

  • Wiseman 7 years ago

    Bro, you shld read and learn, churches don't pay taxes so they can't engage in politics

  • Xt 7 years ago

    Churches don't pay taxis so are you saying Otabil doesn't pay tax as an individual.so all Christians should not vote or involve themselves in politics because they are Christians

  • Raymond Agbeli 7 years ago

    wiseman,these assholes are ignorant .they just comment for the sake of commenting.

  • Adusei Poku, Asankragwa 7 years ago

    Yes, but is that in the Bible? No.

  • Lori 7 years ago

    Otabil, making so called smart people foolish. Toxic Theology.

  • Tagoe 7 years ago

    Otabil just preached that Ghanaians like complaining. In 2017
    But 2007 and 2014 he preached that it was a leadership problem.

  • lucy 7 years ago

    hahahaaa ensem piiii

  • Xt 7 years ago

    Churches are made up of Christians who pay taxes as individuals and are free to engage in politics.Theres no ban on Christians or pastors voting or taking up political stands check your facts first

  • Benito. 7 years ago

    Your comments alone portrays you as very ignorant,.Do you read your Bible well??????

  • Joe 7 years ago

    Otabil is a card bearing member of npp.he with Martin amidu are two most biggest hypocrite in the world

  • totolia 7 years ago

    hmmmm!!. dined with Otabil and Adei!!! no wonder they campaigned for npp with attacks on ndc!! can't trust any of them when they speak!

  • JJ 7 years ago

    You can go to hell if you do trust any. Who cares. Ghana needs to move forward.

  • Bill 7 years ago

    Man success is yours. Go for it !! It's not about Otabil or Adei it's about picking the brains of entrepreneurs Bravo bravo keep it up.

  • Lori 7 years ago

    Ofori Atta is not an economist. He is not a doctor. He did not found Databank. He is a considerable fraud.

  • Blaque Marque 7 years ago

    Bravo. my friend:Picking the brains of entrepreneurs..... LOVE THAT!!!

  • Aduna 7 years ago

    The reality will made public so that the case of someone was wicked and didn't have the feeling of the ordinary Ghanaian shall be vindicated

  • commander 7 years ago

    Monitor the sermons of Otabil from now on and you will observe his langauge is going to soften until the NDC is back in power. Just observe him.

  • osofo NII Daako 7 years ago

    What was your pastor mr Ankrah of ahemfie church also doing for NDC?
    Was he not always casting insinuation on NANA ADDO in all his sermons.
    Go away you bastard

  • Ben 7 years ago

    Church must pay taxes, now and days people are runing churches as their business, important you math to preach well you can found a church free no taxes to pay and they are making money, look out there church premises they're ...
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  • Lori 7 years ago

    Failed in Gambia. Failed in Liberia.

  • NPPigs 7 years ago

    GIVE HIM BACK HIS DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT.

  • Akwasi 7 years ago

    What's wrong with pastor Mensah being Npp.He supports intelligent party.Do you know how many Ghanaians esp Ewe's Ga's and Ashanti's his university has helped?He is a generational thinker so why Won't he support free educatio ...
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  • Lori 7 years ago

    Do you know the money he has collected for his University?

  • Akwasi 7 years ago

    Can you compare the benefits to the money they paid?if you can't pay sit at home we will pay and enjoy the benefits

  • Tilayoo 7 years ago

    NPP is the most intelligent party in the world with a 3rd class certificateless, car ceasing leader potraying all die be die leadership. Intelligent party indeed!!

  • Rockson 7 years ago

    I am not into politics but my brother, cheep things are really costly I in particular is so afraid on the consequence of this free shs
    hmmm may God come into this

  • DCO 7 years ago

    A foolish priest and a fake professor.

  • TOGA 7 years ago

    Is it still a perception? Lord mind your sheep. Your shepperds are trully of this world!

  • Ghanaba 7 years ago

    Osofo politician now we are monitoring your sermon God never send you,stomach pastors you can never fool God like you fooling your church members,now we will address you as a politician but no more as a pastor.

  • Okanii ba Oduro who enjoyed training 7 years ago

    when will NDC people learn common sense that's why you are always called watchmen whilesAkans n the little ewes and northerners whose one way or the other married an akan with little knowledge are always called security men . ...
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  • True talk 7 years ago

    Why should we know that he sought counsel with otabil, isn't that a private matter. Is otabil an economist or is he a pastor.

  • Lori 7 years ago

    Ken the ugly dwarf, brother of the dwarf.

  • David 7 years ago

    well then why wont the church back offfffff,this carismatics guys nad co with their tithe claims not even 10% of nations budjet funds thus npp promises even tis time likye this tithes for the citizens

  • St 7 years ago

    What shame

  • Think 7 years ago

    What at all do we understand about the heritage fund? When the same money can give us the people we need?
    WHAT kind of leaders and people has this useless NDC produced?
    WHAT is wrong in consulting great minds? Africa will ...
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  • Sankofa 7 years ago

    Otabil and Adei show their true political colours!!

    Why did they never have a word with the previous admin? Would they not have listened?

    By the way, does Ofori-Atta know what he is doing? He appears to be unsure of how ...
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  • Abigi 7 years ago

    Knowledge does not come from an individual. What is wrong soliciting for IDEAS? You are very myopic.

  • Sankofa 7 years ago

    NPP are very deceptive. They deceived the electorate that they had answers to our problems.

    Now they are in power, they seem to be clueless and are drifting aimlessly.

    Nana Addo is the biggest conman we have known in o ...
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  • D DAY 7 years ago

    HAVE YOU SO SOON FORGOTTEN 'YENTIE OBIARA'

  • Osahen 7 years ago

    Those of you heaping insults on the man of god must be careful.What is wrong with the finance minister dinning and discussing our budget with the man of God.Nobody see what you are writing but, God is watching you.

  • HE Nii Amu First-Quao 7 years ago

    Yes,
    I'm thinking of Joseph who ran the Egyptian economy under Pharaoh and ran the first World Food Programme in his day. I'm also thinking of Daniel and his three friends who ran the economies of Assyria, Medo-Persia, Chald ...
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  • Kwasi 1 7 years ago

    What's so risky of thinking out of the box ....we tired of same same easy option approach of doing things ....meeting the WISE men to solicit views .is a step in the right direction. ..IS ONLY THE LAZY MAN DON'T TAKE RISK

  • Alfred, Abelemkpe , Accra. 7 years ago

    l hope the finance minister has taken into account salaries owed workers by the NDC government, especially teachers who were recruited or reengaged and were starved for many months and paid only 3 months salary arrears.

  • Joe . Columbus USA 7 years ago

    IS YOUR NPP MENSAH OTABIL NOW GOING TO ADVICE IT'S PUPPET GOV'T TO LET THE YOUTH INTO AGRIC, NOW THAT THE PARTY HE CAMPAIGN FOR IS IN POWER. OH PASTOR BANZA. SHAME

  • Human Right Activist 7 years ago

    Is it true? Why did he mention pastor Otabil name? Is pastor Otabil okay mentioning his name? Most complex animal on earth ie humanbeing,i hear Rawling prefer dogs because it intent could be easily seen & known. I will foreve ...
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  • Lori 7 years ago

    Otabil, the oxtail, begged. He wants to be like Duncan Williams.

  • Clifford 7 years ago

    Otabil is now an Economist. Wonderful!!!!!

  • crusader 7 years ago

    Did they serve alcohol? That is why he came out insulting ghanaians. This is just the beginning of 4 four years. Kwasia pastor. mutum bansah

  • Wow 7 years ago

    Otabi n Adei are disgrace to their followers in Christ. These ple fought NDC since 90s.

  • Spirit 7 years ago

    Hmmm....Have we forgotten Daniel? He was a man of God but was also the second most prominent in the region. Was he not consulted on several occassions when matters of the state arose. Please lets refrain from all this misguid ...
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  • ogya 7 years ago

    Hmmmm men of God we are waiting to see the food that will be on out table. I personally don't like attacking religious leaders. May not say men of God because I don't believe some to be true men of God in any case how do u ex ...
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  • Papa Alajo 7 years ago

    Is Otabil an economies, or he's just going to pray over the budget after it's prepared.