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Why Ibrahim Mahama failed to pay workers’ SSNIT contribution

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  • Eshun 6 years ago

    The npp is made up of fool trying
    all means to bring him down but the
    Good Lord will protect him.

  • Fine boy 6 years ago

    Are you saying that not paying ssnit is right?? Or issuing dud cheques is right? If you are brainless on issues better keep mute and stop embarrassing yourself. Does it means if your brother is president you stop paying all w ...
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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 6 years ago

    ABRONYE DC SPEAKS ----- “I think some politicians especially the NDC members are witches and should immediately be sent to the Gambaga witch camp because they are no different from them. “So the NDC members expect the NPP ...
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  • PATRIOTIC 6 years ago

    Ibrahim Mahama is a crook. He knew what he was doing He wasn't prepare to pay his workers contribution to Social Security Trust fund. He thought his brother, slick John Mahama will be president of Ghana forever. He thought h ...
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  • Gye Nyame 6 years ago

    Ibrahim still testing the waters, he better pay up because there is a new sheriff in town. I am almost certain that Mills would not have tolerated this if he were around. Mahama was just too corrupt -- this I suspect is just ...
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  • Onasis 6 years ago

    If government owes him money, they should pay him, so he can pay off his debts. Don't withhold his payment and turn round and harass him.

  • MANTSE 6 years ago

    Lt's CUT this CRAP.

    SNITT is not GOVT. It is a TRUST for the FUTURE RETIREMENT GOOD of all workers. SNITT contribution is a CONTRACT in behalf of Employees. Once you have Employees on your Payroll the Contribution attaches ...
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  • MANTSE 6 years ago

    First it was Customs Duties. Now it is SNITT Contribution. Sow about Water and Electricity?

    Let's CUT this CRAP.

    SNITT is not GOVT. It is a TRUST for the FUTURE RETIREMENT GOOD of all workers. SNITT contribution is a CO ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 6 years ago

    The deductions are not for Ibrahim but for his workers. He thought he could dupe them because his brother was the president. How did he get so many contracts? Yes, because his brother was the Prez and awarded them to him. Why ...
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  • BODWIASE KING KONG 6 years ago

    WORKERS LIKE TEACHERS, NURSES, DOCTORS, NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONNEL AND MANY OTHERS FACE SIMILAR SITUATIONS OF DELAYED INCOME. IF IBRAHIM HAS MONEY TO BUY AN AIRCRAFT, HOW DOES HE CONVINCE US TO ACCEPT THIS BULLSHIT? HE IS A T ...
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  • Akan Prophecies 6 years ago

    A TRUE THIEF BORNED WITH CORRUPTION BLOOD. A CROOK AN ARM ROBBER WHO STEALS WITHOUT ARMS. HE IS QUOTED IN EVERY CORRUPTION, YET NDC , THIS CORRUPT PARTY WITH BATURE , WILL RUN TO JAIL . FROM MERCHANT BANK BANKRUPTCY TO A ...
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  • DELA 6 years ago

    ANYWAY I DON'T BLAME YOU. YOUR NAME ALONE SPEAKS VOLUMES.

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 6 years ago

    Ibrahim has been a disgrace. If he is not paid by the government for contracts, does it means his workers have to suffer for that?
    Who was to pay him for contracts? Was it not his brother's government? he just wanted to dupe ...
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  • Kwasi USA 6 years ago

    Listen to another foolishness from Eshun

  • OTIKO 6 years ago

    EVIL NANA AND NPP LIVE IBRAHIM ALONE.

  • No Mercy 6 years ago

    Otiko you are Stupid man

  • KOO MENSAH 6 years ago

    Are you a rational human being? Are you working ? Do you get pay every month? What are working benefits incase you go on retirement? Make some sensible argument.
    Get a life Sucker!

  • Taliban2 6 years ago

    I don't this guy is a true and genuine businessman. Every worker SSNIT and taxes contribution are deducted from their gross earnings even before their pay cheque is given to them. So why not pay their deductions to where a ...
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  • Oko 6 years ago

    NDC will explain everything using complicated language for the public to believe and go for their pay. Ibrahim never does anything wrong

  • @@@@@@@ 6 years ago

    ONLY A FOOL WILL ACCEPT THIS LIES.THE WORKER'S WERE NOT PAID THIS PERIOD?
    CONTRIBUTION IS THE AMOUNT THE WORKERS PAID TO THE TRUST THESE SAID AMOUNT IS DEDUCTED A FRONT THIS THEIF DEDUCTED FROM THE WORKERS AND FAILED TO PAY. ...
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  • Jessy 6 years ago

    Kwasia. The Lord does not waste his favour on criminals like the Mahamas. Allow justice to prevail upon these thiefs.

  • OTIKO 6 years ago

    NPP SHOULD WATCH OUT SOON. NPP WONT BE IN POWER FOR LONG.

  • Zeee Poropo 6 years ago

    Otiko. Ghana is where it is because we have failed as a Nation to hold the country at heart. Where in any advanced country would you issue dud cheques and go scot free? Where in any advanced country would you default social s ...
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  • KWASI TOUGH 6 years ago

    The good LORD does not protect criminals who always find ways and means to evade tax.

  • Shipah 6 years ago

    This guy says he is soooo rich....so why soooo much debt n nonsense.... Nkwasiasem.... If u rich pay all ur debts and live ur life in peace....u think dangote dey do this nonsense.... U stealing from the poor and calling your ...
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  • T and T 6 years ago

    3rd world means "less intelligent" people, it is an insult so we must learn from the civilized world and make changes in our primitive culture.
    The rich people in the 3rd world are mostly politicians, their friends and relat ...
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  • Kantinka 6 years ago

    Absolutely right but we refuse to admit it and always blaming the civilized world for our problems generated by the so.called politicians. mahama and this stupid guy suppose to be in jail by now for embezzlement, period.

  • KOFI 6 years ago

    THE QUESTION IS: IS IBRAHIM THE ONLY GUY RUNNING A COMPANY IN GHANA. HE SEEM TO BE DIABOLICAL AND NOT TRUTHFUL IN ALL HIS DEALINGS - FROM MERCHANT BANK SAGA, IMPORT DUTIES TO NON PAYMENT OF SSNIT CONTRIBUTION. SO ESHUN THINK ...
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  • Nana Botang. 6 years ago

    Are you a fool, the NDC & the Mahama`s are robbing Ghana & its people, wake up.

  • Donsah 6 years ago

    Kwasia ba.
    Stupid idiots like you are rare.
    Fuck you

  • PAUL 6 years ago

    So if your employer doesnt pay your SSNIT Contributions its fine with you?

    In any case its offence under the law if you dont may employee contributions - just for your information

    Some of you are ready to cut your nose ...
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  • Attu zongo 6 years ago

    Eshun ,the competent NPP shall surely jail Ibrahim mahama for criminality bcos a former flag bearer of CPP, Mr. Agudey was jailed for failing to pay SSNIT for his workers, so criminal and murderer Ibrahim mahama is not above ...
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  • John 6 years ago

    Eshun, the printer. Why insult the NPP?
    Ibrahim knows what to do so leave it as is it.

  • C.Y. ANDY-K 6 years ago

    John Dramani Mahama has disgraced the Rawlings NDC Party a very big-time! Why! ...because, his aim of becoming a president after he cleared Mills out of his way was to be rich over-night through fair and foul means.
    John Dr ...
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  • Aduanaba 6 years ago

    For starters I don't think you are C.Y. ANDY-K(Andy Kwawukume), so lets get that out of the way. Secondly the Rawlings-led NDC became corrupt, birthed the babies with sharp teeth and had underlings who continued the bad gover ...
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  • kokofi 6 years ago

    You're right on point. Mahama has let the course of ndc down. He disgraced all northerners. Ndc needs new faces to deal with this mess.

  • I Knew it! USA 6 years ago

    IF THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOT GHANA BLIND AND APPARENTLY DIDN'T DO IT UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE I KNOW, THE ARE CLEAN!

  • Will Smith 6 years ago

    If this guy was looting Ghana, then they will have money to pay these debts hands down. Stop molesting this young man

  • KOO MENSAH 6 years ago

    Another fool.

  • KWASI TOUGH 6 years ago

    Not until witches stop bewitching people, they will always be hunted.

  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 6 years ago

    Ibrahim Mahama is trying to twist the whole situation to his advantage by playing a victim here but literally this is a real graft. You deducted the amount involved from your employees paychecks and held on to the said amount ...
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  • Nana Ghana OOH 6 years ago

    CRIMINAL MAHAMAS - THIEVES

  • Adoley 6 years ago

    Of course, if he (NDC) had won elections 2016, none of this would have come to light. Just last December he was prepared to spend anything, including bribing bugri naabu with ghs500,000 plus a Mitsubishi pajero to win electio ...
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  • Taliban2 6 years ago

    He is ready to bribe Nabu instead of paying SSNIT and duties

  • HolyGhost 6 years ago

    Only a fool like the npp goons will believe the phoney story of lies from bugri naabu, the arse-licker

  • Bush guy 6 years ago

    How can he give money to that bush man? Brainless talk! You are very stupid say yes

  • Nana OOOH 6 years ago

    LIKE BROTHER ......

  • Yellow man 6 years ago

    You know the amazing thing about these unscrupulous elements,they have excuse for every dubious thing that they do,it is unbelievable.

  • Prof. Lungu 6 years ago

    Why must we allow a stupid fool like Ibrahim Mahama to fool the people of Ghana?

  • HolyGhost 6 years ago

    You are not prof. lungu

  • Kantinka 6 years ago

    An idiot like this to take advantage of us! Is insane....My God!

  • Fine boy 6 years ago

    So we're you waiting to sue before you pay and seems when did you received that your so Called expected delay of money on contract ? All this stealing of the nation is what you call richest?

  • paul 6 years ago

    What does Ibrahim Mahama take us for? Was he not paying his workers?
    Fact is, he is required by law to pay the SSNIT contributions concurrently as he pays his workers.

    The SSNIT payments are deductions from the workers' ...
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  • Mtweeeeeew 6 years ago

    Paul you are right. They did it to Agudey and even went about to jail him,was it not the same SSNIT? So why are ndc crucifying people who have exposed these nation wreckers? I always say ndc is not a party for Ghana,they tre ...
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  • Richard Boansi Ababio, uk 6 years ago

    At least the law is taking its due to unpatriotic citizens..Good work SSNIT

  • Ekow 6 years ago

    So arrangements have already been made to pay these money and suddenly ssnit decided to abrogate the plan? The question is why and why this time? Someone is seriously behind this siphoning money to the top people to ensure th ...
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  • Kwasi USA 6 years ago

    Listen to another Magyatu!!! Coconut head. Ekow , low-minded craeture.

  • Kwaku .Condor 6 years ago

    This guy is prepared to pay but what about the Drill Ship?

  • Kwasi USA 6 years ago

    Kwaku condom,condom, the ship is still drilling ok?

  • Odikro 6 years ago

    Default is default, nothing else. And he defaulted because his equally corrupt brother was the president.

  • K. Arhin 6 years ago

    Look Tigo and DHL also owe govt big time, of which Nana Addo has a share in why don't u also drag them to court, stupid Skinpain people

  • Ebenezer 6 years ago

    What shows that Togo and DHL owes the gov't, n let's even assume DAT dey owe gov't, what stopped de mahama gov't from taken dem on. was it bcus jm gov't was condoning corruption or wat. lukn for an equalization. Ibrahim is a ...
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  • Kwame 6 years ago

    It's not Ibrahim money it's money deducted from workers and given to Ssnit

  • Abdulai Ibrahim Nasam 6 years ago

    This is welcome news, if Government
    will make it a point to fight this (SSnt)
    default companies:, even to foreign companies I would have called Nana's
    Government us the best so far.
    Companies will deduct that monies from ...
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  • Sarah 6 years ago

    I am sure Ibrahim Mahama engineers and planners is not the only company owing ssnit, thank God he has paid. All this witch hunting shall surely come to pass, and I hope nana Addo and his family members have paid their taxes. ...
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  • Kwasi USA 6 years ago

    Sarah, it's intact,they paid before coming to power

  • good magic 6 years ago

    black magic is a black science
    and black secret spirituality alot dnt believe...but is better than real science?????/ there is black magic
    prophet professor in science divine in ghana call for all money ritual prote ...
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  • Tony 6 years ago

    Please for this one he has done well by giving 3 drafts to settle. Pls forgive him

  • Lord K 6 years ago

    This guy really EMPLOYED A LOT PEOPLE

  • Keane 6 years ago

    Hillaious ... new government new bosses at SSNIT NO MORE PROTECTION FIRVTHST C@nt mahatma ...good good all the worms coming out now GRA SSNIT , next a review of all the contracts you will find over charges solebslurce eoth no ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 6 years ago

    Kean, thanks for emphasizing your take about this obvious ripoff that has been perpetuated on our country by some unscrupulous and unpatriotic goons, they will never get away with this pilfering. We have to put more pressur ...
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  • ALHAJI 6 years ago

    THEY THE NPP THEM SELF'S ARE THEY CLEAN THE GOOD LORD WILL REVEAL ALL THEIR DUBIOUS THINGS THEY DO IN THE DARKNESS,CRIMINALS, THAT'S WHY I HITS ASANTI'S THEY HYPE THEM SELF'S AS IF THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE CITIZENS IN THE COUN ...
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  • Ebenezer 6 years ago

    Stupid comment, what is Ashantis about this, ibrahim was looting Ghana bcus his brother was de prez. first 44 fake checks, second, not paying ssnit. if jm was to remain in power, it is obvious Ibrahim wouldn't av paid all the ...
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  • ANTWI O' BREFO 6 years ago

    GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA because had Jon Mahama or the NDC won the last elections ; this matter would never have come up amd matters would have been swept under the carpet on the quiet ; this Mahama family really used the ...
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  • King P 6 years ago

    Is not that Iblahim who was going round buying people's married albums for someny thousands

  • Gabby stone 6 years ago

    Seriously, this guy employs over 700,000 people? Wow, that's incredible... All issues aside..... I just pray he's able to settle all debts to the state, so he can focus on his ventures. The guy seem like a great businessman. ...
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  • 313 6 years ago

    Eshun I wonder if your are worker or just o party boy

  • kokofi 6 years ago

    You have the opportunity to make your case in court but you failed to appear. Stop disturbing our poor ears in the press with all the nonsense. John mahama and family are thieves.

  • joe agyemang 6 years ago

    Hypocrisy,dishonesty and despotism kill Ghana.Where has EOCO been all this while?The question is would he have been persecuted if the statusquo had remained the same?we should build an independent institution that do not act ...
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  • Nii Akwei 6 years ago

    GHC 700K. Ibrahim Mahama does not have 700K employees in his payroll.

  • kweku 6 years ago

    foolish nana plagia

  • Kwame 6 years ago

    MAHAMA AND HIS BROTHER NEED TO WAKE UP FROM THEIR SLUMBER; GHANA IS NOT EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
    WHERE WILL GHANA BE HEADED IF MAHAMA HAD BEEN RE-ELECTED?

  • Paul 6 years ago

    What kind of nonsense is going on in this country. If government is owing the man a bigger amount than he us owing the government why can't they they deduct what he owes them and give him the difference, instead of these unne ...
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  • Agbetawokpor Edem 6 years ago

    why should people Dup the poor just to make themselves rich ? He should pay the money including the bounced cheque. no truth shall be hidden. the rest should take caution

  • razak seini 6 years ago

    a good law abiding citizen... mr ibrahim is just unbreakable. Every hard working and successful person will always go through trial times either by default or orchestrated. u shall overcome

  • skilelee 6 years ago

    oh wow I 've lived my whole life in the USA and I'm shocked to hear when the say such amount of money in Africa own by just one person in his pocket. and I begin to wonder what kind of job this people do at all to have own th ...
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  • Nana Botang. 6 years ago

    Are you a fool. The NDC & the Mahams` were robbing Ghana & its people.

  • Kantinka 6 years ago

    Ken said, I would take my life if this man is not jailed for defrauding ghana and now the whole scenario is revealed/ He is our hero and should be honored. Good job for exposing this idiot for duping ghana/

  • Ndc full supporter 6 years ago

    If Akufo addo don't jail this motherfuckers,npp will be kick out in 2020 because that means they are also coming to steal and we gonna try another political party,not ndc, ndc should come back in 2034

  • Kada 6 years ago

    Hilarious ...special treatment for this disgusting evil crook ...time to really delve into this animals past some source contracts GRA SSNIT etc etc everything that horrible corrupt ex president out his way .THE LAW SHOULD ...
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  • N.Y 6 years ago

    NPP is burnt to destroy Mr. Ibrahim Mahama by all means
    But Allah is de reason he is still soaring higher and higher
    NPP please fulfill your promises to Ghanaians and stop witch hunting innocent people

  • Abiiba 6 years ago

    A thief is a thief. I thought Muslims preach and advocate giving to the poor and not take away from the poor. Mahama should pray to Allah to forgive him for his greed and oppression of the poor. Only God knows what else he is ...
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  • chigri 6 years ago

    This man have styled himself as a business man which he is not.

  • Adanko 6 years ago

    Under the presidency of his brother, Ibrahim enjoyed and misused undue priviledges I hv no sympathy for him. Too arrogant. He thought no change will ever come to deprive him of his privileged position

  • THE SENTINEL 6 years ago

    IBRAHIM MAHAMA, I WAS SURE WAS SURE AND CERTAIN LONG AGO THAT YOUR EMPTY PRIDE WILL BE CURBED AND YOU WILL BE BROUGHT LOW, EVEN AS IT IS WRITTEN THAT PRIDE COMETH BEFORE A FALL. YOU GO ABOUT WITH BODY GUARDS, EVEN MORE THAN Y ...
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  • C.Stephen Sackey 6 years ago

    So, this wannabe businessman expect Ghanaians to believe him?
    What a sham and what a sorry excuse for businessman.
    Unless I am missing something here, but this payment is to satisfy a company's statutory obligation owed.
    A ...
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  • sam 6 years ago

    He is living on debts from GHANA whilst other Ghanaians wallow in poverty and all of his armed robberies occurred when his brother was president. thats what make all these cases criminal. he took advantage of his brother bein ...
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  • Jaja 6 years ago

    SSNIT is only concerned with contributions so they can invest, benefit thereof and pay small pensions. The man
    has huge receivables from the government but SSNIT is not interested in that; they dont care about it. Not fair

  • Apple sauce 6 years ago

    Rich people in Ghana get rich at the expense of the poor

  • Fofie peter 6 years ago

    Ne

  • Young Patriot 6 years ago

    But base on the documents it shows clearly the man is not owing SSNIT. Cheque the paper attached with the payment schedule. The outstanding balance is 0.038 and amount paid is GHC 2.7m. it's unfair to him.

  • Abdulai Mahamadu 6 years ago

    SSNIT and Nana Akufo Addo must come again. The NPP ,after they were sworn into office made it seems there were no initial agreement as to how Ibrahim's company is going to pay some of these debts owed by his company.Shameles ...
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  • Grace 6 years ago

    Ibrahim must be employing a lot of people to be paying this amount of ssnit, I hope he doesn't end up down sizing. This will create a problem for government as they are still trying to create jobs for the citizens.

  • John Ghanaba 6 years ago

    Absolute hypocrites this mahama lot.yet when they were in power they were expecting ghanaians to pay all the nuisance taxes they introunced, to the extent of taxing kayayei. Shameless lot.they should face the full brunt of ...
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  • Eddiek 6 years ago

    Now this country most of this people i really don,t know how their brain works they really doesn't care the state of our nation, workers contributions you have already taken the money and failed to pay to the government and p ...
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  • ofori 6 years ago

    So now everything about Ibrahim is in the news. Please leave him to the right authorities and remember we have all the promises made to us fresh in our minds.

  • Prekese 6 years ago

    Ghanaweb. Please leave Ibrahim Mahama alone small why all this nonsense. Is it because you guys have paid to tarnish his image? You will all fail.who Jah bless No one curse.

  • Kwame 6 years ago

    I Love Nana Ado, but i Looks like he is to soft For The Nation. In this Time we Need a fightet/Killer like Rawlings!
    A mix of Kwame Nkrumah and Rawlings!

  • FRANK , MARYLAND 6 years ago

    Indeed a mix of Rawling's steel n Nkrumah's intelligence is what we need right now! ?

  • Essum 6 years ago

    Does Ibrahim have competent lawyers and financial advisers? SSNIT deductions are not the employers money so why should the employer use it? Mahama and his cronies were bent to steal big from the state and poor workers. This m ...
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