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72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afrobarometer survey

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05-03 17:18
 
 
 
INTOLERANT AKUFO ADDO WILL INSURE IT Since Akufo Addo came to power it has headed back south

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Obra
05-03 17:18
 
 
 
 
Re: INTOLERANT AKUFO ADDO WILL INSURE IT How can the media be free when the human rights activist is in charge?

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Haram
05-03 17:35
 
 
 
 
 
You voted for a donkey nana addo You voted for a donkey nana addo so what do you expect. This group of npp Gov are full of murderers. Kwaasiafuo buului assholes

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Free shs
05-03 22:14
 
 
 
 
 
The media cabal and coffee mafias The NPP national chairman owns Daily Guide, which has been promoted and most reviewed by the Agenda Setting Media for govt, now they have most readership. Statemam is a news print owned by the president I suppose. Kojo Oppong

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JJ
05-04 06:40
 
 
 
 
Is Culture of Silence Back? The over 1000 jubilee paid social media commentators would be let loose to insult. That even threaten people who make comments here that they will be picked up. They have no shame. In the health sector, employees have no righ

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Fred
05-03 19:19
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Is Culture of Silence Back? Fred, I like ur comments very well. Even here on (ghanaweb), It's difficult to speak ur mind bcos they'll direct the fon sellers (national security) to deal with u or finish u. Ghanaians are silent bcoz of this stupid dwarf i

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Queen
05-03 21:24
 
 
 
 
 
 
Queen, are you kidding me? Are you serious of National security chasing you on Ghana web? Why are you working for Anas?

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Castro
05-04 01:01
 
 
 
 
 
 
@Queen, stinking mouth fool,Idiot. You stinking mouth fool.What are you saying? That you can't Express yourself freely on this forum? Kwasia wo maame trumu kankan. Your father the impotent fool. You have been insulting and cursing the president with inpunity e

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...Abu Hamza Former Palestenian..
05-04 12:17
 
 
 
 
I Disagree With The Survey Results As far I am concerned, the media is enjoying the highest level of freedom. The media today is so free that fake news and journalists renting their media space for partisan political reportage. The current problem with our

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Nana
05-03 20:12
 
 
 
 
 
Re: I Disagree With The Survey Results Idiot Nana. Your stupid father did not train you well. Foolish man

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Serwa
05-03 21:09
 
 
 
 
 
 
Media Freedom Indeed!!!!! Why should media be free? Who watches the watchman? Media men are not truthful. They malign people for no apparent reason. Look at lies being peddle by the ex president Mahama. JoyFM has what they call FACT-CHECK. Why are t

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Kwadwo Mensah
05-04 22:54
 
 
 
 
 
who cares about your concern, Nana? The right words should be as far as media freedom is concerned, then your opinion follows. I agree with you in part, on some journalist aligning themselves politically. typically is Adom Octere, Kwesi Pratt. Kweku Baako. Howe

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Castro
05-04 00:57
 
 
 
 
 
Re: I Disagree With The Survey Results I don’t expect you to see anything wrong with this glaring timid atmosphere in the media space. They will not even avail themselves to be questioned by the media and it sits well with the media cos no one can talk they are

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Astomp
05-04 03:22
 
 
 
 
 
Re: I Disagree With The Survey Results That’s your opinion

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Kete K
05-04 03:40
 
 
 
 
 
ARE U CRAZY???? What have you been smoking??? Where's the freedom? Paid to talk bull?

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05-04 04:49
 
 
 
 
 
Well said Ghanaians are receiving what they deserved because the media have been bought by unscrupulous politicians who only speak lies. Even in western countries where democracy was practiced many years ago media cannot say or publish

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Concern citizen
05-04 05:44
 
 
 
 
WHERE R THE FLAG STAFF HOUSE GREYHOUNDS Where are the FLAG STAFF HOUSE greyhounds? They should come out and defend this one too. Why are they hiding? I don't fucking envy you guys at all. It's not an easy time to be a government miscommunicator. Rat moles, come out

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FRANKIE
05-04 00:37
 
 
 
 
 
NDC propagandist promotes LAWLESSNESS. National Destroyers Congress NDC propagandist party is indeed made up of zombies. From the editors of the Daily mall newspaper articles to those blind followers who are paid to write trash. U fools still believes Ghanaians ha

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the truth
05-04 05:08
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: NDC propagandist promotes LAWLESSNESS. Excellent submission. Jdm’s release of the MONTIE 3 from prison comes to mind. Is that what the ndc is celebrating? smh

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Akora
05-04 07:12
 
 
 
 
PRESS FREEDOM NOT TAX INVASION Although there are one or two errors to be corrected, I don't think there is direct interference from the govt. We just hide behind politics and allow people to dupe the nation. Why was it that almost all the affected closed

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Edy
05-04 02:05
 
 
 
 
 
National Destroyers Congress NDC. @ Edy you said it exactly right. The NDC propagandist leaderships only believes in promoting LAWLESSNESS.

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the truth
05-04 05:13
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Jubilee House greyhounds are out. Stupidity at its peak

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Agbagba7
05-04 05:22
 
 
 
 
Re: INTOLERANT AKUFO ADDO WILL INSURE IT Akufool Addo is simply a tyrant, simplicita.

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Jumbo
05-04 02:29
 
 
 
 
THOSE FUCKING JOURNALISTS ARE BRIBE TAKE They like taking huge money taking BRIBES BEFORE STORY COMES OUT. THEY ARE FUCKING ASKING FOR BRIBES CALLED SOLI.

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#Judge1
05-04 02:40
 
 
 
 
Re: INTOLERANT AKUFO ADDO WILL INSURE IT Ndc mboa ba

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Spio
05-04 04:34
 
 
 
 
Re: INTOLERANT AKUFO ADDO WILL INSURE IT The media are corrupt ndc and John Ford mahama bought a house for captain smart to go to wineba sugar factory to lie for them. God continue to punish ndc and John Ford

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Spio
05-04 04:40
 
 
 
I told you guys ! But , he will allowed his mates dirty station to host an imbecile bragging about how he raped his own bloody sister , trivial cause, why ? Because he is diverting attention, no gloves and no facial masks to frontline health

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J0eY l0Nd0N
05-03 17:32
 
 
 
Tired of this armchair survey Lazy bunch of goons doing bogus survey from their bedrooms. How about doing survey on the various media houses involving in mediocrity by promoting all sort of illicit conduct such as the publications on fake religious bodies

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Joe , NC
05-03 17:41
 
 
 
Fake This survey is false and Afrobarometer will deny it.

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Tijani
05-03 18:09
 
 
 
 
We Don't Have Journalists In Ghana The Journalists we have today are politicians hiding under the cloak of journalists. Mahama has bought most of them.

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Nana
05-03 20:18
 
 
 
 
 
Fool, if mahatma in opposition can buy If JDM in opposition can buy them , and your demi god who is in power yet ,not able to them , tells you how toothless he is . Ofui.

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J0eY l0Nd0N
05-04 02:05
 
 
 
this not america we don't have freedom of speech in Ghana or even in Africa

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Anto
05-03 18:18
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro 98% know media is not free in Ghana. The 2% are those oppressing the media.

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Ansa
05-03 18:27
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro The media doesn't have positive effect on the progress of the country bcos they are corrupt, most of them are not well exposed to what is going on in other parts of the world. They promote institutions who use lies and intimi

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T N T
05-03 18:30
 
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro Ghanaians have fundamental human rights to be protected by their gov from scammers and bullies such as kings who drive away widows from lands they inherited from their great grand fathers who died fighting to defend the land.

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Akua Tufour
05-03 18:39
 
 
 
By their fruit u know them Nana has had the ambition of being a president to clean his family blotted record of being spies for the American CIA against Nkrumah. All he had been doing and positioning and creating an image of himself as a freedom fighte

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BA
05-03 18:56
 
 
 
NA LIE OOOO !!! How can this be with all the wrantings and mouth running ?

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ABREWA
05-03 19:06
 
 
 
Self-imposed press restrictions What really is press freedom when 99% of journalists in Ghana work as surrogates for political parties?

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Jibril
05-03 19:13
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro The intolerance of this government is captured i the survey. But wait til they respond. OMG they will find answers to this. Where is Kweku Baako.

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Sylvester
05-03 19:15
 
 
 
FAMILY CONTROLLING MEDIA BRINGS A MESS A cub reporter covered a story about an attack on a woman by an escapee from a mental asylum. He returned with the story and a headline of "Woman raped, mental patient escapes". The editor told him the headline needed a litt

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princewilly@ymail.com
05-03 19:30
 
 
 
journalists should be responsible journalists should be responsible.You can not publish falsehood and get away with it. He who alleges must proof

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Ama Kenya
05-03 19:52
 
 
 
 
Re: journalists should be responsible Then beat them more so that our position dips further. Another fool calling him or herself Ama Kenya. People like you are the bane of Africa.

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Light of Africa
05-03 21:18
 
 
 
Rwanda practices responsible journalism I Rwanda, when you misbehave you will be punished. why not Ghana

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Ama Kenya
05-03 19:56
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro Many of the highly placed media men have been bought or are very timid. Serious issues that need to be at the front burners are safely placed at the back burners! Business as usual!

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Koko
05-03 20:59
 
 
 
 
TREACHEROUS AKUFFO ADDO HE IS PAVING FOR TROUBLE FOR FUTURE NPP GOVERNMENT BECAUSE NEXT NDC GOVERNMENT WILL BAN EVERY NPP RADIO AND TV STATION. WE WILL SEE ANY STUPID PASTOR OR ELDERLY PERSON WHO WILL SPEAK AGAINST IT. TIT FOR TAT. ONE THING FOR SUR

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Kwasi
05-03 21:26
 
 
 
National Security Armed Robbers Especially when you ask Akufo Addo a simple question like Where is your Certificate? You are dead. Assassins on a motor bike will shoot you immediately and run to the Jubilee House.

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Dr. Charles Wireko Brobbey
05-03 21:26
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro The media has never being free since time in memorial, however the Akuffo Addo government has worsen the situation. The NPP government has polarised the media, security service, education even health care. The survey is indee

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Nab
05-03 22:17
 
 
 
Disingenuous Oppong Nkrumah Oppong Nkrumah is a very dangerous guy. He is very selfish. The profession that shot him up is what he attacks now and call practitioners uninformed now. Because of his selfish interests. Very disingenuous guy.

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Krokrokoko
05-03 22:26
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro How can the media be free under NPP and Akufo Addo when journalists are forced to go on exile for exposing government bad deeds. When journalists are killed like chicken in broad daylight without perpetrators brought to book.

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kwaku Yeboah
05-03 22:30
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro They didn't see corruption period. The sport journaliste were receving sth during Mahama regime so they were free. Shame.

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Fosu-asia
05-03 22:38
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro We have a dictator as president. very intolerant incompetent old man...

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Comrade Mawuli
05-03 23:11
 
 
 
No press freedom under Nana The intimidation and doctorship of this government, how will media be free and safe? Evil Akuffo Addo.

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Timothy k
05-03 23:12
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro Nana Addo is a tyrant... Closing down radio stations perceived to belong to the opposition party. Useless President

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Bishop
05-03 23:13
 
 
 
Deceit and lies This government likes underhand deals too much. Because of their corrupt nature, they always want to cover up

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Kwabee
05-03 23:16
 
 
 
Tyrant Akuffo-Addo The media in Ghana is really suffering under this tyrant Akuffo-Addo government. It's very disheartening.

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Sam Kofi
05-03 23:18
 
 
 
Akuffo-Addo Suppressing Media Freedom We have a so called self acclaimed human rights activist yet the media is suffering under his tyrant rule. Akuffo-Addo is suppressing media freedom and closing down radio stations all because they are pro-opposition radio st

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Raphael Elorm
05-03 23:23
 
 
 
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE AS SUCH. IT SEEMS MOST PEOPLE IN GHANA, NOT GHANA ALONE, IN MOST COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, THINK THAT , FREEDOM IS BLANKET. NEVER AT ALL. EVERY ONE SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT FREEDOM HAS A LIMIT. WHEN FREEDOM GOES BEYOND A

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KWABENA KASAPREKO.
05-03 23:27
 
 
 
An ethically challenged media not free? A compromised NGO spewing falsehoods. Only the uneducated is dim witted to claim this government controls media freedom? It is rather the incompetency and corruption of practitioners in the industry that is the problem!

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Citizen Spectator
05-03 23:39
 
 
 
Not Clear I wish I knew the question as put before the responders.

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ObjectiveMan
05-03 23:39
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro It's like this government has been cursed .

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Yaw
05-03 23:54
 
 
 
NPP the media gagger!! No freedom! The NPP has gagged every media house in ghana and journalists who criticize them! Why why why? This should NOT be

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Human
05-04 00:01
 
 
 
Media is not free in Ghana How can media be free when we have a government who goes around closing down media houses? A government has has not brought the killers of Ahmed Suale to Justice... Akufo-Addo is a big disappointment

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Cecil
05-04 00:02
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro I have traveled all over and I can say that the Ghanaian media enjoys total freedom than most media enjoy in other countries. Which country will allow it’s president to be insulted on live radio 24/7 in the name of politics

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Ken
05-04 00:11
 
 
 
 
Which country did you travel to? This is not the media freedom we use to know in Ghana, Killing of Ahmed Swale, security operatives chasing Anas, Manasseh Azure and others doing good services to the nation, exposing corruption? By the way Nana Addo is not

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Castro
05-04 01:13
 
 
 
 
AKUFO ADDO IS DRACULA Thank you Castro. It was because of media victimization that Raymond Archer's factory was demolished into dusting powder together with his printing machinery. They always hide behind some flimsy excuse to perpetrate their sat

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Nana Serebour MLXVII
05-04 04:15
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro How can be possible that the people are not free and your talking about midias. Olny Ghana you can see that the midia tun to police man or police we it that normal? Who many international midias Ghanaians have?

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Enock
05-04 00:43
 
 
 
Re: media not free in Ghana With akufo addo as president, where are you going to get the completely free media, I don't know what he stand to benefit.

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Abdallah Mohammed
05-04 02:09
 
 
 
Re: press freedom is in ICU Akufo addo is the cause of not having free media, because of his evil deeds he is afraid the media houses will expose his bad evil deeds.

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Abdallah Daghara
05-04 02:12
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro Yes it's because Ghana media is the third virus after covid 19 and ndc. They are very unprofessional, uninformed and have so many illiterates. Most of them are doing the bidding of their masters.

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Maame
05-04 02:17
 
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro @ Maame. Your boyfriend is a goat.

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Esther Amewu
05-04 04:20
 
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro You are such an ignoramus and unproductively uninformed. Do you expect them to say good about the government all the time if the government is rather performing otherwise. You need to put your brain to use.

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Muhammad Lawal Simwaya
05-04 05:00
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro Very true paaa, journalist are no more safe

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Nana Boakye
05-04 03:10
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro Nana Addo is a tyrant

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Akwasi Papa
05-04 03:12
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro How can the press be free under a despotic tyrant. He suppress the truth and then abuse journalists who turn to speak against his government, but he taunts himself as a human rights lawyer, isn’t that laughable? Just lo

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Muhammad Lawal Simwaya
05-04 04:58
 
 
 
Re: 72% of Ghanaians believe media not free – Afro This clearly indicates that he is intuitively power drunk , purposeless and visionless for the development agenda of the country. Their motive for being in government is to creat ,loot and share. Infringe upon ordinary ci

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Muhammad Lawal Simwaya
05-04 05:05
 
 
 
Stop disgracing the image of Ghana! Why we (Ghanaians)always undermine our intergratie to foreigners. Because of our dirty, stupid and doom politics. Ghana media are really enjoy freedom of speech, report and written even more than U.S.A and most of European

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Akwasi, Amsterdam
05-04 06:03
 
 
 
Media attackers are the npp and their Na Exactly so. Only an npp who won't see this

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Edvard
05-04 06:41
 
 
 
NO FREE PRESS 1. WHAT OR WHO SILENCED ANAS? 2. WHO KILLED AHMED SUALE? 3. WHO IS TRYING TO SILENCE KEVIN TAYLOR?

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K Bor Tor
05-04 06:51
 
 
 
INTOLERANT NANA ADDO Nana Addo n NPP government re most intolerant government in the history of Ghana. Nana Addo hate to be criticise but he was everywhere criticising JM n NDC government when he was in opposition. Today when u dare criticise Nan

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Baba Ampedu
05-04 08:18
 
 
 
media freedom insecure Nana Addo is the real definition of tyrant government.

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Baba Amando
05-04 08:19