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NDC MP, Let Girls Marry At Age 14

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  • ILLITERATE JUSTICE SARPONG 10 years ago

    WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY OURASENI BA.

  • Ofori Kuragu 10 years ago

    Typical Tanii-Talk!! No respect for women and extremely unintelligent

  • Gee 10 years ago

    Nonsense, look at this one calling himself member of Parliament. I don't blame him but the people who voted this stupid idiot into power. When your daughter is 14 years and starts to fuck then you talk this shit. ABOA ABOA ...
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  • AKONFEM ERROR PREZ 10 years ago

    OH MAHAMA WHAT A SAD STOTY,GHANA WHERE ARE WE GOING,GOD SAVE GHANA CHILDRENSOOOOOOO,HMMMMMMMMMMM

  • ADWEN 10 years ago

    It is very very sad to read that some commentators here are defending the despicable behaviour of rapist MPs.
    In well managed, civilised and accountable societies the association and proof of rape with you and you offices en ...
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  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    almost all the ministers are incompetent and amateur at best including the vice and minister of finance so how do they expect to perform. none have any integrity or desire to serve the people of this nation but are all career ...
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  • r. stlyes 10 years ago

    see gee or whoever you are,next time inform urself better before u talk stupid nincompoop you are and the person who wrote that on the net is also another stupid illegitimate child of his parents

  • Femi Akomolafe 10 years ago

    It is sad that this man sits in parliament, collects salaries and emolument. The law makes it a crime to violate under-age girls; if this MP does not like it, he should liaise with his colleague law makers to amend it. Is he ...
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  • APONKYE KOLA, LONDON 10 years ago

    We as NDC's shouldn't be supporting this rapist idea of marriage.

  • oldman gyasi 10 years ago

    IS IT TRUE THAT SEX IS PERMITED IN VATICAN AT THE AGE OF 12?

  • oldman gyasi 10 years ago

    IS IT TRUE THAT MOHAMMED THE PROPHET MARRIED A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL BY NAME AISHA?

  • Benrages Kusi Appiah 10 years ago

    thank u kwame, he is the most stupid m.p

  • JJ 10 years ago

    No wonder the second wife was said to be 15yrs old and joy fm gave it an extensive coverage abt a year or so ago.when he wa s asked by joy how old the girl was if he claims she was not 15,he said the girl was above 16yrs .

  • K.Danso,Gbawe-Accra 10 years ago

    I would prefer the word defilement rather than rape,if a man sleeps with a girl under 16.In any case i think that when a girl under 16 is made pregnant,the future of the girl should seriously be protected and this is why some ...
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  • mensah abrampa 10 years ago

    Any man and more especially the Member of Parliament who's alleged to have had carnal knowledge of a minor must receive the maximum sentence.How can a law maker, an honorable as we call him break the law? Muntaka makes the la ...
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  • Kwabena Gyamfi 10 years ago

    You can call it defilement or whatever but when a man impregnates a girl under the age of consent, he has committed a crime and to suggest that such people should be left alone to marry their victims is not a sensible positio ...
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  • Kofi Sarpong, Peckham, London 10 years ago

    Would forcing somebody into marriage mean the marriage would last ? K. Danso, we forget that most of the time, the teenage girls are impregnated by their age mates. It is only in a few instances that adults are responsible. A ...
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  • osei yaw - london 10 years ago

    Although they are not part of International Laws to be part of State obligation, it is well known and accepted that every State has the criminal Laws that prohibit (a)having sex with a female under a certain stated age; and ( ...
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  • SARPONG 10 years ago

    Thank you my brother for your support. We need to send these paedophiles to prison instead of Parliament.

  • ILLITERATE JUSTICE SARPONG 10 years ago

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    Instead of this MP who has been caught before using state resources to finance his girfriend's child pampers and buying "chinchinga' with our tax money, we should be supporting children to ...
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  • FrankMackenzie 10 years ago

    Please guys just forgive this man and think about where his man comes from.He is from the Northern Part of the Country Country where things like do happen.So don't be surprise about his comment in Parliament.Thank You.

  • J H New York 10 years ago

    So do u agree with what someone wrote this morning on the forum,“that when Sweeya Sellers become parliamentarian what do you expect".
    I believe the above may not necessary be case for the ff reasons :
    1.Our laws are Poro ...
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  • J H New York 10 years ago

    So do u agree with what someone wrote this morning on the forum,“that when Sweeya Sellers become parliamentarian what do you expect".
    I believe the above may not necessary be case for the ff reasons :
    1.Our laws are Poro ...
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  • J H New York 10 years ago

    So do u agree with what someone wrote this morning on the forum,“that when Sweeya Sellers become politicians what do you expect".
    I believe the above may not necessary be case for the ff reasons :
    1.Our laws are Porous
    ...
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  • I Jahman 10 years ago

    You go and give your 14 year old girls to marriage.We are all not living in Zongo where education is a previlage for the well to do. You should be ashamed of your self, How can such a man be a law maker for our beloved countr ...
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  • KOFI - USA 10 years ago

    IF MUNTAKA SAID THAT 14 YERA OLDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY THEN HE NEEDS TO RESIGN AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. I AM SURE THIS CAN NOT BE TRUE. IT WILL BE A SHAME IF HE MARRIED A GIRL WHO WAS LESS THAN 18 YEARS OLD AND SHOUL ...
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  • HolyGhost 10 years ago

    Do not believe anything from this liar who knows only gibberish and never makes any sense one bit.

  • HolyGhost 10 years ago

    I mean the writer is a cardinal of lies.

  • NTAMKESE 10 years ago

    OMG!! THESE LOW BRAINER PEPENII! AND WE HAVE A PEPENII AS PRESIDENT! GOD HELP OUR COUNTRY GHANA.

  • CARDINAL 10 years ago

    Yes, I don't make sense because I am dealing with fools with low morales who are mostly NDC low life supporters. Read the two articles related to the Muntaka story and go to Peacefm on line and look at the picture of Muntaka ...
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  • ILLITERATE SARPONG 10 years ago

    Do you have life? Examine yourself carefully and see whether you have life?

    You Noisy Illiterate putting words into an MP's mouth.

    So tell us 'Mr. Illiterate Low Life' how much credit you got from Akufo Addo's credit ca ...
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  • Gee 10 years ago

    Lowlifes does not mean one does not have life. lowlifes means one has low morals. You call somebody as illiterate when you don't even understand the meaning of lowlifes.

  • Kojo Letse 10 years ago

    I am apetwediehene drosmani MAHAMA will be so happy about this. he will call to congratulate this ediioot

    stuppid animals.

  • CARDINAL 10 years ago

    Kola, rape is a serious crime and Ghanaians understand it unlike you and your brethren who celebrate rape under the guise of trokosi. There is no sense to give you a chance to hijack this issue and engage you when others are ...
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  • APONKYE KOLA, LONDON 10 years ago

    Is he a trained animal ? I doubt if this Kola animal will understand you human.

  • The Eye Germany 10 years ago

    Please, Mr: MUntaka,don't try to propagate those negative and discouraging Islamic laws and social views about girls/women in our parliament and the entire Ghanaian society. Lets advance policies and ideas that will encourag ...
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  • UNCLE KOFI 10 years ago

    START WITH YOUR DAUGHTER. YOU MUST BE INSANE

  • KOFI LAMPTEY 10 years ago

    Can he tell us why Atta Mills went to USA for "medical check up?" What crime did Mills commit for him to seek medical attention?......this adjei mensah old man isnt fit to represent any constituency in parliament at all.....h ...
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  • AGYAPONG PHILIP 10 years ago

    OH GRACIOUS FATHER IN HEAVEN PLEASE REDEEME THIS MAN FROM ALL HIS BAD DEEDS IF IT IS TRUE

  • Kwabena Gyamfi 10 years ago

    Muntaka is a paedophile and there is no two ways about that. I will call on the Police to investigate him for impregnating a girl of 14 or less when he was at UST.

  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    MUNTAKA LINES TO THE INNOCENT 14 YEAR OLDS.

    1]I can't play the guitar but i'll sure pluck your G String

    2]Excuse me miss, are you related to my keyboard? (No, Why?) "Cause you're just my type!"

    3]Are you an aspirin ...
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  • AKWELE 10 years ago

    14 year olds are minors in every sense of the word. Please allow them to grow and mature and get some education. Where is their future if they are not allowed to mature? Please leave them alone to live like children.

  • Kwasi Asae 10 years ago

    I am so sorry that our country, Kwame Nkrumah's country, vision and its parliament is full of pedophiles. Mr. President, you have the power to stand up against these kinds of abuse on girls who are barely adults and can't eve ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    only with parents consent at 17

  • LONTO-BOY 10 years ago

    OKATAKYIE SARPONG, MP Alhaji Mubarak Muntaka is a misguided predatory paedophile whose opinions on the marrying of underage girls in Ghana resonate very well with the dirty perverts and paedophiles at the foothills of Pakista ...
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  • Nima Boy 10 years ago

    Wow!! Lonto boy you came dandy on this one to the extent of mentioning Sharia. It strikes me so hard that all you do is to insult this guy when in fact he is doing the Christian community a favor.You've not been home for a v ...
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  • Thomas 10 years ago

    "Paedephille, it's been a while that this word was referred to a Muslim"

    Are you kidding me? Muslims are paedephiles no matter what country they are in. In Ghana, Muslims allow men of 60 year holds marry twelve year holds. ...
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  • Nima Boy 10 years ago

    I am glad you mention " married " It's better than raping, sodomizing your daughters.O Eye mobo

  • CARDINAL 10 years ago

    "I challenge you to accompany me in my work travels around the country to see for yourself."

    Is that what you are taught as a Moslem to lie? When was the last time you were in Ghana since you live in Tokyo, Japan, a countr ...
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  • COS 90 10 years ago

    Stupid pepene from the north. is only ntafoe who will say this barbaric thing and do it. Dabo, aponkyi, bodom, miaw start with your own daughters. i can see youare INSANE.

  • thewho 10 years ago

    u are just as tribal as the writer.so stupid u Terms the pepene and so tall stupid u are with the blood of the pepene. Ashantis are noted Born short and black and u better trace ur herecome not allowing illitracy to drain u.

  • AKONFEM ERROR PREZ 10 years ago

    USELESS MAHAMA BOYS,MPS ARE SICK,THEY HAVE NO BRINS,HOW CAN MAHAMA LOOK AT ALL THIS SHIT FROM HIS BOYS,NTAFUO PAA DE,IDIOT THIEF CRIMINAL MAHAMA IS BSD PREZ PERIOD

  • oldtimo 10 years ago

    Justice Sarpong can write anything he wants but what is seen wrong with Akufo going to London for treatment or Mills in US for medical check up is not making Ghana Hospitals better medical institutions for treatment for drug ...
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  • J.O 10 years ago

    All these must be true otherwise, there will be a strong reaction by the accused. Oh Ghana, we are not in the 15th century.

  • oppong london 10 years ago

    i,ll go and fuck muntaka,s daughter of age 12 ,if he has one,idiot minister,no ndc minister has able to make meaningful statement since this party was formed.useless peoples party

  • Hk 10 years ago

    The author has misquoted the parliamentarians. It is vey shame in Ghana we try to twist facts just to make it look bad. Politics has blinded us so our faculty of thinking is very bias. Very useless article full of lies.

  • Nana Kwame 10 years ago

    What is the misquote and twisted facts? Why don't you tell us the facts then, we are ready to hear your version.

  • Nkrumah 10 years ago

    And I say may God help us if a prejudice guy like got a chance in parliament.

  • Natural Mystic 10 years ago

    Marriage at 14 for girls? The MP thinks we are in the 7th century

  • Aponkye Kpegah 10 years ago

    Good show, CARDINAL of TRUTH, for this wonderful exposure. Their own founding father, JJ "The Bastard" Rawlings, didn't mince words when he described them as Old Evil Dwarfs, right?

    In deed, "MooTaka" is evil, stupid and ...
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  • Kwame kagya 10 years ago

    What did people like him who share stone age ideas come from.
    Can him, with his current structure perform any sexually on his 14year old girl.
    No wonder, where is coming from in Ghana.
    Hope, Ghana is separated from such ...
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  • kkk 10 years ago

    i continue 2 wonder why these criminals,rapists and co,continue 2 be in gorvernment.ghana really need a revolution 2 bring the country back 2 its feet.all is turned upside down in Ghana,being it npp,ndc,ppp,cpp ect.

  • DODOWA 10 years ago

    AN ARMY OF UNCONTROLLED PERVERTS

  • Kofi Boateng, London 10 years ago

    Would you agree that it is wrong for members of Parliament in Ghana to be addressed as 'Honourable' in public? The world 'Honourable' is used by members of parliament when addressing their counterparts in the parliament. Th ...
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  • Paa Teeeee 10 years ago

    This MP is Jimmy Jimmy paaa

  • Castro 10 years ago

    This Guy schould be thrown out of
    Parliament.

  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    One day Little Johnny's class was having a discussion over what part of the body went to heaven first when you died.
    One little girl raised her hand and said, "When you die, your heart goes to heaven first because you have ...
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  • Tina 10 years ago

    Why are some of you sooooooooooo stupid? If I have a daughter who gets pregnant at 14, God forbid I will rather see her married whiles continueing her education than have her with 8 kids before she reaches 2o.

  • CARDINAL 10 years ago

    Tina, I doubt if you are a woman and if you are, I would like to know where you are from in Ghana because the environment you were brought out in might have affected your reasoning on this issue. You have failed to realise th ...
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  • Tina 10 years ago

    Sarpong you are one low life. You have injected bias, misinterpreted his words and unleashed it to the lowest iq's of our population to analyze. Shame on you.

  • African Patriot 10 years ago

    When was the last time you checked your own IQ? Your IQ is lower than pork, I can assure you.

  • ignatius 10 years ago

    JESUS CHRIST shared HIS blood on the cross of calvary to save man from sin, the precious blood of JESUS is still flowing, will you make urself available to be cleansed? what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world an ...
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  • bawa 10 years ago

    CAN THIS WRITER BE AN MP TOO?O TINK HE IS FOOL.WHAT THOSE HE UNFERSTAND BY THE WORD MAKARANTA?YOU ARE A FOOL A BIG ONE.IF U WHAN TO INSAULT MUTAKA ATTACK HIM IN PERSON BECAUSE IF U SAY MAKARANTA YOU MEAN ALL MUSLIM.YOU ARE A ...
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  • gha 10 years ago

    What. typical cow. You idiots are animals.

  • bawa 10 years ago

    an animal knows animal.cow+cow= stena

  • /Sgt. Nuamah 10 years ago

    Any man who inpregenate girl of less than 18 years must be sentence for a minimum of 15 years.
    Any boy of less than 23 not gainfully employed who inprenate a girl/ woman not gainfully employed must go to jail for minimum 07 ...
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  • TAMBRO 10 years ago

    THE NPP SHOULD GIVE US A BREAK.THE TIME THE LATE PROF. MILLS WENT FOR MEDICAL CHECKUP ABROAD THESE NPP BASTARDS SAID IF HE HAD EQUIPED HOSPITALS IN GHANA HE NEEDN`T GO FOR MEDICAL CHECKUP ABROAD.SO WHEN AKUFU ADDO AND THE KUF ...
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  • CARDINAL 10 years ago

    You really sound stupid and I would not be surprised you were raised like the cows you herd as a child. Why don't you ask your stupid Ndc government that has ruled for 24 years the last 32 years?

    You toilet maggot don't ...
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  • Nima Boy 10 years ago

    Please know the meaning of words before using them.The word MAKARANTA ( correct spelling is MA-KA-RAN-TAA) you used in your piece it's an hausa language meaning " students " which we termed it nowadays as Islamic or arabic ...
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  • thewho 10 years ago

    u are just that. are u the voice of such paid? but u should be Service ghanians i thought but not such revealations even if what u write is true. i can see the educative litracy in ur pen and judgement. u can do better being ...
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  • NANA-USA 10 years ago

    This moslem MP wants to bring the sharia into Ghana as in Afganistan, we are Ghanaians and well cultured.Ghana MPs are square pegs in round holes the electorate voted for them just becos they know them and not on any merit .G ...
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  • ERIC 10 years ago

    GOD HELP US COS WE ARE UNDER EVILS ONECES

  • Obed Adore 10 years ago

    This is not a blanced article. So, there is no single similar case in the NPP camp to report in order for this story to become more objective and a non-biased one?

  • joseph Mensah 10 years ago

    Take them to court if you have evidence, carward?

  • OSBEN 8 years ago

    Look,even some of you men making these comments are same people who sometimes comit such mistakes.the world and the system of things which denote the END TIME has brought us this far.SOME Ghanaians lack respect.they dont rega ...
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