Presidential brouhaha: Kufuor had 613 staffers in 2008

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GHANAVIA 11 years ago

MO NE KASA NANA SARPONG. YOU HAVE SAID ALL THAT NEED SAYING.

MO NE KASA NANA SARPONG. YOU HAVE SAID ALL THAT NEED SAYING.
DUNGEON MASTER 11 years ago

You are second to none, dude

You are second to none, dude
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE LAST NDC SERIAL CALLER, THEY ALL DISPLAY A LEVEL OF FOOLISHNESS. THE NATION IS BEING RAPED TODAY BY CORRUPT NDC BUT K4 WHO PLAYED HIS PART AND HAS GONE IS STILL BEING MENTIONED WHEN NDC'S STUPIDITY I ...
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FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE LAST NDC SERIAL CALLER, THEY ALL DISPLAY A LEVEL OF FOOLISHNESS. THE NATION IS BEING RAPED TODAY BY CORRUPT NDC BUT K4 WHO PLAYED HIS PART AND HAS GONE IS STILL BEING MENTIONED WHEN NDC'S STUPIDITY IS POINTED OUT. LET US ASSUME KUFFOUR KILLED HIS MUM, DAD, WIFE AND CHILDREN , SHOULD THAT MEAN WE SHOULD DO THE SAME??? NDC! NDC! WHAT IS YOUR MEANING OF BETTER?? LOOK! GHANA DOES NOT NEED ALL THOSE PRESIDENTIAL STAFFERS, DEPUTY MINISTERIAL POSITIONS MUST BE REMOVED. MINISTERIAL POSITIONS MUST BE REDUCED . FURTHERMORE, THE OVER 250 MP POSITIONS MUST BE LOOKED INTO, SO THAT CERTAIN CONSTITUENCIES ARE MERGED. NDC, THINK OF THE POOR!!!! ----- BUILD ON THE POSITIVES OF K4''S RULE AND DO AWAY WITH THE NEGATIVES.
Kwadwo 11 years ago

The mindset of the ruling party is just disgusting. They behave like juvenile delinquents.

The mindset of the ruling party is just disgusting. They behave like juvenile delinquents.
insight to the bone 11 years ago

2000 years of Akan glorious history can not be replace by 50 just because ndc , nkrumah pepeni and ayigbe criminals say so or want it so. Today i listen to my psalms , hymns and war songs by bob marley and 2pac just like Davi ...
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2000 years of Akan glorious history can not be replace by 50 just because ndc , nkrumah pepeni and ayigbe criminals say so or want it so. Today i listen to my psalms , hymns and war songs by bob marley and 2pac just like David who composed for the Isrealis so remain inspired. i look out of my window and count myself blessed that i have not fallen prey to these fake prophets and priests whose only aim is to collect collection more than 10 times during a service but have the clarity of mind to meditate alone and offer thanks to God. What ever they say i know its the opposite , if they say look right you better quickly closely observe whats happening on the left. the say the economy is grown then you must know its a disaster , they say they are working on fixing the economy , know for sure they are only stealing , infighting now they have marginalized all influence of the Akans the pepeni and ayigbe crminals are now looking to eliminate each other , they say they have found new investors know they have discovered new ways to exploit and channel our money away. they say our women are short and ugly but look at the stinking rats and vulture they can women in their tribes and you you will know ours are the most beautiful in the world . they say they want cooperation but they are only looking to rubbish or steal good projects . they say they want the well-being of the ordinary man but in reality they only want to line their pockets with money and push the Akan further into poverty . they say they want an all inclusive govt but know they just want cement northern and ayigbe domination with their slave tribes like the Gas and some foolish brainwashed brongs , ashantis , fantis assisting them. they say they are evaluating ministers and other appointees but it is now a battle between the ayigbe and the pepeni to reduce the number of ayigbe since the Akans are all already irrelevant in their govt although we are the majority in this land . everywhere you go you find pepeni vultures looking over the carcass of Ghana and tearing out the flesh of wealth for their own greedy selfish selves . they are comfortable now as the critical mass of the people still think things will get better little do they know its beyond repair and can only be remedied with an organized uprising of the Akan. the npp seems to be cleaning house and thanks to ken agyapong most likely true fighters will emerge who will not throw in the towel like nana addo did just before the true battle starts due to cowardice. yes we are ready and will never surrender to these thieves and criminals , long live the republic of Akan
Gordon 11 years ago

Cardinal, which of your parent is a liar? I am interested in knowing where you inherited your chronic lies from.

Cardinal, which of your parent is a liar? I am interested in knowing where you inherited your chronic lies from.
CARDINAL 11 years ago

Check your inside your mother's pussy. I made a mistake fucking her and that is where I got infected.

Check your inside your mother's pussy. I made a mistake fucking her and that is where I got infected.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

696 vs. 613 vs. 661 vs. 678... so what? still too many hands doing nothing and wasting the tax payers money.

696 vs. 613 vs. 661 vs. 678... so what? still too many hands doing nothing and wasting the tax payers money.
HolyGhost 11 years ago

Comrade

The CPP should not accept any funding from the US for election 2016. We are not exactly sure what designs Uncle Sam has for the region, given the regional turmoil of recent times.

Cheers!

Comrade

The CPP should not accept any funding from the US for election 2016. We are not exactly sure what designs Uncle Sam has for the region, given the regional turmoil of recent times.

Cheers!
HolyGhost 11 years ago

That guy thinks he is clever, he has changed the figures to look as though kufour had less staffs, fummy he is.

That guy thinks he is clever, he has changed the figures to look as though kufour had less staffs, fummy he is.
ghana 11 years ago

Fummy he is indeed.

Fummy he is indeed.
HolyGhost 11 years ago

I Mean Funny

I Mean Funny
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

The guy did not say anything worth bragging about... The fact remains... both NDC and NPP are corrupt and incompetent. 600 or 700 staff is a waste of Ghana-money.

The guy did not say anything worth bragging about... The fact remains... both NDC and NPP are corrupt and incompetent. 600 or 700 staff is a waste of Ghana-money.
Yaw Mensah 11 years ago

At least he set the record straight by letting us in that Kuffour has reduced the number from 696 to 613 by 2008 which should have been the number ndc should have used. Ndc lied when it said they have reduced the number of Pr ...
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At least he set the record straight by letting us in that Kuffour has reduced the number from 696 to 613 by 2008 which should have been the number ndc should have used. Ndc lied when it said they have reduced the number of Presidential staff. From 613 to 678 is not reduction but addition.
Pelicles 11 years ago

We Ghanaians are ignorant when it comes to politics. Yes, we all know that there is no justification about the huge number of presidential staffers but at least, the truth must be told.

NDC is justifying the huge number o ...
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We Ghanaians are ignorant when it comes to politics. Yes, we all know that there is no justification about the huge number of presidential staffers but at least, the truth must be told.

NDC is justifying the huge number of presidential staffers they are currently employing by quoting old figures under Kufuor which wasn't the case so, Sarpong did something good by setting the record straight.

If Kufuor let office with 613 staffers in 2008, why can't NDC be bold and accept the fact but coming out 2005 figure which they know was not true?

NDC should thank themselves for having Kufuor as a predecessor else, they will have no one to use as an example to propagate their lies to Ghanaians.
NDC FOLKS ARE FOOLS 11 years ago

Fools , stop comparing yourself with somebody . Two wrongs doesn't make right. idiot

Fools , stop comparing yourself with somebody . Two wrongs doesn't make right. idiot
NDC FOLKS ARE FOOLS 11 years ago

Foolish people, low self -esteem idiots always try to imitate wrong doings. JUST bcos KUFOUR made a mistake means you should also made the same mistake. How can Ghana develop with such foolish thinking. tweaaaa

Foolish people, low self -esteem idiots always try to imitate wrong doings. JUST bcos KUFOUR made a mistake means you should also made the same mistake. How can Ghana develop with such foolish thinking. tweaaaa
KnYc(USMC) 11 years ago

You took the words out of my mouth. Good job. Everyday K4 did this, or did that. If the economy was good, who care if the presidential staffs were 2000. GOD do not like LAZY people that is why under NDC the Cedi is falling. T ...
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You took the words out of my mouth. Good job. Everyday K4 did this, or did that. If the economy was good, who care if the presidential staffs were 2000. GOD do not like LAZY people that is why under NDC the Cedi is falling. Tell me how many NDC people are Entrepreneur, they all came in to loot. Including their founder JJ, who is still under gov't welfare.
Pelicles 11 years ago

The ruling party is full of Truants and we all know what truancy is. Truants what never done anything to have meaningful impact on humanity let alone ruling a nation. Ghana is dead under NDC because truants are leading us ...
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The ruling party is full of Truants and we all know what truancy is. Truants what never done anything to have meaningful impact on humanity let alone ruling a nation. Ghana is dead under NDC because truants are leading us and what sense do they have to lead? Imagine what they are saying about the cedi depreciation. How could an unseen deities have a hold on the cedi to cause it to depreciate? That is the thinking of a truant. Truants have no commonsense and that is why they do, act foolishly.

Ghanaians will continue suffer till they vote these bunch of nation wreckers out of office.
CHIEF 11 years ago

One of them who posts here as Davis will die in July 2015 and amanfoo will be rid of one of them at least.

One of them who posts here as Davis will die in July 2015 and amanfoo will be rid of one of them at least.
WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 11 years ago

P/NDC IS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE

P/NDC IS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
Yaw Mensah 11 years ago

So it is not true Ndc has reduce the number of staffers. If you assumed office with 613 and you now have 678, how can you say you have reduced the number as Kofi Adams said.

So it is not true Ndc has reduce the number of staffers. If you assumed office with 613 and you now have 678, how can you say you have reduced the number as Kofi Adams said.
stand up mr presidooo obo ghana donko 11 years ago

ahama away

ahama away
KKO 11 years ago

Sometimes one wonders if the NPP or any of the other opposition parties in Ghana, for that matter, has a communication outfit. What are all those vying for various positions in the NPP doing so for? Where are the incumbents i ...
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Sometimes one wonders if the NPP or any of the other opposition parties in Ghana, for that matter, has a communication outfit. What are all those vying for various positions in the NPP doing so for? Where are the incumbents in those positions? The NDC has been spewing propaganda garbage for five years, and nobody seems to care.

Come election time they use NDAMO, NYEP, the security services and other national institutions to bribe ignorant voters while half literate election officers dole out voodoo mathematics to see them through dubious election "victory."

Once in government they begin to blame Nsamanfo, mobowa tsia, dieties and cocroaches for their incompetence, as they steal and share Oman Ghana's resources among themelves. What a load of rubbish! What a band of clueless morons! What a bunch nearly 20 million credulous people!

As for the other political parties, I pray that they remaiin in their current comatose state, so they will not disturb anybody's peace in 2016!
LONTO-BOY 11 years ago

OKATAKYIE SARPONG, this even shouldn't be an argument of whether John Mahama's Government has employed more staff and wasting more money than the previous Kufour Government or whatever. As Ghanaians, we need to face reality a ...
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OKATAKYIE SARPONG, this even shouldn't be an argument of whether John Mahama's Government has employed more staff and wasting more money than the previous Kufour Government or whatever. As Ghanaians, we need to face reality and apply commonsense here. Yes, under Kufour Ghana wasn't an economic paradise but we need to appreciate the fact that the economy was far better than this. Neither should we justify the number of Kufour's staffers by the economic prosperity and gains of his Government. At the moment, Ghana is in economic mess, contributed by the combination of blundering incompetence, wasteful spending and corruption of this NDC Government.

What should inform our thinking is that during such tough economic times, it is important we cut out wasteful spending, unjustifiable and unsustainable staff figures not only at the Presidency but in all Ministries.
Pelicles 11 years ago

NDC should thank Kufuor for being a past leader and using him for their daily propaganda else, they cannot govern. When was the last time did NDC do or say anything, without mentioning Kufuor's name and time in office? With ...
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NDC should thank Kufuor for being a past leader and using him for their daily propaganda else, they cannot govern. When was the last time did NDC do or say anything, without mentioning Kufuor's name and time in office? Without Kufuor's eight years in office, NDC will be scavenging the garbage engulfing the nation in search of what they will do to lie to Ghanaians but thanks to Kufuor.
Whatever 11 years ago

2008 is only a year out of the 8years Kufour spent ruling us. In the years before 2008, his staffers numbered 700 and more. But we know Kufour collapsed the economy even before 2008, that his why he had to desperately dispos ...
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2008 is only a year out of the 8years Kufour spent ruling us. In the years before 2008, his staffers numbered 700 and more. But we know Kufour collapsed the economy even before 2008, that his why he had to desperately disposed off such an important state enterprise like Ghana Telecom to pay workers in other sector. Is this evidence of proven record?
CARDINAL 11 years ago

People like you looting and sharing the resources of the country will go to every extent to lie to your illiterate supporters. If there were more than 700 staffers at a time during Kuffour administration, Ndc would have broug ...
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People like you looting and sharing the resources of the country will go to every extent to lie to your illiterate supporters. If there were more than 700 staffers at a time during Kuffour administration, Ndc would have brought it up.

Npp assumed office in January 2001 with 705 staffers from Rawlings Ndc regime. What Npp should have done was to reduce the number immediately but they have learned from the Sallah episode of of 1970 during Busiah rule when a lot of Civil servants were made to lose their jobs for cost cutting measures and Ewes atteibuted it to tribalism. In 1970, Ewes constituted about 40% of civil servants so logic which was not part and still not part of reasoning amongst Ndc attributed the large number of the laid off workers being Ewes as tribalistic, not realising that with more Ewes in the civil service, any layoffs will have a large number of Ewes.

Npp still being haunted by that episode decided to go slow in trimming the Presidential staff which was top heavy with Ewes as usual when Rawlings packed the Castle with his tribesmen so Npp adopted to cut the number by not hiring to replace retired staffers. By 2008, the number has come down to 613 and when Ndc came to power, it started to increase the number again as the numbers show.

You even ought to be ashamed of yourself talking about the sale of 75% of GT for $991 million when Rawlings sold 30% of the same company three years earlier for $45 million.

GT when it was sold was losing 200 million dollars a year with 6500 workers. Vodafone brought it and reduced the workforce to 2400 and the company now is making profit. If Kuffour would have done what Vodafone did by laying off 4100 workers as Vodafone did with about 1000 of them being Ewes, you would have accused him of tribalism.

Why don't you talk about the 309 factories and industries Ndc Rawlings sold including Blackstar line shipping company, Obuasi Goldfields, State Hotels, Ghana commercial Bank, Ghanacan etc sold cheaply to his family and friends and even gave some away as gifts to his Togolese cousins like the Abosso Glass factory he gave to his Togolese cousin, Gilchrist Olympio.
gg 11 years ago

Talking like an uneducated lad, typical of ndc supporters. Grow up.

Talking like an uneducated lad, typical of ndc supporters. Grow up.
Joe 11 years ago

If Kuffour was wrong should NDC also do the same thing? Why then criticizing Kuffour if NDC had the intention of repeating what Kuffuor did. This does not make sense.

If Kuffour was wrong should NDC also do the same thing? Why then criticizing Kuffour if NDC had the intention of repeating what Kuffuor did. This does not make sense.
PlainPlainTruth 11 years ago

Sarpong, you're not clever that much. Are you comparing the expenditure in absolute or comparative terms?
The cost of living even here in the US has gone up since even the last presidential elections. So it's obvious the co ...
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Sarpong, you're not clever that much. Are you comparing the expenditure in absolute or comparative terms?
The cost of living even here in the US has gone up since even the last presidential elections. So it's obvious the cost of running the White House has also gone up. Does it mean Obama1did better than Obama2?
Personally, like so many Ghanaians, I think the present administration, like Kuffour1and Kuffour2, is bloated and should be trimmed down drastically even though Kuffour introduced this type of daylight robbery--and hid lots of other names from the official list.
Ghanaians know that a successor needn't copy such costly and fraudulent practice from a predecessor. However many are miffed at what smacks of hypocritical noises coming from Kuffour's lap dogs.
Kuffour's economic policies damaged the economy the effects of which are being felt today. But people like you want Ghanaians to believe otherwise because you think Ghanaians have short memories. Some of Us will make sure Ghanaians don't forget by releasing a comprehensive report just before the 2016 elections.
CARDINAL 11 years ago

You think Ghanaians are dumb like you. Kuffour policies after five years is manifesting itself? Ghanaians remember Kuffour's time and can count the achievements of that administration.

Oil discovery

Bui Dam

NHIS

Y ...
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You think Ghanaians are dumb like you. Kuffour policies after five years is manifesting itself? Ghanaians remember Kuffour's time and can count the achievements of that administration.

Oil discovery

Bui Dam

NHIS

YEEDA(GYEEDA)

Mass Transport

Free School feeding

MASLOC

SPEED RAIL SYSTEM FROM TEMA TO ACCRA

GDP from 3.8 billion in 2001 to 32 billion rebased.

Free mass cocoa spraying

Cut inflation from 43% to 18%

Poorest in society reduced from 39.8% to 23%

Tetteh Quarshie interchange
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George Bush modern highway

Etc

Can you even list five achievements of Ndc nearly 14 years rule?

Can you mention Kuffour's policies that is now affecting Mahama's government?

Mahama is either confused or mentally deranged. He told a gathering in London yesterday that Ghana is not in economic crisis and within 5 hours he was pleading with his party to stick together during this time of crisis. So tell me if Mahama is not confused not knowing whether the country is in crisis or not.

Anyway, only an illiterate or a dunce without the knowledge of how the legislature works can say that Kuffour hid the number of his staff when the number is given to Parliament every year for its oversight committee to rectify for budgetary planning. Go and sit down, you don't have a clue what you are talking about.
Akadu Mensema 11 years ago

dUH!

dUH!
amaniampong 11 years ago

The person who wrote this is a fool yes kufuor had 613 but they did very good job. Were you born that time? if yes then open your eyes tell me the differents

The person who wrote this is a fool yes kufuor had 613 but they did very good job. Were you born that time? if yes then open your eyes tell me the differents
ghana 11 years ago

I think you need somebody to explain this article to you, you seem to have problem with the English language.

What is "differents"? The word is "difference "

I think you need somebody to explain this article to you, you seem to have problem with the English language.

What is "differents"? The word is "difference "
Gordon 11 years ago

Justice SARPONG, bra fie and stop squatting in the states making noise.

Justice SARPONG, bra fie and stop squatting in the states making noise.
CARDINAL 11 years ago

Go and fuck your mother. I do more for Ghana than those idiots looting and sharing like your smelly self.

Go and fuck your mother. I do more for Ghana than those idiots looting and sharing like your smelly self.

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