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BoG gold watch saga: Is that a wise decision? - Kan Dapaah asks

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  • CORNEY 7 years ago

    NO!
    It is a foolish decision.
    We need to stop it,it is waste of tax payers money,the budgetary allocation they are talking about to defend that stupid decision came out of tax payers money.

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 7 years ago

    AUTHOR : EBBY ------- THE LORD WILL HEAR OUR CRIES ON DEC. 7TH---- It's only the deaf, dumb and cruel foreigners masquerading as Ghanaians that fail to see the unprecedented hardships the citizens of this country are going th ...
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  • Zoobe-Zoobe 7 years ago

    visionless

  • OLD SOLDIER 7 years ago

    AUTHOR : EBBY ------- THE LORD WILL HEAR OUR CRIES ON DEC. 7TH It's only the deaf, dumb and cruel foreigners masquerading as Ghanaians that fail to see the unprecedented hardships the citizens of this country are going throug ...
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  • Editors Fail Me. 7 years ago

    desicion?

    or

    decision?


    Don't be cheap skates, hire some perspicacious editors to uproot these elementary mistakes/typos and what have you.


    Word!

  • OLD SOLDIER 7 years ago

    AUTHOR: MAHAMA B3 KO ------- *** ---I wonder why Mahama, Amissah-Arthur, KOKU ANYIDOHO, Asiedu Nketia, Agalga, Inusah, Iddrisu, Limuna, Allotey, etc, etc are not responding and have not responded to any of the lectures the in ...
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  • Roland 7 years ago

    When bush people make money they get so overwhelmed they invest in trash

    Unwise men at the BoG

  • OLD SOLDIER 7 years ago

    Author:- Seidu .....
    JULOR MAHAMA AND YOUR NDC STEALING BRIGADE HAS BEEN IN POWER FOR 8 YEARS AND YOU HAVE STOLEN ALL OUR GHANA MONEY. PLEASE GO AWAY AND LET'S TRY NANA ADDO AND SEE WHAT HE AND THE NPP CAN DO FOR GHANA. ENO ...
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  • Danjuma 7 years ago

    Hon. Kan-Dapaah I agree with your question whether or not the decision taken by BoG is a wise one. May I know from you whether or not the decision taken by Ex-President K4 in buying the Medals popularly referred 50-cents was ...
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  • ROSEMARY 7 years ago

    Why repeat bad practice under kuffuor.... NDC is pure evil and pure incompetence and extremely stupiiiiid....

  • Kofi Gbagbladza 7 years ago

    NPP is a useless opposition party. Senseless opposition. JAK KUFUOR and his NPP ministers are bloody thieves. We know them. Gang of thieves. Never again. Useless opposition.

  • OLD SOLDIER 7 years ago

    Author:- CHORKOR SCHOO.L BOY .....
    JDM MUST GO. JM TWASO WAE EIGHT YEARS IS NOT FOUR YEARS. UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGH UNDER NDC. THE NON PERFORMANCE OF MAHAMA IS EVIDENCE BASED. MONEY FOR THE CREATION OF JOBS HAVE BEEN USED TO P ...
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  • ROSEMARY 7 years ago

    Building a wall at Burkina Faso at the Ghanaian embassy at an outrageous cost of 680,000.00 dollars demonstrates lack of commonsense and patriotism by ndc... Hahahaaaaaa ide biiiii kakakakaaaaa.... . Woyome and WOYOMEISM is l ...
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  • Kofi Gbagbladza 7 years ago

    Me I know npp when they ruled from 2001 to 2008. We saw it. We felt it. NPP ministers were looters. They were profligate. We don't want them again. Never again.

  • Zoobe-Zoobe 7 years ago

    you can find them at BOG

  • THE CRUSADER 7 years ago

    The guy himself is corroupt so everything under him is soild.he has contaminated and polutted everything.GOD helps Ghana

  • Kwame Boateng 7 years ago

    This is part of the corrupt attitude of ndc who controls the bank

  • Kofi Gbagbladza 7 years ago

    When JA Kufuor bought gold chain and hanged same around his neck, did you complain? Kan Dapaah, was it a wise decision? Bloody scoundrel.

  • Omanbapa 7 years ago

    Mr Dapaa I would like to ask you a very transparent question? Did you ever question npp the ligality on Ghana @ 50 and the gold medals made for his hunch men when leaving office after a humiliating defeat. Did you ever as ...
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  • Ghanaian 7 years ago

    FOR SUCH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WALLOW IN STUPIDITY. YES IT WAS DONE IN KUFFOUR'S TIME AND SO IT'S GOOD THAT IT IS DONE THIS TIME. IF WE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG DURING KUFFOUR'S TIME WE MUST not SEE THIS AS WRONG. SIT DOWN A ...
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  • yensiamoa 7 years ago

    HAS NDC GOVERNMENT DONE ANYTHING SENSIBLE TO THE NATION?

  • GHANANI 7 years ago

    Was it a wise decision for Kuffuor to use state gold to make a solid gold chain for himself at the expense of the state?You are not even ashamed to question the wisdom in giving gold watches to workers who are retiring after ...
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  • yaaah 7 years ago

    yes.he is a hypocrite.he should tell us the number of times he earned ex gratis.
    Look , Am sure the BOG mgt and Board know what is good for their staff.U are an accountant .Go for BOG'S PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS AND LOOK FOR HOW M ...
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  • Agast 7 years ago

    The honourable MP please don't be a hypocrite.You rightly said that what is good for the big men is good for the ordinary man.Have you ever taught about the fact that what is good for the Member of Parliament is equally good ...
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  • Myself 7 years ago

    I am not approving this, however, this is not different from President Kufour's golden chains.

  • Sid 7 years ago

    Do Ghana have to waste on such?how often do the staff of BoG on trips to the develop countries see people in such luxury. Please apply some sense

  • yaaah 7 years ago

    Ken Dapaah

    u did not see anything wrong with the seversl end of service benefit u took..

    Hypocrite.u think u are better than BOG workers. Some parliamentarians who can not write simple sentences take over 350000 GHC a ...
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  • OKOROMANSA 7 years ago

    THE GOLD WATCH SAGA IS A FARCE. THE AUTHORITIES ARE AIMING AT STEALING MONEY. THE WHOLE PLAN IS SICKENING AND MUST BE CANCELED FORTHWITH. WHEN OTHERS LIKE NUSRSES AND TEACHERS ARE BEING STARVED DUE TO UNPAID SALARIES OTHERS A ...
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  • Dessie 7 years ago

    The country's institutions are the cause of the our problem and parliament should work bipartisan you to stop the silly act or out instituition

  • # SACK MAHAMA FROM OFFICE ! 7 years ago

    On Election Day, Your Vote is the Exit Point for All Ghanaians to Kiss Good Bye to the Fantastic Fraud,con-Man,Fake and Bribe-taking Thief Mahama.!

  • Koo 7 years ago

    the whole thing is that Ghana as a nation has no owner,simple as that,any one every thus what's he wants

  • # SACK MAHAMA FROM OFFICE ! 7 years ago

    -> NO JOBS,NO HOPE,High Taxes,DUMSOR, HIPC,WOYOME,Killings and HIGH PRICES.MAHAMA,The Counterfeit President and Lucifer of Corruption is asking for another 4 Years,
    Even Criminals when they finish Stealing try to run away.!
    ...
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  • # SACK MAHAMA FROM OFFICE ! 7 years ago

    Mahama is Not Qualified to Manage a TRO-TRO Station but he is the President.Mahama is a Fantastic Fraud,con-Man,Fake and Thief.The Interest on MAHAMA LOANS
    a lone is six times the OIL Sales.! -VOTE to Cast Mahama OUT from Of ...
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  • Babangado F 7 years ago

    A big thief and fake president

  • Kwame 7 years ago

    Ken, were they learning from HE J Kufour ? Remember the gold chain reward

  • Babangado F 7 years ago

    I am here in America. where I will not tell. They think elders have wisdom but in Ghana the elders are most unless people in the country.Money money money and don't care about their subjects. Look at situation in ghana now be ...
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  • Candido 7 years ago

    What's your problem? president Kuffour thought as,keep quiet.

  • George 7 years ago

    President Kuffor did more than this to award people he has work with for less than eight years,you didn't utter a word,somebody have work through out his or her life and given out gold watch you are criticing it.
    This is don ...
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  • Kwobia (Toronto) 7 years ago

    This $504k(on gold watches) give away is so stupid.Donor countries will be asking themselves,why give to Ghana since the country can afford to give such extravagant parting gifts to retirees.Somebody has been asleep on this o ...
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  • SmartphonesSupportBiz 7 years ago

    Hm!
    Don't be dissapointed if you just jumped to read this post due to the caption. You see, that's what your over dependence on certificates instead of skills can do. A well packaged Samsung or Lebanese, Nigerian or other na ...
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