Postponed energy levy exposes government's poor planning – Minority

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  • Kwam 6 months ago

    You have this okro mouth to talk saaa since you came into opposition. Everything you want to say it.if you had all the wisdom like this you guys will not have been in opposition. Keep mute and allow JM to govern waii!!

  • Okyeman 6 months ago

    Just look at his long face. Does he not look stupid?

  • Ogyatanaa 6 months ago

    THe "wise planners", The NPP, destroyed our economy intoto. They gave Ghana a junk status rating. They then gave us not only a regular haircut but scraped our skulls and crowned it with DDEP. The "wise" NPP turned out to b ...
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  • P Djamgbe 6 months ago

    Akufo Addo's government was without punitive taxes? Is this guy on steroids or something, or has he lost his brain altogether?

  • DEAD GOAT MAHALIAR IS BACK 6 months ago

    Mahama’s indecisiveness is legendary. This is what happens when you don’t have astute advisors and you’re surrounded by babies with sharp teeth. Confused government…Kai!

  • MANUEL AGOGO 6 months ago

    What did your decisive government do to Ghanaians?
    Foolish talk!

  • fool 6 months ago

    Kwasia npp dat deceived some fool like you with their asute advisors what was the end? no wonder fools like Wontumi will be national chairman for npp and Abronye will be second national chairman cos fools like you adores them

  • POURFENDEUR DE LA CORRUPTION/ANTI-CORRUPTION 5 months ago

    Criminally imposed D-Levy is dead on arrival. Evil John Mahama and the NDC are clueless. The country's survival is dependent on exogenous factors. The NDC doesn't have any deep thinking policies to absolve Ghana from any exte ...
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  • bugbaba 6 months ago

    Wam

  • Bob the Marley 6 months ago

    Far be from it. This is not poor planing. If you had been in power by now you would have attributed the pains you were cuasing us to 1. Covid 19, 2.Rusia Ukraine war, 3. Trumps trade war. 4. Israel and Iran fight and 5 ...
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  • DeZraille 6 months ago

    Hey, Afenyo-Markin! Foolish... Aimless... Madafaka... EFFUTU RAT...!!!!! Was this how Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu was running the leadership of your party when he was in charge..???? Why have you become so OFFENSIVE to the populac ...
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  • Wwwe 5 months ago

    But HV sense than most of Ur stupid ndc mps

  • Osei 5 months ago

    Ow bro, say again. This guy talk saa Dem take NPP to opposition and them keep talking. He's the most useless politician out there

  • Look at this fool 6 months ago

    Is not about poor planning but rather listen to the voice of the people. Afenyo should rather focus on how to re/organize his micro minority to come out with solution but not arguments

  • CITIZEN 6 months ago

    Yes, NDC is gradually becoming a listening government rather unlike NPP that implemented E-Levy despite public outcry against it.

  • Wwwe 5 months ago

    Lol listening to who lol concert did U heard toll Levy lol the car one ofuibiba

  • MF 6 months ago

    Sick in mind elements. In 1995 the vat tax was suspended due these noise makers. In 2017 they increased it without SHAME.You guys has distroyed the energy sector with much debt but when sensible guys want to get it solved YOU ...
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  • Nash 6 months ago

    Afenyo should be informed that Ghanaians are smarter and know good and bad. He is making my npp unpopular

  • Napo 6 months ago

    Markins, every word that comes from your mouth just keeps pushing NPP in opposition for more years. You were the Board Chairman of ECG, what did you do? These NDC guys are sensible, they wanted to solve a problem you created ...
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  • Yaa 6 months ago

    Afenyo-Markin WILL NOT BE SILENT. However much you want him to be quiet, he WILL NOT BE QUIET. Nor will any of the other MPs in the minority caucus.

  • Kwame 5 months ago

    @Yaa, who cares they can shout all they want; it will not change anything, they will still be a micro minority.

  • Scammer Mahama the Gonja mafia. 6 months ago

    Gonja mafia John Mahama led QNET P/NDC is aggressively implementing Kofi Awonor's doctrine - genocide against Akans - Akancide.

    He is using the courts packed by the hegemony that he has created to achieve the P/NDC stated ...
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  • Kofi Asare Barfour 6 months ago

    Kofi Awonor's doctrine should be a lesson to all, his said genocide against Akans led to him being shot in far away Kenya, not in Ghana, by people who were intolerable of other people.
    A good example of Karma.

  • Franklin 6 months ago

    Afenyo is never ashamed at all in life. How did npp passed the elevi?. Why were they boot out of power. Minority doesn't reflect at all. Why they dropped from 137 to this struggling 88. You are talking of 1 cedi levi. The g ...
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  • Frankwood 6 months ago

    Mmoa minority

  • world 6 months ago

    well said ,propaganda,lies and hypocracy has catch them up.

  • world 6 months ago

    well said ,propaganda,lies and hypocracy has catch them up.

  • world 6 months ago

    well said ,propaganda,lies and hypocracy has catch them up.

  • moonstone 6 months ago

    Ghanaians have forgotten that in anywhere in the developed world taxes is what they use to develop the country. If we want to develop we should not be scared of paying reasonable tax such as D-levy

  • Grandmaster. 6 months ago

    We have a micro minority that will talk negative about everything. Stay in opposition for 16 years.

  • Kojo Menkah, Bremen. Germany 6 months ago

    I think Afenyo Markins is writing a very bad history of his stewardship that NPP will not be happy reading tomorrow. Kyei Mensah Bonsu will not stoop so low and damaged his party ruthlessly like this. I felt sorry for his par ...
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  • Nobody cars what NPP think 6 months ago

    Nobody cares what you think Afenyo. Absolutely no one cares.

  • Abrefa 6 months ago

    Afenyo Markin is constantly exposing his stupidity. Aren't there any SENSIBLE adults left in the NPP?

  • Kwame 6 months ago

    Incompetence, ineptitude, clueless, ignorant govt in power.

  • Achakanapaya 6 months ago

    Buulu buulu.

  • bugbaba 6 months ago

    Ndc is not like your party the listern.

  • Nana 6 months ago

    Mahama should man up and stop indecisiveness, the whole country is supporting the government therefore stop listing this micro minority

  • Kweku 6 months ago

    The NPP should be ashamed to have this guy as their minority leader. Is he blaming the Government for the outbreak of the war between Israel and Iran which has led to the increase in petrol prices across the globe? Under norm ...
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  • Yaa 6 months ago

    The NDC, the party of the government in power, said over and over and over again that the Akufo-Addo government should stop giving "excuses" for why Ghana was going through the 2020-23 economic slump, and that COVID 19 and th ...
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  • Stephen 5 months ago

    @Yaa. I have read your contribution many times but I cannot get what you are trying to say. Your beef simply doesn't make sense. Can you come again? What are you trying to say?

  • La Pleasure man 6 months ago

    Was he wearing his shoes while uttering his nonsense?

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  • Yaa 6 months ago

    It is oil prices in Bole Bamboi that have caused all this confusion. NOTHING to do with Israel-Iran. Because we all know that we Ghanaians, under this super-competent Mahama government, have all of our affairs under our super ...
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  • Seth 6 months ago

    This one is a real irritant!!

  • McCoy 6 months ago

    So this is the idiot npp could settle on as a leader representing the entire minority caucus in parliament. This guy fool too much.

  • Yahoo 6 months ago

    Yakame

  • ATAKPA 6 months ago

    Group of unintelligent law makers....do you need to criticise for it's sake..you are the same group of people condemning the tax as well as criticising it's temporal postponement....what at all do you want the government to d ...
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  • Slim 6 months ago

    Still, we prefer John Mahama and his NDC to you thieves and looters!

    You killed many pensioners.
    You killed many businesses.
    You abandoned viable govt projects as they belonged to John Mahama

    God punish you idiots fo ...
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  • Populist 6 months ago

    Nation wreckers. It is better than what your NPP government has done to the country.

  • God bless 6 months ago

    Gradually Afenyo is fading. In some few months to come, if Afenyo talks again even the person sitting close to him will not hear

  • Koo 6 months ago

    Which weed does this guy smoke? Or may be Red? He should be tested for drug use. He doesn't deserve to be at parliament.

  • Lance 6 months ago

    You used international issues to bring more hardship on Ghanaians while this government is using international issues to reduce burden on Ghanaians.

  • Solo 6 months ago

    Look at his dirty face
    Stupid man
    Bid idiot

  • Nuumo 6 months ago

    This guy is so silly and annoying.
    What is this?

  • Newsreel 6 months ago

    This guy doesn’t get it and has no clue what it means to deal with humans. This administration’s action speaks volumes about how it cares for people and listens to them!

  • Brown 6 months ago

    You are a big an epitome of someone who thinks less. A very stupid classless statement. I pray that on the day of judgement, all these things you do and say will be used by the almighty God to judge you!

  • Jack 6 months ago

    Did they give a reason, if yes you should have been wise enough to stop this

  • Nii Joromi 6 months ago

    Two useless political parties who depend on low hanging fruits instead of finding lasting solutions to Ghana's problems. Useless PhD crooks.

  • Stephen 5 months ago

    @Nii Joromi. I can not agree with you more. Well said!!! Can you imagine? The Government just decided to give all senior university staff over GHC 47,000 per person for research. Instead of establishing robust research counci ...
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  • Sam young 6 months ago

    Kwasia, that's called a listening government. They could have forced it effortlessly and celebrated with kenkey or cake like you did for elevy.

  • Sam 6 months ago

    USELESS MINORITY TWEAAA

  • Abiola 6 months ago

    Afenyo Markings had Isreal bombed Iran when the Bill was ppassed? Buulu yaawo

  • Kojo 6 months ago

    Government will plan when Israel will strike Iran? I have never seen a foolish person like Afenyo Markins

  • Ekoue Ayikoue 6 months ago

    Why you let Ghanaians insult you basabasa, keep quiet small, the opposition you want worries you a lot, are you afraid they will come after

  • Nii 6 months ago

    The problem of the opposition party is the opposition party not knowing the problem of the opposition party.

  • Obiba Kasa 6 months ago

    Hon. Afenyo Markin appears to be doing one man show but in reality he is nuisance to Ghanaians.

  • Donatus 6 months ago

    Keep quiet, the good planners have just been jettisoned.

  • Abaqua 6 months ago

    Write your comment;Afenyo ,coming future chairman of our parliament, may God guide u and fight more for ghana. f.abraham.

  • Hypocrite 6 months ago

    The biggest hypocrite of the century. On one hand you said the GH¢1 Levy was a burden, hence you are going to organize a demonstration,now that the government has listened to your pleas, and on the other hand,you claiming th ...
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  • Guy 6 months ago

    Eeeeiii this guy paaa, they pass it you said they're insensitive,they postpone it too you said they lack planning.... So how can we build a nation with such attitude? Please for once be objective as a lawyer.

  • Bobby J 6 months ago

    What kind of minority is this kraaaaaaaa?
    1st you were against it & if it has been postponed your against it.Are these guys really Ghanaians?
    If NDC fails we shall still vote for them come 2028.
    Npp doesn't have anything g ...
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  • Issah Nuhu 6 months ago

    You guys are still reeling from 2024 election defeat, ha!

  • Peter 6 months ago

    This guy needs psychiatric help.

  • Paul Akpa 6 months ago

    Thank God these primary school politicians we have selected have reversed this dumsor levy. The opposition will always confuse them

  • Kwame Prah 6 months ago

    This government listens. What about NPP which had some 92 of your own MPS complaining but Nana Addo refused to listen to anyone. A listening government is better any say to an arrogant and incompetent NPP government.

  • Loyalist 6 months ago

    Even in opposition, you don't know the difference between a listening government and poor planning. Interestingly is true, if the NPP had not mismanaged the ESLA, who would have planned on this D-Levy. Ghanaians would not be ...
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  • Cici 6 months ago

    Afenyo is suffering from irrelevance syndrome disease.

  • E.K. 6 months ago

    This government has conscience as compared to your time.

  • Kofi 6 months ago

    What kind of human beings koraaa are these npp people.

  • Evans 5 months ago

    Hmmm, the NPP had wanted to use the energy levy to cause disaffection for the NDC. As for the NPP they will be too happy to see Ghanaians dying from all sorts of disaster so they can turn round to blame the NDC for politica ...
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  • JULOR CAESAR 5 months ago

    It has nothing to do with poor planning; it simply means that the government is willing to listen to the public. The public has not expressed overwhelming support for the levy, and the government isn't going to act like the N ...
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  • Name William 5 months ago

    Waa

  • North 5 months ago

    Nothing good comes out of this guy's mouth.NPP is in trouble with this man as their minority leader

  • Kojois 5 months ago

    Good point. Who signed that bogus take or pay. Is he going to pay the levy some. Answer big no. Then only fools will pay it. I rest my case.

  • Osei 5 months ago

    So for you everything that comes from NDC is bad. Oyiwa, no wonder you are in opposition and would never come to power.

  • SHUT UP RETARDED MAN AFENYO MARKINS 5 months ago

    Just shut up what do you know Afenyo???. A foolish and retarded MP leading the most stupid political party to a complete doom. You are also a criminal just wait you will be investigated for being part of the gang who stole EC ...
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  • Mark 5 months ago

    You are now behaving like a child this days

  • De Don 5 months ago

    Eeeeeeh this man
    Why

  • Eddie 5 months ago

    Being in opposition does not mean everything should be criticized in the negative. Be honest and people will respect you, do not just be a propagandist.

  • Teacher Kitoa -Wenchi 5 months ago

    Joke of the century.
    I want the Ghc1 on fuel to adding it to utility bill.
    I am appealing to Mahama to implement this Ghc1 policy to able to clear over $3 billion energy sector debt left on the neck of Ghanaian people by th ...
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  • Rev. 5 months ago

    Continue to make noise. You ll loose your seat in 2028

  • Erik 5 months ago

    The inconsistency of the npp is mindboggling. This same shameless vagabonds blamed their economic mismanagement on Russia/Ukraine war
    Now there's war between Iran and Israel and the current government is saying fuel prices m ...
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  • Nii 5 months ago

    Is this man normal at all?? He's basically stupid. A govt proposed something and within days, events some which will certainly have systemic effect on the country happened and the govt said let's wait and study the terrain fo ...
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  • AG 5 months ago

    Your government plunged this country into an abyss.You are still dreaming of your defeat and trying hard to win political points, but I give you zero points for speaking.

  • Ghanaba KK 5 months ago

    Fool !. It shows that they are , the NDC is the only party that has the greatest interest of Ghanaians at heart. It is a listening government. May God curse anyone who does anything or have done anything against the interests ...
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  • gh.citizen 5 months ago

    When your failed government imposed the draconian E-levy on Ghanaians, where were you? Remember, when well-meaning Ghanaians complained, you told us you were in power and did what you wanted to do, and we can't do anything.
    ...
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  • Chaii!!! 5 months ago

    Was that the result of your proper planning?
    Mahama's poor planning is a lean cow which contains far more meat than your fat goat proper planning.