Cassiel Ato Forson(PhD)
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Dear Friends and Well-Wishers,
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your kind wishes and support.
Your encouragement means the world to me, and I am deeply touched by your thoughtfulness.
Thank you all!
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Romans 9: 14
What, then shall we say ?
is God unjust ?
Not at all!
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Mr. President, THIS IS YOUR SCORE CARD AND THE TRUE STATE OF OUR NATION!
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Friends, please watch below excerpts of my maiden address in the house as minority leader!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, we can now confidently say that there are no NPP strongholds in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam Constituency! Yours Truly has taken over, thanks to my lovely constituents and my hardworking team!
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Friends,
I warned earlier that we would bear the brunt of the irresponsibility and recklessness of this Central Bank, and now the chickens are coming home to roost!
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Folks,
The NPP gov't has banned the importation of the following used items:
1. TV set
2. Computer
Etc
This is insensitive!
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Friends, I am glad to announce the Speaker has admitted two Key motions from us!
This means:
1. The finance minister will be forced to bring the
#DDEP
to parliament for consideration!
2. parliament shall set up a committee to probe the national Cathedral!
#GhanaFirst
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Typification of a Country with misplaced Priorities! SMH
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🙏 Grateful to God and all my comrades! 🙏 Thank you to those who went out of their way to wish me well on my birthday. Your warm wishes mean the world to me! 💙
#Gratitude
#BirthdayBlessings
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Ghana has unfortunately announced a domestic DEBT DEFAULT. Expect rating agencies to downgrade Ghana to D tomorrow!
Sad day for Ghanaians, the investor community and Banks!
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Cut the elephant size government to give confidence to the international community!
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Folks,
Help me Congratulate Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh for this massive contribution to the rice industry!
Over 1000 acres of rice farm and a processing plant is a great achievement.
Ghana needs more Akandoh’s in the rice industry to help make our country self-sufficient !
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It is disheartening to see our dear pensioners including a former Chief Justice picketing at the MOF over the domestic debt restructuring.
I wish to assure her & the rest, parliament is dragging the Finance Minister before us next week and we will represent their interest fully!
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Congratulations on your new role as Senior Presidential Advisor on the Economy and Special Envoy on International Investments and Capital Markets!
It appears you'll be effectively supervising the work of the new Finance Minister and assuming responsibility for the capital
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I am thankful for the warm welcome extended to myself by Hon. Haruna Iddrisu and the esteemed residents of Tamale during President Mahama’s acceptance event.
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At a time of serious economic crisis, Cabinet Ministers and MPs should not abandon the important business of budget consideration to go and watch football in Qatar!
The optics are bad! We need to show we are serious about resolving the crisis!
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Ken Agyapong has spoken out about his government's alleged looting.
Join the
#OccupyBoGProtest
on Tuesday October3, to demand the change we deserve. Let's come together and make our voices heard! 🗣️💪
It's time to stand up for a better Ghana.
#GhanaYouth
#OccupyBoGProtest
🇬🇭
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Comrades,
“DO NOT ROAR LIKE A LION, JUST SET YOUR TARGET AND HUNT LIKE A LION.”
Let's regroup to achieve our goal for God and Country!
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We will deliver on the speakers directive to the committees of Finance & Health and probe the
#Covid19
expenditure for God and country!
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4yrs ago, GH had a kenkey Party @ the finance min over Eurobond issuance , exiting imf prog. & cedi rise!
Today, 🇬🇭 has defaulted on the repayment of Eurobonds, is struggling to get a new IMF prog. & the cedi has depreciated by 20%+ in just 2 months! This should be a case study!
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Transparency and Open Justice: Live Broadcast of the Ambulance Trial
In the wake of the recent exposé concerning the alleged misconduct of the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, I have instructed my lawyers to petition the Chief Justice for the live broadcast of all
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“God will make a way where there seems to be no way…”
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Fellow Ghanaians,
This government indeed has an insatiable appetite for taxes.
The Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government is imposing 20% tax on “akpeteshie” (they have run out of ideas).
Petrol and diesel vehicle owners should also expect to pay a new annual tax of GHS100 per
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Attending IMF / World Bank annual meetings, where Ghana, the Black Star of Africa, is now very famous for the wrong reasons!
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Join me as we Occupy the Bank of Ghana on October 3, 2023!
The time has come for us to voice our concerns about the unlawful printing of money for corrupt purposes, which has negatively impacted the lives of ordinary Ghanaians.
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Folks,
I am available to assist the government in identifying frivolous and wasteful expenditures in the budget to free-Up the needed 8bn so that individual bondholders are exempt!
You can't continue to live large on the savings of pensioners etc!
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Images from my presentation on Thursday ahead of that wonderful delivery from my Boss, H.E
@JDMahama
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This Naughty cartoonist has summarized what's happening at the Bank of Ghana: The PRINTER needs to go!
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Our proposed 24-HOUR ECONOMY will boost growth in Ghana’s day economy and build a new NIGHT ECONOMY FOR ALL .
This is the real game changer.
#24HRSDAYNIGHTEconomy
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Ghana just announced it can't service external debt including Eurobonds, commercial and bilateral loans!
FYI, we cannot repay our debt because we are insolvent or bankrupt!
Fitch, S&P and Moody's are expected to immediately downgrade our rating to Default ( D)!
Asem oo!
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The claim that NDC MPs are against a proposed Free SHS Bill is totally false.
There is currently no such bill before Parliament. We cannot oppose a bill that we have not seen.
For the records, it was the NDC that birthed the 1992 Constitution which provided the legal framework
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Happy Wednesday friends,
I am here to tell you to hang in there! Weather the storm!
Soon all your troubles will be over! Cheers!
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Terrible News!
My Condolences to the Family!
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Folks,
I am hearing the announcement of Ghana's dreaded Debt restructuring programme will be made tomorrow!
Never again should Ghana allow such reckless fiscal behaviour occasioning a massive debt accumulation over 6yrs!
God save us all!
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Friends, I am grateful to you all for all the messages!
May God continue to Bless and Protect us all!
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President Akufo-Addo’s appointment of KPMG to audit the so-called revenue assurance agreement between Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) has come too late in the day.
Parliament has already directed the Finance Committee to audit the infamous
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Folks,
Remember this solid team has messed Ghana up big time!
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Folks,
This same gov't told us they will not go to IMF and yet it did a U turn!
Today,
@NAkufoAddo
is telling the world there will be NO HAIRCUT for individual and institutional investors.
Mark my words, Another U-Turn is bound to happen!
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Lack of knowledge...
This clearly highlights some of the reasons contributing to our underdevelopment!
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I've seen
@thebankofghana
attempting to justify their actions! This further strengthens our stance that Dr. Addison and his deputies (the Printers) should be held responsible for the mishandling of the central bank and their blatant disregard for our laws!
#AddisonMustGo
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Another history chalked under
@NAkufoAddo
and Alhaji
@MBawumia
Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam is the first finance minister to be in charge of only domestic public finance, whilst a superior appointee will be in charge of international and private finance.
What a historic
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Get ready for a crude and painful haircut, the consequences of economic mismanagement!
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This is to celebrate my dear Constituents! You are amazing and I love you all!
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Folks
The IMF's USD 360m that has just been paid to the government of Ghana is NOT enough to service the initial debt of USD 477m that the government of Ghana has agreed with EuroBond holders.
It is obvious that the failure on the part of the Government of Ghana to build
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The Majority Leader, Hon. Afenyo-Markin, must understand that the only person on record to have said that Ghana does not need any legislation for free senior high education is Vice President Alhaji Bawumia, not the NDC Minority Caucus.
The NDC Minority Caucus cannot oppose what
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MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS POLICE BRUTALITIES AND ARREST OF PEACEFUL PROTESTORS, DEMANDS THEIR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
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As deputy minister of finance responsible for budget from April 2016 to Jan 2017, I can state categorically that the ministry NEVER PAID these purported salaries to both the First and Second ladies. I urge the ministry of finance to issue a statement to clear the air!
#FakeNews
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Things Fall Apart!
The Center can no longer hold?
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Can someone at the ministry of finance & the Bank of Ghana explain why only $713m out of the approved $750m hit GOG's Bank account?
Where is the remaining $37m?
For the avoidance of doubt, Parliament did not approve upfront fees amounting to $37m.
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Folks,
I urge Vice President Bawumia, Chairman of the Economic Mismanagement Team, to address the economic Mess haunting Ghana!
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Difficult days ahead for the tax payer!
Akufo Addo govts proposal to increase VAT by 2.5% means the Effective rate of VAT will be 21.9% even though the statutory rate will be 21%!
God Save us all!
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This E-levy is a super regressive tax that will impose unbearable hardship, pain and suffering on poor Ghanaians
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During a presentation at UPSA barely 2 months ago,I urged Ghanaians to prepare for a crude and painful haircut but some called me “prophet of doom” , the NPP tagged me a propagandist and eventually
@NAkufoAddo
said there will be NO HAIRCUT! May God save us all!
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Excerpts of our PRESS BRIEFING ON THE MINORITY’S OPPOSITION TO THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION’S PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL INSTRUMENT (C.I) FOR VOTER REGISTRATION!
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Sir
@MBawumia
We suffered dumsor in Ghana between 2005 to 2008 when you were a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and a member of the Economic management team. Can you remind Ghanaians about any stimulus package you provided to mitigate the plight of Ghanaians? 1/14
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Ministerial vetting: We’ll remove deadwood in Akufo-Addo’s government - Dr Ato Forson -
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Down memory lane; the insensitive E-levy Party and Dance!
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Shocking revelations from
@NAkufoAddo
government’s data show they have spent 11.1bn cedis on
#COVID19
so far! This outrageous figure is more than the entire Capital expenditure! We demand a breakdown of all cost items and an audit ASAP!
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We cannot forget
@NAkufoAddo
has more than doubled the public debt he inherited which is from Nkrumah’s time.
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Friends, in this video I dismiss claims by
@NAkufoAddo
about monies spent on road construction!
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Folks, Incase you missed it, here is the full text of my presentation on Ghana’s economy!
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Petrol and Diesel on the verge of breaking the 8?
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I find the recent statements by the Interior Minister, Henry Quartey, both alarming and baseless. His insinuation that members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have participated in improper recruitment practices without providing any evidence is a clear attempt to divert
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Vice Presidential Candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, waxing lyrical about taxes in 2016!
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In 2022, Bank of Ghana made a colossal loss of over 600,000% of it’s stated capital of GHS10 million.
The Bank made another loss equivalent to 150,000% of its stated capital in 2023.
Is this poor record of performance comparable to any central bank’s?
Yet, apart from ongoing
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GHANA’S ECONOMIC MESS
(MINORITY’S RESPONSE TO THE 2023 MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW)
PRESENTED BY: DR. CASSIEL ATO FORSON, MP, MINORITY LEADER
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Friends,
Thank you all for the Congratulatory messages.
I dedicate this to you the good people of Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam.
I want you to know that I do not take for granted the opportunity to serve you and our motherland!
May God Bless you all.
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Since 2013, governments have refrained from imposing VAT on domestic consumption of electricity for very good reasons.
Such an implementation was going to increase the cost of electricity to domestic consumers without giving them the opportunity to reclaim their VAT (because
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MINORITY URGES MINISTER OF TRANSPORT TO WITHDRAW CONTROVERSIAL ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS
The NDC Minority Caucus has taken note of the public sentiment expressed in respect of the proposed amendments to the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 (LI 2180), which were laid in
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Friends, See below Citifm’s Retraction and Apology!
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Yesterday, Dr Bawumia recycled some of his old, unfulfilled promises and also made some outrageous new ones.
For example, one of his old promises, which he made again yesterday, is “one student, one laptop” for senior high school students.
Sometime in January 2023, Dr. Bawumia,
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Resetting Ghana- Jobs | Accountability | Prosperity.
#LetsBuildGhanaTogether
#MahamaForPresident
#Mahama4Change2024
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A Sad day for our democracy and the fight against corruption.
I have received news of the ultimatum given Auditor General Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave with a lot of sadness.
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Today, we celebrate 66 years of Ghana's independence.
I am proud to be a citizen of this great nation.
This day reminds us of the sacrifices made by our forefathers to secure our freedom.
Let us honor their legacy and work towards a brighter future for Ghana!
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The world is aware this NPP government used the borrowed money to fund frivolous expenditure!
Sadly, the huge debt accumulated in the last 6years was wasted on vanity projects and consumption!
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