Patrick Kwabena Stephenson
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#MEDays2023
institutional architecture to prevent terrorism, instability and insecurity on the continent. Conversations with the real decision makers is always refreshing!
That we are endowed with natural resources is no reason for conflict.
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You can’t make this up! I didn’t think it will ever get this low.
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I don’t understand the logic of this campaign message to be honest. You were told not to implement these. People protested, some were beaten! They are still paying under your government, and then you promise to remove them if voted? Why not now? Ah, which matter is this? 😂
📍No betting tax
📍The E-levy will be abolished
11 to 24 of our seventy (70)
#BoldSolutionsForOurFuture
with innovative and smart points to transform our country championed by
@MBawumia
#Bawumia2024
#ItIsPossible
#ManifestoWarmUp
#NPP2024ManifestoLaunch
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If this leaked audio is validated, then we are really screwed in Ghana 🇬🇭. How did it all go wrn for people who claimed to have known better? We kept warning and all along they knew? At 0 deficit financing, govt we need 10 yrs for debt to decline to 90%? Who has 10 yrs in govt?
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@OtiAdjei
That man 👨 after his Jamaican retreat has an understanding of Dancehall music! It’s that simple!
He created a hit with 3 words! Imagine 3 words!
Now he just no get size! Others will create good tunes, very good! But he will reign as dancehall!
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Someone give this police officer thumbs up. This is in East Legon getting to the tunnel. Some drivers are just indisciplined and we complain of traffic.
#FixYourself
#FixGhana
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Here is an unpopular opinion!
Convert all ex-gratia and other emoluments for people who are entitled to them including Article 71 officers, to government bonds due in 15 years. No?
Midweek Musings!
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One giant defender and football administrative colossus
@AnthonyBaffoe
and finest strikers
@ASAMOAH_GYAN3
and
@E_Adebayor
and a small midfielder 😂.
Watch out for the projects
@ASAMOAH_GYAN3
is working on to develop football locally. Fantastic stuff!
🇬🇭 represented!
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She actually said this on national TV? BOG uses monetary policy tools to manage inflation, and their misuse of that tool results in either inflation being imported, or transitioning interest rates to feed into general prices level. What is this? Eish.Just shush and stop the craze
@Bridget_Otoo
@247newsgh
I was looking for the exact quotation. She’s fortunate it’s inferential. Smh
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My very good friend Divine Puplampu provides this table. Top websites visited by Ghanaians. Make what you want of it.
I’m just observing
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Anyone who reduced the office of the Second Gentleman in this country to a mere “mate” does not deserve the high office of this country. He for sure is part of the problem, because the framers of the law didn’t intend for that office to be “running mate”
#WakeUP
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The Director of Elections of the NPP, came to a gun fight with cutlasses and hoes!
Data is the name of the game. Conspiracies don’t fly well in the face of data!
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Please be a responsible citizen! If you are feeling sick now and are in Accra or Kumasi, this isn’t the time to run away to other regions not included in the lockdown!
Report yourself and get treated!
#UncomfortableTruth
#covid
-19
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Don’t come debating the method! Find the report and read for yourself! Your beloved Ghana lost about GHS9billion (circa $1.6/7 billion) to corruption. Keep in mind that this is STOLEN money according to the report, not misappropriated or mischaracterised.
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In fact has any government in its quest for a second term in the 4th Republic lost more that 60 seats in parliament?
If no, then the
@NPP_GH
as a party and indeed this government has some serious introspection to do!
#UncomfortableTruth
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But this country paaa! So I made a post, supported by good data provided by this same government! Some people in government rather than look at the data and ask themselves why tax effort is reducing and demand answers from the government just tag me as NDC?
Asem nie?
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So South Korea has started testing dogs and cats for COVID-19, and vaccinating them.
You are happy your leaders buy V8s every 4 years and you sing their praises fir commissioning wooden bridges?
Wake up!
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If the loan is at t-bill rates today, the MP will have to cough up about $3k/month in interest payment. Now how much is his salary? Let’s say he can make the money from other sources, what are the assets he owns? If justified, why must the state beat the risks?
#FiscalGovernance
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#GhanaRice
the marketing managers didn’t anticipate this!
If they don’t ride it well, they will lose the momentum.
Organize a GhanaRice festival!!! Launch brands and ran promos, laaaarrrge!
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So wait, in this TOR v Torentco business, so government of Ghana is simply saying that it doesn’t have the financial capacity of Torentco? That it cannot find the circa $30mln upfront investment from any of its funds, so Ghana reaps all the benefits of TOR?
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A man without options is a slave to his circumstances!
Good day folks!
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The feeling you get when you hear Shatta Wale’s Mellisa!
Dope tune!
Good night folks
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As you enjoy the freebies, know that we miss revenue targets, we will finance same with some extra money and our politicos wont cut their central costs! In effect you will pay through your nose very soon!
Curious Analyst!
#UncomfortableTruth
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You don't want to miss this exposè on drug abuse by
@thenanaaba
on State of Affairs tonight on
@GHOneTV
. This cuts deep!
#EndTramadolAbuse
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Sometimes erh? Smh! Convert tolling booth to public urinals? You removed the tolls which took an average of 5 seconds waiting time, only to introduce urinals which take 5-10 min wait time. And you used traffic as justification for removing the tolls…are we okay? Eish
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We can do this during campaigns, but we cannot deploy same systems for participatory planning, budgeting, and fiscal governance at the local level!
Now I know it’s possible. It’s a matter of will!
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Something about the interview granted by Emir of Kano, give me the goose bumps!
Clarity of thought, for me!
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You mean to say I can buy a gun, under regulations and control without going to jail, but buying marijuana is a crime, because we won't put regulations and control around it?
I am just curious! And so should you.
#UncomfortableTruth
#ControlDontCriminalise
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As a young person living in 🇬🇭, you should necessarily take a keen interest in the current developments regarding the 2020 general elections!
Deputy speaker of parliament indicates spending GHS100k on private transport for people who went to vote!
Pay attention!
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But for partisanship, and a weakness in coherence of thoughts and principles, how can anyone be happy for the imposition of tax on them?
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Yes we live in a competitive political environment, and see reason in responding to the minority politically on some issues. But we cannot sacrifice common sense when we are cloaked with the powers of government for responses like this. No!
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Amazing day at the
@USEmbassyGhana
with other
@WashFellowship
2019 fellows from Ghana. PDO has been amazing.
#MWF19
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So wait let me understand this, the officials of the University of Ghana are so bent on this IN OUT OUT OUT policy that, it doesn’t matter where stranded continuing students will sleep, after such a drastic unconscionable change in policy? Craziness! What is this???
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When a PhD in quantum chemistry and a potent woman at that, leads the country through a viral pandemic, you can trust that data&science will be the order of the day.
That my friends is Angela Merkel! It is Math, Science, and Tactful Communication.
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Why are senators being given the proviledgr of using information for private gain?
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Practicing journalists holding positions in government! I mean no other profession ooo. Journalist! Hmmm. What do I know.
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So the VEEP who chairs the EMT where major economic policy decisions are made, and has seen discussions on budgets and fiscal policy reached, and submitted to Parliament, for approval, with attending administrative measures says the Revenue Authority is hounding
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Now life will be okay. Say hello to the barber!
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What about owning a fleet of motorbikes providing delivery services? That’s bad business? Can the VEEP provide the other options? Because I will take owning a delivery business that owns bikes everyday over NABCO. So?
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Why a fine economist will be deceived by his own employees to commit such statistical blunder beats me
1. 15 million Momo Accounts is not equal to 15million bank accounts. There are people with multiple numbers, and individuals with multiple bank accounts and same mobile nos.
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1. So by October 2018, this was the profile of water consumption across the population in Ghana. How does the current 'free for 3months' impact inequities in distribution and access to water? You the poor may actually end worse off.
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@KinaataGh
You still wonder why I keep making noise about
@KinaataGh
? Well I was eagerly looking forward to his campaign on COVID-19, and as usual, banger!
Chale, the coastal language blend serf?
#TeamMove
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It's time!
@USEmbassyGhana
selects yours truly as a
@WashFellowship
fellow for 2019. Let's see if we can hack this programme design and selection at the local government level through this experience.
Stay tuned for the whole experience.
#MWFGhana2019
@UDelaware
#MWFUD2019
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African leaders are bold with speech! Their counterparts elsewhere are action oriented!
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And then there was another banger! How does
@KinaataGh
do it? It is timely, necessary, and guess what? you can jam with it.
#BehindTheScenes
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You said the evidence wasn't solid to prosecute him
FIFA finds him guilty, fines him US$500k, and bans him for life from football.
See your life?
It must be the coffee
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The road to being a Professor is narrow, lonely and bushy. Don’t make mine one🤣. Join this conversation on
@3fm927
and let’s inject some facts into the public discourse, going into the 2020 general elections.
#UncomfortableTruth
#FACTCheck
#Elections2020
#GhanaElections
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Should government call FIFAs bluff?
FIFA TO BAN GHANA ?
Government's stance is the betterment of its football. Ghana is saying this is what we need to do to sanitize our football. Maybe we need to have a stakeholders forum to discuss this -Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, Sports Journalist
#GHOneNews
with
@patrickkwabena
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Genuine question!
Why is Gari free when you buy beans, but not free when you buy waakye?
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When they came, we had the land and they had the Bible.
When they left, we had the Bible, and they had the land!
It’s a case study
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Why would a former President of thia Republic called Ghana, blame the current President for the riots at KNUST, in a matter of 24 hours?
Can't we see beyond the partisanship? Eish
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It was a pain watching the NDC parliamentary aspirant for Ayawaso West Wuogon, justify distribution of laptops and subtly implicate himself as using it to secure votes!
What is more, he doesn’t seem to appreciate that as a lawmaker you simply cannot be doing some things!
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So we start the journey into our
@WashFellowship
here!
Amazing team from Ghana.
I will be at
@UDelaware
for Leadership and Civic Engagement. Stay tuned for the entire learning experience.
#MWF19
#UDMWF2019
#CivicTechDev
#MWFGhana2019
@USEmbassyGhana
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@konkrumah
@NAkufoAddo
How this is even a debate is strange! This is what was submitted and approved by the then Finance Minister in parliament. Two markedly different programme definitions to what was eventually deployed in 2017 in my opinion..But Ghana, we debate everything...
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This is why the older generation has failed the younger generation.
Help
@GHOneTV
raise money to buy desks for these students.
Shame on all politicians driving v8s in Accra.
#Conscienceofanation
#destroyingthefuture
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We must show compassion and humanity! This, is what it feels like!
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Now that the AfCFTA Secretariat is coming to Accra, how positioned, how positioned are you, young man or woman to unlock the opportunities there in?
Connect and lets engage!
#UncomfortableTruth
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Yhup! It’s moments like these that we prepare young vandals for! They have been released by the police! Back to engage the management of the university to reverse this policy.
@OVAGlobal1
@VandalsUg
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Me arrive at my appointment time for passport application vetting.
Her: We have VIP service, you won’t join the queue, for a small fee (GHS85)
Me: No.
In 10 minutes it was my turn.
Why have we set up a nice system that should work and we create a bypass like this?
Wahala
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Go to the ATM machine, withdraw GHS2,000.00 of your own money and then get told, almost GHS25.00 went to the coffers of government.
If this doesn’t make you angry, what else should?
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When your favorite lyricist is studied!
@KinaataGh
and
@Nas
, two of my favorite musicians studied in the academy. Okay.
Kofi Kinaata’s ‘Things fall Apart’ studied by level 200 students of KNUST
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At GHS700 per month, NABCO employee, da b3in?
My journey is far papa!
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Well you petitioned, the President of the Republic
@NAkufoAddo
heard and read your concerns, but could not grant your wishes. It’s still a democracy Abi? At least you went on the record as have officially registered your view as a citizen.
#UncomfortableTruth
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Just so you know, statistics and data have a very weird way of exposing deficiency in analysis! If someone had asked the basis for the claim circa April 7, 2020, they would have been naysayers! But....
#UncomfortableTruth
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My friend:
What does the 2020 Ghana 🇬🇭 have, that the 2016 Ghana 🇬🇭 didn’t have, for which reason we had to borrow GHS133billion?
Me:
It’s the coffee!
#UncomfortableTruth
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Is it me? Or this guy is just brilliant ? I wouldn’t mind finding some cash to do some cool policy related campaign with him!
We are trending number 4 on Youtube🇬🇭 with over 100,000 views in less that 48hours 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Watch
#YeeteNsem
Episode 13 ft.
@ClementoyeSuarez
here:
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#ScamAlert
#SmartPolicy
#UncomfortableTruth
1. Lockdown and restricted movement
2. Free utility for 3 months
3. Free food for 400k plus people
Three weeks later
3. Removal of restrictions
4. Economy will run
You are still thinking you will get free things Abi?
🤦♂️🤔🤦♂️
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It’s going on! It’s growing! If you are an OVA, or a current Vandal!
It’s a train to the office of the President! Flagstaff House or Jubilee House!
Join the train!!!
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He has perfected the art of using data for political communication! The excesses dont matter!
#BawumiaSpeaks
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Never mind that the church supports the state to build a cathedral, while they go on and raise funds for a cancer Centre🤦♂️
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On the ocassion of
@tv3_ghana
being 23 years old, the very first headline ever read was: SETTING UP OF A TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE CORRUPTION IN AWARD OF CONTRACTS!
Ewurade and we are still at it?
Congrats 🎉 TV3
We've been doing this news thing at
@tv3_ghana
since since. Here is Ama Adade introducing the first evening news.
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I have said and will continue to say, the next 15 years and beyond, will be the middle class paying dearly for the mess caused by the indiscriminate fiscal decisions of this government. More taxes coming our way? Scary times indeed!
What are the expected pressures?
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The experience is amazing. Superb peer mentors for the
@WashFellowship
in
@UDGlobal
. Great connecting with amazing leaders from Africa and learning about the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia!
Don't surrender liberty for security, you will lose both!
@USEmbassyGhana
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In a country where you claim democracy, argue decentralization is the means to bring development to our people.
95% of revenue for development is kept by Central government, and 5% is for local government.
Don’t be surprised when law makers start sharing COVID19 relief items🤣
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Nothing is more dangerous than a government that applauds itself!
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You must be mean enough to ward off the evil spirits associated public policy on these streets.!
Happy Sunday Fam!
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This is wrong on every level! If they broke social distancing rules, should the consequences be punishment without adherence to social distancing? Regulatory economics is something we need to understand on our streets!
#UncomfortableTruth
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The whole country discussing a $3bn preliminary stage approval. In 15 months tax exemptions to 1D1F Companies, some of which have since folded up could nearly reach $500mln.
Who made us this way? They get all of us talking while the real issues get overlooked!
#OpenEyes
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Your country is part of 92, that won’t be able to pay for COVID vaccine when it’s ready.
In fact your country will be doing copay if COVACS doesn’t raise $38billion
You are singing praises for paying tons of money to inefficient actors and not joining the demand 4 accountability
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In Ghana everything is debatable! Watch how this will become and Obuor said vs hospital said!
Meanwhile there are clear protocols including instructions from right when the deceased may have arrived in Ghana!
Strange town!
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Don’t crack under the pressure, smile and survive! You will come out tougher and better baked!
Cheers
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When the Pope suggests that the Catholic Church was wrong in using force to change cultures to conform to its objectives, and thereby lost the opportunity to benefit from cultural diversity for the values of the church, I’m wondering what your pastor thinks!
😃🤦♂️
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You are hailing politicians when they say 'free this and free that"...when your debt stock just went through the roof!!! What is worse, debt service cost is almost at GHS40billion...per annum...and you are still excited when they claim free?...na your money oo!
WAKEUP
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@thenanaaba
, you defy all odds and show what determination can achieve. Today na your born pikkin day, enjoy am to the max.
This one too come and correct it.
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