| Sammy | ™

Live it well. Live it as you want, but don't live it to hurt someone. That is life (Data Analyst; Excel and Power BI Expert)

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Some one makes politics out of Asamoah Gyan 2010 missed goal de3, not much is expected from you.

[Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Esq. MP. @etsedafeamekpor]

NPP CANNOT WIN THE COCAINE DEBATE IN GHANA
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1. On 3rd April 2017, a Ghanaian by name Suraka Suala Madugu was arrested at the KIA for swallowing heroin and arriving from Nairobi to Ghana.

2. ⁠Again in 2017, about 10.6kg of heroin was confiscated by Narccoc officials at the KIA after same was imported by a Kenyan into Ghana.

3. ⁠In January 2018, about 56kg of cocaine was seized at Ghana Post. 6 Ghanaians were involved.

4. On 3rd April 2019, Ghana again seized $1.44m and €255k belonging to a Lebanese national involved in narco-terrorism. A then DAG and a notable political figure cum lawyer settled the matter and released the money to the accused after initially being arraigned before court.

5. About 1.1ton of cocaine was seized in Belgium in December 2023 involving a Ghanaian alleged to be close to some then Govt officials.

6. Two private jets (Gulfstreams 3$4) allegedly delivered about 45 tonnes of cocaine to Ghana in December 2023. The jets are currently confiscated and are packed at the Airforce Base here in Accra.

7. In March 2024, Ghana arrested a South African and a Nigerian at the airport with about 13.76tons of heroin from Thailand.

8. About 166kg of cocaine was seized at the KIA in June 2024 involving 2 British nationals

9. About 76kg of cocaine was seized at DHL depot facility at the KIA in July 2024.

10. Prior to all the above, arguably the greatest drug bust happened sometime in 2008 when an incredible 399kg of cocaine was arrested in Nsawam. Only 2 drivers were arrested in that matter till date.

The US Dept of State as far back as January 2009, stated the ff in its Report:

“Ghana is a transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly cocaine from South America, as well as heroin from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although Europe is the main destination, drugs also transit to the United States through Accra’s Kotoka International Airport. Drug trafficking is fueling domestic drug consumption. Local use of cannabis, heroin, and cocaine remains a problem.”

So let’s stop the politics and support Govt efforts to fight the drug menace as a Nation. We were declared a drug trafficking hub under an Npp Govt in 2008.

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@UWorldNursing 345
Though I am not a nurse

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@JonBenjamin19 Another reason why, it good for us not to qualify. Let come home to weed our only footbal park. @SaddickAdams

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@MTNGhana @TheListowel1 Apuuuutooo Open chat koraaa mpo, na DM. Check out this

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@Solo_Footy Drogba

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@wordstionary Creative

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Well noted. Your Boss @lordcudjoe too said we should blame @NAkufoAddo. When will you address that one too?
@Kpebu_Martin @vangyampo isnt it time for to decleare the "state of emergency now?" @Citi973
#CitiCBS
@tv3_ghana n @JoyNewsOnTV
arent you showing us the water colour again

[Bright Simons @BBSimons]

1. I was totally perplexed to read that a retired Wing Commander (equivalent to a Lieutenant Colonel in the army branch) of the Ghana Air Force says that the 4 Harbin Z-9EH helicopters, one of which tragically crashed last week, were DONATIONS from China to Ghana.

2. No disrespect to the retired senior officer, but this information is INCORRECT. I'm only motivated to post this because the claim appears to be circulating widely in mainstream media.

3. Ghana bought and paid for the helicopters from CATIC, a major Chinese defence contractor. CATIC is actually busily pursuing more deals in Ghana now. It wants to sell major platforms to the Ghana Navy. (Analysts feel that the Navy is behind on its procurement plans compared to the other services leading to smart brokers pushing their luck in the bid to cut deals.) And last year, CATIC asked Ghana to sign a maintenance and overhaul deal for both the helicopters and the Air Force's fixed-wing attack planes.

4. Ghana got the money to pay CATIC for the 4 helicopters from a $3 billion China Development Bank (CDB) loan signed in 2011. The loan was meant to be disbursed in two fat tranches. Twelve separate credit facilities covering 12 major projects were identified for the two tranches. Not all projects could be delivered after the loan was capped following a disagreement over how much collateral in oil was required.

5. The helicopter deal was in Tranche B of the deal, under the $150 million "ICT surveillance" component. (Interestingly, Tranche B projects were executed ahead of Tranche A.) Ghana Gas was the entity designated as the notional beneficiary. The helicopters were meant to be used to monitor oil & gas infrastructure in the Western enclave, covering fields and installations to pipelines as well as processing plants.

6. Though the specific cost of each helicopter was not disclosed, it can be deduced by subtracting the Huawei component of the project that they must have cost roughly $11 million each. Important to note, however, that the cost on delivery would normally depend on the customisation specs as agreed with the Ghana Air Force.

7. The original thinking was that live feed from helicopters and other aerial vehicles would be integrated into a central console for round-the-clock monitoring of Ghana's petroleum. That vision was somehow aborted. No one has asked why, and no answers have been offered.

8. In the Air Force, 2 Squadron is normally tasked with VVIP transport. However, 2 Squadron, to the best of my knowledge, has no helicopters. 3 Squadron has thus become increasingly responsible for VVIP transport where helicopters are required. However, none of the MI-17, Agusta/Bell, and Z-9 crafts in the Ghana Air Force fleet are VVIP configured. This is something that I suspect will come up during the expert inquiry.

9. The Nigerian Air Force, for instance, has a strict protocol for VVIP-configuration when buying helicopters. Example: the AW101 Mk 641 helicopters delivered by Augusta in 2014.

10. Saying all the above does not, however, suggest in any way that Ghana got the helicopters as a gift or that they were not customised for field deployment. It only raises a few questions about whether the crashed helicopter was customised for the VVIP transport use case. It is not being suggested that lack of VVIP customisation implies a safety limitation. However, it is usually understood that VVIP configuration would entail a higher than usual standard.

11. I don't know why the Wing Commander thinks the helicopters were gifts. Maybe because Ghana is paying through a loan facility provided by the Chinese government? Well, that does not make it a gift. Ghana has had to deliver thousands of barrels of oil every quarter or so from its share of production in our oilfields to Unipec for loan service purposes since 2015. China is not Santa Claus.

12. I have attached extracts from Parliamentary records for our colleagues in the media who may want to correct the impression.

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DL forever

[Kofi Kinaata @KinaataGh]

RIP Charles Kojo Fosu 🥹💔 #DaddyLumba

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@bhadext This guy is only paying his 10% on winning bet

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@Mi5CEH @AfenyoMarkin That is why they were voted out. If the new government has come to repeat the same thing we were complaining of. Then, the change is meaningless

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@RealOsuofia 🙌 🙌 🙌

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@Beatrice_Annan1 Lol, managing someone's initiatives for almost a month and you are proud 👏 of it? SMH

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@GyapKay KOFORIDUA - Koftown Flowers 💐

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@Asante_nation Some group of people in Ghana, when they make money, then quickly run home for development, our people will pack their cars miles away from home and use trotro to home for a visit.

Good work

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@thebankofghana This post is just a benchmark for Mahama moro.

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@JDMahama Please kindly update us with the respective year population

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@ghonetv #Salifu Amoako.
#16 years
#Reckless
#driving
#son

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@tv3_ghana Most of the leaders aspire to lead us in the next four years

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@KokuAnyidoho In politics, everything is possible. This can be a plan thing,

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@OleleSalvador @NAkufoAddo @FRANCE24 You see the personality of the interviewer, interviewing a president and an 80 years old man?

Ghana media won't learn from it, and will call on some young inexperienced journalists to ask .....