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A former Deputy Minister for Communication, Felix Ofosu Kwakye has asked Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to educate his boss, President Akufo Addo on the meaning of GPS instead of former President John Mahama.
“It does not lie in the mouth of the Vice President to come and purport to educate President Mahama on anything…with the greatest respect to the President, I doubt if he understands what GPS stands for…if he has any education, he should reserve it for his boss, the President whom I believe, President Mahama stands heads and shoulders above…” he said.
Dr Bawumia has described John Mahama as ‘clueless’ after the latter described the Ghanapost GPS system as ‘419’ scam.
Addressing NDC party faithfuls who had gathered in Cape Coast after their unity walk, the former President asked President Akufo Addo to hold accountable those who were involved in the launch of the 'fraudulent' system which he described as a “419” scam.
“How can you launch a Google GPS system that is freely available on our mobile phone and say it is a national addressing system. It is such a pity. Why will you embarrass the president so much? You go and take a whole president to bring him to come and launch a system that is 419…when we talk about accountability; this is where the president should show that he is serious about corruption. Somebody must account for 15 million giving away free of charge” Mahama said.
However, Dr Bawumia in respond said: "when I read his reasoning for such a description, it was evident to me that he has no clue about what he was talking about and was just engaged in parroting propaganda. I actually had a good laugh. Let me therefore take this opportunity to educate him and others who may think like him about Ghana’s landmark digital property addressing which has been achieved in less than one year, something his government could not do in eight years!"
Reacting to this in an interview on Citi FM’s eyewitness news, Monday, Ofosu Kwakye asked the Vice President to “respond directly to the allegation and stop the name calling”
“It must be noted that the Vice President is by no means an IT expert; so what he read out today was merely what he would have been told by the people who developed the App. Several experts have pointed out deep flaws in the app which do not justify the amount of money that have been invested in it. What government ought to do is to take on board criticisms of the experts who have spoken and look into talk about inflation of this app” he added.
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ARE U THE SAME FELIX WHO TRAILED SEVERALLY COURSES IN ECONOMICS BACK AT KNUST? IN THE NAME OF POLITICS EVERY BODY SPEAKS. HMMMMMMM, U HAVE ITC GURUS IN YOUR PARTY AND NDC COULD NOT COLLATE SIMPLE ELECTION RESULTS? FELIX KWAKYE IS AN APOLOGY OF A POLITICIAN.
FELIX, IF I WAS STILL WITH YOU LIKE YESTERYEAR'S I WOULD NOT COMMENT. BUT JOHN MAHAMA AND EVEN THE ENTIRE NDC NEED BAWUMIA IT EDUCATION. IF U CLAIM YOU ITC GURUS IN NDC; INCLUDING MAHAMA, HOW COME U COULD NOT DEVELOP A SIMPLE EXCEL SHEET TO COLLATE THE 2016 ELECTION RESULTS
Dr Bawumia's boss doesn't have any issues so he doesn't need any education on it buddy. It is ur boss who claims he is an expert and yet couldn't see the difference between this this App and google map who needs education. U weasel.
At least they launched something, what did you do? Nothing apart from chop chop. Akron4.
OH NDC YOU WILL REMAIN IN OPPOSITION FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME. BECAUSE MAHAMA FIRE ONE AND DR BUWUMIA ALSO RESPONDED IN EQUAL MEASURE. I THOUGHT THIS WILL END THERE BUT LOOK AT THE NDC NOW THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE JUSTIFYING EX PRESIDENT MAHAMA'S BEHAVIOUR AND CRUCIFYING WHAT BUWUMIA SAID IN RESPONSE TO THE EX PRESIDENT. I AM SHOCKED, THAT NOW ALL MAMAHA'S BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH HAS BEEN LET LOOSE TO COME OUT INSULT BUWUMIA AND EXTEND IT TO THE PRESIDENT. BUT THE NDC NEVER LEARNT THEIR LESSONS. WHEN EVER BUMWUMIA TALKS THIS SMALL BOY, WHAT IS HIS NAME? FELIX WHAT KWAKYE IS LET LOOSE TO RESPOND AND IN DOING THAT END UP INSULTING ELDERLY PEOPLE SOME OF WHOM ARE OLDER AND ACHIEVED MORE IN LIFE THAN HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER. GHANAIANS ARE WATCHING AND THIS WILL NOT HELP THE NDC ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WANT TO RETURN TO POWER. NDC HAVE ITS FOLLOWERS, THE NPP ALSO HAVE ITS FOLLOWERS BUT THOSE OF US IN THE MIDDLE WHO DECIDES WHO MUST BE PRESIDENT ARE WATCHING FELIX COMMENTS AND WILL WAIT FOR 2020 TO TELL EX PRESIDENT MAHAMA THAT HE SHOULD GET VERY MATURED PEOPLE TO TALK FOR HIM TO ENABLE HIM COME TO POWER AGAIN OTHERWISE HE SHOULD FORGET COMING BACK AS A PRESIDENT. IN ANY CASE A LOT OF GHANAIANS DON'T LIKE THE MAN AS PRESIDENT. i REST MY CASE. NDC WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO COME TO POWER SO FAR AS THEY BRING MAHAMA AS FLAG BEARER. NDC YAA MUTU. THE PARTY IS DIEING GRADUALLY AND THE ONLY LIVE LINE FOR THEM IS MAHAMA AND MINOR AND TRIVIAL ISSUES FOR THEM TO BLOW IT AS FACE SAVING FOR THEIR GRASS ROOTS TO BELIEVE THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING. WE IN THE VOLTA REGION, WE ARE WAITING FOR MAHAMA AND HIS APPOINTEES TO COME TO US FOR VOTES.
Hey boy, welcome back to coverage area. I thought you have have learned not to be opening your mouth wide anymore?
you NPP people this is all that you are good at. Insulting here! insulting there!! insulting everywhere. Even armed robbers have a right to say their minds. if JDM is even corrupt he has a right to criticize NPP if they repeat the corrupt allegations leveled against him.
This is not politics but rather a fight to control and take Ghana's resources for themselves.
The Ex-President Mahama and his band of hooligans are very very 1gn0rant of how Software's/Apps and for that matter technology works! I heard John Mahama saying *“How can you launch a Google GPS system that is freely available on our mobile phone and say it is a national addressing system..."* You see where the IGNORANCE IS..?? 1. Google does NOT own a (Global Positioning System) "GPS System". 2. Google owns an Application called Google Maps or Google Earth; together with satellites in space which allows the applications Google run and for that matter any other third party Device or Application capture GPS Coordinates (Longitudes, Latitudes and Accuracy/Thresholds etc.) 3. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and other Companies and Countries also have their own Satellites in space, therefore..Someone could develop and Application and depend on NASA Satellites or Google Satellites, and even in some instances you have no idea the satellite which is helping you capture the COORDINATES. TO THE POINT: 1. The Asaase GPS application and Google Maps and a lot more are examples of different applications used to capture GPS data, and anyone can develop an app to capture GPS Information without lunching Satellites into space. 2. The question of COST comes in when someone (a Software Engineer) is contracted to build an application. The engineer can build his application based on an existing FREE Model under the Free License or Open Source Policy but that does NOT mean he will have to give it out for Free. WHAT DO I MEAN? (CONCLUSION) 1. Google Maps is FREE on our phones does NOT mean other Applications that uses Google COORDINATES or NASA COORDINATES are not to be sold at a PRICE!! 2. There are other 1 million GPS applications out there that are FREE but the question is: Will it fit into our purpose or objective..?? No software is straight forward, sometimes it needs to be tweaked to fit into requierements and that comes at a price, even if the Software is available for FREE as an Open Source Software. JOHN MAHAMA and HIS COHORTS Are wrong Again!
The Ex-President Mahama and his band of hooligans are very very ***barred word*** of how Software's/Apps and for that matter technology works! I heard John Mahama saying *“How can you launch a Google GPS system that is freely available on our mobile phone and say it is a national addressing system..."* You see where the IGNORANCE IS..?? 1. Google does NOT own a (Global Positioning System) "GPS System". 2. Google owns an Application called Google Maps or Google Earth; together with satellites in space which allows the applications Google run and for that matter any other third party Device or Application capture GPS Coordinates (Longitudes, Latitudes and Accuracy/Thresholds etc.) 3. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and other Companies and Countries also have their own Satellites in space, therefore..Someone could develop and Application and depend on NASA Satellites or Google Satellites, and even in some instances you have no idea the satellite which is helping you capture the COORDINATES. TO THE POINT: 1. The Asaase GPS application and Google Maps and a lot more are examples of different applications used to capture GPS data, and anyone can develop an app to capture GPS Information without lunching Satellites into space. 2. The question of COST comes in when someone (a Software Engineer) is contracted to build an application. The engineer can build his application based on an existing FREE Model under the Free License or Open Source Policy but that does NOT mean he will have to give it out for Free. WHAT DO I MEAN? (CONCLUSION) 1. Google Maps is FREE on our phones does NOT mean other Applications that uses Google COORDINATES or NASA COORDINATES are not to be sold at a PRICE!! 2. There are other 1 million GPS applications out there that are FREE but the question is: Will it fit into our purpose or objective..?? No software is straight forward, sometimes it needs to be tweaked to fit into requirements and that comes at a price, even if the Software is available for FREE as an Open Source Software. JOHN MAHAMA and HIS COHORTS Are wrong Again!