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We can't take blame for Kumasi Central Market fire - ECG

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  • Baba Ali 11 years ago

    What is the benefit and usefulness of investigation a fire out break incidents? Many times you hear that an investigation is being conducted and nothing meaniful comes of the so call investigations.It is time the authorities ...
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  • zoobie-zoobie 11 years ago

    incompetent and corrupt

  • ASANTE NI BA 11 years ago

    NDC HAVE SWORN TO DESTROY THE ASANTE KINGDOM SO ANY CHANCE THEY GET THEY MAKE SURE THEY USE IT AT THE DETRIMENT OF ASANTES

  • Avogadro 11 years ago

    Let's not be decieved. Just because we compare ourselves with some countries does not put us in their class as far as achievements are concerned. My definition of achievement is 'being able to use a country's independence a ...
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  • Joseph 11 years ago

    Central Market in Kumasi is an eyesore, smell and disgrace for the City of once called Garden City of West Africa. It needs to be reconstract and well plan.
    What is the Asantehene and the Gold he received goes? I guess he(th ...
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  • Teacher Kwame 11 years ago

    Where do the tolls from the market go? Asantehene may choose to or not to develop the Market.He can choose to give a herlping hand or not. The development or otherwise of the market is a sole perogative of the Municipal Assem ...
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  • Yarchoe 11 years ago

    This is the reason why Ghana is so underdeveloped. Everybody think the government is solely responsible for every development in Ghana. Every one in Ghana have to get involved with the development process.

    What does the ...
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  • OH GHFUO, BE SERIOUS WAI! 11 years ago

    WHERE WAS OTUMFUO WHEN THE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED? IM SICK N TIRED OF GHFUO SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM THEMSELVES UNTO SOMEBODY ELSE. FINE, OTUMFUO MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE HERE, BUT INDIRECTLY HE IS. HE LIVES ...
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  • Nana Bawuah 11 years ago

    "EVEN KOTOKO THE CLAUB TILL THIS DAY HAS NO STADIUM."

    They have the Baba Yare Sports stadium and the Asante Kotoko Trainings Park at the Adako-Jachie. Since my family released Adako-Jachie lands for its construction. By th ...
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  • ADAMA 11 years ago

    Ghana is a very funny country ,where corrupt men rule. I mean thieves like NDC and ECG. NDC IS FOR FOOLS

  • Mmmmmm 11 years ago

    I think you don't have any work! What you does is to seat behind your computer and insult your leaders. You have to go back to school to lean how to respect because you did not lean form your parents!!!!

  • DEE 11 years ago

    Adama,who pissed you off this morning? Let move Ghana forward ,the insults will not help us move forward,pleaassse!
    !

  • Doe Dennis 11 years ago

    asnother bushman.What has the fire to do with the govt.ashanti"419"cocaNana,
    thieves,second only to Nigerians.you burn your market to steal from each other and blame it on the govt.

  • Birry Wade 11 years ago

    If “The outage was not entirely caused by ECG”. Then it goes to say that the ECG had a part to play with respect to this fire outbreak.

    ”Mr. Kyere-Baidoo however blamed traders at the market for using defective switc ...
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  • POGASTY 11 years ago

    This the time ECG have to educate people on overloading sockets and the risk involve.We Ghanaians are too know,We dont know and we dont know that we dont know which is foolish

  • george 11 years ago

    its your own fault for using cheap china fittings they overload with boiling a kettle while you use these substandard fitting you risk fires and death

  • OH GHFUO, BE SERIOUS WAI! 11 years ago

    Mr. Kyere-Baidoo however blamed traders at the market for using defective switches and also overloading them.

    JUS SITTING DOWN FOR PPL TO ACT ANYHOW. WEN TROUBLE ARISES U SAY WE SHOULDNT BLAME YOU? WHERE IS THE ECG HEAD? W ...
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  • KUTXA. France 11 years ago

    Mr Public Relations Manager, have you ever taken the trouble to educate the consumers in that part of the market, or elsewhere, as to what types of equipments that they are supposed to use? Have you taken the time to tell the ...
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  • ATAKORA BEDIAKO 11 years ago

    "Sometimes the capacity of the power.. " So go round and correct these wrong connections and do not wait until such unfortunate things happen and you come out telling us why it may have happened.

  • ghanaman 11 years ago

    when did you(Erasmus) got to know that defective switches are being used? what did he do about it? busted.

  • Kauf 11 years ago

    Blame KMA not ECG

  • Joe/F 11 years ago

    Blame KMA and shop owners. KMA collect tolls daily and its their responsibility for safety in the area. Ignorance and illegal tapping and misuse of electricity power is a factor to this fire

  • OH GHFUO, BE SERIOUS WAI! 11 years ago

    KMA IS NOT TO BE BLAMED HERE, BUT THE ECG. U CANT SIT THERE IDLY WHOLES CITIZENS MISBEHAVE BY COLLUDING WIRES TOGETHER TO GET ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY. AT WHOSE EXPENSE AND SAFETY? THE ECG, KUMASI MAYOR AND THE KUMASI METROPOLITAN ...
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  • Akwadaa Swiss 11 years ago

    DONT U KNOW de "MOST HIGH ROBBRIES and de NIGHT ARMED BUGGLERS" are done with de HELP of the ECG?.AND SO,"GET a JOB at de ECG and ur RICH OVER NIGHT is thier MOTTO¨!Just switch this AREA OFF TO NIGHT and ur POCKET is FULL af ...
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  • Weysman 11 years ago

    Akufo Addo and Jake are aware of this.