We’ve learnt our lessons - Melcom chairman

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Ajit Babu 11 years ago

These guys have already squandered the compensation money earmarked for the victims.

These guys have already squandered the compensation money earmarked for the victims.
Sakura 11 years ago

For money, power and poor oversight his building kills innocent Ghanaians and he is still talking big. Why haven't our courts charged MELCOM? I am not condoning stealing, but why is a poor guy who steals a hen jailed for 5 ye ...
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For money, power and poor oversight his building kills innocent Ghanaians and he is still talking big. Why haven't our courts charged MELCOM? I am not condoning stealing, but why is a poor guy who steals a hen jailed for 5 years when these guys are left to roam freely? the management of MELCOM and the builders must face the laws of Ghana.
Kwaku K 11 years ago

Sakura. I think the lack of hair on your head has fried your brains. Have you not been following this story since it started. The Building does not belong to Melcom. It is a rented property. Have the authorities jailed the ow ...
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Sakura. I think the lack of hair on your head has fried your brains. Have you not been following this story since it started. The Building does not belong to Melcom. It is a rented property. Have the authorities jailed the owner for poor building practice? Go and ask your superiors in authority. The same owner has a property in Kumasi built many years ago as a hotel which has been sinking ever since it was built. You want Melcom management to be jailed. Fool indeed you are. Apart from the loss of life and injuries done to Melcom's workers, Melcom has also lost a lot in the collapse of that shoddy building. Ghanaians want to always cut corners and this is an example of using less cement and iron rods.
Ghost 11 years ago

How can a commercial organisation.

"Melcom is the largest retail outlet in Ghana and has some 26 malls scattered all across the country"

Think that ignorance is an excuse or a good reason. This guy or who ever is res ...
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How can a commercial organisation.

"Melcom is the largest retail outlet in Ghana and has some 26 malls scattered all across the country"

Think that ignorance is an excuse or a good reason. This guy or who ever is responsible for melcom properties must be in Jail.

Oh Ghana.
MENSAH 11 years ago

I think MELCOM has a part to be shared in the blame.HAVE THEY INSURED THE WORKERS AGAINST ANY UNFORSEEABLE ACCIDENTS OR TRAGEDY like this?IF YOUR ANSWER IS NO,THEN SAKURA IS RIGHT.He(THE BOSS) himself has admitted of his mist ...
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I think MELCOM has a part to be shared in the blame.HAVE THEY INSURED THE WORKERS AGAINST ANY UNFORSEEABLE ACCIDENTS OR TRAGEDY like this?IF YOUR ANSWER IS NO,THEN SAKURA IS RIGHT.He(THE BOSS) himself has admitted of his mistakes which he claims do not want to repeat.WHAT WAS IT?NO AUTHENTICATION FOR OCCUPANCY WAS DONE BEFORE MELCOM STARTED TO USE IN HIS SALES(BUSINESS).Therefore,all the company needed was the MONEY AND NOT THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENRY.
Therefore,he should have been charged too.I SUPPORT sakura 1000%.
mensah abrampa 11 years ago

No one put a gun on the heads of the Melcom Management to rent the facility that later collapsed. Any credible business organization would have applied due diligence before signing contracts.Due diligence serves to confirm ma ...
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No one put a gun on the heads of the Melcom Management to rent the facility that later collapsed. Any credible business organization would have applied due diligence before signing contracts.Due diligence serves to confirm material facts in a sale and it's a way of preventing unnecessary harm to either party involved in the transaction. The Melcom owners only have themselves to blame for failing in their responsibilities to themselves and the general public. They're culpable and must face the full rigours of the law.If they think they are innocent they have to prove it in a court of law.The victims deserve a compensation either from the owner of the building, Melcom, or both of them.
Dan Arthur 11 years ago

Any hard working person who earned his/her own money will ever go to melcom shop a second time!! Because EVERYTHING is inferior quality. You buy, by the time you get home that thing is broken.

Any hard working person who earned his/her own money will ever go to melcom shop a second time!! Because EVERYTHING is inferior quality. You buy, by the time you get home that thing is broken.
EZEKIEL 11 years ago

We criticise everything as INFERIOR QUALITY but we are NOT even in the position to manufacture TOOTHPICK !!
Why not manufacture your own to QUALITY STANDARD ??? "Mouth mouth",and EMPTY CHEST-THUMPING and NOTHING ELSE!

We criticise everything as INFERIOR QUALITY but we are NOT even in the position to manufacture TOOTHPICK !!
Why not manufacture your own to QUALITY STANDARD ??? "Mouth mouth",and EMPTY CHEST-THUMPING and NOTHING ELSE!
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

A man walks into a bar with a monkey on his shoulder. The bartender says "hey you cant bring pets in here!" The man replies "dont worry, hes trained. He wont mess anything up." The bartender agrees to let the man and his monk ...
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A man walks into a bar with a monkey on his shoulder. The bartender says "hey you cant bring pets in here!" The man replies "dont worry, hes trained. He wont mess anything up." The bartender agrees to let the man and his monkey in. While the man sits down, the monkey hops on the bar and eats a cherry, then jumps on the pool table and swallows the cue ball whole. Furious, the bartender says "get your monkey out of here! I cant have him eating things like that."

A few days later, the man enters the bar again with the monkey on his shoulder. "Didn't i tell you to get that monkey out of here?" The bartender asks. "Its okay," the man says. He wont do it again. The monkey hops on the bar, grabs a banana, shoves it up his ass, pulls it out, then eats it. "What the hell is he doing?" asks the bartender.
"Measuring." the man replies. "You would measure too if you had to pass a cue ball."

EXPERIENCE IS ALWAYS THE BEST IF YOU LEARN A LOT FROM PEOPLES MISTAKES INSTEAD OF YOUR MISTAKES.
THE MONKEY WAS LUCKY TO SURVIVE BY LEARNING FROM HIS MISTAKES.
lili 11 years ago

Ghana always seems to have to learn its lessons the hard way. "I don't mind."
When will you start thinking about the future?

Ghana always seems to have to learn its lessons the hard way. "I don't mind."
When will you start thinking about the future?
Alomo Jata 11 years ago

I totally agree, the stuff sold there of cheap quality. Anyone who has value for their money will not shop there. I don't thiese Indians ar allowed to flood the market with these cheap goods. How can they call their stores su ...
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I totally agree, the stuff sold there of cheap quality. Anyone who has value for their money will not shop there. I don't thiese Indians ar allowed to flood the market with these cheap goods. How can they call their stores supermarket? Even Walmart stuff are far superior than them.The victims families as well as the workers families should SUE THEM!
These brown stinky people come and take Ghanaians fo granted.

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