Police maintenance culture is poor - Amissah-Arthur

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poo hoo 10 years ago

NDC has been in power for about 5 years, what have you done about this canker

NDC has been in power for about 5 years, what have you done about this canker
True Patriot 10 years ago

This culture of the Police hsa been there for decades. They know that they are guaranteed free accomodation so they care less about trashing the units provided them by the govt.
They give birth to many children.
This must s ...
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This culture of the Police hsa been there for decades. They know that they are guaranteed free accomodation so they care less about trashing the units provided them by the govt.
They give birth to many children.
This must stop; the govt. must let them pay their own rent after adding some housing allowance to their salaries.
Every worker is important in Ghana and not the police, soldiers and other uniformed personell only.
Tetteh Nubuor 10 years ago

True Patriot you said it right. They need to rent their own place and live among the people and know what is going on in the day to day activities of the masses. It also serves as the ears and eyes of the security of the loca ...
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True Patriot you said it right. They need to rent their own place and live among the people and know what is going on in the day to day activities of the masses. It also serves as the ears and eyes of the security of the locations in which they reside.
This practice is no more feasible in even rich countries.
This funds can be used to provide them with logistics, computers, vehicles for patrol personal protection equipment (PPE).
This program should be introduced now!
DAN 10 years ago

IN THE USA AND I'M SURE EUROPE, POLICE BUY OR RENT THEIR HOMES OR APARTMENT WITH MONEY FROM THEIR SALARY!..ITS CORRECT THAT THIS HOUSING MONEY MUST BE USED TO BUY POLICE CARS, COMPUTERS,GUNS, BULLET PROOF VEST, RADIO SYSTEMS ...
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IN THE USA AND I'M SURE EUROPE, POLICE BUY OR RENT THEIR HOMES OR APARTMENT WITH MONEY FROM THEIR SALARY!..ITS CORRECT THAT THIS HOUSING MONEY MUST BE USED TO BUY POLICE CARS, COMPUTERS,GUNS, BULLET PROOF VEST, RADIO SYSTEMS NOT TO MAKE POLICEMEN WARDS OF THE STATE LIKE ORPHANS!
THE LONE PROPHET OF JEHOVAH 10 years ago

THIS IS WRONG POLICEMEN OR ANY SECURITY AGENCIES APART FROM MILITARY OFFICERS SHOULD RENT THEIR OWN APARTMENT PAID FROM THEIR MONTHLY SALARIES AS IT IS DONE IN THE WESTERN WORLD PERIOD.THE GOV'T SHOULD BUILD SOCIAL HOUSES FOR ...
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THIS IS WRONG POLICEMEN OR ANY SECURITY AGENCIES APART FROM MILITARY OFFICERS SHOULD RENT THEIR OWN APARTMENT PAID FROM THEIR MONTHLY SALARIES AS IT IS DONE IN THE WESTERN WORLD PERIOD.THE GOV'T SHOULD BUILD SOCIAL HOUSES FOR ALL TO RENT. A WORD TO THE WISE IS ......!!!
Senior citizen Br,weig Germany. 10 years ago

If you want your house to be deteriorated in no time,hire it to the police as said by a frind of mine.The police do not take care of premises provided them by the Government,unlike the military men who are disciplined in main ...
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If you want your house to be deteriorated in no time,hire it to the police as said by a frind of mine.The police do not take care of premises provided them by the Government,unlike the military men who are disciplined in maintaning their barracks since they have the ordnung sections in their camps which ensure cleaniness and structural good standing in all areas of their military lives.This attitude of the police must be subjected to change by their present IGP whom I have learnt had gone through high education and served the UNO,in several countries other than Ghana and had probably acquired more experiences not only in police office administration but also in the maintenance of police barracks,and he must ensure that before he had finsíshed with his two years extended contact,sweeping changes must have been made inlcuding keeping of houses allocated to them in ordnung,as a legacy bequedth to the police.
Ekow. C 10 years ago

Let the Ghana police pay rent

Let the Ghana police pay rent
Tijani 10 years ago

modern policing does not require the police been house at one place, old fashioned people.
Why not even sell most of police properties in the urban centers and rather locate the said officers to live among the people in thei ...
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modern policing does not require the police been house at one place, old fashioned people.
Why not even sell most of police properties in the urban centers and rather locate the said officers to live among the people in their communities.
Otsibu Darko 10 years ago

Becase if you the elected officials/military since independence have done your work well by avoiding bribery and corruption this situation wouldn't have occurred, the budget is always 'trimmed here and there' with unreasonabl ...
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Becase if you the elected officials/military since independence have done your work well by avoiding bribery and corruption this situation wouldn't have occurred, the budget is always 'trimmed here and there' with unreasonable excuses which goes into 'private pockets, is there any wonder everybody in Ghana is corrupt!
norgbey george 10 years ago

they can learn from the soldiers

they can learn from the soldiers
kwame 10 years ago

Good you give them all this at the expence of the tax payer yet they stand by the road side to extort money from the very people paying for thier housing. Tell them to stop harassing people and leave them alone. Stop the brib ...
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Good you give them all this at the expence of the tax payer yet they stand by the road side to extort money from the very people paying for thier housing. Tell them to stop harassing people and leave them alone. Stop the bribe.
Tijani 10 years ago

modern policing does not require the police been house at one place, old fashioned people.
Why not even sell most of police properties in the urban centers and rather locate the said officers to live among the people in thei ...
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modern policing does not require the police been house at one place, old fashioned people.
Why not even sell most of police properties in the urban centers and rather locate the said officers to live among the people in their communities.
ADABRAKA 10 years ago

Govt should release the tension of building houses for police. Instead, pay them well to find their own properties. I was surprised that my next door neighbour is a cop, however we have been sharing apartment floor for 7- yrs ...
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Govt should release the tension of building houses for police. Instead, pay them well to find their own properties. I was surprised that my next door neighbour is a cop, however we have been sharing apartment floor for 7- yrs. He saw me on his duty one day and was smiling. I asked him next day, we all live around you. We are same people.
WATCH OOO 10 years ago

Not only the police, the entire nation has very little idea about maintenance culture, no one even bother about that, never.

Not only the police, the entire nation has very little idea about maintenance culture, no one even bother about that, never.
km agyin 10 years ago

Is it only the police who are guilty of this? The whole govt machinery is.

Is it only the police who are guilty of this? The whole govt machinery is.
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago

The whole nation does not have a distinct culture of maintaining property - just look around you - people's homes, school buildings, government offices, hospitals, factories, roads, bridges, markets, etc.
We have to make a n ...
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The whole nation does not have a distinct culture of maintaining property - just look around you - people's homes, school buildings, government offices, hospitals, factories, roads, bridges, markets, etc.
We have to make a national effort to change this hallmark of "Third World" culture.
Can we do it ?
NANA YAW 10 years ago

When you have too much public ownership, government owned, government built properties, nobody takes good care of them.

When you have too much public ownership, government owned, government built properties, nobody takes good care of them.
GHANANI 10 years ago

Give the new flats just two years and you will not recognize them.Ghanaians in general are very poor at maintaining properties especially when such properties belong to the government.The best solution to this problem is to g ...
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Give the new flats just two years and you will not recognize them.Ghanaians in general are very poor at maintaining properties especially when such properties belong to the government.The best solution to this problem is to give loans or allowances to government workers to either buy their own houses/flats or rent their own accommodation from private landlords.Why should the government be saddled with the problem of providing accomodation for its workers?Even in richer countries this is not done.
EZEKIEL 10 years ago

The mAINTENANCE CULTURE of the Police is poor??? You MUST be a Joker!! ...the MAINTENANCE CULTURE OF THE WHOLE NATION IS NON-EXISTENT!!!!!!
Mr. Vice President, in which country have you been living all this while ??????Call ...
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The mAINTENANCE CULTURE of the Police is poor??? You MUST be a Joker!! ...the MAINTENANCE CULTURE OF THE WHOLE NATION IS NON-EXISTENT!!!!!!
Mr. Vice President, in which country have you been living all this while ??????Call a spade a Spade... why do we ALWAYS doing..Re-Habilitation ?????
USMAN 10 years ago

You see, sometimes comments passed by our university graduates in authority leave much to be desired. It is a fact that 90% of all police barracks in Ghana were constructed way back in the 1950s and beyond. Examples include t ...
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You see, sometimes comments passed by our university graduates in authority leave much to be desired. It is a fact that 90% of all police barracks in Ghana were constructed way back in the 1950s and beyond. Examples include the Koforidua Central Police Station, Accra Central MTTU Office at Tudu, Adabraka Police Staion, Otrokp3 police station near Asesewa and Saboba Distict Police Staion in the Nothern Region among others. The fact is that the facilities in the various Police facilities are old and need replacement. For instance at Saboba it will surprise everybody to know that pan latrines are still being used at the Police barracks. Comments by PreZ Mahama and Veep Amissah Arthur makes me believe that most of our so called intellectuals in leadership have nothing upstairs. I am of the firm conviction that having knowledge in economics alone is not enough to create wealth just like our veeep is displaying. This is how far our useless university education has brought us.
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago

Extremely good observation, but I'm afraid nothing will be done as usual. What can we do?

Extremely good observation, but I'm afraid nothing will be done as usual. What can we do?
Nana Kwakye 10 years ago

TO BE FRANK ''APOLISIFOO AYERE NE YEN MMA SEE FIE PAPA'' POLICE CHILDREN ARE VERY NOTORIOUS THEY DESTROY HOUSE FURNISHINGS. THEY MUST RENT AND LIVE AMONG THE PUBLIC TO ENFORCE DISCIPLINE IN THE AREA THEY LIVE AS ITS HAPPENING ...
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TO BE FRANK ''APOLISIFOO AYERE NE YEN MMA SEE FIE PAPA'' POLICE CHILDREN ARE VERY NOTORIOUS THEY DESTROY HOUSE FURNISHINGS. THEY MUST RENT AND LIVE AMONG THE PUBLIC TO ENFORCE DISCIPLINE IN THE AREA THEY LIVE AS ITS HAPPENING IN EUROPE,AUSTRALIA, USA AND CANADA. I LIVE IN ...AND A POLICE MAN LIVES IN MY FLOOR DOORS FACE TO FACE.
OKOE 10 years ago

IF IT COMES TO MAINTENANCE, SET A SMALL UNIT WHOSE DUTIES WILL BE TO INSPECT STATE PROPERTIES AND MAKE ANNAL REPORTS TO THE STATE. I REMEMBER THERE EXISTED PUBLIC WORKS REAL ESTATE BRANCH, I AM NOT NOT SURE IF IT IS STLL THER ...
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IF IT COMES TO MAINTENANCE, SET A SMALL UNIT WHOSE DUTIES WILL BE TO INSPECT STATE PROPERTIES AND MAKE ANNAL REPORTS TO THE STATE. I REMEMBER THERE EXISTED PUBLIC WORKS REAL ESTATE BRANCH, I AM NOT NOT SURE IF IT IS STLL THERE. ALSO THERE MUST BE A BUDGET SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL STATE PROPERTIES AND MUST BE IN THE AUDITORS ANNUAL REPORTS AS TO HOW THE BUDGET IS SPENT. I ONCE WROTE ABOUT THE AREAS LEADING TO OUR PORTS BEING IN A POOR STATE. I CAN SAY THAT STATE LAVATORIES ARE THE MOST DEPLORABLE. THEY DO NOT PROVIDE NECESSARY THINGS SUCH AS SOAPS, TOILET PAPERS ETC. IT IS THE MOST DISGRACEFUL AMENITIES WITHIN THE STATE INSTITUTIONS, BOTH MUNICIPAL AND NATIONAL. THE HEADS HAVE THEIR OWN TOILETS AND DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE OTHER EMPLOYEES AND US THE PUBLIC. IT IS ONE OF THE DISGRACEFUL THINGS IN GHANA, AND THE SOONER THE WHOLE ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING CITY COUNCILS SEE TO PROVIDING PLACES OF CONVENIENCE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC, THE BETTER. VISIT THE PREMISES OF THE ESTATE DEPARTMENT OF ACCRA MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FORMER COMMUNITY CENTRE BUILT BY DR. NKRUMAH FOR THE PEOPLE AND THAT HAS BEEN TURNED INTO LAW COURTS. WHAT A SHAME. EVERY CIVILIZED COUNTRIES HAVE COMMUNITY CENTRES, HOW ABOUT GHANA? WHERE ARE WE GOING? MORE PREACHERS AND NOTHING CONCRETE BEING DONE FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON. WE LOVE OUR BMWS YET OUR PUBLIC AMENITIES ARE NOT WHAT TO WRITE HOME ABOUT.
Ada Boy 10 years ago

We don't need another government funded agency to carry out that service, it must be source out to private sector. We dont need anymore committees to deal with this kind of issue. Governments have proven they can't be trusted ...
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We don't need another government funded agency to carry out that service, it must be source out to private sector. We dont need anymore committees to deal with this kind of issue. Governments have proven they can't be trusted to do the simplest of things.
OKOE 10 years ago

It is annual and not annal, I APOLOGISE.

It is annual and not annal, I APOLOGISE.
TRUMU TRUMU VEEP 10 years ago

Why are we providing free accommodation facilities to the Police and not teachers ?I don't think it is far for my tax money to be used to house Doctors but not teachers or clerks or fire fighters.What is the rational behind t ...
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Why are we providing free accommodation facilities to the Police and not teachers ?I don't think it is far for my tax money to be used to house Doctors but not teachers or clerks or fire fighters.What is the rational behind this?Someone explain this to me please.
JUNGLE 10 years ago

How do expect policemen to fuel and maintain police vehicles from their pockets and u go about bad mouthing about maintenance. This is what is happening now. The vice should find a solution to this for the new vehicles are b ...
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How do expect policemen to fuel and maintain police vehicles from their pockets and u go about bad mouthing about maintenance. This is what is happening now. The vice should find a solution to this for the new vehicles are being grounded one by one. He should go to the closest station and ask. If only the policemen will be bold to tell him the truth. It is happening life.
Armies 10 years ago

That is Ghana culture to trash everything.

That is Ghana culture to trash everything.
Branagh 10 years ago

Ghanaians are filthy people so this is no news.

Ghanaians are filthy people so this is no news.
Ishaq 10 years ago

Mr Vice Presibent, it is not only the Police who are poor at maintaining their properties. This is a very serious problem in our country. We are very poor at maintenance. Without proper and regular maintenance the 'life' of a ...
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Mr Vice Presibent, it is not only the Police who are poor at maintaining their properties. This is a very serious problem in our country. We are very poor at maintenance. Without proper and regular maintenance the 'life' of a property is shortened.
DAVE 10 years ago

NO THAT IS WRONG WRONG WRONG POLICE OFICERS SHOULD NOT BE HOUSING FROM THE GOVERMENT EVEN THE BRITISH WHO INTRODUCE THIS TO GHANA HAD STOP THIS PRACTISE IS IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THE STATE DO AWAY WITH THE COLONIAL THINKING

NO THAT IS WRONG WRONG WRONG POLICE OFICERS SHOULD NOT BE HOUSING FROM THE GOVERMENT EVEN THE BRITISH WHO INTRODUCE THIS TO GHANA HAD STOP THIS PRACTISE IS IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THE STATE DO AWAY WITH THE COLONIAL THINKING
Ada Boy 10 years ago

These are some of the tough decisions that needed to be made if we are to move on from the current culture of waste and duplication Those making these decisions got to recognize the need to integrate the police force with th ...
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These are some of the tough decisions that needed to be made if we are to move on from the current culture of waste and duplication Those making these decisions got to recognize the need to integrate the police force with the communities that they serve As evidenced, policing becomes more effective when the community and police cooperate
Kofi 10 years ago

No Mr. VP, there is nothing like maintenance culture in Ghana as a whole.

No Mr. VP, there is nothing like maintenance culture in Ghana as a whole.

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