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Gov’t declares war on fuel stations without permit

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  • Pround pepeni. 8 years ago

    NO WONDER! SINCE AYARIGA BECAME MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, PERTROL STATIONS ARE SPRINGING UP IN EVEN RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I BELIEVE,THERE HAVE BEEN MORE PETROL STATIONS BUILT THAN IN O ...
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  • insight tblo the bone 8 years ago

    The blood of the innocent will never be washed away so these feeble bullshit attempts to shift the blame will never fly. Bull shit will kill you one day Mr Finance minister, that's what happens when you surround yourself with ...
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  • eugene 8 years ago

    not only have permits but have remote shut off valves for pumps (required in USA) tanks have good caps...and fire ext, and require drivers to stop engines And most pumps in USA have signs to not use your cellphone for fear sp ...
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  • P.Boy 8 years ago

    Funny how this is always done after the accident. we would be wise to tackle issues like this before an accident occurs.

  • ELINAM 8 years ago

    Gidigidi Reactionary tactics. What you do not have in your blood, what you do not have the foresight to do by your own initiative, please do not jump into it simply because the people asking for it.
    How do we got here with p ...
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  • Me 8 years ago

    Do you have sense at all. What has flooding got to do with fuel permit. Waste of tax payers money.

  • Ghanaian 8 years ago

    Aprrr. One day wonder!

  • JB 8 years ago

    The most useless government entity. Should and must be dissolved.
    What do they do?

  • Ayim Aboagye 8 years ago

    Who gave them the permit initially for them to be setup indiscriminately? Why now that we making a big deal out of it

  • Akorabs 8 years ago

    DO NOT WORRY. THEY ARE ALL THEIR FRIENDS. THEY WILL ISSUE PERMITS RETROSPECTIVELY.

  • Kwasi Asamoah 8 years ago

    Listen to the minister. Those without PERMITS!

  • Joe 8 years ago

    Is it the fault of the filling station of the fire and explosion, it is because of the odd river you didn't clean caused the massive flooding in adabraka . Which led people to park at the filling station because they could no ...
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  • Christina France 8 years ago

    Why in Ghana SOLAR ENERGY DO NOT EXIST;

  • Abu.Belgium 8 years ago

    Stupid People....

  • SIMION 8 years ago

    AGI CALLS IS NOTHING NEW ACCRA FLOODS BEEN THERE FOR MANY DECADES AND THE PLAN FOR LAYING PROPER DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO THE OCEAN IS THERE SINCE COLONIAL DAYS, DR NKRUMAH, DR BUSIA DAYS BUT LEADERS IN GHANA LIKE TO TALK AND DO LE ...
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  • Prince T 8 years ago

    How does the minister intend to win this war when all the fuel stations that have sprung up
    since 2009 belong to NDC members including Okudzeto Ablakwa? In my humble opinion let's not waste our meagre resources on tokenism. ...
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  • Abigi 8 years ago

    The NDC government is most ridicolous government ever to operate on earth. Mahama and cohorts are aware of gas stations without permits and allowed them to operate to burn us alive. Do you call this a government or JOKERS?

  • No Leadership 8 years ago

    Typical African Leadership, they lead from behind. No clue, no leadership, only interested in the power and privileges of leadership and not the responsibilities. God save the motherland

  • JATO KWASHIVI RAWLINGS 8 years ago

    THIS IS A GHOST EXERCISE, PART OF THE USUAL PROPAGANDA STUNTS OF THE NDC PARTY, WHICH EATS, DRINKS, BREATHES AND LIVES BY PROPAGANDA.

  • Pelicles 8 years ago

    Since coming to power, NDC ministers have one crucial objective that is to build gas stations. The funny thing is, there were unable to do any deep research to find a drop of oil and when Kufuor send oil sample to the parlia ...
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  • JATO KWASHIVI RAWLINGS 8 years ago

    THE NDC PARTY AND MEMBERS; HIGH AND LOW ALWAYS RUBBISH WHAT THEY DO NOT BUILD OR CREATE, YET THEY MAKE USE OF SAME THAN ANYONE ELSE. KUFFUOR BUILT JUBILEE HOUSE AND NDC CALLED IT CHICKEN COOP AND A HOSPITAL, YET THAT IS WHERE ...
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  • Frimpong Manso 8 years ago

    review the safety policies at gas stations. especially those in residential areas during when the tanker is there for filling. all owners and managers need to check that the underground tank caps are leak proof. there should ...
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  • kyekyeku 8 years ago

    This is how they always talk after disaster

  • YEBOPOWER 8 years ago

    This is not an excuse. How did the fuel station come into existence and operation without a permit. We would not have known this if this accident has not occurred. This NDC government is a liar, corrupt and criminal . The pre ...
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  • sulley 8 years ago

    Idiots, don't waste our monies on task forces. We hv existing structures, use them! Write guidelines taking into account what the law says n ask them to review situations on the ground. If it doesn't fit, clear it. This 9 day ...
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  • Joe Turkey 8 years ago

    Not only is it too late, it is an admission of the irresponsibility on the part of these square pegs in round holes. Next year same time, we'll be hearing of another task force.

  • SON OF MAN 8 years ago

    AYARIGA, WERE YOU ASLEEP OR YOU HAVE JUST REALISED THAT SOME FUEL STATIONS ARE WRONGLY SITED ?
    TAKING ACTION NOW IS A CLEAR SIGN OF IMCOMPETENCE OR WERE YOU WAITING TO TAKE ACTION AFTER NDC HAS SACRIFICED PEOPLE ?
    I HOPE YO ...
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  • fredsaid 8 years ago

    THIS IS ALL ADO ABOUT NOTHING JUST TALK. LET'S SEE SOME ACTION AND LESS TALK; GOVERNMENT OF PROMISES AND NO ACTION

  • J.Davis 8 years ago

    IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT THOSE WITHOUT PERMIT TO OPERATE THESE GAS AND FUEL STATIONS,BUT ALSO ABOUT THE CO-ORDINATION OF AUTHORIZED AGENCIES TO SEND TEAM OF FIELD INSPECTORS, PROPERLY EQUIPPED WITH PROPER INSTRUMENTS TO CHECK FOR ...
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  • KK 8 years ago

    THIS MUST WORK EFFECTIVELY

  • Christina France 8 years ago

    I fail to understand why Ghana is not using SOLAR ENERGY which is the cheapest and cleanest source of obtaining electricity with minimum of equipment...Government can not complain for the lack of sun in Ghana

  • GPS 8 years ago

    When did you become a minister? Why didn't you action before? You all not fit for ministers. You all are like monkies in suits. Stop lying, you are not going to do anything talk is cheap. You are for your stomach big belly ...
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  • Atsu ,Ho 8 years ago

    interesting Ghana....war on fuel stations without permit? visit Ho Aflao road and you can count at least 60 filling stations along the stretch purposely for fuel smuggling to Togo in the night.... some are very close ,less th ...
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  • Christina France 8 years ago

    You people give example to your LAZY INCOMPETENT GOV.Start cleaning your water ways which YOU blocked and keep an eye on it.Hope you learned bitter lesson.Bring back your good old leaders to make order in your house.In my opi ...
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  • palmwine seller 8 years ago

    Gov is lair its not about permit its safty standards and enforcing it. we all know in Ghana you can get any permit as long as you have the money. you can even get a permit to kill the president. so what is the noise they are ...
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  • ALEENO 8 years ago

    Building permit alone can not solve the problem.some body can get permit all right by bribery but is it save to build at residential area. not only the cities also rural areas too.the person who issued the permits at unauthor ...
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  • VERDICT 8 years ago

    The failed leadership and the failed governance of the John Dramani Mahama NDC gov't must go. Enough is enough.
    Not one more Ghanaian life should be lost on the back of the irresponsibility, the incompetence, the thievery, t ...
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  • omono 8 years ago

    Why waste scarce funds on a gallivanting task force. Does the ministry not have district/regional offices for the task? Why should any opportunity be exploited to waste money. My God.

  • OWEN,NEW YORK. 8 years ago

    NOTHING NEW,SAME OLD SONG. MOST OF THE FUEL STATIONS ARE FOR N.D.C MINISTERS OR TOP POLITICIANS IN GHANA. SELLING FUEL IS THE SECOND FASTEST WAY TO MAKE MONEY IN GHANA.

  • Poshman 8 years ago

    Stupid country with its stupod so called ministers. Why should he wait for disaster to strike before taking action. Yet they behave as the wisest people on planet

  • Ali Mahama 8 years ago

    This is Madness.After waiting for over 200 lives to get lost before we do what we are paid to do. Such cases happen when we have Stupid Leaders in charge.

  • energy Care 8 years ago

    What a load of crock..
    WTF is this sentence supposed to mean: "Ayariga appealed to Ghanaians to back the exercise"

    Do you mean to tell us that Ghana government gave permission to business to operate fuel stations without ...
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  • asempanaye 8 years ago

    Are Ghanaians that unintelligent? After government officials have allowed people to build gas stations indiscriminately all over the country, with no regard to public safety, after allowing these stations to operate, Ayariga ...
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  • sansan 8 years ago

    Another useless African country where idiots are at the whims of affairs. For lack of wisdom from the leaders the people will perish.

  • Nana asamoa 8 years ago

    I will please inform Ghana Gov.to increase kerosene also so it can help also the customers who they use new model cars because they used kerosene to mix patrol because of that all new cars engine block quick.so they use to co ...
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  • The lone prophet of Jehovah 8 years ago

    THE ROOT CAUSE OF BRIBE TAKING TO GRANT PERMIT IS CORRUPTION

  • John Lewis 8 years ago

    PURELY A COSMETIC ECERCISE. HOW CAN THE NDC GOVT PULL DOWN PETROL STATIONS BELONGING TO ITS OWN MEMBERS. NDC CANT FOOL ANYBODY. THIS GOVT HAS PROVED YO US TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT IT DOESN'T CARE. PERIOD!

  • Yussif Fuseini 8 years ago

    What a joker,your colleague ministers re the culprits beside illegal permits re permit anyway, just don't over bedden the poor taxpayer again there re institutions for that already all they ve to do is stop issuing licences f ...
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  • Kofi Adu 8 years ago

    Do the same to FACTORIES set up in RESIDENTIAL areas by FOREIGNERS poluting the air and making people sick.

  • Papa Yaw 8 years ago

    True