Breaking down Sodom and Gomorrah

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The Independent voice 8 years ago

Excellent work and finally refreshing to see the right thing being done by politicians who should not fear losing votes of the few but rather winning the pride and support of millions. This slum must be demolished and the wat ...
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Excellent work and finally refreshing to see the right thing being done by politicians who should not fear losing votes of the few but rather winning the pride and support of millions. This slum must be demolished and the water way cleared immediately. Keep it up but measures must be taken to seal off the area permanently to prevent repeat of this slum coming back. This has always been the problem with the city authorities. They clear an area and then leave it unprotected for the squatters to come right back. This time demolish clear and protect the area permanently.
Another voice 8 years ago

What you forgot to mention was the need to construct affordable housing, and to build a functional transport infrastructure. Then the criminal prosecution of those officials who have neglected Accra's sanitation and drainage ...
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What you forgot to mention was the need to construct affordable housing, and to build a functional transport infrastructure. Then the criminal prosecution of those officials who have neglected Accra's sanitation and drainage for the last 58 years. And finally, maybe some compassion for those who have been displaced?
The Independent voice 8 years ago

Fully agree with you on all your points except the last one. Compassion is reserved for those who live by the law and are affected and not those whose actions, conduct and behaviour are totally illegal and lawless and reckle ...
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Fully agree with you on all your points except the last one. Compassion is reserved for those who live by the law and are affected and not those whose actions, conduct and behaviour are totally illegal and lawless and reckless. It is this same compassion which has turned into 58 years of neglect and it has to stop. Law and discipline must prevail and every citizen in society must know their rights and THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
VICTOR CARRILLACE 8 years ago

HOW DO YOU LEGALLY BUILD ON A GOVERNMENT-RESERVED AREA? IF THE WHOLE OF THE AREA, NOW INFAMOUSLY CALLED SODOM AND GOMORRAH, WAS MEANT FOR THE KORLE LAGOON PROJECT, THERE WAS NO JUSTIFICATION IN GRANTING ANYONE A BUILDING PERM ...
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HOW DO YOU LEGALLY BUILD ON A GOVERNMENT-RESERVED AREA? IF THE WHOLE OF THE AREA, NOW INFAMOUSLY CALLED SODOM AND GOMORRAH, WAS MEANT FOR THE KORLE LAGOON PROJECT, THERE WAS NO JUSTIFICATION IN GRANTING ANYONE A BUILDING PERMIT TO BUILD ON THE LAND. THE AMA OFFICIALS WHO COMMITTED THAT PRIMARY BLUNDER SHOULD BE ARRAIGNED BEFORE A COURT TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE DISCIPLINED FOR DECEIVING PROSPECTORS AND EMBARRASSING THE GOVERNMENT.
kwesi 8 years ago

True and well said!!!

True and well said!!!
Omanba Pa, Islington-London! 8 years ago

The stupid president Mahama must give shelter to these people or does he think that it is my responsibility?

The stupid president Mahama must give shelter to these people or does he think that it is my responsibility?
Artic 8 years ago

When was the last time u sent money home?
Everything Mahama. Ebeii. !!!

When was the last time u sent money home?
Everything Mahama. Ebeii. !!!
Yaw Ghana.... 8 years ago

Npp is full of so nuch hate and venom .Was it not your greedy Npp Kufuor who built your Jubilee house instead of affordable housing? You will even blame Mahama for your bad breath. Get a life !

Npp is full of so nuch hate and venom .Was it not your greedy Npp Kufuor who built your Jubilee house instead of affordable housing? You will even blame Mahama for your bad breath. Get a life !
abba 8 years ago

Plus Jubilee House.

Plus Jubilee House.
Nyansaba 8 years ago

GAs, OWNERS OF AJENKOTOKU AND AMASAMAN LANDS, SLEEP ON THE STREETS AT BUKOM. THEIR SITUATION IS WORSE THAT THAT OF THE SQUATTTHEY ALSO NEED ARE THE FIRST THAT MUST BE SETTLED ON THEIR OWN

GAs, OWNERS OF AJENKOTOKU AND AMASAMAN LANDS, SLEEP ON THE STREETS AT BUKOM. THEIR SITUATION IS WORSE THAT THAT OF THE SQUATTTHEY ALSO NEED ARE THE FIRST THAT MUST BE SETTLED ON THEIR OWN
bakayoko 8 years ago

you talking nonsense , who told you popel can't live on water ways , when the Gutter and the Odo is chocked with lot of sands and filt , even if the people are the caurse of the filth in the gutter , there should be a committ ...
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you talking nonsense , who told you popel can't live on water ways , when the Gutter and the Odo is chocked with lot of sands and filt , even if the people are the caurse of the filth in the gutter , there should be a committee to every at list 2 months drain the Gutter..that is the best solution..
The Don 8 years ago

Re:bakayoko
It's the like of you who create problems because of naivety.A committee your arse.Only lazy cockroaches like you who government to do everything even feed and bath you.The whole place should have been cleared and ...
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Re:bakayoko
It's the like of you who create problems because of naivety.A committee your arse.Only lazy cockroaches like you who government to do everything even feed and bath you.The whole place should have been cleared and damn those who will make politics out of it.
Adwoa ghanaba 8 years ago

Ghana needs affordable houses good drainage system in the city. all those slum houses must go. The goverment must plan for the nation.Our country needs care pls Mr President and his men. Stop using our resourses buying war pl ...
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Ghana needs affordable houses good drainage system in the city. all those slum houses must go. The goverment must plan for the nation.Our country needs care pls Mr President and his men. Stop using our resourses buying war planes. We need peace good health not War.
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Ofoe-Odjdija 8 years ago

go back to the north and make there dirty. we have had enough with you. we dont want you here anymore

go back to the north and make there dirty. we have had enough with you. we dont want you here anymore
This is it 8 years ago

The laws must work.
Nobody must just build on waterways etc just bcos they say they are poor.

The laws must work.
Nobody must just build on waterways etc just bcos they say they are poor.
Mosi Tatupu 8 years ago

Don't leave anything standing.

Don't leave anything standing.
Soomui 8 years ago

So do Ghanaian journalists want to tell us that this one too they cant take their own photos? Do we have to wait for REUTERS to come from abroad to come and take photos of local events before we in Ghana can see what is happe ...
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So do Ghanaian journalists want to tell us that this one too they cant take their own photos? Do we have to wait for REUTERS to come from abroad to come and take photos of local events before we in Ghana can see what is happening in our own backyard?? Aba! No wonder the photos themselves dont tell anything substantial. Both the photos and then scant article are a waste of time and human resources.

I really cannot tell which of these two are more incompetent and useless than the other, Ghanaian politicians or Ghanaian journalists.
Esi 8 years ago

Listen to the names; Sodom and Gomorrah. These were cities destroyed by God in the Old Testament, how can normal human beings take names like these?
They are pronouncing curse upon themselves and Ghana as a nation.
Churche ...
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Listen to the names; Sodom and Gomorrah. These were cities destroyed by God in the Old Testament, how can normal human beings take names like these?
They are pronouncing curse upon themselves and Ghana as a nation.
Churches must educate and also remind the public about what the Word of God, stop using the pulpit for politics. People are ignorant about the Word.
Kweku troubke 8 years ago

Be serious. What is the talk about about names and curses? You rather need education, to free you from that antoa mentality of curses. What is the difference between you and the GA traditional council? You both talk the same ...
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Be serious. What is the talk about about names and curses? You rather need education, to free you from that antoa mentality of curses. What is the difference between you and the GA traditional council? You both talk the same nonsense but from different sides of the mouth. Just keep quiet if you got nothing better to say.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 8 years ago

A man with a 25 inch penis went to his doctor and complained he was unable to establish an intimate relationship with a lady due to his size. "Doctor," he asked in total frustration, "is there any way you can shorten it?" The ...
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A man with a 25 inch penis went to his doctor and complained he was unable to establish an intimate relationship with a lady due to his size. "Doctor," he asked in total frustration, "is there any way you can shorten it?" The doctor replied, "medically son, nothing can be done; but, I know of a witch who may be able to help you", and he gave him directions to the witch's house in Sodom and Gomorrah.
The man calls upon the witch and explains his dilemma: "Witch, my penis is 25 inches long, so I cannot establish an intimate relationship with a lady?" The witch stares in amazement, scratches her head, and then replies, "I think I have a solution to your problem. You need to go deep in the forest to Hidden Pond. You will see a frog sitting on a log who can solve your dilemma. You must ask the frog, 'will you marry me?' Each time the frog says 'NO' to your proposal, your penis will shrink five inches."
The man couldn't hide his excitement as he dashed into the forest and located Hidden Pond. He called out to the frog, "will you marry me?" The frog looked at him dejectedly and replied, "NO!" The man looked down and suddenly his penis was 5 inches shorter. "WOW," he screamed, "this is great!! But it's still too long at 20 inches, so I'll ask the frog to marry me again." "Frog, will you marry me?", he shouted. The frog rolled its eyes back in its head and screamed back, "NO!" The man felt another twitch in his penis, looked down, and it shrank another 5 inches. The man reflected, "this is fantastic, but 15 inches is still a monster; just a little shorter would be ideal". Grinning, he looked across the pond and yelled out, "Frog will you marry me?" The frog looked back across pond shaking its head in disgust, "How many times do I have to tell you? NO! ... NO! ... and for the last time, NO!
and his penis turn into a pillar of salt."
Mr P 8 years ago

When you plagiarise it is not difficult to know. Hidden Pond is where?

When you plagiarise it is not difficult to know. Hidden Pond is where?
FREE EDUCATION!!!!!!!! 8 years ago

Pleas what is the logic of your story!!!!! Look we ares serious people this platform is not for share jokes and stories without logic to a main news item okay!!!!!!!!

Pleas what is the logic of your story!!!!! Look we ares serious people this platform is not for share jokes and stories without logic to a main news item okay!!!!!!!!
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KWAA 8 years ago

This is not the first time succesive Governments have tried to move residents from that particular place.Most of them don`t have the political will, or a plan how to see it through.
What long term arrangements have they made ...
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This is not the first time succesive Governments have tried to move residents from that particular place.Most of them don`t have the political will, or a plan how to see it through.
What long term arrangements have they made to accomodent the residents?It shouldn`t be that,they destroy their sleeping places and leave them on the streets,it will not take them a week to come back.
This action is just a reaction of the tregedy from 3,June,if they are doing this without a plan,it will fail.
Aba 8 years ago

Is it govts responsibility to house people. They should go back to where they came from.

Is it govts responsibility to house people. They should go back to where they came from.
kwasi 8 years ago

THEY ARE DESTROYING STRUCTURES WITHOUT HAVING ANY PLACE TO RELOCATED PEOPLE ,THEY CREATE HUGH AMOUNT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WALKING THE STREETS
GOD WILL PAMISH THEM FOR THAT

THEY ARE DESTROYING STRUCTURES WITHOUT HAVING ANY PLACE TO RELOCATED PEOPLE ,THEY CREATE HUGH AMOUNT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WALKING THE STREETS
GOD WILL PAMISH THEM FOR THAT
AKORABS 8 years ago

I see the economics and no party politics. Most of the inhabitants of these shanty towns have gravitated towards the capital only over the last 30 to 40 years. They are adding nothing to the economy sitting in Accra. In fact, ...
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I see the economics and no party politics. Most of the inhabitants of these shanty towns have gravitated towards the capital only over the last 30 to 40 years. They are adding nothing to the economy sitting in Accra. In fact, they are taking our resources and heightening crime not to mention problems of sanitation. Whereas if they are encouraged to go back to where they had come from, we all will stand to benefit. That is where affordable housing and small holder farm incentives come in.
Nii Joromi 8 years ago

These people have fertile lands wherever they are coming from and it is time for them to go back and contribute to the development of their communities instead of destroying our capital Accra.

These people have fertile lands wherever they are coming from and it is time for them to go back and contribute to the development of their communities instead of destroying our capital Accra.
Soomui 8 years ago

Nothing stops you Joromi yourself from farming or fishing. Farming is not the preserve of rural people simply because urban African dwellers for some strange reason think they are better or above using their hands to be produ ...
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Nothing stops you Joromi yourself from farming or fishing. Farming is not the preserve of rural people simply because urban African dwellers for some strange reason think they are better or above using their hands to be productive on the land.

On the subject matter itself, even though I am not particularly against the removal of the squatter camp, I would have wished that for all these years that the govt did nothing about it, they were preparing an alternative and better organized program or place to re-settle these people who in truth, are merely desperate economic refugees of the crass incompetence of govt for all the years that these people have settled at that place.

Anyway, having recklessly destroyed the place without preparing a plan B, we now nervously await the outcome and results of the over 80,000 displaced and economically vulnerable poor people on the streets of Accra.

Pray that you Nii Joromi are not one of the first victims.
AKORABS 8 years ago

WELL OVERDUE!GET RID OF THIS EYE SORE AND MARCH THEM ALL OUT OF TOWN!

WELL OVERDUE!GET RID OF THIS EYE SORE AND MARCH THEM ALL OUT OF TOWN!
CITIZEN ONE 8 years ago

Mr Regional Minister/Mr. Mayor, please monitor their movements and do not allow any other settlement or the invasion of other neighborhoods in and around the capital. I promise you mister mayor, if you follow this up with swe ...
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Mr Regional Minister/Mr. Mayor, please monitor their movements and do not allow any other settlement or the invasion of other neighborhoods in and around the capital. I promise you mister mayor, if you follow this up with sweeping our sidewalks free of street hawkers and vendors, Accra will be as good as any European or civilized city. It can be easily done. Despite the fact that many of are able bodied citizens are lazy, there is still a lot of employment/jobs that can e created in Accra. Sidewalk construction, underground tunnels, connecting central localities. Even Makola can become an underground market place, if any of our KNUST engineers have 5th grade brains. I am tired of thinking for you, you do the rest...
Mohammed Awal 8 years ago

I hope you people are not forgetting that,millions of people back home in the north depend heavily on this slam dwellers,most of them are bred winners of their respective families,so relocation should have been the best optio ...
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I hope you people are not forgetting that,millions of people back home in the north depend heavily on this slam dwellers,most of them are bred winners of their respective families,so relocation should have been the best option than demolition.
The Don 8 years ago

It is long overdue and a step in the right direction.What about those living at the right places,don't they have dependants back there too.Awal,wise up and you will be glad you did.

It is long overdue and a step in the right direction.What about those living at the right places,don't they have dependants back there too.Awal,wise up and you will be glad you did.
Donkor baah, Ksi 8 years ago

Mr Awal
a more sustainable way to generate good income for people of northern extraction was the SADA. The slum poses a lot of danger to the dwellers and people at large. The right thing must be done and I commend the govern ...
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Mr Awal
a more sustainable way to generate good income for people of northern extraction was the SADA. The slum poses a lot of danger to the dwellers and people at large. The right thing must be done and I commend the government.
Jumpa Jumpa 8 years ago

We must stop joking Sodom and Gomorrah is alive. Oka is doing a good job by clearing the pavement and part of the korle lagoon. The criminals and the prostitute are still there

We must stop joking Sodom and Gomorrah is alive. Oka is doing a good job by clearing the pavement and part of the korle lagoon. The criminals and the prostitute are still there
Yaw Addae 8 years ago

those northerners staying there can't go back to their hometown because of war. they prepared that place as a refugee camp for victims of the Konkomba and Nanumba tribal war. Now the war is over they should go back. Next time ...
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those northerners staying there can't go back to their hometown because of war. they prepared that place as a refugee camp for victims of the Konkomba and Nanumba tribal war. Now the war is over they should go back. Next time you won't kill yourself like rats and cockroaches in a useless war triggered by just a guinea fowl.
ato Kwamena 8 years ago

Why do we wait for it to happen and then we go to spend the little we have to break it down? I guess it is a nice way to loot the country. Don't we pay people in this country to supervise development?

Why do we wait for it to happen and then we go to spend the little we have to break it down? I guess it is a nice way to loot the country. Don't we pay people in this country to supervise development?
Aba 8 years ago

Have you ever heard the saying "better late than never ".

Have you ever heard the saying "better late than never ".
Citizen Vigilante 8 years ago

If dis demolition is an effect to de flood on june 3....i tink it is a wrong move.....
The issues dat came up as de major cause f de flood was, improper disposal garbages and illigal building on water ways..
now my questn f ...
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If dis demolition is an effect to de flood on june 3....i tink it is a wrong move.....
The issues dat came up as de major cause f de flood was, improper disposal garbages and illigal building on water ways..
now my questn frst f all is was dis poor inhabitats affected by de torrential rain on jun 3??? Dn't we at dis critical time hv enough f displace ghanaians???
So de timing of dis demolition is illogical, wen de nations is still cryin for support frm agencied n philanthropist....''Good for nothing'' individuals explore for more victims....I wll never call dis a bold leadership decision.
In any way has de AMA successfully clear all de huge garbages for which traders hav paid for @ de stations n market centres????
''Mr. Best mayor"......U r causing us more harm than good.
FREE EDUCATION!!!!!!!! 8 years ago

Please Mayor give us a break!!!!!! Would the demolishing stop the floods????? We live to see Ghana for us all!!!!!!!! Nana Akuffo Addo please come and salvage us ohooo for we are just tired of this ones~~~~~~

Please Mayor give us a break!!!!!! Would the demolishing stop the floods????? We live to see Ghana for us all!!!!!!!! Nana Akuffo Addo please come and salvage us ohooo for we are just tired of this ones~~~~~~
GPS 8 years ago

please check locations of gas stations. their locations are very dangerous to public

please check locations of gas stations. their locations are very dangerous to public
SAQ 8 years ago

Great; this is no way for our country men to live out their existence. Even if you are poor in the village you still can live in much better environment than this waste land created by Rawlings and his ambitions to exploit th ...
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Great; this is no way for our country men to live out their existence. Even if you are poor in the village you still can live in much better environment than this waste land created by Rawlings and his ambitions to exploit the poor.
Rawlings regime could have stop this waste before it became a problem.
truth 8 years ago

brilliant idea BUT did they put in place provisions for these HOMELESS people? Praying this will not turn good people into bad people.

brilliant idea BUT did they put in place provisions for these HOMELESS people? Praying this will not turn good people into bad people.
Joe Larbi 8 years ago

What will happen to the debris? Who'll clear them? Where will they dump them? Recycling site or we've to wait for another heavy downpour of rain again.............? Demolition's done by gradual process. Step by step.

What will happen to the debris? Who'll clear them? Where will they dump them? Recycling site or we've to wait for another heavy downpour of rain again.............? Demolition's done by gradual process. Step by step.
issaka sumalla 8 years ago

wet vedpu du it's not good

wet vedpu du it's not good
tahidu sumaila 8 years ago

we have waited a very long to see the demolition of Sodom and Gomorrah, that is right it will pave way.

we have waited a very long to see the demolition of Sodom and Gomorrah, that is right it will pave way.
Nyansaba 8 years ago

Gas, OWNERS OF THE LAND AT AJENKOTOKU AND AMASAMAN, SLEEP ON THE STREETS AT BUKOM. THEIR SITUATION IS WORSE THAN THAT OF THE SQUATTERS AT SODOM AND GOMORRAH. THEY ARE THE FIRST THAT NEED TO BE RESETTLED ON THEIR OWN LAND, BEF ...
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Gas, OWNERS OF THE LAND AT AJENKOTOKU AND AMASAMAN, SLEEP ON THE STREETS AT BUKOM. THEIR SITUATION IS WORSE THAN THAT OF THE SQUATTERS AT SODOM AND GOMORRAH. THEY ARE THE FIRST THAT NEED TO BE RESETTLED ON THEIR OWN LAND, BEFORE NORTHERNERS CAN BE CONSIDERED., SINCE THEY CAN BE EITHER PERSUADED OR FORCED TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWN LAND. Gas HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND CHEATED OUT OF THEIR INHERITANCE FOR FAR TOO LONG. THE SAME HAPPENED WITH MADINA, NIMA, NEW FADAMA, ETC. THIS EVIL AGAINST Gas MUST STOP, AND ONLY Gas CAN STOP IT WHEN THEY WAKE UP FROM THEIR STUPID SLUMBER!
Reiko 8 years ago

Ooooh john mahama

Ooooh john mahama
Naa 8 years ago

great job done by our mayor and his team. i think they should continue with the fantastic work they've started. cudous to you all and a big congrats to our president as well

great job done by our mayor and his team. i think they should continue with the fantastic work they've started. cudous to you all and a big congrats to our president as well
dam 8 years ago

Don't demolish part and leave part

Don't demolish part and leave part
Teacher Awo 8 years ago

It should be a one off thing. Demolish all. Let them do what they know best, demolish all.

It should be a one off thing. Demolish all. Let them do what they know best, demolish all.
Teacher Awo 8 years ago

This is not NPP or NDC Affair, Sodom and Gomorrah must go. I will respect this government if they do this one for the people of Accra otherwise there would be outbreak of diseases apart from the vices. Rake the whole place ...
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This is not NPP or NDC Affair, Sodom and Gomorrah must go. I will respect this government if they do this one for the people of Accra otherwise there would be outbreak of diseases apart from the vices. Rake the whole place down not part. Good work done.
WISE 8 years ago

WHY SHOULD THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO HUMAN WHO DESERVE BETTER LIVING BUT BECAUSE OF PORVERTY CHOOSE TO LIVE THERE. THOSE WHO ARE REJOICING OVER THE DEMOLITION EXERCISE THAT IS GOING ON AT SODOM AND GOMORRAH(CURRENTLY NAME BY REV ...
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WHY SHOULD THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO HUMAN WHO DESERVE BETTER LIVING BUT BECAUSE OF PORVERTY CHOOSE TO LIVE THERE. THOSE WHO ARE REJOICING OVER THE DEMOLITION EXERCISE THAT IS GOING ON AT SODOM AND GOMORRAH(CURRENTLY NAME BY REV. FR ARCADIO A MISSIONARY AS CITY GOD., I PITY YOU GUYS. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY YOU. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO DESERVE THIS TREATMENT.

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