Girl, 14, dies in Chinese stone quarry pit

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BONESHAHER 8 years ago

Mahama is this part of your better Ghana in action? Wha is a 14yr.old girl doing in any quarry? Is this not a child labour?,but ofcourse Mahama and the NDC will call a new name,child progress.

Mahama is this part of your better Ghana in action? Wha is a 14yr.old girl doing in any quarry? Is this not a child labour?,but ofcourse Mahama and the NDC will call a new name,child progress.
Panafricanist 8 years ago

Inability to speak English?
They are lying !!!

Inability to speak English?
They are lying !!!
Yaa 8 years ago

That's what I thought, how do they communicate with the "Ghanaian slave workers" they have employed? Our leaders have sold us so cheap in our own country that any foreigner can come to our country and does whatever they pleas ...
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That's what I thought, how do they communicate with the "Ghanaian slave workers" they have employed? Our leaders have sold us so cheap in our own country that any foreigner can come to our country and does whatever they pleases
sea blue 8 years ago

FANTIs must go back to their ROOTS-the NPP which was formed in SALTPOND to elevate their poverty and NOT NDC to increase their plight.

FANTIs must go back to their ROOTS-the NPP which was formed in SALTPOND to elevate their poverty and NOT NDC to increase their plight.
Kweku Duah 8 years ago

Farmers Day declared holiday

It has been only three weeks since Tanzania elected John Magufuli, the son of a farmer, to take over from Jakaya Kikwete, whose government was scarred by scandals and excesses, and it’s alr ...
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Farmers Day declared holiday

It has been only three weeks since Tanzania elected John Magufuli, the son of a farmer, to take over from Jakaya Kikwete, whose government was scarred by scandals and excesses, and it’s already clear why the can-do, cost-cutting, austere, corruption-hating new leader is known as Iron Fist and the Bulldozer.

There might be tongue-in-cheek celebrations on Twitter – the hashtag is #WhatWouldMagufuliDo – but Africans across the continent have already started asking on social media if their leaders are paying attention to Magufuli. Someone has already even coined a verb: to magufulify – “to render or declare action faster and cheaper; to deprive (public officials) of their capacity to enjoy life on taxpayers’ money; to terrorize lazy and
Comparisons are also being drawn to the enigmatic Rwandan president Paul Kagame, whose country is seen as a hope of East Africa, calling the latest actions by Magufuli the “Rwandanisation of Tanzania”. Here are some of the things John Magufuli has done already in less than a month:

Soon after his election, Magufuli declared there would be no celebration of Independence Day on 9 December because it would be “shameful” to spend huge sums of money on the celebrations when people were dying of cholera. Instead, the day has been set as a national day of cleanliness, and the money will go toward street-cleaning services. He has said everybody should pick up their tools and clean their backyards.
After his first official visit to the Muhimbili Hospital, and seeing the horrible state it was in, he ordered over 200 million shillings marked for “parliament parties” be used to pay for beds for people lying on the floor and sharing beds. A few days later 300 beds were delivered. He dismissed the governing board and got a new team in place, and within days the broken MRI was fixed. He also pared down his inauguration party from $100,000 to $7,000 and sent the extra money to the hospital.
Three days into his term, Magufuli announced a ban on all foreign travel by government officials. They have been instructed to instead make regular visits to rural areas to learn and help solve problems facing everyday Tanzanians. All tasks that required officials to travel abroad would instead be done by high commissioners and ambassadors who are already in place.
He has restricted all first- and business-class travel to government officials, except the president, vice-president and prime minister.
There will be no more workshops and seminars in expensive hotels when there are so many ministry board rooms available.
He suspended the Tanzania Revenue Authority’s chief and other officials pending investigations after a visit by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa to the port of Dar es Salaam found 350 containers listed in its books were missing.
When he had to travel 600km to Dodoma, from Dar, to officially open parliament last week, he didn’t order a private jet – instead, he chose to drive.
At the National Assembly in Dodoma last week he clearly sent out the message that it will not be business as usual under his leadership.
He promised to cut public spending, fight corruption and enhance accountability in public service. He said it is time for Tanzanians to walk the talk.
Magufuli reportedly told parliamentary leaders that the people of Tanzania want him to solve their problems and not make Speeches and organise celebrations for non essential things
Chris 8 years ago

Idiots and stupid leaders of Africa. Which part of China would Ghanaians be allowed or blacks would be allowed to engage in such a risky business! Africa leaders you are all stupid, you can locate me on my mobile. You are idi ...
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Idiots and stupid leaders of Africa. Which part of China would Ghanaians be allowed or blacks would be allowed to engage in such a risky business! Africa leaders you are all stupid, you can locate me on my mobile. You are idiots because your own people's lives does not matter to you. The moment any stupid investor come to your countries and offer you a little money, for you the leaders and politicians to be rich, that is it, you never bother to risk assess the trade your investors are engaging in. How many times have Ghanaians died in the pits chineses have dug their gold from! Stupid incompetent leaders take a pause and think about your people. Do not just take risk adventure of the poor because your children are in abroad by the money you have taking from these irresponsible investors who are in your country Africa to take advantage of you to make themselves and their countries rich! Africa leaders is it because you are so stupid and empty headed that is the reason you are selfish always is you but not the people or the nations you rule! Or is it because the whole Africa is under curse? Please wake up and do risk assessment on investors the business they do in your countries the long term and short term effects on your people and your nations. Please do not sit on your lazy bottoms up there and think you are in a better position and your children can never be affected in the risky business Chinese are doing in Ghana. The holes and the pits have destroyed the lands and people are falling into these evil holes and pit and dying. And few years to come there would be more armed robbers because the villagers won't even get anywhere to farm to support their children because the lands are being destroyed by Chinese by uncountable holes and pits on the farmers' lands. Mahama you are really evil and incompetent, we have 99% armed robbery in Ghana history since you took over, put the military and police to petrol on our highways, city and towns to combat the armed robberies operations. Chinese are destroying our country and lands tell them to close the holes and the pits when they finish mining. Do you think you are in power just to build schools and roads! If that is your idea of being president then the children are dying by falling into pits and parents are dying by being killed by armed robbers, very soon the country will belong to you, the corrupt judges and lawyers, corrupt politicians, drug dealers, armed robbers and ritual murders and these evil people will turn on you because they will have nobody to rob again to make themselves rich. Mahama all that you dream of is to release criminals from prisons to vote for you. Your aim is just to become a president but you do not want to take any responsibility to combat our nightmare facing us in the counrty. My advice to you is this, good name in the history you are making is better than the stigma of when our ex president Mahama was in power the country was in the hands of armed robbers, corrupt politicians and corrupt judicial system, drugs dealers and ritual murderers were in the increase and the short people chinses took over the country and made China rich and destroyed Ghana economic. Shameless Africa leaders what you collect money from investors to do on our lands can never happen in any other countries. You are really stupid and evil especially Ghana leaders.
Chris 8 years ago

Shameless Africa leaders, the money you collect from investors to destroy your countries, the investors, their own countries won't allow it to happen to them and other countries will never never do that because they are wise ...
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Shameless Africa leaders, the money you collect from investors to destroy your countries, the investors, their own countries won't allow it to happen to them and other countries will never never do that because they are wise and always take the criticism of their citizens and nations into consideration. But for you Mahama, you will stand on the platform and say someone has never been a president before so his or her criticism never register in your head. Shameless selfish leader.
me 8 years ago

stupid talks what language did the chinese
use to aquire the land

stupid talks what language did the chinese
use to aquire the land
Osu Klottey 8 years ago

May she RIP,are we to condole the dead or talk politics ?

May she RIP,are we to condole the dead or talk politics ?
Raa 8 years ago

Inability to speak English indeen ,stupid Chinese people destroying my mother land , can engade in galamsey in their country

Inability to speak English indeen ,stupid Chinese people destroying my mother land , can engade in galamsey in their country
Papa Yaw 8 years ago

So

So

Girl, 14, dies in Chinese stone quarry pit

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