Ghana to build $6.5 billion stadium in Tema

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  • Saint Ghfuo: FREE YOUR PSYCHE 8 years ago

    TOO SMALL. OTHER REGIONS NEED DEVELOPMNT...

  • Repugnant. 8 years ago

    With $6.5billions we can begin to build a high speed railroad, another oil refinery or even an ultra modern hospital, to deliver good health services to good Ghanaians.

    What exactly is wrong, with these assholes?

  • Nii Teiko 8 years ago

    Ghana needs a comprehensive railway network system that will link the North to the South. Railway network is more effective way to ease congestion on our roads and eliminate most vehicular accidents. Our leaders lack priority

  • sanjay - Abu Dhabi 8 years ago

    better president apart from rawlings and nkrumah

  • Ebenezer 8 years ago

    THIS SANJAY IS THE BIGGEST IDIOT GHANA HAS EVER PRODUCED ON THE INTERNET. GO AND GET A JOB PLEASE, AND LEAVE THINKING TO REAL GHANAIANS.

  • MR. FREEDOM 8 years ago

    That is your own opinion, so be it. I don't care which party wins but frankly, Press. J.D.Mahama is my best so far as he has fall in my category of development I always believe in. Little drops of water make the mighty ocean, ...
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  • Lenox 8 years ago

    You are right.To me sports shouldn't be our number one priority as developing Country.Why do we invest all our resources into sports?Railway system will help a lot in Ghana.Your suggestion really makes sense.Thanks

  • Odwan funu 8 years ago

    NDC and stupidity. DO YOU THINK THIS IS WHAT GHANAIANS WANT? 6.5BILLION, NO WONDER THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ESPECIALLY THE NORTH ARE WALLOWING IN POVERTY.

  • blexys 8 years ago

    Unable to renovate Accra sport stadium y waiting that much money to add another stadier its will benefits ghanaian if the north is link to the south by railway a word popping to the wice....

  • POW@Watchout 4 Phooobia 2016 8 years ago

    They should focus their attention on things that are much more important than a stadium. For example, hospital infrastructures, road ways, railways, better airport runways, schools etc etc.

  • Akua Donlor 8 years ago

    This is simply a stupid unecessary project at this time of national development

    Kids dont even have books for school, our health system is in shambels and we are going to spend a whopping 15 % of our GDP on a mere stadium ...
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  • Ashietey 8 years ago

    Another NDC scam to steal billions of Ghanaian taxpayer money. Instead of building a stadium, don't these fools realize they could have developed a railway network linking the country, build hospitals, and undertake other inf ...
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  • 6.5 Billion Dollars? 8 years ago

    6.5 Billion Dollars?

  • Sojaba 8 years ago

    Some of these investors seeing that we have complete dummies in govt are taking the country for a joke.

    We have a stadium sitting here in Accra which due to a lack of usage, has been abandoned to rot. Then from nowhere som ...
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  • ike 8 years ago

    APRIL FOOOOOOOL...lol.....

  • Pumpuni 8 years ago

    Talk is cheap

  • POW@Watchout 4 Phooobia 2016 8 years ago

    There are way too many very important thing Ghana lacks that the government needs to pay attention to than building a stadium.

  • KUNTA SAASEY 8 years ago

    GHANAIANS READ CAREFULLY PLEASE!!!! THE CEO IS A NIGERIAN MAN. HAHAHAHAHA. THIS IS PAINTED BOLDLY IN 419 419 419 SCAM COLOURS. GHANA WILL BE DUPED, A LOT OF IGNORANT COMPANIES AND PEOPLE WILL BE DUPED AND THERE WILL BE WAILIN ...
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  • Masud,UK 8 years ago

    Stadium for what.bullshit.Create jobs people r struggling

  • Minnehaha., USA 8 years ago

    You probably mean GHS! $6.5 Billion is way too much!

  • POW@Watchout 4 Phooobia 2016 8 years ago

    It depends on what they intend to build but the figure is not way too much.

  • Jah 8 years ago

    There are more important and needy projects in the country than a stadium. Our airport is 40 years behind time.

  • FREDDIE 8 years ago

    We just need bare BASIC NECESSITIES.

  • NKY. 8 years ago

    Have u guys considered the sea rust on the coast line?.

  • kum 8 years ago

    6.5 billion Dollars???At the same location ?After selling the land around the stadium you are now going to break all those churches etc.and compensate the victims
    Oh mother Ghana is Doomed

  • stevoo 8 years ago

    There is currently a land at amasaman reserved for years for the olympic stadium, why not develop that zone? also, dallas cowboys stadium, which is by far bigger and modern cost 1billion US dollars. So, this is a $6.5billion ...
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  • Earl Jones 8 years ago

    We set up SADA to bridge the poverty gap between North and South yet we pile up more investments in the South much to the negligence of the impoverished North.

    When was the last time the government facilitated a $1bn inve ...
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  • Bill Scorpion 8 years ago

    Foolish jokers. I think $550 million is more like the cost of a typical modern 60,000 capacity football stadium. Why is every project super-inflated in our dear country?
    Foolish jokers and thieves leading us nowhere!

  • Makaamaka 8 years ago

    Thanks bill. MetLife stadium in New Jersey cost 1.7 billion at current inflation rate and it's way bigger. A simple google search will reveal this will be the most expensive stadium ever built and it's not ever the biggest ...
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  • mike 8 years ago

    its all election bribe lies don't believe a word of it its not true American will not use gis money to build a stadium in Ghana for what you woll bea big fool to believe this we have heard these stories so many times and it ...
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  • EZEKIEL 8 years ago

    IF ANYTHING AT ALL, negotiate such an amount to construct a DUAL-CARRIAGE,STATE of the ART ROAD and the appendage-facilities from ACCRA TO KUMASI and beyond!!
    There are too many IDIOTS in decision/negotiating levels in that ...
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  • sammy 8 years ago

    Misplaced priority in the highest order.our people openly deficate everywhere n with massive unemployment is this de best way to manage the little that we have ? this what happens when square pegs are in round holes. I pray t ...
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  • GMR 8 years ago

    I suggest you re read your article and comment

  • Christian D 8 years ago

    Oooooh our mother land Ghana where re we going in dis country oooo.

  • orji jandey 8 years ago

    why is it an olympic stadium? aaaba. i think it should be $6.5 million instead

  • POW@Watchout 4 Phooobia 2016 8 years ago

    Dude, that can't build nothing. It's too small. $6.5 billion is a bit on the high side but not too far from right.

  • kakabo 8 years ago

    Another scheme to steal is in the pipeline. How can a country with a GDP of $35billion build a stadium costing $6.5 billion. Which country is this world has built a stadium costing that much. How much did the 10 stadiums buil ...
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  • Yoo 8 years ago

    stadium for what?
    this is a perfect misplaced priority

  • ATINGA 8 years ago

    I live in Dallas Texas. The recently built Cowboys stadium touted as the most costly and biggest state-of-the art facility with 100,000 capacity, cost only $1.3 billion. Why does NDC and its mafia government always think that ...
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  • Kanawu III 8 years ago

    EVERY ONE AND EVERY NATION IS ALLOWED TO DREAM. GHANA KEEP DREAMING

  • abu 8 years ago

    A modern and befitting world class city or a stadium with this whopping amount?

  • abu 8 years ago

    6.5 billion dollars and not 10 billion dollars

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    under this shamble and ungrowth economy where school children still study under trees. Where there is strike every where?nonesense

  • JAMES Y 8 years ago

    BIG TALK!

  • Adams 8 years ago

    If this is true. The money $6.billion is too much why? We can get 4stadium out of $6. Billion

  • Kanawu III 8 years ago

    50% of of $6.5B for NDC party, 5% for JDM, 5% Aseidu Nketsia. 10% for the other thieves 10% for their girlfriends
    20% for the actual project. SAYS KANAWU III

  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 8 years ago

    THE COST OF DALLAS COWBOYS STADIUM IN ARLINGTON COST $1.2 BILLION DOLLARS.
    I DONT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT QUOTED IS RIGHT.
    ITS WASTE OF MONEY.

  • Dr. Asante 8 years ago

    The Author needs to be cited. He/She is deliberately trying to mislead the public and cause disaffection.

  • Osei kofi 8 years ago

    Ashantes folks trying to be wise guys

  • Odikro 8 years ago

    Just wait and see Ibrahim Mahama break grounds for $2 billion.

  • Frank 8 years ago

    Please will somebody put some sense in our politicians? Are we going to spend this money to build a stadium when we have school children studying under trees and some with out school chairs and tables?

  • KFB 8 years ago

    I know other projects will be included but that's too much.thats four times the cost of Wembley stadium which is£757 million(£938 million in 2016)90000 capacity.this are debts we are accruing for the future generations so p ...
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  • ForzaRoma 8 years ago

    Where is agambire building which was to open by the end of this year, the 10billion storey building

  • KB 8 years ago

    Sunyani needs a modern stadium too and other regional capitals which don't have it have to be considered. Is time the national cake is shared fairly and bring all the capitals to apar

  • Loway 8 years ago

    And you building another one

  • Collins Anim 8 years ago

    stop country. no decent hospitals but you keep building stadiums

  • MANNY. London 8 years ago

    If I may ask,what is the population of Tema? Why 60,000 stadium? How many Ghanaians watch the local league matches? And is the cost involved is really $6.5 billion dollars? Please Ghanaians wake up.

  • CHORKOR SCHOOLBOY 8 years ago

    TIME FOR CHOP CHOP BY NDC.

  • FREDDIE 8 years ago

    We need Electricity and Water.......

  • AL KAY 8 years ago

    WHO THINKS OF STUPID IDEAS LIKE THIS WHO DOES THIS.GHANA NEEDS TO BUILD A 3 LANE MOTORWAY FROM ACCRA TO BAWKU FROM AFLAO THROGH HO ALONG THE COASTAL BELT TROUGH TAKORADI AND THEN BACK TO BAWKU.AGAIN THERE CAN BE A TRAIN SERVI ...
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  • Rev, KK of Boston. 8 years ago

    Brong Ahafo Region SHOULD not Vote for NDC. The second Largest Important Cocoa and Timber Region Without Modern Sports Stadium. Shame to Brong People. NDC taking your Region for Granted.

  • Afrikikoman--Abiding in Salvation per 8 years ago

    Entice. Really, you did not give reasonable reasons for the project. Why private enterprice with government in it? I hope you are not wasting resources.
    Is there any major team in Tema? Or the Accra stadium is outmoded to be ...
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  • Eric 8 years ago

    Half of this monies will end up in peoples pockets and people will be rich over night if is true this project is going to go on.....

  • Birry Wade 8 years ago

    We are currently using 4G wireless systems in the developed world and look at them talking about 6G. The gov't is not serious.

  • JM 8 years ago

    YES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ALL REGION NEED A GOOD STADIUM, GOV.

  • seniorman 8 years ago

    It's a laudable idea but who is responsible for it's maintenance as this is not part of the Ghanaian culture. Looking at the nature of the turf at the Accra Spots Stadium.

  • Mr Bond 8 years ago

    This $ 6.5 billion can construct nuclear power plant to generate electricity or can create wind farm turbines power generation.Folks president idiot John Dramani Mahama said he has solve our power problem and bit manage them ...
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  • THE CRUSADER 8 years ago

    The only intresting thing head thesedays and I hope they are going to be vigilante on that soulsourcing stupidity which has killed Ghana from wayome to that agabire idiot his counter.

  • Philips 8 years ago

    Is a new national stadium a priority at the moment? Why can't we use that money to build a factory or hotel to create employment?

  • Awa 8 years ago

    waaaa loook at ndc at it again. Stupid projects just to deceive the populace to vote for them.6.5 billion is a lot of money that can do sooo many things for the country

  • Obrefo 8 years ago

    Nonsense, Ghana can't even pay nurses saraly

  • Lenox 8 years ago

    A Country without reliable energy for economic growth? this government is visionless

  • HENRY MANTEY,LEGON. 8 years ago

    WHAT KIND OF STUPID PEOPLE GHANA HAS AS LEADERS.INSTEAD OF BUILDING AN ULTRA-MODERN HOSPITAL,FACTORY,SCHOOL OR EVEN AIRPORT,THEY ARE THINKING OF A STADIUM.TALK OF MISPLACED PRIORITIES.

  • Samy 8 years ago

    Fuck boot ball we need morden hospitals across de country

  • me 8 years ago

    I believe it's not e government which will be paying so chill guys. if someone wants to invest in such a venture it's a cool idea