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World Bank to withdraw grant support to Ghana

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  • Kwame Togbei 7 years ago

    Mr President; Our country's sanitation problems must feature high up your agenda. It is a national disgrace to see citizens using drains and open spaces to attend nature's call. If one visits Labadi beach, it is most unpleasa ...
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  • Onipanua 7 years ago

    No!!!.Cathedrals and theatres first.When they are finished ghanaians can use the toilets in them.

  • Ghanaba 7 years ago

    @ONIPANUA they watched our inaction to dealing to the sanitation problem for years while Ibrahim Mahama was buying jets and our refuse dumps were getting bigger and highier.It took this administration less than 6 months to pr ...
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  • P Djamgbe 7 years ago

    This is the testament that we are a VERY POOR country. Any nation that is doing well economically is also very clean and healthy and hygienic. I wonder which IMF representatives sat down to declare Ghana a middle income econo ...
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  • jak 7 years ago

    WORLD BANK.......STOP THE SUPPORT ITS LONG OVERDUE......THE MONIES YOU GIVE WATER AND SANITATION IMPROVEMENTS HAS BEEN USED TO BUY SEDANS AND CROSSOVER VEHICLES AND THE REST FOR FUEL AND MAINTENANCE.......FOOLISH COUNTRY

  • De Trainers 7 years ago

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  • De Trainers 7 years ago

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  • Osbon 7 years ago

    Shame shame to all. I built a wonderful memorial Tomb in home town for my only Sister who die from cancer in London 5 years. I was shocked to see young men used it's a pit. People going to toilet in a cemetery . What kind o ...
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  • Osei 7 years ago

    Open defecation in 2017. Twweaaaaa. When others are flying to the moon. Useless country called Gh.

  • Kojo Darko, Indianapolis. 7 years ago

    Thank you, Osei

  • Tibaa 7 years ago

    we still celebrate our 60th anniversary amidst pomp and pageantry!

  • Kobi 7 years ago

    But I thought science say humans? originated from animals, so why complain about open defecation

  • ROGUE LAWYER 7 years ago

    bring them to ICC, because if the money was given and the government diverted the funds for other things or in pocket , it is corruption, seeing it from that angle is criminal , and all those finance ministers must be brought ...
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  • Hollandey 7 years ago

    World Bank should work with The new Government and see what happens.

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  • Atta 7 years ago

    Don't get why every residence shouldn't have a toilet. The government should stop building public toilets because it encourages landlords to not build such facilities. And sanitation officers should go around and inspect ever ...
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  • Charles Dzradosi 7 years ago

    Atta, you are very right. Ineed, I never stated that we shd build more public toilets - far from that,- wrong reportage.

  • Ikum.UK 7 years ago

    Shameless leaders.Build more public toilets and use the free gifted sea water to FLUSH.Oh, Ghana.Is this magic.60 yrs with choked gutters.(80% nation wild).Is it magic to link sea water to our homes.Extract the powerful salt ...
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  • Hollandey 7 years ago

    Too many homes no toilets

  • FREE EDUCATION 7 years ago

    governments have come and gone with very little efforts to alleviate the plight of the ordinary citizens. rather what they do is to enrich themselves and cronies leaving the poor citizens at the mercy of poverty.

  • Adamah 7 years ago

    I wonder if our politicians do not know the maslow's theory of need.....safety before self actualisation. How can u be in the classroom if are diseased......let them revise their policies with wisdom

  • Noah Harrison 7 years ago

    People still use open defecation in this 21st Century. Apuuuuuuu. This is a total disgrace to the state

  • Emmanuel Douglas 7 years ago

    The world bank needs to blame itself for giving out huge sums of monies to government meanwhile there are other NGOs and CSOs and even youth in the community who have great ideas on how to salvage such situations.
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  • xxxx 7 years ago

    the provisions of toilets is not the govt job. That is the homeowners job, the govt job is to arrest and prosecute those who defecate openly. Period.
    Why should the world bank even fund stupid project like that.

  • Kwesi Brenu 7 years ago

    Defend your Government, Ghana will continue to be poor because it's all about who is in power and not about doing the right things

  • Nana Adwoa 7 years ago

    This is not a problem for the politician, it is a problem of the Ghanaian people mindset. Let's stop this hypocrisy and change our attitudes. They can build thousand toilet and still people will attend nature's call at the se ...
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  • William 7 years ago

    This is exactly how I feel about this case. 3 simple plan, education, infrastructure and law enforcement....

  • Papa G. 7 years ago

    Just be fast and remove that grant. These same politricksians are those sponsoring the pollution of water bodies with their galamsey activities. When these funds then they divert them.

  • Liz 7 years ago

    Ghana lack the basic amenities people take for granted.No public toilets in the cities seized by hooligans from ruling parties, There are no Libraries in towns and villages accept in the cities, No community centre in towns, ...
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  • Munir 7 years ago

    It's very simple. What we need is a Sanitation Minister.

  • Tinkalor 7 years ago

    60 years after independence Ghanaians are still behaving like animals.Once beautiful places like Tema and North Kaneshie have become slums. The streets are full of abandoned vehicles, plastic bags everywhere. people just ease ...
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  • Rent increases will follow 7 years ago

    And that''s why many property owners and businesses are slow to install them and if they are forced such as a commenter recommend by sending out inspectors to confirm their installation then we will see rent increases that th ...
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  • Mr Bond 7 years ago

    NDC fools blame Our former president Kufour for building toilets across the country and they tell Ghanaians that they don't need toilets and some fools jubilate because they will not pay to use the facility.And those NDC crim ...
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  • Abongo Boy 7 years ago

    Very sad indeed

  • boldman 7 years ago

    why Ghana always borrow money from imf Ghana shold stop this now ,Ghana is rich

  • jake 7 years ago

    all we need is laws laws laws to weep crazy ghanians. pls where are the town council!!

  • Salifu Yoor Abdul-Razak 7 years ago

    Our leaders out there must know that they own the electorates a lot. Money for the country belongs to all and not for the individual's pocket. Ghana needs sincerity in deliverance of duty to grow. I say this with passion. ou ...
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  • Yea Boahema 7 years ago

    8 years of NDC rule destroyed all sectors of a vibrant economy

  • Shame 7 years ago

    A disgrace at the highest level! Leaders of Ghana don't know their people need sanitary facilities. An outsider saw and offered to help you too, you refuse to apply the fund. What a slap on their faces. National disgrace to t ...
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  • Chacha boy 7 years ago

    Ghana have a great problem because of our greedy politics

  • Kwabena 7 years ago

    Finally we can think for ourselves.

  • Jack 7 years ago

    A pathetic and bad reflection of the policy choices of our politicians. When we are engulfed in dirt and unhygienic environments they shout from rooftops about Accra Dubai

  • OPANIN PAPA.( NEW JERSEY, USA) 7 years ago

    It is rather sad to see Landlords turning bathrooms into rooms to rent as bedrooms.
    District Assemblies instead of re- investing income generated from toilets rather divert into other projets leaving these toilets inconvini ...
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  • nii yaw 7 years ago

    gorvement shud motivate and enforce district assemblies to educate in de various communities.and such can create jobs for people.

  • JW. 7 years ago

    Hmmm, my question is, Do the World Bank has stop the grant bcos someone out there is not his or her job accordingly? You see these are some of their propaganda, instead of investigates who is not doing the Job right and bring ...
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