Emotional scenes when passengers on 'missing' Afram River pontoon arrived after thunderstorm scare

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Kwaku 1 month ago

So the authorities are saying they don't take weather forecast into considerations before taking off.?

So the authorities are saying they don't take weather forecast into considerations before taking off.?
Appiah 1 month ago

Brother ask again ooo

Brother ask again ooo
pontoon 1 month ago

Leave God alone and let the handlers of pontoon study the weather, your engineers do a thorough maintenance.

Leave God alone and let the handlers of pontoon study the weather, your engineers do a thorough maintenance.
Kwaaboadu 1 month ago

They also need a better communication system

They also need a better communication system
Sam Fante warrior. 1 month ago

Only wicked men say in their hearts there's no God.

Only wicked men say in their hearts there's no God.
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Co2 1 month ago

So these year prophecy that the pastor gave nobody saw a pontoon on the afram river that will have a stormy problem, storms are the work of the creator which no man can control. No prophetic man should come out and say God sp ...
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So these year prophecy that the pastor gave nobody saw a pontoon on the afram river that will have a stormy problem, storms are the work of the creator which no man can control. No prophetic man should come out and say God spoke to him about it most of these things are our own making we refuse to take precautions.
Sam Fante warrior. 1 month ago

The prophets in Ghana are prophets politics.

The prophets in Ghana are prophets politics.
Citizen8 1 month ago

Ghana doesn't have Weather Prophets. We only have political prophets.

Ghana doesn't have Weather Prophets. We only have political prophets.
Kweku Tsin. 1 month ago

I used that same pontoon while doing my national service in 1983/84. To the best of my knowledge it has not been changed. Yet the volume of goods and services has quadrupled. At that time we used to wait hours to board from A ...
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I used that same pontoon while doing my national service in 1983/84. To the best of my knowledge it has not been changed. Yet the volume of goods and services has quadrupled. At that time we used to wait hours to board from Adawso to Ekye Amanfrom. I cannot fathom why more pontoons have not been aquired for this highly lucrative area. The private sector should invest here unless of course the powers that be will not allow it .
Kwaaboadu 1 month ago

You're on point

You're on point
Nameless 1 month ago

Revise your notes. The one in use currently was assembled by some expatriate experts 3 years ago.

The fact is that the pontoon developed propeller problems a few weeks ago. Currently, it does not move by itself. A small ...
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Revise your notes. The one in use currently was assembled by some expatriate experts 3 years ago.

The fact is that the pontoon developed propeller problems a few weeks ago. Currently, it does not move by itself. A small vessel was sent from VLTC Headquarters in Akosombo to push it whenever it loads.

The problem is apathy on the part of VLTC Management. All the top managers must be fired if Ghana is a serious country.
Sam Fante warrior. 1 month ago

Akufo Addo old chimpanzee criminal is a disaster and his criminals organization NPP is evils and homosexuals nasty peoples party. When the Satan family rule a nation is only destructions all the time. Monkeys, Thank God for y ...
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Akufo Addo old chimpanzee criminal is a disaster and his criminals organization NPP is evils and homosexuals nasty peoples party. When the Satan family rule a nation is only destructions all the time. Monkeys, Thank God for yourselves.
Co2 1 month ago

I definitely know one idiotic human being Will mention Akufo Addo's name because he created river and the pantoon, people like these live in Ghana.

I definitely know one idiotic human being Will mention Akufo Addo's name because he created river and the pantoon, people like these live in Ghana.
Anim 1 month ago

We lack many infrastructures including facilities like pontoons we are discussing now. The NPP government led by Nana Addo could have purchased brand new pontoons to carry passengers safely on our lakes. But they rather used ...
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We lack many infrastructures including facilities like pontoons we are discussing now. The NPP government led by Nana Addo could have purchased brand new pontoons to carry passengers safely on our lakes. But they rather used our taxes to build a cathedral. What wrong have we done this clueless government?
Kubut3 1 month ago

WE HAVE CEMENT FACTORIES , WE ENGINEERS AND METAL FACTORIES IN GHANA. WHAT IS PREVENTING US FROM BUILDING A BRIDGE OVER THIS DAMNN RIVER ?. WHAT ?

WE HAVE CEMENT FACTORIES , WE ENGINEERS AND METAL FACTORIES IN GHANA. WHAT IS PREVENTING US FROM BUILDING A BRIDGE OVER THIS DAMNN RIVER ?. WHAT ?
Ghanaman 1 month ago

Money!

Money!
Co2 1 month ago

So do we want to say in Ghana only Akuffo Addo have to do everything those presidents who came before Akuffo Addo what was their ideas a former president like Mahama. Can Mahama tell us what Atta Mills did and what he Mahama ...
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So do we want to say in Ghana only Akuffo Addo have to do everything those presidents who came before Akuffo Addo what was their ideas a former president like Mahama. Can Mahama tell us what Atta Mills did and what he Mahama also contributed criminals today you want only Akuffo Addo to do everything for you before he leaves power if NDC has good ideas all the comments we are sharing should be done long long time ago.
Ghana card is better than 1000 bridges 1 month ago

Abrewatia

Abrewatia
nana 1 month ago

Mr.man it seems your sensors are not working.
Useless man...

Mr.man it seems your sensors are not working.
Useless man...
2024 too? 1 month ago

The loan this government took in 2022 construct a bridge on the Afam River was diverted for something else important by this NPP government

The loan this government took in 2022 construct a bridge on the Afam River was diverted for something else important by this NPP government
Yaw 1 month ago

The government needs to construct a bridge over the river in future its can be done so that our brothers, sisters , parents over there too can travel easily across to the main land.

The government needs to construct a bridge over the river in future its can be done so that our brothers, sisters , parents over there too can travel easily across to the main land.
Co2 1 month ago

You see you have a good sense and a good ideas but a politician is telling you he will dredge the sea from Accra to Kumasi they don't see these little problems around us till problem happens the leaders don't know what is goe ...
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You see you have a good sense and a good ideas but a politician is telling you he will dredge the sea from Accra to Kumasi they don't see these little problems around us till problem happens the leaders don't know what is goes on around us, most Ghana even don't know what a pontoon is having 4 or 5 pontoon on the river can even boost tourism. Privatisation is the key our one way system is too much.
Yabi Yabi 1 month ago

Perhaps we can all beg Cheddar to construct multilane bridge over the river, ask Dr. Bawumia to complete his underwater railway line or even better the super train to fly over since our one and only pontoon can be lost to rai ...
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Perhaps we can all beg Cheddar to construct multilane bridge over the river, ask Dr. Bawumia to complete his underwater railway line or even better the super train to fly over since our one and only pontoon can be lost to rain and wind. There are infrastructure deficits in Ghana to solve yet the NPP and Dr. Bawumia continue to depend on Mahama era infrastructural developments to claim ownership instead of the NPP and Dr. Bawumia creating solving one, just one, infrastructural issue they can claim as their own. Fools abound.
Ghana card is better than 1000 bridges 1 month ago

They say Ghana card is better than infrastructure. So instead of doing both Ghana card and bridges, in tandem, the confused economist is dancing to anything that will make him popular, not what is right for the nation.

Abr ...
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They say Ghana card is better than infrastructure. So instead of doing both Ghana card and bridges, in tandem, the confused economist is dancing to anything that will make him popular, not what is right for the nation.

Abrewatia
Full Banku 1 month ago

What abt building a bridge, idiots instead of a cathedral… Ghana obis y3 fool Banku

What abt building a bridge, idiots instead of a cathedral… Ghana obis y3 fool Banku
System 1 month ago

Thank God for saving their lives.
I had same experience in the mid 90s same spot, time and on Easter Good Friday under same circumstance.

I am sure those who live there and the operators of the Pontoon are well aware the ...
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Thank God for saving their lives.
I had same experience in the mid 90s same spot, time and on Easter Good Friday under same circumstance.

I am sure those who live there and the operators of the Pontoon are well aware the a day or two before Easter there is unusual storm on river.

I think they should look at the parttern of occurrence and stop crossing at such dangerous season.
Obrempong 1 month ago

No,no,no!! The ferry should not be loaded like
this!! The ferry was overloaded this is due to
Corruption on the part of the Crew and the
Officials there. The institution responsible must
Check this unsafe and dangerou ...
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No,no,no!! The ferry should not be loaded like
this!! The ferry was overloaded this is due to
Corruption on the part of the Crew and the
Officials there. The institution responsible must
Check this unsafe and dangerous overloading.

Emotional scenes when passengers on 'missing' Afram River pontoon arrived after thunderstorm scare

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