AMA blamed for continued fire outbreak in Accra

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GHANABA1 11 years ago

Curses all over Ghana.It can only be solved if our leaders will be honest and be prepared to Lead the nation forward

Curses all over Ghana.It can only be solved if our leaders will be honest and be prepared to Lead the nation forward
THE PATRIOT 11 years ago

If you don't accurately identify the causes of a problem, you are unlikely to find the right cure. It is therefore most sad to read the Fire Service's conclusion on the incessant fire outbreaks. Definitely a key player, but A ...
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If you don't accurately identify the causes of a problem, you are unlikely to find the right cure. It is therefore most sad to read the Fire Service's conclusion on the incessant fire outbreaks. Definitely a key player, but AMA i s not the sole actor in this.

At the heart of the problem is the gross incompetence of the Fire Service! It is the Service that is responsible for Education, Monitoring and Evaluation (including inspections) and Prosecution. Surely AMA has to to implement their recommendations. But the core of the problem is ATTITUDINAL! People do all the things that invite fires in the markets and if patriotic citizens report it to the Service, their corrupt personnel go and collect bribes from the perpetrators and disappear!

EPA, MLGRD, all of us as citizens who see danger but think it does not concern them, etc are all to blame. So this PRO's shifting the blame onto AMA as if they are innocent and some other people are not doing what should stop the fire outbreaks is the usual Ghanaian disease of blaming all others but themselves!

Let us all let the Fire Service know that it is they who have the responsibility to galvanise all efforts to ensure a fire-free Ghana and they must not shift the blame!!!
OLD SOLDIER 11 years ago

Author: AKONOBA--

JOHN MAHAMA KILLED MILS. YOU DENIED MILS WAS SICK ALL THESE YEARS. YOU COMPELLED MILS TO STAND FOR A SECOND TERM KNOWING VERY WELL THAT MILS WAS NOT FIT TO CONTEST. YOU HID FROM GHANAIANS THE TRUE STATE ...
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Author: AKONOBA--

JOHN MAHAMA KILLED MILS. YOU DENIED MILS WAS SICK ALL THESE YEARS. YOU COMPELLED MILS TO STAND FOR A SECOND TERM KNOWING VERY WELL THAT MILS WAS NOT FIT TO CONTEST. YOU HID FROM GHANAIANS THE TRUE STATE OF THE HEALTH OF OUR PRESIDENT. YOU ADVISED HIM TO JOG AT THE AIRPORT. YOU ALLOWED MILS TO WORK AT THE EXPENSE OF HIS HEALTH COMMISSIONING PROJECTS INSTEAD OF MILS RESTING. NDC KILLED MILS. GHANAIANS MUST NOT FORGIVE NDC FOR KILLING OUR PRESIDENT. IF NDC CAN HIDE MILS TRUE HEALTH STATUS ALL THESE YEARS FROM GHANAIANS THEN HOW CAN THEY TELL US THE TRUE STATE OF THE ECONOMY.
Ato 11 years ago

Mr Patriot what are you talking about? What the Fire Officer is saying is perfectly true. Or is it that you dont understand what he is trying to say? He is saying that the AMA is not enforcing technical details (I suppose in ...
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Mr Patriot what are you talking about? What the Fire Officer is saying is perfectly true. Or is it that you dont understand what he is trying to say? He is saying that the AMA is not enforcing technical details (I suppose in buildings and at public places) which the Fire Service demand. This is important for the safety of all of us the public. With this dumso thing going on, fires can start anywhere at anytime. However damage and fatalities can be minimized or even avoided if buildings are built with specifications that the Fire Service recommend.

The AMA on its part appears not to be cooperating in this regard. It appears that the AMA has now become a republic on its own. One wonders what the Mayor and his retinue of Assembly-men do on a daily basis. Accra is in such a mess that the AMA has actually made itself irrelevant. People are building anything anywhere. Noise -especially from churches and akpeteshie as well as beer bars have reach a demonic level. As for sanitation lets not go there. Accra - any part of it, smells to high heavens. As for the markets the filth and stench there can only be compared with what pertains in the worse parts of hell. To abandon our poor mothers, wives, sisters and daughters to the perils of the unacceptable insanitary conditions in the markets in Accra can only be considered as a cardinal sin.

The AMA is the administrative head of the capital city of Accra. When have we ever heard of the Mayor addressing the squalid conditions in which people live in in Jamestown, Nima, Chorkor, Gbegbeisee, Russia, Korle Gonno and many others? The squalor in those areas cannot be described in decent language. When and how many times has the Mayor addressed the worsening water, electricity, rent, housing, health, construction and planning, business and population issues of the City?

He the Mayor has rather arrogated to himself the rights of a mini subsidiary President, going around with a shabby outrider blaring a siren to make way for his luxury vehicle in traffic which is getting worse by the day. How can he feel the unspeakable discomforts of the system and correct them when he seeks exclusive privileges to relieve himself from them?

Mr Patriot think again
THE PATRIOT 11 years ago

Ato, I salute you. I looked narrowly at the problem. Nevertheless, the attitudinal issue is our bane - not only that of the market women, but from the Mayor up, as far as the issue we are discussing is concerned.

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Ato, I salute you. I looked narrowly at the problem. Nevertheless, the attitudinal issue is our bane - not only that of the market women, but from the Mayor up, as far as the issue we are discussing is concerned.

How come the market women turn our markets into chop bars, with impunity? And how come the the officials who are supposed to prevent this fail to do their work, again with impunity? An does this negligent official not have a superior officer to sanction him/her? If we start prying up the ladder we soon reach irresponsible big men up there who, it appears, the work interferes with the enjoyment of their positions!!!
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

WHAT IS PREVENTING THE ACCRA MAYOR, AMA FROM implementing the recommendations made by the Ghana National Fire Service to save the country’s markets.

Meanwhile, the AMA Boss, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, has declined to make a ...
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WHAT IS PREVENTING THE ACCRA MAYOR, AMA FROM implementing the recommendations made by the Ghana National Fire Service to save the country’s markets.

Meanwhile, the AMA Boss, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, has declined to make any comments. REALLY?
Nii Akwei 11 years ago

Yes, Accra smells to high heaven. Ghana is a failed State.

Yes, Accra smells to high heaven. Ghana is a failed State.
shamu 11 years ago

Please leave AMA to do their woek. They have really brought openess to Accra people and set up example to all the regions in Ghana especially Ashanti Region. AMA all the way.
Ghanaians are soo stupid that, whenever they see ...
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Please leave AMA to do their woek. They have really brought openess to Accra people and set up example to all the regions in Ghana especially Ashanti Region. AMA all the way.
Ghanaians are soo stupid that, whenever they see the light, they turn out to be negative because of their illiteracy
Abu Ben Adam 11 years ago

U know why, AMA is only interested in the money they collect from the market, saving lives and properties Hell No.Their day will come.

U know why, AMA is only interested in the money they collect from the market, saving lives and properties Hell No.Their day will come.
PALMWINE SELLER 11 years ago

THERE IS NO SUPERVISION NO LEADERS WITH BALLS AND JUST TOTAL NONESENCE. ALL THEIR ENERGIES ARE USED FOR ELECTION AND AFTER THAT ITS OVER. THE ENERGY THEY USE DURING ELECTIONS IF TEN PER CENT IS USED TO DO THEIR JOBS WE WILL S ...
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THERE IS NO SUPERVISION NO LEADERS WITH BALLS AND JUST TOTAL NONESENCE. ALL THEIR ENERGIES ARE USED FOR ELECTION AND AFTER THAT ITS OVER. THE ENERGY THEY USE DURING ELECTIONS IF TEN PER CENT IS USED TO DO THEIR JOBS WE WILL SEE A BETTER GHANA. AFTER ELECTIONS THEY RECOIL INTO THEIR COMFORT ZONES AND STEAL MONEY TILL THE NEXT ELECTION. THATS THE PROBLEM WITH GHANA.
PALMWINE SELLER 11 years ago

JUST TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS BUSH RAT IN THE PICTURE WITH WEEDS ALL AROUND HIS FACE AND TELL ME HE KNOWS HOW TO CLEAN A CITY.

JUST TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS BUSH RAT IN THE PICTURE WITH WEEDS ALL AROUND HIS FACE AND TELL ME HE KNOWS HOW TO CLEAN A CITY.
EAGLE EYE 11 years ago

VANDERPUIJE EQUIPPED FOR THE TASK
GA PEOPLE NEED TO STOP ONLY THINKING ABOUT SHORT TERM PLAN, AND GOVERNMENT TO TO START DECENTRALIZING SOME STATE INSTITUTIONS TO DISPERSE PEOPLE TO OTHER REGIONS TO CURB THE MASSIVE INFLUX I ...
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VANDERPUIJE EQUIPPED FOR THE TASK
GA PEOPLE NEED TO STOP ONLY THINKING ABOUT SHORT TERM PLAN, AND GOVERNMENT TO TO START DECENTRALIZING SOME STATE INSTITUTIONS TO DISPERSE PEOPLE TO OTHER REGIONS TO CURB THE MASSIVE INFLUX IN TO THE CAPITAL.
WHY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IN ACCRA, WHY CANT WE SEND TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO CENTRAL REGION.
HASSAN RASTA GERMANY 11 years ago

Your Ashanti /Akyim tribalism will never end. Thats why Dr. Alhaji Mahamadu Baumia is creating his own Party any moment from now till 2014. NORTHERN NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY ( NNPP )Your party is gong to divide into four. Just lea ...
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Your Ashanti /Akyim tribalism will never end. Thats why Dr. Alhaji Mahamadu Baumia is creating his own Party any moment from now till 2014. NORTHERN NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY ( NNPP )Your party is gong to divide into four. Just leave NDC alone to do the Better Ghana Agenda forward ever backwards never.
ERICUS-ERICUS 11 years ago

THIS IS NONSENSE PROPAGANDA - NDC IS JUST FRUSTRATED - DR. BAWUMIA AND THE NPP IS FAR ABOVE THIS STUPID PROPAGANDA.

THIS IS NONSENSE PROPAGANDA - NDC IS JUST FRUSTRATED - DR. BAWUMIA AND THE NPP IS FAR ABOVE THIS STUPID PROPAGANDA.
BOBBY 11 years ago

Poor planning and nobody is brave enough to fix it. Let leave accra to burn down, new good planning for a new city and the national capital. Cape Coast was once the capital remember.

Poor planning and nobody is brave enough to fix it. Let leave accra to burn down, new good planning for a new city and the national capital. Cape Coast was once the capital remember.
alpha 11 years ago

Most places in Accra must be demolished and rebuilt. Landlords mus t be made accountable to put structures that meet standards. Markets and lorry stations must be completely brought into 21st century. Demolish Makola, open up ...
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Most places in Accra must be demolished and rebuilt. Landlords mus t be made accountable to put structures that meet standards. Markets and lorry stations must be completely brought into 21st century. Demolish Makola, open up roads, demolish Nima, Demolisg all the towns surrounding the korle river, including stations around nkrumah circle and get rid of AMA boss.
ERICUS-ERICUS 11 years ago

NDC WILL NEVER LEARN; THEY THINK GOVERNANCE IS ALL ABOUT PROPAGANDA - ALL THESE PROPAGANDA AND TRIBAL POLITICS BY THE NDC WILL FALL HEAVILY ON THEM BECAUSE FALSEHOOD HAS NEVER LASTED IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. TRUTH IS STRONGER THA ...
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NDC WILL NEVER LEARN; THEY THINK GOVERNANCE IS ALL ABOUT PROPAGANDA - ALL THESE PROPAGANDA AND TRIBAL POLITICS BY THE NDC WILL FALL HEAVILY ON THEM BECAUSE FALSEHOOD HAS NEVER LASTED IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. TRUTH IS STRONGER THAN FALSEHOOD - THE WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE NDC IS MADE OF SOON AND VERY SOON. THE NDC MUST KNOW THAT DR. BAWUMIA AND THE NPP IS FAR ABOVE THIS STUPID PROPAGANDA THAT IS CALLING FOR DIVISION IN THE NPP.
Jemiama Musa 11 years ago

Asanti's train us but then it seem we remembered no more. One of us is now acting like ewe or togolese. He's acting as how the other part of Nigeria use to do. We need peace forever. We are still one. Stop what you are doing ...
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Asanti's train us but then it seem we remembered no more. One of us is now acting like ewe or togolese. He's acting as how the other part of Nigeria use to do. We need peace forever. We are still one. Stop what you are doing and remember who you or we was and do what will benefit the whole nation to have a good name to creat an account in Heaven as the Messiah ("al-Mas??") is coming!
Ohenenana 11 years ago

AMA must learn to grow up.AMA boss has lived in USA for Long time and if he can not modenised the City he should stop the blame game.The whole central bussines area must be rebulit

AMA must learn to grow up.AMA boss has lived in USA for Long time and if he can not modenised the City he should stop the blame game.The whole central bussines area must be rebulit
GHANAALUTA CONTINUA 11 years ago

THE AMERICANS BUILT THE GREEN ZONE IN IRAQ THEMSELVES AND INSTALLED ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL COMPUTERS IN THE POLITICAL CENTRE OF THE WORLD.
THE CHINESE 'DONATED' THE AFRICAN UNION BUILDING IN ADDIS ABABA. HAS IT BEEN SCANNE ...
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THE AMERICANS BUILT THE GREEN ZONE IN IRAQ THEMSELVES AND INSTALLED ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL COMPUTERS IN THE POLITICAL CENTRE OF THE WORLD.
THE CHINESE 'DONATED' THE AFRICAN UNION BUILDING IN ADDIS ABABA. HAS IT BEEN SCANNED BY AFRICANS?

THINK GHANAIANS PLEASE THINK. THEY BUILT THE FOREIGN OFFICE, FLAGSTAFF HOUSE, AND THE CONFERENCE CENTRE IN ACCRA AND 'DONATED' TO GHANAIANS. HAVE THEY BEEN SCANNED FOR BUGS. I WONDER
plain face 11 years ago

the fire man is very right. come to makola shopping mall, very congested. sometimes I wonder should there be a fire outbreak

the fire man is very right. come to makola shopping mall, very congested. sometimes I wonder should there be a fire outbreak
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

WILL BE NEXT ON MY RAZE LIST. BUSINESSES WITH NO INSURANCE, DONT PAY TAX. WILL ALL BE RAZED. KEEP STASHING YOUR MONEY IN UR STORES...LOL

IN BLACK PLASTIC UNDER SOME STONE, BY THE STORE....LOL

WILL BE NEXT ON MY RAZE LIST. BUSINESSES WITH NO INSURANCE, DONT PAY TAX. WILL ALL BE RAZED. KEEP STASHING YOUR MONEY IN UR STORES...LOL

IN BLACK PLASTIC UNDER SOME STONE, BY THE STORE....LOL
DAN 11 years ago

at fault, low and high voltages are burning up equipment and wiring.Starting fires

at fault, low and high voltages are burning up equipment and wiring.Starting fires
Nyame Ekuma 11 years ago

It is rhe fake electical cables and gadgets from China which is causing all these fires. Deal with the Chinese and Ghana shall be free from fire.

Some of the fires are also caused by the NPP agents who are dissapointed tha ...
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It is rhe fake electical cables and gadgets from China which is causing all these fires. Deal with the Chinese and Ghana shall be free from fire.

Some of the fires are also caused by the NPP agents who are dissapointed that heir Akufo Addo lost the elections. Nation wreckers

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