GNFS wants Parliament to ban high-rise buildings

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Aikens Martenes 8 years ago

WHAT A LAZY FIRE OFFICER? THIS GUY SHOULD BE BOOTED OUT OF OFFICE , IDIOT

WHAT A LAZY FIRE OFFICER? THIS GUY SHOULD BE BOOTED OUT OF OFFICE , IDIOT
Kugblenu Koku 8 years ago

It is an extreme insult for Mahama to think that the people of Volta region just need appointment of Prosper Bani and we will vote for him and NDC. Our eyes are now open and we refuse to be the world bank of NDC. Amenfi bye-e ...
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It is an extreme insult for Mahama to think that the people of Volta region just need appointment of Prosper Bani and we will vote for him and NDC. Our eyes are now open and we refuse to be the world bank of NDC. Amenfi bye-election has open our eyes that we should not be taken for granted. We want to be the region that forms government based on national development and not a sure banker for NDC. Though we do not like the NPP much, our people were happy and enjoyed the interventions introduced by the party. Life was better under NPP than the current NDC administration. NDC is fooling us and treat us as idiots who will vote for them no matter what. Ghana has moved on and we are also moving on. We the Voltarians want to be like the Western, Central, Northern, and Brong Ahafo regions which always decide which party will form government. Re-appointing Prosper Bani will not improve the lot of the people in Volta region. Please stop insulting our intelligence. WE CANT CONTINUE TO SELL OUR INTELLIGENCE TO SLAVERY OF NDC PARTY.
Efo 8 years ago

Sorry, the people of Volta will vote for Mahama no matter what.

Sorry, the people of Volta will vote for Mahama no matter what.
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Author:-KWAA...
We are not serious as a Nation.We can use about GHC 3,6 million to embosse the President's picture on a Bus,which will not serve any purpose,apart from the fact that he just want to be popular,(empty barrels ...
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Author:-KWAA...
We are not serious as a Nation.We can use about GHC 3,6 million to embosse the President's picture on a Bus,which will not serve any purpose,apart from the fact that he just want to be popular,(empty barrels makes the most noise),yet we don't have money to power our generators for electricity.What is NDC turning Ghana into?Yet some people will come out to defend this incompetence.Funny people
insight to the bone 8 years ago

Any govt or system that refuses to acknowledge or respect the fact that Ghana belongs to the Akans is by the hand of God doomed to fail. This is evident from the bond of !
1844 and agreements of 1871 are they are the basis a ...
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Any govt or system that refuses to acknowledge or respect the fact that Ghana belongs to the Akans is by the hand of God doomed to fail. This is evident from the bond of !
1844 and agreements of 1871 are they are the basis and our Magna carta. NDC has a foreign oppression govt in which the stakeholders or true intelligentsia of the Akans do not participate or are excluded but rather insulted , humiliated and wantonly abused. Like all oppressive govts when they see their days are number switch from their pro islamic affinities and all of a sudden remember the America are allies of brothers like we witnessed with Qaddafi, Saddam Hussein and the eastern European criminal regimes of Ceausescu in Romania. Today we have a govt in which the cardinal inner cabinet ministers such as interior , defense , finance are all non Akans . This ndc promotes the exultation of minorities and preys on the divide and rule tactics that lead only to the death of our economy. Its very interesting the posture of this ndc mafia, they know they have lost but still clutch to straws of false hope. The world confirms this bloated register , unheard of wanton looting , corruption and hegemony/tribalism of pepeni/ayigbe but they instead of resigning collectively choose to annoy us with more propaganda lies. They waste their money buying millions of bullets and arms but fail to realse even with 500 atomic bombs they will lose as war is about the awareness of the people and state of mind of the defending majority. We salute the chiefs , politicians , bishops who are not afraid to stand up for justice and respect to the market women who reject gifts of treachery. We have won , and the stakeholders of our friendly nations know the truth so we will not waste our time with fake diplomats or those who dont known what time it is. We show thanks to the British and Germans for confirming the bloated register and other atrocities of corruption we witness .
insight to the bone 8 years ago

you again? Huh?

you again? Huh?
OKOE 8 years ago

THIS PROPOSAL ARISES AS A RESULT OF POOR WATER PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE COUNTRY. INSTEAD OF BANNING HIGH RISES, THE COUNTRY MUST OVERHAUL THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE I ...
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THIS PROPOSAL ARISES AS A RESULT OF POOR WATER PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE COUNTRY. INSTEAD OF BANNING HIGH RISES, THE COUNTRY MUST OVERHAUL THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTRY. IF WE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT CIVILIZED WATER DISTRIBUTION THIS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM. LOW RISE BUILDINGS MAKE UTILITIES PROVISION EXPENSIVE. GHANA SHOULD HAVE NEW FIRE CODES AND PROPER COMMUNITY PLANNING. JUST AS YOU HAVE LAWS FOR HUMAN BEHAVIOUR SO MUST THE THE NATION HAVE IMPROVED FIRE CODES AND CIVILISED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITIES IN GHANA. WE ARE CREATING URBAN SPRAWLS THAT ARE EXPENSIVE TO PROVIDE UTILITIES FOR. IF WE HAVE ADEQUATE FIRE HYDRANTS WITH ADEQUATE PRESSURES IN THEM, HIGH RISES POSE NO PROBLEMS. AS THINGS STAND NOW, YOU CANNOT FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE TRUCKS. OUR ENGINEERS NEED TO HAVE CODES, STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR FIRE, WATER AND PLUMBING STANDARDS IN GHANA. WE HAVE INHERITED THE PRIMITIVE DESIGN FROM OLD TIMES AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MUST IMPROVE OTHERWISE COST OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TOWNS AND CITIES WILL GROW. THIS IS NOT HOW IS DONE IN MODERN TIMES. WE ARE DOING THINGS THE WRONG WAY IN GHANA. OUR ENGINEERING EXPERTISE IS POOR SO FAR AS FIRE AND WATER DISTRIBUTION ARE CONCERNED.
Ohene.. 8 years ago

Do our so called leaders think and reason to get solutions. Well he can take Ghana to the Stone Age

Do our so called leaders think and reason to get solutions. Well he can take Ghana to the Stone Age
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Author:-Joe.....
What do you expect from a nation which has a person like Akua Donkor as the adviser. Akua Donkor has openly said he advises Mahama and he listens. I am not sure which advisory role she is playing but any rol ...
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Author:-Joe.....
What do you expect from a nation which has a person like Akua Donkor as the adviser. Akua Donkor has openly said he advises Mahama and he listens. I am not sure which advisory role she is playing but any role in the absence of more intelligent, competent, learned, more qualified people to give this government an advice has led to the deteriorating condition in Ghana and the nation going backward since Mahama and NDC took over the reigns of government in Ghana. But time will tell.
Justice man 8 years ago

stupid fire officer ever seen in my life because we don't have hydraulics in country we shouldn't building high rise buildings, y don't you request from the government. u claim you are a doctor.. useless doctor Indeend all t ...
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stupid fire officer ever seen in my life because we don't have hydraulics in country we shouldn't building high rise buildings, y don't you request from the government. u claim you are a doctor.. useless doctor Indeend all the the security services in Ghana know is to squandle money
FAIR MIND 8 years ago

Maybe he was misquoted, if not I cant imagine he said that. That's too myopic. We need to resort to high rise in some cases

Maybe he was misquoted, if not I cant imagine he said that. That's too myopic. We need to resort to high rise in some cases
CORNEY 8 years ago

If he really said that then he does not deserve to be a chief fire officer,he should resign,nobody in his right mind will make such a dumb comment.

In the first place how many high rise buildings do we have in the country, ...
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If he really said that then he does not deserve to be a chief fire officer,he should resign,nobody in his right mind will make such a dumb comment.

In the first place how many high rise buildings do we have in the country,how high are they and when was the last time that fire service rescue anybody from even a Ranch house let alone a high rise building?
ahmed 8 years ago

the guy is telling the truth but you guys don't seem to understand him.
can you imagine fire outbreak at the last floor of trassaco tower, how can fire fighters get there. In any case is there a nearest fire station to the t ...
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the guy is telling the truth but you guys don't seem to understand him.
can you imagine fire outbreak at the last floor of trassaco tower, how can fire fighters get there. In any case is there a nearest fire station to the tower?
Justice man 8 years ago

trassacco is only eleven floor, y couldn't he use his good office to request hydraulic from government. we are lacking behind in this country. go to Zambia on see ur self they are now far develop

trassacco is only eleven floor, y couldn't he use his good office to request hydraulic from government. we are lacking behind in this country. go to Zambia on see ur self they are now far develop
tontrobi 8 years ago

Justice man, consider the following comment and reflect more soberly on your viewpoints.

To begin with, high-rise buildings should not be taken as an exclusive sign of development. High-rise buildings may at a distance, da ...
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Justice man, consider the following comment and reflect more soberly on your viewpoints.

To begin with, high-rise buildings should not be taken as an exclusive sign of development. High-rise buildings may at a distance, dazzle the ordinary persons mind but they are actually very complicated and difficult structures to build - and even worse-still, to manage.

In many cases around the world where high-rise buildings exist in abundance, it is usually due to the horizontal lack of space and the dire economic necessity to rather develop vertical structures to accommodate more people in limited spatial environments. High-rise buildings are therefore first and foremost, necessities rather than cultural status symbols or objects of beauty. I must however admit that some countries consider their high-rise buildings - some like the current tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, reaching over 160 floors, as symbols of power and prestige.

High-rise buildings may be safe in relatively developed societies where the complementary infra-structure can be proven to be comprehensively reliable and assured. In Ghana on the other hand, the existence of structures above four floors is not only dangerous, but also depicts how ridiculously foolish we still continue to be as a people.

The justifiable and commendable concerns coming from the Fire Service about their inability to deal with possible fires in high-rise buildings, should in fact be the least of the worries that are related to the phenomenon of high-rise buildings in an underdeveloped but an impetuous society who by all intents and purposes is just trying to ‘keep up with the Joneses’.

Even in Europe where many high-rise buildings were put up a few decades ago for the convenience of their growing urban populations, many of these have had to be pulled down and in their place, buildings which were not too high up in the sky have been built. I suspect that the reasons had something to do with the extremely high cost of servicing and managing high-rise buildings. In Ghana where culturally, we have the unenviable reputation of not being able to maintain even single-storey buildings, I dread what would become of the high-rise buildings which are springing up around the city of Accra in a few years. It is difficult for us to even service and maintain the lifts at the very important Korle Bu hospital where we and our families, friends and fellow-citizens are at our most vulnerable. As a result, our sisters, mothers and wives are often carried piggy-back from floor-to-floor at the point of delivery of our babies. In circumspect, dread to think of how they are going to manage the lifts at mere working places that are 20 floors and more.

In the first place, high-rise buildings can mostly be found in our badly managed capital city of Accra where even common water and electricity are rare commodities in this 21st century. Then again, for anybody who is enlightened enough and who cares to know, Accra sits on a dangerous, and unpredictable earth-quake zone which can rumble at any time - even as we read this comment. This means that, even if in the unlikely circumstances, a developer bothers to acquire a building permit from the corrupt city authorities before they commence putting up such a high-rise project, it is my humble opinion that no building above two-floors can, within such murky circumstances, be considered as safe enough for human habitation in Accra.

Luckily, Ghana is still blessed with abundant land space where we can still continue to develop horizontally and beautifully without the need to tread where we are not yet ready to dare.

Let us put the horror of earth-quakes, building permits and the doubtful technical integrity of multi-floor buildings aside for a moment. I still cannot in all honesty, imagine the consternation and apprehension of the great probability in Ghana, of finding yourself without electric power in the 6th, 10th, 20th, 30th floor and above, in a high-rise office building during the day – never mind late in the day at night when you want to finish off some urgent work. What about the frequent lack of water from the mains? Will one have to carry several ‘Kufuor gallons’ up and down the staircase from the 10th, 20th, 30th floor just to flush toilets and clean the floors? I have had to endure climbing up to the 6th floor of some public institutions in some instance when the lights were off because the lifts – which always break-down anyway, were not working. Having to climb up to the 10th, 20th, 30th floors under such circumstances, would be completely out of the question.

I see many high-rise buildings - over six-floors and more in Accra, that don’t even have as much as sufficient car-parking space for the convenience of the anticipated tenants and their clients/visitors. The lack of this very basic amenity for such structures makes me wonder on the frightening likelihood of what else the consultants, architects and engineers randomly forgot to take into consideration which my eyes cannot readily see.

For those who are ignorantly and disrespectfully asking why the Chief Fire Officer cannot put pressure on govt to fund the acquisition of what would obviously be a very expensive hydraulic fire-fighting system that can deal with fires up to about 45 floors, I appeal to their good senses to come back down to earth to consider the fact that over 60% of Ghanaians living at ground-level do not even have the most basic domestic facility of toilets in their homes. That is rather the compelling reality of the Ghanaian situation. Would it therefore make sense to consider the safety needs of 000.01% of Ghanaians living or working above 20 floors to that of the 20,000,000 Ghanaians who live on ground-zero and who cannot even as much as afford to buy toilet-paper – they use ‘graphic’ – all apologies to the Graphic Communications Group.
ALIMI YAO 8 years ago

Keep on sleeping, Stone Age Ahmed. The fire officer is telling what truth that people don't understand? Because of the possibility of choking to death, eating must be banned?

Keep on sleeping, Stone Age Ahmed. The fire officer is telling what truth that people don't understand? Because of the possibility of choking to death, eating must be banned?
Ghanaman 8 years ago

Instead of asking for modern equipments and training your staff... you want a law to ban high rise building.... and you call yourself Fire officer... apio man
Wonder how you got the job and position in the first place

Instead of asking for modern equipments and training your staff... you want a law to ban high rise building.... and you call yourself Fire officer... apio man
Wonder how you got the job and position in the first place
Kweku 8 years ago

Is this man serious at all,in this modern age for him to make such proposals,ooohh Ghana soo hydraulic platforms too we can't buy.

Is this man serious at all,in this modern age for him to make such proposals,ooohh Ghana soo hydraulic platforms too we can't buy.
me 8 years ago

GNFS, go get the right equipment. Tell NDC to collect Woyome's money to buy one for each district.

GNFS, go get the right equipment. Tell NDC to collect Woyome's money to buy one for each district.
Pikin 8 years ago

You are incompetent, are you saying you dont have trouble qhen. Fighting fire, instead of appealing for more modern equipment you want then to band a whole project. Shame on you

You are incompetent, are you saying you dont have trouble qhen. Fighting fire, instead of appealing for more modern equipment you want then to band a whole project. Shame on you
Nii Ablorh 8 years ago

idiot indeed

idiot indeed
kwaku 8 years ago

how can this fire officer suggest such an insult as a solution to a simple problem. H e himself said that in developed countries they use hydraulic platforms that can reach 45 floors, so, the issue here should not be a ban on ...
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how can this fire officer suggest such an insult as a solution to a simple problem. H e himself said that in developed countries they use hydraulic platforms that can reach 45 floors, so, the issue here should not be a ban on high rise buildings but procuring modern equipment that can solve the problem in question. The fact that your canoe cant cross a river does not mean we do away with the river ebei africans hmmmm. Mahama and his appointees are bent on taking ghana into the wilderness. This is coming from an educated person...tweeeaaaa
A.M. 8 years ago

Dr Gaisie, no wonder your institution is where they are. with this absolute mentality you would remain where you are forever

Dr Gaisie, no wonder your institution is where they are. with this absolute mentality you would remain where you are forever
ATM 8 years ago

Instead of devising ways to do your job you're asking to ban high rising building. That's absolutely lazy way of dealing with the problem. Think fast

Instead of devising ways to do your job you're asking to ban high rising building. That's absolutely lazy way of dealing with the problem. Think fast
ghanani 8 years ago

Absolute rubbish!!!.Instead of calling for training and equipment to fight such fires he wants high rise buildings to be banned.Because of bad land management in the country a time is coming when high rise buildings will be n ...
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Absolute rubbish!!!.Instead of calling for training and equipment to fight such fires he wants high rise buildings to be banned.Because of bad land management in the country a time is coming when high rise buildings will be needed to accomodate more ghanaians and to also reduce the ever widening housing deficit in the country.The Fire Service must quickly adapt to the occupational and professional challenges lying ahead of it.
gyasi 8 years ago

The fire officer is stupid and shortsighted. Tell parliament to approve your budget for that hydraulic equipment.

The fire officer is stupid and shortsighted. Tell parliament to approve your budget for that hydraulic equipment.
kofi 8 years ago

Ghana have to put people who knows their job, and understand their jobs into a place like these, not this man who does not know what it means to be fire chief, this is a childish comment from soo call chief

Ghana have to put people who knows their job, and understand their jobs into a place like these, not this man who does not know what it means to be fire chief, this is a childish comment from soo call chief
Odoi 8 years ago

The man if he really said that, then, he is a typical village IDOOT. I don't know how and where he got that Dr. before his name. Problems are there to be solved and a socalled phd man can"t. Instead on his knees begging for b ...
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The man if he really said that, then, he is a typical village IDOOT. I don't know how and where he got that Dr. before his name. Problems are there to be solved and a socalled phd man can"t. Instead on his knees begging for banning. Schoolboy!! Cameron Duodu once wrote that, what he doesn't like is when scientists, trained to tame nature start praying. GET THE HELL OUT OF THAT OFFICE. Period.
KKO 8 years ago

You are the real pathetic idiot. You probably do not even know that Ghana has earthquakes, that are followed by long periods of aftershocks (which is probably too much for your level.) The Fire Service has no ladder that can ...
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You are the real pathetic idiot. You probably do not even know that Ghana has earthquakes, that are followed by long periods of aftershocks (which is probably too much for your level.) The Fire Service has no ladder that can go any higher than five floors, and no helicopters for fire fighting.

Try and google the Great Rio de Janeiro Fire of 2004!

All the water hydrants that were left by the colonial government have either been destroyed or cements over. We cannot even put out common market fires.

On our technical committee at AMA in the 90s, sometimes we contributed money from our own pockets to buy water for the Fire Service and you come to this forum and talk absolute nonsense. Ghana's real problem is the half educated idiots like you, Asiedu Nketia and Mhama and co!
Soomui 8 years ago

Thank you KKO. Reading at the totally illiterate comments on this page frightens me to the uncomfortable realization that Ghana is full of NDC people - no education, no knowledge and no common-sense.

Thank you KKO. Reading at the totally illiterate comments on this page frightens me to the uncomfortable realization that Ghana is full of NDC people - no education, no knowledge and no common-sense.
Charles 8 years ago

Why not rather ask parliament to procure better fire fighting equipment

Why not rather ask parliament to procure better fire fighting equipment
Potag member 8 years ago

If your atfit don't have the necessary logistics to fight fire on high rise building do not pressed for a legislation to stop the building of such facilities okay

If your atfit don't have the necessary logistics to fight fire on high rise building do not pressed for a legislation to stop the building of such facilities okay
HeyLook! 8 years ago

Please Mr Potag, if you are a college graduate then then please write good English for our young ones to learn from this platform . The Daily Grafic helped me as a small growing up.

Please Mr Potag, if you are a college graduate then then please write good English for our young ones to learn from this platform . The Daily Grafic helped me as a small growing up.
sss 8 years ago

FIREMAN, what you need are tools for the challenge ahead. Upgrade your equipment and training to meet those demands-- and stop living in the stone age era

FIREMAN, what you need are tools for the challenge ahead. Upgrade your equipment and training to meet those demands-- and stop living in the stone age era
Newsite Bansah 8 years ago

The concern raised by the fire chief is legitimate but his solution is very backward. Tall buildings are needed for proper land use so we can't ban them.

Instead maybe we should impose a special levy on such properties to ...
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The concern raised by the fire chief is legitimate but his solution is very backward. Tall buildings are needed for proper land use so we can't ban them.

Instead maybe we should impose a special levy on such properties to be used to buy equipment to fight fires I high rise buildings.
First Lady 8 years ago

This is a country that will spend 1.5 million cedis on condoms to be freely distributed, than buy fire fighting equipment.

This is a country that will spend 1.5 million cedis on condoms to be freely distributed, than buy fire fighting equipment.
yaw sam 8 years ago

banning high rise buildings is not the answer the government should rather equip GNFS with modern equipment and stop stealing our money that all

banning high rise buildings is not the answer the government should rather equip GNFS with modern equipment and stop stealing our money that all
KWABENA wang ching # SINGAPORE # 8 years ago

THIS GAISIE (GYASI in Ashanti language) HAS PROVE HOW SHALLOW MINDED "SOME OF THE FANTES" ARE. Dated back in 1998-2000 he was REGIONAL COMMANDER AT CHIRIAPATERE lake road in KUMASI. He is complaining of we should BAN this b ...
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THIS GAISIE (GYASI in Ashanti language) HAS PROVE HOW SHALLOW MINDED "SOME OF THE FANTES" ARE. Dated back in 1998-2000 he was REGIONAL COMMANDER AT CHIRIAPATERE lake road in KUMASI. He is complaining of we should BAN this because we cannot afford HYDRAULIC this and that. WE SHOULD NOT BLAME HIM but MAHAMA & ASANTEHENE FOR USING $29million only to RENOVATE KUMASI AIRPORT. WHEREBY ETHIOPIA USED $60million TO BUILD 5 WORLD STANDARD AIRPORTS. ANYTHING THAT HAS BEGINING SURELY HAS AN END.GOD IS WATCHING ALL OUR DEEDS.
JH. New York 8 years ago

I,am exonerated!.It's not the person with the highest Academic Degree who can deliver,as most Ghanaian think.And I have said,Degrees without
the application of Common Sense approach to resolve issues could be dangerous to ...
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I,am exonerated!.It's not the person with the highest Academic Degree who can deliver,as most Ghanaian think.And I have said,Degrees without
the application of Common Sense approach to resolve issues could be dangerous to Society.In Ghana most people peruse higher Academic Levels for nothing but the Fat Paycheck that automatically goes with it,and not to apply knowledge for the Comfort or progress of mankind.The Head of FS
is a typical example of my assertions. How can the Country move forward with people whose entire brain/mind is clouded or engulfed in darkness as Dr Gaise,be a Head of Dept.No wonder
we find ourselves where we are!.I think Dr Gaise should have taken advantage of his presence in the House to make a Serious and urgent demand(SOS) on gov't for the acquisition of 10 Standard high-rise building equipment with Statistics of trends of Dev,and the need of more high-rise buildings in the Country, given the fact that,the Country has limited Space(land) in all the Regions (5 needed immediately within the Shortest possible time). "Travel and See"is an inscription in the front of a House in Ghana.Anyway.
JH. New York 8 years ago

That is not to say Education in not necessary.Education is needed,very
important.I mean Society expected the
person with Education to know better, for better Solutions to a Sustainable Economy to the aspirations of mankin ...
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That is not to say Education in not necessary.Education is needed,very
important.I mean Society expected the
person with Education to know better, for better Solutions to a Sustainable Economy to the aspirations of mankind,and not an educated non performance embarrassment to Education,etc.
Soomui 8 years ago

The very fact that you need to append New York to your name suggests that you are plagued with an inferiority complex and you have not reached the age of enlightenment. You have in short, not yet managed to liberate yourself ...
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The very fact that you need to append New York to your name suggests that you are plagued with an inferiority complex and you have not reached the age of enlightenment. You have in short, not yet managed to liberate yourself from the shackles of slave mentality.

Who wants to know where you are located? Or do you think that publicizing your location as being in New York will help increase your sub-human prestige? Poor you.

You accuse the Chief Fire Officer of attaining high educational levels but yet he cant apply knowledge. You are living in a country that for whatever reasons has made huge strides in physical human development yet, it seems that all that you can do is to copy blindly what they are doing.

Worse of all, you have run away from the problems of your own country and you sit there abroad and from a safe hypocritical distance, you are telling us what to do in a situation of which dynamics, you have no idea of. This is the worse form of illiteracy.
JH. New York 8 years ago

Contributors on this forum use all sort of identifications to themselves.For eg
Soomui-what is the meaning of that!
So,if I Subjoin my name with New York
is that a conclusive prove of someone
who feel inferior! Why are ...
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Contributors on this forum use all sort of identifications to themselves.For eg
Soomui-what is the meaning of that!
So,if I Subjoin my name with New York
is that a conclusive prove of someone
who feel inferior! Why are you nervous at the words-New York?. You rather have exposed your imbecile self,Bitch!
to write trash on you moronic emotions,based on nothing.Your excuse of "I have insulted the FC" is lame,b'cos l gave some reasons why such hollow non performance PhD is an embarrassment to Education.You have no reason to insult me; you incestuous Son of a Bitch!. Some people write about Water,Elevator(lift)
Earthquake Zone,etc.But all these Sum
Up to a Country which is Not prepared
to spend money for Standard things and Cries about Money.Yet there is Sufficient Money for Politicians and Officials like your Uncles,to Steal. Ghana should not remain the Same,in the minds of Sanitary Pads like you.
I am on a Construction Site as I write this piece. Therefore,I know what I am talking about.I don't normally respond to people whom I suspect to have the same mentality of a Pig,like you. Why can't Ghana Learn to improve the way we build,etc.Don't venture near my laundromat next time. Kwasiyaa!.
Soomui 8 years ago

Mr New Yorker, you dont half know what you are talking about. Your cheap adolescent insults suggest that you are either less than 15 years old or you are mentally retarded.

For the records, I did not insult you. I only des ...
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Mr New Yorker, you dont half know what you are talking about. Your cheap adolescent insults suggest that you are either less than 15 years old or you are mentally retarded.

For the records, I did not insult you. I only described your state of mind and if the prognosis does not sound good to you, is it my fault?

Please concentrate on carrying cement at the building site where you work as a menial labourer under instructions of your slave master. You may hopefully make some progress there.
JH. New York 8 years ago

Contributors on this forum use all sort of identifications to themselves.For eg
Soomui-what is the meaning of that!
So,if I Subjoin my name with New York
is that a conclusive prove of someone
who feel inferior! Why are ...
read full comment

Contributors on this forum use all sort of identifications to themselves.For eg
Soomui-what is the meaning of that!
So,if I Subjoin my name with New York
is that a conclusive prove of someone
who feel inferior! Why are you nervous at the words-New York?. You rather have exposed your imbecile self,Bitch!
to write trash on your moronic emotions,based on nothing.Your excuse of "I have insulted the FC" is lame,b'cos l gave some reasons why such hollow non performance PhD is an embarrassment to Education.You have no reason to insult me; you incestuous Son of a Bitch!. Some people write about Water,Elevator(lift)
Earthquake Zone,etc.But all these Sum
Up to a Country which is Not prepared
to spend money for Standard things and Cries about Money.Yet there is Sufficient Money for Politicians and Officials like your Uncles,to Steal. Ghana should not remain the Same,in the minds of Sanitary Pads like you.
I am on a Construction Site as I write this piece. Therefore,I know what I am talking about.I don't normally respond to people whom I suspect to have the same mentality of a Pig,like you. Why can't Ghana Learn to improve the way we build,etc.Don't venture near my laundromat next time. Kwasiyaa!.
abongo 8 years ago

Mr whoever you're be glad you have a job . I don't know which of the the planet you are from. If you've never been outside Ghana before which I doubt what do you see . go to Nigeria, south Africa, Egypt Senegal to name a few ...
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Mr whoever you're be glad you have a job . I don't know which of the the planet you are from. If you've never been outside Ghana before which I doubt what do you see . go to Nigeria, south Africa, Egypt Senegal to name a few these are all in sister Africa country. Open your eyes . o I see you need attention on how you may join the gang . You fool fire killer high risers are space savers and beautiful WAWA.
Abena 8 years ago

Please fire services face the challenge squarely.
Get the needed logistics for mother ghana.

Please fire services face the challenge squarely.
Get the needed logistics for mother ghana.
Yirenkyi 8 years ago

Sad, for me the call is a clear expression of frustration or poor leadership. As the fire boss he must come up with clear and implementable management approach to fires of that nature.

Sad, for me the call is a clear expression of frustration or poor leadership. As the fire boss he must come up with clear and implementable management approach to fires of that nature.
Kafui 8 years ago

Manama and NDC think of us, Voltarians as stupid and so they can a;always do whatever they want because we will still vote for them. This is going to change and I call on all the sons and daughters of the Volta Region to rise ...
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Manama and NDC think of us, Voltarians as stupid and so they can a;always do whatever they want because we will still vote for them. This is going to change and I call on all the sons and daughters of the Volta Region to rise up and vote against them come November. We need to change and give other parties the chance and I am sure they will do better for us than Mahama and NDC. Manama has since he became president neglected the Volta Region and appointed ONLY NORTHERNERS to his administration, and yet we turn to blame NPP as tribal. What kind of tribalism is greater than what Mahama is done so far?
Kwaku, USA 8 years ago

This guy is an officer, how can a country grow? It's all stupid thinkers that we've leading different sectors in the country right now. How can you even think this way because you are lazy and can't do your job well? I would ...
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This guy is an officer, how can a country grow? It's all stupid thinkers that we've leading different sectors in the country right now. How can you even think this way because you are lazy and can't do your job well? I would have expected you'll use the time to appeal to parliament to equip the service with modern gadgets necessary to do your work well and also train your personal to be abreast with modernism. Rather, you using your position to set the country back. I think you deserve to be fired because Im sure you didn't even know what you were saying.

God Bless Ghana.
Richie Kojo N Roberts (Maryland-USA) 8 years ago

The issue should not be focused on how tall a building is but how well the government is willing to protect and safe guard the citizen in the country. I will also suggest that GNFS should appeal to the industrial countries, E ...
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The issue should not be focused on how tall a building is but how well the government is willing to protect and safe guard the citizen in the country. I will also suggest that GNFS should appeal to the industrial countries, European union and UN to help acquire this equipments if the government of Ghana is unable to acquire them. I hope those in charge of the affairs of Ghana (NDC, NPP, etc) will think about the country and what the country and give them.
Kofi - USA 8 years ago

Please come again. Banning of high-rise buildings is backward thinking. They save space and that is what we need to be doing in Ghana. Parliament should not listen to this guy. He does not know what he is talking about and s ...
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Please come again. Banning of high-rise buildings is backward thinking. They save space and that is what we need to be doing in Ghana. Parliament should not listen to this guy. He does not know what he is talking about and should not be the chief of GNFS.
Sir. T. 8 years ago

Why are you the chief fire officer, this is an opportunity for you to get mordern equipments for our beloved GNFS.Thank You.

Why are you the chief fire officer, this is an opportunity for you to get mordern equipments for our beloved GNFS.Thank You.
DON NEXT 8 years ago

I want to believe this report is not true otherwise this fire chief is the most laziest n dumb ever on this planet.with a doctorate degree in shocked to the bone.

I want to believe this report is not true otherwise this fire chief is the most laziest n dumb ever on this planet.with a doctorate degree in shocked to the bone.
Nii Joromi 8 years ago

All the millions being stolen by corrupt politicians and their cronies can provide these basic requirements for the fire service. Ghana is not a poor country. We have lazy, greedy and pathetic leaders.

All the millions being stolen by corrupt politicians and their cronies can provide these basic requirements for the fire service. Ghana is not a poor country. We have lazy, greedy and pathetic leaders.
Michael K. Tettevi. 8 years ago

It is true GNFS does not have a single hydraulic platform to help them. But I think high-rise buildings could be approved if only designed, constructed and maintained by very competent white companies like Trasacco.

It is true GNFS does not have a single hydraulic platform to help them. But I think high-rise buildings could be approved if only designed, constructed and maintained by very competent white companies like Trasacco.
Eviana 8 years ago

I rather thought you'd demand for better equipment that make fire fighting easier but not such a pathetic excuse. Ghana needs leaders with idea and knowledge on the emerging new world. If you cannot cope,however, just stand d ...
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I rather thought you'd demand for better equipment that make fire fighting easier but not such a pathetic excuse. Ghana needs leaders with idea and knowledge on the emerging new world. If you cannot cope,however, just stand down.
DANNY. 8 years ago

WHY CANT U PROPOSE TO THE GOVT TO BUY THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENTS .GHANA CANT AFFORD TO TO REMAIN BACKWARD.MENN U GAT TO WISE UP.

WHY CANT U PROPOSE TO THE GOVT TO BUY THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENTS .GHANA CANT AFFORD TO TO REMAIN BACKWARD.MENN U GAT TO WISE UP.
Kwesi Koomson 8 years ago

Please Sir, you are attacking this the wrong way.Times are changing and going taller and higher seem to be the way of development. I think what we as a nation should be doing is to equip the fire service with machine of that ...
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Please Sir, you are attacking this the wrong way.Times are changing and going taller and higher seem to be the way of development. I think what we as a nation should be doing is to equip the fire service with machine of that nature and train personnel to use them.
pikay 8 years ago

No wonder this country is not developing look at this man ,we are comparing ourselves to America and Europe but here we are now hmmm God have mercy .

No wonder this country is not developing look at this man ,we are comparing ourselves to America and Europe but here we are now hmmm God have mercy .
pkirks 8 years ago

Seriously, I was even expecting you to say all high rise buildings should be well equipped with fire extinguishers and ask the government to aid in buying for high rise building equipment. Just to say this means you are such ...
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Seriously, I was even expecting you to say all high rise buildings should be well equipped with fire extinguishers and ask the government to aid in buying for high rise building equipment. Just to say this means you are such a lazy fire officer and must resign for those with thinking brains occupy the office.

GNFS wants Parliament to ban high-rise buildings

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