Disaster looms as people encroach on railway

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Create,loot and share 7 years ago

Do we have leaders in Ghana?

Do we have leaders in Ghana?
Numo Kome 7 years ago

Was it not the NPP government which unleashed these acts? Kufuor's house's location violates the act. Mega churches encroach on railway properties along Accra Tema railway line. Katamanto market another example.
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Was it not the NPP government which unleashed these acts? Kufuor's house's location violates the act. Mega churches encroach on railway properties along Accra Tema railway line. Katamanto market another example.
This phenomenon is not unique to Accra. Go to Kumasi, Nsawam. Obuasi. Sekondi-Takoradi, the value is the same.
With the current democracy where votes count, believe me, there will be NO CHANGE oooo
Kwadaso 7 years ago

We shouldn't wait for people to lay roots and build their businesses before telling them to move.I have always said the way our Police forces work is not effective.We must dispatch the police force 24hrs and 7days a week to ...
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We shouldn't wait for people to lay roots and build their businesses before telling them to move.I have always said the way our Police forces work is not effective.We must dispatch the police force 24hrs and 7days a week to all corners instead of saving them in their barracks and stations to respond to crisis.
kirk Dominic 7 years ago

Hmmm...Ask again please but for me NO

Hmmm...Ask again please but for me NO
UNCLEJOE 7 years ago

no problem. it will be done without hesitation. mark my words

no problem. it will be done without hesitation. mark my words
Kojo Billy Duncan 7 years ago

Idiocy can result in stupid fatalities and imbeciles will blame others. The potential victims have made their choice and should take the consequences.

Idiocy can result in stupid fatalities and imbeciles will blame others. The potential victims have made their choice and should take the consequences.
KYIRINKONTOMPO 7 years ago

Just let them be there. They will move without hesitation when construction or rehabilitation work begins on the rails. They think the rails will remain the same for ever.

Just let them be there. They will move without hesitation when construction or rehabilitation work begins on the rails. They think the rails will remain the same for ever.
Emma 7 years ago

They have heard that the railway system is going to be given a faceliftand if their structures are eventually demolished, they could claim some cash from the govt. Idiots, you will not get a pesewa. Foools ....

They have heard that the railway system is going to be given a faceliftand if their structures are eventually demolished, they could claim some cash from the govt. Idiots, you will not get a pesewa. Foools ....
koffi parker 7 years ago

yea ma bruda stadium disaster, filling station disaster, car accidents, most could have be prevented with little attention

yea ma bruda stadium disaster, filling station disaster, car accidents, most could have be prevented with little attention
pk 7 years ago

Too shameful to believe; AMA should act ASAP until disaster strikes. What an eye sore with people risking their lives sitting on top of the trains. Where are the law enforcers?

Too shameful to believe; AMA should act ASAP until disaster strikes. What an eye sore with people risking their lives sitting on top of the trains. Where are the law enforcers?
Eric Moore 7 years ago

Minister of railway where are u ehh

Minister of railway where are u ehh
Freeman the writer of the story 7 years ago

Ghana should be ably give the right source to this story. This story is be written by Weekend Today newspaper so the management sould credit the paper than dailyguideafrica.com

Ghana should be ably give the right source to this story. This story is be written by Weekend Today newspaper so the management sould credit the paper than dailyguideafrica.com
Kwa 7 years ago

Change is good... Hahaheheheh.... %÷#= at the helm.. Lawless country.

Change is good... Hahaheheheh.... %÷#= at the helm.. Lawless country.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago

This fellow who had spent his whole life in the village comes to visit a friend. He'd never seen a train or the tracks they run on.

While standing in the middle of the Rail Road tracks one day, he hears this whistle -- Wh ...
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This fellow who had spent his whole life in the village comes to visit a friend. He'd never seen a train or the tracks they run on.

While standing in the middle of the Rail Road tracks one day, he hears this whistle -- Whooee da Whoee! -- but doesn't know what it is.

Predictably, he's hit -- but, only a glancing blow -- and is thrown, ass-over-tea-kettle, to the side of the tracks, with some minor internal injuries, a few broken bones, and some bruises.

After weeks in the hospital recovering, he's at his friend's house attending a party, one evening. While in the kitchen, he suddenly hears the tea kettle whistling. He grabs a baseball bat from the nearby closet and proceeds to batter and bash the tea kettle into an unrecognizable lump of metal. His friend, hearing the ruckus, rushes into the kitchen, sees what's happened and asks the village man:' Why'd you ruin my good tea kettle?'

The desert man replies:' Man, you gotta kill these things when they're small.'
GHANANI 7 years ago

Why worry? Their government is in power.Like the Invincible Forces they are free to do whatever they like.The country has gone to the dogs.

Why worry? Their government is in power.Like the Invincible Forces they are free to do whatever they like.The country has gone to the dogs.
AZAA 7 years ago

Leave them to do their business because they have been promised jobs. They have taken every space at Circle because their party is in power. So what else?????????????? eehhhh

Leave them to do their business because they have been promised jobs. They have taken every space at Circle because their party is in power. So what else?????????????? eehhhh
Bena 7 years ago

Have no mercy on these lot if one does they take the micky.

Have no mercy on these lot if one does they take the micky.
Brucebruce NY 7 years ago

RAILWAYS

RAILWAYS
Abdulai Mahamadu 7 years ago

Previous governments have ignored security and safety measures with impunity ,so must not repeat itself under Nana Akufo Addo,His Excellency.In every hundred metres in our cities,there is a fuel station and gas filling statio ...
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Previous governments have ignored security and safety measures with impunity ,so must not repeat itself under Nana Akufo Addo,His Excellency.In every hundred metres in our cities,there is a fuel station and gas filling station nearby.In case of explosion or fire disaster don't you think the lives of the masses around such places are in danger? What safety and preventive measures have we put in place to prevent future disaster?
fair lady 7 years ago

Their government is in power. Period.

Their government is in power. Period.
Dr Edward Osei 7 years ago

People were castigating the former mayor for his actions against these law breakers. Ghanaians have become totally indisciplined. Are the police aware that laws are being flouted?. What is wrong with us. Are we going to throw ...
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People were castigating the former mayor for his actions against these law breakers. Ghanaians have become totally indisciplined. Are the police aware that laws are being flouted?. What is wrong with us. Are we going to throw our hands up in despair to be engulfed with all the filth. We should put hold on certain projects and sanitise our environment. People who flout the law should receive serious sanctions. I am lost with words to describe the enormity of the indiscipline in our society. Civil society must rise and declare, enough is enough. Accra is smelly and filthy. When good roads are built in our city, with the nice pavements, they are immediately swamped with hawkers who render these pavements inaccessible to pedestrians. Are we all suffering from inaction and mental paralysis? There is need for ruthlessness to get Ghanaians to fall in line with basic statutes. WE ARE IN TROUBLE AS A NATION IF WE DON'T ACT NOW.
Morris 7 years ago

Change has come for them u see them display NPP flags the were promised so who will go and eject them

Change has come for them u see them display NPP flags the were promised so who will go and eject them
NANA ADDO 7 years ago

THEY ARE THE BUSH FROM AKYEM DOWN. AS SOON AS NANA CAME IN AS PREZ. ALL THE BUSH MEN BECK IN ACCRA.

THEY ARE THE BUSH FROM AKYEM DOWN. AS SOON AS NANA CAME IN AS PREZ. ALL THE BUSH MEN BECK IN ACCRA.
kirk Dominic 7 years ago

Hmmm...so what are our leaders in this country doing at all...if I may ask please

Hmmm...so what are our leaders in this country doing at all...if I may ask please
kirk Dominic 7 years ago

Please what are our leaders doing in this country

Please what are our leaders doing in this country
OKOE 7 years ago

OUR SISTERS, BROTHERS AND COUSINS DO NOT KNOW ANY BETTER HENCE THE ENCROACHMENT ON THE AREAS AROUNG THE RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY. OUR POLITICIANS HAVE TO EDUCATE, AND PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE AREAS FOR THESE TRADERS ELSE THEY WILL CON ...
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OUR SISTERS, BROTHERS AND COUSINS DO NOT KNOW ANY BETTER HENCE THE ENCROACHMENT ON THE AREAS AROUNG THE RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY. OUR POLITICIANS HAVE TO EDUCATE, AND PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE AREAS FOR THESE TRADERS ELSE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ENCROACH. IT IS CALLED PLANNING. DR. NKRUMAH HAD PLANS FOR ACCRA, BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? OUR POLITICIANS LIKE THE WHITEMANS COUNTRY, THEY RUN THERE ON VACATIONS AND FOR TREATING THEIR SICKNESSES, YET THEY FORGET THE WHITEMANS TOWNS AND CITIES ARE PLANEED AND THE LAWS ENFORCED WITHOUT FEAR OF THE POLITICIAN WHO DARES TO FLOUT THE REGULATIONS. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL NKRUMAN BUILT A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR ACCRA. THE NATION WRECKERS AFTER HIM TOOK IT AND TURNED IT INTO A COURT PREMISES. PLAN AND ENFORCE AND GHANA WILL BE A BETTER PLACE. THE PEOPLE DOING THE HAVOC IN GHANA ARE THE POLITICIANS AND THOSE CLOSE TO THEM. UNTIL WE HAVE LAW AND ORDER THESE ENCROACHMENT WILL CONTINUE. I WAS THERE AND KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. HUMAN BEINGS NEED REGULATING ELSE THERE WILL BE CHAOS. IF YOU DO NOT NEED THEM THERE, FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THEM. IT IS SIMPLE, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO APPROPRIATE AND DEMOLISH PEOPLES PROPERTIES TO DO IT. PLANNING AND PLANNING FOLKS!!!!
OKOE 7 years ago

Planned

Planned
KUTRIKU 7 years ago

WHAT ABOUT BUILDING A FENCE ALONG THE LINES AS IT IS DONE IN ADVANCED COUNTRIES? THAT WAY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE RAIL LINES AND ALSO RELOCATING THESE HAWKERS TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

WHAT ABOUT BUILDING A FENCE ALONG THE LINES AS IT IS DONE IN ADVANCED COUNTRIES? THAT WAY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE RAIL LINES AND ALSO RELOCATING THESE HAWKERS TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
PATAPAA TRUMP 7 years ago

The hawkers are indiscipline and the laws in Ghana is ineffective,too many unwanted people are in Accra hawking I think the situation is out of hand,special permit must be introduced for the country to block unwanted hawkers ...
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The hawkers are indiscipline and the laws in Ghana is ineffective,too many unwanted people are in Accra hawking I think the situation is out of hand,special permit must be introduced for the country to block unwanted hawkers in our capital cities,this must be in identification form and need to be applied by all hawkers and applications could be rejected to disqualify applicants who without the permit can't operate as a hawker,this could be seen as measures to reduce hawkers on our streets!
FRANKLIN 7 years ago

We don't hv leaders in this country. We have misleaders. Shame on them.

We don't hv leaders in this country. We have misleaders. Shame on them.
GOOD FATHER 7 years ago

Where are the security of Ghana.At this 21 century it an eye soar to see people sitting on top of train.This is Ghana for you.

Where are the security of Ghana.At this 21 century it an eye soar to see people sitting on top of train.This is Ghana for you.
gh 7 years ago

de should live dat southern animals don't the think

de should live dat southern animals don't the think

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