They ve been living in this type of condition for so long, shitting on our beaches instead being innovative to make use of beach. What is wrong with this people.
They ve been living in this type of condition for so long, shitting on our beaches instead being innovative to make use of beach. What is wrong with this people.
concernier 11 years ago
First of all, the local gov. needs to provide cement to each house in these communities to construct manhole toilet. a deadline date must be issued for them to build toilets in their homes. after this then the gov. can come o ... read full comment
First of all, the local gov. needs to provide cement to each house in these communities to construct manhole toilet. a deadline date must be issued for them to build toilets in their homes. after this then the gov. can come out with this kind of law. This is my advice
kwame(USA) 11 years ago
noooooooooo, no more manholes, what happens when the floods come? stop the filth and stop choking up the drainage system
noooooooooo, no more manholes, what happens when the floods come? stop the filth and stop choking up the drainage system
Ghfuo, heaven is NOT for idiots! 11 years ago
Wat will whipping them bring? Money?...u just arrest them and make them pay fines. If they can't. U jail them and use them as cheap labor. Use the revenues to build more toilets in the metropolis.
Wat will whipping them bring? Money?...u just arrest them and make them pay fines. If they can't. U jail them and use them as cheap labor. Use the revenues to build more toilets in the metropolis.
CITIZEN ONE 11 years ago
It will never work. Ghanaians (typical Africans) will never abide by any laws that lead to civilized existence.
Brute force is the only response they expect for change to happen.
It will never work. Ghanaians (typical Africans) will never abide by any laws that lead to civilized existence.
Brute force is the only response they expect for change to happen.
politics 11 years ago
NO LEADER, PRESIDENT, VEEP OR POLITICAL PARTY CAN HELP GHANA.
FOR GHANA TO DEVELOP AND MOVE FORWARD IT'S THE DUTY OF THE CITIZENRY TO WALK THE TALK AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
HOW CAN GHANA MOVE FORWARD IF WE CAN'T GET SIM ... read full comment
NO LEADER, PRESIDENT, VEEP OR POLITICAL PARTY CAN HELP GHANA.
FOR GHANA TO DEVELOP AND MOVE FORWARD IT'S THE DUTY OF THE CITIZENRY TO WALK THE TALK AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
HOW CAN GHANA MOVE FORWARD IF WE CAN'T GET SIMPLE THINGS LIKE VOTERS REGISTRATION RIGHT?
GHANA IS A JOKE, WE REALLY NEED TO GET SERIOUS FOR ONCE. WE MUST ALL FIND SOMETHING TO DO WITH OUR PRECIOUS TIME AND STOP POLITICIZING EVERYTHING, HUH!
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO CHEAT DURING VOTERS REGISTRATION.
WHY CAN'T WE ACT LIKE THE WESTERN WORLD WHO ALWAYS REGISTER JUST ONCE AND SEE THEIR ELECTIONS DONE SMOOTHLY?
REMEMBER, GHANA IS THE
ONLY COUNTRY WE HAVE, IN VIEW OF THIS WE MUST WORK RELENTLESSLY TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOP THE COUNTRY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND STOP THE UNNECESSARY BLAME GAME.
GHANA CAN MOVE FORWARD ONLY IF WE ARE ALL READY TO WORK HARD AND DO THINGS RIGHT. GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA.
kofi 11 years ago
Accra ministries without toilets
and for this,who is to be blamed if a visitor decided to do it anywhere around if there is that compelling urge to pass stool?
Accra ministries without toilets
and for this,who is to be blamed if a visitor decided to do it anywhere around if there is that compelling urge to pass stool?
LET THE BEACH SHITTERS CLEANUP 11 years ago
Now they don't even have room on the beaches to shit anymore so they have moved into the neighborhoods.Ga people always had problem with sanitation but this is just going too far.
Now they don't even have room on the beaches to shit anymore so they have moved into the neighborhoods.Ga people always had problem with sanitation but this is just going too far.
mahama is incompetent, Clueless, and 11 years ago
CCORRUPT OKOH VANDERPUIJE:
Caning people is not the solution. Flood the are with more public toilets and make sure they are properly maintained.
CCORRUPT OKOH VANDERPUIJE:
Caning people is not the solution. Flood the are with more public toilets and make sure they are properly maintained.
Dahomey 11 years ago
The solution is city-wide construction of public toilets. Caning will not pre-empt the biological need to ease oneself. Governments from the colonial period to the present have pathetically neglected to provide this basic civ ... read full comment
The solution is city-wide construction of public toilets. Caning will not pre-empt the biological need to ease oneself. Governments from the colonial period to the present have pathetically neglected to provide this basic civilian necessity and chances are that they never will.
support 11 years ago
I support the honourable minister 100%
I support the honourable minister 100%
MAAME 11 years ago
WHAT CITYWIDE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT. WE DO NOT NEED THAT. LANDLORDS SHOULD PROVIDE TOILETS IN THEIR HOMES. IT IS NOT GOVERNMENTS JOB. WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH THAN BUILDIG TOILETS FOR FILTHY PEOPLE
WHAT CITYWIDE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT. WE DO NOT NEED THAT. LANDLORDS SHOULD PROVIDE TOILETS IN THEIR HOMES. IT IS NOT GOVERNMENTS JOB. WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH THAN BUILDIG TOILETS FOR FILTHY PEOPLE
d.d 11 years ago
Bra oko ohh , even in the ministry there is no toilet ,so what about the ordinary Person man who has no toilet in his house , plse start from some where , caning is not the solution.
Bra oko ohh , even in the ministry there is no toilet ,so what about the ordinary Person man who has no toilet in his house , plse start from some where , caning is not the solution.
PLAIN,PRAIN. 11 years ago
OUR SYSTEM IS SLOWLY IMPLODING FROM WITHIN WHILE WE CONTINUE TO CHASE THIS FANTASY PERFECT DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.OUR NATIONAL MAKEUP AND TRADITIONS ARE NOT INTUNE FOR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES TO WORK EFFECTIVELY.WE HAVE TWO CHOICES ... read full comment
OUR SYSTEM IS SLOWLY IMPLODING FROM WITHIN WHILE WE CONTINUE TO CHASE THIS FANTASY PERFECT DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.OUR NATIONAL MAKEUP AND TRADITIONS ARE NOT INTUNE FOR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES TO WORK EFFECTIVELY.WE HAVE TWO CHOICES.FIRST IS TO ABOLISH ALL TRIBAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES LIKE THEY TRIED TO DO IN TANZANIA LONG TIME AGO.THEN DEVIDE THE COUNTRY BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL AND SECURITY NEEDS AND LINES INSTEAD OF TRIBAL REGIONS.THE SECOND OPTION IS TO ADOPT PARTS OF THE DEMOCRACY PRACTICED BY THE CHINESE WHICH WILL WORK BETTER FOR GHANA.EXAMPLE IS TO ABOLISH MULTI PARTY SYSTEM AND FORM ONE PARTY FROM WHICH LEADERS ARE VOTED FOR.EVERYONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK.THERE WILL BE ONE NATIONAL POLLS EVERY SEVEN YEARS TO SELECT A PRESIDENT.PERIOD.ALL OTHER ELECTIONS WILL BE FOR REGIONAL POSITIONS SUCH AS MAYOR AND GOVERNOR.WE NEED TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE THIS DEMOCRACY IS NOT WORKING AND I DON'T BELIEVE GHANA CAN PROSPER UNDER THIS DIVISIVE SYSTEM.
OTCHERE DARKO 11 years ago
"The coastal areas of the cosmopolitan city of Accra – La, James Town, Ledzokuku and Mamprobi - are the worst hit due to poor sanitation practices. Open defecation along the sea shore which forms part of the Gulf of Guinea ... read full comment
"The coastal areas of the cosmopolitan city of Accra – La, James Town, Ledzokuku and Mamprobi - are the worst hit due to poor sanitation practices. Open defecation along the sea shore which forms part of the Gulf of Guinea and choked drainage systems in the communities are fuelling the outbreak that has reached a pandemic state."
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Where else could defecation take place in Ghana?
Vanderpuje, cane them all, including yourself.
Tilapia 11 years ago
Otchere Darku you obviously dont know Accra well. Your name suggests that you come from 'velly' 'velly' far away. Let me teach you a few things about Mamprobi.
First of all Mamprobi is not a coastal suburb. Mamprobi is at ... read full comment
Otchere Darku you obviously dont know Accra well. Your name suggests that you come from 'velly' 'velly' far away. Let me teach you a few things about Mamprobi.
First of all Mamprobi is not a coastal suburb. Mamprobi is at least 1½ km from the nearest beach which is at Chorkor.
Finally, there are very few Ga families living there now, so it is not very likely that such 'malodorous' activities can take place there.
Secondly Mamprobi is generally of a middle-class disposition, which means that most of the people living there have toilets in their homes and would therefore look upon open defecation with disdain.
Tibaa 11 years ago
But some Ministers go around claiming Ghana is ready for Ebola...mass suicide awaits Ghana!!
But some Ministers go around claiming Ghana is ready for Ebola...mass suicide awaits Ghana!!
Only fools use force instead of solut 11 years ago
The Country has no plan to ease such an eyesore and the best way to deal with it is cane people for your stupidity.
You've been a mayor for who knows when and you could not twist Government arm to provide toilet facilities a ... read full comment
The Country has no plan to ease such an eyesore and the best way to deal with it is cane people for your stupidity.
You've been a mayor for who knows when and you could not twist Government arm to provide toilet facilities at every corner of the city but rather encouraged organized criminals to steal from the Nation. And your best solution is not even education nor provision of other means to ease themselves but cane them.
SOrry to say, our leaders lack comon sense.
impromptus 11 years ago
Don't worry mate
Don't worry mate
Dr.Acquah 11 years ago
Another idiot talking.Has this man been reading the Koran? He should have his brains checked!We are in the 21st.century!
Another idiot talking.Has this man been reading the Koran? He should have his brains checked!We are in the 21st.century!
Help 11 years ago
What if he is reading the Koran? Ghanaians are too indisciplined. Why should govt provide everything why why why?
What if he is reading the Koran? Ghanaians are too indisciplined. Why should govt provide everything why why why?
BUMBEBO London 11 years ago
Because, the gov is the lordoversear of our affairs, sell lands, see to inspect buildings and where they are located and pass them as habitable, not to wait till disaster come before people in gov come out to prescribe adhoc ... read full comment
Because, the gov is the lordoversear of our affairs, sell lands, see to inspect buildings and where they are located and pass them as habitable, not to wait till disaster come before people in gov come out to prescribe adhoc solutions. Leave the Koran out, pls.
Ato 11 years ago
The Government doesn't have to build toilets for you idiots.Are you crazy? What happened to communities coming together to provide for their own social needs? If you build a six bedroom house and fail to put in a bathroom wit ... read full comment
The Government doesn't have to build toilets for you idiots.Are you crazy? What happened to communities coming together to provide for their own social needs? If you build a six bedroom house and fail to put in a bathroom with toilets and then expect the government to build public toilets for you then you are an idiot.
The beauty of ignorance 11 years ago
You and who are in the 21st Century? Judging from your highly provocative response I can easily make you out as a christian. That religion that enslaved over 200 million black human beings like yourself and which accounts for ... read full comment
You and who are in the 21st Century? Judging from your highly provocative response I can easily make you out as a christian. That religion that enslaved over 200 million black human beings like yourself and which accounts for the fact that you are still worshiping them even though their prophet is a white man - the same race as those who enslaved you and made you as stupid as you seem to be.
Dr.Acquah 11 years ago
I don`t talk to Idiots.Insulting people you don`t know makes you very stupid.Have a nice day!
I don`t talk to Idiots.Insulting people you don`t know makes you very stupid.Have a nice day!
ADWEN 11 years ago
Due to lack of visionary leadership Ghana is being destroyed by these NDC-idiots who don't have ideas to run the country.
Does caning people solve the lack of efficient drainage systems. When you award contracts to people wh ... read full comment
Due to lack of visionary leadership Ghana is being destroyed by these NDC-idiots who don't have ideas to run the country.
Does caning people solve the lack of efficient drainage systems. When you award contracts to people who are not engineers but party faithfuls, this is the consequence.
When will the blackman or the African ever get sense? If you mix politics with performance this is the result - you kill people with your stupidity like NDC is doing to Ghanaians.
BUMBEBO London 11 years ago
Power-drunkman, where are the toilets located even in homes and in public places in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, where you have opened your mouth to say this?
Do something to alleviate/ rectify the situation and hide yo ... read full comment
Power-drunkman, where are the toilets located even in homes and in public places in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, where you have opened your mouth to say this?
Do something to alleviate/ rectify the situation and hide your face till after descent public toilets are seen, at least 500 meters apart, in the most populated areas..
Come, is canning people part of the the punishment you have passed into law in Ghana for defecating in public? The JJ's bugabuga has not left your head? How about those who are chopping Ghana small? Where should the girls drop the free-given pads after use? Go for external loan to buy receptacles for the used ones and build public places of convenience in the cities where there are non. Hei, disguise yourself and visit the toilets at Circle and at Tema station on Monday afternoon and I bet you, you shall constipate for five days!
impromptus 11 years ago
Everything is backward method solution in Gh. Sad.
Everything is backward method solution in Gh. Sad.
Ato 11 years ago
YOU ALREADY HAVE THE LA BEACH TO DO YOUR BUSINESS WHATEELSE DO YOU WANT?
YOU ALREADY HAVE THE LA BEACH TO DO YOUR BUSINESS WHATEELSE DO YOU WANT?
Kwamina 11 years ago
In the fresh air passing around your balls and little bits is very nice.
In the fresh air passing around your balls and little bits is very nice.
impromptus 11 years ago
Fraud addicted NDC, where are public toilets. You can only do that where public toilets are available to use. Not all people are as rich as NDC cronies. A civilised society is the one that cares for the vulnerable.
Fraud addicted NDC, where are public toilets. You can only do that where public toilets are available to use. Not all people are as rich as NDC cronies. A civilised society is the one that cares for the vulnerable.
James Naru 11 years ago
I agree with you that a civilized society is one that cares for its people. The root cause of the problem is lack of toilets. What we need to do is to provide clean flushing toilets at vantage points in our cities and villa ... read full comment
I agree with you that a civilized society is one that cares for its people. The root cause of the problem is lack of toilets. What we need to do is to provide clean flushing toilets at vantage points in our cities and villages and they should be maintained.
Even the toilet in the canteen at the entrance to the castle has no water.
Why did the writer remind us that Ghana was a former British Colony in his article?
impromptus 11 years ago
Stop collecting tax and the generous people will provide toilet for the poor
Stop collecting tax and the generous people will provide toilet for the poor
sonkrolo 11 years ago
JUST ARREST THEM AND LET THEM THEM CLEAN THE WHOLE OF THAT AREAAS A PUNISHMENT.
JUST ARREST THEM AND LET THEM THEM CLEAN THE WHOLE OF THAT AREAAS A PUNISHMENT.
KKO 11 years ago
Ghetto idiot, when Busia started the central sewage for Accra, you called him "dwam bi" because you preferred to sh** in the gutters and at the beach. Start the caning with your family. At least in the countryside the people ... read full comment
Ghetto idiot, when Busia started the central sewage for Accra, you called him "dwam bi" because you preferred to sh** in the gutters and at the beach. Start the caning with your family. At least in the countryside the people are civilised enough to dig pit latrines and keep them clean for their own use.
That is there have been hundreds of cholera cases in Accra and not many in the countryside.
In any civilised society you would have resigned or been fired a long time ago. Banana republic and its idiotic officials!
KKO 11 years ago
Correction ".... that is why there have been hundreds of......"
Correction ".... that is why there have been hundreds of......"
gla 11 years ago
still a mediocre thinking minister from the stock of rawlings, how many public toilets do we have in town, not even to talk about decent ones/
still a mediocre thinking minister from the stock of rawlings, how many public toilets do we have in town, not even to talk about decent ones/
JOE,LONDON 11 years ago
The whole of Accra is a 'lavender' city.Everywhere you go the wind blowing smells of human faeces.The from the free for all defecating along the coastline aside parcels of toilet can be found thrown all over in Accra.No wonde ... read full comment
The whole of Accra is a 'lavender' city.Everywhere you go the wind blowing smells of human faeces.The from the free for all defecating along the coastline aside parcels of toilet can be found thrown all over in Accra.No wonder cholera is causing havoc in Accra.Accra is a filthy city.
onipanua 11 years ago
What a sight!!!.I can see the shit hanging from the anus of the guy in white shirt.This is disgusting.
What a sight!!!.I can see the shit hanging from the anus of the guy in white shirt.This is disgusting.
Kusi 11 years ago
Onipanua you are focusing too closely at that man's ass.You had me laughing my head off at work.They probably think I am crazy laughing out loud like that.
Onipanua you are focusing too closely at that man's ass.You had me laughing my head off at work.They probably think I am crazy laughing out loud like that.
MenayeAFUAForiwa 11 years ago
This guy speaks like someone who has never worked outside Ghana, especially in the USA where democracy and Human Rights reign high. Which State did he state on his resume that he was a high ranking public official? Authoritie ... read full comment
This guy speaks like someone who has never worked outside Ghana, especially in the USA where democracy and Human Rights reign high. Which State did he state on his resume that he was a high ranking public official? Authorities should check the truth on his resume because there is no city in the USA where one would be caned for defecating in public. An offender of this type crime would only be given summons to appear in court. This is troublesome, for I doubt if such a suggestion would come from the lips of man who claimed to have occupied a high public office in the United States of America.I have always doubted the truth about this man on what he put on his resume. Because his pronouncements in office speak differently as a responsible officer. Look at how he messed himself up in Mrs. Oko's case and many other of his mis steps. All that he claimed that he held high positions in the US were not true because he would have been forced to resign long time ago because Americans would not condone the J.J. Rawlings type of raw justice which is similar to what Mr.Vanderpuije has been advocating ever since he assumed office in Accra. It is high time Mr.Vanderpuije should resign.
OT 11 years ago
AMERICANS have coastlines almost all around the country yet you are not going to find a section of their coastal dwellers shitting on their beaches.For once I agree with the Mayor.These undisciplined fools needs to be treated ... read full comment
AMERICANS have coastlines almost all around the country yet you are not going to find a section of their coastal dwellers shitting on their beaches.For once I agree with the Mayor.These undisciplined fools needs to be treated like idiots.
Koo Nimo 11 years ago
Announce a fine, henceforth anybody caught in the act should pay a hefty fine. Introduce what was Papa Tankanse to look out for these recalcitrants, this way you will creat jobs and punish poeple at the same time. Caning is o ... read full comment
Announce a fine, henceforth anybody caught in the act should pay a hefty fine. Introduce what was Papa Tankanse to look out for these recalcitrants, this way you will creat jobs and punish poeple at the same time. Caning is outmoded.Why waste time and energy to cane if you can comfortably collect money for development.
truth 11 years ago
That alone will work perfect.
That alone will work perfect.
Cynthia Padi 11 years ago
Instead of blaming the general public for indecent behaviour and sugesting babaric methods of punishing people, I suggest that the government og Ghana starts looking for ways to construct a better sewrage system and convinien ... read full comment
Instead of blaming the general public for indecent behaviour and sugesting babaric methods of punishing people, I suggest that the government og Ghana starts looking for ways to construct a better sewrage system and convinient public tolet systems in the country.
Peter 11 years ago
I lived in Accra in the late 80's and early 90's when Rawlings was in power.I remember the police used arrest the beach shitters and had their pictures displayed on a notice board near the postoffice.They were made to clean u ... read full comment
I lived in Accra in the late 80's and early 90's when Rawlings was in power.I remember the police used arrest the beach shitters and had their pictures displayed on a notice board near the postoffice.They were made to clean up the beach and certain parts of tote city.This culture of shitting outside has been going on for a long time and unless some drastic actions are taken will not stop.
Kwasi Owusu 11 years ago
Incompetent mahama should be cain first.
Incompetent mahama should be cain first.
Meman Nti 11 years ago
Caning people may not solve the problem. Solutions are (1) build more public toilets and employ people to keep it tidy at affordable price to users and make sure they are properly kept.(2) Use tax payers money to employ peopl ... read full comment
Caning people may not solve the problem. Solutions are (1) build more public toilets and employ people to keep it tidy at affordable price to users and make sure they are properly kept.(2) Use tax payers money to employ people to clean the streets every day,this done every where you find it clean. I live in Berlin-Germany,the streets are cleaned every day because the Berlin city council (BSR-BERLIN STADT REINIGUNG" as they call it) don't use the tax payers money for their own selfish interest,they use it purpose so do the same.
Mr. Mister 11 years ago
Even when the toilets are there his people still open defecate in the bush or beach or anywhere. Why? They don't like toilets. So caning is the only solution, and inexpensive too. I support this deputy Minister.
Even when the toilets are there his people still open defecate in the bush or beach or anywhere. Why? They don't like toilets. So caning is the only solution, and inexpensive too. I support this deputy Minister.
Chief amankwa 11 years ago
The vanderpuyie I stupid African using a local mentality to solve a problem that the start to help.
Offer santation devt loan .
Create jobs to build toilet ..sanitation industry can boom.
Hell yell we have. No money but ... read full comment
The vanderpuyie I stupid African using a local mentality to solve a problem that the start to help.
Offer santation devt loan .
Create jobs to build toilet ..sanitation industry can boom.
Hell yell we have. No money but we have money for thieves to steal state funds...god what did the people do to have bad leaders
Martin 11 years ago
It is an eyesore to see human beings defecating in the street corner like animals. It takes leadership to solve the problem of lack of public toilets. Either the mayor of Accra should take the initiate to construct public toi ... read full comment
It is an eyesore to see human beings defecating in the street corner like animals. It takes leadership to solve the problem of lack of public toilets. Either the mayor of Accra should take the initiate to construct public toilets or some enterprising person should go into that kind of business. Resorting to a draconian measure of caning these violators is a bad public policy.
Adu 11 years ago
IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THE CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY IS ALLOWING SUCH UNHEALTHY AND DISGRACEFUL CULTURE TO EXIST.WHEN THEY HAD THE NATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AT ACHIMOTA GOLF COURSE IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK MORE THAN 20YARDS ... read full comment
IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THE CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY IS ALLOWING SUCH UNHEALTHY AND DISGRACEFUL CULTURE TO EXIST.WHEN THEY HAD THE NATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AT ACHIMOTA GOLF COURSE IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK MORE THAN 20YARDS WITHOUT BEING GREETED BY A PILE OF HUMAN FEACES.THE KUMASI GOLF COURSE MAY NOT BE AS GRAND BUT YOU WILL NEVER FIND PEOPLE RELIEVING THEMSELVES WHILE YOU ARE PLAYING.
Agyaku NYC 11 years ago
Very uncivilized, these are parts of development and civilization the nation is lacking. 21st century Accra metropolitan, shame.I can`t even show this to my kids who are so proud of Ghana.
Very uncivilized, these are parts of development and civilization the nation is lacking. 21st century Accra metropolitan, shame.I can`t even show this to my kids who are so proud of Ghana.
come get me 11 years ago
i never see public toilet in USA may be thats why people never think of going to toilet in drains...
i never see public toilet in USA may be thats why people never think of going to toilet in drains...
KK-K 11 years ago
Mr.Vanderpuije caning these people will not solve this problem. It will be better to get every landlord to provide toilet facilities in their houses. Where humans live there must be a place for their waste product. It is impo ... read full comment
Mr.Vanderpuije caning these people will not solve this problem. It will be better to get every landlord to provide toilet facilities in their houses. Where humans live there must be a place for their waste product. It is impossible for people to defaecate anywhere anyhow if proper toilet facilities are provided for them. If Vanderpuije cannot see to that, then he must cane himself, cane the landlord and cane workers of any department responsible for approving building plans. The presence of toilet in every house will reduce the free range style of defaecating everywhere. So I think if there is anybody to be caned then the Vandal-boy himself must take the first lashes for not seeing to it that household toilet is provided in every house in the city he controls.
isaac anakwah 11 years ago
Mr Vanderpuije, with all due respect, may i asked if you have ever thoought of why people defecate in public? what a pitty that those of you who call yourselves politicians have never never travelled abroad. if you have, then ... read full comment
Mr Vanderpuije, with all due respect, may i asked if you have ever thoought of why people defecate in public? what a pitty that those of you who call yourselves politicians have never never travelled abroad. if you have, then i'm personally disappointed because there was nothing learnt. kindly take a minute to answer these questions.
1. will you 'normally' starve when there is food in front of you?
2. will you 'normally' walk in the rain with your umbrella in your bag and get wet?
3. will you 'normally' stand when there is a seat for you to sit down?
4. will you throw rabish anywhere when
there is garbage bin in fron of you?
5. will you shit in your bedroom when there is toilet in the house?
remember only lunatic will answer 'in affirmative' to these questions. how many free public toilets do we have in big cities in Ghana? how many free incinerators are there in big cities? nature's call is something nobody can refuse. do you think if there are free public toilets within distance people will defecate everywhere? whose duty is it to provide free public toilet or refuse dump?
can you answer these questions before you rain down whips to chastice citizens? what is the purpose of local governemnt? to whip or to first provide what is necessary? i'm sure you didnt mena what you said.
Kwame VS Kofi 11 years ago
The public is herewith invited to demonstrate against the lack of toilet-facilities in Ghanas Capital on Sept. 25th 2014.
The demonstration will take place at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle with a march trough Accra, ending at the ... read full comment
The public is herewith invited to demonstrate against the lack of toilet-facilities in Ghanas Capital on Sept. 25th 2014.
The demonstration will take place at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle with a march trough Accra, ending at the Independance Monument where the demonstrators are invited to difficate publicly in protest of the above mentiond circumstances.
Sicerely
Major Vandapoop
Futurama 11 years ago
The answer is simple. Provide the area with decent public toilets and initiate a programme for every household to have its own toilet. Chaining culprits is a step backwards into the 19th century. Another idiotic utterance fro ... read full comment
The answer is simple. Provide the area with decent public toilets and initiate a programme for every household to have its own toilet. Chaining culprits is a step backwards into the 19th century. Another idiotic utterance from a clueless NDC apparatchik. Think and grow up. Fools !!!!!
Captain Canada 11 years ago
in providing toilets for anyone. Where in the developed world is the government responsible for this? Besides considering the Ghanaian attitude towards government provided systems what make anyone think it will be kept clean ... read full comment
in providing toilets for anyone. Where in the developed world is the government responsible for this? Besides considering the Ghanaian attitude towards government provided systems what make anyone think it will be kept clean and maintained? For all those claim government should provide toilets, give your head a shake. You know how disgusting and dirty Ghanaians are, what do you think will happen to these toilets in a year. They'll become dirty and stinking eyesores which will require another expenditure to clean or rid of it. If Ghanaians care and love their city, they'll do it themselves. Small business will have toilets on their premises. Individual home will band together to build toilets in their communities. That's how you build a nation. But Tweeeaaaaa! Ghanaians don't have a clue on these matters. They bullshit their way and attempt to convince you that they know. But the truth is the don't know squat! Consider the state of neighbourhoods that were planned and properly laid out years ago now. They have been reduced to shanty towns. Eg Tema, Chorkor/mamprobi, Korle Gonno and even Kaneshie. 30 years ago you could still walk through these places without seeing containers occupying sidewalks. at chorkor even the public bathroom is now someone's bedroom. It is sick and disgusting.
They ve been living in this type of condition for so long, shitting on our beaches instead being innovative to make use of beach. What is wrong with this people.
First of all, the local gov. needs to provide cement to each house in these communities to construct manhole toilet. a deadline date must be issued for them to build toilets in their homes. after this then the gov. can come o ...
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noooooooooo, no more manholes, what happens when the floods come? stop the filth and stop choking up the drainage system
Wat will whipping them bring? Money?...u just arrest them and make them pay fines. If they can't. U jail them and use them as cheap labor. Use the revenues to build more toilets in the metropolis.
It will never work. Ghanaians (typical Africans) will never abide by any laws that lead to civilized existence.
Brute force is the only response they expect for change to happen.
NO LEADER, PRESIDENT, VEEP OR POLITICAL PARTY CAN HELP GHANA.
FOR GHANA TO DEVELOP AND MOVE FORWARD IT'S THE DUTY OF THE CITIZENRY TO WALK THE TALK AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
HOW CAN GHANA MOVE FORWARD IF WE CAN'T GET SIM ...
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Accra ministries without toilets
and for this,who is to be blamed if a visitor decided to do it anywhere around if there is that compelling urge to pass stool?
Now they don't even have room on the beaches to shit anymore so they have moved into the neighborhoods.Ga people always had problem with sanitation but this is just going too far.
CCORRUPT OKOH VANDERPUIJE:
Caning people is not the solution. Flood the are with more public toilets and make sure they are properly maintained.
The solution is city-wide construction of public toilets. Caning will not pre-empt the biological need to ease oneself. Governments from the colonial period to the present have pathetically neglected to provide this basic civ ...
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I support the honourable minister 100%
WHAT CITYWIDE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT. WE DO NOT NEED THAT. LANDLORDS SHOULD PROVIDE TOILETS IN THEIR HOMES. IT IS NOT GOVERNMENTS JOB. WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH THAN BUILDIG TOILETS FOR FILTHY PEOPLE
Bra oko ohh , even in the ministry there is no toilet ,so what about the ordinary Person man who has no toilet in his house , plse start from some where , caning is not the solution.
OUR SYSTEM IS SLOWLY IMPLODING FROM WITHIN WHILE WE CONTINUE TO CHASE THIS FANTASY PERFECT DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.OUR NATIONAL MAKEUP AND TRADITIONS ARE NOT INTUNE FOR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES TO WORK EFFECTIVELY.WE HAVE TWO CHOICES ...
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"The coastal areas of the cosmopolitan city of Accra – La, James Town, Ledzokuku and Mamprobi - are the worst hit due to poor sanitation practices. Open defecation along the sea shore which forms part of the Gulf of Guinea ...
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Otchere Darku you obviously dont know Accra well. Your name suggests that you come from 'velly' 'velly' far away. Let me teach you a few things about Mamprobi.
First of all Mamprobi is not a coastal suburb. Mamprobi is at ...
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But some Ministers go around claiming Ghana is ready for Ebola...mass suicide awaits Ghana!!
The Country has no plan to ease such an eyesore and the best way to deal with it is cane people for your stupidity.
You've been a mayor for who knows when and you could not twist Government arm to provide toilet facilities a ...
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Don't worry mate
Another idiot talking.Has this man been reading the Koran? He should have his brains checked!We are in the 21st.century!
What if he is reading the Koran? Ghanaians are too indisciplined. Why should govt provide everything why why why?
Because, the gov is the lordoversear of our affairs, sell lands, see to inspect buildings and where they are located and pass them as habitable, not to wait till disaster come before people in gov come out to prescribe adhoc ...
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The Government doesn't have to build toilets for you idiots.Are you crazy? What happened to communities coming together to provide for their own social needs? If you build a six bedroom house and fail to put in a bathroom wit ...
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You and who are in the 21st Century? Judging from your highly provocative response I can easily make you out as a christian. That religion that enslaved over 200 million black human beings like yourself and which accounts for ...
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I don`t talk to Idiots.Insulting people you don`t know makes you very stupid.Have a nice day!
Due to lack of visionary leadership Ghana is being destroyed by these NDC-idiots who don't have ideas to run the country.
Does caning people solve the lack of efficient drainage systems. When you award contracts to people wh ...
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Power-drunkman, where are the toilets located even in homes and in public places in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, where you have opened your mouth to say this?
Do something to alleviate/ rectify the situation and hide yo ...
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Everything is backward method solution in Gh. Sad.
YOU ALREADY HAVE THE LA BEACH TO DO YOUR BUSINESS WHATEELSE DO YOU WANT?
In the fresh air passing around your balls and little bits is very nice.
Fraud addicted NDC, where are public toilets. You can only do that where public toilets are available to use. Not all people are as rich as NDC cronies. A civilised society is the one that cares for the vulnerable.
I agree with you that a civilized society is one that cares for its people. The root cause of the problem is lack of toilets. What we need to do is to provide clean flushing toilets at vantage points in our cities and villa ...
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Stop collecting tax and the generous people will provide toilet for the poor
JUST ARREST THEM AND LET THEM THEM CLEAN THE WHOLE OF THAT AREAAS A PUNISHMENT.
Ghetto idiot, when Busia started the central sewage for Accra, you called him "dwam bi" because you preferred to sh** in the gutters and at the beach. Start the caning with your family. At least in the countryside the people ...
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Correction ".... that is why there have been hundreds of......"
still a mediocre thinking minister from the stock of rawlings, how many public toilets do we have in town, not even to talk about decent ones/
The whole of Accra is a 'lavender' city.Everywhere you go the wind blowing smells of human faeces.The from the free for all defecating along the coastline aside parcels of toilet can be found thrown all over in Accra.No wonde ...
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What a sight!!!.I can see the shit hanging from the anus of the guy in white shirt.This is disgusting.
Onipanua you are focusing too closely at that man's ass.You had me laughing my head off at work.They probably think I am crazy laughing out loud like that.
This guy speaks like someone who has never worked outside Ghana, especially in the USA where democracy and Human Rights reign high. Which State did he state on his resume that he was a high ranking public official? Authoritie ...
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AMERICANS have coastlines almost all around the country yet you are not going to find a section of their coastal dwellers shitting on their beaches.For once I agree with the Mayor.These undisciplined fools needs to be treated ...
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Announce a fine, henceforth anybody caught in the act should pay a hefty fine. Introduce what was Papa Tankanse to look out for these recalcitrants, this way you will creat jobs and punish poeple at the same time. Caning is o ...
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That alone will work perfect.
Instead of blaming the general public for indecent behaviour and sugesting babaric methods of punishing people, I suggest that the government og Ghana starts looking for ways to construct a better sewrage system and convinien ...
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I lived in Accra in the late 80's and early 90's when Rawlings was in power.I remember the police used arrest the beach shitters and had their pictures displayed on a notice board near the postoffice.They were made to clean u ...
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Incompetent mahama should be cain first.
Caning people may not solve the problem. Solutions are (1) build more public toilets and employ people to keep it tidy at affordable price to users and make sure they are properly kept.(2) Use tax payers money to employ peopl ...
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Even when the toilets are there his people still open defecate in the bush or beach or anywhere. Why? They don't like toilets. So caning is the only solution, and inexpensive too. I support this deputy Minister.
The vanderpuyie I stupid African using a local mentality to solve a problem that the start to help.
Offer santation devt loan .
Create jobs to build toilet ..sanitation industry can boom.
Hell yell we have. No money but ...
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It is an eyesore to see human beings defecating in the street corner like animals. It takes leadership to solve the problem of lack of public toilets. Either the mayor of Accra should take the initiate to construct public toi ...
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IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT THE CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY IS ALLOWING SUCH UNHEALTHY AND DISGRACEFUL CULTURE TO EXIST.WHEN THEY HAD THE NATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AT ACHIMOTA GOLF COURSE IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK MORE THAN 20YARDS ...
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Very uncivilized, these are parts of development and civilization the nation is lacking. 21st century Accra metropolitan, shame.I can`t even show this to my kids who are so proud of Ghana.
i never see public toilet in USA may be thats why people never think of going to toilet in drains...
Mr.Vanderpuije caning these people will not solve this problem. It will be better to get every landlord to provide toilet facilities in their houses. Where humans live there must be a place for their waste product. It is impo ...
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Mr Vanderpuije, with all due respect, may i asked if you have ever thoought of why people defecate in public? what a pitty that those of you who call yourselves politicians have never never travelled abroad. if you have, then ...
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The public is herewith invited to demonstrate against the lack of toilet-facilities in Ghanas Capital on Sept. 25th 2014.
The demonstration will take place at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle with a march trough Accra, ending at the ...
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The answer is simple. Provide the area with decent public toilets and initiate a programme for every household to have its own toilet. Chaining culprits is a step backwards into the 19th century. Another idiotic utterance fro ...
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in providing toilets for anyone. Where in the developed world is the government responsible for this? Besides considering the Ghanaian attitude towards government provided systems what make anyone think it will be kept clean ...
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