GMet defends GH¢10,400 charge for specialised weather data request after public criticism

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• Truth Table 2 days ago

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• Kelvin 2 days ago

  Nobody should take Gmet seriously. The data it publishes are not accurate. The accuracy is below 35 per cent. Rely on data from Gmet at your own peril especially those of us in farming. That agency is wasting tax payers money ...
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  Nobody should take Gmet seriously. The data it publishes are not accurate. The accuracy is below 35 per cent. Rely on data from Gmet at your own peril especially those of us in farming. That agency is wasting tax payers money, and the government should close it down.

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• Concerned Citizen 2 days ago

  While I appreciate GMet’s explanation, I believe charging over GH¢10,000 for historical weather data from a government agency is unreasonable. Weather and climate information is a matter of public safety, disaster prepared ...
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  While I appreciate GMet’s explanation, I believe charging over GH¢10,000 for historical weather data from a government agency is unreasonable. Weather and climate information is a matter of public safety, disaster preparedness, infrastructure planning, and research. As a publicly funded institution, GMet should make such information more accessible rather than treating it as a commercial service.
  
  There are already several reputable international organizations that provide free historical weather and climate data, including:
  • NASA POWER
  • NOAA Climate Data
  • Copernicus Climate Change Service
  • ECMWF ERA5
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  
  If these organizations can make extensive climate data freely available, Ghana should work towards making official historical weather information more open, accessible, and affordable for researchers, planners, businesses, and the public. Public safety information should not be priced beyond the reach of those who need it.

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• Ahene 2 days ago

  You want all this information and you think $1k is too much? We price cheap in Ghana that's why everything including leadership has become so cheap. Can we up our game and get mediocrity out of our system for better governanc ...
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  You want all this information and you think $1k is too much? We price cheap in Ghana that's why everything including leadership has become so cheap. Can we up our game and get mediocrity out of our system for better governance. No pain no gain.

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• WHY WOULD A GHANAIAN GO TO HUSTLE IN POOR GAMBIA OR XENOPHOBIC SOUTH AFRICA? IT'S BECAUSE GHANA'S SUCCESSIVE THIEVING LEADERS ARE USELESS! VERY USELESS! 2 days ago

  WHY WOULD A GHANAIAN GO TO HUSTLE IN POOR GAMBIA OR XENOPHOBIC SOUTH AFRICA? IT'S BECAUSE GHANA'S SUCCESSIVE THIEVING LEADERS ARE USELESS THIEVES AND FREELOADERS! VERY SAD!
  
  HAS ANY BLACK GHANAIAN SEEN ANY TAX-FREE WEALTHY ...
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  WHY WOULD A GHANAIAN GO TO HUSTLE IN POOR GAMBIA OR XENOPHOBIC SOUTH AFRICA? IT'S BECAUSE GHANA'S SUCCESSIVE THIEVING LEADERS ARE USELESS THIEVES AND FREELOADERS! VERY SAD!
  
  HAS ANY BLACK GHANAIAN SEEN ANY TAX-FREE WEALTHY SAUDI ARABIA OR QATAR CITIZEN HUSTLING IN OTHER NATIONS LIKE GHANAIANS DO? NO, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN BECAUSE ARAB CITIZENS OF THESE NATIONS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF BY THEIR GOVERNMENTS WITH ONLY CRUDE OIL AND LPG EXPORT REVENUES.
  
  THAT'S WHY DONALD TRUMP RESPECT GULF ARABS, PERIOD. TRUMP VISITS THEM VERY OFTEN AND TRUMP APPRECIATES THE AMAZING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THEIR LEADERS HAVE BROUGHT AND CONTINUE TO BRING TO THEIR CITIZENS AND NATION STATES.
  
  NO ONE RESPECTS GHANAIANS AND THEIR USELESS THIEVING LEADERS, LET ALONE AFRICANS.
  
  GHANA'S LEADERS, STARTING WITH NKRUMAH, HAVE FAILED GHANA BIG TIME, AND MAHAMA IS MAKING THE SAME FOOLISH MISTAKES FOOLISHLY THINKING HE CAN UNITE AFRICA LIKE NKRUMAH FOOLISHLY DID.
  
  NO AFRICAN LEADER CAN UNITE AFRICA BECAUSE ALL THE LEADERS ARE POWER- DRUNK SELF-SEEKING CRIMINAS LIKE AKUFO-ADDO, KUFUOR, THE ASANTEHENES AND OTHER GHANA CHIEFS, SAM JONAH, ETC.
  
  GHANA'S LEADERS ARE DUMB! THAT'S WHY GHANA IS POTENTIALLY RICH BUT POOR, CONSTANTLY BORROWING, AND HEAVILY INDEBTED TO THE IMF/WORLD BANK, CHINA EXIM BANK, AND EVEN TO HAIR DRESSING SALOONS IN LONDON.
  
  GHANA IS A CURSED NATION OF FOOLISH THIEVING, FREELOADING AND SELF-OPINIONATED LEADERS. WE ARE CURSED FOREVER!

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• Abugre 2 days ago

  I think the charge is reasonable given the that explanation is what it is.

  I think the charge is reasonable given the that explanation is what it is.

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• wahalla 2 days ago

  Why is the raw data not available for each of the weather stations free on google drive, it would not cost $1 a day for the data to be accessible to anybody, then any Ghanaian student or farmer would be able to access it and ...
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  Why is the raw data not available for each of the weather stations free on google drive, it would not cost $1 a day for the data to be accessible to anybody, then any Ghanaian student or farmer would be able to access it and process it to their own pleasure.

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