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Watch how a young man is punished by a soldier for throwing rubbish in a gutter

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  • Jimbo 2 weeks ago

    It serves him right. It might have become his habit. Unfortunately, there could be some people who will jump into the defence of the boy. It is not in all cases we have to wait on the law. This is home training he didn't get. ...
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  • Kwaku Tee 2 weeks ago

    Whenever you hear of the masses yearning for Military powers, it means leadership has failed. Why shd sanitation become a problem to the poor in our cities?I pay around GHC60 every 2 Wks to have my Dustbin emptied and even th ...
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  • Mr Smith 2 weeks ago

    Jimbo and Kweku Tee, excellent submission. From my angle, there's a question. Why are the gutters and drainages left uncovered? Our misleaders travel abroad on a daily basis. They have their children schooling out there so th ...
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  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    Until Ghanaians learn not to liter, that is how it should be. I call this localized engineering based on behavior of locals. I was asking which engineers were dumb enough to cover gutters from Achimota new station to its near ...
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  • Dr ...Mumbi Seraki 2 weeks ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own .life or someone's .life with medicine. For instance 15 tramadol at once.....or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • Kman 2 weeks ago

    Yaw manu you have proved that Ghanaians have low IQs,you thought you were wise not knowing you have exposed your foolishness,opened gutter smells 10x worser than a closed one,if you have a rubbish bin that is not closed vs a ...
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  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    Nincompoop. You are thinking from your anus. How do Ghanaians who will litter anyway clean up closed gutters after they have chocked them with rubbish.

  • Kman 2 weeks ago

    They can be cleaned like many other places do,open drainage smells 10x worse than closed ones ive experienced both smells,you are just used to the smell so you cant smell it,they are also an eyesore,we dont need this in Ghana ...
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  • Kman 2 weeks ago

    Even if you google advantages of closed drainage the first few things you'll see is about the odor,common sense should also tell you filth covered will smell less than filth not covered this is not clothing or something,we ar ...
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  • P Djamgbe 2 weeks ago

    Yeah I certainly don't understand what Yaw Manu meant - I am not even sure if he himself understands what he posted.

  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    I never ever throw away litter anywhere no matter the situation so you dirty people should enjoy your dirty lives.

  • Monkey see, Monkey do 2 weeks ago

    Go to manilla Phillipines and see. Gh leaders are jokers

  • JustOne 2 weeks ago

    I disagree with your assertion. Most gutters in Rwanda are not covered but they are clean so why? This is because of the discipline there. If throw rubbish and you are caught, you will be made to clean the entire gutter. Plea ...
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  • Atogsirabangbota 2 weeks ago

    This is not politics, it about discipline. Discipline starts at home and extends to the community. If the community celebrates indiscipline, there will be indiscipline in that community, but if the community abhors indiscipli ...
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  • Naneama!!!! 2 weeks ago

    Ask the chief of your community why there is no landfill. We will blame the government for everything. If the plan for your community had no landfill, the chief must answer. If there was, why is the garbage collector in a fix ...
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  • RICHARD AHIAGBAH 2 weeks ago

    Hey, NANA Kwasia-Kwasia Mankampoli + gyimifuorba @Kwaku Tee...!!!! ONYAAYE GBEMI TAFLATS3..!!! MO MAAME TW3 ASE KANKAEN S3 MALATTA MOMONI...!!!!

    FOOLISH BOYS.. !!! After all the paragraphs of senseless epistle that you ha ...
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  • AB 2 weeks ago

    When you feel like pooping, you don't just poop anywhere because you don't see a toilet near by.

  • Chris 2 weeks ago

    That foolish boy should have been made to join in clearing the gutter for the next 1 hour

  • DDT 2 weeks ago

    Well done and this will reset the boys brain. Too much indecipline. The government should also provide small dust bins along our various streets especially the busy streets or markets areas.

  • ASEMPA 2 weeks ago

    There used to be garbage bins along road sides in many cities and towns in Ghana which were stolen by these miscreants who go round looking for scraps. Metallic Road Signs and Gutter covers were stolen at night.

  • Ruthan 2 weeks ago

    We are so quick to push our problems to the underprivileged/poor in our society,have we ever found time to ask why they violate sanitation rules?Why shd waste collection be a problem and so expensive in our cities?Does our g ...
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  • Mouth mouth 2 weeks ago

    Please I can say 60% of ur public littering is done by so called down trodden. Just check on all those selling and cooking by the roadside and u will see the drains infront

  • Mr Smith 2 weeks ago

    Asempa, you are right and on point. Kweku Tee stated that why should sanitation become a problem to the poor and I like that observation. Please go round the country especially Accra and check where all those CCTV cameras are ...
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  • Job 2 weeks ago

    My brother what are saying is 100% right but some people still would put the rgarbage on the ground instead of putting inside the bin

  • Nana 2 weeks ago

    B4 Kufour came in 2001 sanitation was a huge problem in our cities, cleanliness wasn't a priority to NDC Govt. Fmr Pres. Kufour quickly bought into the ideas of Mr Kwabena Agyapong, Zoomlion when he brought modernisation of w ...
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  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    Interesting to know.

  • RICHARD AHIAGBAH 2 weeks ago

    @NANA Kwasia-Kwasia Mankampoli...!!!! ONYAAYE GBEMI TAFLATS3..!!! WO MAAME TW3 ASE KANKAEN S3 MALATTA MOMONI...!!!!

    FOOLISH BOYS.. !!! After all the paragraphs of senseless epistle that you have coughed up here from your ...
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  • Monkey see, Monkey do 2 weeks ago

    Go to Phillipines and see. Why can't Ghana look like Manilla..this act won't change anything as soon as they leave and it gets darker someone will dump.trash in there..the solution should be to cover the drains..this one is b ...
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  • THE TRUTH 2 weeks ago

    Ghanaians are highly indiscipline ppl just like our Leaders. Why shd a whole nation be struggling to have a Waste Disposal site for our cities by now? Was President Mahama aware of what Zoomlion was doing b4 cancelling his co ...
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  • Yabi Yabi 2 weeks ago

    You must be a breast-feeding little chump. What do you think people across Ghana were doing with their trash prior to the arrival of the Zoomlion outfit?

    Use your head to think and not let political party talking points an ...
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  • A Ghanaian. 2 weeks ago

    Indiscipline of the highest level. Its a good lesson for the young man.We need city guards in Accra and Kumasi to stop gutter littering. Offenders should be made to pay a fine and can use the amount to pay these guards

  • Capt Adabuga 2 weeks ago

    Over to Asiedu Nketiah and all those calling for Military coup. You ain't seen nothing yet

  • Monkey see, Monkey do 2 weeks ago

    Gh leaders are fools if you want people to stop littering you don't fo this. Only fools can't seem to copy. Even monkeys copy. Heard of singapore?

  • KWASI IN EUROPE 2 weeks ago

    Stupid soldier. Where are the rubbish containers for the man to use?

  • Mr. Smith 2 weeks ago

    KWASI, you are insinuating that the soldier should direct his anger at the city authorities and I agree with your statement to the core. Especially the assemblies. They go round looking for uncompleted structures and paint ST ...
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  • Akos Manu 2 weeks ago

    @Mr. Smith, I just asked myself a question after watching the soldier and the boy. So what next? The gutter will remain uncovered. Will the soldier be around to protect that gutter 24/7? So from your point, if that gutter inc ...
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  • Mallam Atta 2 weeks ago

    Whenever we claim that everything is about leadership our politicians are quick to defend themselves and throw their foolishness back at us. Will the national cleaning exercise solve the problem? If the president gives an ord ...
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  • S 2 weeks ago

    Our politicians are Liars & very Wicked ppl. There are so many indiscipline ppl in Europe & America than Ghana. The difference is advanced countries Dustbins are common & accessible everywhere . People in those countries ther ...
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  • Sage 2 weeks ago

    That drain needs some quick emergency maintenance otherwise the road will not survive the next intensive rain

  • Akos Manu 2 weeks ago

    @Sage, I 100 percent agree with you. That gutter should be covered immediately.

  • Agbeli Kumordi 2 weeks ago

    Don't blame the soldier man but blame your kokoase brothers and sisters who flooded Accra from a village no gutters and roads

  • Mr. Smith 2 weeks ago

    Agbeli, the capital used to be in Cape Coast meaning that Accra was underdeveloped. Have you asked yourself why the capital was moved to Accra? Was it for development purposes? Certainly NO! It was for political reasons by th ...
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  • Dr. Mills, UK 2 weeks ago

    I am honestly enjoying the wonderful comments and statements from most of the contributors in this comments section. You guys are brilliant and can create a very interesting platform on national issues. Bravo and well done.

  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    My "Ozokwor" mum gets people to pick up anything they litter in her presence. I am from a family of Tigresses, Lionesses, Tigers and Lions who roar at us from childhood if we dared to liter outside. That littering behavior pe ...
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  • Dr. Mills, UK 2 weeks ago

    Hello Yaw Manu, I used to do that back in Ghana but let me please ask you a question. Shouldn't there be litter bins at those tro tro pick up points or bus stops? The city authorities are just being lazy and unproductive.

  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    True oo. You are right. Quick available litter bins would have prevented most people from littering because most people really don't want to litter but end up doing it because we humans exhibit herd behavior.

  • Cici 2 weeks ago

    If dustbins will be stolen why not build concrete ones and place plastic bin bags in them to be replaced at regular times. We have to be innovative. Secondly we need land fill sites outside the city and more watste trucks go ...
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  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    Wow. Smart sustainable solution. I like it.

  • Kwame Appiah 2 weeks ago

    Yes this is what we need . Ghanaians are dirty and indisciplined. We need to crack the whip, set up systems to punish those who throw rubbish into the streets. The indiscipline is too much . What kind of country is this ?

  • IS THAT THE JOB OF SOLDIERS OF THE GHANA ARMY? 2 weeks ago

    The government must give sanitation and refuse disposal top priority. The piles of rotting rubbish is a terrible health hazard and an eyesore.

  • Gabriel Narh @Labadi 2 weeks ago

    THIS IS THE LANGUAGE BLACK MAN UNDERSTAND AND IT'S SERVE HIM RIGHT. NEXT TIME HE WANT THROW DEBRIS HE WILL REMEMBER THAT DAY AND NEVER REPEAT IT . DEMOCRACY IS THE ENEMY TO THE BLACK CONTINENT

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  • Samuel 2 weeks ago

    Human Rights people please attack the soldier for me. Hahahaha.

  • Richmond Ansah 2 weeks ago

    I'm shocked, for the first time seeing entire thread of comments without insults. Kudos to all commentators

  • La jla 2 weeks ago

    Moral,you Need No permit to Do That.great

  • Noorah 2 weeks ago

    The government should keep an eye on the abobo yaa rubbish collectors. One of them informed me they have nowhere to dump the the refuse, so I presume all of it is bring dumped in the drains.

  • K. Kusi 2 weeks ago

    Bravo, soldier man. This is what we want, but that is what criminals and indecent people hate, facing the consequences of their actions. Our actions must have consequences.

    Meanwhile, this guy will one day tell his descen ...
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  • Combat medic 2 weeks ago

    What the soldier did was to serve as a deterrent to others though not the permanent solution to the poor sanitation face by the country.

    This and subsequent clean up exercises are just an interim, supportive solutions, whi ...
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  • Combat medic 2 weeks ago

    What the soldier did was to serve as a deterrent to others though not the permanent solution to the poor sanitation face by the country.

    This and subsequent clean up exercises are just an interim, supportive solutions, whi ...
    read full comment

  • Combat medic 2 weeks ago

    What the soldier did was to serve as a deterrent to others though not the permanent solution to the poor sanitation face by the country.

    This and subsequent clean up exercises are just an interim, supportive solutions, whi ...
    read full comment

  • Combat medic 2 weeks ago

    What the soldier did was to serve as a deterrent to others though not the permanent solution to the poor sanitation face by the country.

    This and subsequent clean up exercises are just an interim, supportive solutions, whi ...
    read full comment

  • Combat medic 2 weeks ago

    What the soldier did was to serve as a deterrent to others though not the permanent solution to the poor sanitation face by the country.

    This and subsequent clean up exercises are just an interim, supportive solutions, whi ...
    read full comment

  • Combat medic 2 weeks ago

    What the soldier did was to serve as a deterrent to others though not the permanent solution to the poor sanitation face by the country.

    This and subsequent clean up exercises are just an interim, supportive solutions, whi ...
    read full comment

  • Kk. 2 weeks ago

    Heartless soldier,.. two wrongs foes not make right

  • Otto pfister 2 weeks ago

    So why can't these gutters be covered up

  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    The engineers knew that covering up those gutters and drainages would create worse catastrophic flooding situations. Litter from the populace will choke entry points leading to less and less water passing through. Cleaning up ...
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  • Robert 2 weeks ago

    Well done officer

  • All DCEs and MCEs Should be Soldiers 2 weeks ago

    This will sanitise the system. No more elections for DCEs. Just appoint Soldier with rank of Major and above to manage the local assemblies. Then a General as minister of local government. Our problems will be fixed

  • Yaw Manu 2 weeks ago

    Perfect suggestions. Discipline will be at its highest with that setup.

  • Kosi 2 weeks ago

    That’s the way to go

  • SURVIVAL. 2 weeks ago

    Untill Ghana starts covering gutters,drainage system will always be chock. Why was the young guy not given glove to wear?Too much stupidity in Ghana.

  • Enough 2 weeks ago

    The indesepline in our country Ghana needs to stop, it must as well start from the (TOP AS WELL FROM GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL) dawn period

  • Rita 2 weeks ago

    Good job Mr military man

  • Nii 2 weeks ago

    Bad attitudes die hard. This is why we teach civic education from the beginning. Waste management is collapsed!

  • Pelicles 2 weeks ago

    Do our schools teach "CIVIC" education today? Just asking. At times, some short cuts to are very dangerous.

  • Ha! 2 weeks ago

    Give that soldier a medal already! After that, let's see how we can get soldiers in to our cities and towns to instill discipline in stupid people like that young man.

  • Atogsirabangbota 2 weeks ago

    This is the appropriate treatment for people who litter the environment. Anyone who sees this video will be advised not to try that nonsense of always discarding rubbish into the gutters which usually lead to the choking of ...
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  • Sam Fante warriort 2 weeks ago

    Good officer, he said put everything in your shirt. Too much illiterate villagers Twi people are trooping to Accra and that's the problem for Accra now.

  • kwame niger 2 weeks ago

    the next question i have is that, if these rubbish are collected and pile up its remains there saa util its rains again and back to the drians, at this stage do we have the capacity to finally dispose them to designated place ...
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  • Abena 2 weeks ago

    I like this. These disciplines must go on. We the soldiers to take the discipline actions in Ghana like during our late Rawlings time especially on the youth