You will pay if you are named after a street

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Jim kelly(New York). 12 years ago

IT SHOULD SAY...." IF A STREET IS NAMED AFTER YOU", NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.PITIFUL JOURNALISTS!

IT SHOULD SAY...." IF A STREET IS NAMED AFTER YOU", NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.PITIFUL JOURNALISTS!
JOHN PAUL 12 years ago

A ONE TIME PAYMENT IS BETTER THAN YEARLY PAYMENT, WHAT IF U STOP PAYING AFTER ONE YEAR, WILL THE NAME OF THE STREET BE CHANGED?

A ONE TIME PAYMENT IS BETTER THAN YEARLY PAYMENT, WHAT IF U STOP PAYING AFTER ONE YEAR, WILL THE NAME OF THE STREET BE CHANGED?
OSBON 12 years ago

Foolish Doctor, If as country we can't afford to name a street. Yet the Assembly collect property rate every year.
What happen to a street after the person named after die?.
Street are named for various reasons other than ...
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Foolish Doctor, If as country we can't afford to name a street. Yet the Assembly collect property rate every year.
What happen to a street after the person named after die?.
Street are named for various reasons other than person's.
aponkye kokoo 12 years ago

I don't how u managed had ur doctorate degree.streets are named after hero's like(1)Osagyefuo,(2)okyehene Nana Ofori Atta,(3)Nana Yaa Asantewaa,(2)J B Dankwa (4)and many more,Dr. my question is who will go to the grave yard o ...
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I don't how u managed had ur doctorate degree.streets are named after hero's like(1)Osagyefuo,(2)okyehene Nana Ofori Atta,(3)Nana Yaa Asantewaa,(2)J B Dankwa (4)and many more,Dr. my question is who will go to the grave yard of these heros to collect fee for the assembly? Ans needed asap please....
Victor Damanka 12 years ago

OH! Mother Ghana, so we cant even name streets after our heros and philanthropists who have served their cause in supporting the frail and the needy. This policy means the streets will be named after the government cronies wh ...
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OH! Mother Ghana, so we cant even name streets after our heros and philanthropists who have served their cause in supporting the frail and the needy. This policy means the streets will be named after the government cronies who have emptied the nations covers since they will have the funds to pay. Idiots ruling a nation!!!
liz 12 years ago

if he says he is going to charge, let him charge, people don't have money to buy food so who care about street naming. nkwaseasem!!!!

if he says he is going to charge, let him charge, people don't have money to buy food so who care about street naming. nkwaseasem!!!!
Paa Joe (UK) 12 years ago

Well spotted Sir. I was thinking the same and wondering who would pay to name their baby "Sunset Boulevard"

Well spotted Sir. I was thinking the same and wondering who would pay to name their baby "Sunset Boulevard"
M25 Ringroad 12 years ago

But the Honorable Doctor stated it categorically. His new policy is that henceforth every newborn baby will be called Logistical Constraint. This will result in a massive influx of revenue for the Guinea Fowl project, and ena ...
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But the Honorable Doctor stated it categorically. His new policy is that henceforth every newborn baby will be called Logistical Constraint. This will result in a massive influx of revenue for the Guinea Fowl project, and enable the Honorable Doctor to have a brain replacement operation, and pursue further studies.
william 12 years ago

Why? Do we want to promote street naming for the rich and wealthy only? I HOPE NOT!

Why? Do we want to promote street naming for the rich and wealthy only? I HOPE NOT!
ELINAM 12 years ago

That street is named after me.
Ghana English a direct result of laziness and lack of reading from north to south,east to west and center.

That street is named after me.
Ghana English a direct result of laziness and lack of reading from north to south,east to west and center.

COS 90 12 years ago

Instead of the doctor mention vital issues like education, health, good drinkable water, sanitation, housing, etc, he thinks of charging naming of streets, yet he is a doctor. this quak doctor, a doctor of visionless. A real ...
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Instead of the doctor mention vital issues like education, health, good drinkable water, sanitation, housing, etc, he thinks of charging naming of streets, yet he is a doctor. this quak doctor, a doctor of visionless. A real doctor will not say this class one work. shame onto him.
amoah wadee 12 years ago

and what if the person dies ?

stupidity will never ends in our country

the best solution is to sell the street by auction.
1 time payment
we need money to develope out shanty towns and there many rich people waiting ...
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and what if the person dies ?

stupidity will never ends in our country

the best solution is to sell the street by auction.
1 time payment
we need money to develope out shanty towns and there many rich people waiting to die, just to have a brash funeral.
sell them the street names.
nicman@atl 12 years ago

is this the only way you can raise revenue. i always said most of our market women have more brains than our PHD's MSCs KVIPS degree holders running the country

is this the only way you can raise revenue. i always said most of our market women have more brains than our PHD's MSCs KVIPS degree holders running the country
So So & So 12 years ago

It is only in Ghana where street naming is being sold to the highest bidder - an exercise that had always been preserved for people who had contributed to his/her people and society at large.

As a country we have lost our ...
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It is only in Ghana where street naming is being sold to the highest bidder - an exercise that had always been preserved for people who had contributed to his/her people and society at large.

As a country we have lost our senses; our political leader have no brains, our supreme court justices do not understand the laws they are supposed to interprete, criminals and muderers like rawlings are hailed as heroes and statemens, corruption is now an admired quality for people in high places.

What else is new in this fantasy land called Ghana.
Kwesi 12 years ago

re people named after streets or streets named after people?

re people named after streets or streets named after people?
Unumi Bununya a.k.a Teteman Boy 12 years ago

Street names are not sold to the highest bidder. Rather streets are named after persons whose service to society is notable. The Minister for Local Government needs to stop this shameful plan. Looks like everyone is now confu ...
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Street names are not sold to the highest bidder. Rather streets are named after persons whose service to society is notable. The Minister for Local Government needs to stop this shameful plan. Looks like everyone is now confused.

That is what happens when people just open their mouths and talk without thinking.
Ekow Nyantakyi 12 years ago

streets should be name after people who have done something good for the community not for people who have money in their pocket.

streets should be name after people who have done something good for the community not for people who have money in their pocket.
MIZZY 12 years ago

nonesence ,look for better way to mark money.how can you be changing street name like the shirt you wear.people will get lost.

nonesence ,look for better way to mark money.how can you be changing street name like the shirt you wear.people will get lost.
KWAME OFORI 12 years ago

You can't charge people for naming streets after them. It's a wrong move ,it never happens anywhere.Else where streets are named after people who have significantly contributed immensely in one way or the other to the village ...
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You can't charge people for naming streets after them. It's a wrong move ,it never happens anywhere.Else where streets are named after people who have significantly contributed immensely in one way or the other to the village, town, district,region or national.A committee must be formed to look out for these people, have these names gazetted before they are named after the streets.Streets can be named after people who have been recognised nationally,regionally (any other region),districts and not necessarily those from the indigenious regions. these names then, must be logged at the village,town or district councils.they are then used to prepare the map of that locality. Now if you sell the names and people default in their annual payment are their names going to removed and new maps prepared.This is a very important exercise and must tackled seriously.This is not for revenue generation.those who are proposing this must be sacked. they don't understand the whole thing.

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