Is the Akuse Dam collapsing?

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max france. 11 years ago

some people are putting sand in the gari of incompetent mahama.

some people are putting sand in the gari of incompetent mahama.
Concerned 11 years ago

The official name, unless it's been lately changed, is Kpong Dam. Not Akuse Dam.

The official name, unless it's been lately changed, is Kpong Dam. Not Akuse Dam.
Fo Koku - Tanyinbge 11 years ago

NPP AND THEIR STOOGES IN THE CIVIL AND PUBLIC SERVICES ARE DOING ALL POSSIBLE TO DESTROY THE NDC LET ADMINISTRATION

NPP AND THEIR STOOGES IN THE CIVIL AND PUBLIC SERVICES ARE DOING ALL POSSIBLE TO DESTROY THE NDC LET ADMINISTRATION
NPP DON'T ALLOW NHIS CARD 11 years ago

Was it the npp who did the following Sada, akomfem, wayome , isofoton , gyeeda , fortix, merchant bank, trees, embraer plane, fake judgement debt. Ask fii thief kwertey

Was it the npp who did the following Sada, akomfem, wayome , isofoton , gyeeda , fortix, merchant bank, trees, embraer plane, fake judgement debt. Ask fii thief kwertey
ASSHOLE NDC 11 years ago

WHO CARES

WHO CARES
Favour 11 years ago

If NDC is in charge, why wouldn't the bridge collapse. Everything is collapsing, including our economy. Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem?

If NDC is in charge, why wouldn't the bridge collapse. Everything is collapsing, including our economy. Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem?
DAN 11 years ago

who decide the route to take while bridge is repaired????? why wasn't another bridge built on narrow section of river? why haven't borrow temporary bridges from the american gov that they used in time of war?? Mahama can fl ...
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who decide the route to take while bridge is repaired????? why wasn't another bridge built on narrow section of river? why haven't borrow temporary bridges from the american gov that they used in time of war?? Mahama can fly $3 million dollars to soccer players in Brazil and you claim the NPP is causing the dam to fail???? You prove that God gave the black man a small monkey brain and skin the color of feces to make him the perfect slave for the white & china men!
pepi 11 years ago

Has there been any studies or survey done before the start of this project?
You stupid idiots stop the politics in every problem in Ghana

Has there been any studies or survey done before the start of this project?
You stupid idiots stop the politics in every problem in Ghana
LIES WILL KILL NDC 11 years ago

Mahama himself does not tell ghanaians the truth

Mahama himself does not tell ghanaians the truth
Subtitude Teacher 11 years ago

What in the world is the "Akuse" dam? Is it the "Akosombo" or something else?
And why wouldn't it collapse when the people in charge of the country have no idea what they are doing?

What in the world is the "Akuse" dam? Is it the "Akosombo" or something else?
And why wouldn't it collapse when the people in charge of the country have no idea what they are doing?

Jonathan 11 years ago

I have been expecting this CRAP from some uninformed alarmist; and it has actually come. The weight of the vehicles going over is so so so insignificant in relation to the weight of the dam itself. so are the vibrations of th ...
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I have been expecting this CRAP from some uninformed alarmist; and it has actually come. The weight of the vehicles going over is so so so insignificant in relation to the weight of the dam itself. so are the vibrations of the vehicles insignificant in relation to the dam's rigidity. Kirk Kofi may be incompetent but use another lie to justify that. This lie would not fly. challenge the writer to come again
Kwadwo 11 years ago

The Informer should have included in this article the volume of traffic that passes on the dam daily pointing to the probable danger. Is the paper saying the VRA never considered this? Article for the reading public should be ...
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The Informer should have included in this article the volume of traffic that passes on the dam daily pointing to the probable danger. Is the paper saying the VRA never considered this? Article for the reading public should be more in-dept. There are other considerations too which are missing in the article.
Jonathan 11 years ago

If you read the article well you will see the intention is to discredit the VRA boss Kirk Kofi. The writer thinks a good way to do this is to raise an alarmist report and somehow link Mr Kofi to it. You may notice there was n ...
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If you read the article well you will see the intention is to discredit the VRA boss Kirk Kofi. The writer thinks a good way to do this is to raise an alarmist report and somehow link Mr Kofi to it. You may notice there was no attempt to provide any evidence about the said danger. This is bad for journalism in this country.
Kofi Kranbor 11 years ago

Yet another exposure of the "government owns it" (aban ni die) attitude of all Ghanaians. It is everywhere, not only in governance!! You see, such national strategic assets should at all costs receive adequate national attent ...
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Yet another exposure of the "government owns it" (aban ni die) attitude of all Ghanaians. It is everywhere, not only in governance!! You see, such national strategic assets should at all costs receive adequate national attention. We have deployed on that facility VRA and all the security agencies (military, police, fire etc) to physically protect the asset against what??? Yet all those paid to protect it sit by, watch and allow vehicular traffic on the bridge of the dam? Apart from the engineering defects, what if a sabotage incident such as a car bomb explodes in the middle of the dam? when these are times we hear of such news as BKH and arms infiltration? GHANAIANS, lets sit-up. We are all paying too much price for Our I DONT CARE IS ATTITUDE !!
Ras Bo- LONDON 11 years ago

Where are the bishops, prophets, imams, moderators, professors, Doctors, social democrats, and whoever calls him/herself spokespersons.
It is sickening that we hinder our own development by keeping the truth and allow the so ...
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Where are the bishops, prophets, imams, moderators, professors, Doctors, social democrats, and whoever calls him/herself spokespersons.
It is sickening that we hinder our own development by keeping the truth and allow the some selfish interest eat our conscience.
I am speaking with a heavy heart that the very people who enter the house of God will go back to their offices and employ treasonable decisions that does goes to undermine governments but to destroy humanity and cause a lot of death in the country.

Where is your conscience Ghanaians, why have you stooped so low and are greatly possessed by evil intends when you can do good. Why do you kill when you can save lives? Whose legacy are you fighting for and what kind of foundation are we building? Posterity will judge all of you whether you use your office wisely or unwisely. Why has the love of money made you so insensitive to human lives?

Why for the hate of one man our development has been sacrificed whilst nationalism is eroding. Why have we not still realised that we are on our own and we need to create and share what we have? Why in the name of Power people wants to destroy their fellow beings to keep their head up.

God of heaven and earth I pray for the nation Ghana and all its leaders, it is only you who gives and takes, you endowed us with what we have and placed us where we are. Father of mankind expose the traitors among us and those who are undermining our unity and development to shame. Those leaders who are hiding under the cloak of Christianity and committing sacrilege by not preaching the truth; Lord remove them.
Father in name of your son Jesus Christ our Lord who has conquered evil once and for all, hear our prayer and vivify us to overcome the evil doers in our mist, make us an outstanding nation to project you above all other things. I make this prayer in the name of your only begotten son our Lord. AMEN
AfricanNinja 11 years ago

I am not even a n NDC person and or a VRA fan but I can tell you that....Kirk Koffie and his team are very good engineers but have time and time again have been given crappy resources by Govt to do their jobs. I can list for ...
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I am not even a n NDC person and or a VRA fan but I can tell you that....Kirk Koffie and his team are very good engineers but have time and time again have been given crappy resources by Govt to do their jobs. I can list for you all he recommendations and issues they have raised with Govt of various resources needs and solutions to stabilize our power crises but have fallen on deaf ears. To villify Kirk after his many years of distinguished service at VRA is sad and not acceptable. People like you need to be exposed and maligned by the people of Ghana ....Have we lost our oollective soul?
Till Zion 11 years ago

Everything in Ghana is collapsing.
Everything!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything in Ghana is collapsing.
Everything!!!!!!!!!!!
Joe Turkey 11 years ago

NDC will soon run out of excuses (if they have not already). I guess the party has a whole department that must link every failure to the NPP. For how long can Ghana stand this nonsense?

NDC will soon run out of excuses (if they have not already). I guess the party has a whole department that must link every failure to the NPP. For how long can Ghana stand this nonsense?
HAZOR 11 years ago

I read though all the comment and found out that people do not read before commenting on the story or the article.First of all the headline phrase is a question and not reality.The headline of the story proves absumption befo ...
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I read though all the comment and found out that people do not read before commenting on the story or the article.First of all the headline phrase is a question and not reality.The headline of the story proves absumption before facts.The body of the story also expose perjudice when informer use the phrase "very credible information reaching" and "may be"indicate a plot of sabotage and propaganda against Kirk Coffie to remove from his post.This development is absolutely disturbing and jaw droping.It is so-sad that the editors can write"i will not be surprise if some people have decided to hide the truth from the president,maybe some people want this government to fail so that their party can come to power"What a sick mind wrote this foolishness.Haven't his government fail already?Workers not paid,parliament not in crisis crying lack of funds to carry they duties,Judiciary not crying funds proclaim collapse of the judicial system.Has Government paid money owe to feul depots the list goes on and on.The author need his head check for writing foolishly.
KB 11 years ago

Smart observation there,ma man!!I thought so too.The Informer editor thinks we are dumb like him.

Smart observation there,ma man!!I thought so too.The Informer editor thinks we are dumb like him.

bam 11 years ago

my mind tells me if there is a road on the concrete dam even for maintenance purposes the designers will put in full load to get the worse case scenario for the factor of safety. engineers should comeout with a review of the ...
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my mind tells me if there is a road on the concrete dam even for maintenance purposes the designers will put in full load to get the worse case scenario for the factor of safety. engineers should comeout with a review of the design load to alley any fears!
Sasraku 11 years ago

Author: Sasraku
Date: 2014-06-26 14:16:01
Comment to: Ghana will pay back $156m World Bank loan – Aved

It is sad for me to see the Chinese ambassador on Metro meeting Volta chiefs. About two years ago, I read in the ...
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Author: Sasraku
Date: 2014-06-26 14:16:01
Comment to: Ghana will pay back $156m World Bank loan – Aved

It is sad for me to see the Chinese ambassador on Metro meeting Volta chiefs. About two years ago, I read in the news paper the fact that Togbe Afede had led some Ewe chiefs to agree with some Chinese to take a vast Volta land including some parts of the Volta lake to rare rabbits, goats and tourism etc. the Chinese were to invest $121m and take over these lands for a minimum of 30 years. When I analyzed, the Chinese were paying about $10per acre per year for the number of hectares of land they were going to control. Ghanaians only care about NPP NDC so some chiefs are taking advantage of the ignorant majority to enslave and profit from their people. Why can't the govt use some oi
Money to develop specific regions such as the Volta? We visited an elephant park in South Africa and it cost us $45 to see the elephants and an additional $50 to sit on a baby elephant. Ghanaians decided to scatter our zoo just to build a presidential palace. When will we wake up from our sleep? When will our leaders show strategic thinking? Nkrumah saw the need to build dams, harbors, airlines, shipping lines, motor way, universities many decades ago. What vision will our leaders think generationally? Do a few chiefs have any right to sign such agreements and give lands out this way? How will profits be shared? What are the guidelines? Who will audit these Chinese people and know what kickbacks are flying? The Chinese took over the only high rated star hotel in Sierra Leon and all they have done is to hang their red balloons there and are just creaming off. They have one Chinese woman at the front desk collecting money and they use a few staff who clean from morning till late evening. They pay these workers about $50 a month. These guys will come in the make of creating jobs but will just milk our land and enslave our youth. They know there is oil in Volta and some of these agreements will only make it easy for them to get a foothold. Who is thinking about Ghana?
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SENDERO 11 years ago

Sasraku, every single government has built roads, schools etc in Ghana. So sad that you have to use this issue to bring in Nkrumah who is dead and gone for good

Sasraku, every single government has built roads, schools etc in Ghana. So sad that you have to use this issue to bring in Nkrumah who is dead and gone for good
Phil 11 years ago

I am sick and tired of these alarmista seeking to thwart what ever Prezs Mahama is doing to the extent of bringing trivailing things like bridges collapsing.
I bet you Nana Addo will have more cobwebs in his administration t ...
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I am sick and tired of these alarmista seeking to thwart what ever Prezs Mahama is doing to the extent of bringing trivailing things like bridges collapsing.
I bet you Nana Addo will have more cobwebs in his administration than Ghanaians can ever imagine. Lets stop the politicking and trying to politicise anything. In any case Mahama and the NDC are more sincere than the corrupt nepotist and tribalistic NPP who have caused all hese judgement debts and are now crying wolf.
ASSHOLE MAHAMA 11 years ago

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