Photos: Why clean gutters and leave waste on street?

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Lady 11 years ago

Omg, how can people function in the midst of so much filth?

Omg, how can people function in the midst of so much filth?
HON SHAMO 11 years ago

NO SENSE, SO MAHAMA , VANDERPÜYE AND OTUMFOUR YOU DONT KNOW THAT WHEN IT RAINS THE FILTH WILL RUN BACK INTO THE GUTTER? AND WHAT WILL BE THE BENEFIT OF YOUR WASTED STRENGH? CLEANING GHANA IS NDCs STUPID PROPAGANDA

NO SENSE, SO MAHAMA , VANDERPÜYE AND OTUMFOUR YOU DONT KNOW THAT WHEN IT RAINS THE FILTH WILL RUN BACK INTO THE GUTTER? AND WHAT WILL BE THE BENEFIT OF YOUR WASTED STRENGH? CLEANING GHANA IS NDCs STUPID PROPAGANDA
Gye Nyame 11 years ago

This is unbelievable, it almost defeats the purpose of cleaning but this has been the case since time immemorial when there were working "gutter men", they would leave the dirt on the sides of the gutter and then the rains wa ...
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This is unbelievable, it almost defeats the purpose of cleaning but this has been the case since time immemorial when there were working "gutter men", they would leave the dirt on the sides of the gutter and then the rains wash them back in. So much money go into individual pockets but we don't have any plans to cover the gutters. We are always going to have cases of cholera so long as we keep the filth up! This monthly cleaning is just smoke and mirrors if we don't have a proper sanitation management program - daily cleaning/sweeping of gutters and streets and good garbage cans as well as toilets for the public to use.
JOHN VIVIMOUS 11 years ago

There was a time when thousands of Ghanaians had to share one drinking cup provided by the "Ice water" sellers. Ghana turned a corner with the turn of the century. Satchets of water, popularly called "pure water" has replaced ...
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There was a time when thousands of Ghanaians had to share one drinking cup provided by the "Ice water" sellers. Ghana turned a corner with the turn of the century. Satchets of water, popularly called "pure water" has replaced the Earthenware pots in which water vendors stored their merchandise. This is a huge stride in terms of civility and infection control.The downside of this huge development is that most of this "satchet water" or Pure water, is consumed outside of the homes.After consumers drink the water, they drop the highly non-biodegradable plastic satchets on the streets which eventually find themselves in the gutters and culverts.causing pollution and flooding. It is very noble and commendable that the President, Otumfour and all the big Cahunas teamed up to clean the gutters and streets of our great country. However if the good citizens of Ghana are not provided with trash receptacles across the cities, even a weekly clean up will not be enough to keep our cities clean. We also need more education through the various media outlets. I was in Ghana a couple of weeks ago and anytime I go out and buy something with a wrapper, I will keep the wrapper after consuming the item, until I get home before I dispose of it in the trash can. My friends and family did not understand why I was doing that.I tried to educate them the need for a cleaner enviroment. So Mr Mayor, you have lived in The States before, give your people a reason not to dump trash anywhere and everywhere.Accra is beautiful and we need to keep her streets clean.
Sisi 11 years ago

Bcause black people are stupid. If not for the sake of stupidity, who in his or her right mind will dump waste materials in gutters for someone else to waste the effort to clean it and leave it out there for rain to wash it b ...
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Bcause black people are stupid. If not for the sake of stupidity, who in his or her right mind will dump waste materials in gutters for someone else to waste the effort to clean it and leave it out there for rain to wash it back to the gutters. What kind of race is this.
Glo 11 years ago

Stupidity is everywhere - not just black people are stupid. Every group is affected. It is the mentality and attitude of Ghanaians that needs to change. Unfortunately, we have such poor leadership. I have worked with many peo ...
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Stupidity is everywhere - not just black people are stupid. Every group is affected. It is the mentality and attitude of Ghanaians that needs to change. Unfortunately, we have such poor leadership. I have worked with many people who I consider lacking in reasoning and believe me, not all are Black! Even "Obronis" who many Ghanaians worship can be very stupid.
Alorvi 11 years ago

The NDC has cleaned the gutters, it is up to the NPP to cart these rot to the Landfill or they should zip up

The NDC has cleaned the gutters, it is up to the NPP to cart these rot to the Landfill or they should zip up
yanks 11 years ago

challenged?

challenged?
INCOMPETENT MAHAMA 11 years ago

African leaders are mental

African leaders are mental
Jato 11 years ago

This NDC fools have no plans let alone the basic common sense. How can you remove rubbish only to leave on the side of the gutter for the wind or the next rain to send it back into the drains? These are people who cannot see ...
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This NDC fools have no plans let alone the basic common sense. How can you remove rubbish only to leave on the side of the gutter for the wind or the next rain to send it back into the drains? These are people who cannot see beyond their next step claiming they are leading people. Can some one tell them the evil dwarfs that next time they should arrange for the rubbish to be collected. Brainless human beings indeed led by a visionless pseudo president called mahama.

John Agbo 11 years ago

Your unguarded comments makes me sick. Why do you have to bring Mahama into this. What was depicted in those photos has been the way Ghanaians have been doing things even in the days of the NPP era.
Making constructive crit ...
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Your unguarded comments makes me sick. Why do you have to bring Mahama into this. What was depicted in those photos has been the way Ghanaians have been doing things even in the days of the NPP era.
Making constructive criticisms would go along way to get the authourities to do the right thing.
Kakalika 11 years ago

Why cant we organise simple clean up exercise? Where were the trucks to mconvey the rubbish collected from the gutters? Why are we so lazy in doing what we have to do? I am very disappointed at the way this exercise was organ ...
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Why cant we organise simple clean up exercise? Where were the trucks to mconvey the rubbish collected from the gutters? Why are we so lazy in doing what we have to do? I am very disappointed at the way this exercise was organised and executed. Let us show improvement next time round.
sumanguuru 11 years ago

Arrest Oko Vanderpuye for living his job which is collecting the filth and doing the job of the police arresting trotro drivers.

Arrest Oko Vanderpuye for living his job which is collecting the filth and doing the job of the police arresting trotro drivers.
Mama Rosina 11 years ago

Yes let the world take notice. No propaganda here, because it will not work here. The fact are all here in these photos of some streets of Accra, the seat of proud government of Ghana.
This is where we have the various embas ...
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Yes let the world take notice. No propaganda here, because it will not work here. The fact are all here in these photos of some streets of Accra, the seat of proud government of Ghana.
This is where we have the various embassies. It is also the place of stinch and filth and Cholera.
I wonder if Mahama compares cities with his own. If he does what is he doing about it?
It is time the people refused to pay taxes, for what are they using our tax money for?
This NDC government sucks and must be made accountable to the people or if the kitchen is too hot, to get out of there and allow Akufo Addo and Dr. Bawumia the chance to remedy the nation. Maka Maka. Enough is Enough.
Afari 11 years ago

This is exactly why some of us question the wisdom of the president and chiefs to waste their precious time doing the work of somebody who is being paid to do that job. Instead of these leaders wasting their energy I think th ...
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This is exactly why some of us question the wisdom of the president and chiefs to waste their precious time doing the work of somebody who is being paid to do that job. Instead of these leaders wasting their energy I think they are better off getting rid of persons who are not doing their jobs and replacing them with competent persons. They will be wasting less energy in that process and will have a lot of energy to do other useful things that will benefit the nation. Who in Ghana will buy a bus to make money and when his driver does not bring daily sales will rather go and help the driver find passengers? The obvious thing is to replace the driver and the aplanke!
Zee 11 years ago

And you my friend, judging by your comment, are an idiot. So the filth has political labels too, right? Then why remove it in the first place?? And we wonder why the country is going to the dogs.

And you my friend, judging by your comment, are an idiot. So the filth has political labels too, right? Then why remove it in the first place?? And we wonder why the country is going to the dogs.
Owusu Acheaw 11 years ago

LOL!

LOL!
Close Observer 11 years ago

The legacy of JJ RAWLINGS. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE KNEE INSTEAD OF THE HEAD IS WEARING THE CAP. As I was growing up in the mid-60s and early 70s, our gutters were cleaned every day. I saw workers in wellington boots, wi ...
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The legacy of JJ RAWLINGS. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE KNEE INSTEAD OF THE HEAD IS WEARING THE CAP. As I was growing up in the mid-60s and early 70s, our gutters were cleaned every day. I saw workers in wellington boots, with scrubbing brushes and wheel barrows cleaning the gutters. A supervisor shows up as they work everyday. Then a rubbish collection truck follows, and they put what they have collected in the wheel barrows into the truck. Cleaning the gutters was a whole occupation for many people then. What prevents the AMA from going back to this? The money the useless politicians use in buying vehicles to bribe chiefs can easily buy wheel barrows, wellington boots and the trucks to cart the rubbish collected from the gutters. It will also give employment to many who are not employed. Why are they not doing this? If they can focus on working for Ghana like they do on 'when the next election is due, and how to win it', Ghana will look great. If people can't think like this, what are they doing in leadership position?
Kofi 11 years ago

Mahama did not finish his work but had to leave for Burkina Faso and Rome. Please, give him som time. When he comes back form his trips he will clear the rubbish from the streets. And as you are aware, Amissah-Arthur had to t ...
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Mahama did not finish his work but had to leave for Burkina Faso and Rome. Please, give him som time. When he comes back form his trips he will clear the rubbish from the streets. And as you are aware, Amissah-Arthur had to travel as well.
HAZOR 11 years ago

And Felix Ofosu Kwakye will say there are wise men in NDC.This clean up photo shows otherwise prove to totally opposite to his statement.The country is engulf with filt and NDC and Mahama has approve $168 million to procure s ...
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And Felix Ofosu Kwakye will say there are wise men in NDC.This clean up photo shows otherwise prove to totally opposite to his statement.The country is engulf with filt and NDC and Mahama has approve $168 million to procure sanitary pads for girls to stay in class and fail to acknowledge logistics that will convey our garbage to land fills and dampsites.For-instance if 1 damp truck cost $1 million this $168 can buy 168 dump trucks and if it cost $2 million each the $168 million sanitary pads can by 84 trucks and may provide employment to people and limit cholera but the wise president see no wisdom in buy ing logistics to convey our filt but sanitary pads that will not benefit us.As of the $360 million that parliament approve to purchase guns to protect Malians and did not see any import about our own inventions,innovations and technologies that they could support to create jobs and geniuses who how stupid and fools our president and our MPS are no right think advance country will do such stupid disgusting things.

kobby 11 years ago

incredible!!! Mike i side with u 100%. this is absurd and unthinkable! we had better not embarked on this exercise. kudos Michael!

incredible!!! Mike i side with u 100%. this is absurd and unthinkable! we had better not embarked on this exercise. kudos Michael!
SS 11 years ago

I wonder if Oko really once lived in America. He is very incompetent to deal with the problems of Accra. Ghana is so filthy to the extent that you really need to travel to Europe or the USA to see the difference. Africa needs ...
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I wonder if Oko really once lived in America. He is very incompetent to deal with the problems of Accra. Ghana is so filthy to the extent that you really need to travel to Europe or the USA to see the difference. Africa needs to be re-colonised again.
Asoreba 11 years ago

Oko and about 80% of our politicians have either lived, studied or been to Europe and North America. They know the difference but the difference with them is that, they are not in positions to apply what they've learned outs ...
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Oko and about 80% of our politicians have either lived, studied or been to Europe and North America. They know the difference but the difference with them is that, they are not in positions to apply what they've learned outside to improve Ghana. They are there to make QUICK money they could not make living outside. They see this as opportunity to STEAL to get rich, build houses and buy cars they could NOT AFFORD outside.
Joinmah 11 years ago

This is the very question I asked on the net and minus answer upto now.The will never HERM the SUBJECT of chorela. The who did the clearning are SPREADING the virus.just look at the pictures, lack of knowledge. Where is Joyc ...
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This is the very question I asked on the net and minus answer upto now.The will never HERM the SUBJECT of chorela. The who did the clearning are SPREADING the virus.just look at the pictures, lack of knowledge. Where is Joyclyn Dumas?
Joseph Donkoh 11 years ago

Why should an incompetent person still be in office while displaying gross incompetence? This is laziness at its peak. Our leaders don't have a sense of responsibility. The clean up exercise was woefully organized.

Why should an incompetent person still be in office while displaying gross incompetence? This is laziness at its peak. Our leaders don't have a sense of responsibility. The clean up exercise was woefully organized.
Nii Okai 11 years ago

Do you think people see anything wrong with what you are worrying about? This is the way average Ghanaian live daily.

Do you forget that they get angry when they sell on the street and they are asked to stop selling on th ...
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Do you think people see anything wrong with what you are worrying about? This is the way average Ghanaian live daily.

Do you forget that they get angry when they sell on the street and they are asked to stop selling on the street because it will hinder traffic.?

This is the way we all live including all the so called foolish short sighted politicians of all the parties, so what you see on the street is normal.

I guess the only person who will be disturbed by the mess you see on the street is the tourist you are concerned of and you who had lived in Oversears for long.
faithgrows 11 years ago

thanks for publication. well said

thanks for publication. well said
santino 11 years ago

I am a shop owner at Kanashei Zongo Junction but resides in the United Kingdom. I was in Ghana last August to September and there was a similar exercise and the filth with all the sand that came out of the gutter stayed on th ...
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I am a shop owner at Kanashei Zongo Junction but resides in the United Kingdom. I was in Ghana last August to September and there was a similar exercise and the filth with all the sand that came out of the gutter stayed on the street for two weeks before it was finally cleared. What is the point after it had rained and 50 percent of the sand had gone back into the gutter before they AMA came back to collect the rest. Stupid mayor who went about to make shop owners break down the sheds in from of their shops before coming back to give them a measurement in stead of him making them pull down everything before spending money to rebuild again
papa 11 years ago

Thats Ghana for you,Nunoo Mensah said Ghana is better than Europe,you cant see this in Libya only in Ghana.when you read or see things like these how do you feel to return home mother Ghana.

Thats Ghana for you,Nunoo Mensah said Ghana is better than Europe,you cant see this in Libya only in Ghana.when you read or see things like these how do you feel to return home mother Ghana.
KANTINKA 11 years ago

WITH THE LEVEL OF RESOURCES WE HAVE, IF THIS COUNTRY IS WELL RUN, OUR CITIES SHOULD FAVOURABLY COMPARE WITH ANY CHINESE OR EUROPEAN CITY.UNFORTNATELY ITS
NOT THE CASE. MISMANAGEMENT, CORRUPTION HAVE RENDERED THE CITIES DIRTY ...
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WITH THE LEVEL OF RESOURCES WE HAVE, IF THIS COUNTRY IS WELL RUN, OUR CITIES SHOULD FAVOURABLY COMPARE WITH ANY CHINESE OR EUROPEAN CITY.UNFORTNATELY ITS
NOT THE CASE. MISMANAGEMENT, CORRUPTION HAVE RENDERED THE CITIES DIRTY, WITH GARBAGE EVERYWHERE.THIS SAD STATE OF AFFAIR SEEM TO HAVE NO ENDING SINCE YEAR AFTER YEAR CORRUPT OFFICALS AND LEADERS FND THEMSELVES IN CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY. MY ADVICE WE MUST VOTE OUT MAHAMA

kk 11 years ago

...and Oko had the nerve to put his hands on a driver during the exercise!
Its been like this from a long time ago! Maybe you see it more acutely looking in from outside the country.

...and Oko had the nerve to put his hands on a driver during the exercise!
Its been like this from a long time ago! Maybe you see it more acutely looking in from outside the country.
truth 11 years ago

Ghana most problem

Ghana most problem

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