Flood: Accra needs re-planning - Catholic bishops

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BB 10 years ago

MAHAMA IS WORKING HARD ON IT!! GOD BLESS GHANA PEOPLE!!!

MAHAMA IS WORKING HARD ON IT!! GOD BLESS GHANA PEOPLE!!!
K.Mensa 10 years ago

Spare no big man.

Spare no big man.
HON SHAMO 10 years ago

ANEW WELLPLANED CAPITAL NOW, OKO VANDERPUYE AND HIS DIRTY AND CHOKED ACCRA IS OLD CITY

ANEW WELLPLANED CAPITAL NOW, OKO VANDERPUYE AND HIS DIRTY AND CHOKED ACCRA IS OLD CITY
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

ALL THESE GREEDY BASTARDS KNOW IS FILLING THEIR ACCOUNT ABROAD, AS FOR GHANA ITCAN GO TO HELL

ALL THESE GREEDY BASTARDS KNOW IS FILLING THEIR ACCOUNT ABROAD, AS FOR GHANA ITCAN GO TO HELL
Ghanaian 10 years ago

Government offices should be moved to ease up the congestion in Accra, the city should be planned properly.

Government offices should be moved to ease up the congestion in Accra, the city should be planned properly.
Canadasheabutter( GhUWR ) 10 years ago

ACCRA IS CHOKED AND STANDS ON EPIC CENTRE EARTH QUAKE ZONE .

GHANA NEEDS TO MOVE THE CAPITAL CITY TO B / A .

THEN WITH A NEW MODERN CITY FULL PLANNING CAN DONE

WASTE OF RESOURCES TO RE ARCHITECTURE THE CITY

ACCRA IS CHOKED AND STANDS ON EPIC CENTRE EARTH QUAKE ZONE .

GHANA NEEDS TO MOVE THE CAPITAL CITY TO B / A .

THEN WITH A NEW MODERN CITY FULL PLANNING CAN DONE

WASTE OF RESOURCES TO RE ARCHITECTURE THE CITY
DEEP THINKING 10 years ago

The difference between the British and French colonialism can explain the flooding and subsequent fire at Circle that claimed about 200 lives. Why? This is the reason. Ghana and Nigeria are typically the best examples of Angl ...
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The difference between the British and French colonialism can explain the flooding and subsequent fire at Circle that claimed about 200 lives. Why? This is the reason. Ghana and Nigeria are typically the best examples of Anglophone countries who inherited "conservative" attitudes from our colonial masters. No revolutionary methods are accepted. Any strict enforcement of laws are frawned upon, the individual's rights supercedes state power. Police are toothless infront of lawbreakers and fearful lawyers. Freak accidents are a regular happening in these two countries. People can build where they want, they can sell where they want, they can cut down trees indiscriminately, they hunt down all species of animals without caring a hoot. Take the Francophone countries like Togo and Burkina Faso. There the French colonization have instilled discipline and the fear of the law. You cannot even park your vehicle anywhere. You cannot kill any protected animal out of season. In Togo, animals roam about freely, cross the border from Paga on the way to Burkina, and you would see families of elephants crossing the main road. Ghana and Nigeria sorry to say were "wrongly" colonized by the British. They could not instil their way of strict 'uncoerced' respect for the law into us. Do we need a change of laws? Yes. We need to empower the law enforcement agencies. Nigeria engaged in a demolition exercise in Abuja the capital about ten years ago. Not even the property of the then Governor was spared. Those who make peaceful change impossible, also make violent revolutions inevitable. Our indiscipline and corruption has taken a life too many.
Obed Adore 10 years ago

You are very right. Any time you exalt individual rights over the true tenet of democracy which is rule and decision of the majority, the true sense of democracy gets lost and defeated!
To add to your comment, the British J ...
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You are very right. Any time you exalt individual rights over the true tenet of democracy which is rule and decision of the majority, the true sense of democracy gets lost and defeated!
To add to your comment, the British Jurisprudence- "the accused remains INNOCENT until proven guilty", that Ghana laws follow need to be changed.
For Ghana to get ahead in legal and disciplinary matters, Ghana must adopt the French Jurisprudence instead. That French Jurisprudence -- "the accused is GUILTY until found innocent" is the one that can be applied effectively in Ghana.
I present this as a written proposal to the Ghana Constitutional Review Consultative Committee but was instantly rejected by those three members...their reason.. "too many innocent people could be put to jail"
My argument was .. so, prove to the courts that you are really innocent and then get released.
Like you, I think we must do something really drastic to bring about the needed discipline into Ghanaians! This culture of Ghanaian indiscipline must change!
Canadasheabutter( GhUWR ) 10 years ago

REVENUES ACCRUED FROM OIL PRODUCTS SHOULD BE UTILIZED 4 A MODERN CAPITAL CITY EQUIDISTANT FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY MOST PREFERABLE IN BRONG AHAFO

REVENUES ACCRUED FROM OIL PRODUCTS SHOULD BE UTILIZED 4 A MODERN CAPITAL CITY EQUIDISTANT FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY MOST PREFERABLE IN BRONG AHAFO
DANSO 10 years ago

Dear Catholic Bishops, I bet to challenge you that your very Christian (church members) are those who build house in the water ways. If percentage of Ghanaians are Christians then we have failed our godly responsibility of be ...
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Dear Catholic Bishops, I bet to challenge you that your very Christian (church members) are those who build house in the water ways. If percentage of Ghanaians are Christians then we have failed our godly responsibility of being faithful to the laws of God and the laws of the land. So my submission to all Christian Pastors and their members is to teach their members to be law abiding and not to pay bribes to build on lands that the laws of Ghana forbid build. All the evil that is happening in Ghana are caused by disobedient and dishonest Christians with their leaders. Just go check and you will be shocked that majority of those who have build those houses and disobey the laws of Ghana to a peril are Christians. Where is our Christianity. Catholic bishops and all other Christian Pastors please stop crying foul and just be obedient to the laws of God and the laws of the land and all will be well with the society.

Dr.William Acquah 10 years ago

These Bishops must know that there aren`t waterways on a dry land.Heavy rains from above always cause overflooding.What we need is a good drainage system.Have these Bishops heard of "Palm Islands?"These are houses build on th ...
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These Bishops must know that there aren`t waterways on a dry land.Heavy rains from above always cause overflooding.What we need is a good drainage system.Have these Bishops heard of "Palm Islands?"These are houses build on the lands claimed from the sea!WoW!With a very good drainage system, nothing of that sort can happen there!We must use our brains to solve such problems.The Whites do that.
Kofi 10 years ago

I am sorry "Dr'Acquah, it appears you do not understand what is called planning. This is not the time for people like you to waste our time with your naïve and empty theories. What processes do we go through to reclaim land ...
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I am sorry "Dr'Acquah, it appears you do not understand what is called planning. This is not the time for people like you to waste our time with your naïve and empty theories. What processes do we go through to reclaim land from the sea. I am sorry if any of your relatives were among the dead you will not display your ignorance like that. Please allow brains to work and better come out with a better suggestion.
It is sad we live in a country and instead of having a strategic plan to guide us we implement party manifesto. We better sit up and forget about our party colours and think really like people of Ghana who want Ghana to be a better place to live.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

We do have low lands in some parts of Ghana and places are quiet different in comparison to the sea level.The flood prone zones are know to govt and nothing is done to avoid or prevent reoccurence.I am sure by next year we wi ...
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We do have low lands in some parts of Ghana and places are quiet different in comparison to the sea level.The flood prone zones are know to govt and nothing is done to avoid or prevent reoccurence.I am sure by next year we will be talking about the same thing again.It is not everywhere that you should build a house and it is only the parliament that can pass laws to help.Thank you.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

The flood prone zones are known to the govt.

The flood prone zones are known to the govt.
bashings 10 years ago

how can they sit down and discuss this issue without going there to access what is actually on the ground, Ghanians talk too much!

how can they sit down and discuss this issue without going there to access what is actually on the ground, Ghanians talk too much!
Kenkey Warriors!! 10 years ago

While others are offering prayers, these progressive Bishops are offering real endeavours to solve this human problem. God has given us brains to make us resourceful in order to solve our problems on earth. No amount of praye ...
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While others are offering prayers, these progressive Bishops are offering real endeavours to solve this human problem. God has given us brains to make us resourceful in order to solve our problems on earth. No amount of prayers will move God to help us. We must help ourselves.
Can I get an Amen?
A Concern Citizen 10 years ago

If Accra needs new planning or not.We must get a new Capital. We think only big cities must be capital. NO. Think of Germany, Bonn A small city used to be the capital while Frankfurt, Munich Hamburg just to mention a few. But ...
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If Accra needs new planning or not.We must get a new Capital. We think only big cities must be capital. NO. Think of Germany, Bonn A small city used to be the capital while Frankfurt, Munich Hamburg just to mention a few. But Our leaders are so myhopic and allways center everything in Accra . Wrong. Every district must have something so the so called DIRTY capital will not be congested. Am saying something about decentralization. And the time is now. Also all funds that the government send to each district must be publish in the papers so we can see if funds are utilized for their purposes. take for instance Tano district as Bechem is their head but nothing is done overthere. Compare Tepa or Duayawnkwanta district. But i don"t know if the traditional head is helping the DCE to spend the Funds for their own means. I mean the DCE PORNO KING who is denying is not Him,.Even a BLINDMAN can see him in the Porno Act. Mr Mahama open yiur eyes.
kofi 10 years ago

Flood: Accra needs re-planning - Catholic engineers

Flood: Accra needs re-planning - Catholic engineers
ARYIKU NARTEY 10 years ago

WE CAN TALK THOUSAND TIMES ABOUT RE-PLANNIONG OF ACCRA AND ALL THE MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES. WE CAN HAVE THE BLUE-PRINT PLANS BUT IF WE ARE UNABLE TO IMPLEMENT :
1. THE PLANS BY INSISTING ON THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS I.E PROPER ...
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WE CAN TALK THOUSAND TIMES ABOUT RE-PLANNIONG OF ACCRA AND ALL THE MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES. WE CAN HAVE THE BLUE-PRINT PLANS BUT IF WE ARE UNABLE TO IMPLEMENT :
1. THE PLANS BY INSISTING ON THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS I.E PROPER BUILDING PERMITS AT THE RIGHT PLACES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL/DISTRICT OR REGIONAL AGREEMENT.
2. ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE A GOOD SANITATION SYSTEM.
3. AN ANTI-LITTER LAW MUST BE ENFORCED
4. COVER ALL GUTTERS AND MAINTAIN REGULAR CLEANING AND SAFETY INSPECTION.INSPECTION AND
5.INSPECTIONS OF THE BUILDINGS AT THE VARIOUS STAGES TO ENSURE THEY MEET THE REQUIRED STANDARDS
6.THE BUILDING ON COMPLETION MUST BE CERTIFIED BY A QUALIFIED AND REGISTERD PERSONELL TO ENSURE THAT BUILDING STRUCTURE, ELECTRICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREENTS ARE MET.
7. ESTABLISH A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LOCAL/DISTRICT TRADITIONAL AND FAILY STOOL OWNERS AND TOWN PLANNING AND LANDS DEPARTMENTS.
8. HAVE A CLEAR AND PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF REGISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.
9. REGULAR TRAINING FOR OFICERS AT LANDS, SURVEY, TOWN PLANNING AND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONENT.
THIS I SUPPOSE WOULD GO A LOND WAY TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM
Odehyeeba Kaakyire 10 years ago

Thank you Conference .In fact Accra is choked now. Let's move the National Capital to another place to enable us beautify here.

Thank you Conference .In fact Accra is choked now. Let's move the National Capital to another place to enable us beautify here.

Kofi 10 years ago

It is sad that we hardly learn from dangers of yesteryears. Accra has witnessed floods over and over again and each time we do long talks and apply adhoc solutions. Do we have a strategic plan at all? Why all of a sudden ever ...
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It is sad that we hardly learn from dangers of yesteryears. Accra has witnessed floods over and over again and each time we do long talks and apply adhoc solutions. Do we have a strategic plan at all? Why all of a sudden every vacant plot along the road is being developed into filling station? How long does it take to acquire a building permit or registration of title? Where are our approved layouts? Come on we are all part of our problems. Everybody wants to reap where he/she has not planted anything. This is shameful to all all technocrats, chief directors, ministers, developers, city authorities etc. The rush to demolish buildings is not panacea to the flood and robbery problems in Ghana.
The so called politicians, those in power and those aspiring to take the throne, for once meet as a group and let's the whole country to agree on a permanent solution to our poor land development. It is not only a question of drains. Please let's do holistic and integrated planning. People should desist from holding on to their positions and false perception that they are indispensable.
Lord have mercy
Haile Manasseh Mengistus Selaise VII 10 years ago

Accra needs re-planning is a well call but it cannot come without a cost.
It's time the Catholic Bishops Conference organise a conference to collate estimates and conduct due diligence and analyze the cost involve and sugge ...
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Accra needs re-planning is a well call but it cannot come without a cost.
It's time the Catholic Bishops Conference organise a conference to collate estimates and conduct due diligence and analyze the cost involve and suggest how feasible and cost effective it would be to re-plan Accra.
Talking like they said to the President is not the solution and this goes to them as well. They Catholic Church must not sit with idle talk and think they should not be part of the solution. They should mobilise all resources at their disposal and help gov't do the re-planning they are calling for. All hand on deck is the clarion call.
DAGARA PRIDE 10 years ago

Move the capital to Kintampo and stop all these bull shit suggestions. What do your know about floods.

Move the capital to Kintampo and stop all these bull shit suggestions. What do your know about floods.
Gimara-USA 10 years ago

Please forget it, even if Bishop pray and the Capital of Ghana is moved to MARS or JUPITER, with this lack of knowledge the flood will chase us there.We NEED TO listen and take actions and not stealing. Let them start with th ...
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Please forget it, even if Bishop pray and the Capital of Ghana is moved to MARS or JUPITER, with this lack of knowledge the flood will chase us there.We NEED TO listen and take actions and not stealing. Let them start with these drains, The mayor and the secretary will build their massions.
KING LOMOTEY 10 years ago

The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference is behaving like a political party. They were aware of previous floods in Accra and did nothing about them. Why now?

Go ahead and submit replanning for the city.
The CBC can show us ...
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The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference is behaving like a political party. They were aware of previous floods in Accra and did nothing about them. Why now?

Go ahead and submit replanning for the city.
The CBC can show us that they have the expertise to solve this perennial flooding problem, and stop being political.
Analyst 10 years ago

as drainage to pick up streams of water and to be connected to the sea, lakes and rivers. On top of the tunnel drainage systems, we can build highways, streets and rail lines. However, there should be drainage steel holes whi ...
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as drainage to pick up streams of water and to be connected to the sea, lakes and rivers. On top of the tunnel drainage systems, we can build highways, streets and rail lines. However, there should be drainage steel holes which be opened for maintenance and sweeping. The open drainage systems are not working in Ghana and Africa because of our behavior of throwing garbage in open drainage and choking them.
kobby 10 years ago

The capital needs moving

The capital needs moving
kobby 10 years ago

Accra needs a sewer system

Accra needs a sewer system
Desire kponyo 10 years ago

Desire

Desire
Prince Anokorang 10 years ago

Well done my Lords,

Well done my Lords,

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