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Accra, being the capital of the nation should be free of so many slums. Popping up slums in Accra is an eyesore which should not be entertained no matter what the situation. Also, slums breeds nothing but social vices.
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Hmmm, this a serious matter. Sodom and Gommorah had to be demolished. Papa Jerry should be the first to blame. He located them to Accra after the Kokomba-Nanumba war without any plan for construction. Others joined and as you ...
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Frank,honestly,let us try to be truthful to Ghanaians,you made good point about Colonel Minyila but I have seen that any negative thing in Ghana you always want to associate JJ with it even if you want to blame others you wil ...
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Corney, don't blame me because I said it as it was. You know I don't hate Papa J and have never disrespected him, though I disagree with him many times. No government will officially accept that it created or helped create th ...
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Ringo Star seconds your comment Pelicle.
If slums were an Art, l think it is time to forget this particular Art and in place of that, create a beautiful environment that would benefit all.No citizen of Ghana should be condem ...
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......I stopped reading your article loaded with illogical statement, one being that Alajo and Sodom Gomorrah are not the same piece of land and not in the same locality to glorify ex-president for constructing a gutter, you ...
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Stupid Kola, If your bosses ASHANTIS are illogical, then your ewe folks are idiotic.
oKO vANDERPUYE, YOU ARE SO WICKED. wHY DO YOU HATE THE NORTHERNERS LIKE THAT? wE WILL RISE AGAINST YOU.
Pelicles, I agree with your point that Accra doesn't need any favelas. In fact we need no slums in Ghana in the twenty first century. Unfortunately slums develop, particularly when government after government fails to address ...
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I disagree with you on the subject of trabalism your points clearly show that you know Ghana history and more concern Ghana... should not be connected to politics when discussing national issues like this in which you have gi ...
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It is now a right to live in filth.
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That was a strong report .you are right that wont stop the floading , but is a start, the Government went the wrong way about it, she should have provided shelter for the peoples before any demolition , it was wrong an ...
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Stephen, I sympathize with you about the concern you have for these Sodom and Gomorrah dwellers. In the first, these people did not buy the lands or plots from anybody or group of persons before putting up such eyesore struct ...
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Would you accept such a lawless place at Kejetia or Adum in the very center of Kumsai? In your own evidence, you wrote that you saw armed robbers offloading things they have stolen from their victims. Are you one of those so ...
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Sure good point
Sodom and Gomorrah should not have been there in the first place or at least temporary. Successive governments did nothing because now there was a lot of political capital. Plans for accommodating them in order to move have b ...
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You can cry as loud as you can. This article is a piece of trash. Squatters should not be encouraged under any circumstance let alone allowed to create difficulties for the entire city. Talk of tribalism is bull. would you ha ...
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Hmm, thanks to the writer. However, but, all slums in Accra should be demolished because it is the capital of Ghana. Seeing slums all over Accra is very worrying and makes it uncomfortable to live there.
Demolishing Sodom ...
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Let's endeavour to extricate the impression of tribalism on the part of the government from this issue.God detest that name"Sodom and Gomorrah".
This is a typical tribalism .If northerners are to leave to their place of origin,then the sitting President should be the first person to be sacked.
This article and some of the comments people are giving clearly shows how ...
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Korle lagoon is used as part of the flood mitigation. It doesn't work if citizens are slowly filling it in as foundation for houses which is happening with Sodom and Gomorah being there.
The original planning was suppose ...
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Those whose shops were destroyed must be compensated or else armed robbery will emanate from their hardships.
A big nonsense by such an ignorant writer. Sodom and Gomorrah was demolished for more than just floods but also crime. Yes many can freely move anywhere in Ghana but did you find out if the lands these slum lords and squatter ...
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Can anybody tell me why the place, which has its Ga name, became called Sodom and Gomorrah? When did that term start getting used?
Anyway, Stephen's article doesn't seem to consider all the facts available in this unfortun ...
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Sodom AND Gomorrah WAS DESTROYED BY gOD IN THE bIBLE aLL THE VICES THAT CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION WERE ALSO FOUND IN oLD fADAMA AND THAT WAS WHY THEY ADOPTED THE NAME Sodom AND Gomorrah. nO DOUBT IT HAS ALSO BEEN DESTROYED
Your a really a man with wisdom, I like that keep it up ?
very very sorry to them all
The warm reception given to the refugees from Liberia and Cote d"Ivoir,it is clearly reveals the greed and wickedness.This is what i have being complaining all the time.Forigners were treated better in Ghana than anywhere in ...
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IT IS OK IN MY VIEW TO DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WASTES? REALLY THE GOVT. HERE HAS TERRIBLE BALLS, THEY DARE TO ASK PEOPLE NOT TO LITTER THE PUBLIC WITH OUT PROVIDING ANY KIND OF WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY! W ...
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It is sad to destroy a place where people live. No one is safe.
SODOM AND GOMORRAH STARTED AS A RESULT OF THE KOKOMBA AND NANUMBA WAR DURING RAWLINGS REIGN OF 19 YEARS, YET HE DID NOT FIND IT FIT TO SETTLE THE VICTIMS OF WAR, LIKE THE LIBERIAN REFUGEES WERE AT BUDUMBURA. ALL THE OUTGROWTH ...
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Excellent piece Uncle am I agree with you...So-called President Mahama and his cronies are only storing up trouble for themselves if they think pulling down slums and telling people to go home solves the problem. But I had a ...
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Atta may ask why i'm asking if he thinks. That is normal because i think because Atta, thinks he can write makes him someone who thinks.
If one can go to a place and asked to pull his big stick to free himself in the open as ...
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nice question but no insult please.. why insults.You made a very intelligent..I would like to hear from you
I think this is a very difficult issue, but thank you for the topic. I think there may be some good people living in the area, but as you said it was infested with the prostitutes, armed robbers, and causing flooding the admi ...
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Where are our engineers and city planners? Shall we continue to experience flood and demolition? For how long?
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY SUCH A BEAUTIFUL NAME LIKE OLD FADAMA WAS CHANGED TO GOD FORBIDDEN SODOM AND GOMORRAH?
THOUGH ITS NOT FAIR AND JUST TO TREAT THEM AS SUCH. HOWEVER IF IS ITS TRUE THAT THE PLACE IS THE SEAT OF ROBBERY AND ILLICIT TRADES, THEN ITS WORTH DESTROYED.BECAUSE IF THEY ARE GIVEN A NEW SETTLEMENT THE SAME THING WOULD HAP ...
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You need knowledge to write certain articles and secondly more knowledge to be a town and country planner.The area in question is an area where after the tropical rains is always flooded and no one must live there.Look at Ho ...
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This is the most foolish, senseless and the highest level of ignorance and dishonesty to human a columnist can put out there.
The whole article shows the level of ignorance, shabbiliness, and kind of orientation we had as h ...
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Ghanaians don't deserve any sympathy for their suffering; they deserve this wicked NDC government that have now. It serves them right.Just look at what they did and the foolish way they voted at Talese bye-elections! Well don ...
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