Ghana losing $290m yearly due to poor sanitation

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• ddkt 9 years ago

  this is the consequence of the bad attitude of Ghanaians coupled npp/ndc politicking. wat a country...

  this is the consequence of the bad attitude of Ghanaians coupled npp/ndc politicking. wat a country...

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• PRINCE KWASI ADADE ( OFIE P33 ) 9 years ago

  DR BAWUMIA ,THE PROPHET, ON THE $250 MILLION NDC TOOK OUT OF THE $1BILLION EUROBOND FROM BOG AND DEPOSITED FOOLISHLY & NONSENSICALLY AT THE UNITED BANK OF AFRICA (UBA)--------READ BELOW------ Beyond the issue of legality, the ...
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  DR BAWUMIA ,THE PROPHET, ON THE $250 MILLION NDC TOOK OUT OF THE $1BILLION EUROBOND FROM BOG AND DEPOSITED FOOLISHLY & NONSENSICALLY AT THE UNITED BANK OF AFRICA (UBA)--------READ BELOW------ Beyond the issue of legality, there is the issue of prudence in the management of Ghana’s resources. How do you go and borrow money for 10.75% (US dollar) and give it to someone to lend it to you at over 20% (GHC)? In effect you are paying over 30%! Assuming stable exchange rates, Ghana will be paying additional interest of at least $50 million a year on this transaction. It really is reckless. The government is claiming that the funds were “idle”. Really? What does that mean? Why do you borrow funds and pay interest on it if you do not have use for them at the moment? It is clear that the GIIF does not have a portfolio of projects ready to invest in and it is weird to allocate a whopping sum of $250 million to them at this time. Is the Minister aware that the country owes N-Gas some $100 million? What about other contractors who are owed money by the government? How can you owe so much, have so much to do and yet claim to have “idle” borrowed funds? The allocation of such an amount to a private bank also has major macroeconomic consequences for a relatively small economy like Ghana. It increases the deposits of the banking system and ultimately the money supply. It has inflationary and exchange rate depreciation consequences and would make it more difficult for the government to meet its inflation target. I am surprised that the government is oblivious of these consequences. The Funds should stay at the Bank of Ghana. After all the Bank of Ghana, on its own or through its external fund managers of the caliber of internationally reputable banks like UBS, JP Morgan, Citibank, Merrill Lynch etc. can undertake whatever investment of the country’s foreign exchange that the government would like it to undertake

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• SCHEMER 9 years ago

  These filth can be found mostly in poor areas where they can't afford to pay for private refuse collection. Ye these are the very people who will not listen to reason to change non performing governments. They are so vulnerab ...
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  These filth can be found mostly in poor areas where they can't afford to pay for private refuse collection. Ye these are the very people who will not listen to reason to change non performing governments. They are so vulnerable to the extent that Ghs 5 can buy their votes no matter how much you teach them. This amount could have been used to buy more trucks and hire more hands to collect the refuse. Are we animals? This is not about any particular party. Its a general problem for all citizens.

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• ghanaman 9 years ago

  We cannot continue to fail to factor proper hygiene and sanitation into national development plans and blame witchcraft for deaths, while we attribute success to "magic". Proper planning, based on data collection, analysis, m ...
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  We cannot continue to fail to factor proper hygiene and sanitation into national development plans and blame witchcraft for deaths, while we attribute success to "magic". Proper planning, based on data collection, analysis, monitoring and evaluation, lead to success!

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• Foli 9 years ago

  When will Govt 'get up' to do even the basics.

  When will Govt 'get up' to do even the basics.

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• reflex 9 years ago

  Most of the citizens are just fools. They'll rather spend their monies on useless ventures and forget about their environment. All we know is ndc,npp,azonto and fake pastors. Fools

  Most of the citizens are just fools. They'll rather spend their monies on useless ventures and forget about their environment. All we know is ndc,npp,azonto and fake pastors. Fools

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• Kojo Billy Duncan 9 years ago

  I totally agree with you.

  I totally agree with you.

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• truth 9 years ago

  Starting from your parents been the BIGGEST fools & all generation in your household.

  Starting from your parents been the BIGGEST fools & all generation in your household.

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• Kojo Billy Duncan 9 years ago

  Believe it or not, my parents and and all generations in my household are amongst the intellectually and environmentally smart 5% in Ghana. This assertion is evidence-based.

  Believe it or not, my parents and and all generations in my household are amongst the intellectually and environmentally smart 5% in Ghana. This assertion is evidence-based.

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• MAHAMA B3 KO 9 years ago

  The facts speak for themselves under the "dead goatism" policy of thievery, cluelessness, incompetence, propaganda and lies leading to retrogression, stagnation and collapse of this country.
  How can John Mahama lead Ghana?

  The facts speak for themselves under the "dead goatism" policy of thievery, cluelessness, incompetence, propaganda and lies leading to retrogression, stagnation and collapse of this country.
  How can John Mahama lead Ghana?

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• truth 9 years ago

  folks are POOR SANITATION in GHANA ending folks to early GRAVE. Politicians you ELECT don't care because they reside in mansions. And you keep electing parliamentarians who send their kids to best schools and YOU stay in dirt ...
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  folks are POOR SANITATION in GHANA ending folks to early GRAVE. Politicians you ELECT don't care because they reside in mansions. And you keep electing parliamentarians who send their kids to best schools and YOU stay in dirty environment and you scream i'm npp or ndc faithful for dirty environment.

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• Kojo Billy Duncan 9 years ago

  It would help if many Ghanaians will take responsibility for their sanitation, instead of wallowing in the filth they generate themselves.

  It would help if many Ghanaians will take responsibility for their sanitation, instead of wallowing in the filth they generate themselves.

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• BlackC 9 years ago

  The Water and Sanitation challenge is not because there's a certain party in power. Zoomlion doesn't stop work because the wrong party was voted into office.
  
  Water and Sanitation is an ongoing exercise and it needs not on ...
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  The Water and Sanitation challenge is not because there's a certain party in power. Zoomlion doesn't stop work because the wrong party was voted into office.
  
  Water and Sanitation is an ongoing exercise and it needs not only as many citizens as possible to participate but it needs institutions connected to this sector to coordinate with each other.

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• HARDER@'89... 9 years ago

  This trend of affairs will continue in as long as our leadership also continue to resort to moral suasion or appeals as the sole measure in addressing the issue.
  
  that in no way will never ever help arrest the situation ...
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  This trend of affairs will continue in as long as our leadership also continue to resort to moral suasion or appeals as the sole measure in addressing the issue.
  
  that in no way will never ever help arrest the situation as we have on our hands now.. the general lack of discipline by the majority of our people must ruthlessly be uprooted from our psyche or habit by applying very rigorous and appropriate sanctions to deal with all such offenders as caught in the act of littering or throwing garbage in inappropriate locations, ....
  every citizen, first and foremost ought to educate him or herself to be alive to their civic responsibilities n duties before thinking and demanding our rights as there can be no rights particularly, adults , when we do not live up to our responsibilities to ourselves nor to the state...
  if an individual is punished for stealing gh 1.0 k or 50k , then is it not a grand state sponsored criminality to exports our cocoa, gold or tax our longsuffering people only to turn round and throw as much as 290 million dollars of all these REVENUE into the Odaw river or set this ablaze into ashes simply becos we have decided out of sheer stupidity to be so recklessly and mindlessly irresponsible in littering and throwing garbage everywhere anytime....??? ain't we ...Donald trump is certainly right after all, about our inherently reckless and indiscipline attitudes and character as black people....

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• pk 9 years ago

  The 4 pillars for economy development:
  1 Good Road network
  2 Energy
  3 Water accessible to all
  4 Sanitation
  REWS, all the developed countries have it sorted. Lesson for Ghana. REWS should touch everyone; should r ...
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  The 4 pillars for economy development:
  1 Good Road network
  2 Energy
  3 Water accessible to all
  4 Sanitation
  REWS, all the developed countries have it sorted. Lesson for Ghana. REWS should touch everyone; should reach every where city town, village. It can be done with revolutionary impetus. Opportunity to create employment. People should take pride to have REWS sorted in Ghana. It will Brand Ghana. Attract tourists and investors. Politicians delay no further. Too shameful for poor sanitation and lack of clean water to claim soo many lives.

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• zak 9 years ago

  some shallow minded ndc members say building kvip toilets by ku4 was not important

  some shallow minded ndc members say building kvip toilets by ku4 was not important

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• Robert G 9 years ago

  how can 946 million defecate in the open when the population of the country is 25 million?

  how can 946 million defecate in the open when the population of the country is 25 million?

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• kwaku 9 years ago

  take off your googles and read well

  take off your googles and read well

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