Cape Coast Stadium rots just nine months after construction

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kotoko 8 years ago

The Government should do something about this useless people handling the stadum

The Government should do something about this useless people handling the stadum
GIDIGBA 8 years ago

Same as it ever was! Ghana is a FAILED STATE.

Same as it ever was! Ghana is a FAILED STATE.
Kwadaso 8 years ago

Could have built at least 10 midsize factories to produce some of the day to day products Ghanaians use such as diaper,sanitary pads pens,shoes,belts,Motors,Mini tractors,mattress,fufu powder,cement,iron rods,knifes,etc.Inste ...
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Could have built at least 10 midsize factories to produce some of the day to day products Ghanaians use such as diaper,sanitary pads pens,shoes,belts,Motors,Mini tractors,mattress,fufu powder,cement,iron rods,knifes,etc.Instead we wasted the money to build a monsterousity of a stadium which is partially used and not even self sufficient.
$aint Ghfuo: Black Excellence !!! 8 years ago

A damn shame. So city mayors, regional authorities can't use their brains to fix this? Wat about the. Chiefs and so called imminent oguaa simpa panyinfuo

A damn shame. So city mayors, regional authorities can't use their brains to fix this? Wat about the. Chiefs and so called imminent oguaa simpa panyinfuo
EBBY 8 years ago

What happened to the use of boreholes? It's just a common sense that the stadium management can dig several boreholes inside the stadium to supply the needed water to maintain the infrastructure. There's no way they should re ...
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What happened to the use of boreholes? It's just a common sense that the stadium management can dig several boreholes inside the stadium to supply the needed water to maintain the infrastructure. There's no way they should rely on water supply from GWC because the facility doesn't generate enough money to pay the bills. Being Ghanaians, of course they are all sitting there waiting for the government to send money to pay for those bills. SMH.
Citizen 8 years ago

I totally aggrie with the borehole suggestion.Why can't we use common sense let alone to be creative and innovative?We are always blaming the government for lack of jobs and infrastructures but when such calls are adhere to ...
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I totally aggrie with the borehole suggestion.Why can't we use common sense let alone to be creative and innovative?We are always blaming the government for lack of jobs and infrastructures but when such calls are adhere to what are we doing as citizens to uphold it?Until we get rid of the I, ME ALONE AND MYSELF syndrome. we shall get nowhere.
Adeleke 8 years ago

All of us no Democracy is Good in the country but black person can not handle it. Example Ghana any thing court ..deals whit person before court if not tomorrow another person will do so. ... Court court alone can't do it. We ...
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All of us no Democracy is Good in the country but black person can not handle it. Example Ghana any thing court ..deals whit person before court if not tomorrow another person will do so. ... Court court alone can't do it. We need ..a Good punishment so that coroption in Ghana will readust. JJ time ..u can't do it Ghana palment jost no to tolk about money money.. They are their for there self not for Ghanaian..
Lixo 8 years ago

Hahaaaaaa. Truely Ghana not a serious nation.

Hahaaaaaa. Truely Ghana not a serious nation.
yash kugmoor17 8 years ago

It's about a people who don't know how to take of themselves...just like dramani tot money grew on trees...most Ghanaians don't care what goes on around them...where I live...the stadium takes a third of the proceeds and each ...
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It's about a people who don't know how to take of themselves...just like dramani tot money grew on trees...most Ghanaians don't care what goes on around them...where I live...the stadium takes a third of the proceeds and each team gets a third too....the question is what is the manager of the stadium doing with his third..hire ground workers/janitors?...and if he was hired by dramani then we fucked...money is all gone.
Observer 8 years ago

Why continue using scarce and expensive treated water for watering stadium grass? Somebody must think outside the box.

Why continue using scarce and expensive treated water for watering stadium grass? Somebody must think outside the box.

Owusu Acheaw. 8 years ago

Boreholes and solar panels, oh what a mess!

Boreholes and solar panels, oh what a mess!
Ekow Samuel 8 years ago

The gorvnment have to see to it that the renovation has done for the stadium of Cape Coast, the masses are demanding for bringing the boreholes at there in Cape Coast and the other ones which is realy need to adopt it in a w ...
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The gorvnment have to see to it that the renovation has done for the stadium of Cape Coast, the masses are demanding for bringing the boreholes at there in Cape Coast and the other ones which is realy need to adopt it in a way of that for becomes a realy use of it,God bless you and oman ghana.
AHASUERUS 8 years ago

so cant they use the artificial one for the fild

so cant they use the artificial one for the fild
NANA ADDO 8 years ago

As if the building is collapsing, just a drying grass.

As if the building is collapsing, just a drying grass.
SHAMO 8 years ago

IT WAS NOT IN A GOOD FAITH THAT STADIUM WAS BUILT,THINK ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS NOT IN A GOOD FAITH THAT STADIUM WAS BUILT,THINK ABOUT THAT.
Enemel 8 years ago

and more than animals.

and more than animals.
NANA ADDO 8 years ago

We cried for this stadium to come to being,now maintenance is a problem.WHY Cape Coast Stadium must not be wasted away.The authorities in charge should make sure they maintain this facility well.

We cried for this stadium to come to being,now maintenance is a problem.WHY Cape Coast Stadium must not be wasted away.The authorities in charge should make sure they maintain this facility well.
cob 8 years ago

You guys got to leave China alone!
This is total bullshit!!! What is wrong with the structure??? Do you want Chinese government to offer you $35m dollar facility and also maintain it for you? This is not an astro turf for Ch ...
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You guys got to leave China alone!
This is total bullshit!!! What is wrong with the structure??? Do you want Chinese government to offer you $35m dollar facility and also maintain it for you? This is not an astro turf for Christ sake so you want Chinese government to come and water the pitch for you??? This is very irresponsible! Crazy Ghanaian who lacks values and maintenance culture. Sometimes we have to appreciate what Chinese is offering to Africa and rather pray for them.
God bless Ghana.
Odikro 8 years ago

Even before you get to the structures, the grass looks like a desert. Uboi! An apt summary of how the corrupt John Mahama and his equally corrupt NDC managed things in Ghana.

Even before you get to the structures, the grass looks like a desert. Uboi! An apt summary of how the corrupt John Mahama and his equally corrupt NDC managed things in Ghana.
okuseku 8 years ago

Odikro wonim nyansa stop chatting shit leave ndc alone they are not in power sort it out that's the reason why Ghanaians voted for change so stop the nonsense 90% of Ghana politicians are fools and thieves NPP/NDC is equal to ...
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Odikro wonim nyansa stop chatting shit leave ndc alone they are not in power sort it out that's the reason why Ghanaians voted for change so stop the nonsense 90% of Ghana politicians are fools and thieves NPP/NDC is equal to trash you can easily judge it by the progress of the country today.

We live in FOOLS paradise. If we can't manage simple stadium pitch then tell me what else can we manage as people and as a country.No wonder you're all in it

God have mercy on us

fact facter on February 21:19:15 8 years ago

Tamale and capecoast where is the aboundands of water?? they were just sabotaging the previous government. can one say people of tamale knows about stadiom than people of cape coast? Tamale is very hot and dry but they manage ...
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Tamale and capecoast where is the aboundands of water?? they were just sabotaging the previous government. can one say people of tamale knows about stadiom than people of cape coast? Tamale is very hot and dry but they manage their stadiom nicely. Ghanaians your politics is forty. so it mean that if government build good infrastructure we can maintain. Can we????? give it out to contract. since they cant maintain. they will be saying their the most educated. shame.
kofi kumasi 8 years ago

I have been in both Cities and i can tell you that, Tamale far ahead of Cape coast. After Accra, Kumasi. Tamale is the next. Cape coast people are very hungry if you dont know.

I have been in both Cities and i can tell you that, Tamale far ahead of Cape coast. After Accra, Kumasi. Tamale is the next. Cape coast people are very hungry if you dont know.
Joe 8 years ago

I wonder which school some of our editors who edits news on Ghana web attended. How can you write "a stadium which costed $35 million to build"? This is a shame and I the editors should not only correct the error but apologi ...
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I wonder which school some of our editors who edits news on Ghana web attended. How can you write "a stadium which costed $35 million to build"? This is a shame and I the editors should not only correct the error but apologize. This cannot be an oversight or a "printers devil".
Koo 8 years ago

We are talking about a national waste of scarce resources and you are complaining about grammar! SMH, no wonder we are where we are.

We are talking about a national waste of scarce resources and you are complaining about grammar! SMH, no wonder we are where we are.
You are 8 years ago

How do you understand without grammar. We are where we are because of your sort. Do you appreciate the level of grammar?
Produce good grammar and get objective comments in return. You wanted to say something that you were s ...
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How do you understand without grammar. We are where we are because of your sort. Do you appreciate the level of grammar?
Produce good grammar and get objective comments in return. You wanted to say something that you were scared of it suppose
HASSAN, Tamale 8 years ago

Joe, your grammar is no better. You write...some of our editors who edits...and you complain of someone else's grammar. Heal thyself.

Joe, your grammar is no better. You write...some of our editors who edits...and you complain of someone else's grammar. Heal thyself.
Joe 8 years ago

Hassan can you correct my grammar?

Hassan can you correct my grammar?
Kobina 8 years ago

Joe, your grammar stinks just as that of the editor you've taken to task. You wrote "our editors who edits", which is grammatically a woeful expression. Remember, if you live in a glass house you don't throw stones.

Joe, your grammar stinks just as that of the editor you've taken to task. You wrote "our editors who edits", which is grammatically a woeful expression. Remember, if you live in a glass house you don't throw stones.
Abeiku SW2 London 8 years ago

What's new ...

What's new ...
YAWK 8 years ago

This common sense ,just drill bore holes and connect pipes to the WC's and water hoses to water the playing field.

This common sense ,just drill bore holes and connect pipes to the WC's and water hoses to water the playing field.

That is the way we do things! 8 years ago

The rot is endemic in everything we do in Ghana. Maintenance is Greek to most of us and aesthetics is breaking news in our beloved country. Shame on the Sports authorities who trooped to Cape Coast to parade for the cameras d ...
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The rot is endemic in everything we do in Ghana. Maintenance is Greek to most of us and aesthetics is breaking news in our beloved country. Shame on the Sports authorities who trooped to Cape Coast to parade for the cameras during the opening of the sports edifice.
Cowboy 8 years ago

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT AFTER ALL THAT PUMP AND PAGEANTRY FOLLOWED THE COMMISSONING OF THIS STADIUM RECENTLY. I DO NOT WANT TO BE A PROPHET OF DOOM BUT IT APPEARS OUR SOCIETY HAS LIVED THIS KIND OF LIFESTYLE AFTE ...
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THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT AFTER ALL THAT PUMP AND PAGEANTRY FOLLOWED THE COMMISSONING OF THIS STADIUM RECENTLY. I DO NOT WANT TO BE A PROPHET OF DOOM BUT IT APPEARS OUR SOCIETY HAS LIVED THIS KIND OF LIFESTYLE AFTER INDEPENENCE. IF JOB CREATION IS ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT, THESE ARE SOME AREAS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED. MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORTS NEEDS TO EMPLOY PEOPLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THIS STADIUM ON DAILY BASIS TO KEEP IT ATTRACTIVE FOR PATRONAGE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
concerned ghanaian,london 8 years ago

Pigs are better than Ghanaians.We delight in living in dirt and squalor.Ghanaians do not care a hoot about the environment they live in.DIRTY HOUSES,RUBBISH,OPEN STINKING SEWAGES,WRAPPED TOILETS,ETC EVERYWHERE.

Pigs are better than Ghanaians.We delight in living in dirt and squalor.Ghanaians do not care a hoot about the environment they live in.DIRTY HOUSES,RUBBISH,OPEN STINKING SEWAGES,WRAPPED TOILETS,ETC EVERYWHERE.
Cowboy 8 years ago

I AGREE WITH YOU SIR BUT LETS TONE DOWN OUR LANGUAGE A BIT. I LIVE IN THE USA AND BELIEVE YOU ALSO LIVE IN THE UK. I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION BUT LETS NOT FORGET WE HAVE FAMILY AND RELATIONS STILL AROUND. LET ...
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I AGREE WITH YOU SIR BUT LETS TONE DOWN OUR LANGUAGE A BIT. I LIVE IN THE USA AND BELIEVE YOU ALSO LIVE IN THE UK. I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION BUT LETS NOT FORGET WE HAVE FAMILY AND RELATIONS STILL AROUND. LET US GIVE THEM SOME CREDIT THIS TIME AROUND BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING TO FIND OUT THAT POLITICIANS CONSTANTLY CAMPAIGN WITH PROJECTS TO THINK BAOUT THE NEXT ELECTION WHILST NOT THINKING ABOUT SECURING SOCIETY. WE ARE GETTING THERE BUT THIS NON SENSICAL ATTITUDE OF A NON-MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY MUST STOP.
Lixo 8 years ago

Hmmmmm. The bitter truth about we as Ghanaians is that baaaad aspect if our culture which I find deep routed. Very regrettable.

Hmmmmm. The bitter truth about we as Ghanaians is that baaaad aspect if our culture which I find deep routed. Very regrettable.
Joe 8 years ago

What is Npp government doing about this? Common water too, they cannot get to flush toilet and water the green grass. They are ready to celebrate Ghana at 1000, but can't save this wonderful stadium.

What is Npp government doing about this? Common water too, they cannot get to flush toilet and water the green grass. They are ready to celebrate Ghana at 1000, but can't save this wonderful stadium.
Dumebi 8 years ago

Make in rot. Kotakoraba market go rot ibiso ghanaians want. If you throw away colour TV and go buy black and white TV.

Make in rot. Kotakoraba market go rot ibiso ghanaians want. If you throw away colour TV and go buy black and white TV.
Selfmade 8 years ago

OMG...is this a cattle grazing patch or what??

OMG...is this a cattle grazing patch or what??
Observer 8 years ago

Then you have the audacity to condemn Gabonese stadiums whilst 3 fingers are pointing at you...so whose fooling who?

Then you have the audacity to condemn Gabonese stadiums whilst 3 fingers are pointing at you...so whose fooling who?
Nkrumah 8 years ago

Ei these JSS-educated journalists. That is why you are unemployable outside Ghana.

Ei these JSS-educated journalists. That is why you are unemployable outside Ghana.
Domestication 8 years ago

Poor planning. The construction of the stadium should have come with the installation of a mechanized borehole water system with purifiers to clean the borehole water up to specification before using it to water the grass. Th ...
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Poor planning. The construction of the stadium should have come with the installation of a mechanized borehole water system with purifiers to clean the borehole water up to specification before using it to water the grass. That way you will owe no water bills.
Momo 8 years ago

Why not invest in Artificial Turf

Why not invest in Artificial Turf
kofi kumasi 8 years ago

Even stadium water money shortingo and his dwarf team chop am.

Even stadium water money shortingo and his dwarf team chop am.
HASSAN, Tamale 8 years ago

Which COST the Chinese government not which COSTED.

Which COST the Chinese government not which COSTED.
Robert tachie menson chicago usa. 8 years ago

Where is the minister of youth and sports ?

Where is the minister of youth and sports ?
Kwasi Opoku Agyeman. USA 8 years ago

We will see the same thing at their much touted Dubai Interchange. You remember the Ford Contractor highway at the north?NDC wasted Ghana's money for nothing. Its good Ghanaians showed them the exit.

We will see the same thing at their much touted Dubai Interchange. You remember the Ford Contractor highway at the north?NDC wasted Ghana's money for nothing. Its good Ghanaians showed them the exit.
Nsempiii 8 years ago

So we can't dig a common wall to generate water it's a shame... Wat r they doing at the GFA....

So we can't dig a common wall to generate water it's a shame... Wat r they doing at the GFA....
BRIGHTi BOADU 8 years ago

WHY CAN'T LEADERS OF GHANA ASK THESE CHINESE THE KIND OF SHODDY WORK THEY (CHINESE ) HAVE BEEN DOING IN GHANA?THIS IS MORE THAN SERIOUS. WHERE ARE THE NDC GURUS WHO CONSTRUCTED THE CAPE COAST STADIUM? ARREST THEM NOW M

WHY CAN'T LEADERS OF GHANA ASK THESE CHINESE THE KIND OF SHODDY WORK THEY (CHINESE ) HAVE BEEN DOING IN GHANA?THIS IS MORE THAN SERIOUS. WHERE ARE THE NDC GURUS WHO CONSTRUCTED THE CAPE COAST STADIUM? ARREST THEM NOW M
EZEKIEL 8 years ago

When will ghanaians LEARN to manage ANYTHING ??? Always crying for govt.What IS THE USE of the BRAINS in your heads ? Are your heads just for carrying LOADS ?????WHO is the govt ?

When will ghanaians LEARN to manage ANYTHING ??? Always crying for govt.What IS THE USE of the BRAINS in your heads ? Are your heads just for carrying LOADS ?????WHO is the govt ?
Jackson 8 years ago

THERE IS A LAGOON(BAKA)RIGHT BEHIND THE STADIUM AND WHY CAN'T THEY USE WATER PUMP TO DRAW WATER TO SPRAY THE FIELD IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THE WATER BILL?WHERE DOES THE PROCEEDS OF THE FOOTBALL STADIUM GO AND WHO HANDLES ...
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THERE IS A LAGOON(BAKA)RIGHT BEHIND THE STADIUM AND WHY CAN'T THEY USE WATER PUMP TO DRAW WATER TO SPRAY THE FIELD IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THE WATER BILL?WHERE DOES THE PROCEEDS OF THE FOOTBALL STADIUM GO AND WHO HANDLES THE CASH PROCEEDS?MISMANAGEMENT,CORRUPTION AND LACK OF COMMONSENSE IS TO BE BLAME? BLACK PEOPLE,WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.WE HAVE NO MONEY AND TECHNICAL NO-HOW TO BUILD THIS ARTIFACT, YET,WHEN THE CHINESE OR THE WHITES HELPED TO BUILD THEM,WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEM.SO WHAT DO WE WANT?IT'S A BIG SHAME AND SCAR ON THE NATION GHANA.
nii 8 years ago

it's just as simply. we spent most of our time stealing. we can't think far. we can't love our country.

it's just as simply. we spent most of our time stealing. we can't think far. we can't love our country.
FREDDIE 8 years ago

The reason is we like nice things, but we do not like to maintain them. The reason is our managers are all dummies who misuse public funds.

The reason is we like nice things, but we do not like to maintain them. The reason is our managers are all dummies who misuse public funds.
nimdee2k 8 years ago

Oh Ghana!!!!

Oh Ghana!!!!
inercycl 8 years ago

Yet Nyantakyi managed to loan 600,000usd from his pocket to his friend who defaulted and had the police arrest him! Where did he get the money from? This happened shortly after 3 million dollars was airlifted to Brazil.Where ...
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Yet Nyantakyi managed to loan 600,000usd from his pocket to his friend who defaulted and had the police arrest him! Where did he get the money from? This happened shortly after 3 million dollars was airlifted to Brazil.Where did all the money go though!
Ato 8 years ago

A directionless president with scumbags and vandals to boot wakes up one morning and felt a sport stadium will be one heck of a gift to assuage the hunger of my home town, Oguaa. What a fool he was and will ever be. Amidst th ...
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A directionless president with scumbags and vandals to boot wakes up one morning and felt a sport stadium will be one heck of a gift to assuage the hunger of my home town, Oguaa. What a fool he was and will ever be. Amidst the multitudinous socio-economic problems of Oguaa, Mahama chose a stadium as if Dwarfs and Vipers FC were still the football stalwarts they were in those days. When you have a leader that was so pathetically incompetent as Mahama, such doses of misplaced priorities take hegemony over sane endeavors. NDC ought to disband itself, I bet.
OBREMPON USA 8 years ago

Ghana under President Mahama and his NDC
PARTY brought every good thing Ghana possessed into disruption. Look at the CAPE COAST STADIUM
for example, there are about 20 Ghanaian
students in CHINA who have no ...
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Ghana under President Mahama and his NDC
PARTY brought every good thing Ghana possessed into disruption. Look at the CAPE COAST STADIUM
for example, there are about 20 Ghanaian
students in CHINA who have not received their
grants or whatever and are stranded over there.
President Akufo Addo has ushered in era
that has never happened in the history of our
NATION. NDC VAGABONDS do not acknowledge.
this simple fact.
joe 8 years ago

Report the story as it is..what do you mean by *rot*? I'm in cape coast currently so please dont paint a bad picture.

Report the story as it is..what do you mean by *rot*? I'm in cape coast currently so please dont paint a bad picture.

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