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'Formalin koobi': Arrest perpetrators – Doctor

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  • Law of Kama 7 years ago

    for the love of money we kill ourselves aden kraaaa

  • Phasmida 7 years ago

    Sometimes it's plain simple ignorance. Free SHS will help immensely

  • MATHS 7 years ago

    By the time free SHS takes place you will have been done in. and mind you free SHS will have its own woes.

  • ******** 7 years ago

    Yep! Education is the key. Therefore if it is beyond the masses due to their inability to afford it then we are doomed as a nation.

  • $aint Ghfuo: Black Excellence !!! 7 years ago

    Folarin koobi must simply be banned and made illegal to sell. Marketplace indulging in the sale of.Folarin koobi must given a substitute preserving ingredient by the food and drug board. Task food and drug board taskforce/pol ...
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  • Nii Akwei 7 years ago

    Better than what Prof Frimpong-Boateng said. Telling people to "Stop" is not going to help matters. We need action oriented people in Ghana to lead.

  • Yaa 7 years ago

    Very true I ate koobi sometime ago I felt ill.and was rush to the hospital. The second time l took it l pulled out everything. So I was wondering. Before the news ,it is very true the wicked once are to be penalized

  • Papa Dey 7 years ago

    How did they get them?Are they sold in public?Do our food inspectors inspect the products before they come out for consumption?

  • MATHS 7 years ago

    the last time I bought formalin, when my nephew died in Russia and was brought home, I could easily purchase the chemical even though everything was then in short supply in Ghana. so what Government or whoever is in charge ca ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 7 years ago

    I think one of the leading cause of premature deaths in Ghana is food poisoning. The ministry of health and the NCCE should as a matter of urgency set up a commission to sturdy and analyze a new way of improving the civic edu ...
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  • $aint Ghfuo: Black Excellence !!! 7 years ago

    Ordinary citizens shouldn't be able to buy formalities. It should only be available to.doctors in hospital and in the mortuary

  • P. OTU 7 years ago

    How would these traders get that chemical called formalin? Hmmm, is it that easy to get on the market? Have my doubts anyway

  • vice 7 years ago

    Very easy to get. I was told by a mortician that people even use it to make the liquid soaps we see on market

  • Abeiku 7 years ago

    Really?Eeii ene3 Awurade begye steer no,na asem be ba da bi.

  • ezeco sam 7 years ago

    The government need to be more vigilant on how these chemical get to the market, they should try as Much as possible to educate the publics. Their major duty is to protect lives and properties.

  • AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

    This is what happens when people want to stick to barbaric cultures and traditions at all cost. How did Koobi come about. Our elders of old wanted to preserve these commodities for a long time, that is why they resorted to th ...
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  • Consgo 7 years ago

    Hmm l can now see wisdom talking

  • ******** 7 years ago

    Thevpurpose is to conserve the fish. It is therefore npt out of order to eat something that has been preserved legally. It becomes a problem only when people resort to criminal methods to maximise their profit. I do not ther ...
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  • AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

    We are talking about Koobi here but since you have brought the fufu issue I will dwell on it a bit.
    FUFU
    Look about 90% of the digestion of starch/carbohydrates takes place in the mouth. That is where specialised body parts ...
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  • Kwaku Tafari 7 years ago

    FDB should run after those perpetrators and get them arrested. Throw them into jail for life so the others can be deterred from continuing this evilous act. Hw on earth can black ppl be this wicked? Why, oooh God have some of ...
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  • $aint Ghfuo: Black Excellence !!! 7 years ago

    U have done worse shut up and eat ur embalming fluid koobi and be happy...muahahahahaaaaaaa

  • Adukai Quaye 7 years ago

    Telling traders not to use it won't help matters. The substance should be locked up, entrusted to appropriate officer and should be well documented as when issuing out, for what purpose, signature of the issuing officer and ...
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