Wake Up, Ghana Police Service!

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KOLA ,LONDON PROPER 11 years ago

KOLA
The fool is telling you to do your home work to find the 'difference b/n Devaluation and Depreciation of money as you BOMDED AND CHOKED on the two...hahahahaha

KOLA
The fool is telling you to do your home work to find the 'difference b/n Devaluation and Depreciation of money as you BOMDED AND CHOKED on the two...hahahahaha
APONKYI SARPONG 11 years ago

Author: KOLA ,LONDON PROPER
Date: 2013-07-13 17:03:33
Comment to: ILLITERATE CHILDRENS IS A GROUP OF CHILD

The fool is telling you to do your home work to find the 'difference b/n Devaluation and Depreciation of money ...
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Author: KOLA ,LONDON PROPER
Date: 2013-07-13 17:03:33
Comment to: ILLITERATE CHILDRENS IS A GROUP OF CHILD

The fool is telling you to do your home work to find the 'difference b/n Devaluation and Depreciation of money as you 'BOMDED' AND CHOKED' on the two...hahahahaha
KOO 11 years ago

Hahahahahahahaha, bomded, I can't stop laughing.

Hahahahahahahaha, bomded, I can't stop laughing.
OSBON 11 years ago

Thanks for this Article, The Ghana Government has no vision. This is not a matter for the Police, It is for The government to stand up and take a bold decision. Kumasi the same issue.
God bless all Ghanaians.

Thanks for this Article, The Ghana Government has no vision. This is not a matter for the Police, It is for The government to stand up and take a bold decision. Kumasi the same issue.
God bless all Ghanaians.
It will happen 11 years ago

The name Tsikata is a dreaded name in Ghana. It's powerful, and what ever you suggest or decide must be accepted. I agree with you sir. These kalabule and do nothing security forces should be moved to Somanya, far away from A ...
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The name Tsikata is a dreaded name in Ghana. It's powerful, and what ever you suggest or decide must be accepted. I agree with you sir. These kalabule and do nothing security forces should be moved to Somanya, far away from Accra.
Symbiosis 11 years ago

First of all I definitely do not agree that the name Tsikata is powerful. Dreaded, in the true sense of the word, yes! That name, for obvious reasons and mired in the PNDC era and beyond, has assumed connotations of criminali ...
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First of all I definitely do not agree that the name Tsikata is powerful. Dreaded, in the true sense of the word, yes! That name, for obvious reasons and mired in the PNDC era and beyond, has assumed connotations of criminality, deceit and deviousness.

The stance taken by the writer of the above artcle, does not therefore surprise me anymore than the news that Ataa Ayi has turned to Christ in prison.

What really got my goose more than anything else is when I saw the disparity between the names of the writer and the columnist. The Columnists name is stated as Tsikata, Prosper Yao at the top of the article and at the bottom, Peter Atsu Tsikata. Who is what and why the discrepancy? The deceit and the deviousness goes on.

On the substance of the writers article, I ponder on his hackneyed and not necessarily applicable nor beneficial western planning methods. Generally, all cities, like all persons in the world have their own peculiar traits and characteristics. Perhaps it is only Africans, who have completely lost their native identity, who always depend on how others do their things before we wake up from our slumber to copy-cat - even then, very frequently in discord with our environment, sensitivities and benefit.

I rather think that those who need to wake up in this country are definitely not the Police Service or the military, in order of precedence, but those in the building industry like our friend with the dreaded name, Tsikata.

It seems to me that on the expedience of mammon and greed, those in the building industry have collectively ganged up with the corrupt spineless politicians of the day to continue the further mutilation of our once handsome, leafy and elegant city in return for small change.

Accra, as a result of all this free-for-all, has become chaotic dysfunctional and comatose. Further doses of improper developments like the kind mentioned above by the writer must be resisted at all costs. What Accra needs now is a breath of life and nature. Accra must above all else become habitable and hospitable. Anybody who has any fanciful ideas to play around with can go and do so in the endless stretches of pristine land outside the horizons of Accra.

Tsikata and his lot have partly succeeded in reducing the once humane stature of Accra into the execrable mess of a concrete jungle such as London or New York. Now we say no more!
Gabaa 11 years ago

Atsu, you have not given any alternatives since we still need the police in the areas to perform their duties. They can be relocated but will be very expensive, need crusiers to drive around, housing allowances, too late to t ...
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Atsu, you have not given any alternatives since we still need the police in the areas to perform their duties. They can be relocated but will be very expensive, need crusiers to drive around, housing allowances, too late to think//////
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

I disagree with your private property grabbing approach to putting those prime land to best use.

The Police definitely needed to be near the population in order to respond quickly to calls. Relocating them to the outskirts ...
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I disagree with your private property grabbing approach to putting those prime land to best use.

The Police definitely needed to be near the population in order to respond quickly to calls. Relocating them to the outskirts of Accra is therefore a no! no! It is the military that must be relocated from the Teshie and Airport area to allow for expansion of the road from Tema, with a major road along the coast where the shooting range is and the expansion of the present airport. The gridlock on the Teshie road is criminal! The shooting range there is outdated and incongruous!

Yes, the colonial Police barracks needed to be rebuilt into tall blocks to house more service personnel and their families. There is enough land in such barracks to house several times more than those currently housed. I believe govt, with correct lateral thinking, can undertake such projects from mobilising internal resources without recourse to any newfangled Korean or Chinese investment gambits!

I had written an article myself suggesting how the in-filling policy should be undertaken from an Nkrumaist perspective. I shall re-post it.

Andy-K
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

THE IN-FILLING POLICY FROM AN NKRUMAIST PERSPECTIVE

In this short piece, written before the recent announcement of the “moratorium” by government on the sale of public lands, I’ve suggested some alternative land use ...
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THE IN-FILLING POLICY FROM AN NKRUMAIST PERSPECTIVE

In this short piece, written before the recent announcement of the “moratorium” by government on the sale of public lands, I’ve suggested some alternative land use policy for all those prime lands in Ghana’s cities being sold to private individuals. The objective is to meet public, rather than private interest, the reason why they were acquired in the first place. My perspective is grounded in the Nkrumaist world outlook which sees the state as the main actor in bringing rapid change and development about, especially in a country of developing people that Ghana is; instead of the fictional mantra proclaiming the private sector as the engine of growth which both the NDC and NPP subscribe to.

We have all had our fill of the looting of prime, state acquired land in Accra and Kumasi by politicians, public officials and cronies of the powerful in government since JJ Rawlings NDC regime decided on the infamous in-filling policy of selling of such prime lands to private individuals. This was right in keeping with the extreme right-wing socio-economic policies that the PNDC and then the NDC under Rawlings had foisted on Ghanaians from 1983. That was when they ditched their pseudo-socialist posture and ran to The Terrible Twins for relief and survival.

Some of us had had the opportunity to raise our weak voices in cyberspace against the Achimota School’s policy of selling off some of the school land to connected private individuals ostensibly to use the proceeds to make improvements in the school. When this policy was carried to insane levels by the property grabbing NPP regime of Kufuor when they attempted to sell off part of the Achimota Forest Reserve, the only large tract of greenery left in Accra, we screamed ourselves hoarse in cyberspace and it certainly reached Ghana! The so-called Ghanaian elite’s crass crudity in civilised ways and trends beggars belief. These are the very people, many of whom studied abroad and junket around the globe and should have observed the vast public parks in city centres in the civilised world and replicate such aesthetically pleasant objects at home. Unfortunately, their sojourn overseas obviously did not leave any traces of civilization on them in such respects, except the urge to acquire and consume the opulence and glitz that they observe abroad. They are almost all yesterday men and women born during the colonial era who Ghanaians who want a better tomorrow must reject now in order to pave a brighter tomorrow for all; not only these men and women and their equally greedy off-springs!

As we have been told many times over the years and know from the woes of people seeking accommodation in Ghana’s growing urban areas, there is acute shortage of housing in Ghana. I don’t therefore need to bore anyone with the woes and tribulations of accommodation seekers and tenants, and the many who squat on relatives and friends, or sleep rough in shops. I will go straight to my suggestions which I hope the labour unions which, if they still have some teeth and spark of fire in them, shall adopt and campaign for.

First of all, all sales of such lands must be halted immediately. Those already not developed must be retrieved with immediate effect. I welcome the NDC’s government action of placing a moratorium on public land sales but that is only the first step in the right direction: there must be a total ban on such sales!

Secondly, government sponsored housing associations should be set up in conjunction with private developers, with shares opened to the public, to be entrusted with the development of these lands for accommodation and other social-economic facilities for public sector workers, with some percentage reserved for private sector employees working in businesses located at the city centres. This will reduce commuting time and the congestion on the roads by a couple of thousand workers. Allocations for and management of business centres shall form an essential aspect of this effort in order to redress the high cost of business unit rentals in the cities.

Thirdly, tall blocks of flats which maximise land use must be put up so that as many families and individuals can be housed. The emphasis must be on providing accommodation for junior and middle level workers; not the top leadership at all. In that regard, the first level of housing must be like the one room Annexes built on the university campuses or at Accra Polytechnic with modifications to include in-built bathroom cum toilet and kitchenette. These shall be for workers who are single, especially ex-students just getting their first jobs after graduating.

The next level shall have an added sitting room and designed for young couples, preferably without kids. For those starting a family or with kids growing up, an additional room in a two-room flat should be made available. Three-bedroom flats? Build them somewhere else!
Or, convince me!

Accommodation shall be given out on strictly rental basis only and MUST not be sold to occupiers whatsoever. When tenants retire, are transferred or acquired their own accommodation, the flats revert to the Housing Association or the agency allocated the flats, for renting to workers on the waiting list. Yes, waiting list! We have them here in London too and they can be very long!

I could provide an extended argumentation in support of these policy alternatives but suffice it to say that Ghana is still a country of very poor people in which over 50% of the population are either illiterate or functionally illiterate (doesn’t necessarily made them poor); do not have access to basic amenities such as decent housing, water, regular electricity supply and modern water flushed toilets. The less privileged suffer most from lack of these things, and many of these underprivileged are found in our urban areas on an increasing basis.

The suggested accommodation, which are designed to be truly people’s housing policy for the masses (far better than what is available to some residents of say Hong Kong), and not for the elite - which all of Ghana’s housing policies have been since independence - shall begin to address the housing needs of the underdogs in Ghana, many of whom are even university graduates. I know some people will even be happy to get dormitories to sleep in at night at the moment but we are here addressing the use of prime lands, so we shall build the dormitories for the utterly homeless by all means but somewhere else!

Similar housing alternative policy MUST be incorporated into all land development areas located in the city outskirts in order to cater for the generality of the population, most of whom are self-employed, or can never afford to build their own houses. After all, even in the very rich Western countries, just over 50-60 % of adults own their own houses, usually on a mortgage basis. Provision of rental units must therefore be the cornerstone of a pro-Nkrumaist housing policy.

Andy C.Y. Kwawukume
cyandyk@ymail.com
London, June 2012
Okoe 11 years ago

What is lacking is an effective and progressive Land Use Plan for Accra and its surroundings.
Do we have Plumbing and effective Fire Codes in our towns and cities? Or for that matter general Industrial Codes for the Nation?

What is lacking is an effective and progressive Land Use Plan for Accra and its surroundings.
Do we have Plumbing and effective Fire Codes in our towns and cities? Or for that matter general Industrial Codes for the Nation?

DAN 11 years ago

only military live in barracks and even they after few years,if have wife and children move to apartments off base..Police should be living in their own homes and driving police cars parked at police hq or district offices..

only military live in barracks and even they after few years,if have wife and children move to apartments off base..Police should be living in their own homes and driving police cars parked at police hq or district offices..
Michael 11 years ago

DO YOU KNOW THE COST OF RELOCATING ALL THOSE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES?

DO YOU KNOW THE COST OF RELOCATING ALL THOSE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES?
Bcb 11 years ago

hmmmm asem.

hmmmm asem.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 11 years ago

WHY NOT RELOCATE YOUR BROKERAGE BUSINESS TO HO? THERE IS PLENTY OF LAND IN VOLTA REGION. WHY WASTE YOU TIME TO WRITE SUCH NONSENSE FOR THIS WEBSITE AND TO WASTE OUR TIME TOO. BUT I DIDN'T READ YOUR ARTICLE FULLY, BUT THE OPEN ...
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WHY NOT RELOCATE YOUR BROKERAGE BUSINESS TO HO? THERE IS PLENTY OF LAND IN VOLTA REGION. WHY WASTE YOU TIME TO WRITE SUCH NONSENSE FOR THIS WEBSITE AND TO WASTE OUR TIME TOO. BUT I DIDN'T READ YOUR ARTICLE FULLY, BUT THE OPENING PARAs WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT IT WAS A WASTE OF MY TIME.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 11 years ago

YES THERE IS PLENTY LAND IN HO.

YES THERE IS PLENTY LAND IN HO.
DAN 11 years ago

No police man in usa,uk or europe lives in Baracks..only military!

No police man in usa,uk or europe lives in Baracks..only military!
Pwallace 11 years ago

I did not get your point in this selfish and greedy article. However, you occupation betrayed your drift. If it is development of areas that are occupied that you have a problem with, Mr. Tsikata there are PLEENNTTY of land ...
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I did not get your point in this selfish and greedy article. However, you occupation betrayed your drift. If it is development of areas that are occupied that you have a problem with, Mr. Tsikata there are PLEENNTTY of land in other cities like Ho , Kumasi, Ta'di Tamale Wa etc that are CRYING for investors like you to develop without relocating or inconveniencing any of the security forces or ordinary Ghanaian citizen-and cheaper too. Please checkout those and stop writing such useless and greed inspired nonsense.
' and Jesus wept ' 11 years ago

That is true. But Tsatsu is talking about LOCATION,LOCATION,LOCATION in the Real Estate jargon. Tsatsu wants to site his properties where he can maximize his profits with the least effort.

That is true. But Tsatsu is talking about LOCATION,LOCATION,LOCATION in the Real Estate jargon. Tsatsu wants to site his properties where he can maximize his profits with the least effort.
Appiah 11 years ago

are u normal human being.how can sensible man write this article.it seems u dont know what your talking about.fool

are u normal human being.how can sensible man write this article.it seems u dont know what your talking about.fool
Dickson 11 years ago

Prosper, are you sure you are a patriotic Ghanaian! Your piece is full of ....... How can you suggest that the police and the army should give up their lands for business. If what you've enumerated is anything to go by, whom ...
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Prosper, are you sure you are a patriotic Ghanaian! Your piece is full of ....... How can you suggest that the police and the army should give up their lands for business. If what you've enumerated is anything to go by, whom are do you expect to provide security for the businesses and the developments you seem to be suggesting. How can society thrive without effective security. The countries that you cited in your write-up will never compromise on security for anything in this world. Those countries have developed that way because of good security management systems. You are suggesting we relocate our security services to the outside of the city center in order to give way for business and when there is crime we will waste the tax payer's money to transport them back to the city center. I don't think you fully understand what security is. In my opinion, you are the most selfish person I have ever come across. You think money is everything. I believe you are hiding your true identity by adopting a Ghanaian name "Tsikata". I think you are a bad influence in our society. God save mother Ghana from people like you.

Adama d'Gharty, 11 years ago

Mr Tsikata should consider taking a few lessons from real estate development, brokerage and property management as practised in most European countries, where more open spaces are allowed for the creation of public gardens. L ...
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Mr Tsikata should consider taking a few lessons from real estate development, brokerage and property management as practised in most European countries, where more open spaces are allowed for the creation of public gardens. Lands acquired and now being used by Security Services should not never be sold to the greedy so-called real estate developers - whose main interest is to acquire and use every available land and space to build cheap "concrete jungles" especially around the suffering city of Accra. Why don't these real estate developers create more living gardens amongst the rubbish they build on prime property lands in cities like Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, etc, for the benefit of the general public?
' and Jesus wept ' 11 years ago

Real Estate developers are like lawyers. As lawyers will defend their clients without prejudice for the right amount of money, so are most Real Estate developers. They are not NGOs or benevolent soceities. Security takes a ba ...
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Real Estate developers are like lawyers. As lawyers will defend their clients without prejudice for the right amount of money, so are most Real Estate developers. They are not NGOs or benevolent soceities. Security takes a back seat as money is the driving force in this business.
kotoua selira 11 years ago

Have you ever thought of the people that stop buses between roads,raped and collect money from passengers? Have you thought about the arm robbery in Ghana today most of them foreigners from near by countries.The police force ...
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Have you ever thought of the people that stop buses between roads,raped and collect money from passengers? Have you thought about the arm robbery in Ghana today most of them foreigners from near by countries.The police force are the only that can prevent these crimes and make Ghana a peaceful country to live.You should live in Ghana for a month and you will reconsider this article
Kwabena 11 years ago

I guess the police will release the land if the real estate developer turned opinion writer pays the right price for the land he greedily coverts.

I guess the police will release the land if the real estate developer turned opinion writer pays the right price for the land he greedily coverts.
ELINAM 11 years ago

The police needs to be amongst those they police.
For criminal reasons, the british colonial criminals built these barracks to keep the African police under their thump as a tool on demand to use as intimidator against anti- ...
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The police needs to be amongst those they police.
For criminal reasons, the british colonial criminals built these barracks to keep the African police under their thump as a tool on demand to use as intimidator against anti-colonial agitations.
And in todays Ghana, why put a wall between us and our own police?
All police personnels should rent or build own homes and live amongst the people.
The idea of posting police to any place for national cohesion should be abolished.
A good police with a good education on what to do right, would be a good cop whether he's a native to the area or not.
Those who brought policing to us do it well back in their European countries. They live in their communities, go to work like everyone else in the morning in civilian cloths and change into their police uniforms at the station locker rooms.
Why the African loves holding on to vestige of colonialism so much, and so scared of change and innovation, why?
DAN 11 years ago

only person here with brains or visited usa or europe!

only person here with brains or visited usa or europe!
the truth 11 years ago

this discussion has nothing to do with what this author would like us to believe - an archaic security infrastructure. it is apparent he is gloating over the opportunity to make some money from those property sales - a paroch ...
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this discussion has nothing to do with what this author would like us to believe - an archaic security infrastructure. it is apparent he is gloating over the opportunity to make some money from those property sales - a parochial interest. come off of it, atsu!!
Hmm 11 years ago

Why should the development of Accra be concentrated at specific spots? There are various areas to develop, Mr. real estate developer

Why should the development of Accra be concentrated at specific spots? There are various areas to develop, Mr. real estate developer
DAN 11 years ago

As long as money from sale of land goes into the treasury and Not mahatma's pocket thats better for the country..police in america own or rent their own homes..If thats problem in ghana then gov. owned banks (bank of ghana & ...
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As long as money from sale of land goes into the treasury and Not mahatma's pocket thats better for the country..police in america own or rent their own homes..If thats problem in ghana then gov. owned banks (bank of ghana & GCB) should be giving policemen and doctors and nurses low interest loans 3-4%
ghamail 11 years ago

get your mails at ghamail.com

get your mails at ghamail.com

oscar 11 years ago

We understand, NDC wants to sell these lands and you are the Forerunner to convince people that it is a good idea. Well Done

We understand, NDC wants to sell these lands and you are the Forerunner to convince people that it is a good idea. Well Done

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