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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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.
That said, a Ghanaian has the right to live anywhere in Ghana but his/her presence in that area should be a burden on those who live or have lived there for years.
The demolishing of Old Fadama is good in the sense that the area is rife with all the vice going on in Accra which is not good. I remember Kufuour was trying to relocate them but then the opposition party (NDC) used it as a campaign message to demonize NPP so, who is to be blamed?
Those who have been displaced should go back to their towns and villages because that is where they came from and I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 rightly said, without skills and professions, all forms of deviant behaviors in Accra and her environs became headquartered there. It was not easy to be at certain parts of the area when darkness begin to fall. Relocating them became a brave political decision that was difficult to take. Because of the crime that went on there, no part of Accra want them settled near them. That is why the government was left with no alternative but to ask them to go to their hometowns. It would have been appropriate to acquire a land(if possible outside Accra) and asked them to build according to a certain plan and settle them there.
For the young ones, let me tell you that a similar thing happened at Koforidua during the time of Kutu Acheampong. The Old Zongo community had become an eyesore where all kinds of social vices took place there. It was really a very dirty place in the center of the regional capital.
Minyila who is a Northner and the regional minister acquired a land for them, gave them a building plan and lay of the new Zongo. He then gave each family money to build according to the plan with streets. They took the money, bought trotro, made AYEFRO everywhere. When the time for them to move came close, he warned them. they did not heed. One fine early morning, he led a demolition team and the area was razed to the ground except the central mosque. Many became homeless but Minyila did not budge. He warned them again that if they do not build the area according to plan, he would raze the buildings down without any compensation. Now, the people complied and Koforidua can boast of the best and well planned Zongo in West Africa. Minyila is still remembered and respected for that bold decision. Let the people of Sodom and Gommorah cry against the demolition now. Ghanaians, the people of Accra and its environs and some of the affected people will thank Oko Van and Mahama for the demolition of the area.
CORNEY 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 will add JJ to it,without that your comments will no be complete.
All of us in Ghana that time who know the history are very much aware that JJ never,not even verbally let alone officially relocated anybody to Old Fadama.These people were displayed by the war in the north forcing them to move to Accra and since there was a large number of their people already living there,they identified with them and settled with them and those who didn't move that time continue to follow them even after everything was over and they continue to multiply.
President Rawlings or his government never relocated anybody to Accra.
This article in the first place is stupid coming from one of the idiots who should know better.
In the first place the people living there are not 60,000, not even close but this clueless guy with this lies of driving to Old Fadama to deliver a cell phone wants to fool people that we had that number of people living there to score cheap political points.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 that slum.
Papa Jerry had good intention of making sure that they left that war ravaged region. You very much know how barbaric the war was. Yes, I know the war was barbaric because I was caught up in it.
The government had a hand in it other than that they could not have built that Ghetto without being stopped. The area was wired mostly illegally and had water. This could not have easily gone on at the time Papa J.
Besides, the people of the North have a closer relations with Ashantis than the people of Accra. Sodom and Gomorrah would definitely have been at Kumasi, Ejura or Mampong or Ejusu but not Accra. Why did Papa J of all people allowed S&G to develop and did not pull the place down when they started to establish it. You remember he pulled a couple of buildings at other places down because they were put at wrong places in Accra. Anyway, he did not ask them to practice those deviant lifestyles that made the place and the people that lived there unpopular in Accra.
I am still among those that are happy the place was pulled down and not resettled as a group anywhere in Accra. When they are separated and do not live as a group, the criminal and illegal activities that many of them were involved in will greatly reduce. I am full of praise for Oko and Mahama for that bold action which previous administrations shied away from.
Ringo Star 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 condemned to live in a slum all their life. If the inhabitant of this slum can't improve things around them, then l am afraid the government should step in and the starting point is the demolition. It is time to have a capital that befits the nation.
Kola, London Proper 8 years ago
......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 ... read full comment
......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 typical Asante have no logical reasoning of mind.
You started well but your logic tells a lot about your Political stand. You wrote this article to glorify a THIEF. A former president who is known to have engaged himself in the highest form of Skulduggery deserves no glorification.
Just turn your eye on the TETEQUASHI exchange where this thief dolled out most part of the land to foreign Italians and his daughter where his daughter put up some KIOSK called a shopping center which results have created unprecedented mishaps and unnecessary traffic to the area and leading to the Motor way. You would have been a smart guy if you took time to look into the cries of sufferers from such maladroit decision of armed robbery by Kufuor.
Now ask yourself if Somdom Gomorrah is Alajo? Some Logic.
Ashantis are better than Ewes 8 years ago
Stupid Kola, If your bosses ASHANTIS are illogical, then your ewe folks are idiotic.
Stupid Kola, If your bosses ASHANTIS are illogical, then your ewe folks are idiotic.
IMORU HASSAN 8 years ago
oKO vANDERPUYE, YOU ARE SO WICKED. wHY DO YOU HATE THE NORTHERNERS LIKE THAT? wE WILL RISE AGAINST YOU.
oKO vANDERPUYE, YOU ARE SO WICKED. wHY DO YOU HATE THE NORTHERNERS LIKE THAT? wE WILL RISE AGAINST YOU.
JD 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 social problems head on. There are no social housing in Ghana. So having demolished people's homes, they'll still move to other areas to create more slums. How about demolish and relocate people to show that the government cares about its poor. For once,let's care about the sufferings of the poor in society.
Nana Agyemang 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 given good overview.
back door director 8 years ago
It is now a right to live in filth.
Why not host the people of Sodom and Gomorrah in some of your mansions in east legon.
It is now a right to live in filth.
Why not host the people of Sodom and Gomorrah in some of your mansions in east legon.
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Real African 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 and inhumane. Until tribalism is dead Africans will not move forward
STONER KOBYLYNTON 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 structures - that means they are trespassers and it's against land act. Secondary, majority of these dwellers are not Ghanaians but with our weak and corrupt immigration system, they were able to come through our borders without any check.(Ecowas Nonsense).
You made mention about Liberians and others who were settled in Ghana during their refugee period through United Nations. That is true, but they were not settled in Accra but somewhere in Central Region with the help of United Nations. Government of Ghana could not have coped with such situation without the assistance of United Nations.
The dwellers in Sodom/Gomorrah are not refugees. They made their journey to seek greener pastures as some Ghanaians and other nationals travelled overseas do. You have to know who will accommodate you before such journey is made. Beside that and in most countries, governments do not accommodate its citizens when they are moving around in their own country. There is neither discrimination nor tribalism in this exercise. They have to blame themselves for trespassing for such fate to befall on them and not to blame the Government. There is no wrong doing on the government's action. E&OE.
Mensah 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 called liberals or pseudo-liberals who will condone any evil and criminality in the name human rights? Think before you write such a nonsense article in future, ok
Nana Agyemang 8 years ago
Sure good point
Sure good point
BlackC 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 been in place for years and again nothing was done.
While I agree that things should have been done better the reality is that for all of this talk of moving them the only way this was going to be accomplished is when a devastating event like the Flood/Fire set in motion action and while also giving them a "beyond their control" type reason to justify this action.
No one is making an argument that it will solve the flood situation but it is a large step in making it so.
Atta Abbey 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 have them outside your house?
Stephen-Pipes Afrifa 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 and Gommorah is a step to prevent flood, however, but, there should have been an alternative way to accommodate them for the mean time. I hope the place cleared wouldn't be earmarked for some selfish ambitions of these greedy politicians Ghana have.
Bolo,Finland 8 years ago
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".
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".
Richmond Afrifa 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 corrupt and greedy they are.Why should a citizen becomes a stranger on his own land.
Sodom and Gommorah is not the causes of Accra floods.When you go to Ivory Coast,the government has constructed a big gutter throughout the country which prevent all kind of flood in their country (BOBO).What do the leaders of the country do with our money? They are only misusing it. The only thing that can help us are change of mind and character
Greedy and mustered politicians.
BlackC 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 supposed to be green spaces around those Korle lagoon areas. These areas are to flood first when the rains come instead of paying millions to install flood pumps and other infrastructure. Countries around the world do this.
Nyamesa 8 years ago
Those whose shops were destroyed must be compensated or else armed robbery will emanate from their hardships.
Those whose shops were destroyed must be compensated or else armed robbery will emanate from their hardships.
Alhaji 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 squatters took to settle is theirs?
It is not government responsibility to house squatters living in unhygienic environments full of criminals. They resident gave choked the biggest water way into the sea in Accra so no wonder they demolished the place.
I feel like the government should go after more squatters in Accra though. They will fare better elsewhere but living like dogs in Accra is not good
Jato Kaleo 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 unfortunate case. But Stephen wants to score political points with his article: NDC bad, NPP good! That is too simplistic. Mahama is hopeless, Akufo-Addo will fix things! Another childish hope...
FELICIA 8 years ago
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
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
Kevin Leslie 8 years ago
Your a really a man with wisdom, I like that keep it up ?
Your a really a man with wisdom, I like that keep it up ?
Edem Teyi Nicholas 8 years ago
very very sorry to them all
very very sorry to them all
Oti Akenteng 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 the world.
EDUARDO DOMINGO 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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! WELL IS ANY ONE THINKING HERE? HOW AND WHERE DO YOU WANT THE PEOPLE TO DUMP THE WASTE IN THEIR BED ROOMS? IMMAGINE IF THERE ARE WASTE DISPOSAL BUNKERS ALL OVER THE PLACE EVERY ONE CAN BE EMPOWERED TO CAUSE THE ARREST OF THOSE WHO LITTER THE FLOORS. BUT I WONDER WHEN PEOPLE IN GOVT. ACCUSE THE POPULACE OF FILLING THE GUTTERS WITH WASTE , WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THE WASTE TO GO? PLEASE THINK NOW ! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BLAME THE PEOPLE AS YOU ALWAYS DO!! PLEASE THINK NOW PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY, AS YOU ARE ONLY SHOWING US THAT YOU ARE FRAUDULENT AND LIARS!!
SHERRY COCO 8 years ago
It is sad to destroy a place where people live. No one is safe.
It is sad to destroy a place where people live. No one is safe.
JATO KAWSHIVI RAWLINGS 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH; THE ARMED ROBBERY AND OTHER VICES ARE THE RESULT OF A FAILED REGIME OF RAWLINGS AND HIS NDC PARTY, WHICH HAS RULED GHANA FOR 26 YEARS, THE LONGEST BY ANY ONE SINGLE PARTY.
Abena Serwaa 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 couple of questions...did you find out what happened to Imoru and Sodom and Gomorrah sounds no different to any other slum. You would find all sorts of people everwhere.
SAY IT AS IT IS 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 they do it everywhere in Ghana , and he thinks it is ok , then we have a problem as a nation because even someone like Atta who should know better does not know nothing.
Nobody says the demolishment of the place is the best at this time but if we wait till the whole area becomes a city with a million people how do we get them from the place to develop the place.
To me anybody who is trying to make a case about this demolished old fadam is just lost it.
At our devlopment as at now we must not allow such things to go on when we know it does not bring anything good out of it but ills.
I think Atta, must start to think to know that those who died during the 3june flood died because of the foolishness of those who should taken the step to correct the stution long time but were playing politcs with lives.
Talking of Kufour abd the Alago gutter is one of the foolishness of those who are put in a place to stand firm and act but playing politcs wuth what must be done right.
If Atta, think that was something good then he isa big fool, because that is we having this problem year in and year out.
That my reason of asking if Atta Owusu thinks really.
Nana Agyemang 8 years ago
nice question but no insult please.. why insults.You made a very intelligent..I would like to hear from you
nice question but no insult please.. why insults.You made a very intelligent..I would like to hear from you
Charles 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 administrators did their best to destroy the area as it happened in Sodom and Gomorrah. Thank you.
SADIK ALHASSAN 8 years ago
Where are our engineers and city planners? Shall we continue to experience flood and demolition? For how long?
Where are our engineers and city planners? Shall we continue to experience flood and demolition? For how long?
ALEX QUAYSON 8 years ago
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY SUCH A BEAUTIFUL NAME LIKE OLD FADAMA WAS CHANGED TO GOD FORBIDDEN SODOM AND GOMORRAH?
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY SUCH A BEAUTIFUL NAME LIKE OLD FADAMA WAS CHANGED TO GOD FORBIDDEN SODOM AND GOMORRAH?
YAFFA YAFFA 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 HAPPEN.
EQ. 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 Holland ,they have canals but most of the land is under sea level.There are too many buildings and without good planning then nature will claim what belongs to it.After the tropical rains if the water cannot sink down then it will spread and cause this problem.Big canals and green areas must be created so that excess water can flow into the sea.
Landlord 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 human and we should learn as a people if we want to grow and stop been dishonest.
I as a northerner, is in support of such demolition and will not be naive as the columnist want as to be. People should see as people who deserves better than this and understands that we are not toys to be playing with. In the first place, we are not the only residents there, people from all walk of life are there so why this nativeness and dishonesty ?
The eye-Germany 8 years ago
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 ... read full comment
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 done Akoks, from Senior Akoks,Hamburg.
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.
Why not host the people of Sodom and Gomorrah in some of your mansions in east legon.
Discover this great way to invest $18 and earn over $800 in just months .
Www.myimpactcyril.blogspot.com
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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