Both Parliament and Flagstaff House are to Blame

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• kwaku anase 9 years ago

  Why would anybody outside the "human-being" H.E. JDM be blamed for anything that happens in Ghana?
  
  The president is being made the sole architect of every thing in Ghana.
  The construction of village boleholes, latrines, s ...
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  Why would anybody outside the "human-being" H.E. JDM be blamed for anything that happens in Ghana?
  
  The president is being made the sole architect of every thing in Ghana.
  The construction of village boleholes, latrines, street bulbs storm drains gutters and what have you are the works of the president alone.
  So every deed and misdeed are all but jdm doings. Unless the mindset of the presidency is set and the institutions are made to be independent from the president, HE deserve the accusation and insults rained on him.

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• Peña Nieto, Spain 9 years ago

  Take for instance when the President was seen in football field promising football players how much he was going to pay them for their winning bonuses b4 Brazil debacle instead GFA officials whom do you blame for the debacle, ...
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  Take for instance when the President was seen in football field promising football players how much he was going to pay them for their winning bonuses b4 Brazil debacle instead GFA officials whom do you blame for the debacle, the president of course! I like the latter part of your comment when you call for institutional independence

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• kwaku anase 9 years ago

  Why would anybody outside the "human-being" H.E. JDM be blamed for anything that happens in Ghana?
  
  The president is being made the sole architect of every thing in Ghana.
  The construction of village boleholes, latrines, s ...
  read full comment

  Why would anybody outside the "human-being" H.E. JDM be blamed for anything that happens in Ghana?
  
  The president is being made the sole architect of every thing in Ghana.
  The construction of village boleholes, latrines, street bulbs, storm drains, gutters,airport renovations, Adomi brige, schools across the length and breath of Ghana and what have you are the works of the president alone.
  So every deed and misdeed are all but jdm doings. Unless the mindset of the presidency is set and the institutions are made to be independent from the president, HE deserve the accusation and insults rained on him.

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• NOBODY 9 years ago

  Will Serial Liar Okoampa-Ahoofool state for the record that no floods or natural disasters took place in the eight years that President Kufuor and the NPP were in office? And didn't some Ghanaians perish then? And what did th ...
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  Will Serial Liar Okoampa-Ahoofool state for the record that no floods or natural disasters took place in the eight years that President Kufuor and the NPP were in office? And didn't some Ghanaians perish then? And what did the NPP ever do to ensure that such disasters do not occur again? Or, in the demented and warped mind of Okoampa-Ahoofool, floods and natural disasters are the new to Ghana, and only arrived starting with the NDC/Mahama administration?

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• Pee 9 years ago

  Read the article below and see how stupid you are as a Ph.D holder.
  
  Flooding has proved to be extremely deadly in the United States in the last 17 months. It's been the cause behind more than 200 deaths since January 2015. ...
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  Read the article below and see how stupid you are as a Ph.D holder.
  
  Flooding has proved to be extremely deadly in the United States in the last 17 months. It's been the cause behind more than 200 deaths since January 2015. This includes 15 people that were killed in Texas during the final few days of May and into the start of June.
  
  (MORE: 9 Fort Hood Soldiers Killed in Flooding)
  
  NOAA says that in 2015, 176 people were killed by flooding in 26 states. So far in 2016 there have been at least 35 flood-related deaths in four states, based on various National Weather Service and Associated Press reports. That's a total of 211 fatalities from January 2015 through June 2, 2016.
  
  For comparison, the 30-year average (1986-2015) number of flood deaths for a 17-month period is about 115. There are typically about 81 flood deaths a year, making it, on average, the second most deadly weather-related event behind extreme heat.
  
  In the past 10 years, the number of flood deaths have ranged from a low of 29 in 2012 to as many as 176 last year, illustrating that there can be a great variability year to year.
  
  When it comes to rainfall year-to-year, studies have shown that climate change may increase the risk of heavy rain around the world. According to a recent study, the number of days with extremely heavy precipitation has increased 1 to 2 percent every decade in both typically wet and dry locations.
  
  States That Have Had the Most Flood Deaths
  
  The epicenter for the most flood fatalities in the last year and a half is the central United States. Parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana have seen more than a dozen significant flood events since March 2015.
  
  (MORE: More Than a Dozen Flood Events)
  
  Texas has had the highest number of flood deaths with at least 77 over the last year and a half. This includes 48 in 2015 – and 14 in April 2016 alone (eight in Houston and six in Palestine). An additional six deaths were reported in the final few days of May 2016, according to the Associated Press. This was followed by the deaths of nine Fort Hood soldiers that were killed when their truck was washed away on June 2, 2016.
  
  There have been more flood deaths in Texas in the last 17 months than the combined number of tornado deaths in that state from 1998-April 2016 (55 deaths), or more than 17 years.
  Five other states have flood-related death tolls in the double digits since January 2015, including Missouri (22 deaths), Utah (20 deaths), Oklahoma (18 deaths), Illinois (15 deaths), and Kentucky (10 deaths). Almost all of the fatalities in those states occurred in 2015.
  
  At least three other states have seen flood deaths so far this year through May.
  
  Most recently, one person was killed near Davenport, Oklahoma, after their vehicle was swept away on May 25. Three people were killed in Louisiana and one person died in southeast Oklahoma during an early March flood event. Prior to that, a person was killed by flooding in Arkansas during early January.
  
  What Has Contributed to the Most Flood Deaths?
  
  In 2015, about 64 percent (112 out of 176) of the flood deaths involved vehicles. Many of those likely occurred when a person was trying to cross a flooded road, NOAA said.
  
  Vehicles have also been involved in many of the flood-related fatalities in 2016 through April.
  
  (MORE: Vehicles Are Dangerous in Flooding)
  
  If there is one thing to take away from reading this article is that you should never attempt to drive through floodwaters, period.
  
  It's easy to misjudge the depth of floodwater, particularly at night. Sometimes the bridge or road masked by flood water may have been undermined or completely washed out.

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• NOBODY 9 years ago

  Akufo-Addo's wobbly three-legged elephant was seen parked in front of Jubilee House. No wonder the NPP campaign ship is a non-factor.

  Akufo-Addo's wobbly three-legged elephant was seen parked in front of Jubilee House. No wonder the NPP campaign ship is a non-factor.

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