FW: Photo Report -Street Naming @ Takoradi, Ghana

[Stephen Nyako]

Folks,

Just sharing some interesting developments about the street naming exercise at Takoradi Ghana's oil City.

Resending some more Pics

Folks, Just sharing with you what a good friend sent me today Street Naming Ghanastyle@ Takoradi, the Oil City in Western  Ghana.

Tell me what you think?

Why should a street be named Refreshment Street or Yogourt Street?

 These pictures were taking recently when a bunch of District Council operatives appeared on the street and just painted some name on the Wall and left!

As far as they are concerned they have fulfilled the Presidents Dircetive to name all streets in 18 months time!

Shiieeeeee Ghana.

 I dont even know whether  to Laugh or to Cry?

 Wow! I have tears in my eyes! My beloved Ghana! Hhhmnnnn!  mean while the World Bank had spent Millions of Dollars hiring consultants to produce a Report for the Ghana Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, advising and showing how its supposed to be done!

Eeeiii Ghana.

I am waiting for the name my street in North East Accra is going to be called. I hope Not "Gorilla" Street without any reference points or Geodetic Maps :) 

Enjoy this one

Wine Avenue & Bugundry Avenue, Check the spelling? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Wow! I have tears in my eyes! My beloved Ghana! Hhhmnnnn!  mean while the World Bank had spent Millions of Dollars hiring consultants to produce a Report for the Ghana Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, advising and showing how its supposed to be done!

Enjoy this one

Yogourt Street                                   Refreshment Street

 

 

[Stephen Nyako]

Folks, I am not sure whether the pictures came through so I am attaching again.

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[Kwaku A. Danso]

Steve,

When I use Intelligence as a reason for some of our behavior patters, it seems to offend others!

Is there a GLU member who knows the President well enough to assess his level of core cognitive skills, aka intelligence?

   All he has to do was ask how it is done overseas in say America and how they are recorded in database to identify a property.

   The name is another area we could even raise some money from if we have the Superior intelligence Nana Kyei talked about!

    Why can they call somebody like Nana or Michel to help them implement this?

    I don't know what else somebody lime Kwame Pianim expect some of us to do to help avoid some of these embarrassing acts when in fact these people know of some of their colleagues from high school or University! 

    When I say Tweaaaa! I sincerely mean it and it comes from my heart and total disgust at the stupid things being some as Prof. George Ayittey put it.

   "Nyansa" these days can be borrowed and we can learn easily how others do things!

   

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(Dr. Kwaku A. Danso)

[Stephen Nyako]

Resending

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Subject: RE: Photo Report -Street Naming @ Takoradi, Ghana
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 22:14:34 +0100

Hhhhhmmmmnn Doc,

 Apart from the very  bad job these people are doing, how can you paint street names in the colour black on some body's grey unpainted wall?

Who is going to see this at night time?

 So what happens when night falls and there is no moon light how do you see the street name.

Look during President Kuffuors reign, the World Bank gave Ghana a Loan and funded expensive consultants  from Europe and the US, to  do field studies and prepare a report to show how its done for Ghana's Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

They even voted a few million Dollars for the Street Naming exercise and the monies disappeared . 

Now these lot come in, wooraaaa look??

Should we still have hope as Opanyin Kwame Pianim has been reiterating in his diatribes against members of GLU?

We need to find out from Kuffuors Minister of Local Government what happened?

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[Stephen Nyako]

These are a further two reports on the street naming exercise prepared with the assistance and funding  from the World Bank. Just sharing.

Doc, I think our GLU Radio Projects aim should be to DEMOCRATIZE KNOWLEDGE so our people can think?

Michel are you there ? 

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Subject: FW: Photo Report -Street Naming @ Takoradi, Ghana
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 22:17:25 +0100

[Kwaku A. Danso]

Steve,

 

This street naming and hose numbering exercise has been going on since the 1970s when I first wrote my first article during the Acheampong regime.

Look, when you go to Engineering school they bombard you with all kinds of theories, complex equations and problems. In real life engineering practice if you know what you are doing it is not that complex and it is fun!

Look at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge construction and note that it is very complex but Engineers wit experience can do it.

These Ghanaians don’t know how to do things and so they apply for huge WB or other loans, say $100 million, use our oil as guarantee, and eventually the work never gets done but we own the money.

 

 

 

This report was somebody’s PhD Dissertation or what? This was taken form an American textbook and not realistic as we don’t design flyovers like this. This is done mostly in California and even UK has not reached this point. .

We need practical experience, not theory!!

I feel sad sometimes for our country!! I am getting tired of giving inputs through Dr. Atuguba because I don’t want him to feel that he is neglecting us, but then he is not coping and giving me enough feedback and questions on implementation if they have problems. They just don’t know what to do and they are groping in the dark. How many working at the Ministry of Interior have seen a Road Network like this in their lives? Do they Civil Engineers and what is their experience?

There is a basic leadership and managerial competence missing and it is amazing some people in Ghana think they know when they don’t!

Well, uncle Kwame says he is waiting for us, but then everything in Ghana is politics! If you Steve you are a surveyor or expert in Lands Divisions and Laws and give this responsibility, could you not do it in 2 years? Of course I don’t trust the British as to your Roads and Highway designs since you are so far behind,, but you are catching up last time I was in London. Why don’t they ask for help?

 

BCC: Raymond Atuguba (Dr.) [Exec.Sec of the President]

K. Danso

[George Kweifio-Okai]

Wofa

Can you tell me what naming or not naming streets got to do with the President of a country? And for that matter his intelligence? Do Americans question the intelligence of Obama for faulty labelling of street names? I am serious. Please answer me and we would discuss

George

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 Wow! I have tears in my eyes! My beloved Ghana! Hhhmnnnn!  mean while the World Bank had spent Millions of Dollars hiring consultants to produce a Report for the Ghana Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, advising and showing how its supposed to be done!

Enjoy this one

Yogourt Street                                   Refreshment Street

 

 

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[George Kweifio-Okai]

Wofa

The diagram you have produced below is far far less conplicated than the blood supply to the brain. Please google the circle of Willis and I would add the complex tortuous tributaries. Yet I am not an engineer. You give the impression that all of us would be dead if not because of engineers. Haba!

George

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On 26/09/2013, at 8:04 AM, Kwaku A. Danso wrote:

Steve,

 

This street naming and hose numbering exercise has been going on since the 1970s when I first wrote my first article during the Acheampong regime.

Look, when you go to Engineering school they bombard you with all kinds of theories, complex equations and problems. In real life engineering practice if you know what you are doing it is not that complex and it is fun!

Look at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge construction and note that it is very complex but Engineers wit experience can do it.

These Ghanaians don’t know how to do things and so they apply for huge WB or other loans, say $100 million, use our oil as guarantee, and eventually the work never gets done but we own the money.

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[Kwaku A. Danso]

George,

 

I just responded to a posting by Michel and explained that very well.

The TOPIC IS: Photo Report – same as this.

It is elaborate explanation of how intelligence is used to solve problems and how  VISION correlated to intelligent design of solution for a society.

Please let me know what you think of it.

Highly intelligent people when they find themselves in any situation, be it on the farm or school or business, succeed better. You are in education and I am sure you can find some researched articles correlating intelligence and experience to problems solving skills to leadership effectiveness. I can provide some references if you like:

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Mumford, M., Zaccaro, S., Harding, F., Jacobs, T., & Fleishman, E. (2000). Leadership skills for a changing world: Solving complex social problems. Leadership Quarterly, 11(1), 11-36.

 

Laske, O. A., & Maynes, B. (2002). Growing the top management team: Supporting mental growth as a vehicle for promoting organizational learning. Journal of Management Development, 21(9), 702-727.

Nevis, E. C., DiBella, A. J., & Gould, J. M. (1995, Winter). Understanding organizations as learning systems. Sloan Management Review, 73-85.

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Let me know if you have further questions but there is enough studies done to correlate leadership effectiveness to cognitive skills. If you watched the TV movie on Idi Amin, “The Last Scottish King”, you would get an idea of how people at different levels of intelligence make decisions that affect nations.  

I know Gilbert will say greed and selfishness, but even then there is what is called Ethical Leadership, and another set of references may help:

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Moorhouse, J. R. (2002). Desired characteristics of ethical leaders in business, educational, political and religious organizations from East Tennessee: A Delphi study. Doctoral dissertation presented to the East Tennessee State University, Johnson City.

 

Bass, B. M., & Steidlmeier, P. (1999). Ethics, character, and authentic transformational leadership behavior. Leadership Quarterly, 10(2), 181-218.

 

Beu, D., & Buckley, M. R. (2001). The hypothesized relationship between accountability and ethical behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 34(1), 57-73.

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Of course these are all summarized in: Danso, K.A.

For your copy of the latest Book by Dr. Kwaku A. Danso:

"Leadership Concepts and the Role of Government in Africa: The Case of Ghana" Go to: 

http://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Concepts-Role-Government-Africa/dp/142572499X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319743034&sr=1-1

 

Thanks,

 

K. Danso

 

 

 

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Wofa

[K. Danso]

George,

 

I don’t get you.

I am talking about Ghana and what has been put down by somebody being done everyday elsewhere and in Ghana has not been done.

I am not suggesting it is complicated we can’t do it! No!

Our “betters” have not been able to do it and I am sure gilbert will say it is due to greed and selfishness, but it has not been done.

 

I just quickly glanced at the report and picked up one diagram and not Naming Streets.

BTW you will find that building good roads is not 1/100^th as complicated as the blood supply lines you talk about.

Most Scientists and Doctors can perhaps be trained to do Engineering work and vice versa, but the issue comes to the mind and curiosity to search for solutions to problems.

 

K. Danso

 

 

 

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[Stephen Nyako]

Oooohhh Ataa George,

So you want to say the President of a country who appoints these DCE's and Metro Mayors should not be held responsible for their failings at the local level?

He is Responsible for their actions and in actions simply because he appointed them.

He is not the Only President who has done that I must admit, but as far as I am concerned, if he does not see the  wisdom in allowing local people to elect their own leaders and the people he appoints mess up at the local level, I am afraid we have to put the BLAME squarely at his door Period!

Who should we blame ?

After all the President of the Republic of Ghana appoints these people and if they don't perform and mess things up, or superintend over Chaos, should we blame Tawiah or Ago?

 No No No , We blame the President and we must definitely question his intelligence.

 This is the year of our Lord 2013 and we are operating in a Globalized world setting!. 

We blame the President of the Republic who appointed them. That is why we need to question intelligence in problem solving.

Look when the Chinese Galamsey guys from   something something Province, invaded our rural hinterlands on an industrial scale to mine for Gold poison the place with impunity and exploited local people on an industrial scale, did the appointed DCE system Work? 

Where were the DCE's the President appointed to oversee Local Governance. Didn't they remain inept and corrupt the system? Weren't they on AUTO PILOT?

For several years these people who have been appointed DCE's and Mayors failed miserably in even protecting the security and well being of Local People. Tell me I lie?

Not letting local people elect their own leaders and hold them accountable to solve local problems is a NO BRAINER! Period.

Its being done in South Africa, Kenya and Ivory Coast.

Why cant Ghana , the trail Blazer of African Independence do same and we are rathe chasing our tails all over the place.

Blame the President of course  if he does not see the need to initiate legisaltion quickly to resolve this thorny issue of Local Governance effectiveness.

My first this morning.

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[Stephen Nyako]

Good Morning Doc,

Yes I would agree with you if these street names were given to streets in the business district or culinary quarter of a town, but this is a residential street. 

A lot of the houses there are now being built and uncompleted for residential purposes, so why such meaningless  names?

I would prefer my Local street in North East of Accra to be called "Okomfo Adukwei Street", name of  a powerful local historical medicine man of the area. Smile :)

Good Morning.

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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:20:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Photo Report -Street Naming @ Takoradi, Ghana
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Stephen You asked a question:

 

Why should a street be named Refreshment Street or Yogourt Street?

 

 

 

 

I  (Brenya) will try to respond:

 

I sped read this building thread - so do forgive me if I missed fodder. My classes  (my  paid responsibility) have begun and so I can't chat as much as I have been (I am sure you noticed) during my past 2.5 month break.

 

I worked at the World Bank so knowing some of the social developmentalists etc etc by name who work in Ghana as their area of project - I dare say I know how they are thinking in contrast to  Michel's way of thinking (see below ). I actually  am friends and went to school with one.

 

See... Yogurt street and Refreshment street  as a tag name will attract the youngster perhaps on a date, perhaps after an athletic event,  the lover, the  expat,  and  the tourist  and yes even  Michel...

 

They each will be attracted to such area without much thought  to said street for money spending and relaxing purposes.... 

 

What with social media and the accompanying developing apps and app technology given competing IT resources each and all will be able to find where  the business out lets are so much easier through such tag names. Case in point:  You should have seen me perplexed at what the heck Oxford Street meant? Why on earth was I being directed to Oxford Street. It took me a number of work trips to catch on and memorize that Oxford Street  was supposedly THE place to be to find well made over priced fabrics and some TO BE restaurants.... Yes I suppose I am slow to catch on - but still I truly did not get it.

 

I am not being factitious I truly did not get it nor memorize such until after about three years of work trips to home base. Now oh ok Oxford Street - makes sense. Now when I tell others new to Ghana perhaps you may want to visit Oxford street - they state "huh? Huh?" Then I say - write it down on your budding list.....

 

An aside - I go to the Chop Bar - in Osu - my personal favorite.

 

For google earth planning purposes tag names such as Yogurt street and Refreshment Street  (to the point, simple)  also attracts The Surfer in places around the earth. Increases the ability  to plan,  to budget, to schedule, to chose spots,  to track regions  around their world.  To chose  Ghana when they see street names such as Yogurt and Refreshment street. And as we Globally become more "organic ... belief you me it works....

 

See..... Please think out side the box.....

 

In Industrial Psychology and in Social Psychology and in Environmental Psychology this is what we also unravel... Use all of us resources......

 

Ghana then become a tropical Haven for the money spending up and coming  bored Sheiks of the Gulf region who now wish to spend time surfing admist developing coconut trees and palm trees - can you see the vision?   Monaco,

 

Jonah street would not.

 

Keeping it simple and minimalist thought process is what one goes for in the beginning...

 

Think outside the box....

 

Ones pot belly goes away when surfing and eating yogurt within fan milk industry....staying healthy and away from palm oil and cholesterol ... 

 

I wont go on or I will be forced to remind you of taking your annual health checks seriously.....

 

Don't shoot the messenger.

 

Keeping on smiling and laughing please - it is also good for your health. And be nice. Do agree that there are differing reasons for all sorts of names to the street signs - now you know.

 

Brenya

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Gilbert Salam <gsal...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Michel, 

I said it over and over and over and over again. Ghana does not lack  smart citizens to manage her resources. There is nothing wrong with our mother Ghana there is too much wrong with our leadership. The love of lead for her/his nation is the key to being a good leader. We have not had a leader with unfailing love for Ghana since the overthrow of Nkrumah.

As long as Ghana is left to be manage by NDC and NPP the ideas of development are dead on arrival.    

Excellent ideas like Michel's and many others would never see the day of the light since it is not enriching big wigs in the party of the day in power.  

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On 2013-09-26, at 4:11 AM, "M Bowman Amuah" <mic...@intermediacomm.biz> wrote:

Oh what a mess we are in!
"We jump over gold nuggets to pick up used sachet water plastic waste"
Literally and metaphorically we don't have a clue!
Why couldn't these so called "betters" use this Nationwide opportunity as the catalyst driver for creating all sorts of industries that would drive the economy?
For example:
Road and Street Name Tags could have been made out of recycled aluminum just like vehicle license plates and contracts given regionally to at least 10 companies who would have the directive to sub contract the plate stamping to the Ghana Prison Service so that prisoners could do something meaningful and earn some money that would be saved up for them till their release, when that point comes, they would leave with some cash to give them a new start and ease them into free society etc. Instead of going back to the life of crime as a scourge on the communities!
Street sign posts: these could be made out of "turned wood with a plastic tubular housing to protect the pole against the elements and polish the appearance as well!
Now that's two industries that would benefit right away!
I'm sure the several poly-tank and plastic chair manufacturers would welcome the opportunity to grow, hire more workers and make additional profits knowing that they had big demand for these products!
The timber industry could make the poles out of either compressed waste and wood shavings or for bigger load bearing gauge poles and post, from Teak or similar species!
Again, the millions of poles needed for the Nationwide Street Naming exercise could spark billions of dollars in economic activity and job creation then raking in millions in taxes!
Then there is the bolts, nuts and rivets to fasten the Name Plates to the Name Posts, then there is the all weather paint and the sealant to stencil the Names onto the Plates and to Seal the color and wording against the harsh elements like UV light etc. These too have to be manufactured here locally not imported! Jobs, jobs! Careers, income, taxes and lives impacted communities uplifted and poverty eliminated!
Oh Ghana!

And then there's the ego feeding part too, where people could be asked to bid, auction style for the naming rights on a few select streets in each community starting at say $2000 to name a street "Relish Avenue" or " Honorable Lawence Addo Lane" (very well deserved too, if I may suggest)
Instead of the misspelled 'Bungurdy' Street or meaningless 'Yogurt Avenue' etc. Can you imagine 100,000 street names and landmarks auctioned this way? We could generate at least $200million dollars this way alone!
If the revenues generated were kept local where the streets and landmarks are, can you see how the money could drive local development?
Finally, can you imagine a street Named "Richmond Aggrey Avenue" or "Sir Sam Jonah Street" littered with garbage and plastic waste or overgrown weeds and grass or riddled with potholes? No way would I or anyone with their names and brands attached to a landmark or Street allow the site to get rundown from neglect and lack of maintenance! That's another problem solved right there in a private way at a significant cost savings to the State!

I'm telling you folks! We are not a broke country! We just have poverty infected people in positions of authority that's all!

Look, guys! Some of us do this kind of consulting and economic development work for a living and have offered to help our Nations leaders over and over and over but they take the ideas they think they can benefit from personally and steal them instead of engaging us to help them implement such ideas!
I personally outlined the street naming idea to the Mayor of Accra 4 years ago and he was very negative, trying to argue with me that I didn't understand the dynamics of a "compound house" community, when I shared with him that my mum grew-up and grandma spent decades in "korleworko" old Accra, he was stumped and marveled that I knew so much about such places! He just never followed through with his promise to bring me back to present to the relevant parties inside the AMA! After 2 weeks my investor parties who were going to fund the process got fed up and left the country disgusted!
We do not realize in this country of ours, that Capital Has a Choice, and can pick where it goes to get applied and to develop places to ultimately provide a healthy return to its stewards and stakeholders! When someone has spent thousands of dollars to plan an enterprise or venture and paid to fly to our country on their dime to execute the plan, it behooves us as leaders to do EVERYTHING we can to help them to be successful in the venture when we know how much Value we, the host nation will gain out of the said venture!
Enough said!

"Adversity makes a person choose between paths of character or compromise"!
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[George Kweifio-Okai]

Stephen

One major reason why Ghanaian public officials are not held accountable for their failings is because public anger is not directed at them. Everything is blamed on political parties or their leaders. It is a reflection of childhood mentality expressed at the public level. 

If school kids are studying under trees, confront the minister of education. If people are overspeeding, confront the local police station. If roads are bad or too dusty for a neighbourhood, confront the minister for road construction. If inflation is through the roof, confront the economic minister. Etc Etc Etc

If that is done, each appointee would be under constant pressure to perform. If however every single problem is put at the door step of the president, you have two consequences - the appointees are shielded from blame and the President's devises ways to ignore criticisms because frankly the President would not have time to deal with every problem in the country.

I refer you to http://www.ghanadistricts.com/home/?_=13&sa=3621&ssa=128

"A DA consists of the district chief executive,  two-thirds of the members directly elected by universal adult suffrage, the members of parliament (MPs) representing constituencies within the district, and not less than 30% of the members appointed by the president in consultation with chiefs and interest groups in the district. The district chief executive is nominated by the president, approved by two-thirds of the members of the DA present and voting, and appointed by the president. The assembly has a presiding member who is elected from among its members by two-thirds of all the members of the assembly. "

You would note that there is sufficient universal adult suffrage in the composition of the DA to warrant the assembly taking DIRECT responsibility for their failings. If I were living in Kimtanpo, and the assembly there fouls up, it would be more effective to hold the balls of the Kimtanpo DCE than to travel to Accra for the same purpose.

Do you get my point now?

George

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[Stephen Nyako]

George I am not a fan of Kwamena Ahwoi's Local Government system. It has arrested our development. 

Its funny you mentioned Ada. Have you been to Ada lately?

You would understand when you go there , all that is wrong with the Ghana Local Government System.

Ada,  the Extreme end of the Greater Accra Region has so much fertile  land and resources but the current system has arrested the development of that District.

Its a template of what I am talking about. I was at Ada in January 2012 and I can post some pictures if you want.

Look in one of the Districts, in the Eastern Region, where I am close to, the DCE  who was appointed in Ex President Kuffuor's time, was a poor Ass local school Teacher, turned NPP activist and loud mouth!.

This guy even borrowed money from my Uncle and never paid him back.

Before you said Jack he had been appointed as DCE and driving in a $60, 000 Dollar Ford Explorer.

The Only development I really saw him make was to tar the road to his family house.

The appointment Local Governance system is just not Credible!

The President Must float the idea of a National Conference with the opposition parties. Float the idea of the need to reform the Local Governance system.

Solicit for ideas and get the opposition parties and parliamentarians on board and draft  a new policy document with the necessary changes to allow local people to elect their own Leaders and Assembly men.

Come out with a white paper and implement reforms in this area  sharpishly as we say in the UK.

This is the only way we are going to save our local governance system! The status quo is not ONLY CRAP! Its arresting our Development!

 

 

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Subject: Re: Photo Report -Street Naming @ Takoradi, Ghana
From: gkweif...@optusnet.com.au

Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 22:58:36 +1000
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