Decongestion of Accra begins tomorrow
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, June 1, Ghanadot - The much
anticipated decongestion exercise in the capital promised by the
Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Dr. Alfred
Vanderpuije will take off tomorrow.
The exercise to decongest the city’s streets of unauthorised
structures and hawkers.
A three-month action plan to guide the execution of the
decongestion exercise has been approved by members of AMA. The
AMA boss disclosed to Joy FM that the exercise will bring sanity
to the capital and ensure free traffic flow.
Justifying the decision, Dr. Vanderpuije said no meaningful
development can take place in the capital under the current
mess.He said with the support of the
security agencies, the notorious brothel at Kwame Nkrumah
Circle, Soldier Bar, will be demolished.
Meanwhile, Mr. Daniel Okai, Chairman of Odododiodioo
constituency has called on residents in Accra to support the AMA
to keep the city clean.
He said Mr. Vanderpuije had already pledged to clean and
decongest the city to befit its status as the nation’s capital.
According to him, the way the Mayor had “come out running”
immediately after his endorsement by the Assembly, clearly
“confirms what some of us saw in the man and supported his bid
for the position”.
The chairman noted that filth in Accra was cleared through the
mobilization of the people, supported by companies that released
equipment and trucks to cart garbage under a special programme
to maintain environmental sanitation.
He called on the AMA to initiate comprehensive programmes to
sustain efforts to rid the metropolis of filth.
Mr. Okai, who is also a government appointee of the AMA,
suggested that refuse disposal bins should be placed at
strategic points in the metropolis with a systematic programme
to empty them regularly.
He also urged environmental sanitation officers to arrest and
prosecute people who dumped refuse arbitrarily to serve as a
deterrent to others.
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