Traders engaged in bulk breaking activities in and around the central business district (CBD) of Accra have been given up to July 1 to relocate to the Adjen Kotoku Market in the Ga West Municipal Assembly (GWMA).
After the deadline, the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (GARCC), together with a security task force, will move into full gear on a massive decongestion exercise to remove all structures within their trade areas.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, who gave the directive, said the move was in concert with the “Let’s Make Accra Work” initiative by the GARCC.
The minister stated this when he held a meeting with the leaders of some onion sellers associations in Accra yesterday.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey on Tuesday, led a team of security personnel to pull down illegal structures in Accra in a bid to decongest the city.
Speaking in an interaction with Kwami Sefa Kayi on
Peace FM morning show
Kokrokoo , Wednesday, the Minister who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central Constituency said a team of close to 800 security personnel helped in the initiative tagged ‘‘Let s Make Accra Work’’. The exercise wasn t a demolition; I want to correct that because saying a demolition is like just destroying structures. We were getting rid of illegal structures he added.
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (GARCC), in collaboration with security agencies, Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Ablekuma Central, and Korle Klottey Municipal Assemblies, has begun an operation to decongest and rid the capital of filth. Also part of the exercise were security agencies including the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Ghana Navy together with workers of Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), The exercise kicked-off simultaneou
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The ‘Lets Make Accra Work’ initiative by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, moved into full gear on Tuesday in a massive decongestion exercise that saw hundreds of unauthorized structures being removed to help keep Accra clean.
Organised by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council in collaboration with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Ablekuma Central and the Korle Klottey Municipal assemblies, the day-long operation involved a massive clean-up of drains, streets and other open places.
The exercise, which commenced from the UTC Market on the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, through to the Farisco area, along the Graphic Road to the Obetsebi-Lamptey Interchange, was highly patronised.
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