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.
“I CAN only succeed in making Accra work again if we support and make the campaign a collective responsibility,” the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, has said.
“As the representative and servant of the President, I must work to ensure that things are done right. Those squatting and erecting unauthorised structures have been engaged many times and notices served them. The train has taken off and it will not stop now,” he added.
The minister, who was speaking during a visit to the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), one of the companies along the Obetsebi-Lamptey-Farisco Road where the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) carried out a decongestion and clean-up exercise last Tuesday, said Accra was losing its reputation as a tourist destination due to congestion and filth.
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Mr Henry Quartey (hands stretched), Greater Accra Regional Minister, addressing the meeting. With him are some staff of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council. Picture: ALBERTA MORTTY
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“I CAN only succeed in making Accra work again if we support and make the campaign a collective responsibility,” the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, has said.
“As the representative and servant of the President, I must work to ensure that things are done right. Those squatting and erecting unauthorised structures have been engaged many times and notices served them. The train has taken off and it will not stop now,” he added.
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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