President Mills supports decongestion of Accra
Accra, July 8, Ghanadot/GNA - President John Evans Atta Mills has
asked the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) to be firm in
its current decongestion of Accra that was necessary to
protect the majority of the people.
He said this during an emergency tour of some affected parts
of the Western part of Accra, following a downpour early
Wednesday.
President Mills expressed sympathy to the bereaved families
of seven people who died in a similar flood on June 19, this
year, when he was away attending an ECOWAS summit in Abuja.
The President encouraged the AMA not to relent in the
current decongestion exercise, which would see the
demolition of structures in water courses.
He said the AMA was not coming after residents of the city
but any action to decongest the city would be in the
interest of the people.
President Mills’ visit took him to Kaneshie First Light,
Chabar in Sakaman and South Odorkor where a number of houses
were partly submerged by floods.
He assured the residents, who came out in their numbers to
meet him that government would do everything possible to
alleviate their plight.
The residents commended President Mills for his visit, which
they said was unprecedented because he was the first sitting
President to visit them during floods.
GNA
