230 million cedis to be
spent on beautification of major ceremonial
roads
Accra, Dec. 7, GNA – A programme to beautify
major ceremonial roads in Accra started on
Thursday as part of preparations towards the
50th Independence anniversary.
The programme, which involves about 230 million
cedis, would have tress and flowers planted on
the sides of major roads as well as on the
median.
Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng, Minister of Local
Government, Rural Development and Environment,
who planted a tree at Ring Road Central Bus Stop
to officially start the project, announced that
Auto Parts Ghana Limited had adopted certain
ceremonial roads.
The roads to be beautified within the next four
months include the road from Shangri-La to the
National Theatre; Kwame Nkrumah Circle to La and
the Castle Road through to the Independence
Square to the Adabraka Holy Spirit Cathedral.
He said apart from the additional beauty to the
city, the programme would also serve good
environmental and health purposes.
“The programme is meant to be a long-term
solution to environmental issues,” Mr Asamoah
Boateng, who is also the Member of Parliament
for Mfansteman West, said.
He urged Chief Executives of the various
Assemblies nationwide to get on board and work
towards beautifying their communities by
planting trees and flowers along the roads.
Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Minister of Tourism
and Diasporan Relations, noted that there was a
need to maintain the tree planting exercise once
it had started.
He said the 50th anniversary programme tied in
perfectly with the celebration of the 200th
years of the abolition of Chattel Slave Trade
and expressed the hope that the impact of the
celebration would attract a million tourists to
the country next year.
Mr Owusu Afriyie, Director of the Department of
Parks and Gardens, reiterated the need for the
support of the general public and said it was
important that everybody took part in the tree
planting exercise in their neighbourhoods.
He said no community could survive without trees
using the cliché “when the last tree dies the
last man dies”.
GNA
