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AMA urged to expand markets
Accra, Nov. 29, Ghanadot/GNA - The Accra Metropolitan
Assembly (AMA) has been tasked to build and expand markets
in all communities to ensure strict compliance of the
embargo on selling in the streets.
In a letter commending Accra City Mayor, Stanley Nii Adjiri
Blankson, for transforming the city, Mrs Margaret E.
Nkrumah, Headmistress of SOS Herman Gmeiner International
College, appealed to government to continue to deliver
universal education and create jobs to stop "this wholesale
taking of the streets in search of meagre livelihood".
Mrs Nkrumah said it was the mandate of the Assembly to clear
the streets and this should not be done only because of the
impending Ghana CAN 2008 tournament.
"Your attempts to clean the city are laudable and should be
applauded and actively supported by every citizen.
"Allowing people to sell anywhere indiscriminately or erect
structures without authorization is not putting a human face
on anything. It is outright lawlessness and failure of
government and agencies to do what they know should and must
be done."
Mrs Nkrumah urged the Mayor to remain resolute and
undeterred in shaping up the city.
"I urge you to remain resolute and undeterred by the
opposition and pressure which you face: the majority of
citizens are with you and applaud your courage and
determination."
Mrs Nkrumah urged AMA to pull down all unauthorized
structures everywhere including waterways, railway lines and
in front of legitimate properties.
She condemned stone winners who were blasting rocks close to
the Weija Dam, saying the act was endangering the dam and
lives of millions who depended on it and also exposing
residents to floods that could occur if the dam should burst
from explosions.
"This is the same syndrome which rendered Accra filthy,
unsanitary and an eyesore, littered with plastic and faeces
and overrun by thousands of sellers on its streets and
pavements and on every available patch of empty grounds,"
she added.
GNA
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