AMA to Demolish houses soon

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is soon to demolish a number of unauthorised buildings that dot the city, according to a Statesman report.

Briefing journalists after a visit to new developing sites on the Spintex Road in Accra, the AMA Metro Works Engineer, Lanquaye Wellington, said all unauthorised structures built on the public right of way will be pulled down.

He particularly listed 17 structures at the Kpoi Gonno Residential Area, which he said are located on land earmarked for schools, hospitals, lorry parks, shopping centres and recreational centres within the approved site for Hydraform Estates.

Wellington said on January 25, the AMA instructed the developers of the 17 illegal structures to stop building, but they have defied the order and the AMA has no option but to demolish them.