Construction of Inland Port to start soon - DCE

Construction of the Inland Port at Boankrah would start soon, Mr Yaw Ahenkora Afrifa, Ejisu/Juaben District Chief Executive announced at Ejisu on Monday.

He said since the project was of international importance and very crucial to the district, the assembly would not tolerate any impediments.

He told a People's Assembly as part of activities marking the first anniversary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, that proper layouts were being prepared for Hwereso to Besease to facilitate the implementation process.

This, he said, was to forestall any haphazard development around the port and make the area attractive for other investors. The people's assembly was attended by a cross-section of people including traditional rulers, assembly members, traders, educationists, workers groups, Christians and Muslims.

Mr Afrifa expressed concern about the haphazard development currently taking place in the Ejisu Township and said the assembly would solicit the views of the people as to what to do about the situation.

The DCE said, even though, the assembly had the power to demolish unauthorised structures, it would seek the opinion of the public in view of the fact that people readily apportioned blame for certain actions taken when they even knew that they were at fault.

He said the assembly would review its property rates and warned that legal action would soon be instituted against rate defaulters. He said out of the 19 million cedis of the Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) disbursed, the assembly had recovered 15 million cedis