Accra to undergo major decongestion exercise from May 20 – Mayor

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Ras 8 months ago

Full support. Enough is enough

Full support. Enough is enough
FRANKIE 8 months ago

The best news I've heard all year, together with the ban on drumming. I only hope there's no political interference. BRAVO!

The best news I've heard all year, together with the ban on drumming. I only hope there's no political interference. BRAVO!
TWEAA DC 8 months ago

TALK IS CHEAP....IMPLEMENTATION IS THE PROBLEM...AND SUSTAINING THE MOMENTUM?...MMM..WE HAVE HEARD SOME BEFORE AND WE LIVE TO SEE....TWEAA.

TALK IS CHEAP....IMPLEMENTATION IS THE PROBLEM...AND SUSTAINING THE MOMENTUM?...MMM..WE HAVE HEARD SOME BEFORE AND WE LIVE TO SEE....TWEAA.
Kumi 8 months ago

We have seen this decongestion scenario played over and over so many times in the Accra Central Business area with zero results that, I cannot help but to be skeptical about the new Mayors enthusiasm. I think that after simil ...
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We have seen this decongestion scenario played over and over so many times in the Accra Central Business area with zero results that, I cannot help but to be skeptical about the new Mayors enthusiasm. I think that after similarly dilly-dallying with the problem for years, it has now overgrown both the ability and the competence of the Accra
metropolitan authority as well as the regional body. A concerted body including central govt will have to be set up to deal with this multifaceted problem in a determined way.
Lemme 8 months ago

We're in Support. Relocate
Them this is on becoming

We're in Support. Relocate
Them this is on becoming
Edem 8 months ago

Mayor, pls include Zongo lane, timber market and the area around the General post office.

Mayor, pls include Zongo lane, timber market and the area around the General post office.
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Jet 8 months ago

For onece. Get the city clean

For onece. Get the city clean
CITIZEN 8 months ago

Not for once but should be sustained

Not for once but should be sustained
.mr amin 8 months ago

Decongestion will make your party unpopular leave the traders alone

Decongestion will make your party unpopular leave the traders alone

Greatman 8 months ago

Don't forget Agbogbloshie.!
We need to restore the Korley Lagoon for recreational purposes.
Go to Abidjan,go to Lagos and many other places and see how lagoons are turned into recreational purposes.

Don't forget Agbogbloshie.!
We need to restore the Korley Lagoon for recreational purposes.
Go to Abidjan,go to Lagos and many other places and see how lagoons are turned into recreational purposes.
Hannan 8 months ago

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Teddy more 8 months ago

That will also help employment also.
Thats good idea, cleaning of pavement, controlling traffic using temporary cameras

That will also help employment also.
Thats good idea, cleaning of pavement, controlling traffic using temporary cameras
Gaskia 8 months ago

You people are not serious. Why restrict it to only those areas of Accra? Why don't you instruct ALL Metropolitan Assemblies in Accra to do the same? Makeshift shops, some even of permanent structures, have been built on many ...
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You people are not serious. Why restrict it to only those areas of Accra? Why don't you instruct ALL Metropolitan Assemblies in Accra to do the same? Makeshift shops, some even of permanent structures, have been built on many pavements all over Accra forcing pedestrians to walk on streets.
Jigsaw 8 months ago

Tweaaa apuuutor, it's going to be a nine day wonder.

Tweaaa apuuutor, it's going to be a nine day wonder.
Onipa Nua 8 months ago

I was in ACCRA for my fathers funeral and trust me when I got to circle i was so embarrassed . The filth and the untidiness was a an eyesore . How could we sit down and let the City get to this stage for God sake

I was in ACCRA for my fathers funeral and trust me when I got to circle i was so embarrassed . The filth and the untidiness was a an eyesore . How could we sit down and let the City get to this stage for God sake
TRUMU TRUMU AKUFFO ADDO 8 months ago

WE ARE RE SETTING GHANA. THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY

WE ARE RE SETTING GHANA. THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY
Koti 8 months ago

Firstly, deported all alien beggars on the streets. They are nuisance to our society and eyesore to tourists. You can't find that concentration of beggars in any country. Clear them off!!

Firstly, deported all alien beggars on the streets. They are nuisance to our society and eyesore to tourists. You can't find that concentration of beggars in any country. Clear them off!!
Slim 8 months ago

Get serious!
Same old story.

Get serious!
Same old story.
As it is 8 months ago

Can you add burning of refuse indiscriminately in the communities…..don’t forget to add building in water ways

Can you add burning of refuse indiscriminately in the communities…..don’t forget to add building in water ways

Barko osae twum 8 months ago

This is a brilliant move, though there will be a heavy backlash from some political stooges, ignore them and make Accra great again just like salifu amankwah of AFRC/PNDC era made accra especially kwame nkrumah circle like a ...
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This is a brilliant move, though there will be a heavy backlash from some political stooges, ignore them and make Accra great again just like salifu amankwah of AFRC/PNDC era made accra especially kwame nkrumah circle like a sterile medical theatre. It was so clean and orderly. Everyone followed instruction and it worked. Those who failed to do so were whipped or made to do some military drills. Ghana, especially Accra and all regional capitals and towns need the salifu amankwah era discipline reintroduced. Makola was without human traffic. Pavements were all clear and not a sight of filth. We need to reintroduce sanitary inspectors and anyone found breaking sanitary laws should be punished to desilt gutters.
Fifi 8 months ago

Thank you, bro

Thank you, bro
Francis 8 months ago

Well said Mayor. I hope that one day Accra will look like Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa is now probably the second most beautiful city in Sub-Saharan Africa next to Cape Town in South Africa?

Well said Mayor. I hope that one day Accra will look like Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa is now probably the second most beautiful city in Sub-Saharan Africa next to Cape Town in South Africa?
Francis 8 months ago

Just one more addition. Please make a duty trip to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and learn from them. See with your own eyes the transformation that has occurred there. Contact your peer (the mayor of Addis Ababa) through the Ghana ...
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Just one more addition. Please make a duty trip to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and learn from them. See with your own eyes the transformation that has occurred there. Contact your peer (the mayor of Addis Ababa) through the Ghana Embassy for the trip.
Kumi 8 months ago

I really don't think there is any need for the new Mayor to travel to Adis Ababa and to interact with their Mayor for tutelage. The new Mayor of Accra should be sufficiently qualified and enlightened so as to know what to do ...
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I really don't think there is any need for the new Mayor to travel to Adis Ababa and to interact with their Mayor for tutelage. The new Mayor of Accra should be sufficiently qualified and enlightened so as to know what to do to raise Accra from the doldrums of squalor into a respectable decent looking modern city. If he, like others Mayors of Accra before him are not personally and sufficiently motivated to accomplish this objective, then forget it.
Abubarka 8 months ago

@kumi. I fully agree with you that the Mayor's personal motivation is a decisive factor. That said, I still believe that we can always learn from one another. If Ethiopians are doing well in transforming their cities I see no ...
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@kumi. I fully agree with you that the Mayor's personal motivation is a decisive factor. That said, I still believe that we can always learn from one another. If Ethiopians are doing well in transforming their cities I see nothing wrong in exchanging ideas with them (unless we think we know it all). Unfortunately, we Africans always undermine ourselves. I am sure if one had proposed that the mayor should travel to Paris, New York, Tokyo, etc you will probably not have any objection to that.
Watchman 8 months ago

Take them on and save Accra. If you are walking around Makola and falls ill, your chances of reaching Korle Bu or 37 Military hospital alive is zero because traders, hawkers and all sorts of people have taken control over the ...
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Take them on and save Accra. If you are walking around Makola and falls ill, your chances of reaching Korle Bu or 37 Military hospital alive is zero because traders, hawkers and all sorts of people have taken control over the streets. Mr Allotey, wor yer oseer. Shwiwe mor amer feer
Jon J 8 months ago

Why dont u try this when we r close to election, this is like a double edged sword both sides r difficult to handle

Why dont u try this when we r close to election, this is like a double edged sword both sides r difficult to handle
Brown 8 months ago

Is true, you won't see people selling on the streets, pavements etc if you visit other cities in Africa. Is only in Accra that is normal

Is true, you won't see people selling on the streets, pavements etc if you visit other cities in Africa. Is only in Accra that is normal
CITIZEN 8 months ago

Good move and should be sustained

Good move and should be sustained

First Offer 8 months ago

Do it gradually please. Give and stick to timelines.provide alternatives and do more public education not only for the sellers but the buyers too( if people don’t patronize those goods the market will die gradually)

Do it gradually please. Give and stick to timelines.provide alternatives and do more public education not only for the sellers but the buyers too( if people don’t patronize those goods the market will die gradually)
Alfred 8 months ago

Can AMA also help to end the indiscriminate burning of rubbish in Accra? This practice pollutes the air and poses great danger to public health and survival. What about government or recycling plants buying refuse at even 1 c ...
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Can AMA also help to end the indiscriminate burning of rubbish in Accra? This practice pollutes the air and poses great danger to public health and survival. What about government or recycling plants buying refuse at even 1 cedi per refuse to recycle? That may prevent prevent burning and the emission of toxic air that we currently have in Accra.
Yaw 8 months ago

Why are all mayors using same archaic method without success, what is wrong taking your time to develop new market areas and moving people there through negotiation. Instead of same military force

Why are all mayors using same archaic method without success, what is wrong taking your time to develop new market areas and moving people there through negotiation. Instead of same military force
Gaskia 8 months ago

@Yaw, I don't know how old you are. This has been tried many times. They just refuse to move. They don't want to be regulated and maybe be paying for stalls etc. Some traders want to take goods to where people pass and get ea ...
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@Yaw, I don't know how old you are. This has been tried many times. They just refuse to move. They don't want to be regulated and maybe be paying for stalls etc. Some traders want to take goods to where people pass and get early customers instead of buyers going to where they are.
Kwaku. 8 months ago

Focus upon health and let the mobility and aesthetics follow from that. Accra is sinking from the weight of abandoned vehicles everywhere. Tow them off our roads at owners cost. Zero in on abandoned kiosks after.

Focus upon health and let the mobility and aesthetics follow from that. Accra is sinking from the weight of abandoned vehicles everywhere. Tow them off our roads at owners cost. Zero in on abandoned kiosks after.
Duke 8 months ago

I pray to God this can be sustained. Accra is simply too dirty and congested. Indeed Ghanaians are too stubborn...when can we learn. Politics have taken over everything to the detriment of Ghana. God help us

I pray to God this can be sustained. Accra is simply too dirty and congested. Indeed Ghanaians are too stubborn...when can we learn. Politics have taken over everything to the detriment of Ghana. God help us
Akuraseni 8 months ago

These areas should be RED ZONE. Better educate drivers shoppers about the inconveniences and control traffic. in these areas

These areas should be RED ZONE. Better educate drivers shoppers about the inconveniences and control traffic. in these areas
Charles oppong 8 months ago

Take ur nonsense away!we need this in election year not after every election.You NDC and NPP think you can fool Ghanaians all the time...I wish we could have a military regime so that the good thing should be done all the tim ...
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Take ur nonsense away!we need this in election year not after every election.You NDC and NPP think you can fool Ghanaians all the time...I wish we could have a military regime so that the good thing should be done all the time.

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