Release roadmap for demolition exercises – MP to AMA

The Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament, Dominic Nitiwul has called on the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to provide a roadmap for all planned demolition exercises in the city.

According to him, such roadmap will help residents of areas earmarked for such exercises to plan ahead and  relocate before the scheduled date.

[contextly_sidebar id=”DKvfJ8EuwvCCcDfQTlUh3HwOIynpnIqY”]Dominic Nitiwul’s call follows the demolition of structures at Old Fadama by the AMA last Saturday which led to riots on Monday.

The AMA has explained that the demoltion was to pave way for the dredging of the Korle Lagoon in order to forestall flooding in the area.

But some of the residents took to the streets on Monday to protest their displeasure about the demolition.

Some of them also vandalized the State House destroying some properties there.

Speaking on the Floor of Parliament on Tuesday, Dominic Nitiwul, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, urged the AMA to immediately put further demolition on hold pending the release of a road map.

“So the AMA should stop the demolition and give us a roadmap, nobody is saying they should not do their work. But because of lack of planning you leave the people at the despair of the weather and you are actually leading them to commit crime,” he intimated.

According to the MP, failure to issue a roadmap could plunge the country into security problems saying, “the way they are going about things it could create a security problem in the country.  No wonder Parliament was broken into yesterday. If MPs were in the chamber, we would not know what would have happened.”

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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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