In an attempt to solicit support from Parliament to humanely deal with slum dwellers at Old Fadama in Accra, the Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament, Dominic Nitiwul on Tuesday told the House that most Members of Parliament who hail from the three regions of the north, grew up in that slum popularly called Sodom and Gomorrah.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”VM4DE3l7V0eZw9EZYU28hx0FxtfFDYmb”]He made the statement on the floor to support calls for the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development to be summoned to answer questions on a recent demolition of structures in the area.<\/p>\n
Dominic Nitiwul, who is the Member of Parliament for Bimbilla revealed he also grew up in the slum.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr Speaker some of us grew up there. Many of the northerners sitting here came through that place before they became big people as we see them today. It is true Mr Speaker, many of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) demolished the structures to allow the dredging of the Korle Lagoon to prevent recurrent flooding in the area.<\/p>\n
Angered by the demolition, some of the resident took to the street to protest<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0against the exercise.<\/p>\n