{"id":127698,"date":"2015-06-24T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=127698"},"modified":"2015-06-24T06:00:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T06:00:55","slug":"dont-rebuild-demolished-structures-ama-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=127698","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t rebuild demolished structures &#8211; AMA warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has warned squatters whose structures on water ways near the Korle Lagoon, were demolished not to rebuild them.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Ayeh-Dartey, the AMA Coordinating Director, who issued\u00a0the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday, said it is an offence under the rules and regulations of the Assembly for people to construct or reconstruct structures without approval.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-126626\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"demolition\" width=\"619\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0003.jpg 667w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He noted that many people in the metropolis are not complying with the bye-laws and cautioned that any individual or group of persons who violate them would be arrested and prosecuted.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-126630\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0006.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150620-WA0006\" width=\"621\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0006.jpg 667w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0006-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said owners of such structures would also be surcharged for the cost of removal.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-126625\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0002.jpg\" alt=\"demoltion\" width=\"621\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0002.jpg 667w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150620-WA0002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Coordinating Director said the measures have become necessary to rid Accra of filth and unauthorized structures to give the metropolis the needed facelift.<br \/>\nSource: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has warned squatters whose structures on water ways near the Korle Lagoon, were demolished not to rebuild them. Sam Ayeh-Dartey, the AMA Coordinating Director, who issued\u00a0the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday, said it is an offence under the rules and regulations of the Assembly for people to construct [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":126643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"class_list":["post-127698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-palaver-newspaper","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}