{"id":128384,"date":"2015-06-26T05:48:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T05:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=128384"},"modified":"2015-06-26T10:57:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T10:57:28","slug":"old-fadama-was-korle-deitys-spiritual-ground-ga-traditional-coucil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=128384","title":{"rendered":"Old Fadama was Korle deity\u2019s &#8216;spiritual ground&#8217; \u2013 Ga Traditional Coucil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ga Traditional Council has said that the Old Fadama slum used to be a spiritual home for the Korle lagoon\u2019s deity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;aAFFjmGek3Hm3Uxg6Zp4rEO8SLhgxs9t&#8221;]\u201c\u2026 The present location of these structures used to be the spiritual ground of the Korle deity. Unfortunately, over time the area has been defiled,\u201d Nii Obedro, Noyaatse of Korle-Gonno made the claims at a press conference held in Accra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0Council has therefore applauded the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for demolishing structures at Old Fadama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AMA last Saturday rendered thousands of Old Fadama residents homeless after demolishing their properties as part of measures to halt the perennial flooding in the capital city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/demolition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-127145 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/demolition.jpg\" alt=\"demolition\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/demolition.jpg 667w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/demolition-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Nii Obedro, they have identified Old Fadama as the cause of the Accra\u2019s perennial flooding menace hence, support AMA\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ga Traditional Council had earlier claimed that the cause of the June 3 fire and flood disaster was because Yvonne Nelson and her team <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/18\/dumsor-vigil-caused-flood-fire-disaster-ga-traditional-council\/#sthash.LOWeiHOu.GdQ0XiUE.dpbs\"><strong>disregarded the ban on drumming and noise making<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and went ahead to organize the Dumsor must stop vigil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also claimed that some national disasters including the May 9 stadium disaster was caused by failure on Ghanaians to adhere to the ban on drumming and noise making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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