{"id":133519,"date":"2015-07-11T12:58:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T12:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=133519"},"modified":"2015-07-11T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T15:19:14","slug":"another-demolition-exercise-renders-hundreds-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=133519","title":{"rendered":"Another demolition exercise renders hundreds homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A demolition exercise along the railway area at Avenor\u00a0in the Greater Accra region\u00a0has rendered hundreds homeless.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150711_110036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-133526\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150711_110036.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150711_110036\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150711_110036.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150711_110036-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AMA led a team of engineers to demolish wooden structures along the railway at the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150711_110002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-133524\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150711_110002.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150711_110002\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150711_110002.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150711_110002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The structures were pulled down as part of the Assembly&#8217;s efforts to demolish all illegal settlements in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;y6Sd33H5PPb1pN5j3J1WmkhunkZFXeo0&#8243;]A resident who had been affected by the demolition said the AMA failed to give them ample time to relocate before the demolition exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all Ghanaians, they have to inform us to pack our things but they did not inform us early and they suddenly came to demolish our structures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It it will be difficult for us. As of now, we do not where we to go. We know the structures we have put up are illegal but they should have informed us ahead of time so we prepare,\u201d another complained.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the AMA has demolished structures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It earlier\u00a0demolished structures from the Graphic Road section to <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/29\/demolition-exercise-ama-crashes-more-structures-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Avenor and Circle<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as well as others at the Old Fadama area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/demo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-133528\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/demo.jpg\" alt=\"????????????\" width=\"569\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/demo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/demo-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the structures were some garages and structures which served as homes to residents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Franklin Badu Jnr\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A demolition exercise along the railway area at Avenor\u00a0in the Greater Accra region\u00a0has rendered hundreds homeless. The AMA led a team of engineers to demolish wooden structures along the railway at the area. The structures were pulled down as part of the Assembly&#8217;s efforts to demolish all illegal settlements in the capital. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;y6Sd33H5PPb1pN5j3J1WmkhunkZFXeo0&#8243;]A resident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":133522,"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":[43,38],"class_list":["post-133519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133519","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/133522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}