The Accra Mayor, Dr Alfred Oko Vanderpuije says the Assembly would not tolerate any political interference in its work.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not allow a person or a group of persons to hold us back in our developmental agenda of Accra,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Vanderpuije was speaking at a press briefing on Thursday\u00a0\u00a0when he returned to Accra with a 28-member assembly members and businessmen who attended the third annual 16-day exchange programme in Columbia in the US.<\/p>\n
They comprised 16 assembly members, 10 business men and women and two assembly staff.<\/p>\n
The programme was aimed at building the capacity of the assembly members in the best practices of city management and also to afford businessmen to establish business partners.<\/p>\n
Dr Vanderpuije said the AMA would ensure that the people in the metropolis adheres to its bye-laws concerning unauthorized structures and indiscriminate dumping of waste.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident John Dramani Mahama attaches great commitment to sanitation and flooding in Accra and we will not let him down by ensuring that the right things are done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said the exchange programme had helped the assembly a lot in education, health and sanitation and had opened more opportunities for the rapid development and business in Accra.<\/p>\n
Dr Vanderpuije said the visit\u00a0helped them to have fruitful discussions with Exim Bank on some loans for the\u00a0start of the Conti Project to dredge the Korle Lagoon and building a recycling plant in Accra.<\/p>\n
Dr Vanderpuije expressed gratitude to President Mahama and President Barak Obama creating the enabling environment for the exchange programme which is part of the Millennium Development Goals.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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