{"id":311021,"date":"2017-04-16T05:58:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T05:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=311021"},"modified":"2017-04-16T05:58:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T05:58:54","slug":"relocation-of-old-fadama-residents-misplaced-franklin-cudjoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/relocation-of-old-fadama-residents-misplaced-franklin-cudjoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Relocation of Old Fadama residents misplaced – Franklin Cudjoe"},"content":{"rendered":"
The President of IMANI Ghana,\u00a0Franklin Cudjoe, believes the proposed relocation as a solution to the tensions in Old Fadama will be misplaced given that the problems there are anchored in urbanization.<\/p>\n
Speaking on The Big Issue<\/strong>, Mr. Cudjoe explained that, the breakdown of law and order was a by-product of people migrating from other parts of the country to the capital given the accompanying outliers of growth.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”rw8lgytB9zfquoIDFPlNTqo87aqH5fbA”]”The way I see this, it is not necessarily ethnic based, even though there have been past records of ethnic-induced violence. This is clearly in the realms of urbanization and the future of the growth of cities, these things are bound to happen.”<\/p>\n Following the clash<\/a><\/strong><\/span> between Konkombas and Dagombas at the Agbogbloshie Yam Market on Tuesday,\u00a0government has said it will soon begin the mass relocation <\/a><\/strong><\/span>of traders and residents at Old Fadama to decongest the area to improve policing and ensure law and order.<\/p>\n But the IMANI President argued that, the country needs to “approach it from purely the rural-urban drift and migration angle” adding that “the decentralization of governance is the surest path to ensure that some of these iniquities are dealt with.\u201d<\/p>\n “Looking at the data, there is still going to be a pouring of people in the cities from across the country so we need to be careful with how to solve this because I am not too sure trying to relocate them will solve the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n Engagement\u00a0of groups critical<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Dr. Okoe Boye, also speaking on The Big Issue<\/strong>, stressed the need for engagement between the two groups.<\/p>\n