The Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) says the popular \u201cKiosk Estate\u201d and other slums within the Sakumo Wetlands will soon be demolished to save human lives as well as regenerate the bio-diversity of the area.<\/p>\n
Mr. Felix Mensah Nii Annan-La made this known during a visit to some slums within the Tema Metropolis to assess the level\u00a0of encroachment on the wetlands as part of his Tema Restoration Agenda.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”eWqgFRcFkYHwgMph9dTwKYSecKNKHahl”]Talking about slum development in Tema to the press, he observed how certain persons had taken over a stretch of land earmarked for the construction of a road through Community 18, and had developed the place into a slum settlement called \u2018Kiosk Estate\u2019 thereby destroying the beauty of the community.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cyou know it\u2019s a road, and I will see the Road Minister to see what we can do about it, because there are beautiful buildings here which need the road to link them to other parts of the metropolis.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also said there were businesses springing up in the area, and the \u2018Kiosk Estate\u2019 was a hindrance to their success adding, \u201cthese are projects can employ a number of Ghanaians and this slum is preventing these businesses from moving forward, and I think we have to assist them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms. Stella Medowokpor, who lived in the slum community with her brother, said it was a sad issue considering government\u2019s decision to eject them because they did not have anywhere else to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI plead with government to have mercy on us and look for an alternative place for us to settle,\u201d she prayed.<\/p>\n
Ms. Medowokpor who hailed from the Volta Region of Ghana had stayed in the area for nearly five years and had her livelihood there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI work here and go to another kiosk down there to sleep. This provision shop is what supports me financially,\u201d she informed.<\/p>\n
Ms. Gloria Asantewaa, also a resident of the slum, hinted on the challenges they faced living in such a community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have many problems. Some of which are the rampant stealing of our properties and the fact that we don\u2019t have a place to buy medicine when we fall sick,\u201d he informed.<\/p>\n
She said she was compelled to stay there because she could not afford the higher rent charges in other areas of the Metropolis adding \u201cwe pay 30 Ghana Cedis as rent to the kiosk owners, which is reasonable compared to high rates charged elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MCE, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) assured the squatters that the Assembly would come out with some settlement plan before the demolishing exercise.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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