Pressure is mounting on the Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly to pull down its newly constructed office complex situated on a reserved zone at Dansoman Sharp Curve in Accra.
The Department of Urban Roads (DUR) and the National Engineering Coordinating Team (NECT) have asked the assembly to comply with their orders to pull down the building situated on the reserved shoulder of the road.
Last Thursday, officials from the NECT stormed the assembly to demand the demolition of the building.
But the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Kofi Ofori, said the assembly would hold a management meeting next week to take a decision on the demand by the two bodies.
“If we have to demolish, we will demolish, but since the structure is government property, we have to meet to take that decision,” he said in an interview.
The assembly had been served twice by the NECT to pull down the building, but they have not been complied with.
Last Thursday, officials from the NECT stormed the assembly to demand the demolition of the building.
But the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Kofi Ofori, said the assembly would hold a management meeting next week to take a decision on the demand by the two bodies.
“If we have to demolish, we will demolish, but since the structure is government property, we have to meet to take that decision,” he said in an interview.
The assembly had been served twice by the NECT to pull down the building, but they have not been complied with.
The Chairman of the NECT, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, said it was a “shame” that the assembly was flouting its own laws.
The NECT, which was established 25 years ago, is made up of 37 institutions, including the utility companies and other government institutions, ministries, departments and agencies.
A meeting was held on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 between the various agencies and the Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr Dan Kwaku Botwe, on the action of the assemblies, including the Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly.
According to Mr Ashigbey, the minister had promised to remedy the situation.
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