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La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly Takes Action for a Cleaner Cantonment: Engaging Cane Weavers for a Sound Environment

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In a proactive move to eliminate hawkers and address environmental concerns within the La Dade-Kotopon Municipality, the Honorable Municipal Chief Executive, along with key officers of the Assembly, recently took significant steps. The focus of their efforts was on engaging with cane weavers in the cantonment area, particularly those located around the official residence of the Canadian High Commission. This initiative aimed not only to tackle the issue of street vendors and ‘street boys’ but also to respond to the concerns raised by both local residents and the Canadian High Commission.

Recognizing the importance of maintaining a clean and orderly environment, the Municipal Chief Executive led a delegation to actively engage with the cane weavers. The objective was twofold: to address the immediate challenges posed by street activities and to foster a collaborative approach to ensure a sound and clean municipality.

The decision to target the cantonment area, notably near the Canadian High Commission’s official residence, was strategic. This location has been a focal point of concerns raised by residents and the High Commission alike. By addressing these concerns, the Assembly aims to enhance the overall quality of life for both the local community and diplomatic entities.

During the engagement, the Assembly officials listened to the concerns of the cane weavers and discussed potential solutions. This inclusive approach ensures that the voices of all stakeholders are heard, contributing to a more effective and sustainable resolution.

The efforts of the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly reflect a commitment to creating a harmonious and clean environment. By actively engaging with specific communities, such as the cane weavers in cantonments, the Assembly is taking proactive steps to address immediate challenges while fostering long-term solutions for a vibrant and thriving municipality.

La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly Pulled Down Over 15 Illegal Structures.

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Over 47 illegal developers, developing within the Tse-Addo enclaves of the La Dade-Kotopon Municipality in the Greater Accra Region has been served with the final warning notices by the Assembly, while over fifteen temporary structures at the La beach and fence walls erected within drains at Tse-Addo were pull down.

The exercise was led by the Municipal Works Engineer, Mr. Richard Ben Debrah together with the Assembly’s Task Force.

Responding to questions from the residents, the Engineer said that prior to the demolition exercise, warnings and notices were served to the affected property owners instructing them to remove their illegal structures.

He continued that the Assembly’s mobile announcement van had created awareness for days while the Information Services Department officer had also sensitized the public using Latenu Radio Station for a number of days on the Assembly intended demolition exercise. He furthered that residents cannot take the law into their own hands to be irresponsible and negligent.

According to the Municipal Works Engineer, for some time now, unpatriotic citizens and developers have flouted the bye laws of the Assembly and are destroying the environment. He said none of the affected owners had permit from the Assembly. He stated that more demolition exercises would take place to deter others and advised residents to seek for building permits from the Assembly whenever they want to build, mount a structure or renovate a structure to prevent such happenings.

The Works Engineer said that the Assembly’s mandate is to ensure that the right things are done in the Municipality to circumvent ruin. He said building without a permit in the Municipality cannot be tolerated and mentioned that the Assembly holds the right to supervise and check all projects in its jurisdiction.

He therefore cautioned developers to abide by the Assembly’s development planning process or face the law.

The Hon. Municipal Chief Executive Inspects Ripped Off Public School Building In The Municipality

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On Monday,22nd May,2023, the Municipal Chief Executive Hon. Solomon Kotey Nikoi, together with officers of the Municipal Education Directorate, Municipal Work Engineer, Development Planning Officer, and NADMO Director as they toured some schools to ascertain the damage caused by the rainstorm on Saturday, May 20th, and Sunday, May 21st, 2023.

The Municipal Chief Executive and his entourage first inspected the St. Maurice Roman Building, where they observed that one of their classrooms had been completely ripped off, making it unsuitable for academic work. It was observed that the facial boards and the wood used in the roofing the building had been destroyed, posing danger to pupils and teachers.

The team thereafter continued to inspect Tenachie JHS, where the rainstorm had uprooted trees that accidentally fell on one of the classrooms, damaging the roof. The MCE tasked NADMO to cut down the fallen trees on the roof to avoid fatalities.

The team’s next point of call was at the Maale Dada School compound, where it was observed that the nails used in roofing the school building were weak due to the sea breeze and could not withstand the magnitude of the storm.

The Hon .MCE assured the Head Teachers of the affected schools that, the Assembly would be working very hard to have the problem fixed as soon as possible for pupils to return to school, especially the form three students who were preparing for their final examination.

The Hon. Municipal Chief Executibe Of La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly (Ladma)On The Construction Of Drains At Vredes-Mantiase

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On Thursday, May 18,2023, the Municipal Chief Executive for the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly, Hon. Solomon Nikoi Kotey, engaged the residents of Mantiase community within Mantiase/Tse-Addo Electoral Area as part of his routine engagement with the good people of the Municipality. The purpose of the engagement was to interact with the residents on general issues and delved on sanitation and drainage issues affecting the community.

He informed the people that to improve the drainage system, the Assembly through the support from Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) would be constructing drains through Mantiase to prevent perennial flooding. He stated that the Government of Ghana led by H,E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo is much concerned about improving situations,saniiation and drainage system therefore, he and his team are working assiduously to guarantee  human safety, peace and security.

The residents among others observed that, the poorly designed drainage system which is susceptible or prone to clogging with debris has contributed greatly to the issues of flooding in the area and therefore the proposed construction works should consider the design of the drain to be able to contain the volumes of rain water that come from upstream and homes through to the sea.

In response, the Works Engineer, Physical planning Officer, Urban Road Engineer and other Senior members of the Assembly who were at the meeting took turn to address the audience.

The concerns and observations made by the residents were addressed. The Municipal Works Engineer indicated that, designs for the drains to be constructed had already taken into consideration their plight.

The Hon. MCE, technical officers and residents after the deliberations toured the stretch where the drains would be constructed to have firsthand information and to appreciate the enormity of the challenges the residents face any time it rains.

The residents expressed their gratitude with the development and thanked the MCE and the Assembly for the proposed project.

ACCRA, LaDMA MPCU HAPPY WITH PROGRESS OF WORK DONE AT KEY PROJECT SITE

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The Municipal Planning Coordinating Unit of the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly has visited a number of the assembly’s key project sites for the second quarter of 2023.

Sites visited included the Construction of a 3- storey 18- unit classroom block with landscaping at the La Wireless Cluster of Schools, a 2-storey 6-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities and landscaping at the La Salem Presbyterian Primary School. Others are a 400 meters 0.9 U-drain at the Airport Police Barracks, the rehabilitation and re-roofing of basic schools in South La and the staff canteen.  

The coordinating director of the assembly, Mr Daniel Nkrumah mentioned that for the last decade the assembly has exhibited a sterling record of accomplishment of accounting to the stakeholders by continually improving. The remains as one of the finest assemblies in the country with a significant growth of development that have guided all activities for the years.Mr Asi Amah of the Urban roads department stated that the 400 meters 0.9 U- drain coast about Gh₵ 695.000.00 with the funding sourced from DACF. He said the drain when completed would address the perennial flooding in the area. He added that the assembly took care of issues affecting the communities by providing them with their needs.

At the La Wireless Cluster of Schools and the La Salem Presbyterian Primary, Mr Richard Sowah estimated work done to be 85% and 95% representatively from Works department.

According to Mr Richard Sowah, the La Salem Presbyterian Primary School would soon be handed over by the contractor. He confirmed that the funding sourced for the project was from DACF and RFG.

The contractor, Ellbus Company Limited was on site at the time when the team visited the area and was happy to meet the monitoring team while on site. Members of the monitoring team were provided with the opportunity to question and discuss issues on the projects.  Responding to questions from the members of the MPCU, the supervising consultant of the school project, the Works engineer from the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly said he  was very much impressed with the quality of work done and said the result was due to constant supervisory given to the contractor and cordial relationship that exist between the two.

HON. SOLOMON KOTEY NIKOI INAUGURATES TENASHIE A and B SCHOOL LIBRARY

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The Municipal Chief Executive of La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly Hon.Solomon Kotey Nikoi, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 inaugurated a library for the Tenashie A and B Junior High School in La, Accra.

The facility, which was commissioned in partnership with the Potters House Ministries a religious group, was to support education and literacy in the municipality, is equipped with a modern furniture, television and other items.

Addressing the gathering, the MCE said education was an essential human asset, a need of society and a pre-requisite for good life for which reason the library was vital.

Hon. Solomon Kotey Nikoi, the MCE used the occasion to thank the Potters House Ministries for the gesture of building the school library in the municipality

Ms Habiba Kotoman, the education director for LaDMA expressed her outfit’s gratitude to the sponsors and assure them that the facility will be put into good use. She also beseeched for more support from individuals and institutions

LABONE BUILDING FACES DEMOLITION FOR ILLEGAL EXTENSION WITHOUT PERMIT, AUTHORITIES CARRY OUT DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ACTIVITIES

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In a bid to enforce the law on building regulations, the Development Control Department of the Labone Municipal Assembly carried out a demolition exercise on an illegal building extension without the required permit. The exercise took place on the 10th of September, 2022, in compliance with section 106 of the Local Governance Act 2016, Act 936.

The illegal structure was an extension to a building in the Labone central business district and was blocking the pedestrian walkway, posing a serious threat to the public. The owners of the property were duly informed of the violation and given a grace period to comply with the regulations, but they failed to do so, prompting the demolition exercise.

The demolition exercise was carried out in a professional and organized manner with the supervision of the Labone Municipal Assembly. The building extension was brought down with the use of heavy-duty equipment and the debris was properly disposed of to ensure a clean environment.

This development control activity sends a strong message to other property owners who engage in illegal building activities without obtaining the required permit. It is a call for property owners to adhere strictly to the building regulations to promote safety and environmental sanity.

The Labone Municipal Assembly, through its Development Control Department, will continue to monitor and ensure compliance with the regulations to safeguard the lives and properties of its citizens. It is, therefore, important for all to comply with building regulations to avoid sanctions and unnecessary loss of properties.

MPCU MONITORS PROGRESS OF THE ASSEMBLY PROJECTS

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FLASHBACK: MPCU TEAM AT ONGOING PROJECT SITE at La Wireless Cluster of Schools

The Municipal Planning Coordinating Unit held it first quarter meeting for the year 2022 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 at the assembly hall.

The meeting was drive for the monitoring of progress of works undertaken by the assembly. In addition, to help make applicable corrections and educative actions to advance the project scheme, work blueprint and implementation strategies.

The committee visited the following facilities; the La Wireless Cluster of Schools, the MCE’s Bungalow at Labone Estate, Rangoon Camp 1&2 School, and St Paul’s Anglican School and the Container for NADMO at LaDMA main office.

According to the director for Works department, the projects would be completed within the schedule.  The team witnessed that at the various project visited workers were on site with works making headway progressively.

LaDMA Decongest Adiembra Roads.

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Scene at the decongestion exercise

The La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) as part of its social responsibilities on the ‘Operation clean your frontage’ on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 began demolishing illegal structures raised along the roads of Adiembra electoral area in the municipality.

Speaking to the media, the Municipal Chief Executive for LaDMA, Rev Solomon Kotey Nikoi said the exercise was to create space for the construction of pedestrian walkways.

He said pedestrian compete with vehicles on the roads creating traffic and accidents in the municipality. According to the MCE, most children has lost their lives to onrushing vehicles because of the activities of residents and shop owners who have occupied the pedestrian walkways with illegal structures and the best way to address the issue is to decongest walkways where people unlawfully encroached.

Rev Solomon Kotey Nikoi stated that the assembly has given notice to the affected people and done a lot of awareness prior to the exercise.Rev Solomon mentioned that it was illegal for populaces and business owners to erect structures five feet beyond their frontage to obstruct pedestrian movement.

 Majority of the affected people described the exercise as selective and appealed to the MCE to give them few days to relocate their kiosk and the containers.

Minority were sceptical about the sustainability of the exercise, if it would not be a day wonder to please the Greater Accra Regional Minister that LaDMA is working towards its goals.

They bemoan the assembly lack of action against unauthorised structures at lower stages until it is well established. Moreover, they urged the assembly to be proactive in the discharge of their duties.

Operation Clean Your Frontage Exercise Takes Place in La Central Business Area

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On Friday, Febuary 4, 2023, LaDMA (La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly) organized an Operation Clean Your Frontage exercise in the central business area of La, Accra. 

The exercise was aimed at clearing structures within the pedestrian walkways to ensure free movement for both pedestrians and vehicles.

The exercise involved the removal of unauthorized structures and materials that encroached on the pedestrian walkways. These included tables, chairs, and signboards belonging to businesses located in the area. The structures had made it difficult for pedestrians to walk along the pavements, leading to congestion and accidents.

The LaDMA team, comprising of officials from the Environmental Health Department, the Town and Country Planning Department, and the Assembly Members, were on hand to supervise the exercise. They worked tirelessly to ensure that all the unauthorized structures and materials were cleared from the walkways, and the pavements were restored to their original state.

During the exercise, the team sensitized the business owners and residents in the area on the importance of keeping their frontages clean and free from encroachments. They urged them to maintain the cleanliness and avoid dumping refuse in unauthorized places.

The exercise was welcomed by the residents and business owners in the area, who expressed their appreciation to the LaDMA for the initiative. They pledged their support to keep the area clean and free from encroachments in the future.

In conclusion, the Operation Clean Your Frontage exercise carried out by the LaDMA in the central business area of La, Accra, was a great success. It has helped to restore order and sanity to the pedestrian walkways and has made it easier for people to move around the area. The LaDMA deserves commendation for their efforts, and we urge them to continue with such initiatives to make our cities clean and safe for all.