Regional News of Thursday, 19 January 2012

Source: GNA

AMA demolishes illegal structures at Nkrumah Circle

Accra, Jan. 19, GNA - The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Thursday continued its demolition exercise of illegal structures along the railway line at Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

Last week-end fire gutted about 100 illegal structures at Odorna along the railway line called 'ECOMOG' at Circle, destroying goods and properties worth several milions of Ghana cedis but there were no lost of human life.

Dr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, AMA Chief Executive, last Monday directed the task force to demolish all illegal structures along the railway line fowwoing the fire outbreak.

Speaking to Ghana News Agency at the site, some of the affected victims claimed they were not given prior notice to quit while other squatters said they did not have enough time to salvage some of their belongings.