Sekondi (WR), Sept. 15, GNA - The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly on Tuesday took over the management of all public places of convenience.

Mr Kobina Pra, Metropolitan Chief Executive who made this known at the Second Meeting of the Third Session of the Assembly noted that the move was to ensure sanity and halt the dispute over the ownership and management of the facilities by activists of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He expressed concern about the poor financial returns from revenue agents manning the public places of convenience. Mr Pra noted that the assembly can generate more funds from the management of the facilities instead of the paltry revenue being paid by contractors.

Last Friday, (September 11) supporters of the NDC and NPP engaged in public argument over the control of the facilities. Some youth group had taken-over the facilities at Amanful, Sekondi Taxi Rank, Market Circle, Nkotopo, Effiakuma Koobi Bar and Beach Road Taxi Rank, which led to long queues and lots of inconvenience for inhabitants who patronize such facilities.