DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES: political will over rhetoric’s
It is sad that our country Ghana is highly polarised and sharply divided along party lines. One cannot freely air their views without being tagged or bastardized as belonging to party A or B. This however should not prevent the expression of views and opinions especially when there are concerns over development and national safety. A few weeks ago, Accra was hit with a devastating effect of the June 3 rains which wrecked properties and led to the loss of lives. There is no denying the fact that the floods were occasioned by the indiscriminate dumping of refuse, inadequate drainage systems in Accra, construction of illegal structures along water ways, ineffective implementation of our by-laws and statues, and the lack of political will by present and past state actors who are mandated and paid by the state to ensure that the right things are done and done well. In a recent radio ‘Call-in-Segment’ programme on JoyFM where the public called in to share their views on the current demo...