The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei-Sowah and former second lady Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur on Monday will lead the second phase of “Ghana Reads!” to be held at the British Council. Dubbed “Ghana Reads! Reading Soiree & Honours,” the event is geared at marking the 2018 World Book Day in Ghana. It is … Read more
The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei-Sowah and former second lady Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur on Monday will lead the second phase of “Ghana Reads!” to be held at the British Council. Dubbed “Ghana Reads! Reading Soiree & Honours,” the event is geared at marking the 2018 World Book Day in Ghana. It is … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the chiefs and people of the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Area to work together in peace and harmony so as to give Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V a peaceful and befitting burial. He said the late chief was not only for the Ngleshie Alata Area but was also for … Read more
Accra is seeking assistance from London to solve its poor urban planning challenges which have been identified as the cause of the capital’s perennial flood and become a headache for governments. President Akufo-Addo and the Chief Executive of Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, who are in the UK met with the Mayor of … Read more
Chief Executive of Accra Metropolitan Assembly Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Chief Resilience Officer Desmond Appiah, and 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) – have released a Preliminary Resilience Assessment of Accra at a convening of strategic partners. The document is a comprehensive analysis of Accra’s state of resilience, a product of a … Read more
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has issued a two-day ultimatum to all traders and those engaged in any form of activity at unauthorized places at old Fadama, popularly known as Agbogbloshie in Accra, to vacate or be forced out. Chief Executive of the AMA, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, explained the intended decongestion exercise is to pave … Read more
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly in partnership 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) has officially announced the appointment of Desmond Appiah as Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of Accra. The appointment of a Chief Resilience Officer is an essential step of Accra’s resilience-building effort and its partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation. The 100 … Read more
Few weeks after TV3’s exposé on the activities of commercial sex workers close to the Kwame Nkrumah interchange, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has demolished the slum including the brothels. The demolition along the rail lines at Odawna started at about 6: 30 am on Thursday morning. Some residents appeared to have complied with the eviction notice … Read more
More than 271 people have died in Accra through road accident between January and November this year, statistics from the MTTD has revealed. This figure has seen a dramatic increase by 58 deaths from that of last year. The statistics showed there has been a dramatic increase in the number of accident cases recorded within … Read more
Shatta Michy’s pub was among some structures lying within the East Legon Green Belt zone which had been earmarked for demolition… Diamond Pub and Grill spot were greeted with some controversy last Thursday in Accra when a task force from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) tried to demolish the structure. This was because the pub did … Read more
There was controversy at the Diamond Pub and Grill spot at East Legon in Accra last Thursday when a task force from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) tried to demolish the structure. The facility is owned by Madam Shatta Michy, wife of Ghanaian dancehall musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. a.k.a. Shatta Wale and was among some … Read more
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, AT THE 1ST MEDIA ENCOUNTER, AT THE BANQUET HALL OF THE PRESIDENCY, ACCRA, ON TUESDAY, 18TH JULY, 2017 Let me welcome you all to the seat of the Presidency for this 1st media encounter since I came here. I must, at the outset, … Read more
President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 met with journalists at the Flagstaff House to account for his stewardship to Ghanaians after 6 months in office. The meeting was to afford journalists the opportunity to ask him key questions they believe he hasn’t adequately addressed at various forums and also know about his plans on … Read more
Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mohammed Adjei Sowah says he has no knowledge about a billboard mounted in Accra with his image and that of the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ishmael Ashitey. The billboards with the inscription, “Welcome to Accra, the Proposed Cleanest City in Africa,”has been pulled down following a public … Read more
The Ga-Dangme Muslim Council (GMC) has called on the Mayor of Accra, Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah at his office in Accra to strengthen bilateral ties between the two. They have also given the assurance that they would support the Mayor in his quest to develop Accra. The Council delegation was led by its Founder and … Read more
Mr Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodoo, has called on Ga indigenes to hold their hands in brotherly love to rebuild Accra. He said: “I want to urge all of us that in this time the elections are over, we should put politics behind us and go into the Bible … Read more
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) would give scholarships to 10 best students of the public schools who would excel in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, when he visited some examination centres in Accra. … Read more
Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has said encroachers along the Green Belt at East Legon in Accra have 21 days to vacate the area. He said if by June 7, 2017, they had still not vacated the area they would be ejected to pave way for the AMA … Read more
ZOOMPAK, a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies, in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) yesterday commissioned a state-of-the-art solid waste transfer station at Achimota, Accra. The commissioning of the Achimota station brings to three the total number of waste … Read more
A $3 million state-of-the-art solid waste transfer station has been commissioned at Achimota, a suburb of Accra. The station, located in the Okaikoi North Constituency, was commissioned by ZoomPak in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). The commissioning of the Achimota waste transfer station brings to … Read more