{"id":428063,"date":"2017-10-12T19:03:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/bonsam-gyam-now-ofie-high-street\/"},"modified":"2017-10-12T19:03:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:03:45","slug":"bonsam-gyam-now-ofie-high-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/bonsam-gyam-now-ofie-high-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonsam Gyam now Ofie High Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday, 12 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/59259173.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ofie Highstreet\" title=\"Ofie Highstreet\" width=\"295\" height=\"171\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The renaming and re-branding took place at this year&#8217;s Odwira Festival<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507835025_377_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The infamous \u2018Bonsam Gyam\u2019 at Akropong-Akuapem has been re-branded to \u2018Ofie High Street,\u2019 Citi Showbiz has learnt.<\/p>\n<p>The renaming and re-branding took place on Friday 6th October, 2017 at this year\u2019s Odwira Festival which was held last week at Akropong \u2013 Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Present at the ceremony were the Municipal Chief Executive of Akropong Akuapem Dennis Edward Aboagye, the Member of Parliament for Akuapem-North constituency Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah and the royalty.<\/p>\n<p>At the ceremony, a giant signpost was mounted to reflect the re-branding of the street and its activities.<\/p>\n<p>The street, located few metres away from the chief\u2019s palace had been the hub of entertainment. It had drinking bars along the street.<\/p>\n<p>These bars apparently hire the services of spinners who entertain their clientele with songs to support the sale of their drinks. The clients appreciate this gesture with non-stop dancing on the street.<\/p>\n<p>The clientele, mostly young people, danced with their bottles and glasses of liquor in their hands, while others smoked alongside.<\/p>\n<p>During the day, \u2018Bonsam Gyam\u2019 was a normal, silent street where people and vehicles went about their socio-economic activities without any hindrances. But at night, it became a real \u2018hell\u2019 or Bonsam Gyam for residents and commuters who could not stand the noise.<\/p>\n<p>When revellers at Bonsam Gyam were in their elements, they jumped onto the bonnets of passing vehicles and puffed smoke on drivers and passengers.<\/p>\n<p>There was also theft, hooliganism and young ladies who patronised \u2018Bonsam Gyam\u2019 were spotted in their mini-skirts, with tops that leave little for the imagination.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with the Municipal Chief Executive of Akropong-Akuapem, Dennis Edward Aboagye, he explained that they had seen an emerging industry of people coming into the municipality on weekends to have a get-away and deemed it necessary to make it more attractive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople come onto the streets especially at Akropong to have fun usually at night on fridays-Sundays, leading to street jams, traffic blocks and other acts of indiscipline,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the chiefs, churches and people of Akropong raised concerns and there was some face off with operators and patrons of the street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we came into office, I identified that as a challenge and we decided to tap into the positives and regulate the negatives because we believe getting visitors into the area every weekend is a boost to local economy,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He finally intimated the re-branding comes with ensuring sanity at the place, reflecting true Akuapem identity and providing quality entertainment and recreation for people during weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now have a regulations for the operation of the street; that is, when to close, when to open, noise level, traffic control, car parks, controls on underage kids and others,\u201d the MCE noted.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Thursday, 12 October 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-10-12 The renaming and re-branding took place at this year&#8217;s Odwira Festival &#13; The infamous \u2018Bonsam Gyam\u2019 at Akropong-Akuapem has been re-branded to \u2018Ofie High Street,\u2019 Citi Showbiz has learnt. 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