{"id":443488,"date":"2017-12-04T12:56:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/ama-issues-1-week-ultimatum-to-illegal-east-legon-settlers\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:56:55","slug":"ama-issues-1-week-ultimatum-to-illegal-east-legon-settlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/ama-issues-1-week-ultimatum-to-illegal-east-legon-settlers\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA issues 1-week ultimatum to illegal East Legon settlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/91465580.295.jpg\" alt=\"Accra Metropolitan Assembly AMA\" title=\"Accra Metropolitan Assembly AMA\" width=\"295\" height=\"215\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Accra Metropolitan Assembly  has identified about 500 illegal settlers  in the area<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512392215_736_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has issued a 1-week ultimatum to illegal settlers at Mempeasem, a suburb of East Legon in Accra, to leave the area or face demolition.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly says it has identified about 500 settlers in the area. Some of the settlers were managing piggeries and have illegally allocated to themselves portions of land.<\/p>\n<p>According to the AMA, their actions have given rise to criminal activities in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The AMA Coordinating Director, Sam Ayeh-Datey, made this known when the Assembly conducted an assessment in the area as part of efforts to make Accra a clean City under the National Sanitation Day programme on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the ultimatum to the illegal settlers followed persistence public complaints about stray pigs within the East Legon community, which they said posed health challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The Coordinating Director said the situation did not promote a healthy relationship between the city authorities and the residents in such a first class residential area.<\/p>\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>Accra Metropolitan Assembly has identified about 500 illegal settlers in the area The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has issued a 1-week ultimatum to illegal settlers at Mempeasem, a suburb of East Legon in Accra, to leave the area or face demolition. 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