{"id":460593,"date":"2018-02-01T23:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T23:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/decongestion-ama-sacks-11-guards-for-extortion\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T23:40:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T23:40:51","slug":"decongestion-ama-sacks-11-guards-for-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/decongestion-ama-sacks-11-guards-for-extortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Decongestion: AMA sacks 11 guards for extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  1 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>atinkaonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/53396084.295.jpg\" alt=\"AMAAsack\" title=\"AMAAsack\" width=\"295\" height=\"130\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Eleven members of the AMA taskforce have been dismissed for extortion<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517528451_533_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 dismissed eleven members of its taskforce for failing to discharge their duties.<\/p>\n<p>They are Theophilus Amar Kwasi, Samuel Nunu, Albert Ayitey, Victor Thompson, Albert Cudjoe, Ebenezer Larbi, Abu Sackey, Emmanuel Nortey Oquaye, Emmanuel Anyidoho, Abubakar Awal and Fatau Yussif.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Public Affairs Mr.  Gilbert Nii Ankrah, disclosed this to the media in an interview on the progress made so far on the ongoing decongestion exercise by the Assembly and strategies that had ensured its sustenance since the exercise begun on the 8 January.<\/p>\n<p>He said the 11  guards who were stationed at some specific streets within the Central Business District of Accra were spotted by the Assembly\u2019s monitoring team taking unspecified sum of monies from some traders, loitering and sleeping on duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were not enforcing the law and this is not acceptable\u2026let me put on record that the AMA will not hesitate to dismiss anyone who is sleeping on the job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr. Ankrah,  prior to the exercise, members of the taskforce were warned not to engage in acts which would undermine the sustenance of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople all over the country and beyond are applauding us for the good work done\u2026 Our taskforce have been warned not to compromise but remain disciplined. We will not hesitate to dismiss any recalcitrant person who undermines the system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance by traders and stakeholders and assured that the Assembly would not relent on sustaining the exercise to rid the city of filth, lawlessness and increase mobility.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ankrah also commended the police for their support and called on all to rally behind the Assembly to transform Accra into a Smart, Sustainable and Resilient City where we can all \u201clive in and love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PRO urged traders to abide by the directive and warned that anyone caught going against the metropolitan rules would be dealt with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling on all pedestrians to endeavour to use the pavement since it is meant for them,\u201d he averred.<\/p>\n<p>The AMA began the exercise to rid hawkers and traders off pavements and footbridges in the metropolis as part of efforts to decongest the city.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Assembly, the activities of the traders and hawkers impede the flow of vehicular and human traffic and contribute to the heaps of garbage along major streets of the metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing exercise being spearheaded by the Metropolitan Security Committee(MESEC),  comprising the police, the military and the AMA taskforce,  is expected to cover the Central Business District(CBD), Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, Kaneshie Market Area, N1 highway (Lapaz Intersection) among others.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 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>General News of Thursday, 1 February 2018 Source: atinkaonline.com 2018-02-01 Eleven members of the AMA taskforce have been dismissed for extortion The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has dismissed eleven members of its taskforce for failing to discharge their duties. 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