{"id":670260,"date":"2019-08-02T11:31:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T11:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>Hundreds of unauthorised structures along the Odorkor highway have been demolished by the Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The assembly with support from armed personnel from the Odorkor divisional police command embarked on the demo"},"modified":"2019-08-02T11:31:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T11:31:55","slug":"unauthorised-structures-along-odorkor-highway-demolished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/02\/unauthorised-structures-along-odorkor-highway-demolished\/","title":{"rendered":"Unauthorised structures along Odorkor highway demolished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hundreds of unauthorised structures along the Odorkor highway have been demolished by the Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The assembly with support from armed personnel from the Odorkor divisional police command embarked on the demolition exercise on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-538437\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/illegal-structures-along-the-Odorkor-highway-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-538433\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/illegal-structures-along-the-Odorkor-highway-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Occupants of the structures have accused the assembly of not giving them a prior eviction notice and are now\u00a0demanding compensation from the government<\/p>\n<p>Some of the structures had an eviction deadline of July 18, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s action was the latest in a line of demotion exercises in the Greater Accra Region.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-538434\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/illegal-structures-along-the-Odorkor-highway-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-538436\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/illegal-structures-along-the-Odorkor-highway-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Most recently, the Ayawaso North Municipal Assembly <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>pulled down several structures<\/strong><\/span> near the Maamobi General Hospital in Accra to pave way for the construction of an office complex for the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The structures served as homes and shops to some welders who lived in the area for decades.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the assembly first gave an eviction notice as far back as February 11, 2019 but the occupants of the land refused to vacate the area.<\/p>\n<p>Also, hundreds of structures along the beaches behind the Black Star Square <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>were pulled down to pave way for the Marine Drive Project<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_source\">\n<span>Source:<\/span><br \/>\nHawa Iddrisu| citinewsroom.com | Ghana\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of unauthorised structures along the Odorkor highway have been demolished by the Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly. The assembly with support from armed personnel from the Odorkor divisional police command embarked on the demolition exercise on Friday morning. Occupants of the structures have accused the assembly of not giving them a prior eviction notice and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":670261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unauthorised structures along Odorkor highway demolished - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/02\/unauthorised-structures-along-odorkor-highway-demolished\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Unauthorised structures along Odorkor highway demolished - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Hundreds of unauthorised structures along the Odorkor highway have been demolished by the Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly. 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