{"id":1250821,"date":"2022-11-15T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/15\/us-ambassador-pays-working-visit-to-greater-accra-coordinating-council\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:29:02","slug":"us-ambassador-pays-working-visit-to-greater-accra-coordinating-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/15\/us-ambassador-pays-working-visit-to-greater-accra-coordinating-council\/","title":{"rendered":"US Ambassador pays working visit to Greater Accra Coordinating Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GARCC.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Quartey (2nd from right), Greater Accra Regional Minister, presenting a gift to Virginia E. Palmer, the US Ambassador to Ghana. With them are Felicia Dapaah (left), Chief Director of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, and Chris Pery (right), Political Officer at the US Embassy . Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nHenry Quartey (2nd from right), Greater Accra Regional Minister, presenting a gift to Virginia E. Palmer, the US Ambassador to Ghana. With them are Felicia Dapaah (left), Chief Director of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, and Chris Pery (right), Political Officer at the US Embassy . Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>The US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, yesterday[November 14, 2022] held a closed-door meeting with the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, at the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), during which they discussed matters of mutual interest to the Embassy and the RCC.<\/h2>\n<p>The discussions included the \u2018Let\u2019s make Greater Accra work\u2019 initiative being spearheaded by the minister.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Working together<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Briefing the media after the meeting, Ms Palmer explained that her visit was to learn, at first-hand, the workings of the RCC.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the US Embassy would work with the RCC for their mutual benefits, adding: \u201cI appreciate this visit and enjoyed your plans for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Mr Quartey said the RCC was ready to collaborate with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the US Embassy to make Greater Accra work again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Let\u2019s make Greater Accra work\u2019 initiative, launched by the regional minister in 2021, has since witnessed a number of activities, including ensuring environmental cleanliness and discipline in the national capital.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been clean-up and decongestion exercises, the demolition of unauthorised structures, among other measures to achieve the objective of the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Another programme of the RCC is \u2018Operation Clean Your Frontage\u2019, aimed at getting individuals and corporate entities to clean and green their immediate surroundings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inread\" align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mdundo.com\/widget_song\/2107957\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"125\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1668429065_581_uT5R4nnA_o.png\" alt=\"Get New DJ Mixes\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"241080f46c65edf875f4d4e4-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"241080f46c65edf875f4d4e4-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Quartey (2nd from right), Greater Accra Regional Minister, presenting a gift to Virginia E. 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