Stakeholders in the Akatsi municipality have taken a decision to shut down all drinking spots and bars that sell illegal drugs at their business centers in the town.
This action is to be carried out by the police.
This was part of decisions reached at an emergency meeting called by the Akatsi Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) following Sunday’s clashes.
Youth of the area clashed with police, leading to two fatalities with a few injured.
At the emergency meeting on Wednesday, April 13, it was agreed that the injured persons be given proper medical treatment and be released to their families.
While a delegation has also been assigned to call on those families, the police were charged to go on radio as part of their corporate social responsibility “to educate the public on their work in order to promote a cordial Police-civilian relationship”.
“The police should carefully investigate and close down drinking spots/bars that sell illegal drugs at their business centers,” a communique after the meeting announced.
“The police and the court should hasten the process of prosecuting cases to enable the public to have confidence in them.”
While the youth have been asked to embark on sensitisation fora to know their rights and responsibilities, motor riders have been asked to be taken through some form of education by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).
Meanwhile, the youth led by the Akatsi South Youth Parliament are disenchanted about the decisions reached by MUSEC.
“It is a total balderdash that in the face of all these unresolved happenings, MUSEC is again urging the police to investigate and close down drinking spots/bars believed to be dealing in illicit drugs,” its Speaker, Faisel Abdul-Iddrisu, said in a statement issued on Wednesday.
“It beats my imagination why MUSEC is not demanding for an independent probe, in the strongest terms into the incidents leading to the deaAmnesty International has asked the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey to halt the ongoing demolition of structures in the capital.
Board Chair of the human rights group, George A.B Aggre said that the continuous use of forced evictions infringes on the rights of citizens.
A number of structures illegally sited were demolished in the Greater Accra Region as part of the ‘Make Accra work’ agenda. The ongoing exercise started in April 9, last year.
With the support of the security agencies, traders who had illegally occupied the pavements in the Central Business District (CBD) were cleared, while illegal structures on the shoulders of roads were also removed.
However, Amnesty International has issued a stern warning saying it is not happy with the approach adopted by the regional minister.
“ The Greater Accra Regional Minister’s ‘Let’s Make Accra Work’ campaign involved demolishing illegal structures. As part of the campaign, on 5 July, authorities demolished homes of people living in the Railway Quarters along Graphic Road in Accra, making them homeless. Former residents told the media they were not given adequate notice.
“In the same month, about 3,000 woodworkers at Kaase-Angola in the Asokwa Municipality, who had been operating in the area for decades, were requested to vacate the area after the government allegedly sold the land to a private company. The woodworkers stated that it would deprive them of an adequate place to work, affecting their livelihood”. Amnesty International boss said
Mr. George Aggrey added that the proper thing to do is to resettle the affected people before any demolishing takes place. According to him, their investigations reveal that the affected people are homeless.
With particular reference to Journalists, the report indicated there were several incidents of excessive and unnecessary use of force by security agencies.
Amnesty International Ghana therefore said the state must uphold freedoms and rights.th of Etornam, Setor and the shameful killing of Hamza when indeed, there have been claims of torture, abuse of power and unprofessional conduct on the part of the police too in all these incidents.”
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