AMA sanctions street preachers for making noise, operating without permit.
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has issued notices to ten street preachers and five people selling products over public address systems in the Central Business District (CBD) for operating without a permit and making noise in violation of the AMA Abatement of Noise Bye-Law 2017.
The notices were issued by Assembly Public Health Officers on Friday, July 15, 2022, when they stormed the CBD to enforce the Abatement of Noise Bye-Law.
Speaking during the exercise, the Head of Public Affairs at the AMA Mr Gilbert Nii Ankrah said according to the Ghana Standards Protection Requirement for ambience noise control code GS 122: 2018, the permissible noise level within commercial areas should be 75 decibels (dbs) during the day and 65dbs during the night, whilst areas with residential, trading and light industrial activities should be 60dbs during the day and 65dbs during the night.
He revealed that, under Section 9 of the AMA Abatement of Noise Bye-Law, public preachers were required to obtain a street preaching permit from the AMA, which required them to conduct their activities between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. while adhering to the permissible noise level.
He explained that under the Abatement of Noise Bye-law, churches or religious institutions conducting services may not play music or preach at a service so loudly that it causes disturbances to residents in the area, and that such services must take place between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.
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Road builders have begun work on the main highway at Suame in the Ashanti Region's Kumasi Metropolitan District.
Residents of the constituency hooted and pelted sachet water at their Member of Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, for failing to get the road fixed despite representing them for over 20 years.
A video obtained by GhanaWeb showed road contractors working on the road with at least three construction vehicles, including a bobcat, a dump truck, and a water sprinkling truck.
The person who took the video can be heard saying that a miracle is taking place because the road is finally being repaired.
"We've noticed workers trying to do something on the road all of a sudden." It's been an eventful day here at the Suame Constituency... Workers are now attempting to resolve the situation," he explained.
On Monday, July 18, 2022, some artisans at Suame Magazine in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region hooted and pelted sachet water at their Member of Parliament over the poor state of roads in the Constituency.
The MP was there to inspect the abandoned Suame highway, which artisans claim claimed a life due to its deteriorated condition.
When the MP arrived, the enraged artisans thronged the highway and began hooting at him and pelting him with water sachets.
They also blocked some roads in videos sighted by GhanaWeb.
According to the MCE, the MP managed to make it to a meeting point where he met with leaders of the workers’ groups and explained to them what was being done to address their concerns
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