GA CENTRAL MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY HOLDS STAKEHOLDERS MEETING AT ANTIEKU ELECTORAL AREA

MCE Addressing The Issues Of The Residents

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he Ga Central Municipal Assembly organized a stakeholder meeting with the Landlords association, GPRTU and the residents of Antie Aku electoral area (Nsumfa, C.P, Kokompe and Awoyo) to brainstorm over issues concerning the Municipality. The meeting took place at House of Peace Church on Sunday, November 16, 2025.

The objective was to create a platform for the residents and stakeholders to deliberate on issues confronting the Municipality, especially about the poor road network and sanitation problems.

Present at the meeting were; the Municipal Chief Executive, Hon Emmanuel Adotey Allotey, the Municipal Coordinating Director, Mr. John Owusu Donkor as well as the various Heads of Department of the Ga Central Municipal District Assembly. Moreover, the meeting attracted some Chiefs within the municipality, opinion leaders Assembly members, electorates and other dignitaries.

Head Of Departments And Residents Of Antie Aku Electoral Area.

A Resident Asking A Question.

A Resident Asking A Question.

Residents Of Antie Aku Electoral Area.

PRESENTATION BY NCCE
Miss Mary Dagbah, the Municipal Director for the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), spoke on the need to pay Business Operating Permit (BOP), property rates and others taxes.
She began her presentation by highlighting on revenue and its importance. She said, revenue cannot be exempted in our community because revenue generates funds to help develop our community and the Assembly as a whole.
PRESENTATION BY MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER.
The Municipal Environmental Health officer, Dilemma Amoonaquah, spoke on sanitation. He stated that participants should keep their surroundings clean so as to avoid diseases like cholera, malaria etc. He also told participants to take Operation Clean Your Frontage very serious and do their possible best to keep their frontage clean such that they should make dustbins available at vantage points so that rubbish can be put inside instead of littering it anywhere. Doing this he said will keep us healthy and away from communicable diseases.
PRESENTATION BY THE POLICE COMMANDER
A.S.P Frederick Tawiah from the Ghana Police, Sowutuom circuit spoke about the issues on demonstration and emphasized that though it is the right of every citizen to embark on one there is the need also to maintain peace. He mentioned that every society can only develop when issues about development are channeled through the right sources as such, he advised all present at the community engagement to outlay their grievances to the Municipal Chief Executive so that all their will be addressed.

PRESENTATION BY MUNICIPAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Speaking at the event, the MCE, Hon Emmanuel Adotey Allotey addressed his people on the purpose of the gathering. He used the opportunity to explain to residents present that he did or go for a restraining order from the Police and Court to stop his natives from embarking on demonstration. "Demonstration is legally part of politics so I can't stop them from demonstration, besides the poor road is more important to me than anyone else, because it's leads to my Office". He explained further that, before the natives planned to demonstrate, he earlier held a meeting with the Security Council, and they unanimously agreed that the demonstration is not necessary, because the MCE has begun working on the deplorable roads.
The MCE, made an open forum for participants at the meeting to register their concerns.

CONCERNS RAISED
Storm Drains
Gutters
Deplorable roads
Drainage System
Improper disposal of waste
Air pollution
Bad state of Bridges.

MCE's RESPONSE
The MCE in response assured that his plans to make sure construction of good roads are in session and will be accomplished. He disclosed that, all projects are in pipeline.
However, he entreated the electorates volunteer to indulge themselves in labor work of the projects to portray their patriotic instincts.

DECISION TAKEN
• The residents agreed to clean the community every first Saturday of the month.
• They also agreed to honor their obligations in terms of paying their property rate, Business Operating Permit (BOP) and other taxes.
The Chiefs and the residents commended the MCE for organizing such an august meeting to enable them pinpoint the challenges affecting the Municipality and also stated that they pray and rust that whatever that was discussed and planned during the gathering will yield development.