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Develop effective mechanism
to deal with building permits – Metro Director
Accra, March 26, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr Isaac T.
Adjovu, Metro Coordinating Director of the Accra Metropolitan
Assembly (AMA), has tasked the Town and Country Planning
Department to develop effective mechanism to deal with the delay
of issuing building permits.
“Any officer, who without any justifiable reason, causes delay
in the process of development application will be penalized,” Mr
Adjovu warned at a management meeting on Thursday with Heads of
Department in Accra.
The meeting was to address challenges confronting various
sub-metros and find solutions.
He said the proliferation of unauthorized structures like kiosks
and containers had debased the beauty and status of Accra and
attributed part of the problem to some staff at the sub-metro
who issue illegal permits.
“Officers who give out any permit other than the AMA Planning
Committee commits an offence and would be brought to book,” he
said.
Touching on sanitation, Mr Adjovu said while some countries’
solid waste was an essential commodity which attracted buyers,
Ghana’s waste had become a huge problem.
He said AMA was developing a new system for effective collection
of waste management fees.
Mr Adjovu said the initiative would enable AMA to generate
resources to support service delivery and reduce a huge
financial burden on government.
He said as part of measures to solve its numerous problems, a
re-valuation survey of businesses and properties in Accra had
been completed to provide reliable data that would help generate
revenue as well as effective monitoring.
Mr Adjovu said the Assembly would soon introduce customer care
at every unit to enable the public to reach their sub-metro when
there was any complaint to be dealt with.
“The change of government should not deter us from working with
commitment, dedication and loyalty to help develop the nation.
We just need to understand the policies and programmes of the
government and play our respective role to ensure successful
implementation in the interest of the public,” Mr Adjovu
advised.
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