The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, has announced that the regional administration will soon demolish structures identified as being constructed on waterways.
Speaking at the National Day of Prayers and Thanksgiving held in Kumasi, Dr Amoakohene specified that several of these unauthorised structures are located in Asokwa, particularly behind the walls of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
To ensure a smooth exercise, the Minister noted that a specialised team has been established to engage with the owners and occupants of the affected properties ahead of the demolition to ensure a holistic approach.
However, he said, the government has to incorporate strong managerial and social support systems to assist those who will be displaced by the exercise.
Preaching at the same event, Apostle Johannes Vegba, the Kumasi North Area Head of the Apostolic Church-Ghana, delivered a powerful sermon calling for a national transformation.
He urged Ghanaians to re-examine and reset their core values to change the country’s current trajectory.
Apostle Vegba lamented that the deliberate diversion and blockage of waterways for illegal mining and unauthorised buildings have been the root causes of perennial flooding across the country.
He warned that if these national values are not reset, the country risks destruction through the reckless behaviours and attitudes of its own citizens.
He cited the devastating floods in Accra and other major cities, which have claimed numerous lives and displaced thousands of citizens, blaming the crises entirely on human attitudes.
Beyond environmental concerns, the clergyman strongly condemned the widespread corruption and poor work ethic crippling national productivity.
He criticised public and private sector workers who exhibit extreme apathy, noting instances where employees go to work merely to watch the clock, wait for closing time, or worse, attend work solely to wait for “envelopes.”
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