The plush houses of some individuals around the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Air Navigation Station at East Legon, Accra are likely to be demolished by the State.
Outgoing Minister of Aviation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, made disclosure in response to a question on Monday in Accra during her first appearance at the Meet The Press Series organized by the Ministry of Information.
It would be recalled that Ms Dapaah on January 23, 2018 visited the KIA’s Very High Frequency Omni Directional Radio Range (VOR) Station in the company of journalists and officials of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
During the tour, it was discovered that encroachment by some people was threatening the safety of air passengers.
The Minister, at the time, promised to take steps to immediately demolish such structures.
“We wish the encroachers will understand and move to the allowed distance,” she said.
She told DAILY GUIDE that the ministry was working with relevant authorities and institutions like the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to mark the structures that ought to be demolished immediately.
Earlier, the Minister cited encroachment on aviation lands as one of the main challenges facing the aviation sector in Ghana.
According to her, lands belonging to the Ghana Airports Company Limited and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority were being encroached upon by individuals and private developers.
Ms Dapaah, who has been reassigned to the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, said “the land issues include the acquisition process and sometimes compensation.”
She stressed that government would ensure the demolition of the structures near the VOR station after the completion of the assessment by relevant agencies and authorities.
When DAILY GUIDE visited the VOR Station alongside the Minister in January this year, there were plush high-rise buildings in the area.
Source: Daily Guide
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In the developed nations, neighborhoods around Airports are ghettos, slums or industrial areas. Lands around Airports are very cheap due to the noise and how the area is zoned (high risk area). But in Ghana, areas around the Airport are for the rich people because the area is close to abrokyere. Colo-mentality!!!!. The most annoying part is most of the properties at airport residential area property were purchased with tax payers money. God Bless Poor Ghana and the rich who are not milking the system.
Ghanaians are not law abiding citizens
Tweaa.... they only say that to let us the commoners feel things can be brought under control. They are playing to the gallery. Trust me none of the houses will be demolished. They belong to the big men and many have connections with politicians or are politicians themselves. Mark the space none will be demolished. They will find an excuse for not demolishing it. They saw those buildings springing up yet they did nothing about that. It is the same with Okada even though it is illegal the authorities are not doing anything about it
There is too much indiscipline in our society. The affluent ones are making our laws, rules and regulations irrelevant. on the question of AMA, why involve AMA when there are other assemblies responsible for the areas concerned. The AMA will be acting 'Ultra vires' if it gets involved in this.
take kotoka airport out from the city.why can't we change things for once. we want to wait for the day when an accident will happen. we don't need a genius to warn us abt the safety of k I a.