Minister warn citizens against indiscipline

Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Greater Accra Regional Minister on Friday observed that the culture of impunity that is gradually creeping into Ghanaian way of life must not be encouraged.

He said Ghana has come far as a nation and citizens must endeavour to be law abiding and not to take the law into their own hands.

Nii Afotey Agbo made the observation during a working visit to the Orielly Senior High School and the Animal Research Institute, in Accra.

He said his outfit received a notice from both institutions to pay a working visit to them in order to have first-hand information on their current state, in order to take the necessary steps to help tackle their problems.

He noted that the situation at both the Animal Research Institute and the Orielly Senior High School was very disturbing as individual developers have encroached on their lands creating a lot of inconvenience to the institutions.

Nii Afotey Agbo said almost 40 per cent of lands in both institutions have been encroached upon.

He said it is important for individual developers to conduct research into lands sold to them in order to know the rightful owners, adding that most of such properties in the Greater Accra belong to government.

He cautioned the encroachers to desist from the act, saying individuals who have decided to take the law into their own hands would be dealt with according to the law.

Mrs Mary Adu-Gyamfi, Headmistress of Orielly Senior High School said the school is currently under construction, comprising a science block, a 16- unit classroom block, boys and girls dormitory, and with plans for additional two 18 units classroom blocks.

She said the school which was relocated to its new site, last year has been facing lots of problems including bad access road network, lack of drains and the dwindling of the original student population.

Mrs Adu-Gyamfi said the school’s major problem is the encroachment by individual developers who have turned deaf ears to warning to stop their activities.

She said the school is expected to start a boarding system before the end of the term, but the encroachment, is making it impossible.

Mrs Adu-Gyamfi appealed to the Minister to support the school in diverse ways to stop the developers from taking over the school’s lands as the welfare of the students is at stake.

Dr Naaminong Karko, Director, Animal Research Institute said the institute is basically a research and development institute, currently operating the station system with more than 300 workers.

He said the institute operates the station system and is into all sections of agriculture, mainly livestock.

Dr Karbo however said the major problem of the institute is encroachment by individual developers covering more than 40 per cent of the lands.

He appealed to government to support the institute to put the practice to a stop.