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General News of Saturday, 12 July 1997

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State Housing Company Put On The Carpet Again

Accra, July 11, ok advantage of the absence of policemen on night duty on that day and stole the birds. The prosecution said Neequaye was however arrested on suspicion by policemen on duty at Agbogbloshie area at 5.30.a.m. the following day. When he was searched, the stolen birds were found in ? Mr Lee Ocran, a deputy sector minister, made the call when he spent about three hours inspecting the housing estates which experience periodic flooding. Mr Ocran called on the Greater Accra Regional Administration, the Ministry of Works and Housing and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to assist in addressing the problem. He described the problem as "man made" saying that it was caused by encroachers who had erected unauthorised structures in the area. He suggested that the encroachers should be made to pay for the reclamation to serve as a deterrent to others. "The encroachers have brought untold hardship to many homes and they should be made to pay for the damage caused," he said. Meanwhile the deputy minister has given a two-week notice to two wayside fitting mechanics to leave the area because their workshop is situated under a high tension pole. Mr Moses Asare-Bediakoh, an estate officer of the State Housing Company said the company should not rpt not be blamed for the problem because the affected area was not rpt not originally meant fo