AMA to Demolish Over 30 Illegal Structures Along Korle Beach

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) will embark on a demolition exercise that will see over thirty (30) illegal structures along the Korle Gonno Beach.

The demolition will also stretch to Chorkor and the Old Winneba Road in the Ablekuma South Constituency.

According to the Head of Public Affairs of AMA, Gilbert Nii Ankrah, the illegal structures are occupied by sex workers and criminals.

Mr. Nii Ankrah explained that the illegal structures had created a state of fear for residents in the Ablekuma community as they have continuously been terrorized by criminals who use the structures as their hideouts.

In March this year, some staff of the Eastern Regional branch of the Ghana Tourism Authority were chased away by alleged prostitutes of a brothel at Kotokoli Zongo in the Suhum Municipality after they tried to gain access to the structure.

The officers from the Authority, who had gone to the makeshift structure in a bid to ascertain whether the facility was being used as a brothel as alleged before closing it down, took to their heels.

According to sources close to the facility, the brothel operates 24 hours daily and is reportedly a hotspot for some Senior High School boys who skip classes and pay as little as GHC 5.00 to patronize the services of the sex workers.

The alleged prostitutes, numbering six, hurled insults at the officials from the Authority and shrieked at them when they tried to enter the structure.