The La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly begins a month-long demolition effort to clear structures encroaching on Kpeshie Lagoon's buffer zone.This action forms a crucial part of the Assembly's ongoing commitment to mitigating recurrent flooding issues within the municipality.

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During the inaugural day of the demolition operation, Solomon Kotey Nikoi, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), addressed the media, emphasizing that the demolition efforts would persist until all residences within the Lagoon's buffer zone were removed.

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“It is going to be a month-long demolishing exercise because people have taken the law into their own hands and they are developing the buffer zone and we have been here several times to warn them to stop developing the place and they have not listened and so we are starting a month-long exercise to demolish them.

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“As an Assembly, we are here to deliver on our mandate and we are supposed to enforce the law as per Act 936, if anyone builds within the right of space, the Assembly has the authority to demolish that structure and so we are here to deliver on our mandate.”Nikoi also stressed that the Assembly will take legal action against anyone whose activities impede the free flow of the Lagoon.

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Nikoi underscored that the Assembly would pursue legal action against individuals obstructing the unimpeded flow of the Lagoon."We have already identified instances where waterways have been obstructed through unauthorized filling, and we have taken legal action against those responsible. For those stretches of land that have been unlawfully filled, our ongoing investigations have pinpointed the culprits.

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By the following week, we plan to serve them with court summonses as we prepare to take them to court. Upholding the law in this regard is a paramount aspect of our mandate."In summary, the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly is actively addressing the issue of illegal encroachments on the Kpeshie Lagoon's buffer zone through a comprehensive month-long demolition initiative.

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The Assembly is determined to enforce the law and pursue legal action against those hindering the free flow of the Lagoon.“Some of the waterways have been filled and we have gotten some of the people that did that and we have taken them to court.

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Some of the stretches have been filled and we have been able to do our background investigations and we have gotten those who did the filling and by next week, we are going to serve them with a court summons and we are taking them to court and it is our mandate we fight this illegality.”

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