Regional Minister vows to fix 70% of Accra’s streetlights in 50 days
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Akweley Ocloo, has pledged to restore 70% of Accra’s streetlights within the next 50 days as part of efforts to improve security and visibility in the city.
According to her, addressing the issue of faulty streetlights is one of her topmost priorities.
Speaking to journalists in Accra on Monday, February 3, Ocloo reaffirmed her commitment to enhancing the capital’s infrastructure and ensuring well-lit streets within her first 50 days in office.
“In fact, within 50 days in office, all these things should be fixed. I will make sure that at least 70 percent of the streetlights should be fixed.
“So these are some of the things we are going to check, and like I said, I am going to work together with the MMDAs.”
She also announced security and sanitation as her key priority areas for the country’s capital city.
Outlining her vision for the region in her first meeting with the management and staff of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, Linda Ocloo announced the reintroduction of the Regional Sanitation Day and an award scheme for the cleanest city, aimed at improving sanitation in the capital.
She stated that municipal and local district assemblies would be supported to become self-sustaining as part of the new government’s “Resetting Agenda.”
She further revealed her intention to work closely with the traditional authorities alongside religious organizations to deepen decentralization and participatory governance.
