Retired town and country planner, Mrs Justina Ruby Anipa, has the whole of Ashaiman should be demolished needs to be demolished.
According to her, Ashaiman was not planned, adding that the place was planned by the Tema Development Corporation (TDC) as a dormitory town for the workers who were building the Tema Harbour.
She asserted that Ashaiman needs to be demolished for it to be fixed and rebuilt.
Speaking in an interview with Kafui Dey, Mrs Justina Ruby Anipa stated, “Ashaiman wasn’t planned. It was planned by TDC. At that time, Ashaiman was a dormitory town for the workers who were building the Tema Harbour. Dormitory town, meaning when they worked in Tema, they went to sleep there”.
When asked by Kafui Dey if Ashaiman can be fixed despite its poor planning, she insisted, “You have to demolish the whole place to refix it,” she noted.
The Retired town and country planner added, “The land itself is low-lying, so if you want to go vertically, you have to have your foundation very deep. Accra, we are low-lying, but people are doing it now.
She further pointed out that parts of Accra are within earthquake-prone zones, which present additional risks.
“Accra itself has an earthquake zone passing through certain portions of it, so we have problems. The 1939 earthquake affected parts of the beach area, and small shocks still occur. These are warning signs. Then there’s the Weija area, McCarthy Hill, Weija. That’s also an earthquake zone,” she said.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the video stated, “The Ashaiman boys ankasa no go gree say make them fix the place aswaer”.
“Normally, slum communities are built as a working force for a project, and after, they work for the rich as security men, drivers and the like.
Many have a low salary range; the funny thing is, their kids continue the same cycle in a more special way. Few escape poverty”, a netizen added.
“She speaks sense, and whoever is against that lacks knowledge”, a netizen added.
“Which part of Ashaiman are they talking about, Ashaiman big o?”, a netizen quizzed.
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“The whole of Ashaiman should be demolished for it to be fixed and rebuilt”
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—Retired town and country planner, Mrs. Justina Ruby Anipa on the planning of Ashaiman as a dormitory settlement and its current status as one of the fast growing areas in the region. pic.twitter.com/W35ZMGD9W8