Henry Quartey hit a snag because he tried to walk over everyone – Amon Kotei

Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, is having trouble implementing his “Let’s Make Accra Work” campaign because he has a bulldozing mentality, according to Amon Kotei, a local government expert.

The Minister has admitted that some NPP members have been undermining his efforts to carry out his “Let’s Make Accra Work” campaign, which has caused the campaign to stagnate.

The regional minister questioned if the saboteurs were acting in the public interest or only for their own narrow interests.

“I have a lot of issues on my chest. There is an internal sabotage from my own party people. And that is what has led us to where we are. Internally, some people are sabotaging the work of Henry Quartey, whether it’s for the good of the country or their own selfish interests, I don’t know,” the Regional Minister disclosed on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo.

Mr. Quartey said some party members say his work will lead the NPP into opposition if he is not stopped. But speaking on Ghana Kasa show on Kasapa 102.5FM/Agoo TV Wednesday, Mr Amon Kotei disagreed with the Minister over claims of being sabotaged, saying the Minister rather trespassed into areas he should not have gone. “In the clearing of hawkers from pavements and other activities, the Minister was bound to step on some toes.

If that was not his responsibility, he needed to be very careful. People were singing his praises while he was taking those actions but that was not his directly job to do. He should have known that once he was stepping on some toes he was bound to have problems.

Accra has been divided into 25 to 30 Municipalities, so you don’t stray into other peoples jurisdiction. He was trespassing and walking over everyone in discharging his duties. He should have known that he’ll definitely face a push back. There’s nothing about sabotage, is about him trespassing and somebody telling him, hey, my friend stay in your lane because it’s not your function.”

After being appointed Greater Accra Regional Minister in 2021, Henry Quartey started the “Let’s Make Accra Work” initiative to improve sanitation in Ghana’s capital city.

He destroyed a number of buildings in illegal locations and near waterways while carrying out that effort, and among other things, he rid certain main streets of hawkers. In order to encourage Accra citizens to maintain a clean environment, he also launched the operation clean your frontage.

He performed his demolition experiment at Ramsar locations where buildings had already been destroyed.

But the Regional Minister hasn’t taken any action in a while, leading some to believe that he’s given up on the “Let’s Make Accra Work” campaign after running into trouble.

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