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The
Jamestown
Fishing
Harbour
Project
has
been
successfully
completed
and
is
awaiting
formal
handing
over
to
the
government.
The
project,
which
includes
dredging
about
100,000
cubic
metres
of
Harbour
Basin,
construction
of
hydraulic
structures
about
1,251
meters,
and
the
construction
area
of
management
(office
buildings,
trading
markets,
cold
storage,
processing
areas,
commercial
areas,
and
other
production
and
supporting
facilities
making
up
12644.11
cubic
metres),
has
been
under
construction
since
August
2020.
This
was
disclosed
last
Wednesday
by
the
project
engineer
from
the
CRCC
Harbour
and
Channel
Engineering
Bureau
Group
Limited,
a
Chinese
marine
engineering
company
undertaking
the
project
when
the
Mayor
of
Accra
accompanied
the
Ga
Mantse,
King
Tackie
Teiko
Tsuru
II,
the
Greater
Accra
Regional
Minister,
and
members
of
the
Regional
Security
Council
to
inspect
the
progress
of
the
work.
The
Ga
Mantse,
addressing
the
media
after
the
tour,
expressed
gratitude
to
the
government
for
constructing
the
harbour
and
asked
for
a
stakeholder
engagement
meeting
with
relevant
actors
to
discuss
its
ownership
and
benefits
to
residents
in
Accra.
He
said
since
the
contractors
had
a
four-year
maintenance
plan
before
fully
handing
over
the
facility
to
Ghana,
residents
should
be
equipped
with
skills
that
would
help
maintain
the
facility,
thereby
ensuring
a
good
maintenance
culture.
“We
plead
for
the
government
to
equip
Ga-Damgbe’s
with
skills
to
help
maintain
this
facility
when
the
contractors
are
no
more.
The
contractor
should
fix
all
concerns
raised
to
bring
peace
and
lift
the
good
name
of
Ga
Mashie,”
he
pointed
out.
The
Greater
Accra
Regional
Minister,
Hon.
Daniel
Nii
Kwartei
Titus
Glover,
attributed
the
project’s
success
to
contributions
from
key
stakeholders,
adding
that
fishing
was
one
of
the
major
vocations
in
Accra;
therefore,
he
urged
the
fishermen
to
adopt
best
practices
and
modern
fishing
methods
to
sustain
the
industry.
He
assured
that
the
harbour
would
be
under
the
care
and
management
of
the
Ghana
Ports
and
Harbours
Authority
(GPHA),
ensuring
security
and
proper
maintenance.
The
Regional
Minister
cautioned
residents
against
open
defecation
at
the
harbour,
reminding
them
of
sanctions
imposed
on
such
illicit
behaviours.
“When
GPHA
takes
over
fully,
security
is
going
to
be
enforced.
It’s
a
shame
that
you
see
young
guys
openly
defecating
around
the
port
area.
This
is
a
security
zone,
so
if
anybody
is
found
doing
his
own
thing,
please
don’t
blame
me,”
he
warned.
The
Mayor
of
Accra,
speaking
with
the
media,
reiterated
the
need
for
the
harbour
to
be
maintained
and
kept
at
the
highest
level.
According
to
her,
a
sanitation
court
has
now
been
established
to
punish
residents
who
flout
the
AMA
bylaws
and
defecate
carelessly
in
the
community
and
the
harbour.
“We’re
going
to
make
sure
that
everything
here
is
maintained.
As
the
Regional
Minister
had
said,
we
are
going
to
put
our
hands
together
to
make
sure
that
we
maintain
and
keep
it
at
the
highest
level
as
it
should.
We
have
now
opened
a
sanitation
court,
so
we
know
that
anyone
caught
defecating
around
here
will
be
fined
and
engaged
in
hard
labour
to
serve
as
a
reminder,”
she
stated.