Kokrobite Divisional Chief, Nii Ofei III Commends IGP--For Ensuring Infrastructural And Environmental Cleanliness At The Police Headquarters
Addressing a press conference on Monday March 20, 2023 at Kokrobite to make this issue public, Nii Ofei III could not hide his joy about the the way and manner Dr. Dampare has ensued the general improvement of the environmental hygiene and sanitation in police administration headquarters.
Freeman Koryekpor 
The Gazetted Divisional Chief of Kokrobite under the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Area in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Nii Ofei III, has commended Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare for making strenuous efforts to ensure infrastructural and environmental cleanliness of both the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) and police administration headquarters in Accra.
Addressing a press conference on Monday March 20, 2023 at Kokrobite to make this issue public, Nii Ofei III could not hide his joy about the the way and manner Dr. Dampare has ensued the general improvement of the environmental hygiene and sanitation in police administration headquarters.
"Today which is Monday March 20, 2023, when l went to the police CDI headquarters in Accra, l am very impressed when l see that there are total infrastructural and environmental cleanliness in the place. Some of the changes in the terms of neatness level of the various offices l entered at the CID headquarters in Accra, particularly the office room nine (9), coupled with how the police officers were discharging their administrative duties by way of attending to individual visitors have clearly showed that the current IGP has brought massive changes to the police headquarters," the chief noted.
"I am aware that through the instrumentalities of Dr. George Akuffo Dampare and Director General of Criminal Investigations Department of Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Madam Faustina Agyeiwaa Kodua Andoh-Kwofie, l can say that there are massive improvement in environmental sanitation in the police headquarters and that the place now looks like Garden of Eden, the traditional ruler for Kokrobite stated.
According to Nii Ofei III, the current IGP and management of police administration to be commended because there have been general environmental sanitation improvement in the police headquarters to the extent that "now when you enter into the wash room facility of the police headquarters you can eat while you are easing yourself."
He added that the scents coming from the general environment of police headquarters is smelling very good to hunan being and that the IGP needs to commended for that.
"One day when you got on retirement because of what you have done for the mother Ghana, if you stand on any political flagbearer position we would vote for you to become the President of this country," Nii Ofei III eulogised IGP.
Mincing no words, Nii Ofei III further commended IGP, the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police (COP), Dr. Sayibu Pabi Gariba and his deputy DCOP Mr. Henry Kodjo Otoo for helping to reduce the frequent “land-guard”, criminal, shooting and killing menaces in Kokrobite and its adjoining
He said land-guards had been disturbing the peace of the area for the past years, forcefully taking over lands and threatening the lives of land developers with guns and other dangerous weapons.
However, Nii Ofei III stated that God so good to them the IGP has been able to work with his team to reduce their activities to the barest minimum and now there are no disturbances of the land-guards in Kokrobite
The Traditional ruler for Kokrobite appealed to government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo through the Ministry of Roads and Highways, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr. Sylvester Tetteh and Ga South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Joseph Nyarni to fix their deplorable road network from Kokrobitey to Old Barrier.
The chief complained about the stress on their economic activities as a result of their bad roads and have appealed to the government to repair them.
According to him, roads in the area were full of potholes and this made drivers especially, commercial ones often try to dodge, putting the lives of pedestrians and passengers in danger.
Nii Ofei III noted that movement on the roads were extremely difficult and dangerous especially as the roads become muddy and slippery anytime it rains.
The chief noted that the bad nature of the roads from Kokrobite to old barrier are affecting the smooth health delivery services to residents in the area , adding that it was more disheartening when they had health emergencies.
"We are making the series of the complains about the deplorable nature of our roads to the state road networks regulatory institutions but they refused to fix the roads for us. I am using this plaform to appeal to the government to fix the road before we vote for the 2024 general elections.
The chief reiterated the call on politicians and the Assembly to fulfil numerous promises made to fix the roads in the area for them as it was distressing their lives and source of livelihood.
Speaking in an interview with journalist when he visited the Kokrobite, Stella Yaa Mensah, a fruit seller noted that her wares always got dirty and she had to wash them several times before she could attract buyers because of the dust from the road, and lamented that they inhaled the dust leading to most of them getting respiratory problems, especially flu.
Many artists, hoteliers and fisherfolk in the community also told the journalist that the deplorable state of roads in the area had rendered their businesses in distress as economic activities had slowed down because of the difficulty of their clients to access them.
Particularly for the hoteliers, they raised concerns that their hotels were not mostly patronized because of the bad roads, rendering most of the hotels in the community deserted.
They, however, indicated that while the use of motorcycles was high in the area, fares were mostly increased particularly for people transporting their wares.
“What bother us in this community are the bad roads and because of that drivers double the fares for us as their cars get faulty after a journey on the road. A few people use motorcycles because of the fear in using them,” Affoley Adotey, a fish monger complained.
She lamented that she and others most of the time ended up with stale fishes because they could not pay the fares to get their fishes to their customers, and this had made their customers resort to other fish mongers.
She noted that cars had to park when it rained heavily till it subsided before they could continue with their journeys.
“When it is raining heavily drivers have to park their cars and wait till it subsides, and we struggle to get to the hospital when there are health emergencies,” she said, adding that numerous skeletal promises had been made, she called on government to fix the roads to end their distress.
