President Mahama Inspects GARID Project Sites, Urges Swift Action as Rainy Season Nears
The President of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, embarked on an inspection tour of key intervention sites under GARID Project. The tour was part of the government’s push to address Accra’s perennial flooding and enhance urban infrastructure across the capital. The President’s visit covered several critical sites, including Achimota-Abofu, where work is ongoing to […]
17 MMDAs under GARID Project receive drones to strengthen development control activities
In a move aimed at bolstering flood risk and solid waste management in Accra, the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) has distributed advanced drones to 17 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) under the Greater Accra Resilience and Integrated Development (GARID) The event featured the introduction of the DJI Matrice 30 […]
Local Government Ministry Inaugurates a Committee to Address Flooding and other Urban Challenges
The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development has inaugurated an Inter-Jurisdictional Coordination Management Committee (ICMC) and its steering committee in the seventeen Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project. The committee will enhance collaborative efforts among participating assemblies to address pressing urban challenges, including […]
GARID Project Engages Stakeholders on Kaneshie Drainage Works
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has held a series of engagement programmes for key stakeholders in Kaneshie on the reconstruction of storm drains along Dr. Busia Highway, Osabiede, and Ayikai Streets. The engagement programmes were used to brief and solicit feedback from participants on the scope of the construction works and […]
Sanitation Ministry Completes First Phase of Clean Accra Campaign in GARID Assemblies
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, in collaboration with the seventeen (17) Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project, has successfully concluded the first phase of “Clean Accra Campaign” in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. The combined clean up and heavioural change campaign aimed at promoting […]
Dredging of the Odaw River Basin Commences Under the GARID Project
The Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has commenced dredging works on the unencumbering sites of the Odaw River Basin ahead of the rainy season. This crucial intervention aims to clear the Basin of silt and solid waste to facilitate unimpeded water flow in the drains and mitigate the perennial flooding along the […]
GARID Project Quarterly Digest – June 2023
Quarterly Digest
Enforce Bye-laws to Help Reduce Flooding in Accra, Deputy Local Government Minister Directs MMDAs
The Deputy Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah, has directed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies in Accra to strictly enforce sanitation regulations and building codes to help curb the incidences of flooding in the capital city. He made the call during an inspection tour of ongoing desilting works […]
Perennial Flooding in Accra: Local Government Minister Calls for Attitudinal Change
The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr. Daniel Botwe has called on residents of Accra to change their behaviour towards waste disposal and make conscious choices regarding their building sites to help reduce the perennial flooding in the national capital. Mr. Botwe made the appeal during an inspection tour of the […]
PUBLIC NOTICE – CONSTRUCTION OF WASTE TRANSFER NOTICE AT GAEC
Construction of waste transfer notice at GAEC