No Noise, No Funerals From Today Ahead of Ga Mashi Homowo

The bustling streets of Accra will go hush for one month as the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has announced this year’s ban on drumming and noise-making will begin from today  Monday  May 6, 2024 to Thursday June 6,  2024 in preparation of the upcoming Homowo festival.T

According to the press statement released on Friday, May 3, 2024, the AMA outlined several guidelines for residents to follow during this period in order to ensure peace, harmony as well as national security.

The release stated that churches are instructed to conduct their activities within their premises without the use of musical instruments.

Loudspeakers outside churches, mosques, and pubs are prohibited, while roadside evangelists are required to suspend their activities temporarily.

Additionally, religious bodies and Traditional Authorities are urged to show mutual respect and refrain from making derogatory or inflammatory remarks about each other’s beliefs and practices.

The Ga Traditional Council has also imposed a ban on funeral rites and related activities.

Also, enforcement of the ban will be overseen by an identifiable task force comprising personnel from the AMA, the Ghana Police Service, and representatives from the Traditional Councils.

Only individuals with official tags are authorized to enforce noise abatement measures within the metropolis.

In urging cooperation and compliance from all residents, towns, and villages within the Ga Traditional Area, the AMA emphasizes the importance of adhering to the directives outlined in the press release.

Accra residents are urged to abide by these guidelines to ensure a peaceful and incident-free Nmaa Dumo period.

As the city prepares for the Homowo festival, the AMA encourages all to “live in, love it!!!”

 

Read full press release below:

BAN ON DRUMMING AND NOISE MAKING

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) wishes to inform all residents in its jurisdiction that, this year’s ban on drumming and noise-making commences from Monday 6th May to Thursday 6th June 2024. It has therefore set the following guidelines in the interest of peace, harmony and national security:

1. During the period of the ban, churches are expected to carry out their activities within their premises and refrain from the use of musical instruments.
2. The positioning of loudspeakers outside the premises of churches, mosques and pubs are banned. Roadside evangelists are to cease their activities during this period.
3. Religious bodies and the Traditional Authorities must show respect for one another and restrain their followers from making derogatory and inflammatory remarks about the beliefs and practices of one another.
4. Other guidelines by the Ga Traditional Council (GTC) include a ban on funeral rites and their related activities.
5. Apart from an identifiable task force that consists of AMA personnel, the Ghana Police Service and Representatives from the Traditional Councils with tags, no other person or group of persons should be seen or found enforcing the abatement of noise in the metropolis.

By this notice, we entreat all persons, towns and villages within the Ga Traditional Area to cooperate and comply with the directive accordingly during this period.

For further clarification relating to the ban on drumming and noise-making, please call the following hotlines:

1. 0243211345 (GILBERT NII ANKRAH, AMA)
2. 0244699095 (NII KLAN)
3. 0549855811 (ASAFOATSE MANKATTAH)

d.0243338908 (NII ABOSE ASROKOJA)

All are enjoined to abide by these guidelines for an incident-free Nmaa Dumo period. Accra, live in, love it!!!

SIGNED.

GILBERT NII ANKRAH

HEAD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

FOR: METRO CHIEF EXECUTIVE

1. 0. Box GP385, Accra +233 243 211 345 email:[email protected]

AGS