Dozens of people suspected to be hoodlums have been arrested in the Makea neighborhood in Douala in a raid carried out by security forces on January 31, 2024.
Makea, feared by many Douala denizens is known to be a quarter where crime wave is alarmingly high and drug trafficking common.
Thus, need to be cleansed.
‘Living in Makea is like walking in a forest full of thorns. In the morning, afternoon, evening and night, you are not secured. Assaults, consumption of narcotics, banditry and all the ills you know of are common here. It is hell of a place.’
‘Here in Makea, vigilance is paramount. If you are naive, then you will definitely regret ever passing or living here. Almost everyone one here seems to be a crook.’ Some inhabitants disclosed.
During the operation, several suspected criminals were tracked down. Some were caught consuming hard drugs, others in possession of deadly objects and several electronics and bikes suspected to be stolen items.
The operation was lauded by the local population. Some
wish it continues daily so that the last of the hoodlums is picked up.
‘We salut this operation. It is very timely. Seriously, we felt abandoned in the den of vipers. This should be a daily routine so that we can live in peace in Makea and be able to move freely without any mathematical calculations.’ An inhabitant praised.
All those arrested are due to be interrogated and if found guilty, punished accordingly.
Source: Cameroon News Agency
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), in collaboration with COCOBOD and the Cocoa Processing Company, will celebrate National Chocolate Week from February 9 to 14, 2024.
The event which is celebrated under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture would promote the consumption of chocolate and highlight chocolate as a healthy product.
This year’s event will be held on the theme ‘Eat chocolate, stay healthy, grow Ghana’ and sub-themed: ‘Explore Ghana, eat chocolate’.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr Kofi Atta Kakra Kusi, Deputy Head of Corporate Affairs, GTA said the Chocolate Week activities for this year would commence with a visitation to the Chief Imam, the Central and Cantonments Mosques, as well as a health walk from the Accra Tourist Information Center to the Chocolate City at Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout.
He said other activities include the opening of the exhibition at Chocolate City after the walk, family day, church visitation, cook-off session, time with schoo
l children and cocoa quiz competition for Senior High Schools.
‘Chocolates will also be shared at tourist sites across the 17 regions of GTA, and Chocolatarium, a summit for chocolate industry players.’
The National Chocolate Week Celebration was instituted in 2005 to coincide with Valentine’s Day which falls on February 14, every year to boost the domestic consumption of Ghanaian chocolate and other cocoa-based products.
The annual event has traditionally been hosted by the Ministry of Tourism. But in 2021, COCOBOD and GTA proposed extending the day’s celebration to a week, which was successfully put into effect as the National Chocolate Week.
Source: Ghana News Agency
