Source: newsthemegh.com
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) would like to notify all citizens within its jurisdiction that the noise-malting and drumming prohibition for 2024 would be in effect from Monday, May 6, to Thursday, June 6, 2024. Consequently, it has established the following rules for the sake of harmony, peace, 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 remarlcs 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.
With this notification, we kindly ask everyone residing in the Ga Traditional Area’s towns and villages to cooperate and follow the instructions as given during this time.
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