The Ghana Police Service has assured that comprehensive security arrangements will be in place in Accra and throughout the nation for the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama and Vice President-elect Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on January 7, 2025.
To facilitate these measures, the Ghana Police Service announced that there will be periodic roadblocks, restrictions, and traffic diversions in certain areas of Accra.
In a statement issued on January 6, the GPS said, “The geographical areas around Ako Adjei Interchange through the AU Roundabout, State House, Osu Cemetery Traffic Light, Accra Sports Stadium, the Independence (Black Star) Square, Ministries Traffic Light, Customs Headquarters Traffic Light area and the Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue are considered security operational perimeter for the purposes of the event.”
The geographical areas around Ako Adjei Interchange through the AU Roundabout, State House, Osu Cemetery Traffic Light, Accra Sports Stadium, the Independence (Black Star) Square, Ministries Traffic Light, Customs Headquarters Traffic Light area and the Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue are considered security operational perimeter for the purposes of the event.
Roads in the security operational perimeter would, therefore, be closed to both human and vehicular traffic from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, Tuesday, January 7, 2025. The specific roads which will be closed to the public are;
a. 28th February Road from Customs Headquarters towards Castle Road Junction.
b. Both sides of the road from the Osu Cemetery Traffic Light on Lokko Street towards the AU Roundabout.
c. Starlet 91 Road from the Ministries Traffic Light Intersection towards the Accra Sports Stadium.
Read below the full statement by the Ghana Police Service
SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SWEARING-IN OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AND VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT ON 7TH JANUARY 2025
1. The Ghana Police Service wishes to inform the general public that adequate security measures have been put in place in Accra and across the country for the swearing-in of the President-elect of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama and the Vice President-elect, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, tomorrow, 7th January 2025.
2. As part of the measures, there will be intermittent road blocks, restrictions and traffic diversions in some parts of Accra.
3. The geographical areas around Ako Adjei Interchange through the AU Roundabout, State House, Osu Cemetery Traffic Light, Accra Sports Stadium, the Independence (Black Star) Square, Ministries Traffic Light, Customs Headquarters Traffic Light area and the Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue are considered security operational perimeter for the purposes of the event.
4. Roads in the security operational perimeter would, therefore, be closed to both human and vehicular traffic from 6:00am to 6:00pm tomorrow, Tuesday, 7th January 2025. The specific roads which will be closed to the public are;
a. 28th February Road from Customs Headquarters towards Castle Road Junction.
b. Both sides of the road from the Osu Cemetery Traffic Light on the Lokko Street towards the AU Roundabout.
c. Starlet 91 Road from the Ministries Traffic Light Intersection towards the Accra Sports Stadium.
5. Additionally, motorists are advised to take note of the following traffic diversions;
a. Traffic from the 28th February Road emanating from La, Labone and Osu towards the Central Business District (CBD) will be diverted unto the Salem Avenue Traffic Light at the Castle Traffic Light to link up with the Oxford Street.
b. Traffic from the John Evans Attah Mills High Street towards the Independence (Black Star) Square will be diverted to the Liberia Road at the Customs Headquarters Traffic Light Intersection to the National Theatre Traffic Light Intersection.
c. Motorists from Lokko Street towards the Castle Road should use the Ajumaku and Oxford Streets.
d. Traffic from the AU Roundabout towards the Castle Road through the Osu Cemetery Traffic Light shall be diverted onto the Abdul Diouf and King Hassan Roads to link with the Abdul Nasser-Gamel Road in front of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.
6. The public is encouraged to attend the ceremony, as parking spaces will be available at the Forecourt of the State House, Effua Sutherland Park, and the premises of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
7. Residents within the security operational perimeter, invited dignitaries, motorists, pedestrians, and the general public are advised to use alternative routes, follow traffic directives from the Police and adhere to the security measures put in place for the swearing-in.
9. Meanwhile, security arrangements are also in place for the swearing-in of Members of Parliament-elects and the Speaker of Parliament today, 6th January 2025, at the Parliament House.
