{
  "id": 11444333,
  "title": "La Pleasure Beach Demolition: Criss Waddle urges gov’t to provide better alternatives before election",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/la-pleasure-beach-demolition-criss-waddle-urges-govt-to-provide",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T12:36:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/la-pleasure-beach-demolition-criss-waddle-urges-govt-to-provide-better-alternatives-before-election/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ghanaian musician and businessman Criss Waddle has called on the government to offer meaningful, safer, and enhanced alternatives following the demolition of businesses at La Pleasure Beach in Accra. The demolition took place on Friday, October 2, 2026. In a social media post, Criss Waddle warned that demolition exercises without appropriate alternatives could lead to political consequences for the government, especially among affected business owners and employees. \"When you demolish things at beach fronts, you need to replace it with something meaningful, nicer, and safer. It has to be done before ELECTIONS or the business owners and employees will use it as leverage to vote against you,\" he emphasized. Criss Waddle stressed that authorities must ensure that affected businesses and workers do not find themselves without viable alternatives following the demolitions.",
  "summary": "Ghanaian musician and businessman Criss Waddle has urged the government to provide meaningful, safer and improved alternatives following the demolition of businesses at beach fronts. His comments come amid a demolition exercise at the La Pleasure Beach in Accra on Friday, October 2, 2026. In a social media post, Criss Waddle cautioned that demolition exercises […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Demolition begins at La Pleasure Beach amid heavy security presence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/demolition-begins-at-la-pleasure-beach-amid-heavy-security-presence",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:54:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Heavy security as demolition begins at La Pleasure Beach (Video)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/heavy-security-as-demolition-begins-at-la-pleasure-beach-video",
        "published": "2026-10-02T09:30:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Several structures demolished at La Pleasure Beach",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/several-structures-demolished-at-la-pleasure-beach",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:04:43.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}