Accra, Jan. 11, – The Accra
Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has demolished illegal structures behind the VVIP
Bus Station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle to enhance security and development of
the area.
The exercise, which started
around 0400 hours till 1100 hours, also saw the clearing of prostitutes’ places
of abode, near the Ghana Railway bungalows.
The Police led by Chief
Superintendent Kwesi Ofori, Operational Commander provided adequate security
for the successful completion of the exercise.
Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the
Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive in an interview with the Ghana News Agency
said: “We are poised to do what is right, and will not tolerate indiscipline in
the metropolis to slow down developmental projects.”
He said about 90 per cent of the
traders had complied and gone back to occupy their stalls at Odorna and Makola
markets.
He said the AMA would soon launch
the phase two of the exercise to arrest both sellers and buyers on the streets
to bring sanity on the streets.
“The buyers would also be held
culpable since they encourage the traders and hawkers to trade on the streets,”
he said.
Mr Joseph Okine, the Head of the
AMA Taskforce told the GNA that; “I will put my life down to ensure that Accra
become cleaner than before.”
He expressed gratitude to the
law-abiding traders at Makola, who applauded the AMA for the exercise and
assured them that it was not going to be a nine-day-wonder.
Mr Mohammed Mumuni, a member of
the Second Hand Cloth Sellers Association told the GNA “we are happy and
relieved,” but said if the AMA allowed the traders back onto the streets, he
would lead a crusade to compel everyone in the market not to pay the Business
Operating Permit, tools and the Ghana Revenue Authority’s taxes.
Nii Lantei Otanka II, the Lante
Djan We Mantse, who was delighted about the decongestion exercise said everyone
was aware of the sanitation problem and how hazardous it was to people’s health
and urged politicians not to interfere.
“People should adopt a positive
character towards sanitation to save the AMA from spending so much money to
manager waste,” he said.
GNA
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