The Mayor of Kumasi, Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi, has issued a two-week ultimatum to traders operating on pavements in the central business district to vacate or face tough sanctions - including the threat of being lashed.
Addressing a news conference on Monday, April 14, the mayor announced that the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) will begin a two-week decongestion exercise starting Wednesday, April 16, to clear all traders from pavements and roadsides.
Boadi said repeated attempts to remove the traders through arrests and seizure of goods have failed, as many return shortly after.
He described the ongoing trading activities on pavements as acts of indiscipline that fuel congestion in the city, warning that this time, the KMA will not hesitate to apply firmer measures.
