The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in collaboration with the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly on Tuesday, would undertake a decongestion exercise within the capital city.The decongestion exercise would begin from Okaishie through the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange and Kaneshie.Speaking at a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Chief Executive of AMA, Mr Michael Kpakpo Allotey, said that the decongestion exercise was to address the issue of traders who sold on the streets, pavements, and footbridges and to also improve sanitation in the capital city.Mr Allotey warned that the Assembly would not tolerate any form of resistance from traders and owners of unauthorised structures during the decongestion exercise as it has already engaged all stakeholders, including the Ghana Police Service, market women, and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU)."The streets and pavements are not for selling.
They are places meant for cars and pedestrians to use.
As the Chief Executive of the Assembly, I cannot watch this happen.
We are not coming after anybody or because we have the power, but it is because we want to keep the city clean," Mr Allotey emphasised."We have engaged the market women, the GPRTU, and the police, so you have to move from the streets and pavements before Tuesday.
