AMA Clears Traders Off Streets

A scene during the exercise

 

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) yesterday begun a major decongestion exercise aimed at removing street traders from the Central Business District (CBD) to restore order and improve sanitation in the city centre.

The AMA task forces, supported by the Ghana Police Service, carried out a coordinated operation to dismantle makeshift stalls, unauthorised kiosks, and remove vendors who had taken over pavements and roadsides across key parts of the CBD.

According to the AMA, the operation forms part of renewed efforts to enforce city bylaws, ease congestion, and ensure the safe movement of both pedestrians and vehicles.

The first phase of the exercise was focused on areas surrounding the AMA Head Office, including Kinbu Road to Railways, ECG Junction to the King Tackie Tawiah Statue, and Opera Square through to Adabraka.

The Mayor of Accra, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, reiterated his administration’s resolve to restore order in the Central Business District, emphasising that the ongoing decongestion exercise is not a “nine-day wonder.”

According to him, the exercise is not a one-off event but a sustained campaign to reclaim public spaces and improve pedestrian and vehicular movement in the city.

“This exercise is not a nine-day wonder; we are on the street till we make sure that the roads are clear. We are not done. For the next hour, we are going back to the street. From here we are going to Circle, and if there is more strength, we will go to Kaneshie. Then we continue tomorrow,” the Mayor stated.

City authorities maintain that the campaign is a strategic step toward restoring discipline in the capital and enhancing public safety.

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