Some traders in the central business district of Accra will soon be relocated by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to another site at Adjen Kotoku, a community within the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
The city authorities say tomato, onion, and yam traders in the capital will be moved to the place to help decongest the metropolis.
Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey who made the announcement said: “It is part of decongesting Accra. We are not saying we want to make life unbearable for the people. Moving them will rather boost their business. I doubt even that when you go to the place where yams are sold, they have a yard like this to keep their yam This is a better and more modern approach to do business because it is more or less like the middle of Accra.”
The decongestion exercise is part of the Minister’s ‘Let’s make Accra‘ campaign to improve conditions in the national capital.
So far, Henry Quartey has met administrative officers in the Region in addition to some other initiative to realize the agenda.
Mr Quartey has also intimated that under his leadership, the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) would strive to provide lasting solutions to developmental challenges in the region and ensure its swift transformation into a national capital of repute.
The Minister has promised that he would put an end to trading along major streets in Accra as the activity occasioned a lot of filth.
He cited the Graphic Road as an example and has thus given a two-week ultimatum to such traders to vacate the area.
These initiatives have won him the admiration of many Ghanaians.
