The Accra mayor, Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey, has warned traders to desist from selling at the peripherals of roads. She said those found culpable will be fined and their goods seized.
Sackey advised the public to avoid patronising the goods of traders who sell along the roads as this will reduce congestion and the pollution of the environment.
She said the assembly is taking inventory of unoccupied sheds within the markets in Accra and will not hesitate to re-allocate abandoned sheds to traders who are ready to do business in them.
The mayor gave the warning when she spoke with the media after the Accra Metropolitan Assembly had organised a clean-up exercise at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The exercise formed part of planned activities to decongest and ease traffic on the 2.5-kilometre road and to improve the sanitation situation in the market and its environs.
The programme, which was supported by personnel from the Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Fire Service, Zoomlion Ghana Limited and the Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly, focused on desilting and removal of solid waste – mostly plastic waste – from drains.
Sackey gave the assurance that there are measures in place to secure additional skip containers to be placed at vantage points in the market to for waste collection.
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