The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Accra, Michael Allotey, has disclosed that items seized during the ongoing decongestion exercise in the Central Business District of Accra will be donated to the Ghana Prisons Service.
He told journalists that the practice where the AMA auctioned seized items would be discontinued.
He assured that the exercise will not be a nine-day wonder.
The MCE indicated that the exercise forms part of efforts by authorities to reclaim public spaces and improve mobility for both pedestrians and motorists.
“Tomorrow, you are not going to have it this way. I will pack all these things for the prison when I come tomorrow. Today is your lucky day,” he stated.
“This exercise is not a nine-day wonder; we will be on the streets until we ensure that the roads are clear,” the mayor stated.
The AMA on Tuesday, May 20, started its announced decongestion exercise in collaboration with the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA).
It forms part of a wider initiative to reduce congestion, enforce city by-laws, and improve sanitation in key parts of the capital.
He used the opportunity to announce several measures under the government’s 24-hour economy agenda, including the installation of solar-powered streetlights and a new rotational trading system that would allow traders to sell for longer hours on selected days.
He announced plans to select trader leaders to oversee sanitation responsibilities in various trading enclaves, warning that failure to keep areas clean would result in severe penalties, including confiscation of wares.
Addressing some transport operators who have taken over portions of the streets for loading, the mayor cautioned them to stay away from loading on the streets and move into the stations for safety, saying, “You’re the same people now causing the problem.”
“Some of you complain politicians are destroying the country, but what you’re doing here is also wrong. If we destroy this city, we’ll all suffer,” he cautioned.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana