President John Agyekum Kufuor says the persistent demands by hawkers who were affected by the recent decongestion exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, (AMA), to sell at the same locations does not augur well for them.
He said the intention of the AMA is not to dispossess them, but to facilitate free movement of people and vehicles.
President Kufuor was answering a question posed by the National Organizer of the United Petty Traders Association, Samuel Nketia at the recent people’s assembly.
Nketia had expressed his disappointed at the fact that the president’s opening address did not state anything on the decongestion exercise and the fate of the victims. President Kufuor said although the traders are self-employed and therefore laudable, they were doing so at the wrong places.
He said it is unfortunate that the AMA failed to show them alternative places to settle, although he agreed on the need to do so. He assured the hawkers that he has been talking with the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Sheikh I.C Quaye and AMA Chief Executive, Stanley Nii Adjiri Blankson, to hasten their efforts to resettle the hawkers.
The areas proposed for the resettlement include the area near the Ghana Commercial Bank headquarters and the old PWD market that was burnt down some years back. President Kufuor urged them to move there to trade so as not to feel dispossessed, adding that people will buy from them wherever they relocate.
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