{"id":391559,"date":"2018-01-15T05:50:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T05:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391559"},"modified":"2018-01-15T05:56:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T05:56:20","slug":"hawkers-returning-to-circle-few-days-after-ama-clamp-down-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391559","title":{"rendered":"Hawkers returning to Circle few days after AMA clamp-down [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a week after the Chief Executive of the\u00a0<strong>Accra Metropolitan Assembly<\/strong>\u00a0led a team to clear hawkers off pavements in the metropolis, among other things, some of the hawkers returned to occupy the pavements again on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The pavements had been cleared from last Monday during the decongestion\u00a0exercise, but shoes, dresses, phone accessories and other wares were again on sale by vendors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-391573\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-391572\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sight at the Nkrumah Circle would have done little to assuage the concerns of skeptics who may have grown numb to these decongestion exercises which now seem to be annual occurrences.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <strong>Citi News<\/strong> was with the AMA when the MCE and his team visited the Central Business District, Kwame Nkrumah interchange, Tip-toe lane, Kokomlemle among other areas to destroy illegal structures and eject hawkers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391576\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-391576 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-8.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-8-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hawkers were still on the pavements as of Sunday evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-391575\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-7.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-7-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When<strong> Citi News<\/strong> got in touch with the AMA, indications were that it was not aware the hawkers had returned but attempts were being made to get to the bottom of the developments.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday evening, the hawkers were still actively engaging potential customers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391581\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-391581\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-13.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-13-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pavements around the interchange were clear earlier in the week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-391565\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-14.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Circle-streets-and-Hawkers-14-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The decongestion exercise was to ensure sanity within the metropolis as the activities of the hawkers and the traders on the shoulders of the road and pavements, impede human and vehicular movement, as well as adding to the build-up of waste along streets.<\/p>\n<p>The AMA MCE, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, told\u00a0<strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0during the exercise that his outfit will not relent in its efforts to ensure that the exercise succeeds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a week after the Chief Executive of the\u00a0Accra Metropolitan Assembly\u00a0led a team to clear hawkers off pavements in the 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