{"id":55629,"date":"2014-10-12T13:16:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T13:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=55629"},"modified":"2014-10-13T09:53:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T09:53:25","slug":"circle-footbridge-to-be-demolished-traders-unhappy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=55629","title":{"rendered":"Circle footbridge to be demolished, traders unhappy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some traders at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, have expressed their displeasure at the decision by government to pull down a footbridge to make way for the completion of the overpass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55632\" alt=\"IMG_9876\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9876.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9876.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9876-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9874.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55630\" alt=\"IMG_9874\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9874.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9874.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9874-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The old footbridge is expected to be fitted with explosives and brought down at 15:00 today, hence the decision by the contractors to sack the traders from area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_98781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55637\" alt=\"IMG_9878\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_98781.jpg\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_98781.jpg 3456w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_98781-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_98781-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9879.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55639\" alt=\"IMG_9879\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9879.jpg\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9879.jpg 3456w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9879-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9879-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the traders are unhappy about the decision.<\/p>\n<p>One of them who spoke to<strong> Citi News<\/strong> said \u201cthey have given us an ultimatum which ends tomorrow. If they move us from here, it will be a source of great sorrow.They are only teaching us to steal and practice other vices\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another trader said \u201cthe government should have given us a place to do our business before collapsing the bridge\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, some pedestrians say the destruction of the footbridge will inconvenience them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9903.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55641\" alt=\"IMG_9903\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9903.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9903.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9903-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c I think it will be an inconvenience because although there was a route here but I realized it had been blocked and thus poses a danger to the pedestrian\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9906.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55642\" alt=\"IMG_9906\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9906.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9906.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9906-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Residents in the area say they have received notification from the Department and are willing to relocate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah and Benjamin Epton\/citifmonline.coom\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some traders at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, have expressed their displeasure at the decision by government to pull down a footbridge to make way for the completion of the overpass. 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