Accra Mall\u00a0<\/a>have become a booming market, where all sorts of trading activities take place.<\/p>\nThe area has also become a hotspot for begging activities, especially by children who harass people who use that route for money while their parents look on.<\/p>\n
Mrs Mann-Dedey told journalists that the exercise became necessary after the traders and squatters failed to relocate to the lorry park, in spite of consistent warnings from the assembly.<\/p>\n
The activities, she said, were illegal and an obstruction to people who use the walkways.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have asked them to relocate to the lorry park, but they have refused to go. The assembly gave them 21 days to relocate and the deadline expired about three weeks ago. We followed it up with many announcements, but they still refused to relocate,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
She described the mini market around the walkway as a \u201cdisgrace\u2019\u2019 and an indictment on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s vision to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President wants Accra to be the cleanest city in Africa and we must work hard to make that vision a reality. The assembly is not destroying their business; we are just telling them to move to the lorry park to conduct their activities in accordance with law,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Reservations<\/strong>
\nSome of the affected traders and squatters who spoke to the Daily Graphic expressed reservation about the demolition.<\/p>\nA T-Shirt seller, Mr George Adiku, said the exercise would have an adverse effect on their businesses.<\/p>\n
He appealed to LadMA to institute measures that would allow the traders to conduct their business on the walkways until 10 a.m. every day.<\/p>\n
A phone accessories dealer, Mr Kwesi Opoku, said the traders were prevented from relocating to the lorry park by some people.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to move there but someone who claims to be the landowner of the park prevented us from moving there to engage in our trading activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Source: Graphic.com.gh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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