Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey Traders who have been relocated to Adjen Kotoku will not reoccupy the demolished Agbogbloshie Market, Mr Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, said on Thursday.
“The business of Agbogbloshie is over and history, it’s not going to happen, everyone is going and there is no exception,” he said. The Minster said this during a cleaning and decongestion exercise at the Agbogbloshie Onion Sellers’ Market, organised by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council. He said the place would be cleared to ground zero and walled to prevent reoccupation and encroachment.
He said it was shocking and disappointing to see a place within the capital in such an insanitary state and commended Zoomlion Ghana Limited for helping to clean the area. “We can only thank God that for probably after 16 to 20 years, and under the able leadership of President Akufo-Addo, we have been able to do this,” Mr Quartey said.
Scrap dealers at Agbogbloshie in Accra are resisting the decongestion exercise by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council.
The scrap dealers and onion traders at Agbogbloshie are being relocated to Adjen Kotoku to help free the congestion in the central business district (CBD) of Accra as part of the agenda Make Accra work initiated by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey.
Graphic Online s reporter Joshua Bediako Koomson who is with the team undertaking the exercise reports that the decongestion exercise started Thursday morning was moving smoothly until the team arrived at the scrap dealers section.
The dealers set spent vehicle tyres ablaze in protest against their removal from the spot, claiming they were served no eviction notice.
Scrap dealers at Agbogbloshie in Accra are resisting the decongestion exercise by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council.
The scrap dealers and onion traders at Agbogbloshie are being relocated to Adjen Kotoku to help free the congestion in the central business district (CBD) of Accra as part of the agenda Make Accra work initiated by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey.
The decongestion exercise started Thursday morning was moving smoothly until the team arrived at the scrap dealers section.
The dealers set spent vehicle tyres ablaze in protest against their removal from the spot, claiming they were served no eviction notice.
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