This week, some police and city officials took to the streets of Madina, to punish pedestrians who refused to use the pedestrian footbridges but instead resorted to crossing the road at unauthorised areas which has been causing a heavy vehicular traffic especially at Zongo junction.
Culprits were made to sweep the streets amidst educating them on the need to use pedestrian footbridges.
A pedestrian is made to sweep the Madina Zongo Juntion intersection
Greater Accra Regional Minister s initiative
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr. Henry Quartey, has set out to tackle the issues that have become a drawback to the region’s development.
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Henry Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Minister
Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister has appealed to market queens to help move traders on the streets and pavements back into the markets to allow for free-flow of vehicular and human traffic in the city.
He said the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) would embark on a two-week public announcement to ask traders to vacate the unauthorized places, and that “when persuasion fails force must be applied.
“We are not saying you should not eat or should not trade, but operate in the market then you would not have problem with anyone,” he said and that people should avoid politicising the work of the assemblies.
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Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has charged the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to get to work and failure to do so will attract his wrath.
The Minister, who has embarked on a mission Let s Make Accra Work to ensure right things are done to improve the Capital City as well as caution people against lawlessness, says the MMDCEs duties are vital to the success of his mission.
He stated that they are the representatives of the President in their various districts and therefore expects them to effectively execute their duties.
The Regional Minister, who doubles as Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central, cautioned the MMDCEs saying