Tuesday, March 19, 2013

CHAOS IN ACCRA CENTRAL; TRADERS, PEDETRIANS COMPETE FOR SPACE



An overcrowded Accra central market


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lthough government through  the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has tried  many  times  to get traders out the streets  of Accra,  the situation keeps on worsening.
A trader busily selling on the pavement.
When you pay a visit to Accra Central, you  w o u l d  b e surprised at the kind of  h u m a n t r a f f i c ’ b e c a u s e traders have virtually taken over the pedestrian walkway to display their wares forcing t h e pedestrians to also use the main road. 
It is high t i m e government  looked beyond scoring political points to take drastic   measures to these hawkers of the streets  by   providing them  with  a  market since the existing ones are already full.

Some pedestrians trying to squeeze themselves through the "Human traffic"