The Local Government
Ministry has announced the setting aside of some streets within the Greater
Accra and Ashanti regions as street markets during the Yuletide.
The “Street
Hawking Markets”, according to a statement signed by sector minister, Hajia
Alima Mahama, would operate between 5am and 11pm from Monday, December 16,
2019, through to Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
All the
designated hawking streets in the 13 Metropolitan, Municipal and District
Assemblies (MMDAs) will be closed to motor traffic within the period indicated
above.
The
initiative which is in collaboration with the MMDAs and the Motor Traffic and
Transport Division (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service is an effort to ensure a
safe Christmas buying and selling activities, the minister explained.
It further
advised hawkers, drivers, other road users and the general public “to comply
with the above measures and vacate all unauthorised places within the MMDAs to
ease vehicular and pedestrian mobility.”
The Street
Hawking Markets include Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Station Road, Kimberly
Avenue, Granville Avenue, Commercial Street (Drug Lane) and Clement Papafio
Street – all the roads are located at Okaishie.
La Nkwatanang
Madina Municipal Assembly, Nkulenu roads, roads in front of old Assembly Office
and Asante and Asante Road – all the roads are located at Madina.
Ayawaso West
Municipal Assembly, Garden Road, East Legon, Adentan Municipal Assembly, Adentan
Shopping Mall and Ogbojo Market.
Ashaiman
Municipal Assembly, Ashiaman main Market Street to Lebene Junction, Doku -Pinto
Street and Government School Street – all the roads are located at Ashiaman.
Okaikwei
North Municipal Assembly, Lapaz – the double outer lane from Fraga Oil to
Abrante Spot; Abeka Junction – Achimota Station- Neoplan (YaaDensua), Ablekuma
Central, from Kaneshie First Light to Mpamprom outer lane.
Tema
Metropolitan Assembly, Central Business District, Korley Klottey Municipal
Assembly, the Cooperative Taxi Rank – Kwame Nkrumah Circle, along the CMB area
(Adjabeng) and Tudu area from Kinbu SHS towards Central Police Station.
Ablekuma
North Municipal Assembly, outer lane of Mallam Market Road at Sakaman.
Ga North
Municipal Assembly – 1.Ofankor Methodist School Park, 2.Commonwealth Stadium
Junction – Afiaman, Ga East Municipal Assembly, from railway crossing through
Vehicle Inspection and Technical Organization (VITO) road to Tantra roundabout.
Kumasi
Metropolitan Assembly – between Opoku Trading & former Lands Commission
Building, Casablanca- Morocco Street, Achamfour Market to MTN office area, Edges
of Prempeh II Street, Fuller Road or Afua Kobi Road, Edges of Guggisberg Road, Front
of Lansah Building to Kejetia ,Front of Adehye Market and Allabar Area.
– Myjoyonlie
