{"id":1269543,"date":"2022-12-23T19:21:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T19:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/23\/traders-take-over-bus-stops-photos\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T19:21:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T19:21:01","slug":"traders-take-over-bus-stops-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/23\/traders-take-over-bus-stops-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Traders take over bus stops [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf1-636x424-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Bus_sheltersf1-636x424\"\/><\/div>\n<p>What is the function of a bus shelter?\u00a0Call it a bus stop if you may, but the Oxford Advanced Learner\u2019s Dictionary says it is \u201ca structure with a roof where people can stand while they are waiting for a bus.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf2.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233418\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><figcaption>Accra: Traders take over bus stops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The basic purpose of a bus shelter is to provide cover for passengers from rain and wind. In addition, contemporary innovations and developments have added features that enable bus shelters provide passengers with comfort and protection from the scorching sun.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf9.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233426\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>However, traders have taken over many bus shelters in Accra and transformed them into shops where they sit, display and trade their wares.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf6.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233422\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><figcaption>Accra: Traders take over bus stops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This new norm has often left passengers stranded as they wait for buses in the open or in extreme situations, virtually on the roads because the traders and their wares occupy the designated spots for them. They are simply exposed to all manner of dangers, including speeding vehicles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf5.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233421\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Traders discomforting travellers in this manner acknowledged the illegality of their actions but they turned a blind eye. Local authorities have from time to time taken some drastic measures in an attempt to curb the illegality.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf7.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233424\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The traders claim the same authorities are happy to collect daily tolls of GH\u023c1.00 from them, in that sense, legitimizing the illegality, thereby emboldening them to return each day to perpetuate the wrong. <\/p>\n<p>MyJoyOnline\u2019s photojournalist Joseph Mawuli Tibu captured the following scenes in parts of the capital:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf4.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233420\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><figcaption>Accra: Traders take over bus stops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf10.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233427\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf8.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233425\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf12.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233429\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf11.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233428\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf13.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233430\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bus_sheltersf3.jpg\" alt=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\" class=\"wp-image-10032233419\" title=\"Accra: Traders take over bus stops\"\/><figcaption>Accra: Traders take over bus stops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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