A video has surfaced of a stubborn non-compliant street vendor who was resisting the Accra decongestion efforts being assaulted and forcefully removed from the streets.
In the viral video shared of this morning’s of the decongestion efforts at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, the street vendor who was captured in a heated argument with some police officers was assaulted and forcefully removed from the streets.
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) began its major decongestion exercise on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
The AMA task forces, accompanied by the Ghana Police Service, carried out operations to dismantle makeshift stalls, and unauthorised kiosks, and remove vendors from pavements and roadsides across key parts of the Central Business District.
According to the AMA, the first phase of the exercise is focused on the AMA Head Office, Kinbu Road to Railways, ECG Junction to the King Tackie Tawiah Statue, and Opera Square through to Adabraka.
They revealed that the operation which will last for 2 weeks is to enforce city bylaws, ease congestion, and ensure the safe movement of both pedestrians and vehicles.
Following the decongestion exercise vehicles were captured moving freely as traders were clear from the roads and pavement of the streets.
However, some traders at the Accra Central Business District have shockingly returned to their pavements just a day after the Accra Mayor decongestion exercise yesterday May 20, 2025.
Meanwhile, Linda Ocloo, the Greater Accra Regional Minister has stated traders who flout the decongestion directive will be fined ₵2000.
Linda Ocloo touring the CBD during the decongestion exercise yesterday stated, “We are going to activate our task force to work 24 hours. They are going to draw a red line on the road, so with this, when you cross the line, you have a fee to pay, which is 1500gh, maximum 2000gh.
We are going to make sure that we have leaders in all the markets who will be monitoring, aside from the task force, and make sure that the right things are being done.”
Watch the video below:
A non-compliant street vendor who was resisting eviction was assaulted and forcefully removed by some police officers during this morning’s decongestion efforts at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
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