UTV broadcast journalist, Abena Kyei Boakye has called for the immediate arrest of Kasoa street vendors who erected shelters over a traffic light to conduct business.
According to Abena Kyei Boakye, the actions by the trader are a serious threat to public safety.
Speaking on UTV, Abena Kyei Boakye stated, “Like how this one too the government or authorities should come and direct you that what you are doing is wrong, they say we shouldn’t encourage violence but with this then you slap her left and right. Like how?
Simple rules and regulations you don’t want to obey, we don’t want to move forward, this does not make sense, so immediately this person must be arrested. She has to be arrested for her to explain why she will put up a tent to cover the traffic light which is illegal”.
Her comment comes after a video surfaced on social media of Traders at Kasoa amazingly building a shed over a traffic light which has caused widespread outrage.
In the viral video, traders have erected shelters over a traffic light disrupting its functionality as they continue with their business.
In the video, a netizen could be heard saying, “This can only happen in Kasoa, they have covered the traffic light self, they have covered the traffic light are they even thinking”.
The video surfaced amidst the Accra Mayor decongestion exercise which started 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.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians reacted to the video by saying, “You see this side, if you do mistake pick a passenger, one policeman go jie ein head right now.
Secondly, there is a police station opposite to this. In the middle of the pavement under the bridge”.
“And when the authorities go after them they will come out crying foul! Ghana needs a military-style rule. Do before you complain”, another stated.
One more X user wrote, “The audacity and blatant disregard for public property. Even if it’s not functional, how dare you have your structure stretch into the road to that extent. And even if that’s no longer a road, have respect and fear not to do something so brazen”.
Additionally, another netizen wrote, “More interesting when you find out that there is a police station there. The police only come out when a trotro driver picks a passenger there. Ghana doesn’t only deserve a good president, Ghana deserves good citizens too”.
One more Ghanaian wrote, “And you I’ll be surprised to count more than 20 police men at the same spot..They’re only under the bridge extorting money from drivers and nothing more”.
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Abena Kyei Boakye has called for the immediate arrest of street vendors who erected shelters over a traffic light to conduct business, describing the actions as a serious threat to public safety.#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/2HgobD3zPE
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) May 22, 2025
