A passer-by has expressed joy over the ongoing Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) decongestion exercise.
The passer-by stated, “I never knew this place was a road, it was today that I realised this place is a road. Today the road is open anyone we see selling on the road I will not even allow the AMA to come I will sack you myself”.
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.
Speaking to the press on Tuesday, May 20, the Accra Mayor stated, “This exercise is not a nine-day wonder; we are on the street till we make sure that the roads are clear. We are not done.
For the next hour, we are going back to the street. From here we are going to Circle, and if there is more strength, we will go to Kaneshie. Then we continue tomorrow,” the Mayor stated.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians have reacted saying, “ Some of us have seen many such exercise and we all know how they ended after few months . I can assure him and others that history will again repeat itself. It’s Accra, and Ghana as usual”.
“The woman dieer pure Npp mindset….even those affected are praising the government and the mayor for the exercise”, another stated.
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“Yɛwɔ ade a ɛyɛ, na Ghana abue”,Passer-by expresses joy at AMA’s ongoing decongestion exercise pic.twitter.com/hH5eujVDIA
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