AMA must ensure orderliness at the markets

Dear Editor,

Once again Christmas is around the corner and the usual hustle and bustle around the Central Business District is in full swing.

Visits to the various markets shows that Ghanaians are ready for the festive season.

But that has also come with its annual ritual of traders abandoning their shops and preferring to sell their wares on the streets and pavements.

This leaves pedestrians and commuters with no choice than alighting from vehicles and turning the busy roads into pathways, in a way endangering their lives.

I wish to appeal to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to also initiate its awareness campaign to educate these market women on why they must stop selling on the roads and pavements.

I witnessed a situation where a misunderstanding trader and a customer turned into near fisticuffs the customer’s bag hit the wares of a trader and poured out.

It was very unfortunate but when every inch of space is covered by traders, some of these things can happen.

I have heard of plans to close some major roads in the capital to create more for women. That appears to be a good move but that is not enough in ensuring order.

The AMA must be visible at the various markets. If it will be possible, it can go into a partnership with the police to ensure that people stay at where they are stationed so that there would be no spillovers to spaces reserved for visitors to the markets.

Thank you for the space.

Seth Ayiku,

Accra