Clement Wilkinson, the Chief Executive of Ga West Municipality, has stated that traders who conduct their business on the pavements around the Pokuase Interchange will be arrested.
Such obstinate traders, he claims, will be brought before a court after being summoned.
This follows a public backlash after a video of people pounding and selling fufu on the street around the project went viral.
They were arrested and released on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, but they are required to report to the police to assist with investigations.
The two are said to be a father and daughter, 60 and 32 years old, respectively.
However, Mr. Wilkinson, who has oversight responsibilities for the Ga North Municipality, where the interchange is located, said that security around the project will be increased.
“We will give them summons tomorrow [today, August 26, 2021], and they would have to go to court for their fines depending on their violations. We have the Municipal taskforce, and so those selling here right now have to be arranged so that they don’t come closer to the pavement and that is their work and they are to ensure no one sells there.”
Meanwhile, the assembly issued a statement warning traders engaging in such illegal activities in other parts of the municipality to stop immediately or face legal consequences.
“Mr. Wilkinson is therefore using this medium to caution the public, and any person who plans or intends to engage or participate in such illegality around the bus stops, pavements and footbridges of the Interchange, and also anyone who intends to paste posters and bills to immediately desist from such acts or face the full rigours of the law.”
“The public is also being reminded that the project is for everyone, and so he encourages all and sundry to be citizens and not spectators so that the interchange can serve its intended purpose.”
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