The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has commenced a major decongestion exercise at the Accra Central Business District (CBD) aimed at riding the streets of traders.
The purpose, according to the AMA, is to restore order and improve sanitation in the city centre.
On the early hours of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the city authority task force, supported by the Ghana Police Service, carried out a coordinated operation to remove makeshift stalls, unauthorised kiosks, and moved vendors who had taken over pavements and roadsides across key parts of the CBD.
Ahead of the operation, the AMA boss, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, engaged the traders and discussed with them the purpose for the operation and the need to comply with the authorities.
The AMA says the exercise forms part of renewed efforts to enforce city by-laws to ease movement for both vehicles and pedestrians and get rid of congestion.
The first phase of the exercise is focused on areas surrounding the AMA Head Office, including Kinbu Road to Railways, ECG Junction to the King Tackie Tawiah Statue, and Opera Square through to Adabraka.
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