The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Saturday locked more than 20 shops in the Central Business District (CBD) for allegedly defying the National Sanitation Day (NSD) directive by opening to trade during the April clean-up exercise.
The Mayor of Accra, Hon. Michael Kpakpo Allotey who ordered the closure during an inspection tour of the exercise, criticised the traders and shop operators for violating the rules despite prior public announcements and extensive engagement ahead of the event.
Speaking to the media, the Mayor said the Assembly had originally intended to hold the clean-up on the previous Saturday, but rescheduled it after market women pleaded that, because of the Easter period, the exercise should be pushed forward by a week.
He said the Assembly accepted the request in what he described as a demonstration of a listening administration and subsequently announced the new date in a press release through various communication channels, including radio, television and other forms of public notice.
