Local Govt Ministry Turns Streets Into Markets For Christmas Trading
The Local Government Ministry has announced, the setting aside of some streets within Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, as street markets during the yuletide.
The “Street Hawking Markets”, according to a statement signed by sector Minister, Hajia Alima Mahama, will operate between 5am-11pm from Monday, December 16, 2019, through to Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
All the designated hawking streets in the 13 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), will be closed to motor traffic within the period indicated above.
The initiative which is in collaboration with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and the Motor Traffic and Transport Division (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service is an effort to ensure a safe Christmas buying and selling activities, the Ministry explained.
It further advised hawkers, drivers, other road users and the general public “to comply with the above measures and vacate all unauthorised places within the MMDAs to ease vehicular and pedestrian mobility.”
Below are the Street Hawking Markets
Accra Metropolitan Assembly
Station Road Kimberly Avenue Granville Avenue Commercial Street (Drug Lane) Clement Papafio Street All the roads are located in Okaishie La Nkwatanang Madina Municipal Assembly
Nkulenu Roads Roads in front of old Assembly Office Asante and Asante Road All the roads are located in Madina Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly
Garden Road, East Legon Adentan Municipal Assembly
Adentan Shopping Mall Ogbojo Market Ashaiman Municipal Assembly
Ashiaman main Market Street to Lebene Junction Doku -Pinto Street Government School Street All the roads are located in Ashiaman Okaikwei North Municipal Assembly
Lapaz – The double outer lane from Fraga Oil to Abrante Spot Abeka Junction – Achimota Station- Neoplan (Yaa Densua) Ablekuma Central
From Kaneshie First Light to Mpamprom outer lane Tema Metropolitan Assembly
Central Business District Korley Klottey Municipal Assembly
The Cooperative Taxi Rank – Kwame Nkrumah Circle Along the CMB area (Adjabeng) Tudu area from Kinbu SHS towards Central Police Station Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly
Outer lane of Mallam Market Road at Sakaman Ga North Municipal Assembly
Ofankor Methodist School Park Commonwealth Stadium Junction – Afiaman Ga East Municipal Assembly
From railway crossing through Vehicle Inspection and Technical Organization (VITO) road to Tantra roundabout Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
Between Opoku Trading & former Lands Commission Building Casablanca- Morocco Street Achamfour Market to MTN office area Edges of Prempeh II Street Fuller Road or Afua Kobi Road Edges of Guggisberg Road Front of Lansah Building to Kejetia Front of Adehye Market Allabar Area