Agbogbloshie traders have been warned to stop selling on the sidewalk or face prosecution.
It came after Accra Magistrates Court ordered 10 yam sellers from Agbogbloshie market to sign pledges to do good and not to sell on the go.
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They are Frank Telekpon, Marboriwe Ntekellama, Awiase Mmolebe, Wisdom Bindiche, Ebenezer Benkom, Yindo Mohammed, Kiki Majaba, Bepa Yayen, Seth Ngmagna and Nakulin Elija.
Yam sellers who have pleaded guilty to obstructing public transport in violation of Article 10 of the 2017 AMA Public Procurement Procedures Code will be sentenced to a minimum of three months’ hard labor in prison if they breach bail.
The Court of First Instance also ordered the sweet potato sellers to pay 1,000 to the AMA for costs incurred in transporting the sweet potatoes from the market.
Accra City Council (AMA) task force arrested about twenty-three (23) traders at Agbogbloshie market for selling food on bare floors and in unsanitary conditions.
Prosecutors led by the AMA’s Public Health Department recounted that yam sellers were among 20 merchants arrested by the AMA and police at Agbogbloshie market on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 during an enforcement action. legislation to display their goods for sale on the streets and vacant lots.
From over-exposed food to street food stalls near clogged drains, officials have been exasperated by the level of non-compliance with sanitation standards.
Expressing frustration with traders for their disregard of Council regulations on hygiene, Accra Mayor Elizabeth Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey, who joined the group, ordered the immediate dismissal of traders on the premises. streets to the markets they have eliminated.
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The AMA boss reiterates that some merchants, after all their education and years of commitment not to display their wares on bare floors and in unauthorized places, continue to turn against him, and at the same time added that the Council would have no more mercy. for such criminals. arrest.
“We are going to enforce the bye-laws to the latter. Traders selling behind the Agbogbloshie market dwarf wall will not be spared, anyone caught will be arrested, fined, or sent to court…The traders have already been educated not to display their foodstuff on the bare ground for sale but the practice persists. We will enforce the law and ensure that they leave the mandated 3 feet gap between the ground and their foodstuff,” she said.
The mayor added that the government will not pardon anyone convicted of having had enough education to discourage the practice.
