Abossey Okai decongestion: Unauthorised Spare Parts Dealers Evicted

Hundreds of unauthorised spare parts dealers at at the Abossey Okai in Accra were, on the Thursday morning, all evicted from the business hub by the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association. This follows an earlier caution by the union to all traders operating in the area unlawfully to leave, as part of efforts to help decongest

the enclave. Speaking to media during a decongestion and a clean-up exercise of the Abossey Okai business zone, the Co-Chairman of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association, Clement Boateng, stated that the activities of lots of the unauthorised spare parts dealers have contributed to the massive congestion in the area.

We have also been complaining that Abossey Okai is congested in terms of people who sell in the middle of the roads, people have also dumped the unserviceable vehicles here for a number of months and even years, and they have not come for them and people have also turned this place into a car repairs workshop that they

can bring their cars and then repair them here. All that contributes to the congestion here in Abossey Okai, Mr. Boateng also stated that they made the request for the exercise to happen at Abossey Okai. He also gave his assurance that measures would also be put in place to prevent the illegal traders from returning. When Greater

Accra Regional Minister launched this decongestion exercise we put forward a request to the the Municipal Assembly that we would also like to be affected by the decongestion exercise and that is why it is happening here today. We have put a taskforce in place comprising the Abbosey Okai Spare parts Dealers Association and

and the Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly to make sure that this program is sustained. He further stated that all the illegal spare parts traders would have to find a place to sell their goods as they wouldn’t be returning. Where they are selling is illegal, so we are not bothered about where they will go. They have to find a place for themselves and that isn’t part of our responsibilities.