Relocate To Adjen Kotoku Within Seven Weeks - Onion Traders In Accra Ordered

The Government has issued a seven week ultimatum to onion traders in Accra to relocate from Agbogbloshie to Adjen Kotoku, a community within Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The new market was also established at Adjen Kotoku over a decade ago in a bid to decongest the central business district. That market

however remains abandoned. In an interaction with the Onion Sellers Association, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, said his outfit will be compelled to demolish the Agbogbloshie Onion market on the July 1, 2021 and the decongestion exercise is also part of the Minister’s Let’s make Accra campaign to improve

conditions in the national capital. So far, Henry Quartey has met administrative officers in the region, and has instituted some other initiatives to realize the agenda. The Minister, Quartey has also intimated that under his leadership, the the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), would strive to provide lasting solutions to developmental challenges in the region, and ensure

its swift transformation into a national capital of repute. The Minister has promised to put an end to the trading along major streets in Accra as the activity generates a lot of filth. He also cited the Graphic Road as example, and has thus given a two-week ultimatum also to such traders to vacate the area. These initiatives have won him the admiration of some Ghanaians.