AMA:
Allocation
of
stores
at
hawkers’
market
to
be
completed
in
two
weeks
Accra,
Dec.
19,
GNA
-
The
Accra
Metropolitan
Assembly
(AMA)
said
on
Tuesday
that
barring
any
unforeseen
difficulties
it
would
complete
the
allocation
of
stalls
at
the
hawkers’
market
at
Odawna
to
registered
traders
in
two
weeks.
Mr
Ali
Baba,
Special
Assistant
to
the
Mayor
of
Accra,
told
the
GNA
that
some
500
traders
would
be
attended
to
each
day
under
the
exercise
which
took
off
on
Monday.
He
noted
that
the
process
had
taken
off
smoothly
after
they
had
dealt
with
the
initial
problems
that
they
were
faced
with.
He
said
problems
they
faced
initially
were
largely
due
to
the
desire
of
the
leadership
of
the
traders
craving
to
satisfy
their
interest.
Mr
Baba
said
they
were
now
treating
the
leaders
of
the
various
associations
as
ordinary
traders
to
forestall
the
discrepancies
that
emerged
earlier
and
also
allocating
the
stores
strictly
by
the
register
they
had
compiled.
He
said
AMA
had
built
4,500
stalls
to
be
distributed
to
the
petty
traders
and
was
optimistic
that
every
trader
duly
registered
would
have
one.
Mr
Baba
indicated
that
each
trader
was
expected
to
pay
2.2
million
cedis
before
being
handed
a
shed
but
those
who
did
not
register
at
the
time
they
were
asked
to
do
so
were
not
likely
to
benefit
from
the
exercise.
He
stated
that
the
only
problem
that
kept
showing
up
was
issue
of
names,
as
most
traders
instead
of
using
names
on
their
voter
identification
card
chose
to
use
their
nick
or
household
names
and
this
created
confusion.
Some
of
the
traders
the
GNA
spoke
to
expressed
optimism
that
they
would
be
allocated
with
sheds,
as
they
were
part
of
the
initial
registration
process.
They
said
their
only
worry
was
that
the
process
was
a
little
cumbersome
since
one
ought
to
stay
in a
long
queue
for
a
long
time.
The
AMA
has
warned
that
there
would
be a
massive
exercise
to
decongest
the
Central
Business
District
once
the
traders
have
been
settled
at
the
hawkers’
market
at
Odawna,
near
the
Kwame
Nkrumah
Circle.
GNA
