The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has closed selected streets in some metropolises, municipalities and districts in the Greater Accra and the Ashanti regions to serve as street markets.
The closure of the streets began on Monday, December 16, and will end on Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
The street markets will be opened from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day.
The initiative is a collaboration between metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) and the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service.
According to the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, the move formed part of efforts to ensure that buyers and sellers enjoyed safe trading activities this Christmas season.
A statement issued by Hajia Mahama listed the streets in the Accra metropolis as Station Road, Kimberly Avenue, Granville Avenue, Commercial Street (or Drug Lane), Clement Papafio Street and all roads located at Okaishie.
Streets in the Korle Klottey municipality that are closed are the Cooperative Taxi Rank at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, the CMB area (Adjabeng) and the Tudu area from Kinbu SHS towards the Central Police Station.
Those in the La-Nkwatanang-Madina municipality are Nkulenu Street, the frontage of the old municipal assembly office and the Asante and Asante streets.
Streets in the Ayawaso West municipality that are closed are Garden Road at East Legon and the Adentan Shopping Mall and the Ogbojo Market streets in the Adentan municipality.
Other streets closed in Accra are in Ayawaso West, Ablekuma Central, Ablekuma North, Ga North, Ga East, as well as some in Tema.
In the Kumasi metropolis, the roads that are closed include that between Opoku Trading and the former Lands Commission building, Casablanca to Morocco Street, Achamfuor Market to MTN office area, edges of the Prempeh II street, Fuller Road or Afua Kobi road, edges of the Guggisberg Road, Launch Building to Kejetia, the frontage of the Adehye Market and the Allabar area.
