MADAM KLOKOR QUAYE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF TRADERS OF AGBOGBLOSHIE CENTRAL NO.2 MARKET AND ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCTION The Complainants alleged that the Respondent invited the leaders as well as the traders for discussions on how to sanitise the market and the entire capital city in view of the "Ghana at 50" Celebrations. The said meeting, which was chaired by the Chief Executive of the Assembly, took place at the Head Office of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. According to the Complainant, the Chief Executive informed those present at the meeting that the Assembly's intent was to embark on a clean-up exercise at the capital city. The Agbogbloshie Market happened to be on the target list. The Chief Executive gave the traders two weeks to remove all their valuables from the market to make way for the exercise. Accordingly, the traders had two weeks to pack their goods from the market. However, contrary to the initial time frame of two weeks agreed on at the meeting, within the first week of the announcement, the Respondent dispatched men to the market for the exercise. On the first day, ...