To complement the AMA's renewed decongestion exercise, prosecution of recalcitrant traders who breach the law in the Accra Metropolis will now take place on all working days, as against the previous ar¬rangement when such cases were heard only on Fridays.
Ali Baba Abature, Director of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly's Public Affairs, disclosed this to the Times on Thursday.
He said the Judicial Service has designated one special court at the Accra Community Centre to ensure faster prosecution of traders who breach the law in the course of the assembly's exercise to de¬congest the streets of hawkers and unauthorised structures.
He said that previously, when offenders were arrested, it took them about a week in some cases before they were tried since the court was weekly.
He explained that previously, "effectiveness of the arrest was not felt as when they are bailed, they go back to the street to sell".
The assembly requested for two courts and the Judicial Service is considering the designation of one more court, he said.
Another court near Kaneshie would be helpful as those arrested in that area would be sent there to make prosecution faster, he said.
Source: The Ghanaian Times
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
Latest Stories
-
Cyclone Chido kills 94 people in Mozambique
4 minutes -
How tactless NDC exonerated the Electoral Commission
20 minutes -
Tiger Woods’ son Charlie, 15, hits first hole-in-one
27 minutes -
‘¢25m is just a drop in the ocean’ – WAEC on delayed results
32 minutes -
NPP’s Central Regional Chair, Robert Kutin dead
38 minutes -
Global Football Festival promises football museum and music experience on December 27
40 minutes -
Saudi warnings about market attack suspect were ignored
41 minutes -
Trump threatens to try to regain control of Panama Canal
48 minutes -
Court orders police to determine gender of accused
53 minutes -
Ghana’s gold production to rise marginally by 3% in 2025 – Deloitte
56 minutes -
A man’s suicide leads to clamour around India’s dowry law
56 minutes -
Asante Gold Corporation enters into $500m agreement with Fujairah Holdings LLC
1 hour -
ECG Power Queens support Ho Female Prison
2 hours -
Don’t appoint a new EC Chair; allow Jean Mensa to work – Prof. Stephen Adei to Mahama
2 hours -
Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong arrives in Ghana for visit
3 hours