Four injured as Kasoa traders clash with Assembly task force over street decongestion

Four individuals were injured in a violent clash between traders and the Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly’s task force during a decongestion exercise in the Kasoa Central Business District (CBD) on Wednesday, May 28.

The confrontation, according to a report by citinewsroom.com, occurred on the third day of the assembly’s operation to clear pedestrian walkways of unauthorised structures.

The exercise, which proceeded smoothly on its first two days, turned chaotic when members of the Kasoa Phone Dealers Association resisted the removal of tents they had erected on walkways.

Tensions escalated, leading to traders hurling stones at the task force as they attempted to dismantle the structures. In the ensuing melee, three task force members and one trader sustained injuries.

The violence caused a temporary blockage of the Kasoa-Bawjiase junction, disrupting vehicular traffic and raising public concern.

Officers from the Kasoa Divisional Police Command intervened, restoring calm and allowing the decongestion exercise to continue.

Despite prior engagements between the municipal assembly and trade groups, members of the Kasoa Phone Dealers Association claimed they were not given sufficient time to voluntarily dismantle their structures, a factor they said contributed to the confrontation.

Traders at Kasoa have pushed back against efforts by the assembly to sack them from sections of the streets where they had set up umbrellas to conduct business.

Some of the traders voiced concerns over the manner in which the exercise was carried out, describing it as… pic.twitter.com/A40jYKcF0X

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A taskforce in Kasoa has launched a crackdown on street traders, clearing them from roads and pavements in a move similar to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly's (AMA) effort to reclaim public spaces. pic.twitter.com/eUoZ9fR7X2

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