The Member of Parliament for Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Francis Asenso-Boakye says it will be inhuman for the Kumasi Mayor, Mr Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi to use brutal force to stop traders from selling on pavement in the metropolis.
The no-nonsense mayor has announced that the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) will embark on a two-week decongestion exercise to evict all traders who sell on pavements and along the roadsides.
Failure for them to move, Mr Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi said he would have no option but to physically assault them in public in his attempt to beautify the city.
His approach has been criticized by many with some traders daring him to do his worst.
Bantama MP who is also the Ranking Member of the Local Government and Rural Development Committee of Parliament has questioned the ‘military style’ approach in a statement after describing it as “reckless” and “unacceptable”.
He believes the approach if implemented will “Risk undermining public confidence in local authorities and may expose the Assembly to potential human rights violations.”
Mr Asenso Boakye, however, called on the sector minister to “intervene as a matter of urgency and impress upon the Mayor the need to retract his comments and adopt a more lawful, respectful, and humane approach to enforcement.”
