WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY

INTRODUCTION: There has been a massive emigration to the South of the capital and in the absence of industries to accommodate these numbers-perhaps because of the liberalization of the economy, deregulation and privatization of state owned enterprises with accusing fingers being pointed at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F)-an absolute flare-up of the informal sector has occured and street hawking has become lucrative. However, they (hawkers) will have to battle it out with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (A.M.A) which seeks to decongest the capital of illegal structures and the hawkers who have almost taken over the principal streets of Accra and worsening the traffic jams. We have heard the AMA but lets go to the hawkers and find out what they have to say. AKUA DARKUAH (PURE WATER SELLER) “ The kinds of treatment being meted out to sellers along this street here at the Airport Junction are very pathetic and we are getting angry about the decongestion ...

INTRODUCTION: Gas has become an essential requirement in many homes across the country. It is no longer the preserve of domestic users but commercial drivers are switching from the use of petrol and diesel to Gas as their main source of energy at an alarming rate. This phenomenon and other factors has led to an acute shortage of Gas, but what do the people have to say about this happenning! KWAME SUNKWA (PAINTER) “ The shortage of Gas on the market has caught us by surprise and I am elated to know that President Mills has set up a cabinet sub-committee to find a lasting solution to this problem. Given the critical role gas is playing in the lives of the people of this country, it is necessary that all measures are put on board to tackle this problem. I am reliably informed that although the Energy Ministry can afford huge amounts of the gas into the system, the current reservoir at Tema is not able to contain all and that is what has caused the shortage. Why haven’t we known a...