STOP
CHILDREN FROM STREET HAWKING
I was really consumed by
emotions yesterday when I saw little kids aged between 9 and 12years taking the
advantage of the regular evening vehicular traffic that stretched from the
Bekwai round-about to Santasi round-about in Kumasi to sell various
commodities.
The commodities which were
mostly dominated by bread also included chips, dough nuts, pillows, mobile
phone units, dusters among few others.
Aside the fact that the
time was inappropriate for them to be selling on the road side and that they
should be at their various homes concentrating on their books, the danger that poses
their lives as they rush to the cars is my major concern.
They also face the threat
of being knocked down by these cars because some drivers and motor users try to
avoid the long cue and veered off the road to use the pedestrian walk way where
these kids mostly stand.
Among other things, I
honestly know that a lot have been said and published about this issue but it
hurriedly need to be revisited since the trotro car I boarded yesterday nearly
sent two beautiful kids to their graves.
Against this backdrop, I
am appealing to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and the Police Motor
Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) to quickly put serious measures in place to
check this menace in the Kumasi Metropolis.
Samuel Awuah Tabi
Christian Service University College
Kumasi.
