Franklin Cudjoe, Founding President of IMANI Africa, has strongly criticized Kumasi Mayor Richard Ofori-Agyemang Boadi for threatening to publicly lash traders operating illegally on pavements and roadsides in the Adum area.
Ofori-Agyemang Boadi issued a stern two-week ultimatum to traders operating illegally on pavements and roadsides in the Adum area, warning that failure to comply would result in harsh penalties, including public lashings.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, April 16, Cudjoe described the Mayor’s approach as “brute talk” and an outdated tactic that Ghanaians have rejected.
He urged the Mayor to enforce the law appropriately rather than resorting to threats of physical punishment.
“The Kumasi Mayor should only be threatening to use the law to remove persons trading on pavements, not physically abusing them.
“The mayor should immediately walk back and pledge to honour the law. These types of brute talk and carefree behaviour were yesterday’s tactics we abhorred and chased some folks away from government,” he asserted.
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