By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaoundé
Barely weeks into office as pioneer City Mayor of Yaounde,
Luc Messi Atangana, has begun implementing the promises he made to the
population shortly after his election.
This
follows a decision he took to bring order on major streets and curb urban
disorder in the country’s political capital especially as the country looks
forward to hosting the African Nations Football Championship, CHAN next
month.
The
City Mayor gave road side vendors two days to liberate both sides of the
pavement by ten metres or face the law. He issued the warning as he toured some
major neighbourhoods of Yaounde, on Wednesday 11 March.
The Capital City Mayor used the tour to sensitize the
population on the need to keep the capital city clean at all times.
He urged
all vendors to ensure that garbage is properly disposed far from where their
businesses are carried out.
Observers
say such measures had been tried by previous Government Delegates of Yaounde,
but they were hardly effective.
It
remains to be seen whether the Mayor’s order will be respected this time
around, especially as many of the traders complain of lack of stalls in the
markets where they can displace their products.
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