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Makola Market traders
must sell inside stall or lose them
Accra, March 19, Ghanadot/GNA- Traders having stalls inside
the Makola Market in Accra but rather sell their wares on
the streets and pavements would forfeit their allocation.
Apart from helping to decongest the city of hawkers the
exercise will facilitate human and vehicular movement.
Mr. Sanka Tetteh, Principal Revenue Superintendent in charge
of Markets of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), said
these in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in
Accra on Wednesday.
He advised traders and other operators at the Market to
secure the goods and wares in their stalls at the close of
the day’s activity at six o’clock in the evening and “leave
the market by six-thirty to enable the security men to check
if gates, doors are properly closed and other security
measures.”
Mr Sankah Tetteh especially called on chop bar operators and
others to put out all fires and switch off all electrical
gadgets and equipment to avoid fire outbreak.
He pointed out, however that Makola had not been affected in
the recent “market fires.”
The AMA Principal Revenue Superintendent in charge of
Markets stated, “because they do not close early some of
them rush to leave the market in the evening and they forget
to put off their lights and other electrical gadgets and
other things”.
Mr Sankah Tetteh said the security men would strictly
enforce rules and regulations at the market and warned that
anyone found in the facility after closing would be dealt
with according to AMA by-laws.
He said traders who flouted AMA rules and by-laws on the
operations of the Market would face sanctions in the form of
suspension from operating for a period and advised the women
to avoid quarrels to ensure a peaceful atmosphere.
Madam Mercy Nee Djan, Greater Accra Regional Secretary of
the Market Women’s Association, noted that to ensure maximum
security at the Market, no goods should be delivered and
discharged inside the market after closing of business.
“No one should enter the Market after closing at
six-thirty,” she said adding that there should be “Regular
reshuffling of the security men.”
GNA
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