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Accra hawkers urged to relocate to new
market
Ngleshie Amanfro (GAR), July 19, GNA - Traders and hawkers
evicted from the streets of the Central Business District of
Accra, have been urged to relocate to the Ngleshie Amanfro
Market complex in the Ga West District.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Amanfro, the Vice
Chairman of the Ngleshie Amanfro Market Complex Management
Committee, Nene Oman Adjah, said there were many empty
market stalls and stores at the market for allocation.
He said displaced traders and hawkers in Accra should go to
the Ngleshie Amanfro Market to enable them to remain in
business instead of folding up, adding that, they would be
given space free of charge to sell their goods and wares.
Nene Adjah, who is also the Chief of Galilea/Omankope, said
there were facilities at the market to promote their
businesses such as a cold store while plans were far advance
for the extension of water and electricity.
He pointed out that the market was not far from Accra on the
main Accra-Winneba Highway, which made the complex
accessible for both traders and buyers and said they should
take advantage to remain in business to enable them care for
their children and dependants.
The Market Management Committee Vice Chairman stated that
the complex was now under a new administration and assured
traders of security for their wares.
He urged industrial and commercial organisations to take
advantage of the opportunity to open outlets in the area to
boost their sales and promote economic activities in the
area.
Residents of the area should do their marketing within their
vicinity to save on transport charges to the city centre, he
said.
Nene Adjah noted that this would also help in decongesting
Accra of both human and vehicular traffic.
He advised the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to encourage
traders and hawkers who could not get allocation at the new
"Pedestrian Market" in Accra, which was constructed for
hawkers and traders to get them off the streets of the
capital to relocate to markets in new and developing
communities.
Nene Adjah appealed to the various transport organisations
to establish their stations at the market to facilitate the
movement of people and goods.
He also advised farmers and fishermen in the Ga West
District to send their produce to the market instead of
Accra to entice buyers to the complex.
Patronising the market near their homes will also enable the
District Assembly to derive enough revenue to initiate
community development projects, Nene Adjah, stated.
He pledged the commitment of the new market management
committee to provide more facilities that would encourage
people within the vicinity to patronise the market.
Market women and other traders at the complex should also
maintain good sanitation and environmental hygiene to
protect the public from diseases and epidemics, Nene Adjah
advised.
GNA
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