Wamfie Friday Market Meat Shop operating under unhygienic condition

The buying and selling of meat at the Friday Market Meat Shop at Wamfie in the Dormaa East District of Bono Region is conducted under unhygienic condition threatening the health and safety of consumers.

Customers who arrived at the corridor of the shop daily to buy meat were usually met by hordes hovering around the place where butchers stood to serve the public.

The Ghana News Agency (GNA) observed during a visit to the place on Tuesday that cobwebs hanged on top corners of the building and the windows, while blood stains of slaughtered goats and sheep covered a large section of the tiled concrete floor.

Speaking to the GNA in an interview, Mr. Musa Banda, the spokesperson for butchers at the Friday Market expressed concern about the District Assembly’s failure to provide them with water reservoir for regular water supply to keep the place hygienic.

“Apart from torn nets of the windows that provided easy access for flies to invade the place, there are no lights in the building, which is affecting the progress of our business,” Mr. Banda lamented.

He appealed to the Assembly to, as a matter of urgency, to come to their aid by renovating the building to protect public health and safety.

Mr. Banda added that it would also boost patronage of customers and consequently contribute to increased daily local revenue collection by the Assembly.

When contacted, Mr. Marvin Boateng, the |District Environmental Health Officer told the GNA the Assembly had not been informed about the situation but assured of immediate steps to put things right for the shop to operate in good sanitary condition.