Government assures traders of assistance

Elubo (Western Region) - The government has assured traders whose items were destroyed by fire at the Elubo market on Monday that it would assist them.

Joseph Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, said the Regional Coordinating Council was collaborating with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the Jomoro District Assembly for assistance.

He said this when he led members of the Regional Security Council to assess damage and console the victims of the disaster allegedly caused by an electrical fault developed by an Ivorian registered car.

Apart from the original fuel tank it had a faulty fuel compartment and two gas cylinders. Aidoo said the Elubo market would be relocated and park space for heavy trucks and passenger vehicles built to ease congestion.

He advised them not to be discouraged by the disaster but work hard to acquire what they had lost. Aidoo also assured the victims that while security personnel at both sides of the border were working around the clock to arrest the driver suspected to have started the fire they should not take the law into their hands since this could mar relations between the two countries.

John Adu, spokesman for the traders, thanked the government for its sympathy.