Relocate to Ngleshie Amanfro Market - Accra hawkers urged

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. 19 July 07