Traders at the Kumasi Central Market are up in arms over the delayed completion of the second phase of the Kejetia redevelopment market project.
Frustrated by the government’s failure to meet completion targets, the traders have threatened to take matters into their own hands.
They have given the construction firm, Contracta Construction Company Limited, up to May 19 to remove all barricades around the uncompleted site.
On May 14, a petition was submitted by traders expressing their disappointment in the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government.
They cited negligence and failure to complete the second phase of the Kumasi Central market project.
The project has been stalled for over a year and a half due to the renegotiation of a loan agreement following Ghana’s decision to seek a financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The traders, who have been conducting business in unsuitable conditions, are frustrated with the government’s failure to meet completion targets and feel neglected by the NPP government, which they say has ignored their pleas.
The traders have also indicated that they are in talks with the Ghana Police Service to secure permission for a demonstration to press home their demand for work to resume on the project.
