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Traders in areas destined for demolition at the Kumasi Central Market have been given until midnight on Saturday, March 13, 2021 to vacate the site and allow the contractor working on Phase Two of the Kejetia Redevelopment Project enter the site.
The designated minister for the Ashanti region, Mr. Simon Osei-Mensah, who gave the directive, said that the continued occupation of the area by traders was delaying the project and could cause the country to lose the right to installation. .
Speaking to the media in Kumasi yesterday, he said that traders had been allocated temporary slots at the Hippodrome and Abinkyi markets, adding that those who did not move from the Central Market after the deadline would have the fault.
Rejection
Initially, the merchants were given until March 7, 2021 to vacate the site and allow access to Contracta Ltd to continue the works.
However, despite the expiration of the term, merchants remain on the site.
“If you arrive on Sunday or Monday morning and find that your post has been demolished, no one will be responsible for your loss. I will not accept any pleas or shouts of compensation from anyone, ”warned Mr. Osei-Mensah.
The designated minister said that if the country cannot use all the funds from the first tranche under the agreement by the end of March, “it will be very difficult to access the second tranche.”
He said that the efforts of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Parliament and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to ensure the completion of the project could not be in vain.
Plan
Mr. Osei-Mensah said that the entire area for the second phase has been divided into four zones.
He explained that due to the lack of space to move all the merchants for the contractor to work on the project, it was decided that the merchants would move in phases, saying that those in zones One and Two were the ones that were supposed to move. now. .
Traders affected by immediate action are second-hand clothing dealers, jewelery dealers, and building materials traders.
He said they had been secured spaces at the Afia Kobi market, also known as the Abinkyi market, and at the racecourse to move there temporarily until the project was completed.
Appeal
The Contracta Ltd Community Liaison Officer, Mr. Emmanuel Kwadwo Danso, also appealed to the traders to allow the contractor access to the land in order to execute the project on time.
“We are not here to destroy or disrupt anyone’s business, but to help develop the Ashanti and Kumasi region,” he said.
He begged the merchants to stop attacking the company’s workers, adding: “We are here only to execute a contract, and it is the city authorities that give access to the site.”
He alleged that in recent times some merchants had thrown stones at the construction company workers, endangering the workers’ lives.
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