Kejetia Market: I'm not part of the stand distribution – Wontumi

General News of Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-07-24

The regional president of the new Patriotic Party (NPP) of Ashanti, Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako (President Wontumi) has denied the statements of the main National Democratic Congress of the opposition of the region that he would participate in the distribution of stands in the new construction of Kejetia. Market.

Abbad Nurudeen, NDC's Ashanti Communications Officer, and his deputy, Kwaku Asafo Adjei, at a press conference, accused the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) of allocating blockages to political lines in accordance with President Wontumi's orders.

But in an interview with Kwabena Prah Jnr (The Don) on Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, President Wontumi said that it had nothing to do with allocating the stands.

"I have no role to play in the allocation of stores," he said.

"For good reasons, I decided to have nothing to do with the project. Please ignore the claims of the NDC because they are full of lies. "

In addition to Wontumi, the KMA has urged the general public not to consider the "lie" of the NDC.

In a statement issued by the KMA and signed by its public relations officer, Henrietta Afia Konadu Aboagye on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, the KMA said: "The action of the communicators of the NDC" is "for the sole purpose of harm the image of society ". KMA and also create unnecessary tension with regard to the allocation of stores in the newly built Kejetia market. "

He stated that: "The price of Kejetia stores ranges from GHS 7,800.00 to GHS 11,000.00, GHS 12,000.00 to GHS 16,000.00, GHS 18,000.00 to GHS 20,500" and stated that that the prices of the stores were determined according to the square meters they cover and that "the traders have the right to choose their favorite stores".

In addition, the KMA said: "There is no document or agreement previously signed by the KMA with traders according to which the stores will be permanently distributed."

The KMA also stated that "Wontumi" neither wrote nor verbally requested the Assembly to provide a list of the stands awarded. "He [Wontumi] has not been part of the processes (registration, validation, exhibition and attribution).

"It should be noted that the Validation and Allocation Committees have representatives from different unions (presidents), government agencies and traditional authorities," said the Assembly.

He pointed out that he had conveyed traders' concerns about the five-year policy of rent renewal to Parliament in order to obtain compensation "as soon as possible", and stressed that this "does not constrain any operator to use the services of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited for payment for the stores and that: "Every operator is allowed to deal with any bank with which he feels comfortable."