KMA starts the allocation of stores on the new market Kejetia | General news

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has started allocating stores on the new Kejetia market to traders.

1,500 traders are taken into account in the first phase of the allocation exercise.

Last Saturday, dozens of merchants, in merry mood, gathered at the Quashie Idun Hall of the Kumasi Center for National Culture to receive their award letters.

According to Kumasi Metropolitan CEO (MCE), Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi, the traders who received their award letter were free to start trading from today.
He added that a grace period of one month had been granted to those who had not yet paid their allowances.

A team of seven, consisting of three badembly members and four technicians, badisted by National Service Officers and KMA staff, oversaw the dispatch process.

The market project, which started in July 2015 and cost $ 298 million, was to be completed in January 2018, but was delayed due to lawsuits filed by some people against the KMA.

concerns

The modalities of store allocation have for some time been a major topic of discussion in the metropolis of Kumasi.

As a result, the MCE held several meetings with different traders and transport owners before arriving at an amicable solution.

And at the grbad cutting ceremony for the start of work on the second phase of the Kumasi Central Market Redevelopment Project, Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, asked the KMA to open the business market, pointing out that the continued delay in allocating the stores had left traders in uncertainty.

advice

Mr. Antwi called on merchants to exercise restraint, as efforts were being made to ensure that all those who deserved to have stores are properly awarded badignation letters after validation. .

He added that Fidelity Bank would offer loans to those who would not have money to pay for the stores, which they would pay back within five years.

Store prices vary between GH ¢ 7 and 40 000.

Regarding the cleanliness of the market, the MCE said that a provider of operations and management had been engaged to ensure both the sanitation and security of the market and its operations. surroundings.

Merchants expressed satisfaction with the process and congratulated the meeting on the strategy adopted for the smooth running of the exercise.

They also thanked the government and the Asantehene for their tremendous role in carrying out the project.