REGSEC TOURS NEW KEJETIA MARKET
The Ashanti RegionalSecurity Council (REGSEC), on Thursday 28th November 2019 paid aworking visit to the new ultra-modern Kejetia Market Complex to familiarizethemselves with the facility and operations of the new Market.
Hon. Simon Osei Mensah,the Ashanti Regional Minister and chairman of REGSEC, disclosed that theirvisit was informed by the growing number of issues surrounding how traders willmove into the new market, which has been brewing with each passing day in themedia space, with simmering demonstrations.
According to him, it wasin this regard that the REGSEC decided to visit the market to ascertain whatwas happening on the ground.
Led by the Metro ChiefExecutive of KMA, Hon. Osei Assibey Antwi, with the support of Mr. EmmanuelDanso, the consultant to the project, the REGSEC were taken round the new marketto inspect some of the facilities which included the Police Station, FireStation, the Control room, the Crèche and other areas of the Market.
Hon. Simon Osei Mensah assured the varioustraders’ unions at the Kumasi Central Market and Kejetia Market that theKejetia market issues had been discussed at the Regional Security Councilmeeting and that a lot of measures had been taken to salvage the situation.
According to him, the roadmap he discussed with thetraders as far as relocation of traders into the New Kejetia Market isconcerned has not changed.