[ 2021-03-13 ]

Minister gives Kejetia traders final warning ahead of demolition
The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has
cautioned traders whose shops will be affected by
the Kejetia Phase 2 Project that they will have
themselves to blame if their goods are destroyed
before Monday, March 15.

REGSEC had earlier given a five-day ultimatum for
all affected traders to evacuate the areas
earmarked for demolition by Sunday, March 14 to
make way for the redevelopment of the project.

Speaking on Akoma FM‘s weekend political show
Wonsom, Chairman of Ashanti REGSEC, Simon Osei
Mensah, who also doubles as the regional minister,
reiterated that “by Monday dawn, all the
earmarked spaces will be cleared, affected shops
and sheds will be demolished so by that time if
you still have your goods in your shops, then you
will have to blame yourself because I can assure
you that we won’t leave any stone unturned”.

Mr Osei Mensah described the delay of Phase 2 as
worrying, a situation he explained makes “Ghana
risk losing the over €258 million loan
apportioned for the project because the
benefactors might terminate the contract if the
project continues to delay which sends signals
that we are not serious as a people and we are not
ready to receive the market”.

He further advised the affected traders to bear
with city authorities and abide by the relocation
guidelines to fill all the empty peripheral
markets dotted across the metropolis and other
assemblies to make way for the redevelopment of
the project.

Source - 3 News

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