Traders at the new Kejetia Market in Kumasi have decided to call off their planned protest against the facility’s management following a successful meeting with officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Over the past few days, traders at Kejetia Market had been raising concerns within the facility by displaying warning signals aimed at the management.
Their primary demands were the resolution of recurring issues related to individual meters within the facility and the delayed construction of a borehole for their use.
To ensure their concerns were taken seriously, the traders had stressed that if their issues were not addressed by Tuesday, September 12, they would escalate their actions to ensure their grievances were heard.
Fortunately, significant progress was achieved after a meeting involving Samuel Pyne, the Kumasi Mayor who also serves as the board chairman of the facility, representatives from ECG, and the market’s management.
ECG has committed to providing the traders with the requested individual meters and has detailed payment terms to expedite the process.
Additionally, the traders reported that the borehole issue has been partially resolved, prompting them to suspend all planned actions in light of these recent developments.
Nana Akwasi Prempeh, the President of the Federation of Kumasi Traders, informed the media that they have temporarily halted their planned protest while awaiting the installation of meters in the Market.
“We held a meeting with the management and board of the Kumasi City Market and we resolved that going forward, all planned activities of the traders against the management have been put on hold. This came as a result of the meeting. Officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Market’s management came and made a presentation to us and proposed four scenarios for bringing individual meters to the Market.
“Of the four scenarios, we opted for one pending the contractual agreement that the management and the supposed contractor are going to sign but before the signing, ECG will implement a flat rate regime within the market during the period of the pre-installation and installation of the meters and so for now, all the activities we have planned have been put on hold.”