KEJETIA TRADERS ASSURED

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Artist's impression of the new Kejetia terminal


 President John Dramani Mahama has given firm assurance to affected traders of the Kejetia Terminal that they would be given first priority in the re-allocation of stores when the first part of the three-phased Kumasi Central Market-Kejetia Re-development Project is completed next year. 

The President, who together with the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu cut the sod for the commencement of the 298 Million Dollar Ghana/Brazilian Government project in Kumasi said the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly should cooperate with the committee set by the Asantehene to resolve all outstanding issues emanating from the relocation, which had earlier sparked some controversy. 

President Mahama stated that  after the first phase the project, which has affected about five thousand people plying their trade at the Kejetia Terminal, would have twice the original capacity of the place.

 It was on this basis that he sought to allay the fears of the affected traders. 

For fear of losing their businesses, the Kejetia Traders Association, protesting their ejection from the location to pave way for the project in June, this year, filed a suit at the law court, seeking an injunction to restrain the KMA from commencing the project. 

Progress of work on the Kejetia project

They demanded that the Assembly gave the traders the first option to own stores at Kejetia upon the completion of the project. 


In addition, the court should compel the Assembly to come out clear on the procedure for their relocation to avoid any further problems.



 The situation called for Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s swift intervention to set up a committee, chaired by the Mamponghene, Daasebre Osei Bonsu to see to the amicable resolution of the issues.





 President Mahama, endorsing the Asantehene’s initiative and the traders’ demand, said the government would not disappoint the traders, urging the Assembly to comply with the guidelines under the roadmap to get the traders well-settled. 

The completion of the project, he assured, would bring significant reward to the sacrifices the traders had made in terms of loss of revenue to both traders and KMA and increase in commuting time in the Central Business District among others. 

The Chief Executive Officer of Contracta Engenharia Limitida, contractors working on the project, Fabio Kamara, said so far about 60 per cent of the foundation works had been done, adding that almost 70 per cent of their workforce is Ghanaian.

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