Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly commissions and hands over Market Stalls

The Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly has commissioned and handed over fifty-six (56) units newly constructed market sheds and twenty-four (24) units renovated with concrete paving six hundred (600) meter square floor area, to the Akyem New-Tafo Community.

The Coordinating Director of the municipality, Mrs Ruth Woode, in her address, opined, that the project was funded from the District Performance Assessment Tool (DPAT).

She commended all stakeholders for their contribution to the achievement of DPAT and called for their usual support and cooperation for more.

Mrs Woode admonished all the traders who are going to occupy the stalls to keep the best of maintenance culture and assured them that, a fire officer will be deployed to the market to educate them on fire prevention to avoid any future raze.

She additionally advised the market women to continue to abide by the COVID 19 protocols to help curb the spread.

Mrs Ruth Woode narrated, "it has been observed that majority of you are not complying with the COVID 19 protocols, after this round of sensitization, the sanctions on non-compliance will follow up as approved by General Assembly on 31st March 2021, where the police will start arresting and prosecuting offenders".

The coordinating director assured fair distribution of the stalls to the market women.

Receiving the documents of the stalls, Mrs Sarah Agyekum, Tafo Market Queen, thanked the Assembly and government as a whole for fixing the market challenges.

The short ceremony was graced by the presiding member of Abuakwa North, Hon Emmanuel Asare Gyekye, Alhaji Umar Bodinga, works subcommittee chairman also first vice-chairman Eastern Region NPP, departmental heads and staff of Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly, Hon Afari Agyeman, Mangoase Electoral Area Assemblyman, the clergy, the Municipal Chief Imam, market women and the press.

William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent