Agbogbloshie Traders Lament their Loss
Some distraught traders at Agbogbloshie market recounted that they had taken loans from the bank to boost their businesses and expressed worry over how they would repay.
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Worried traders who were affected by the decongestion exercise being carried by the task force of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council at Agbogbloshie market in Accra on Thursday, July 1, 2021, are lamenting the loss of their goods, structures and physical cash which they kept in their shops.
During a visit by Soireenews to the scene on Friday, July 2, 2021, some traders were seen wailing over the loss of their capital which they disclosed are ranging from GH¢1,900 to over GH¢11,000.
They lamented that aside from their shops and tents for selling being bulldozered and destroyed by the task force on the direct orders of the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, proceeds from their trading that day are all gone.
According to them, some of them restocked their shops with new goods that fateful day and have now lost everything in the wake of decongestion by the state authority.
Other distraught traders at Agbogbloshie market recounted that they had taken loans from the bank to boost their businesses and expressed worry over how they would repay.
"What we are saying that trading here at the Agbogbloshie Market is our only source of income. Now our livelihoods and our children’s education will be affected,” a female trader who refused to mention her name bemoaned.
In an addition, aside from visiting the Agbogbloshie, a visit was made to Adjen Kotoku Market on Thursday, July 1, 2021.
During the visit, Soireenews observed that the union traders who have been evacuated from the Agbogbloshie market in Accra have started carting their wares to Adjen Kotoku Market in the Ga West Municipality.
The traders have been relocated to the Adjen Kotoku Market following a directive from Mr Quartey to de-congest parts of Accra as part of the ‘LET’S MAKE ACCRA WORK’ campaign.
The Adjen Kotoku market which was established over a decade ago and abandoned has finally been put to use.
They complained bitterly about the deplorable nature of the roads that lead to the Adjen Kotoku market centre and appealed to the government to fix the roads in order to help their businesses thrive.
"We don't want to come here but the minister said that Adjen Kotoku market centre would be convenient for doing our businesses and promised that he will fix the roads.
"The roads here are very poor which will not help us considering the trucks we use. So we want the government and minister to look at the road networks," the traders stressed.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater Accra Regional Correspondent
