Traders Raise Red Flag Over intended demolition of shops at Haatso  

Scores of distraught shop owners in Haatso Market in the Ga East Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region have sent messages to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to, immediately intervene in the intended decision by the Ga East Municipal Assembly to demolish their shops in the market.

According to them, the Ga East Municipal’s decision is null and void since the  Ga East Municipal Assembly has not consented to them initially.

"No one from the Ga East Municipal Assembly sat down with us to discuss the modalities on how to carry the demolition exercise. So we were shocked to read eviction order posted on our shops by the Assembly warning us to vacate the area for the exercise," a member of the Haatso Market Shop Owners  Association, Mr. Peter Kuranteng Obeng disclosed this in an interview with Soireenews.com on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

He noted that the development has characterized chaos at Haatso Market as shop owners prepare to fight the Ga East Municipal Assembly over the decision to demolish their shops.

Mr. Kuranteng Obeng disclosed that the traders are okay with the shops they built for themselves therefore the Assembly should not bother to demolish the shops in the name of rebuilding the market.

However, if the Assembly persists in demolishing the shops, they should sit with them (shop owners) on an agreement table, specify the terms and conditions by which the shops would be relocated to them after rebuilding.

Again the assembly should compensate them for the loss of properties because they have all receipts of full payments that testify that they owe the shops.

Consequently, the shop owners say they will resist any form of flattening if the Assembly fails to reimburse them.

Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu, Greater Accra Region