
Audio By Carbonatix
Information available to Joy News indicates that a powerful government delegation would be meeting the leadership of the traders, whose items were destroyed in the Sunday’s inferno at Kantamanto in Accra.The aftermath of the incident has been characterized with mistrust, confusion, and confrontation between security forces and traders.The original shop owners are objecting to government proposition to rebuild the market for them. Their fear, as expressed by some traders, is that the completed stalls would be given to different people.President Mahama who was away in South African when the popular market was gutted by fire is said to have directed the Chief of Staff to summon the leadership to an emergency today.Sources close to the seat of government say the meeting is expected to among others find a lasting solution to the current mistrust the traders have in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly.
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
Burna Boy becomes African artiste with most Billboard Hot 100 entries
4 minutes -
Chinese bid for Atlantic Lithium puts Ghana’s local ownership model at Ewoyaa to the test
11 minutes -
Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot
12 minutes -
Mrs Clarice Jobson-Mitchual nee Mccorquodale
17 minutes -
Eleven more bodies of migrants wash ashore from capsize last week off Libya
30 minutes -
Family of Zambia’s ex-leader should choose his burial site, SAfrica court says
39 minutes -
Attack kills 20 in Nigeria’s central Plateau attack
47 minutes -
Morocco target top spot in group ahead of Brazil
56 minutes -
Nigerian SEC orders halt to marketing for Dangote refinery IPO
1 hour -
Oil extends slide on expectations of smoother crude flows via Hormuz
1 hour -
Libya’s eastern government bans entry of nationals from four African countries
1 hour -
Kenya signs $1.2bn deal with Chinese firm to expand Nairobi airport
2 hours -
US presses Meta to agree to AI reviews as security concerns rise, NYT reports
2 hours -
Unpaid bonuses and food issues – what’s going on inside Senegal camp?
2 hours -
Silly tackle, bad reaction – Tuchel defends Bellingham after Queiroz row
2 hours