{"id":120626,"date":"2015-05-31T09:27:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T09:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=120626"},"modified":"2015-06-01T00:28:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T00:28:02","slug":"traders-drivers-at-kejetia-market-to-be-moved-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=120626","title":{"rendered":"Traders, drivers at Kejetia market to be moved soon \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Traders and Drivers of the Kejetia Market in Kumasi will soon be moved to Race Course near the Kejetia Market, to make way for the reconstruction of the Kejetia-Central Market project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this month Traders at the Kejetia bus terminal staged a demonstration against the mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Kojo Bonsu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120635\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0009.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150530-WA0009\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0009.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0009-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The traders were asking the mayor to exclude the bus terminal from the reconstruction of the Central Market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120634\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0008.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150530-WA0008\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0008.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0008-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0The Kumasi Kejetia-Central Market project, \u00a0will have over 43,000 stalls with a lorry terminal and is expected to be the biggest open market in West Africa. According to engineers the project will be completed within the next two years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120631\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0005.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150530-WA0005\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0005.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0005-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Kojo Bonsu on tour to the relocation site at Race Course, assured the Kejetia Market traders, that, plans are far advanced for a compensation plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120638\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0012.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150530-WA0012\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0012.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0012-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi News ,<\/strong>the Kumasi Mayor, Kojo Bonsu emphasisied, \u201cevery trader and every business person who does business at Kejetia is going to be relocated and compensated. I am assuring you that we are going to stick to our words and make sure that we do this as a government. There were agitation from traders and drivers that there is no place for us to relocate you but this site I am inspecting today is an indication that you all will surely be relocated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120630\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0004.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150530-WA0004\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0004.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150530-WA0004-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Lauretta Timah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traders and Drivers of the Kejetia Market in Kumasi will soon be moved to Race Course near the Kejetia Market, to make way for the reconstruction of the Kejetia-Central Market project. Earlier this month Traders at the Kejetia bus terminal staged a demonstration against the mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Kojo Bonsu. 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