{"id":119601,"date":"2015-05-27T13:12:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T13:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=119601"},"modified":"2015-05-27T13:12:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T13:12:37","slug":"kumasi-traders-demonstrate-against-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/kumasi-traders-demonstrate-against-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumasi traders demonstrate against Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traders in Kumasi have staged a street protest against the Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) over central market development project.<\/p>\n<p>All shops have been closed and drivers of public transport vehicles have parked their cars.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;qbI0CrTPCjMVjdwRlMCVvOB33vKidVxu&#8221;]There has been confusion in Kumasi between the traders and the KMA over plans to reconstruct the\u00a0Kumasi Central Market.<\/p>\n<p>The traders have mounted fierce resistance against plans to relocate them to Adehyeman market to allow the first phase of the market construction to begin.<\/p>\n<p>In February this year, they announced <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/23\/reconstruction-of-kumasi-central-market-triggers-another-demo\/#sthash.bPOqAiPz.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">plans to stage a massive demonstration<\/a><\/strong><\/span> against city authorities over the matter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-119618\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"Kumasi traders\" width=\"521\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0003.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0003-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0003-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In March 2015, some of the traders\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/03\/10\/kejetia-traders-storm-kma-office\/#sthash.VLwfXeBM.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>stormed the office of the KMA<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>to express their displeasure over the planned relocation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News&#8217;<\/strong> Ashanti Regional correspondent, Hawa Iddrisu reported that the traders are angry with the Mayor, Kojo Bonsu over his failure to give them a definite relocation plan for the evacuation exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The traders are also accusing the city authorities of deliberately registering people who do not own shops at the terminal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-119619\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0001.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150527-WA0001\" width=\"509\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0001.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0001-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150527-WA0001-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The demonstration has caused major traffic within the Kumasi Metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>They traders and drivers are to present their petition to the Ashanti Regional Minister, Peter Anaafi at the Regional Coordinating Council.<\/p>\n<p><a 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