Tag Archives: Kayayei

The President of the New Ghana Social Justice Forum (NGSJF), Mr Yahaya Alhassan has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to convert the building of the National Cathedral into a vocational and housing unit to accommodate and provide training to the needy in society instead. Speaking at a press conference in …

After several years of calling on the government to come to their aid by rescuing them from the financial hardship they encounter while going about their daily duties in the market, head potters, popularly known as Kayayei have finally had a solution to their problem as President Nana Addo Dankwa …

Some Senior High School (SHS) girls on vacation have drifted southwards from the northern regions to work as head porters popularly known as Kayayei in some of the busiest markets in the Ashanti Regional capital as Christmas approaches, MyNewsGh.com reports. Though their fees are fully catered for by the government …

Kayayei, also known in English as Head Potters, have lauded the government’s plan to build a 600-bed hostel facility for them. A woman who described herself as a pioneer of Kayayei, Hajia Adiza, has said the news of the hostel was greeted with spontaneous joy from the head potters. She …

The government has revealed plans to provide accommodation for head porters or ‘kayayei’ in various parts of Accra. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said in the 2020 Budget Statement in Parliament on Wednesday that the construction of the hostel will begin in December 2019 at Agbogbloshie, a suburb of Accra. “Mr …

Head potters, popularly called ‘kayaayei’, have increased their charges for the services they offer. According to the lady porters, the increase has become necessary due to recent increment in fares and utility tariffs in the country. They explained that though they did not have specific charges, they had agreed not …