News coming in from Kumasi, the capital city of Ashanti Region, is that fire has gutted the central market, Kejetia. The cause of the fire according to GhanaWeb sources is unknown, but sources say the fire started at Kejetia Dubai, where car tyres are sold. The fire according to reports …
Read More »2000 prepaid meters ready to be distributed to Kejetia traders
Traders at the Kejetia Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region are set to receive 2000 prepaid meters from the Electricity Company of Ghana, (ECG). This comes after the traders requested individual meters at the market. The traders have on several occasions clashed with the management of the …
Read More »Construction firm working on Kejetia market lays off 300 Ghanaian workers
The Brazilian firm working on the Kumasi Kejetia-Central Market Redevelopment Project and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Maternity ward project, Contracta Construction Limited, has begun laying off some of its workers. According to the company, it has become necessary to lay off some of its workers due to the …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: KMA city guard allegedly beats up a trader at Kejetia
There is a viral video of a suspected city guard with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly assaulting a trader at the Kejetia Market. Video of the incident sighted by GhanaWeb shows the supposed city guard brutalising the helpless middle-aged woman by kicking her around. According to a report by Oyerepafmonline.com, the …
Read More »Kejetia market in ruins as pipe burst for the 7th time in 6 months
Parts of the New Kejetia Market in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have once again flooded after some pipes in the facility burst, leading to the destruction of the goods worth several million of cedis. Trading activities in parts of the facility once again halted after water from some burst pipes …
Read More »Kejetia market: ‘One shop, one meter’ coming – Management to shopowners
The management of the Kumasi Kejetia Market in the Ashanti region has said it is working with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to procure separate meters for traders in the market. The traders have declined to pay bills, as a protest to the failure of the management to give …
Read More »ECG cuts power to Kejetia market over debt
The Electricity Company of Ghana has cut a grid again to the Kumasi Kejetia Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region over unpaid bills. The power was disconnected from the market by the power distribution company on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Due to the power cut, the market …
Read More »Burst pipe destroys thousands of goods at Kejetia market
Commodities worth hundreds of Ghana cedis contained in about 90 shops at the Kumasi Kejetia Market in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti region have been destroyed. The damage according to reports was caused after some pipelines installed in the market burst again on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, after the …
Read More »Kejetia flooding: Management sets up seven member facts finding committee
The Management of the New Kejetia Market in the Kumasi Metropolis has set up a seven member facts finding committee to probe circumstances leading to the pipe burst at the facility which caused massive destruction of wares. The committee which is made up of four executives from the identifiable groups …
Read More »Floods: Kejetia traders demand compensation for incessant destructions of wares
Traders at the New Kejetia Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region have hinted on suspending payment of market premium if managers of the facility refuse to compensate them over incessant destruction of wares by floods. Their agitation follows whrn one of the pipes at the ceiling of the market burst on Sunday May 1, …
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