Tag Archives: KEJETIA

Angry Kejetia traders rescind decision to pay electricity bills for separate meters

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi have rescinded a decision to pay for the cost of separate meters at the facility. The traders in their quest to access separate meters decided to pay 850 cedis each for the meters and installation, following an agreement between management of the market, Electricity …

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Power restored to shops at New Kejetia Market after dispute over payment of bills

Power has been restored at the New Kejetia Market after it was disconnected on Wednesday. About 7,200 shops at the facility were affected by the disconnection exercise. For months, the traders, and the management of the facility have had disagreements over the payment of electricity bills. This led to them …

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PHOTOS: Kejetia market floods following heavy rains

  The entire ground floor of the newly built Kejetia Market was on Thursday submerged after heavy rains. Thousands of traders were displaced as goods worth millions of Cedis were destroyed. Parts of Adum within the Central Business District got flooded after the over 4-hour rains in Kumasi. Commuters were …

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Kejetia Fires: Traders rush to cash in on late Eid sales

  Traders at the Kejetia Market had to catch a late wind of Eid sales on Wednesday as the New Market Complex was closed till 10 o’clock. This was to make room for investigators to cordon off the area which was gutted by fire the night earlier. For the timely …

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Kumasi traders sue KMA on market redev’t project

Some traders at the Central Market in Kumasi have sued the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly in an attempt to stop the second phase of the Kejetia-Central Market redevelopment project. The eight traders, all belonging to the Kumasi City Market Traders Union, want to stop the demolition of more than 1,000 stores …

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Worried Ashanti Regional Minister issues final warning to Kejetia traders ahead of demolition

The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has cautioned traders whose shops will be affected by the Kejetia Phase 2 Project that they will have themselves to blame if their goods are destroyed before Monday, March 15. REGSEC had earlier given a five-day ultimatum for all affected traders to evacuate the …

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Fire gut shops in Wa ‘Kejetia’ Market

Fire razes seven shops at the Wa ‘Kejetia’ market in the early hours of Saturday, officials say. The owners of the shops and their relatives were in tears at the time the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited the scene at about 0800hrs. Mr Nayaru Mahamud, the Chief Security Officer of …

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Asantehene ‘worried’ over slow pace of Kejetia Phase II project

The Overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed worry over the snail pace of work on Phase 2 of the Kejetia Redevelopment Project. This development was revealed by officials of the construction firm in charge of the project, Contracta Construction Limited, UK. Speaking on Akoma FM‘s morning …

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[VIDEO]: The New Kumasi-Kejetia Ultra-Modern Market

The new Kejetia Project which started in July 2015 and cost $298 million, has finally been fully furnished. We bring to you the exclusive video of the interior and exterior view of the beautiful Kumasi-Kejetia ultra-modern market. The inside of the Kumasi-Kejetia ultra-modern market is a place to be if …

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Kejetia Market: Cheapest stall GHS7.8K; most expensive GHS41K

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has urged the general public to disregard what it describes as the “falsehood” being propagated by some communicators of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the effect that stalls at the newly-constructed Kejetia Market are being allocated to only loyalists and supporters of the governing …

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