Tag Archives: MARKET

New Kejetia market fire victims appeal to NPP to fulfill their GHC100, 000 promise

Victims of the new Kejetia market fire incident have appealed to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to fulfill the pledge of GHC100, 000 they made to the traders. According to traders, the money will help them to recover some of their losses but nobody has attended to them since …

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NPP have neglected us since they came to power – Angry Komenda market women

Some angry market women at the Komenda market in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region have expressed their disappointment with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for neglecting them since the party came to power. The women who are mainly into trading have regretted joining the …

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Flames from trader cooking caused fire at Kejetia market – Bawumia`

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says the briefing he received from the Ghana National Fire Service indicates that a fire from a trader cooking at the new Kejetia market caused the inferno at the facility last week. According to Dr. Bawumia, the shop owner was cooking inside her shop …

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Kejetia market reopens tomorrow for business after fire incident

The Kejetia market will be reopened for business tomorrow, Tuesday, 21 March 2023, after a fire explosion swept through some 33 shops of the 8,000-shop avenue last week. The reopening was disclosed by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia when he visited the fire scene in the Ashanti Region. The announcement of …

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Kejetia Market to be shut down for another week

The board of the new Kejetia Market also known as the Kumasi City Markets Limited has directed that the facility should be remained closed for one more week. This comes after the market was gutted by fire on Wednesday, 15th March 2023 which led to the destruction of items worth …

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Fire incident: Close down Kajetia market for 3 days – Ash. Reg. Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah has recommended closure of the Kumasi Kejetia Market for three working days after fire gutted the market on Wednesday. This, he, said will give management of the market and technical team enough time to assess the level of damage caused by the fire …

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VIDEO: Kejetia market on fire

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 …

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Sabin-Akrofrom gets ultra-modern market complex

A sod-cutting ceremony has been performed for the construction work to begin on an ultra-modern market complex at Sabin Akrofrom in the Atwima Kwanwoma district in the Ashanti region.   The three-storey market when completed will have facilities such as lockable stores, stalls, restaurants, police station, fire station, banking halls, …

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Two women crashed to death by cargo truck in Kumasi Central Market

Two persons are feared dead in a gory accident at Central Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti. The accident, according to the report, occurred on Sunday, January 8, 2023, after a KIA Rhino with registration number GR 8342-Z, veered off the road and fell down on the traders. …

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VIDEO: Fire guts shops at Obuasi market

A fire outbreak at the Obuasi market in the Ashanti Region has destroyed goods and shops worth thousands of cedis. The fire, whose cause is not immediately known, occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, December 28, 2022. It is said to have started from the shop of the Assemblymember …

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