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Dissolve current board or else. . . – Kejetia New Market traders warn
Traders at the Kejetia New Market have launched a desperate call on authorities to immediately dissolve the current board members of the facility.
The traders, some of whom had threatened a massive demonstration to push for the move, are accusing members of the board of not serving their interests.
Speaking on Akoma FM’s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma Thursday, May 12, Chairman for Federation of Kumasi Traders Nana Akwasi Prempeh told host of the show Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin that “anytime we the traders request for something from management they will tell us that the board is yet to give clearance and this ‘stampede’ from the side of the board has been one too many so we have decided as traders that the board is not serving our interest”.
Touching on the issue of electricity meter that has been hanging for almost two years, leadership of the traders explained that “the market board has been adamant to our pleas”.
“We have been pushing them to allow us the traders to have separate meters for each shop but for over one year the situation has been the same so we have come to conclusion that the board doesn’t care about the plight of the traders so we want the board dissolved so we can have new board that will push our agenda to ensure traders welfare to boost our livelihoods.”
Traders at the newly constructed Kejetia market have been complaining of high electricity bills and rampant defects on the facility.
According to them, the over 7,000 shops in the market are connected to one electricity meter, a situation they described as taking a toll on their sales and businesses.
Nana Prempeh, who represented leadership of the market, added that “at least there are over 100,000 traders at the market at every particular time when the market is open, hence we have large constituents so we don’t know why the board doesn’t take us serious.”
“We are giving ourselves one month, if the board doesn’t heed to our request we shall converge and demonstrate against them.”
Source:3news.com
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The Minister for Finance Hon. Cassiel Ato Forson has disclosed that a sum of nine hundred and Eighty-Seven Million, Nine Hundred and Sixty-Five thousand and Seventy-Three Ghana Cedis (GHS987,965,073.00) from the Consolidated Fund into the District Assembly Common Fund Account, being the first quarter amount due to the DACF.
Furthermore, the Finance Minister informed the House that a total amount of Two Billion, Thirty- Three Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-Nine Thousand, Six Hundred and Seven Ghana Cedis (GHS2,033,469,607) has been disbursed to the National Health Insurance Fund.
While the Ghana Education Trust Fund has also received a total of Two Billion, Seven and Ten Million, Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven Ghana Cedis (GHS2,710,227,947.00) for the months January, February, March and April,2025.
The Finance Minister disclosed this in his statement to Parliament on the payments to statutory funds on the floor of the House.
In addition, he cautioned that the Administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund is required to ensure that 80% of this amount is transferred directly to the Assemblies without fail and expenditure returns submitted to the Ministry of Finance before subsequent releases will be made.
He added that Members are encouraged to monitor the utilization of these amounts sent to their respective Assemblies in line with the approved guidelines by Cabinet.
In his closing remark, Ato Forson said he’s going to take the concerns of the House seriously.
For his part, the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga made known the President’s prioritization of women in the country stating that President Mahama is “Pro-women”.
This is due to the fact that women are going to be the core beneficiaries from the expenditures going to be made by the MMDA’s, he added.
The Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin questioned the Finance Minister why road contractors have not been paid for more than five months. He said the Minister must not be applauded for since the allocation of these funds were long overdue.
