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‘Undercover caterers killing our businesses’
Caterers hiding in their homes to sell food to customers have been accused of killing the business of traditional caterers.
The Western Regional President of the Ghana Traditional Caterers Association, Mrs. Patience Botwe Dzakpasu who stated this said the association provided employment to a good number of Ghanaian males and females especially the low-income class, therefore, solving some of Ghana’s unemployment challenges.
She said caterers who hid in their homes and prepared food where many organisations placed orders in the morning and brought vehicles to pick the food in the afternoons were killing the spirit of the association.
Mrs. Dzakpasu was speaking to the media after the 2022 May Day Celebration on the theme “Protecting Jobs and Incomes in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond”.
She said “almost all the caterers hiding in their homes never pay any tax and have taken all the customers of the association”, causing the businessof traditional caterers to go down.”
The President of the Traditional Caterers said because they produced their foods in their homes, the Ghana Revenue Authority, the Assemblies, Ghana Tourism Authority and other bodies authorised to collect taxes for government did not know about these caterers adding “government is losing money from these caterers because they are not easily located.”
She said the cost of food stuffs was very high and prices of goods were also increased daily to the disadvantage of chop bar owners.
Mrs Dzakpazu has, therefore, appealed to the government to help them else if the association collapsed it would create more unemployment in the country considering the number of people it (the association) had employed.
From Peter Gbambila, Takoradi.
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man believed to be behind a series of robberies and killings of taxi drivers in the Greater Accra Region.
According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the suspect, Peter Akakpo, also known as “Dompe,” was arrested on October 13, 2025, at Kasoa-Domeabra.
Police say he is an ex-convict and is believed to have worked with another suspect, Vincent Gbetorglo, who was arrested earlier on June 30, 2025.
The arrests follow investigations into the deaths of two taxi drivers at Sakaman Blue Lagoon on May 9 and June 15, 2025. Police say the suspects contacted the victims before the attacks.
The Anti-Armed Robbery Unit of the CID led the investigation, using intelligence and surveillance to track down the suspects.
Police say efforts are being made to recover the vehicles of the murdered drivers.
The CID assured the public that investigations are still ongoing and promised to provide updates as new information emerges.
By: Jacob Aggrey
