The Swedru central market women have commended President John Dramani Mahama for making efforts to
fulfil his campaign promise of constructing a 24- hour economy market at Agona Swedru in the Central Region.
According to the market women, the start of the proposed construction of the market purposely to boost trading activities in the Area, was announced by the Agona West Municipal Assembly at a stakeholders meeting.
Speaking to the GNA, in an interview at Agona Agona Swedru, Esther Sekyi, who represented Assembly women, said the Assembly had assured them that President Mahama had released funds for the construction of the market.
She said the old Central market would be reconstructed
into an ultra-modern market to include a school, fire station, police post and many others to help run the 24-hour market smoothly.
The Assembly Woman appealed to the Assembly to reconsider the ongoing registration of the market women by its staff so that on completion, there would be no confusion over the allocation of stores.
Sekyi reiterated calls on the authorities of the Agona West Municipal Assembly to allow the market queens to do the registration to avoid infiltrators because they knew every woman who traded at the central market.
The Assembly women had opposed decision of the Assembly to have traders registered by Assembly staff.
Comfort Adams, leader at the Swedru central market, called on the Assembly to let the market Queens undertake the ongoing registration exercise to avoid confusion and for peace to prevail.
Adams expressed concern about the situation where women from Awutu Bajiase, Agona Nyakrom, Agona Nkum and Agona Swedru and other nearby towns did brisk trading at Swedru Main Lorry Park to the detriment of traders in the central market.
According to her, Swedru central market women were currently suffering due to that activity, which was breeding disaffection, among them.
She alleged that the women who sold virtually all items including foodstuffs, do not pay market tolls to the Assembly, adding that appeals to Swedruman Council of Chiefs to intervene had yielded no results.
She further urged the Agona West Municipal Assembly not to remain quiet but take action to avert any disturbances at the market.
