{"id":460712,"date":"2018-02-02T07:51:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T07:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/traders-seek-government-support-to-rebuild-burnt-dome-market\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T07:51:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T07:51:25","slug":"traders-seek-government-support-to-rebuild-burnt-dome-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/traders-seek-government-support-to-rebuild-burnt-dome-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Traders seek government support to rebuild burnt Dome market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday,  2 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citibusinessnews.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/88187924.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dome Market Fire\" title=\"Dome Market Fire\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>This is the second time fire has gutted the Dome central market in less than two months<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517557885_616_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Some traders at the Dome market in Accra, are counting their losses a day after fire razed their shops.<\/p>\n<p>The fire which begun about 8 pm on Wednesday night (January 31, 2018), destroyed about 20 shops at the market.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time fire has gutted the Dome central market in less than two months.<\/p>\n<p>It is still unclear what action may have triggered the fire which razed about 20 shops, stuffed with goods running into millions of cedis.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the items that were destroyed included perfumes, cosmetics, undergarments, and jewellery.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the affected traders, who spoke to Citi Business News lamented how the loss is going to impact on their ability to repay loans they have contracted from their banks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goods are worth over 200 million, I buy my things from Togo, and we took loans to establish our businesses. This is going to be very hard on us\u201d one trader bemoaned.<\/p>\n<p>The traders say they want the government to come to their aid and help rebuild their shops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are positive that once our leaders hear this, they will come to our aid. We need their assistance in rebuilding our businesses\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Ga East Municipal Assembly, Janet Tulasi Mensah suspects foul play from some traders who were unhappy with her decision not to allow them sell on pavements by the roadside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is intentional. I have made a formal complaint to the police and we will get to the bottom of this\u201d she assured.<\/p>\n<p>The Police and the National Fire Service are expected to commence investigations into the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/o9mQmYRb-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: 35 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Friday, 2 February 2018 Source: citibusinessnews.com 2018-02-02 This is the second time fire has gutted the Dome central market in less than two months Some traders at the Dome market in Accra, are counting their losses a day after fire razed their shops. The fire which begun about 8 pm on Wednesday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":460713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}