By Gladys Abakah/Desmond Amponsah
Takoradi, May 21, GNA – Some traders at the Jubilee Park, in Takoradi, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region, have called on the government to pay attention to their needs ahead of the rainy season.
They made the call when the Ghana News Agency (GNA), visited the market centre to gather their views on the challenges they faced as the rains approached.
Madam Salomey Owusu, pepper and onion seller, said most of their goods got damaged whenever it rained as the whole place mostly overflowed with water after a downpour.
“We do not have tents or proper stalls to keep our commodities, therefore when it rained it becomes difficult for us to secure our items from getting destroyed by the rain,” she lamented.
She therefore appealed to the government to lay pavement bricks at the marketplace to prevent the place from getting muddy and flooded whenever it rained.
Madam Felicia Essilfie, egg and yam seller, also shared the same sentiment about the state of the market whenever it rained and called for immediate attention by the government.
She also pleaded with the government to hasten the completion of the Takoradi Market Circle project, so they could return as their businesses thrived when they used to occupy that market space.
Mr Kwame Antwi-Gyan, a head potter at the market said movement was a major problem for sellers, customers and vehicles whenever it rained.
He also explained that most of the traders run at loss as most of their items got damaged due to lack of storehouses called on authorities to intervene.
Others complained about unsanitary conditions at the market and feared for an outbreak of any form of water borne diseases.
GNA
Edited by MSM/Benjamin Mensah