The Dormaa Central Municipal Assembly is working to consolidate traders operating from temporary locations into newly developed market facilities as part of efforts to improve commerce, sanitation and economic activity in the municipality.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Dominic Adomah Ameyaw, said the Assembly was committed to completing the abandoned Nana Akosua Nsuaah I Market project at Dormaa-Ahenkro and ensuring that traders were eventually relocated into the facility.
The project, initiated under the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration through the World Bank-funded Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme, is estimated to be about 95 per cent complete.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Bono Region, Mr Ameyaw said the Assembly would work with relevant stakeholders to facilitate the completion and subsequent handover of the facility.
He said the move formed part of a broader plan to bring traders and market women operating from different locations together in properly organised market spaces, making it easier for consumers to access goods and services while stimulating economic activity.
Mr Ameyaw also disclosed that construction of the Dormaa-Ahenkro 24-hour market was progressing steadily and would provide additional trading spaces for businesses within the municipality.
He assured traders currently operating from the temporary market near the Nana Agyemang Badu I Sports Stadium that they would be considered for allocation of spaces in the completed facilities.
According to him, the Assembly, with support from key stakeholders, had also resolved concerns surrounding alleged double allocations of trading spaces at the temporary market.
The MCE, however, expressed concern about the indiscriminate disposal of refuse around the Nana Akosua Nsuaah I Market project site, warning that such practices could undermine efforts to improve the municipality’s environment.
He urged residents and traders to stop dumping waste indiscriminately and cautioned that persons found littering would be sanctioned in accordance with the Assembly’s sanitation regulations.
Mr Ameyaw said maintaining a clean environment required collective responsibility, stressing that indiscriminate dumping undermined efforts by the Dormaa Traditional Council and the Municipal Assembly to promote sanitation and public health.
He appealed to residents to support the Assembly’s sanitation initiatives as the municipality worked to complete the market projects and create a more organised environment for trading and economic growth.
