T’di Market Circle shuts down from Monday; police, military to ‘check’ traders

Sekondi-Takoradi mayor Abdul Issah Mumin has announced that the Takoradi Market Circle will be closed down to all forms of trading activities from Monday, May 3.

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive explains that the directive is to enable the assembly hand over the market to the contractor for redevelopment works to begin.

“We have up to the 10th of May to hand over the market to the contractors to commence the construction of the new market. And therefore, from Monday [May 3] we have declared that there will be no trading activity in the market. The peripheries are all included. So that the traders can remove their items gradually to the new relocation site. So that we will be able to hand over the market to the contractors as we have told them.”

The 90-year-old Takoradi Market is being redeveloped.

Relocation of traders at the market is far advanced as the place being prepared for them is about 90 percent complete.

However, the Assembly has missed the February 22, 2021 deadline to have handed over the market to the contractor, CONTRACTA, to commence work.