Following the directives by the Mayor of the Accra Metropolitan Assemby (AMA), Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, that his outfit will the seize the opportunity to rebuild the Katamanto area into a modern market, the Ministry of Transport posited that the land should be leased for the construction of a railway terminal.
This seems to have ignited a feud between the two government bodies which appear not to have reached a consensus over what the dilapidated market will be turned into.
Nii Lantey Vanderpuije, speaking to Radio Gold, expressed government’s preparedness to turn the place into a modern market, stressing that it will be done in consultation with the custodians of the land.
According to him, government is determined to expand the area and ensure the establishment of a market infrastructure that befits the image of Accra.
He said, in the interview, that government will ensure that every trader gets “his or her shed or store back...I can assure them that. They should trust us. They should believe in us and we will continue to do business with them.”
He also emphasized the essence of a new market for the residents and traders at Katamanto, saying “that place will be developed into a market by government; by the AMA long ago. And it is our intention that we will rebuild, redevelop and modernize that market to befit the status of Accra as a milennium city. We are going to do this in consultation with the Chiefs and people of Accra.”
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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