Story: Nana Konadu Agyeman, Koforidua
THE Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, has paid a familiarisation visit to the central and the Juaben Serwa markets, all in Koforidua.
The visit was to enable Mr Affram Asiedu to formally introduce himself to the market women, acquaint himself with the problems facing them as well as wish them a happy and prosperous New Year.
The Regional Minister, who was accompanied by the New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, Nana Adjei Boateng and his Co-ordinating Director, Mr M. K. Offei, also visited some of the traders at the outskirts of the markets and elsewhere in the area.
During the tour, some of the market women complained of lack of adequate structures to sell their wares, lack of electricity, poor drainage system that had resulted in flooding during rainfall, limited number of cleaners to keep the market tidy and credit facilities to expand their businesses as some of the problems facing them.
Madam Maafia Boatemaa, 49-year-old cloth seller was worried about limited space and lack of credit facilities for the women to access loans at the various financial institutions as some of the challenges affecting their business.
Addressing the media after the tour, Nana Adjei Boateng gave assurance that the assembly would soon expand the market and provide other necessary facilities such as adequate dustbins, potable water and parking spaces for vehicles to ease congestion at the two markets.
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