He promised we won’t be sacked – Akufo-Addo’s neighbours fume

Traders around the residence of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, have expressed disappointment with the president’s failure to keep a promise he made to them after he won the 2016 presidential election.

According to the traders, the president assured them that they will not be sacked since he has been living with most of them for more than 20 years.

The traders who have started packing out of the now security zone revealed to Starrfmonline.com that they are gutted the president has failed to keep his promise.

“He told us in his house after he became president that he will not sack us from here and will allow us to continue to operate since he has been living with us for several years but now we have to move and I have nowhere to go,” a tearful trader moaned.

Another trader who was dismantling her shop added “I sell drinks and provisions and they gave me only 3,000 Ghana cedis to move out of the area. The money is not even enough to cart my container from here how much more start all over again.”

The deadline for the traders to vacate the premises expires today, Thursday March 15, after they were given a six week notice to move out.

Most of the traders and residents who have been compensated have already moved out while others are still in the process of moving out.

The decision for the traders to move out has caused some consternation on social media with some questioning why the president is refusing to move to the Flagstaff House.

But a Minister of State in Charge of National Security told Morning Starr host Francis Abban that the president sometimes sleeps at the Flagstaff House but added that the traders can no longer operate around the president’s house since it is now a security zone.