Hon. George Agyiri with others
Traders plying their trades on the streets of Asankragwa causing daily congestion on the road to Enchi, Bibiani and other towns in the Western North Region will soon move to a new market near the Asankrangwa Senior High School in Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region, which is almost in the completion stage.
The Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. George Agyiri who recently received a lot of complaints about the dangers the traders are being exposed to, took some Journalists to the New Market which has one hundred (100) Market sheds, twenty-five (25) stores, six (6) warehouses a spacious pavement that will be used for car park and a twelve (12) seater water closet (W/C) Public latrine.
In an interview with the Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Agyiri, he told Journalists that when he took over the administration of the Municipality his main problem which is also the biggest problem of Asankranguah, the Municipal Capital, was the absence of a modern Market for the traders to trade leading to trading on the street creating a traffic jam to travellers going to Enchi, Bibiani and other town in the Western North Region so he decided to commit to the counterpart fund for the Social Investment Fund (S.I.F.) projects with the New Market inclusive which has been extended to the Municipality but due to lack of commitment by the previous administration the Market project and others were abandoned.
He revealed that with his vision to complete the market for the traders to leave the streets, he together with his Assembly Members and Staff fulfilled their part being the commitment fee of a hundred thousand (100, 000) Ghana Cedis from their Assembly's Common Fund to the Social Investment Fund ( S.I.F.) for the projects to progress to this stage ( 95% complete).
Hon. George Agyiri assured the traders that plans are far advanced to construct other linking roads to the market from the other communities apart from the Asankrangwa Senior High School's road for them to move in by the end of this year.
The MCE together with his entourage including the pressmen and the Municipal Non Formal Education Divisional boss, Mr Patrick Kojo Gyan moved to the old market site along the major road and it was an eyesore.
The major roads were blocked by traders who have their wares on the road making it difficult for drivers to pass through, even the MCE and his entourage encounter same difficulties.
In another development a River called "Kwama" closed to Asankrangwa Senior High School Street which hitherto flood the road making access to the School difficult has been de-silted by the Municipal Assembly under the orders of Hon. George Agyiri.
Hundreds of traders who mostly trade along that portion of the road and some residents mostly Teachers and students of Asankrangwa Senior High School commended Honourable George Agyiri for listening to their plight and appeal to him and solving this problem for them which will enable the day students to come to
