Ho, June 14, GNA - Traders at the Ho main market, boycotted the scheduled market day on Sunday to watch the Ghana-Serbian match. Ghana won the group D opening encounter of the FIFA World Cup by a lone goal.
Madam Esenam Dornor 30, a plantain seller told the Ghana News Agency that she could not equate her passion for the match to the profit she was likely to make that day.
"You know, money is not everything. You cannot replace happiness with money that is why I want to go and watch the match to support the Black Stars and make myself happy," she said. Amavi Adzomah, a vegetable seller said in her failed bid to travel to South Africa to support the Black Stars, all she could do was to support them at home.
Ms Yvonne Harlley a public servant said she was surprised that even older women were interested in watching the Black Stars match at the expense of their businesses.
The central lorry terminal in the market was also empty with few vehicles without passengers. Some farmers who came from surrounding villages with their produce expressed mix feelings about the situation. Market days, which come every five days, are sacred for traders in the Ho Market compelling some of them to vacate church services anytime the day fell on Sunday. Market days which coincide with traditional festivals are re-scheduled to avoid poor patronage. 14 June 10
