Ashaiman Market redevelopment necessary due to limited land space
— MCE
The
Ashaiman Municipal Assembly has defended its decision to redevelop the Ashaiman
Central Market into a modern 24-hour economy market, citing limited land
availability within the municipality as the main reason for restructuring the
existing facility instead of relocating it.
The
Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ashaiman, Freeman Tsekpo, said the market’s
strategic location at the centre of Ashaiman makes it a suitable site for
redevelopment into a modern commercial hub capable of boosting economic
activity and improving trading conditions.
Registration Committee
Speaking after inaugurating a 13-member
committee to register traders operating in the market, Mr Tsekpo explained that
the current state of the market required urgent modernisation to address
congestion, poor infrastructure, and increasing commercial demands.
“As I said earlier, our market in its current state needs redevelopment. It is
also located at the centre of Ashaiman, so utilising that space becomes the
best option,” he stated.
According to him, relocating the proposed
24-hour economy market to another location would be difficult because of the
municipality’s limited land space.
“Ashaiman does not have lands. If we are to look
for a four-acre plot that can accommodate the market, it is most likely we will
not get any bare land suitable for such a project in Ashaiman,” he said.
Mr Tsekpo explained that the redevelopment project forms part of broader
government efforts to transform the municipality’s commercial landscape and
support the proposed 24-hour economy policy.
The
committee, inaugurated on Thursday, May 7, 2026, has been tasked with
collecting data on all traders currently operating in the market, including
those occupying shops, sheds, tabletops and open spaces.
Mr Tsekpo said the database would guide the
redistribution of stores and trading spaces after the redevelopment is
completed, and assured traders that allocations would be based on those already
operating in the market before construction begins.
“We want to collect the data of everybody
currently trading in the market.
This will become the source data for the
redevelopment project,” he stated.
A representative of the Ashaiman Traditional
Council and member of the committee, Simon Amui Tettey, welcomed the initiative
and urged traders to support the exercise, describing the redevelopment as a
major step toward transforming and beautifying Ashaiman.
He said for years, the municipality had seen little development, but recent
interventions under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama were beginning to
bring renewed hope to residents and traders. END
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