{"id":157926,"date":"2025-09-24T17:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/157926\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T17:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:43:20","slug":"kumasi-central-market-project-delay-worsens-traders-hardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/157926\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumasi Central Market project delay worsens traders\u2019 hardship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/Kumasi-Central-Market-project-delay-worsens-traders-hardship-2002003?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/40483473.295.jpg\" alt=\"The traders are therefore appealing to government to expedite work on the Kejetia Phase Two project\" title=\"The traders are therefore appealing to government to expedite work on the Kejetia Phase Two project\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/> <\/a>The traders are therefore appealing to government to expedite work on the Kejetia Phase Two project<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Some traders at the Kumasi Central Market have lamented the severe challenges they face as a result of the delay in completing the Kejetia Phase Two project.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the lack of proper infrastructure has forced many to carry out their trading activities along the roadside, a situation they describe as both unsafe and unproductive.<\/p>\n<p>The traders explained that the poor trading conditions have significantly affected their businesses, making it difficult to earn enough income to support their families.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Otec News\u2019 reporter Asare Diana on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, they stressed that working by the roadside exposes them to constant danger.<\/p>\n<p>Others raised concerns about the difficulties they endure during the rainy season, citing today\u2019s heavy morning rainfall as an example.<\/p>\n<p>They revealed that flooding, coupled with moving vehicles, has destroyed goods and in some cases led to the loss of lives, leaving many families devastated.<\/p>\n<p>The traders are therefore appealing to government to expedite work on the Kejetia Phase Two project.<\/p>\n<p>They believe the timely completion of the market will provide safer and more conducive spaces for business, helping them protect their lives, goods, and livelihoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The traders are therefore appealing to government to expedite work on the Kejetia Phase Two project Some traders&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-157926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}