Accra, May 16, GNA - The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), have been urged to complete the Salaga Market Rehabilitation Project in Accra. Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie Komme, MP for Odododiodoo, made the call in an interaction with traders mainly women at the market on Saturday. He said the project started about ten years ago during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration under the Agricultural Structural Improvement Programme (ASIP).

He said it, however, came to a standstill when the party lost the 2000 election, but said it had not been abandoned since there are plans to continue with its completion.

Mr Tackie Komme expressed his sympathy for the agitation by the women for the early completion of the market and urged them to be patient. The MP recalled the promises made by the First Lady, Mrs Naadu Mills and the former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, when they paid separate visits to the market during the campaign for the 2008 elections to complete the project when the NDC was returned to power. He noted that the market when completed could accommodate some of the traders and hawkers who were evicted from the streets of Accra. In addition, Mr Tackie Komme said it would stimulate commercial and economic activities in the area. 16 May 10