Accra (Greater Accra) 11 Feb '99

The first five days of the second ECOWAS Trade Fair scheduled for Accra from February 26 to March seven will be devoted strictly to business between 1000 hours and 1400 hours, Colonel Seth Kwawu (rtd), Chief Executive of the Ghana Trade Fair Company (GTFC), said today. He told a meeting attended by exhibitors in Accra that this would be strictly enforced because the European Union, sponsors of the fair would ''sponsor other ECOWAS fairs if the duration for business transactions was enforced''. Colonel Kwawu said the gate fee for the business session would be 6,000 cedis. Visitors to the fair grounds on those days are advised to go there after 1400 hours for a fee of 3,000 cedis an adult and 2,000 cedis a child. He said GTFC would ensure that all rules and regulations governing International Trade Fairs are adhered to because "West Africa will be here and Ghana's behaviour will be at stake". He said the trade fair centre which was formerly divided into two zones and assigned to two cleaning companies has now been divided into six zones for six companies. This will keep the place neat, he said, and urged exhibitors and visitors not to litter the fair grounds. The Fair is expected to attract about 1,500 local and foreign exhibitors from African and European countries and the U.S. Colonel Kwawu appealed to exhibitors to complete their stands on or before February 23 and obey all fair laws during the period.