The Pentoawala Market is, however, currently being occupied by second-hand clothes dealers.
Mr Yeboah said the traders were aggrieved because even though the assembly had not been able to relocate them to the that market, they had cleared them from the streets.
“We like the Pentoawala Market but it is currently not available to us so we are pleading with the assembly to allow us to sell on the streets until our relocation,” he stated.
He said their attempt to involve some NPP stalwarts, including the party’s Eastern Regional Chairman, to resolve the matter had proved futile, hence their decision to demonstrate.
Asked what the rationale behind the demonstration was, Mr Yeboah stated that: “We want President Akufo-Addo to know our plight.”
Demonstration not the solution
The Regional NPP Chairman, Mr Kiston Ohemeng Kissi, in an interview with the Daily Graphic, denied claims made by Mr Yeboah that he (the chairman) attempted intervening in the matter.
According to him, the assembly had the responsibility to ensure law and order, and he could therefore, not interfere in its work.
“If they think demonstration will solve their problem, then let them go ahead,” he stated.
MCE reacts
“Everything I have done since I assumed the office of the Chief Executive of the New Juaben Municipal Assembly is to ensure that sanity prevailed,” Madam Asante stated.
Source: Daily Graphic