The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region, Ebenezer Tetteh Kupualor, on Monday 1st July 2019 broke grounds for the construction of more market sheds at the Akutunya Main market in the Municipal capital, Somanya.

The expansion project when completed will add 80 more modern sheds to the current state of the market constructed under the Military era and had since not received any face-lift or expansion till today.

The MCE in his address assured the gathering of market women, traditional leadership and the general public of his maximum commitment to complete this all-important project within the next 2 calendar months as promised by the contractor.

He continued that this is one of the projects born out of the special infrastructure development initiative by the ruling government named 1 Constituency 1 million dollars which the Yilo Krobo Constituency is currently having several projects at a different stage of completion.

The Queen Mother of the Akutunya area on her side applauded ruling NPP government under the leadership of the president of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for responding to the market physical structure situation of the Akutunya Main market which is having a massive effect of the sustenance of the market due to poor infrastructure.

She continued to appeal to the local market women to accept other market women from elsewhere after the completion of the market to help develop and sustain the dying Akutunya main market.