Work has commenced on the first phase of the Agormanya Market Upgrade project in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region.

The first phase of the Ultra Modern Market, when completed, will have 72 new sheds with 2 lockable storage facility and a 4-seater biogas toilet facility.

The project which is being undertaken by Still Paul Construction Company Limited and funded with the One million per Constituency cash, is expected to be completed in the next three months.

Mr Simon Kweku Tetteh, MCE for the area who visited the site with the contractors assured the market women, that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is committed to upgrading the standard of the Agormanya Market to a modern market.

The MCE explained to them that the Agormanya Market will soon receive a major face-lift under a special program of the President as the processes involved are completed to add over 300 lockable stores, 2500 market sheds and other modern facilities to transform the face of one of the oldest markets in the history of Ghana.