Secretary of the Kumasi Central Market Traders Union, Emilia Kwofie, has announced their intention to protest against the government due to delays in the second phase of the Kejetia Central Market redevelopment project. Some traders have been displaced since the market's demolition.

In an interview with Citi News, Emilia Kwofie mentioned that the union is in discussions with the police to schedule a demonstration so that affected traders can return to work.

She noted that despite promises from the Mayor of Kumasi that construction would commence after receiving a loan from the International Monetary Fund, the project remains stalled even after the initial funds were disbursed.

“We have been to the mayor’s office a couple of times to inquire because you just can’t demonstrate when you don’t have any concrete information. We were assured that if the IMF money comes, work will commence. Unfortunately, we have realized that even though the IMF money is in, no work is done. There are quite a number of us who were evacuated from the place," Secretary of the combined Kumasi Central Market Traders Union said.

She added that, "So our people keep pushing that if we want to go diplomatically and the government is not listening to us, then we will have to take it to the streets. So that somebody sees us and nobody hears us. As we talk to you now, we are still talking with the police to give us a date when we can demonstrate. All we want is for work to resume so that we can start our businesses; we can’t stay in the house forever.”

However, the newspaper noted that Kumasi's mayor, Samuel Pyne, had not specified a precise time for the start of work.

He claimed that talks over the project are still going on with the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of Finance.