Management of Kumasi Kejetia Market, otherwise referred to as Kejetia Dubai have embarked on aggressive debt recovery exercise against traders in the premises.
The exercise saw market task force lock close to 800 stores on Monday and Tuesday in attempt to retrieve monies that the facility owes ECG by defaulting traders in the market.
According to management of the market, the exercise has become necessary due to the heavy indebtedness of the facility to the Electricity Company of Ghana.
ECG embarked on disconnection exercise in the market last week resulting in total darkness in the entire facility.
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Security Coordinator at the Kejetia market, WO I Michael Sossah who supervised the exercise said the enforcement will continue till all monies owed by traders are retrieved.
He pointed out that the absence of electricity in the market does not only affect security operations in the facility but the economic fortunes of responsible tenants in the market as well.
WOI Sossah explained that enforcement has become necessary since management have exhausted all persuasive means to get traders service their indebtedness to the utility service provider.
He disclosed that traders are now responding to calls to debt settlement following the market taskforce locked up action on Monday which led to the closure of over 300 stores.
The security coordinator further disclosed that the taskforce under his command had instruction yesterday to continue the lock up exercise targeting 500 additional stores and undisclosed number of tabletop traders.
WOI Michael Sossah advised traders and occupants of the facility to avoid any confrontation with his team since they only acting under instruction.
