Traders at Mamponteng in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region have staged a protest over delays in completing the long-abandoned Mamponteng Jubilee Market.

The market project, which has remained stalled for 13 years, has left traders operating in temporary and unsafe conditions. Demonstrators say their frustrations have deepened following a visit to the site on September 29, 2025, by Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, who assured them that work would resume.

However, they claim that no visible progress has been made since the visit.

Speaking to Cudjoe Nana Nyarko of CTV/Accra FM during the protest, the Market Queen Mother and several traders lamented the incomplete state of the facility, describing it as a major setback to their businesses and well-being.

According to the Market Queen Mother, Nana Achiaa, many traders have been forced to operate beneath high-tension electricity wires for the past three years — a situation they describe as both dangerous and unhealthy.

“Most of us are facing a lot of illnesses,” she said, alleging that traders have experienced numbness, eye problems and other health complications which they believe are linked to their exposure to the high-tension lines.

One of the affected traders, Ms. Efia Sapong, broke down in tears as she recounted how her shop was recently destroyed after a wire from the high-tension cables fell onto her structure, sparking a fire.

The protesters are calling on the government to urgently intervene and complete the abandoned market project to enable them to relocate to a safer and more conducive trading environment.

Following the peaceful demonstration, the traders marched to the Mamponteng Chiefs’ Palace, where they met the Mamponteng Krontihene, Nana Owusu Ansa II.

He assured them that traditional authorities would engage government officials to seek a lasting solution to the situation.

He also appealed to the government to treat the matter as urgent, warning that delays could have serious consequences if immediate action is not taken.