Vegetable, fruit sellers welcome Ofosu-Agyare’s nomination, urge re-opening of Tanoboase tollbooth
While expressing their appreciation to President Mahama for the nomination, the traders called on the President to expedite action for the re-opening of the toll booth.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), at Tanoboase, Madam Salomey Kruwaa, the Leader of the Tanoboase Fruits Sellers Association regretted that the economic activities of most of the traders had collapsed due to the closure of the toll booth.
As the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, she said most of the traders and market women in the district were happy about the nomination of Mrs Ofosu-Agyare, hoping to see improvement in the mango and vegetable sectors.
She said those sectors were highly economically viable, but certain challenges were impeding the growth of the sectors.
Other traders at the Tuobodom central market told the GNA that they were also happy About the nomination of their MP, saying they were optimistic that Mrs Ofosu-Agyare would use her new political portfolio to tackle post vegetable and fruits losses in the area.
The constituency is well noted mostly for commercial plantation of tomatoes and fresh mangoes, however due to lack of storage and processing factories, quantities of the tomatoes and mangoes go waste in the crop season every year.
Reacting to the nomination of the MP by President John Dramani Mahama, the traders, mostly women, said they had confidence in the MP, anticipating the setting up of processing and storage facilities to add value to raw tomatoes and mangoes and prevent wastage too.
They expressed appreciation to President Mahama for giving their MP the opportunity to serve in his government.
Madam Salamatu Osman, a tomato seller said she and the vegetable sellers all welcomed Mrs Ofosu-Agyare’s nomination with excitement, saying as a woman, they were highly optimistic that the Minister-designate would expedite action for the establishment of the Women’ Bank policy of the government.
Another trader, trader engaged in pepper and tomatoes at the Tuobodom central market, Mad Adjoa Agyeiwaa told the GNA that the market women were highly in anticipation for the setting up of the Women’s Bank to enable them access soft loans and to grow their economic activities.
Madam Regina Amo Gyamfi who also sells fruits at the market called for investments into the fruits, saying with factories, value could be added to raw mangoes for fruits juice and other purposes.
