A/R:BonAgro Embarks Fumigation Exercise Targets Filth at Kumasi City Market

Traders at the Kumasi City Market have been urged to take personal responsibility for maintaining proper hygiene within the market to help strengthen sanitation and prevent the outbreak of diseases.

Authorities warn that poor sanitation could encourage the spread of illnesses, posing serious health risks to traders, customers, and the environment.

Management of the Kumasi City Market, in collaboration with its partners, has embarked on a fumigation exercise aimed at disinfecting the market of insects, pests, rodents, and offensive odours.

The exercise seeks to promote a clean and healthy trading environment while safeguarding public health.

Traders at the market say unsanitary conditions—particularly the presence of insects and rodents—negatively affect their businesses and drive customers away.

They are therefore appealing to management to intensify fumigation exercises and improve sanitation measures to help curb filth and enhance conditions within the market.

“The insects and filth here worry customers. We need regular fumigation to keep the market clean.”

The Country Director of BonAgro Ghana Limited, Mr Victor Nchonah, says the fumigation exercise forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility to support Kumasi’s trading industry.

The company’s management says it is willing to partner with market authorities to ensure regular fumigation exercises as we advance.

“This fumigation exercise is part of our commitment to supporting public health and ensuring that markets remain safe for both traders and buyers with our new product called Last Show insecticide .”

 

Management of the Kumasi City Market, however, stresses that while fumigation is crucial, traders must also play their part by maintaining proper hygiene at their individual stalls.

“Sanitation is a shared responsibility. Traders must ensure proper waste disposal and cleanliness to complement these fumigation exercises.”

Market authorities believe that sustained sanitation practices, combined with regular fumigation, will significantly improve conditions at the Kumasi City Market and promote a healthier trading environment for both traders and customers.

By Enock Baffoe/uniquenewsgh.com