Kwadaso Onion Market demolished: traders relocated over security concerns - Adomonline.com

Tempers flared at the Kwadaso Onion Market in Kumasi on Monday when a joint security taskforce enforced the eviction of traders as directed by the Ashanti Regional Security Council.

After a notice that met an initial resistance by the traders, hundreds of sheds were pulled down at the market under police-military supervision.

Aggrieved traders at the Kwadaso Onion Market rushed to salvage their wares while excavators demolish their erected sheds.

The Kwadaso market is renowned as one of main onion trading hubs in Ghana, serving the Ashanti region and beyond.

The Ashanti Regional Security Council, in a recent directive, ordered the traders to exit the market, citing vehicular congestion created by heavy trucks that occupy portions of the road close to the market.

The Ashanti Regional Security Council and the Kwadaso Municipal Assembly secured a place at Atwima Takyiman, a 20-minute drive from the old market, to aid the relocation.

Back at the Kwadaso Onion Market, the demolition and relocation exercise continue as the taskforce is erecting a barricade to fend off the traders from any possible invasion.