A week-long massive clean-up exercise has commenced at the Onion market and scrapyard area at the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra to bring sanity to the area and secure the land for future development. This follows the relocation of most of the traders in onion and scrap dealers from the area to a new site at […]
Government has banned trucks loaded with onions, from off-loading goods at the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, with immediate effect. The Greater Accra Region Minister, Henry Quartey, who gave the directive on Monday, explained that it is part of measures to ensure that traders comply with the July 1, relocation deadline. Onion sellers and cattle rearers […]
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the people of Agbogbloshie of Government’s commitment to not only abandoning plans to eject them, but of providing them with social amenities and generally developing the area. Vice President Bawumia has also assured traders at the Agbogbloshie market, especially yam, onion and plantain sellers, […]
According to research, chicken from Agbogbloshie contain dangerous levels of toxins. A new report shows that hazardous chemicals are entering Ghana’s food chain as a result of illegally disposed electronic waste coming from European countries. It has been found that chicken eggs from Agbogbloshie contain dangerous levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). This, the […]
