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The newly appointed Minister of Trade, Ibrahim Alpha Sesay, commonly known as ‘TEX,’ intervened to defuse mounting tension between the Abacha Street Traders and the Freetown City Council Police at Abacha Street in Freetown.
The clashes between the two erupted as the Freetown City Council demanded that the traders stop selling on Abacha Street and relocate to another designated area. However, the traders insisted on being provided with a suitable alternative location to conduct their business.
Although there were initial plans to hand over the newly constructed Victoria Park Market to these traders, they claim that the nearly completed market has already been allocated to non-traders, leaving them with no choice but to continue selling at Abacha Street to support their families.
To address the issue, the Minister convened a meeting at the Office of National Security (ONS) Tower Hill, Freetown, with the presence of AIG Brima Jah, AIG Sylvester Koroma, Trader Union President Vandi Lansana, Traders’ Council President Foday Sahid Kamara, and representatives of the Market Women & Traders’ Union.
During the meeting, various issues were discussed to find lasting solutions to the problem of street trading. The main priority was to identify a suitable market spot for the traders, especially as the completion of the Sewa Ground Market was underway.
However, a clash between the traders and the FCC Police occurred when the Police urged them to move back to allow the free flow of traffic on Abacha Street, Freetown.
Minister you will do nothing by right u should have been there yesterday to mitigate between the police n the traders but no you are there to follow ex presendent bio with your false promises, I’m feeling pity for those traders because many of the are bread winners . What a suffer for them and there families. No provisions no hope and no relocation
Point of corrections we the metropolitan police are not part of this operation so this news is fake and we want the people of Freetown to know that this news is untrue
I will say thanks to my minister for your timely intervention. This is loose-loose situation for all parties involved.
Job well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 🙌 👌 😀 sir
Some people can just type rubbish by bringing politics into everything because they themselves are feed only by politics in this country…. Was the minister or Government who asked them to leave their respect districts towns and villages to come and hold few things in their hands claiming all in the name of finding living?
Let the traders be provided with suitable alternative let continue their business