Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development Mr. Daniel Kwaku Botwe has appointed a five-member committee to investigate the recent fire outbreak at the new Kejetia market in the Ashanti region.
The committee is chaired by Professor Theophilus Adjei-Kumi, a lecturer at the Department of Construction Technology and Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
The other members include Francis Koffie, ESQ, Private legal Practitioner, Managing Director, M/S Koffie & Partners, Law Conclave, Kumasi; Mr. Kofi Ampong, Valuer/Property Manager, Real Estate Consultant; Mr. Daniel Kwaku Denteh, Deputy Director General of National Disaster Management Organization in charge of finance and administration and Mrs. Emelia Ayebeng Botchway, Secretary to the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Director.
The committee has been tasked to make a full, faithful and impartial inquiry into the circumstances of, and establish the facts leading to, the fire outbreak at the market on March 15, 2023.
It is also mandated to inquire into the efficient operation, maintenance and management of the market and give reasons for its findings and make recommendations with a view to preventing such disasters and ensuring efficient operation and management of the facility.
The committee is expected to conclude and submit its report to the Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development within three weeks.
Addressing Journalists, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr. Osei Bonsu Amoah, said the committee will engage all relevant stakeholders to obtain the requisite information to enable their work.
He cautioned the traders and shop owners against taking the laws into their own hands, adding the safety of persons and the facility is paramount.
PIX: Mr. O. B. Amoah (right) swearing in Members of the committee
