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Traders in Bibiani flout COVID-19 protocols despite public education

The Public Health Emergency Committee and Market Management Team in the Bibiani Municipal Assembly has embarked on a massive inspection exercise in Bibiani market to monitor the sitting arrangement of the market women as to whether they are observing the physical distancing to curb the spread of the COVID-19.

Date Created : 5/18/2020 4:16:22 AM : Story Author : Daniel Akwasi Nuako/Ghanadistricts.com

The move, according to the Municipal Coordinating Director (MCD), for Bibiani Municipal Assembly, Mr.S.M.A Rahama was to establish how the market women are adhering to the government preventives protocols and also to ensure that social distancing is being observed in their daily market activities.

The rest of the team members were the Municipal Environmental Health Office, Mr. S.Y. Adom, Divisional Police Commander A.C.P Larbi, Municipal Information Officer (MIO), Mr. Daniel Agyenim Boateng and the Municipal Finance Officer (MFO), Mr. Kofi Poku Baanieh.

More than ten market women and other business men were affected during the exercise and items such as canned drinks, food stuff and mobile phone accessories running into thousands of Ghana cedis confiscated for flouting the social distancing.

He revealed that, the monitoring team would extend the exercise to areas like Tanoso, Anhwiaso, Awaso, and Sefwi Bekwi among others to enforce the use of nose mask, hand washing under running water and physical distancing.

He was hopeful that the regular visit to the various market places within the municipality would go a long way to compel the market women to observe the laid down protocols to protect themselves form COVID-19.

He, therefore, vowed to deploy military personnel to beef up security in the municipal to deal with reluctant market women who refuse to comply with to the government protocols to curb the spread of novel corona virus in the vicinity.