Abu Kareem
Internationally acclaimed Crisis Management Company, LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), has taken the fumigation of market centres in the country to the Eastern Regional Capital, Koforidua.
Thousands of shops in the city, spanning six market centres namely, Central Market, Juaben Serwaa Market, Adweso Market, Zongo Market, Agartha Market and Beads Market were fumigated on Sunday, January 23, 2022, in efforts to help quell the spread of COVID-19.
This comes on the back of a similar fumigation exercise jointly carried out by GUTA and LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited at the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Market in the Greater Accra Region last Sunday, January 16, 2022, during which more than one thousand shops were fumigated.
Outlining why the company decided to partner GUTA to embark on the Market Centres Fumigation Project, Chief Executive Officer of LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited, Mr. Kareem Abu said as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), it viewed the market centres COVID-19 prone areas due to the crowded nature.
The Vice President of GUTA, Mr. Clement Boateng underscored the importance of fumigating the market centres in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“GUTA is very keen on the welfare of its members and so this partnership with LCB Worldwide comes in handy. We aim to ensure that we reduce drastically, the risk of our members catching the virus and ensure that they operate in a conducive environment,” he said in an interview with media during the exercise.
He was optimistic that the exercise will yield the right benefits to the trading community and the country at large.
The Municipal Chief Executive for the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly, Isaac Appau on his part expressed delight at the efforts of LCB Worldwide and GUTA to offer some relief to the traders through the fumigation exercise.