The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has called on Kantamanto market authorities to reconstruct the facility with modern fire safety standards to reduce the risk of future outbreaks.
Speaking on the Channel One Newsroom on Saturday April 19, Greater Accra Regional Commander, ACFO II Rashid Nisawu, emphasised that despite previous reconstruction efforts, the market remains vulnerable due to the continued use of wooden structures such as wawa boards and plywood.
According to Nisawu, markets should operate strictly within designated hours—opening in the morning and closing by evening—to prevent traders from using them as residences, which increases fire hazards.
“So my advice is that they should try as much as possible and reconstruct the market to befit modern standards and let’s move away from these wooden structures that we use wawa boards and ply woods and other things.”