Shops in Adum in Kumasi have been re-opened temporarily for business following a crucial meeting with an emissary of the Asantehemaa on Thursday night.
Executive Secretary of the Ashanti Business Owners Association, Charles Kusi Appiah-Kubi earlier told a Kumasi-based radio station that “we held a crunch meeting with emissary from Asantehemaa and we accorded our mother the respect to open our shops”.
Another member of the group added that “yesterday, we visited the Regional Coordinating Council to have an engagement with the regional minister but unfortunately our meeting has to be rescheduled today at 10am. We also met with a delegation from the Asantehemaa’s palace and upon the plea from the delegation from the royal palace, we decided to open our shops today.”
He further noted that if the Association’s meeting ends inconclusively with the regional minister, they shall resume their strike action until their demands are met by government and relevant stakeholders.
The Ashanti Business Owners Association, whose members trade in fast moving consumer goods, has been on an industrial action for four days over “high and unrealistic” tax system of the economy, high rate of borrowing, low gross margin, high inflation rate and forex hikes which members say have been factors bedeviling their businesses.
