Offices, stores, and businesses in some areas of the Metropolis are instructed by the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) to close on Saturday, October 28, in order to respect and make way for the last funeral rites of the late Nana Obo Atta Kojo Essoun II, Chief of Takoradi Amanful.
The instruction was approved at an emergency Metropolitan Security Council (METSEC) meeting after discussions between Assembly officials and elders of Takoradi Amanful Stool.
The customary and traditional procedures for the burial and last funeral rites of the late chief will be restricted to specific areas of the Metropolis, according to a statement released and signed by Mr John Latse, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the STMA and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Takoradi.
From the Asempa Hotel (located along Paa Grant Boulevard) to C. P. Kainyah Avenue, close to Cape Coast Station, through Super Star Hotel to the former Mr Yesterday Shop, close to Market Circle Access Bank, through Liberation Road (Zenith Bank, Old Accra Station, All Needs Super Market to the Asempa Hotel), is the area in question.
According to the announcement, businesses in the impacted regions will also cease operations on Thursday, October 26, and Friday, October 27, at 1700 hours each day.
But on Saturday, October 28, all stores would be closed, with the exception of those that provided necessities like pharmacies, medical facilities, banks, restaurants, and commercial transportation companies.
In order to guarantee a smooth and peaceful burial and the completion of the late chief’s funeral ceremonies, the statement said that the security services would implement the directions and thus requested all who would be affected to comply with authorities.
