The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to enhance food safety standards at Agbogbloshie Market by promoting safe fish handling practices.
This initiative, which is part of the Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity, aims to ensure that fish sold within the market is handled hygienically, reducing the risk of contamination and improving public health.
The Mayor of Accra, Hon Elizabeth Sackey who was represented by the Coordinating Director of the AMA, Douglas N.K. Annoful expressed the Assembly’s full support for the project, stressing the importance of sustaining these new practices in the Agbogbloshie Market.
He assured that the AMA would continue to work with environmental health officers and other stakeholders to maintain high standards in the markets.
The Director of Public Health at the AMA, Florence Kuukyi disclosed that efforts were being made by the Assembly to establish a model fish market in Accra after a series of engagements with the fisherfolks.
