The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mahama Ayariga, has announced that the government has suspended plans to redevelop the Agbogbloshie 24-Hour Market amid allegations of plot to remove Konkombas from Accra.
According to Mahama Ayariga, the decision is intended to allow for further consultations with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), market leadership, and other stakeholders.
The development follows concerns from traders over the proposed demolition of the existing market structure.
In a Facebook post by AMA on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, Mahama Ayariga disclosed that the temporary hold would provide an opportunity to assess conditions on the ground and review the proposed development.
Mahama Ayariga made the announcement after joining the Minister for Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, and the Mayor of Accra, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, to engage the leadership and traders of the Kokomba Yam Market at Agbogbloshie.
Meanwhile, the development follows Dominic Nitiwul, who made a shocking allegation concerning Konkombas and plans to demolish parts of the Agbogbloshie market to make way for a 24-hour economy market.
According to Dominic Nitiwul, the exercise appears to be targeted at removing the Konkomba community from Accra.
He alleged that other sections of the market had been left untouched while the area where Konkombas sell their yams had been marked for demolition.
Nitiwul expressed concern that structures marked for demolition by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) appeared to be concentrated in the section of Agbogbloshie occupied by Konkomba traders.
Speaking in a viral video shared on X, the former Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, stated, “We don’t see what the Konkomba tribe has done against the government, that they have only come to the centre of Agbogbloshie where the Konkombas reside and decided to site the 24-hour market there.
“They left the side this way; they left the side behind. They left the side at the other side, but only marked where the Konkomba people are, and we feel that it is targeted at just removing the Konkombas from Accra. That’s all,” he said.
He added, “We do not believe that the agenda of the AMA Chief Executive is to build a 24-hour market because the land, the size of the land they have demarcated, is far beyond what they need for a 24-hour market.
“I have one in my constituency, he has one in his constituency, and we know the size of land they need. Why is it that only where the Konkombas are, the places that he marked? Did you observe that or not?” he asked.
The MP further added, “What did they do that you have decided to come to the centre where the Konkombas are? If you check the stretch, this bridge to that bridge, the centre is where the Konkombas are. You left all other areas and came to where only the Konkombas are, where they have their market.
“You’ve marked every store in the market to be demolished. You have also marked where they sleep to be demolished and left every other person. What crime have they committed? Are they not Ghanaians? So why? Why are they being targeted?” he said
“So, Mr President, stop your mayor. Mr President, let him stop targeting the Konkomba tribe. If you cannot help develop the market for the Konkombas to sell their yams, stop. Another president will come and do it. They are not moving tomorrow,” he said.
“It will be politically suicidal for the president to allow the mayor to touch and to do what he is thinking of doing. I will not expand on that, but we are saying that what we saw is not a good thing,” he said.
“Nobody is asking that we don’t want a 24-hour market. No, far from that. But the Konkomba yam market where they sell yam purely is totally different from the activities of the 24-hour market,” he noted.
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