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Freetown to require women traders to stay in renovated market

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Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr is asking traders to stay in Kroo Town Road Market after its renovation. She also urged them to follow sanitation rules and announced a future annual registration process for women traders, Sierra Leonean outlet Sierraloaded reports.

Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has asked traders at Kroo Town Road Market to move into the renovated facility once work is completed, Sierraloaded reports. She warned them that they should no longer sell their goods outside the market.

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr also called on traders to work with Freetown City Council to keep the site clean and preserve the condition of the renovated structure, according to Sierraloaded.

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