Liberia: Angry Marketers Vow to Return to Red-Light As Many Neglect Omega Market Stalls

Paynesville — Angry marketers at the newly opened Omega Market have threatened to go back to Red-Light if the government fails to stop others from selling there. The marketers, most of them small business owners and vendors, on Friday set up road block between Coca Cola Factory and the Omega Market; a move they said was intended to draw the government's attention to their complaint.

They said the government's inability to stop people from selling goods at Red-light is not only undermining its own relocation plan, but causing severe damage to their businesses since buyers no longer reach to them. Some of the friends have also abandoned the market stalls and returned to Red Light, the aggrieved marketers told FrontPage Africa.

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