The sit­u­a­tion at the Break­fast Shed (Femmes du Chalet) has high­light­ed a ma­jor dis­con­nect be­tween the Gov­ern­ment and the re­al­i­ty fac­ing small busi­ness op­er­a­tors in the coun­try.

Head of the Kwame Ture Cen­tre, David Muham­mad, was among those who shared a view of dis­ap­point­ment af­ter all ven­dors at the build­ing ceased op­er­a­tions last week.

“Small busi­ness­es in this coun­try have nev­er been giv­en the kind of pri­or­i­ty that they de­serve, just a whole spir­it of en­tre­pre­neur­ship that we try so hard to en­cour­age. At the same time, we dis­cour­age by not giv­ing them the kind of av­enues or the pos­si­bil­i­ties to flour­ish,” said Muham­mad