Pōhiva said he talked to the noble, who is also the Speaker of Parliament, early last month about government leasing the land in which Lord Fakafanua agreed.
The Prime Minister said the new market was one of the much-needed projects the government has projected over the next four years.
He said there were too many sellers for Talamahu, Tonga’s only national market.
As Kaniva News reported in 2015, the government moved vendors who used to sell their agricultural produce on footpaths in Maʻufanga to Siamelie open air market.