KWARTMA explains relocation of traders...assist us with more facilities, security traders
The Kwara State Road Traffic Maintenance Agency(KWARTMA) has explained the reason for the relocation of the dealers of second hand wears popularly known as 'Post office Sunday-Sunday market'
The agency said the reason was to prevent accidents and traffic congestion.
The Chief Executive Officer, KWARTMA, Mr Yekeen Babatunde Ballo in a telephone interview with The Herald yesterday on the circumstances that led to the relocation of the traders to four different locations in Ilorin, explained that government never established a market at post office.
"All that the state government is after is for security of lives and property and to ensure that there is orderliness in the way we do our things.
"The attitude of the traders and customers patronising the fairly used wears market constituted nuisance and break down of law and order at the area.
"There is always break down of law and order in the area (post office area)on every market day (Sunday) when the traders displayed their goods.
"And government can no longer tolerate this, the government now constituted a committee that consisted of the government representatives, security agency, the leaders of the traders association and other relevant stakeholders to proffer solution and alternative".
He added that the traders were given the opportunity to choose from four market alternatives and advised them to relocate within four months grace to the four selected markets approved by the state government.
He said that the alternative markets given by the government for the people to relocate to included, Kulende modern market, Ago market, Oko Olowo market, and Mandate market.
The Chief Executive Officer who said that most of the traders have relocated their goods and market to the approved places, warned others to comply or face the full wrath of the law.
He disclosed that the government had provided the basic needs, such as toilet facilities, water, parking space among others to make live more bearable for both traders and customers.
One of the traders (names withheld) who spoke to The Herald at the Kulende market location, yesterday expressed joy over the development, but appealed to government to improve security in the markets.
"We want government to rescue us from the illegal tax collectors. We pay huge amount of money to illegal tax collectors who hide under local government tax collection. "We also want the security agencies and government to stop the hoodlums from invading the market to collect illegal money from us".
One of the patroneser told The Herald that the relocation of the traders would reduce accidents and traffic congestion, but appealed to government on provision of adequate security of lives and property.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege Salihu Jibril Garbi Moses Rahman Popoola Aminu Adisa Logun EFCC Oke-Oyi Olaitan Buraimoh Akanbi-Oke Gamji Members Association TIIDELab Yunus Oniboki Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu Yusuf Zulu-Gambari Centre For Digital Economy Tafida Mohammed Kamaludeen Sunday Fagbemi Waziri Yakubu Gobir Afusat Nike Ibrahim Ileloke Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu Abraysports FC Lawal Olohungbebe Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Ishaq Oloyede Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf Ahmed Idris Mohammed Abdulwahab Oba Tunde Mukaila Mustapha Sardauna Of Ilorin Mazars Consulting Kwara South Aishat Sulu-Gambari Convocation Ceremonies Adedipe Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade Baba Idris Ashiru UTME Ajidagba Orire Mahmud Babatunde Baker Kishira Idowu Aremu Hassan Oyeleke Afonja Jamila Bio Ibrahim Ahmad Fatima Bisola Hassan A. Saliu ENetSuD Kudirat Arinola Lawal Local Government Usman Rifun Osi Radio SBS Sheikh Alimi Awili Pedro Yusuf Abdulwahab Ajibike Katibi Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs Oba Abdulraheem Sarah Alade Noah Yusuf Sambo Murtala Quarry Royal Valley Sayomi Bello Taoheed Abubakar Allocation IPSAS Apado Jelili Yusuf Lawan Saadu Gbogbo Iwe Sola Saraki University General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport

