Displaced Traders Appeal for Government Aid Following Demolitions
According to News report from Daily Trust, Traders impacted by the ongoing demolition of structures in strategic locations across Ilorin metropolis in Kwara State have appealed to the government for assistance to help restore their livelihoods.
The government initiated the demolition on Saturday, deploying bulldozers to remove shops and structures encroaching on setbacks at prominent areas including the popular Post Office, Challenge, Ahmadu Bello Way, Tanke, and Oloje.
The government said, “Marking structures encroaching on government setbacks is a standard practice aimed at facilitating infrastructural development.”
A trader, Mrs Rukayyat, who spoke with City & Crime, said, “This is too heavy for me to bear. Where do they want us to start from; looking at your lifetime investment crumbling before your very eyes? I am a single mother and I depend on this business to cater for my children and family members. We should at least have been given alternative places.”
On his part, Mazi Ojo Ojukwu said, “The issue is that although they said this place was illegal, they collect revenue for us.
He noted that, “The country is hard, and throwing people into a state of confusion in this situation is something else. Some of us collect bank loans and just restocked before this.”
On his part, Mallam Yusuf Abdullahi Shiga said, another victim said “a lot of people will not be able to sleep today. Some of us have been here for over 30 years making ends meet and this is just adding wounds to our injury. The government should just look for a way to assist business owners here.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Theophilus Oyebiyi Jamiu Oyawoye Chief Imam Of Offa Kwara Hotel Femi Gbajabiamila ER-KANG Mining Seed Technologies Ebola Agor Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa Offa Toun Okewale-Sonaiya Erin-ile Musa Aibinu Okiki Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh Raymond Olaitan Zulkifli Ibraheem Lawal Arinola Kudirat Riskat Opakunle Abubakar Baba Sulaiman Isin Mumeen Lah Yahya Mohammed Moshood Mustapha Mustapha Akanbi CLAY POT Abubakar Ndakene Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata Abdulmutalib Shittu Yahaya Abdulkareem Iyabo Dupe Adekeye Musa Abdullahi Magaji Erubu Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku Raji AbdulRasaq Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi Sanitation Exercise Bola Olukoju Ilesha-Baruba Baba Idris Awodun Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab Muhammadu Buhari Abegunde Goke Saba Jibril Kunle Akogun Umar Saro Kwara Pdp Simeon Sayomi Kwara State Government Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa Sam Okaula Nurudeen Muhammed United Nigeria Congress Party Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu Forgo Battery Company Limited Aliyu Salihu Ahmed Alhasssan Zulu Gambari Oniwasi Agbaye David Oyepinola Adedumoye Afonja Descendants Union Roheemat Hammed Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Adebayo Salami Dunmade Yaru BIR Gobir Muhammed Abdullahi Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Oye Tinuoye Mohammed Alabi Lawal FOMWAN

