Displaced Traders Appeal for Government Aid Following Demolitions

Date: 2024-05-21

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.

SAPZ Project     Wahab Issa     Yahaya Muhammad     Shuaibu Yaman     Olaosebikan     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Olaoye B. Felix     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Amosa     Danladi     Danhawa     Kunbi Titiloye     Ilorin Airport     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Esuwoye     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Col. Adedipe     Micheal Imoudu     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     ITP     YAKOOYO     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     International Vocational Centre     Mohammed Lawal     Ahmed Alhasssan     Lola Ashiru     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Apaola     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Ibrahim Labaika     Isapa     Baaziki Sulaiman     George Funsho Adebayo     Florence Saraki     Ojo Fadumila     Bola Olukoju     Temi Kolawole     Tafidan Kaiama     Sun Qing Rong     Ghali Muhammed     Iyabo Adewuyi     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Ojuekun     Fulani     Dairo Kunle Paul     Sardauna     Al-Hikmah Radio     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Oro Grammar School     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Maigida     KWAFFA     Kola Adesina     Eleyele     Kwara Politics     Olomu     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Olatinwo     Toyin Saraki     Buari Edun     Dan-Kazeem     Abdullahi Biffo     Ladi Hassan     Hauwa Nuru     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Kayode Ibrahim     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Abdulhakeem Amao     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Waheed Ibrahim     Earlyon Technologies     JMK Construction Company Limited    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Taofeek Ibraheem     Yusuf Aiyedun     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     April 11     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Aminu Ado Bayero     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Maimunat Oniyangi     Gabriel Fashanu     Abdulfatai Baakini     Erubu     Mashood Dauda     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Atiku Abubakar     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Saduki Lafiagi     Elekoyangan     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Undergraduate Bursary     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Garba Dogo     Femi Gbajabiamila     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Hakeem Idris     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Shettima     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     United Nigeria Airline     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Henry Olaosebikan     Edu     Javed Khan     Olokoba     UITH     Bashir Badawi     Centre For Digital Economy     Frootify     Hassan Oyeleke     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Bola Shagaya     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Kwara Basketball Association     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Pius Abioje     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Hajj     Ibrahim Taiwo     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Edret Sabi Abel     Revenue Court     Neo Mundo Ltd     Alfa Belgore     Mutawalle     Oniwasi Agbaye     SSA Youth     Ijakadi     Senate     Ogbondoroko     Micheal Imoudu     KWSIEC     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Olohungbebe     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Bluenile Associates     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Share/Tsaragi     Jalala     Muhammad Yahya