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.

Maryam Nurudeen     Isiaq Khadeejah     Kazeem Adekanye     Balikis Jawondo     KSIRS     Col. Adedipe     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Bature Bello     Labour Party     Chief Of Staff     Tinubu Legacy Forum     SAPZ Project     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Goodluck Jonathan     Yunus Oniboki     Guber Aspirant     Mamatu Abdullahi     Hakeem Lawal     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Ayegbeni     Ekweremadu     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Otuka     ASMAU PLAZA     Peculiar Allowance     Baba Isale     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Musa Aibinu     Zara Umar     Ahmed \'Lateef     Arandun     Joseph Daudu     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Shuaib Jawondo     Talaka Parapo     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Kwara 2019     GRA     Amuda Musbau     Ghali Muhammed     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Gbemisola Saraki     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Joseph Offorjama     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Rotimi Oyedepo     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Saliu Tunde Bello     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Joana Nnazua Kolo     S.O. Opowoye     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Public Holiday     Grillo     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Lai Gobir     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Folaranmi Aro     Moses Adekanye     Nigerian Army     Ayobami Seriki     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Taofik Abdulkareem     Shehu Adaramaja     IsDB     Danladi     Adeola Abraham     Idowu Laro     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

March 28     Abikan     Salaudeen Oyewale     Shehu Adaramaja     Emir Of Ilorin     Wahab Isa     Yemi Sanni     Bisi Oyeleke     Moses Afolayan     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Omoniyi Ayinla     KFA     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Idris Garuba     Bolaji Gambari     Senate President     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Aliyu Adebayo     Alliance For Democracy     Ajidagba     Lanre Aremu     Tosin Saraki     Alfa Belgore     SUBEB     Ohoro Of Shao     Sulaiman Gado     Amada Jidda     Funmilayo Oniwa     Abubakar B.M     Ramat Oganija     NURTW     Ilesha-Baruba     Gurei     Ilorin International Airport     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Kolawole Bashirat     Moshood Bakare     John Kehinde Salako     Inside Kwara     Yekeen Alabi     Bola Sagaya     Ola Falade     Offa Poly     Hijaab     Voices Of Tomorrow     Shehu Salau     Awwal Jawondo     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Owode Market     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Park     Olaosebikan     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kawu     Demola Banu     Sobi Hill     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Sobi FM     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     TVC Female National Debate     Earlyon Technologies     Azeez Salawu     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Odolaye Aremu     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Student Learning Support Helpline     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Na\'Allah     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Aminat Omodara