Kwara Demolishes Illegal Structures
The Kwara Government on Tuesday began the demolition of illegal structures in Tanke area of Ilorin, the state capital.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who witnessed the demolition, reports that no fewer than 500 illegal structures on setbacks were pulled down.
The Executive Secretary of the State Town Planning Authority, Mr Raimi Adeoti, told NAN on the sidelines of the exercise that government was determined to rid the state capital of illegal structures.
He said enough notice was given to affected shop owners to remove their containers and other structures which contravened town planning laws.
Adeoti said owners of illegal structures had been warned since December 2012 to remove their wares, with many of them refusing to heed the directive.
He also said the organisation placed advertisements on radio and television advising the traders to vacate the sites.
Many of the traders were sighted salvaging their wares from the rubbles created by the bulldozer.
Many of the shop owners were also sighted weeping as they watched the bulldozer crushing their shops.
Mr Moore Ezike, the owner of Moore Gas on Tanke road, told NAN that state officials gave them notice in December to shift their containers back from the setback.
He said many of them complied, adding that he was surprised at the exercise.
Moore said about 18 cylinders were carted away from his shop by the officials of the Authority before he got to the shop.
Expressing sadness at the exercise, Moore urged government to consider compensating the traders whose goods were destroyed while relocating those displaced.
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