The management of Ajah Market has appealed to Lagos State tate Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to kindly reopen their market which they insisted is the cleanest market in the state.
The General Manager of Ajah Market, Mr. Atie Inumidun, made this call while taking newsmen round the market and the waste bin house where wastes generated from the market were dumped and evacuated by LAWMA as well as other sanitation measures put in place by the management to ensure the cleanliness of the market.
Inumidun, who also pleaded with the State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. WahabTokunbo, and LAWMA CEO and MD, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, to kindly open their market, said cleanliness and the hygienic environment was prioritised and paramount to them in Ajah.
According to him, such an approach made LAWMA give them an award as the cleanest market in Lagos but expressed shock at the closure, adding: “If the award is given daily, Ajah market would have been the recipient due to its cleanliness and hygienic environment.”
Besides, Inumidun stressed that Ajah Market Management patronises PSP/LAWMA and ensures payment is up to date, saying that Ajah Market had bin keepers who ensured waste disposal and evacuation were not done indiscriminately.
He, therefore, pleaded with the state government to reopen the market to prevent youth restiveness as well as to save Nigerians especially traders from depression which could cause untimely death considering the economic hardship Nigerians were passing through.
Also speaking, leadership and traders of Akinyemi Market in Ajah have expressed worries about constant closure by the government without reason for the market where phones and laptops are sold.
Chairman of Laptop and phone sellers in the market, Mr. Mutiu Olaposi, said traders in the market were law-abiding citizens and had no problem with LAWMA.
Olaposi described the closure as worrisome after abiding with all environmental laws, stressing that the market where phones, laptops and accessories are sold does not generate waste like markets where food items and perishables are sold.
According to him, the market constructed a house for waste bin where waste generated from the market are dumped and evacuated by PSP/LAWMA, saying that the wastes were evacuated as when due.
He added that the market had sweepers, bin keepers, local securities and an environmental taskforce that ensured cleanliness and hygienic environment of the market, noting sadly that closure of the market apart from adding to untold hardship Nigerians were experiencing presently would bring losses in millions of naira to the affected traders.
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