Unlock Your Shops Or Forfeit It To Govt, Fayose Tells Shop Owners(Photos)

Unlock your Shops or forfeit it to Govt, Fayose tells Shop Owners
Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said shop owners at Agric
Olope market who fail to make use of such properties within the next
30 days will forfeit it to the state government. The governor made the
statement during a visit to traders in the market on Tuesday.
The governor had about a year ago directed traders at Oja Oba(King's
Market) to relocate to either Awedele or Agric Olope market so as to
give room for completion of the ultra modern market without traders
having to result to roadside trading.
Mrs. Adesola Ogunsuyi who spoke on behalf of the traders expressed
appreciation for the government's directive that all roadside traders
should move to either Awedele or Agric Olope, she used the opportunity
of the governor's visit to highlight the challenges faced by the
traders amongst which are erosion, bad road and poor water supply.
Ogunsuyi lamented a situation whereby shop owners in the market
refused to make the properties available for traders who indicated
interest in renting them. She thanked the governor for his support and
called on the government to enforce restriction on road side trading
within the Oja Oba axis of the city.
"You have been trying for us, the waste management people have been
trying, we want you to assist us the more, those who are at the city
centre are taking advantage of us, they are the only ones making
sales, those of us here are suffering, we will be so happy if you can
help us fix the anomaly", she stressed.
Governor Ayodele Fayose in his response thanked the traders for
obeying his order promising to ensure he makes the market a
comfortable place for buying and selling.
He said; "I want to tell you something today and mark my words, in the
next one month, shops whose owners fail to make available for use will
be taken over by the government.
"We can't make this place available and some people will lock it up
and go away with the keys, if the owners fail to make use of it within
the next 30 days, the government will take over it and pay the owners
when the money for rentage is remitted to the government. Secondly, I
will have another meeting with the task force as well as those selling
on the roadside in town and make them see reasons they should come
here".
Addressing the challenges being faced by the traders in the market,
governor Fayose said: "I will work on this place to make it
comfortable. I will put a borehole to take care of the water issue, I
will work on patching the road too, whatever I need to do to make
people comfortable, I will do".