THE
TRAVAIL OF GWAGWALADA MARKET TRADERS!
It
began some two years back when Gwagwalada Area Council decided to build an
ultra modern market that will showcase the glory of their territory. Unfortunately,
poor planning has since messed up the whole exercise.
As
of today, hundreds of market men and women have been displaced without any form
of commendable relocation arrangement. The proposed new market still in the
shadow of its architectural design has no near date of completion. It is thus
sad that our government is yet to understand that economic growth without
adequate care for the grass root business will only amount to both short and
long term failure.
As
at the time of filing this report, our agent on ground sent in these pictures
as we learnt that demolition is of the market is currently on. Those who bare
the pain are the petty traders who daily depend on their sales to feed
themselves and their families. We also learnt that the Big man of the market,
in person of Alhaji Idris Saleh who single handedly own the largest part of the
market soon came to the scene to slow the activity down so that he can arrange
for the safety of his goods. What happens to small traders? They all have their
goods destroyed by the strong arm of the bulldozer.
As
a grass root development and networking organization, ayemafrica sincerely send
her heart solidarity to the affected traders even as we pray for a better
Naija.
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