The Lagos State Government on Wednesday denied a false reports that some parts of the Ladipo Market in Mushin Local Government Area of the state have been demolished while others have been shut.
The Executive Secretary of the local government, Mr. Jide Bello, in a statement, said business activities went on at the Ladipo market on Wednesday unhindered, where the traders carried out their business transactions.
Bello added that the council decided to redevelop the market, which has become an eyesore due to the unwholesome activities of some of the traders and the degradation of the surrounding, a development that would not fit into the mega city plans of the state.
He said the Mushin Local Government Area intended to undertake the development of the market in phases and because of that, had not collected any form of rent from the traders in the market since the beginning of 2015.
The LG boss explained that the authorities of the local government convened several meetings with the leaders of the various associations in the market towards ensuring that the private developer would begin the phased development of the market.
He noted that it was evident from the body language of the leaders that they were buying time and trying to frustrate the plan of the council to redevelop the market.
Bello said, however, that there would be no going back on the decision of the council to redevelop the Ladipo market to meet the mega city status of Lagos, assuring all traders in the market that Mushin remained a home to the stakeholders.
He stated that due process was followed in the decision of the local government to redevelop the market, urging the traders to operate within the ambit of the law.
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