By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Two weeks after the popular Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market in Mushin
local government was shut over violation of environmental laws, the
Lagos state government, Monday, ordered the re-opening of the market for
normal operations with conditions.
The reopening was announced by the Ministry of Environment after a
meeting was held with the Traders’ Association in which the following
conditions were given: Non-conversion of the drainage Right of Way (RoW)
into trading points and mechanic workshops; Non-conversion of the
access roads in the market for trading activities, non-conversion of the
shops in the market for residential purposes, no dumping of wastes and
vehicle parts into the canal, maintaining the general cleanliness of the
market environment at all times and Ladipo Central Executive Committee,
LACEC, shall be empowered to ensure same.
Governor Babatunde Fashola, in company of his Imo State counterpart,
Owelle Rochas Okorocha, last Thursday visited the closed market with
Okoroacha appealing on behalf of the traders for a reopening of the
market.
Fashola had insisted that the market would be re-opened once the
environmental pollution problem was addressed by the market leaders.
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