Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has given street traders along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, especially Kara, Isheri and Warewa, a 21-day ultimatum to vacate the area, to free it of criminal activities.
The governor gave the directive, yesterday, through the Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, during a meeting with community leaders at the palace of Olofin of Isheri, Oba Sulaiman Adekunle Bamgbade, in Isheri.
Abiodun said the state government took the decision to dislodge the street traders and demolish all shanties to restore environmental sanity after several warnings, abatement notices and other entreaties for them to move to government approved markets failed. “So my government will not wait and allow a small group of individuals in the name of trading, which is outside approved markets put the safety and health of our decent people at risk,” he added.
Hamzat gave the assurance while playing host to the leadership of the So-Safe Corps, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. In his response, the Corps Commandant, Soji Ganzalo, underscored the importance of security to the state, saying: “It is an utmost priority of the corps, that is the reason we are soliciting for the commissioner’s support and congratulating him on his reappointment and redeployment to the ministry.
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