Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Friday, said that the Ogunpa Market, which was gutted by fire on Wednesday, would be pulled down to give way for an ultra-modern market.
Ajimobi, who made the promise when he visited the market to assess the extent of damage, said that the market would be equipped with infrastructural facilities while the road that passes through it would be reconstructed.It would be recalled that the market was gutted by fire on Wednesday with three structures – a storey building and two bungalows – accommodating traders numbering 75, completely burnt while goods worth millions of Naira destroyed.
No life was, however, lost.Ajimobi, who visited the market in company with the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mrs. Monsurat Sunmonu, state lawmakers and other top government officials, said that the rebuilding of the market would be done in conjunction with the Ibadan South-West Local Government Area and the market association.While promising that the fire station, which is few metres away from the market, would be well-equipped to be able to respond immediately to possible future occurrence, enjoined shop owners to equip their shops with fire extinguishers that would be on hand for emergency situations.Ajimobi said: “We will re-design the market and re-allocate the shops to the original shop owners and not to outsiders.
“Nobody here will lose his or her shop.”We promised them certain things while on election campaign, over a year ago. “We have fulfilled majority of them. “We promised them water; we have given them boreholes. “We promised them public toilets; we have provided them.
“We also promised them electricity; transformers have been erected.”The road here is in a bad state. “It was blocked by traders. “We will clear the road, repair and rehabilitate it and ensure that nobody is allowed to block the road again.”Ajimobi also promised to assist the traders affected by the inferno, adding that the traders’ cooperative society would also be provided with soft loans to alleviate the suffering of members.
He also enjoined them to cooperate with government by paying their tenement rates as at when due and to key into the environmental sanitation efforts of the state government to ensure clean environment and help in the aesthetics of the state capital.The governor also addressed the displaced traders at the old toll gate at the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, assuring them that new set of shops would be erected by government for onward allocation to them.
Ajimobi, who made the promise when he visited the market to assess the extent of damage, said that the market would be equipped with infrastructural facilities while the road that passes through it would be reconstructed.It would be recalled that the market was gutted by fire on Wednesday with three structures – a storey building and two bungalows – accommodating traders numbering 75, completely burnt while goods worth millions of Naira destroyed.
No life was, however, lost.Ajimobi, who visited the market in company with the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mrs. Monsurat Sunmonu, state lawmakers and other top government officials, said that the rebuilding of the market would be done in conjunction with the Ibadan South-West Local Government Area and the market association.While promising that the fire station, which is few metres away from the market, would be well-equipped to be able to respond immediately to possible future occurrence, enjoined shop owners to equip their shops with fire extinguishers that would be on hand for emergency situations.Ajimobi said: “We will re-design the market and re-allocate the shops to the original shop owners and not to outsiders.
“Nobody here will lose his or her shop.”We promised them certain things while on election campaign, over a year ago. “We have fulfilled majority of them. “We promised them water; we have given them boreholes. “We promised them public toilets; we have provided them.
“We also promised them electricity; transformers have been erected.”The road here is in a bad state. “It was blocked by traders. “We will clear the road, repair and rehabilitate it and ensure that nobody is allowed to block the road again.”Ajimobi also promised to assist the traders affected by the inferno, adding that the traders’ cooperative society would also be provided with soft loans to alleviate the suffering of members.
He also enjoined them to cooperate with government by paying their tenement rates as at when due and to key into the environmental sanitation efforts of the state government to ensure clean environment and help in the aesthetics of the state capital.The governor also addressed the displaced traders at the old toll gate at the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, assuring them that new set of shops would be erected by government for onward allocation to them.
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