Governor Ikpeazu threatens to shut market over filth
(Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State
(Nigeria) Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has warned traders who do business along School Road in Aba that his administration will shut down the market permanently if they do not improve the sanitary conditions of the area.
(Nigeria) Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has warned traders who do business along School Road in Aba that his administration will shut down the market permanently if they do not improve the sanitary conditions of the area.
The governor made this clear today when he received a report
of the ongoing desilting of the major drainage channel that passes through the
area.
The governor expressed deep sadness and disappointment that
people take delight in sabotaging the efforts of government in keeping our
State clean through deliberately converting drainages channels into refuse
dumps.
School Road has one of the biggest and most advanced
drainage channel in Aba, designed to collect storm water from different parts
of Aba into the Aba River.
However the unwholesome activities of the traders around the
area has led to the blocking of the channels leading to flooding in different
parts of Aba town.
Governor Ikpeazu made it clear that his administration will
not allow a group of people who have no regard for decency to plunge the entire
town into a flood disaster under the guise of doing business and directs the
Honorable Commissioners for Trade and Investment, Works, Environment and the
Transition Committee Chairman of Aba South LGA to meet with the leadership of
the traders there and deliver government's position to them.
According to the governor, if this unfortunate situation
continues, government shall shut down the market permanently, as government
cannot continue to spend scarce resources in abating nuisance created
deliberately by people who have absolutely no regard for their own health and
safety.
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