After several warnings about hazards of street trading and the need for them to obey the state's Environmental Laws which forbids it,the Ogun State Government has today shut the Adatan Market in Abeokuta.
In shutting the market,Special Adviser to the Governor on Environmental Protection Agency OGEPA who doubles as the Chairman of the state's Taskforce on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, Alhaji Farook Akintunde,said all entrieties, sensitization made to the traders to persuade them from trading on the walkways,roads and drainage channels in the market proved abortive and the state government had no option that shutting it.
"Aside from these,the traders build shanties and makeshift structures on the drainage channels which are not only illegal but are filled with waste which will inhibit free flow of erosion water that will lead to flooding when raining season gets underway"
Akintunde said the market will remain shut until the traders clear all the drainage channels of all the silts and clean the entire market spaces and sign an agreement that they will not engage in street trading which are not only inimical to the traders but against the state Environmental Laws.
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