The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, re-opened the Mile 12
Market, which was shut following a violent clash in the Ketu-Mile 12 area of
the state.
Ambode, in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information and
Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said the decision to re-open the market followed
the meeting and agreement reached with all the stakeholders involved in the
operation of the Mile 12 Market.
According to the statement, the
re-opening is also as a result of the outcome of the stakeholders meeting held
between the traders, traditional leaders in the Agiliti and Maidan communities,
residents and Community Development Association.
The government and the market
leaders agreed that there would be no street trading in the area and that all
activities relating to the market would take place within the market,the
statement said.
The commissioner listed other
agreements between the government and the stakeholders to include, the
relocation of the market; ban of commercial motorcyclists in the area and
removal of shanties and illegal structures.
Ayorinde, who stressed that
business could only thrive in an atmosphere of peace, assured people of all
tribes that Lagos “if a home for all” and that the state government would
continue to provide the enabling environment for all.
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