Gov Dapo Abiodun
Five days after Great Achiever Magazine published a story on how street traders in Ogun State took over walk ways to display their wares, while Governor Dapo Abiodun failed to act, the state government has reacted by reading riot act on abuse of walk ways by traders in the state.
Great Achiever Magazine reports that the Public Relations Officer of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, CDR. Akinbiyi Babatunde, in a press release said: “It has been observed that traders of all sorts of goods and wares had in recent past turned road sides and walkways, meant for pedestrians across the state into trading lots and market yards, where all kinds of products and merchandise are offered for sale.
“This unwholesome activity has not only made a mockery of government effort to ensure and guarantee the safety of all road users, particularly pedestrians, and an ugly sight to intending commercial, as well as industrial visitors and tourists to the state, but has also become a nuisance and a harmful disposition to road users.
“In view of the foregoing, traders who engage in this illegal act are enjoined to desist forthwith and remove their goods and wares from the road sides, as well as walkways and use approved markets, stalls and shops constructed by government for sanity and order to prevail on Ogun traffic corridor”.
Akinbiyi further said that violators of the order would have their products and merchandise confiscated after 48hrs of the notice, which is from Wednesday, 28th April, 2021 to Friday, 30th April, 2021, while the owner(s) of the confiscated goods will be charged to court accordingly.
He therefore enjoined the traders to take note and be warned.
