By OLUWOLE FAROTIMI
Lagos State Government yesterday reopened the popular Ladipo auto spare parts market located in Mushin area of the state.
Daily Sun learnt that the market, which was shut by the government for two weeks as a result of filth at the market, environmental degradation and hooliganism in the market was reopened following the intervention of the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
The Lagos State in reopening the market gave the following conditions: non-conversion of the drainage Right of Way (RoW) into trading points and mechanic workshops, non-conversion of the access roads in the market for trading activities, non-conversion of the shops in the market for residential purposes.
Other conditions are no dumping of wastes and vehicle parts into the canal; maintaining the general cleanliness of the market environment at all times and that Ladipo Central Executive Committee shall be empowered to ensure same.
The market was shut on the orders of the state government on Monday, February 25, following flagrant abuse of sanitation laws including indiscriminate dumping of refuse, engine parts and wares in drainage channels, construction of stalls on drainage alignments, conversion of market roads for trading and blocking access roads with spare parts, derelict and abandoned vehicles, thereby making the network of roads within the market inaccessible to motorists.
In line with the appeal for reopening the market by concerned stakeholders, the state government, Mushin Local Government and the traders’ association agreed on the following conditions that there should be proper security arrangement in the market.
The agreement was signed by the following parties: Mr. Ikechukwu Animalu, president, Ladipo Central Executive Committee, Pastor Steve Paul, secretary of Ladipo Central Executive Auto Dealers’ Association, Chairman, Mushin Local Government, Babatunde Adepitan and Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello represented by Muyideen Akinsanya who is the permanent secretary, Office of Drainage Services in the Lagos State Government.
Story! Storyy!! Storyyy!!! Just tell Igbo traders that u did their money to promote ur non-selling APC terrorist party. Mushin LGA whose on her authorisation and ego aka azu allowed all those illegal structures to be put in place now turn back to Yoruback stab the Igbo traders. Poverty, greed, jealousy and laziness are the worst illness suffered by Yorubas. They don’t believe in hard work. Are those illegal shops constructed over-night? What made the Lagos State Govt demolisher and non builder not to stop the illegal construction once the illegal foundation was started. Most corrupted tribe that produced the most corrupted president in the person of the most ugly in body and ugly in heart Yoruba OBJ. Now, the tribe that dirt like pig is teaching the clean Igbos how to be clean. Double standard tribe that teaches what they don’t have. This is a tribe that a tenant from their tribe cannot be given a house in London bcos of dirthiness and 419 fraud.
Fashola, should just tell Igbos that he need more money to run his well known demolishing agenda, period.
@Efobi.When some people talk,you rate them.Your sense of reasoning is low.Lagos state government did the same at oshodi where majority are yorubas.Why must you be sentimental when talking.I live in Lagos and have been to ladipo many times but could not know why an old spare parts dealers environment looks like mechanic workshops.What is wrong in telling someone to keep his environment clean.Driving through ladipo mushin road makes people sick.
Since you are such a tribalist and in the Yorubackstabber land then go back to your homestead and put civility there? Ok, it’s one Nigeria and the Yorubackstabbers now wanted to reornanise their land you are crying.
If you are talking about London, how come most of the Nigerians in the Uk prisons are Igbos than Yoruba. Most especially for drugs,rape and bank fraud?
If you cannot stand the heat get out of the Kitchen. If you hate Yorubas get out of Yorubaland. What are you doing there?
Oh, you cannot leave as you are wanted for rape, kidnapping and armed robbery in your state.
If you ever lived in the UK which part of UK looks like that area you are moaning about and which part of Igboland looks like anywhere in the UK.
You probably were deported from there.
You Igbo’s are the ones that brings criminality and dirtiness to that area and it’s needs reorganisation.
Obj is Ugly but he ruled you, the supposedly intelligent tribe.
@Efobi.When some people talk,you rate them.Your sense of reasoning is low.Lagos state government did the same at oshodi market where majority are yorubas.Why must you be sentimental when talking.I live in Lagos and have been to ladipo many times but could not know why an old spare parts dealers environment looks like mechanic workshops.What is wrong in telling someone to keep his environment clean.Driving through ladipo mushin road makes people sick.
Anytime you accuse any youruba leader of hypocricsy,a tout will jumpup and defend this recklessness!there are somany areas that are ladipo,why wouldn’t lagos state fix them up.Ajao Est is 500m from nigeria’s foremost airport and gateway,a middleclass neighbourhood,why are the roads not fixed?Go to ikorodu,its a ghetto!comon to link ikorodu to island is impossible,pls where on earth did this govt do the magic?
Efobi what u have just said is not the way ,we are all one i dont even know when we will become wise ,even like some of african countries,every country in the world have tribal problem but ours is madness,when we see everybody as one that s when Nigeria will move forward,
Anthony efobi, i don’t remember Yoruba ever forced u jews to leave ur region for Yoruba land, n if u think u can not follow de laid down rules n regulation of ur host, am afraid i have to tell u to invoke ur fundamental right by leaving south west en mass. What is ur problem?, anytime a law is made that will benefit majority of people u jews don’t like it, but i have to tell u de fact. If a law is made in de south west there is nothing naija jews can do about it. If u don’t like it u can move to ur region where u think u can do as u like. U better thank gov Okorochas, if not u we all still be crying for de mkt to be opened.
Kola and Akins,while I do not agree wholly with Anthony,however,i wish to equally differ with you regarding the adduced reasons and manner of closure.First,I accept the fact that the place is untidy.But given the nature and type of business conducted at the place.One wonders wether anything less should be expected.Now granted that there is recklessness dictated by the character of the business enviroment.I am aware that this market suffers yearly closures if not wholly or partially intermittently for one reason or the other any time there is change at local government chairmen,etc.The in coming chairman would like to announce that he has arrived and the starting point is Ladipo market.The boys will be asked to settle with substantial amount thereafter till next year again.This has been the routine over the years right from Tinubu administration till now.In the past it was ether Orji kalu would intervene or the late Ikember as in the case of Aspamda.But in all of these closures non has lasted so much as this which is why many of us are of the view that this might have political undertone given the fact that Igbos are opposed to APC alliance and are vocal about Okorocha sale out.hence,it was was expedient for ACN government which is the live wire of APC to hit back at the igbo economy with expectation that Okorocha would use his connection with APC to its relevance.Otherwise,I have not seen any new measures taken by the state government to sanitize the place as those purported conditions are mere cosmetic which will not change any thing. If the reason for closure is not politically motivated why the state government did not come out with concrete development plan that will ensure that the place is given befitting status.For instance,the gutters referred as blocked why can’t the state award to julius berger or any other construction company to drainage the place and cover it in such away that only water could be flowing under and it would be impossible to dump object into it. With these measures it would be therefore difficult to accuse these traders of pollution or blocking the drainage system. The monitoring should be the responsibility of the government as well and not the management of the market only.The Local government is making a lot of revenue from there too.
Most of these igbo guys are not honest and will never be truthful. Why are you all in Lagos? why not take your goods to Onitsha or Aba market to go and sell them? Can you all make the dubious money you are making at Ladipo market at Aba market?
Governor Fashola has not even addressed the criminality in that Ladipo market which is very compelling. It is only a matter of time that the Ladipo market will be completely demolished mark my words. I have a full documented evidence of theft and deceit going on at the the Ladipo market everyday and by the time it is shown to world no one will object to its demolition. The demolition might not be in Governor Fashola’s time but it will definitely happen soon. Anyone who does legitimate business at Ladipo market has nothing to fear but if you are dubious with your trading at Ladipo market then you should be worried because your days are numbered and Governor Okorocha will not be able to save you then.