Our Reporter
MARKET Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) has urged Federal and state governments to compensate traders whose businesses were adversely affected by the #EndSARS protest across the country.
The newly elected president of the association, Alhaji Jamilu Abbas, made the appeal on Sunday at the inauguration of the new executive in Abuja.
“I will like to reflect on the unfortunate incident which led to the loss of lives and properties of our members, especially those in the Southern part of the country.
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“It is sad and so unfortunate for this kind of barbaric act to happen in this country for whatever reason. We do hope both Federal and state governments will pay adequate compensation to the affected individuals.
“We also need to commend the effort of the Northern leaders and youths for their peaceful disposition as their conduct prevented reprisal attacks in the region,” he said.
Abbas hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for initiating various social economic intervention programmes.
The union leader regretted that only few of his members could benefit from the programmes and appealed to the government to provide more interventions for his members.
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