Some market leaders have urged the newly elected government to come to their aid on some pressing issues that have been of great concern to them.
The leader of Ibafo Market in Ogun State and Saw Mill Market in Lagos, Alhaja Fawusatu Ikumapami, wants the president-elect to provide electricity supply to the market. “We need steady light for our businesses. If electricity supply is steady here, the market will attract investors from far and near and will be more developed than what it is today,’’ she said, adding that the president-elect should also help reconstruct the bad road leading to the market.
She said the development would help traders spend less on transporting their produce to the market and would make their customers visit again and again.
“We want our president-elect to give Ibafo market a face-lift. The market is small, and we want it rebuilt to accommodate all of us. “We are facing the challenge of free movement and some of us are left with no choice but to display our wares on the walkway and on the road and outside the market.
“We have a land that is wasting away; part of it has been turned to trailer park, we beg the new government to help us utilise it and build a bigger market for us. We also need a local government of our own and want close monitoring on those that will be working on this project, some contractors sometimes do not carry out their duties diligently,” she said.
Like Ikumapami, the leader of Saw Mill market in Barriga-Lagos, Mrs Abibatu Amusa, also wants steady power supply, a good road and pipe-borne water in the market.
Most importantly, she wants the fallen electric pole beside the transformer which the market uses, to be erected to avoid any tragic event occurring.
“The electric pole has been in that position for eight years. It is dangerous. We appeal to the incoming government to help fix it,” she added.