Last week Governor Ambode of Lagos state directed the Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and other Special Offences to carry out full enforcement ofthe law restricting street trading.
He also said street traders should sell their wares in the market and that if they continue to sell on the street,they will be arrested and prosecuted.
Unfortunately the Governor's word was mere talk that is not backed by action. As at last week and yesterday,the street traders are back at Iyana Ipaja.
No one has been arrested and prosecuted.
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How will they relocate to the Market when they cannot afford shops there? Before dishing out orders like that,the governor needs to put certain things in place!
U dey mind am? They can like to put d cart ahead of d horse
ReplyDeleteForget all dis talk... na wash. The task force officials collect bribe from touts so there's no way street trading will stop. These touts survive on the 100naira they collect daily from street traders. You need to see the way the chairmen of touts claim the streets like their fathers property, collecting huge sums of money from people to give them spaces.. smh. Naija I hail.
DeleteSentiments apart Stella...market women can be very stubborn. Even if they are given stalls you'll still see those that'll trade on the streets. Some who have stalls abandoned it to display their goods on the road, simply because they assume that customers will see them first before entering the main market. So in order to make sales quicker they turn their stalls to storage while they trade on the road. As for those who cannot afford to rent a store, the govt should strike a bargain with them that'll enable them pay instalmentally. Or they should wait till they can afford one. If Kai people seize their goods now, everyone will complain that they are being oppressed. Let's follow simple instructions abeg
Delete@SisiEko, no mind Stella,she is not aware of the mischief of these traders,they are as stubborn as the goats they sell!infact not just they,the average nigerian is usually very indisciplined,that if govt is not firm in taking and implementing any policy,it will fail but for Ambode as a governor,i don't see a very firm person in him,maybe I will be proven wrong with time cos lagos governance isn't for d lily livered.
DeleteDo you guys know that those that sell their wares on the street pay for those spaces? Yes, they pay and they are also harassed by those touts in the market. Those traders are just being persecuted everywhere. It'd only God that keeps the poor in this country.
DeleteBecause some people are opportune to enjoy wealth doesn't mean everybody is that lucky. The price of the shops there are outrageous.
ReplyDeleteStella do know that tejuosho market at yaba is so expensive that even average people will find it difficult to pay. The mall is ready but no one is ready to pay such amount we are waiting to see what's next.
DeleteBecause some people are opportune to enjoy wealth doesn't mean everybody is that lucky. The price of the shops there are outrageous.
ReplyDeleteAbeg they should free street traders who are hustling to make a living...
ReplyDeleteIf they engage in robbery and kidnapping now,government will still complain...
Poor people always at the receiving end...
Hustling to make a living by blocking roads and creating a venue for pick pockets to thrive?
DeleteWhy should they being their wares to the road?
And the annoying thing is that if your leg mistakenly touch their wares, the living daylight will be cussed out of you.
Anyway, I can't wait for them to be sent packing from broad street and balogun street on Lagos Island.
Exactly GBG!! They cause unnecessary traffic too.
DeleteThat island own is a nightmare, they display their wares on the pedestrian walk ways and roads.
DeleteMadam GBG, they r so annoying we know but av you stopped to consider the fact that most of them can't afford any shop in the market?
DeleteYou people should pity these traders na. Allow these people make an honest living for themselves, just help arrange them in such a way that they don't obstruct traffic. You know very well that most of dem can't afford to pay for those shops. Why didn't u build a simple complex like d one mimiko built being rented out at N2500 monthly ehn. Why na. Do u people want to drive these people to armed robbery and illegal ways of making money??? Rich men, pity poor men oh, if u drive dem away, u won't feed dem oh
ReplyDeleteDnt mind d governor, they will relocate to his residence to sell their goods. In a dense place like Lagos, he is dishing out such law. Hia!
ReplyDeletePeople should stop patronizing those that sell by d road side. Giving those in the shops bad market.
ReplyDeleteAunty, not everyone can afford to rent a shop. In egbeda, shops are 450, 500 per annum. The cheapest shops in egbeda goes for 250 and that's mainland. Now tell me how much you think it wl cost on the island. My own is just that, instead of those jobless touts to be feeding on govt's property, the task force officials shoupd arrange the spaces in a way that won't affect traffic and all bills should be paid to the state govt.
DeleteWILL DEY STOP???TOMJERRYSWIT
ReplyDeleteThe shops are expensive.
ReplyDeleteNothing new, I doubt if even Ambode himself thought banning anything would work. And if anyone had indeed been arrested they would have been released through back doors.
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DeleteYou dey mind them.
ReplyDeleteIf only they know how many children have N40 noodles for dinner. Staple food is off the menu for so many families. See them in church on Sunday looking like hangers. Mtscheew. I pity this generation. The immunity level obviously poor. Thank God for goodies people share to the kids sections on Sundays.
If you dare cross Cele Bus stop along Apapa - Oshodi expressway at 6:30pm, trying to make a turn into the other side of Itire road, you will thiink it's Christmas. Goods everywhere. Reason? They can't afford shops, so they sell only in the evenings. The little kids at home must eat abeg.
But the way these traders block d road especially in the evenings and night is very alarming...just come to jakande estate gate isolo from 4pm and see how they cause traffic there. To enter d estate na war because road side sellers and okada and keke peeps have taken over.The side walk were pedestrians take is lined up with all sorts of women selling food items too. Make d mistake of hitting one if the tray pans with ur leg and get d insult of ur life.
DeleteOoh Stella
ReplyDeleteAre they supposed to trade on the streets in the first place?
Are the shops supposed to be very expensive in the second place?
DeleteDon't mind these fucks! How can you ask them to go to the market when there is no space there or even money to rent shops? The govt. is so insensitive to the plight of the people. Make somewhere available for them to sell their wares first before kicking them out of the streets.
ReplyDeleteI know it is for the good of the environment but most of this traders can't afford the shops so the govt should look for a way to help them.
ReplyDeleteNah not right at all why does the government always deprive pple of their livelihood without providing provisions for them, these people can't pay for stores with the look of things
ReplyDeleteStreet trading cannot be banned in this nation cos many people are below the poverty level.
ReplyDeleteThey should make stores very cheap so that street trading will stop a little. how can you pay N160,000 for a small quiosk and you will be selling pure water, sweet etc how will they make ends meet.
ReplyDeleteAmbode should do something abut it.
Which market self? the demolished Ladipo or which one?
ReplyDeleteStop frustrating these people trying to make an honest living mbok.
ReplyDeleteThe rich governor sat down in his office to make a declaration. Lmao. Does he realise that this menace was in existence long before he assumed office.The question he should ask himself is what do I have to do differently in this dispensation to attack this problem. No be to just open mouth blow hot air.
ReplyDeleteAbeg not all market shop de on a high side oo, me de inside market for egbeda na, standard shop oo with out in-build toilet is 2,500 - 3k u pay for one year , With in-build toilet is 5-6k, its even street shops that are on a very high side, they are making life unbearable for us wey de inside market cos ppl prefare to patronize them than coming inside market to buy.
ReplyDeleteThank you @ VIVA CIARA for that question.
ReplyDeleteAre they suppose to trade on the street?its bad that one cannot use the walk-way anymore all thanks to market womwn who now display their goods there . Putting Pedestrian at risk of walking on the road e.g Ketu and Obalende. Most of they can afford the small store/canter in the market but because they don want to pay for it and they also believe you get more customers on the road.
They aren't suppose to trade in the streets. Some shops in government owned market are ridiculously cheap. But they rather sell on the road making the road look like a Carol.
ReplyDeleteThese traders should leave the streets.
ReplyDeleteNot to sound insensitive, these people are stubborn.
ReplyDeleteAn example is Mushin. They were allocated space by the road side and were warned not to trade on the side walks.
In a bid to outshine one another due to the fact that most of them sell the same goods, they have overstepped their boundaries.
Go there now and see how messy it is. There's no space for pedestrians to move freely.
You stumble on their wares by mistake, you buy it. Plus curses as bonus.
I think these people are insatiable. That's all.
Thank u jare!
DeleteMy point precisely. Same thing I said. They are extremely stubborn. Some can afford a store but won't get one.
DeleteStellla, it's not even safe for them. Go to iyana ipaja n see for urself d way dey run for oncoming vehicles, d traffic dey cause ehn. Tejuoso looks neat after he told dem to hang in d shops for d mean time. Osodi is beautiful after Fashola did that to them too. Iyana ipaja pple too will pass dat stage with time. God bless Nigeria.
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Must everybody pack full lagos neh....
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The shops are expensive so what does he want them to do? Man must wack abeg
ReplyDeleteThat is how rulers rule us here in Nigeria. The Cart is always put before the horse.
ReplyDeleteGbam! Aunty Stella you have said it all..
ReplyDeleteThe shops are too expensive
ReplyDeleteEven if the state Gov ask them to leave the street
After some time they will come back
Africa's problems are too many jor.
ReplyDeleteyou idiots here should stop justifying armed robbery and kidnapping....why are some of you begi begi people on this blog not armed robbers and kidnappers? must you steal cos you are poor? how did fashola clean up oshodi? you expect your country to be clean and descent looking yet we have no discipline to do the right thing....yes govt should build cheaper shops but people have no business selling on the streets...
ReplyDeleteReduce shop rents and they'll leave the streets. Government owned shop tho
ReplyDeletePlease which shop is expensive. The shops in Ikotun market go for between 2k- 15k depending on the location. It's a matter of cutting your coat na. Please Ambode drive them back to their village. I sell inside d market, I feel the effect of street trading on my biz. They don't even allow people come inside the market. The block all the entrances . heaven help you make you fall or kick their market. You will know the date your mum conceived you. Wicked people.
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