Member of Association of Wuye Market
Owners today in Abuja protest non-
allocation of the shops to their members
and imposition of payment of N5 million
by the Minister of Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed despite
the court order that directed the
immediate allocation of the shops to the
owners .
The Association maintained that since
2002 when their shops got burnt at Wuse
zone 1 near NNPC Mega Station the
authority of FCT promised to relocate
them to Wuye Ultra Modern Market in
which they reneged .
According to a source who craved
anonymity “We were asked to pay
N5million each before the shops would
be delivered to us , this is exploitation in
the highest order and we appealing to
the Dame Patience Jonathan to come to
our rescue.“
The protesters who gathered this
afternoon near Utako Market carrying
placards and chanting anti-Bala slogan
calling for the immediate allocation of
their shops.
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