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Task Force Dislodge Roadside Traders, Hawkers In Oshodi by smsshola(m): 2:45am On Aug 24, 2015 |
The Lagos State Task Force on Environmental
and Special Offences Enforcement Unit
yesterday raided some black spots at the
famous Oshodi in Lagos arrested 223
suspected miscreants, including nine under-
aged and five women.
The team which stormed Oshodi in the early
hours, also removed illegal structures erected
by recalcitrant street hawkers and roadside
traders around the market.
Chairman of the Task Force, Olubukola Abe, a
Superintendent of Police, said the raid was a
follow-up to the sensitisation visit to the
market by officials of the taskforce a week
ago, as well as the stakeholders meeting
organised by the Task Force to warn all street
hawkers and traders to desist from carrying
out their illegal activities around the market.
He said most of the suspected miscreants
were arrested between 2am and 4am on the
Oshodi Bridge between Anthony and Charity
bus, stations.
Among those arrested were nine under-aged
boys, 189 adults and five women.
The Task Force boss expressed concern about
the under-aged boys who were out at such
‘ungodly hour,’ urging parents and guardians
to monitor their children to prevent them being
used as tools by criminals.
On the removal of shanties and extensions, the
chairman said the state government had no
choice but to enforce the “zero tolerance” for
street-trading rule since the traders had
remained recalcitrant and the taskforce would
not fold its arms and watch such illegality
continue unabated.
He warned that the exercise would be
extended to other parts of the state where
such act was being perpetuated.
According to him, the Oshodi exercise would
be sustained.
A trader Bola Olakunle decried the Task Force
action, saying most of them were petty
traders.
“They have demolished the shops we rented at
N500. We voted them in yet they are making
life unbearable for us. They have been here
since 20am, we did not have N8 million to rent
a shop. At least, we do pay tax. There are lot
of troubles in this Oshodi, the poor cannot
afford such huge amount to rent a shop, we
are all hustling. They should consider us. They
should allow us allow to trade freely, we have
children to take care of with the little we are
making here,” she said.
Another trader, Aliyat Omolayo told The Nation
that their goods had been taken away to
Alausa.
She pleaded with the state government to
return their goods.
Omolayo said: “They were moving from one
place to another, goods were seized and taken
to Alausa. Most of us don’t have money to
buy shops because they are expensive, and
the little we have, are being taken away by the
government. This is where we make money to
feed our children and send them to schools;
we shouldn’t be treated like this.”
A distraught Aduke described the task force’s
action as unacceptable.
She said: “The thing they did this morning
was extraordinary; people were crying because
of it; does the government want them to
steal? The government should provide
affordable shops for us to sell our goods. The
reason why touts are everywhere is due to
lack of social amenities and the poor are not
treated well.”
It would be recalled that Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode enjoined traders to immediately
vacate the right of way to ease free flow of
vehicular movement in the area.
The Governor, who walked through the stretch
of Brown Street, Oshodi, said the road was
germane to the economy of the area.
“Nobody should trade on this road henceforth
and stop spreading your market on the road. I
have seen what you experience on daily basis,
that is why I took it upon myself to walk
through Brown Street and I can assure you
that work would commence within the next
seven days,”, Ambode said. |
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