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Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by Henrinos: 7:11pm On Apr 08, 2022
Shop owners at the scene of the fire incident try to salvage whatever they can at Apongbon market in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 23, 2022. – A morning fire on March 23, 2022 badly damaged a main bridge in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, razing dozens of shops and risking more traffic chaos in the city.The blaze broke out during of an extended nationwide electricity shortage, which along with a spike in global fuel prices is already hurting households and businesses in Africa’s largest economy.

Efforts are on by the Lagos Island Local Council in collaboration with the state government to relocate traders affected by the Apongbon fire incident.

The Council boss, Hon. (Prince) Tijani Adetoyese Olusi, disclosed this while giving an update on efforts to return normalcy to the area and ensure that affected residents have their means of livelihood back.

Adetoyese Olusi stressed that the move was in partnership with the Federal and State Governments.

He said: “We are working round the clock to see that our people, affected by the unfortunate fire incident, have their lives back.

“Relocating them is a priority for us, just as ensuring that safety is never compromised in the area again.
“As a local council, we are in touch with the Federal and State governments in doing the needful, to fix the current problem and ensure there is no repeat.

“As a mark of our commitment to getting the affected traders back on their feet, in weeks from now, in collaboration with the State Government, they would be moved to new and conducive trading points in the downtown commercial hub of Lagos Island, to continue with their trading.

“In collaboration with the central government, we are working to ensure that the area affected by the incident is cleaned up and every trading activity and illegality permanently disengaged at the Apongbon/Berger under bridge.”

Adetoyese Olusi urged people in the council to be law-abiding to help the government fulfil its mandate.
https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/lagos-moves-to-relocate-traders-affected-by-apongbon-bridge-fire/

Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by Tetrahedron: 6:50am On Apr 09, 2022
Lagos is deceiving itself

Same govt in power since 1999 nothing to show for it other than bullion vans

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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by RichDad1(m): 6:52am On Apr 09, 2022
I saw that coming because that’s the essence of the whole manmade inferno.
The amount of illegal activities going on under that bridge is mind blowing. Most especially, adulterated drinks.

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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by Skillsnigeria: 6:53am On Apr 09, 2022
That's good
Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by RichDad1(m): 6:55am On Apr 09, 2022
Tetrahedron:
Lagos is deceiving itself

Same govt in power since 1999 nothing to show for it other than bullion vans
Will you stfu!
We’re you in lagos Pre 1999? Do you know how a ghost town lagos was becoming as soon as IBB moved the Capital to Abuja?
How old were you in 1999?
Have you visited Oshodi, Idumota, Mile 2, Maroko before 1999? If you do, you will not be spitting this garbage.

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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by JetStar: 6:55am On Apr 09, 2022
NNPC is such a careless organization. They lay pipeline in residential and overpopulated areas without creating a clear demarcation and warning people that a pipeline is there. That's why you hear about fire almost every year in Lagos. Mind you this is not a tanker fire. Here is an investigation into a popular incident that happened in Lagos in 2020.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT8Db8xfxQM

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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by gulfer: 6:58am On Apr 09, 2022
I expect Lagos to wield the big stick and dislodge all traders and squatters under every bridge in the state....... But it appears they're complicit and had been collecting levies from these people and would therefore not be morally justified to take the right step angry angry angry angry angry

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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by xxolisexx(m): 7:08am On Apr 09, 2022
Meanwhile, when them wan open the bridge
Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by ifex370(m): 7:08am On Apr 09, 2022
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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by BlueRayDick: 7:10am On Apr 09, 2022
I said it. That's the only reasonable thing to do in this case.

It is true those traders have been occupying the under bridge illegally for years now turning the place to an illegal market ; one that is not approved by the government.

However, the government has been complicit in all of this because they have continually collected money from these traders in form of taxes, levies and duties. This in itself confers legitimacy on the traders' occupation of the underbridges. The state and local government know of their illegal occupation rather than eject them, they profit from this illegal occupation. Calling them illegal occupants may be a thing for federal government, but the state and local government do not have a right to call them that.

So it is only reasonable they find ways to relocate them or they risk breakdown of law and order.

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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by arsenal33: 7:13am On Apr 09, 2022
Tetrahedron:
Lagos is deceiving itself

Same govt in power since 1999 nothing to show for it other than bullion vans
better than your terribly governed home state since 1999

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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by dododawa1: 7:34am On Apr 09, 2022
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Re: Lagos Moves To Relocate Traders Affected By Apongbon Bridge Fire by espn(m): 8:06am On Apr 09, 2022
Tetrahedron:
Lagos is deceiving itself

Same govt in power since 1999 nothing to show for it other than bullion vans
Go back to your state...Let lagos keep deceiveing themselves.

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