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The Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has sent a Hawkers’ Right Bill to the State House of Assembly in a bid to legalize hawking in the state.

Ayade, in an interaction with reporters in his office in Calabar said it is insensitive for a government to ban hawking without any alternative.

According to him, such amounted to the infringement of the right of the hawker.

His words, “I have just sent the Hawkers’ Right Bill to the House of Assembly, to provide a right for hawking. You cannot tell a man not to sell his goods because he does not have money to rent a store. And you tell the man not to steal? Just provide a regulatory framework; there should be reflective outfits, there should be a minimum age of 18 to hawk, you will have a time frame when you come out so that you don’t constitute nuisance. But to prohibit hawking is to tell a man I don’t want to give you food, and I don’t want you to steal. It is unfair. They have right to seek and determine how they chose to live within the ambits of the law.

“Cross River would the first state that would officially recognize hawking. The core mandate of a leader should be the social security of his people. If a man choses to hawk, if you are government that is sensitive and understands the real principle and objective of the law, then you will know that the hawker has a right. Governance is about how you protect the weakest in the society and that is why even with the way things are, Cross River is still doing tax exemption for the poor.”

The governor also said the expansion of his new government by engaging about 800 appointees was deliberate to ensure many people were empowered financially.

He announced that he was going to announce 300 more appointees next week.

Ayade said he would rather spend four years paying salaries to reduce hunger and quit as governor than spend money on projects and politicians.

The governor also said the Presidential System adopted from America was not the best in running the country.

source: http://thenationonlineng.net/ayade-legalize-hawking-cross-river/

I want to be arrested......

While other states are banning street hawking some are legalizing it.

Well you only giv what you have.

If hawking is what he want to empower his people to do then he is wellcome

A tale of two governors:

"Governance is about how you protect the weakest in the society and that is why even with the way things are, Cross River is still doing tax exemption for the poor" - Prof. Ben Ayade

“The issue is we need to enforce our laws because we already have a law in respect of that and then there is a clause in it which says the buyer and the seller are both liable and that we are going to fine them either N90, 000 or a six month jail term." Mr. Abimbola Ambode
Source :http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/2016/07/01/lagos-goes-tough-on-street-trading-hawking/
Accessed: 25 August 2016 4:42pm

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Ekatte, Okon, Indogesit, your governor is creating jobs in your state. Pleas leave Lagos and return home where you can even hawk second-hand underwears to Governor's House.

simpleseyi:
Ekatte, Okon, Indogesit, your governor is creating jobs in your state. Pleas leave Lagos and return home where you can even hawk second-hand underwears to Governor's House.

... who know you for lagos empty pot

Correct Gomina

Now this is what I call governance. A lot of people are just in their air conditioned offices proposing useless policies not having real experience in the street to see how these people feel. Of what use is governance if it can not make the poor fare better?


My governor I respect your decision show them the way...

is that his own way of creating employment for the youths...instead of providing better alternatives to hawking he wants to legalize it so he can worry less about creating employment abi


NON SENSE

Keneking:
A tale of two governors:

"Governance is about how you protect the weakest in the society and that is why even with the way things are, Cross River is still doing tax exemption for the poor" - Prof. Ben Ayade

“The issue is we need to enforce our laws because we already have a law in respect of that and then there is a clause in it which says the buyer and the seller are both liable and that we are going to fine them either N90, 000 or a six month jail term." Mr. Abimbola Ambode
Source :http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/2016/07/01/lagos-goes-tough-on-street-trading-hawking/
Accessed: 25 August 2016 4:42pm

Click "like" if you agree with Ben Ayade/ "Share" for Abimbola Ambode

Oga there is no brain in what ayade is trying to do

Just imagine if hawking was legal in lagos then oshodi would have remain the way it was