Some lawmakers on Friday hailed the demolition of Owonifari Market at the popular Oshodi area by the Lagos State Government, describing the action as a necessary step to actualise the transformation the place.
The state government had relocated traders in the market to a newly built ultra-modern Isopakodowo Market in nearby Bolade before the demolition.
A member of the House of Representatives representing Agege Federal Constituency, Taofiq Adaranijo, said contrary to the criticisms trailing the demolition, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration did the right thing.
The demolition, Adaranijo, said would bring sanity to the area.
He said, “When you go round other parts of the world, you will hardly see a market in such a place and constructing a bus terminal there will beautify the place and change that environment for good. It will add colour to the megacity that we are dreaming for Lagos and this is a bold step towards achieving the transformation plan.
“Those are the things we want the governor to continue to do. Although it is going to be a difficult decision to take, at the end of the day, the people will appreciate it.”
Also, a member representing Epe Constituency 2 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, said the demolition was not done with bad intention.
According to the lawmaker, Oshodi is gradually becoming a haven for criminals and what the government has done will check crimes, enhance security around the area and aid free flow of traffic. He said, “Some people are claiming that the traders were not given enough notice to quit the market before the demolition was carried out, but when situations like this arise, nobody will say they were adequately notified. There is no reason for anyone to be mischievous about the demolition. The governor means well for the state and that was why the leadership of the market was severally engaged before the government demolished the market.”
Meanwhile, the state government on Thursday vowed to improve on the security of lives and properties of the people by taking security to the grassroots.
It urged parents and guardians to be extra vigilant on the movement of their children and wards especially at nights.
Addressing journalists after the monthly Security Council Meeting chaired by Ambode, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said the government resolved to take security to the grassroots to improve on the successes recorded during the last Yuletide period.
Owoseni said the Council reviewed the measures put in place in 2015 and strategised on how to improve on them.
He said, “One of the main issues that the Council looked at is an after-action review of all the measures put in place in 2015 especially during the yuletide that culminated in us having a peaceful celebration.
“Having reviewed that, we looked at how we can sustain some of them that have been helpful to us and of course improve on other measures we think needs improvement. That basically were the major things that we have done and we have resolved that we will sustain those positive measures with a view to making Lagos State safer and more secured for social and economic development.”
The police boss assured residents that security situation in the state would always be better.
Owoseni, however, praised Lagos residents for their corporation and support, urging them to sustain this tempo this year.
0 comments :
Post a Comment