Niger Gov. urges traders to vacate market on Suleja-Madala road

From Yakubu Mustapha Minna

Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger state has ordered that anyone found selling along the SulejaMadala road should vacate or be arrested and prosecuted for breaking the law.

Governor Bago gave this instruction as his second executive order upon assumption of office.

The Governor, who insisted that the road is no longer a trading post or market centre for anyone further maintained thet cars parked along the road would equally be impounded to serve as deterrence to others.

He reiterated that the goal was to ensure undisturbed traffic flow along the Suleja-Abuja highway where the market is situated over the years that has claimed lives and property of the marketers and motorists.

He also revealed that while plans are underway to relocate the market to a safer nearby location.