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Governor Abiola
Ajimobi of Oyo State addressing traders at the newly-inaugurated Scout Camp
Market, Challenge, Ibadan during his visit to the market today
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that his
administration will re-examine all the processes employed in the allocation of
shops at the Scout Camp Market, Challenge, Ibadan.
He stated this on Friday during an unscheduled visit to the
market recently inaugurated by the state government.
The governor said that he was in the market to ascertain the
level of compliance as regards the movement of traders to the market and also
to listen to the traders on the complaints arising from the allocation of
shops.
He said that his administration would not tolerate any form
of sabotage such as double allocation or allocation of shops to non-traders at
the market.
Governor Ajimobi denied ever sending anybody to acquire shops
on his behalf or any member of his family or to collect money from any trader
on behalf of the state government.
While responding to some of the questions raised by the
traders, he appealed to them to exercise patience with the government on the
number of shops being occupied, assuring them that more shops were already
constructed to cater for those yet to get shops.
The governor also enjoined the traders to maintain proper
sanitation of the mar4ket while also warning those still trading by the
roadside to desist from the act as government would not hesitate to confiscate
their goods and prosecute them.
He reiterated his administration’s determination to provide
interest-free loans to the traders as soon as the issue of allocation of shops
was completely resolved.
Some of the traders, who spoke at the market commended the
initiative of the Ajimobi administration in constructing the market, pledging
their support to the governor.
