Nasir Imam
10 July 2009
Abuja — Wuse market traders have commended the authorities of the Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML) for providing improved and better services in the market. The commendation was made on behalf of the traders by Mr. Ralph Okolie, the speaker of the traders and block representative.
He was speaking along with his colleague, Alhaji Adamu Biu, an elder in the market during an interactive session with journalists yesterday.
While commending the AMML for the improved sanitation condition of the Wuse Modern market, the traders also expressed satisfaction with the new organization being engaged to provide security in the market following the dismal performance of the recently sacked security outfit.
Commenting on the face-off in Garki market between the traders and the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Mr. Okolie called on the traders to embrace the path of dialogue rather than castigation because, "the continued closure of the market will only be at the detriment of the traders."
According to the speaker of the traders, "Garki market traders should put the interest of the traders at heart because the closure of the market for over three weeks now is economically disastrous for them," arguing that "traders do not have a role in market management."
In his reaction, the Head of Corporate Affairs of the AMML, Mr. Innocent Amaechina corrected the impression that the Garki market was closed down by them, explaining that the closure of the market was as a result of the intolerable condition of the market's sanitation which prompted the AEPC to step into the situation.
He also appealed to the Garki market traders to cooperate with the AMML so that the market can be reopened and the issues fully resolved.
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