Fashola Unveils Modern Market In Oshodi, Lagos With 64 CCTV

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, has unveiled and handed over the newly reconstructed Isopakodowo Market in Oshodi with 64 Close Circuit Television, CCTVs, to provide security for the market.

Awarded in year 2009, the market has 571 shops, including stalls for saw millers and electronic shops.

Unveiling the market on Tuesday in Oshodi, the governor said his administration would continue to work to make the lives of citizens better.

He declared that trading had been a foremost activity of the people and that over 50 percent of the economy of Lagos revolves around trading.

Fashola urged Lagosians to support government by utilizing the facilities in a manner that would achieve the goals of constructing the market, saying that appropriate facility managers would be appointed for the market to ensure that its maintenance was in top shape.

He also disclosed that traders displaced from the railway lines and road median would benefit first, adding that 374 of them had been given shops in the new market.

The governor, while assuring the traders of adequate security with the installation of CCTV cameras, urged them to be watchdogs over those who do not secure appropriate trade permits. http://www.osundefender.org/?p=144338