Enugu: Lawmaker laments demolition of shops at Ogige Nsukka market

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Peter Ndubuisi Mbah

The member representing Igboeze South Constituency, Enugu State, Harrison Ogara, yesterday, lamented the demolition of shops

at Ogige Nsukka Market without compensation and alternative allocations to the affected traders.* NGO, Law Firm Seek N50b Compensation For Traders

Meanwhile, the state governor, Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has been dragged to an Nsukka High Court in a landmark suit, which seeks to compel the state government to pay damages amounting to N50b as a result of the demolition. Affected by the demolition exercises are Our Saviour Institute of Science and Technology , belonging to Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Ede; a motherless babies home belonging to the Nigerian Red Cross Society, in Enugu; sections of the Ogige Market, Nsukka, and a motor park in Gariki, Awkunanaw, Enugu.

“If we compensate the shop owners, what do we do to the displaced traders who feed from their daily incomes? at Ogige Nsukka Market without compensation and alternative allocations to the affected traders.

 

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