Ex-minister Ezekwesili tasks Sanwo-Olu on Alaba Market demolition

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There has been controversy over the demolition of 17 shops in the Lagos market.

A former Minister of Education in Nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili, has advised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to immediately publish details of buildings demolished by his government at the Alaba International Market in the state.

There has been controversy over the demolition of 17 shops in the market which is in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.that the buildings in the market were “physically distressed” and that the “lives of business men and women within the market would be put at risk” in the event of imminent collapse., Gbolahan Oki, said the distressed buildings also pose danger to other adjoining structures.

 

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