Akintunde explained that while street trading endangers and creates inconvenience for road users, the traders also make use of all the drainages to display their goods. “Panseke Market is a notorious market that has been disregarding all laws and regulations. We conducted a lot of sensitisation, held stakeholder meetings between the ministry and the heads of the market, and warned and made them understand the reason why they should not trade on the road.
Speaking on the goods that were seized, he lamented that despite sealing the market, those traders still went ahead to display their wares. “That is a fallacy and absolute damage of character; we have been sealing different markets across Ogun State, and I don't remember once where a market had been fined even up to N500,000. Nobody is even talking of penalties for now.