Ogun seals popular Panseke market over environmental infractions

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Panseke Market

The Ogun State Government sealed the popular Panseke market located in Abeokuta on Monday over environmental infractions. Farook Akintunde, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment and Chairman of the Taskforce on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, said the sealing followed several warnings to the trader who failed to comply.

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.

 

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