Over hundreds of open market traders among-st students
engaged in the ongoing IMSU Post-Utme Commercial Registration were yesterday Tuesday,
July 24 displaced when officials of Imo state government house arrived on the
instance of the state government at the popular Miami market at IMSU Junction
and Extension in owerri municipal council of Imo state demanding traders to concede
the area.
According to one of the officials who addressed the inquisitive
traders, it was clear that they were acting on instructions given to them. We further
investigated that a prior notice were issued to the traders asking the relocate
to the campus Mini market at the school back gate.
Recall that few weeks ago, the state government’s bulldozers pulled down business structures
and shanties at the school junction while structures
at the school extension inaccessible by bulldozer were removed with sledge
hammers in line with the urban renewal program of the state government
to pave way for a modern market we reliably gathered.
Reacting on the issue, one Mr. Kingsley who is a trader at
IMSU Extension gate said that the demolition notice issued was very short for
them to look for another location to continue their business as there are no
available spaces at the campus Miami market.
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