Mile 12 market: Ambode reveals when new market will be ready (photos)

– Governor Ambode visited the new site for the Mile 12 market

– The governor reveals the work will be completed in six months

– The relocation was agreed following a clash between traders

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos has revealed that work will start at the new Mile 12 market and expects the work to be through in six months.

Following a clash between Hausa and Yoruba traders in Mile 12, the Lagos state government ordered its closure. It was finally opened after agreement had been reached between market executives. One of the agreements was the relocation of the market from its present site to Imota.

The Governor who was accompanied on the inspection visit by top officials of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development and members of the state executive council said the relocation of the market became necessary following the recent clash in the area and advised that work should commence immediately.

He said: “We are all aware that we had a little crisis at Mile 12 Market in Ketu recently and here is the new site that we are relocating Mile 12 Market to.

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“So, our new commodities market would take off from here and so I like to give the Ministry of Physical Planning the directive to commence activities here within the next one week. We believe that if we start within the next seven days, within the next six months, Mile 12 Market Ketu will be a thing of the past.

“We are committed to doing this. We know it is in the interest of all Lagosians that we relocate Mile 12 Market. The marketers themselves have agreed; the onus is now on us to ensure that we deliver this new market within the next six months.

“I want to appeal to people in Imota that you will be having new set of investors; new set of traders and then new set of tenants. You should be very accommodating because we are bringing a whole lot here.”

“We are on our way to Agbowa now. We intend to relocate Oko Baba Market in Ebutte Metta to Agbowa and so this axis will be a big axis for commerce, for employment and then for prosperity and that is what we want for the rest of Lagos.”

The governor also visited the Imota rice processing factory in Ikorodu Division and also assured that the facility will be overhauled and be up and be functional within the next six months.

He said the intention of his administration was to intervene and upgrade the facility to a standard that will achieve a 10,000 metric tonnes per hour production of rice and also invite private investors to complement the intervention with an additional 10,000 metric tonnes per hour.

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“That is the only way we can be clearly said to have intervened seriously and that is the only platform we can use to allow the inflow of rice paddy from Kebbi State. You will all recall that we just signed an MoU with Kebbi State and the intention is that we want a consistent flow of raw materials to come so that the era of importing rice from abroad would become a thing of the past”

The governor also visited the new site for the relocation of the Oko Baba sawmill market and also gave his words that it will be complete before the end of the year.

He said the project will ensure that the Ebute Metta – Third Mainland Bridge loop which is currently an eyesore will be cleaned up. He also said the traders arelooking forward to moving to the new site.

“There is no form of resentment from the traders, they are excited about this place. I am assured that before the end of September, we would have commenced operation in this place. I must commend the ministry officials also that we should remain steadfast so that this project becomes a reality before the end of September,” he said.

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