The Mile 12 Market is located in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area, along Lagos –Ikorodu Road.
It is noted for perishable food items such as: pepper, onions, yams, fruits, tomatoes, yam flour, vegetable and palm oils, cash crops and other numerous edible food items. The market is about 30 years old.
The market consists of traders from different ethnic groups in Nigeria. These include: Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Kanuri, Ibibio, Fulani, Efik, Edo, Igala, Idoma, and Ebira just to mention a few. All these traders warmly interact with themselves. On a daily basis, millions of naira is generated there. This is so because items from the market are sold to myriads of local buyers as well as some exported beyond the shores of the country at considerable prices too.
Ogun State govt, traders move Consequently, the traders since the closure of the market had lamented over the attendant economic hardship it has brought upon them and the customers at large. In the wake of the crisis, Ambode announced plans to relocate the market permanently to a site yet to be determined. The announcement shocked the leadership of the market which made them to embark on serious lobbying on the need for the governor to have a rethink. They assured that such incident will not re-occur.
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The relocation is long overdue. The Governor should constitute a Committee to make suggestions on the relocation. The Committee should consider the following
ReplyDeleteAccessibility
Impact on immediate community
Reception of host community
Location by products ie Yam and plantain/other tubers market
Fruits Tomato, pepper and vegetables Market
Meat and others
This will reduce tension and uncontrollable crowd being experienced every now and then