Aguiyi Ironsi Mkt re-opens

BUSINESS activities will resume today at the Aguiyi Ironsi International Market, Ladipo, Mushin Local Government Area, Lagos State, after it was opened, weekend, by authorities of the local government, which closed it on February 25.
The market was shut down over alleged leadership tussle in the traders’ union and threat to lives of traders and residents in the area and the environs.
Chairman of the Local Government, Mr. Olatunde Adepitan, who made the announcement, said all stakeholders’ caretaker committee would be put in place to run the affairs of the union and conduct election within three months.
He said: “The security arrangement hitherto put in place was not working for the entire traders."
 It was working for a private individual to the detriment of the local and the state governments.” “This is about the largest section of markets in this place. The interest of the traders is very paramount to us as a government. We have lost a lot of revenue due to the activities of the former union leaders.