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| AkinwunmiAmbode |
The Aguiyi Ironsi International section of Ladipo Auto Market traders have pleaded with the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. AkinwunmiAmbode to as a matter of urgency, construct a pedestrian bridge at Toyota Bus Stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, to save their lives from untimely death.
The traders also want the governor to order the state ministry of works to reconstruct Five-Star Road that leads to the market immediately.
Speaking during the swearing in of members of new executive of AguiyiIronsi International Auto Market Traders Association, the chairman, Chief Cyril Onyemaechi a.k.a. Honesty, said so many traders and their customers had been killed in the past by hit and run drivers at Toyota Bus Stop while crossing the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway to their shops at Ladipo market. The associationโs election was held peacefully on Thursday July 28, 2016, under the watchful eyes of security agents, journalists and other stakeholders.
The newly elected officers are Chief Onyemaechi, Chairman; Mr. Festus Obinali, Vice-chairman; Anthony Nwazelibe, General Secretary; Victor Nnaji, Assistant secretary; NkemakonamOzoemena, Financial secretary; ChikeOkonkwo, Treasurer; Emmanuel Mbamara, PRO, Emmanuel Aroh, Assistant PRO; UzomaOnyemaobi, Welfare; Ezeh Darlington, Provost and Lotenna Okolo, Assistant Provost.
Speaking further on the poor state of the roads leading to the market, Onyemachi said, the Five-Star road is no longer passable to bring their goods into the market and wants the government to come to their aid.
He said his executive would cooperate fully with the law enforcement agencies to ensure peace in the market and ward off any criminal activities. The traders Onyemaechi assured, would continue to fulfill their statutory obligations by paying their taxes and rates as at when due. The new chairman sought the full support of all the traders, including those who lost the election for a successful tenure.
