Business
Customers, Traders Lament Poor State Of Fruits Market
Worried by the
unpleasant sanitary condition at the popular fruits and vegetables market on Kaduna Street in D/Line, Port Harcourt, customers and traders have called on the appropriate authorities to take urgent steps to check the menace.
Investigations carried out by our correspondent who visited the market indicates that the market is in a very poor state.
One of the traders who spoke to our correspondent, Mercy Obioma, said most customers avoid buying from her because her stall was located near a stagnant gutter water.
According to her, the situation poses threat to her business the customers could not stand the bad odour that prevails the environment.
She however called on the Rivers State Government and the Port Harcourt Local Government Council (PHALGA) to upgrade the facilities to ensure improvement in the sanitary condition of the market.
Another trader who asked not to be named in print explained that over the years, the market union had made efforts for the reconstruction or relocation of the market but to no avail.
Lamenting his experience to our correspondent a customer, Mr. Christopher Jonah, explained how his bag of groceries fell and the contents subsequently into one of the dirty gutters at the market.
According to Jonah, he had no option but to abandon the items as they were no longer fit for consumption.
He said if the sanitary condition of the market was anything to write home about, he would not have lost the items.
He called for a total restructuring of the market to meet international standards even as he said the market has come a long way in servicing the fruits and vegetables needs of Port Harcourt residents and beyond.
However, when our correspondent visited the union’s office on two occasions none of the officials was on the ground to speak on the matter.
But a source which asked not to be named and claimed to be close to the market union executive said the union had over the years approached the Port Harcourt city council for the reconstruction of the market.
According to him, the union was fed up even as he said they intend to wait until a new administration comes on board at the council after the general elections.
Before going to press, sources at the city council said it was not within the purview of the caretaker committee arrangement at the council to handle matters concerning the Kaduna fruits and vegetables market.
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