LASG Re-Opens Mile 12 Foodstuff Market

The Lagos State Government on Saturday re-opened the Mile 12 foodstuff market in Ketu, a suburb of Lagos.

The state Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, announced the re-opening in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesman, Mr Mukaila Sanusi.

The Tide source  reports that the ministry shut the market on February 1 over what it described as poor sanitary conditions.

The ministry also noted that the market caused traffic congestion on the Ikorodu Expressway.

The statement quoted Bello as saying that the re-opening of the market was “conditional’’, and directed its officials to fulfill all the conditions they were given.

It listed the conditions to include a restriction on the time for off-loading of goods in the market to between 6 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

“Other conditions are that no one should sleep in the market, and no patronage of cart pushers again.

“Market men and women should also not sell in messy and unhygienic environment, as well as on the road,’’ the commissioner said.

He said that the decision to re-open the market was sequel to appeals by well- meaning citizens and the resolve by the market’s association to abide by the state government’s regulations.