Process To Allocate New Rumuwoji Market’s Stalls Begins, Monday

All is now set for the allocation of stalls at the newly built and commissioned ultramodern Rumuwoji Market in the Mile One area of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State.
According to the Commissioner for Housing, who is the Chairman of the Rumuwoji Market Allocation Committee, Elder Tasie Chinedu Nwobueze, the state government has approved the verification of traders on Monday, February 24 through Wednesday, February 26.
The commissioner explained that the traders were expected to appear before the committee with the originals of their documents as proof that they had shops at the market before the fire incident of 2013.
According to the timetable and time line of events released by the committee and signed by its Secretary, Felix Odungweru, the general public interested in the stalls were advised to meet with the committee on Thursday, February 27 and Friday, February 28, 2020, with their voters’ cards issued to them in the state.
The release went further to state that on Monday, March 2, 2020, all verified traders would meet with the committee for open balloting, while those from among the general public with verified documents will have their open balloting on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
The commissioner further stressed that all the events and meetings contained in the scheduled timetable and time line would hold by 10:00am each day at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre in Port Harcourt.
He added that the applicants whose successfully scale through the processes will be expected to come to the Ministry of Housing, 5th floor, Podium Block building, State Secretariat Complex, Port Harcourt, for collection of allocation papers after paying the necessary fees to RVSG revenue accounts.