I Used To Be A Street Trader,I Understand The Situation- Gov. Makinde

Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde has promised street traders that he would not chase them off the street without providing alternatives for them, saying that he used to be a street boy trader at Yemetu,Ibadan.

The Governor made this known at the Oja’ba Central Mosque, Ibadan during a special prayer to commemorate his 52nd birthday.

He said: “i was quoted as saying that I would not chase away street traders without providing them with alternatives. Yes, that is true because I know the mentality of street trading. I once sold bread by the roadside in Yemetu.

“I said so because we cannot send them away until we provide an alternative for them. And we have started enforcing that. We did that at Ojoo where we asked people not to trade at the point where we want to situate our modern terminus.”

Governor Makinde also said to the crowd of worshippers that he had paid a midnight visit to the spot to ascertain if an alternative arrangement had been put in place for the street traders.

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He added: “Recently, I went there in the midnight to make sure that where they will relocate the traders to must be a comfortable place, equipped with necessary infrastructure so that when they make their sales, they may reconsider going back to the roadside.

“I actually understand the situation because I once sold bread in front of Adeoyo Hospital in Yemetu. The money that I made from bread-selling was used to assist my mother; it was expended on my education.”

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