Ogun Government Shuts Market over Fear of Cholera Outbreak

• The market known as Iberekodo daily market was shut by the government to prevent the outbreak of communicable disease, most importantly cholera.

The Ogun State Government has shut a market, in the state capital, Abeokuta, for operating below public hygiene standards.

The market known as Iberekodo daily market was shut by the government to prevent the outbreak of communicable disease, most importantly cholera.

This was disclosed by the government on Wednesday through the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment and Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority, Ola Oresanya.

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He disclosed that the government took the decision to shut down the market because of its dirty environment and heaps of waste dumps within the market.

The governor’s aide explained that the dirty environment would affect the safety of foodstuffs and other commodities being sold in the market.

Oresanya maintained that since the traders had failed to heed earlier warnings by the government to comply with public hygiene, protocols as it relates to market sanitations in the overriding public interest, the only choice left for the government was to close the market.

“The state government will not fold its hands and watch few traders compromise the health of millions of our people by trading in a dirty environment,” he added.

The market would remain shut until the traders clean the market environment of all dirt and clear the illegal dumpsite within the market.

He however warned other traders operating markets across the state, whether daily or weekly, to make cleanliness their guiding principle.

He noted that the state government would not allow trading in a dirty and unkempt environment especially now that cholera and other communicable diseases are spreading across the country.

Responding, the Iyaloja of Iberekodo Market, Monsurat Oladipupo, assured the state government of their readiness to clean the market so that it could be opened for trading activities soon.