Traders Jubilate as Wike Vows to Revamp Creek Road Market

July 27, 2017
Traders Jubilate as Wike Vows to Revamp Creek Road Market

By Dipo Olowookere

Traders at the Creek Road Market in Port Harcourt have been assured by the Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, that the market would be reconstructed.

The Governor made this known when he inspected projects in the area on Monday.

During the visit, Mr Wike appealed to some of the market women trading on the middle of the road to immediately vacate the road.

He explained that he had to personally interface with the market women because the contractor handling the road complained that the traders were obstructing ongoing construction work.

According to the Governor, there was no need to apply force because the construction of the road would be beneficial to the market women.

“I am here to personally appeal to you to stop trading on the middle of the road. This will allow the contractors to continue with their job.

“The contractors must finish this job. It will not be wise that the state’s money is lost because you are distracting the contractors. Please assist me by leaving the middle of the road, so that they can work,” he appealed to the trader.

In a related development, in line with the directive of Governor Wike, engineers from Julius Berger and the State Ministry of Works started preliminary work at different flood impacted locations in the state.

It will be recalled that the Rivers State Governor inspected flood impacted locations on Sunday where he directed immediate remedial measures.

Dipo Olowookere

Dipo Olowookere is a journalist based in Nigeria that has passion for reporting business news stories. At his leisure time, he watches football and supports 3SC of Ibadan.

Mr Olowookere can be reached via [email protected]

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