Six years after
Tejuosho market was closed for renewal due to fire incident, the Lagos state
governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has reopened the market now known as Main
Tejuosho Shoping Complex.
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| Newly conmissioned Tejuosho Market |
The market which was
named after the popular Tejuosho family from Abeokuta, Ogun State has been modernized
and facilitated with 4,000 shops, 800 parking lots, power generators, lifts and
escalators.
However, the presence
of the governor in Yaba for the commissioning of the new market partly truncated
commercial activities in the area as traders closed their shops and hanged around
waiting for the governor to leave the vicinity.
Explaining why some
shops are closed, one of the shop owners identified as Daniel selling wears at
Rotel Collections said they don’t want their wares to be confiscated because
the governor does not know that some parts of the Old Tejousho market are still
being used as market place.
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| traders closed shops and hanged arround |
While some shops by the
road side were locked, buying and selling still took place amid fear at the
inner parts of the market as some shops and shanties were partly opened for
transactions.
Meanwhile the
commissioning of the new market took place amid heavy security presence as
mobile Police, Department of State Security officers, Kick Against Indiscipline
Brigade,(KAI) Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, (LASTMA) and other security personnel manned
the various entrances to the commissioning venue to wade off invaders and
hoodlums.
The men in Uniform dutifully
disallowed everyone who intended to enter or pass through the market including
motorists and residents of the area, except the few with invitation cards and
people who wore Tejousho market customized Ankara that were granted free entry
and exit.
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