The Lagos State Government on Friday
began the demolition of the three buildings gutted by fire on Jan. 12 at the
popular Balogun Market in Central Lagos.
The demolition was being
carried out by a firm, Blackrock Construction Company.
Fire gutted the buildings housing
about 100 shops and destroyed goods worth millions of naira.
Officials of the company who spoke
to NAN on condition of anonymity said that it was the government that gave
directive for the buildings to be demolished.
The head of the demolition team who
did not state how many days the demolition would take, said that the work would
take some time to finish.
Mrs Uju Agunna, a trader who sold
clothes in one of the shops gutted, told NAN that she would rent the same place
anytime the shops were rebuilt.
“I will like to go back to my shop.
I have been in this Balogun for over 15 years so it is difficult for me to go
and rent somewhere else.’’
“We hope that when the demolition
exercise is completed the owners can start building. But now I am sharing a
shop with my friend as you can see,” Agunna said.
The
Lagos State Government on Friday began the demolition of the three
buildings gutted by fire on Jan. 12 at the popular Balogun Market in
Central Lagos.
The demolition was being carried out by a firm, Blackrock Construction Company.
Fire gutted the buildings housing about 100 shops and destroyed goods worth millions of naira.
Officials of the company who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity said that it was the government that gave directive for the buildings to be demolished.
The head of the demolition team who did not state how many days the demolition would take, said that the work would take some time to finish.
Mrs Uju Agunna, a trader who sold clothes in one of the shops gutted, told NAN that she would rent the same place anytime the shops were rebuilt.
“I will like to go back to my shop. I have been in this Balogun for over 15 years so it is difficult for me to go and rent somewhere else.’’
“We hope that when the demolition exercise is completed the owners can start building. But now I am sharing a shop with my friend as you can see,” Agunna said.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/lagos-begins-demolition-of-burnt-balogun-market/#sthash.8p1Cs9aN.dpuf
The demolition was being carried out by a firm, Blackrock Construction Company.
Fire gutted the buildings housing about 100 shops and destroyed goods worth millions of naira.
Officials of the company who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity said that it was the government that gave directive for the buildings to be demolished.
The head of the demolition team who did not state how many days the demolition would take, said that the work would take some time to finish.
Mrs Uju Agunna, a trader who sold clothes in one of the shops gutted, told NAN that she would rent the same place anytime the shops were rebuilt.
“I will like to go back to my shop. I have been in this Balogun for over 15 years so it is difficult for me to go and rent somewhere else.’’
“We hope that when the demolition exercise is completed the owners can start building. But now I am sharing a shop with my friend as you can see,” Agunna said.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/lagos-begins-demolition-of-burnt-balogun-market/#sthash.8p1Cs9aN.dpuf
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