Traders lose goods to flood in Ogun …..Many structures to give way – Amosun
Traders at the ancient Itoku market in Abeokuta South Local government area of Ogun State on Thursday evening lost goods worth millions of naira to flood, reports Punch.
The flood, report has it that was as a of torrential rain, which ravaged many stalls in the market and destroyed wares.
The areas affected were sections with high concentration of traders in local herbs, roots, assorted traditional relics, locally made artefacts, and animals, including live and dead reptiles.
Some of the traders affected, Punch reported had some tales of anguish to tell. They said that the flood had destroyed their means of livelihood.
A trader, Mrs Simiatu Okunade, Ganiat Oseni and Sadiat Ayobiojo said that the daytime flooding had destroyed their means of livelihood.A trader, Mrs. Simiatu Okunade, said,”The flood has devastated us.
Another trader in beads and ornaments, Mrs Shakira Arisekola, said she had to source for money to restart her line of business, because there was little she could salvage from her wares.
A traditional birth attendant, Mrs Anke Kumapayi, and a herbalist, Chief Morufu Akiode, maintained that apart from the items washed off by the flood, the incident could also reduce the efficacy of the local herbs.
The state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who visited the market to assess the extent of damage, said more structures would be demolished in the area to prevent a recurrence.
Amosun who gave the assurance that the government would reach out to the affected persons to cushion the effect of their losses, expressed his readiness to sustain infrastructural development across the state.