Real reason for closure of Ladipo market, spare parts traders reveal
“We learnt that we are owing LAWMA about N18 million and above. This money has already been contributed by the members of the market, every unit pays monthly. The shortcomings are from the leaders,” Emmanuel disclosed to The Record.
On Friday, September 29, Mr Abumchukwu Emmanuel, the chairman of the Ogidan Shopping Complex in the popular automotive spare parts market, Ladipo International market, Mushin, Lagos resumed to his shop like every other day. However, on that fateful Friday, he and other traders found the whole market under lock and key.
What baffled Emmanuel the most was finding out that the major reason for the closure was the non-payment of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) bill. This is a bill that he and other traders in the market pay monthly to the management of the market for the general cleanup of Ladipo market.
How could this have happened? Was the money contributed monthly by traders not remitted to the Lagos state waste management? These were the questions running through the minds of Emmanuel and other traders.
“We learnt that we are owing LAWMA about N18 million and above. T…
