ABIA STATE GOVERNMENT SET TO REMODEL MARKETS, BEGINS DEMOLITION OF WEAK STRUCTURES

Abia State Government says it would pull down all structures with defects in all the markets in the state, starting with markets in Aba, the state’s commercial hub, to save the lives of traders and their patrons.

The decision, which is in line with the urban renewal programme of the current administration in the state, will also pave the way for the remodeling of the markets to bring them up to modern standards.

Aba, as a commercial hub, hosts some of the biggest markets in the South-East/South-South Zones of Nigeria, which includes Ariaria International Market, Ekeoha (Shopping Centre) Market- popular for textile; Ahia Ohuru, which stocks clothing and food items and Eziukwu Market that stocks mostly beverages, cosmetics and stockfish.