Chairman of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state, Hon. Inuwa Bwala, during his visit to the market recently
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
The Transition Caretaker Committee Chairman of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state, Hon. Inuwa Bwala, has promised to reconstruct Pakilama Main Market of Marama town.
He added that the LGC will soon commence rebuilding of the market to ensure that all the dilapidated structures and other moribund facilities are renovated and put to use.
The Chairman disclosed this on Tuesday when he visited the market to assess the structures with a view to ascertain extend of repairs of the dilapidated structures which are mostly with makeshift shops.
He however lamented that the market which is among the major business centres that used to attract thousands of buyers and sellers of agricultural and livestock products drawn from Borno, Yobe, Gombe and Adamawa states has now been abandoned and allowed to remain shattered against its status in terms of trades in the past 40 years.
“The market-day which operates every Wednesday in a week, and also offers skeletal services day and night on daily basis, if rehabilitated and put to use, will not only provide jobs, but also create economic development in the area, as well as generate revenue to the government,” Bwala said.
” I am here to inspect the dilapidated structures in this very important market which has been operating for decades. Rehabilitation of these old structures will soon commence.
“I want to assure the traders and the people of Marama community to be calm, as more of these dilapidated. structures on ground will be rehabilitated for a better trading and to prevent goods and services from rain and sun exposure.
“If this is done, it will not only provide jobs, but also create economic development in the area, as well as generate revenue to the government.” Bwala said.
It will be recalled that the Caretaker Chairman, since, assumption of office during his first tenure of six months before he was reappointed by Governor Zulum for the second term last Month, has embarked on various people-oriented projects including drilling of new boreholes and rehabilitation of broken ones across various communities across the LGA.
He has also fixed broken down electricity poles, transformers, hand pump and motorized boreholes as well as other public structures in line with Governor Zulum’s vision to bring government and development closer to the people at the grassroots.
