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Traders displaced from Waterside Market, Ogbor Hill, Aba, yesterday implored Abia State Government to assist them to recover from their losses.

The government ordered the demolition of the shanty shops and evacuation of traders at the market on February 4, a day after an accident claimed many lives there.

Government equally ordered the relocation of the traders to the Good Morning Market, also in Aba.

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Aba, the Chairman of Waterside Market Traders Association, Mr. Alpheus Ajiogu, enjoined the government to assist the traders.

“Many of us traders at Waterside Market live in Obingwa Local Government and it costs a lot for us to get to Good Morning Market where government has relocated us.

“The most challenging issue now is that the road to Good Morning Market from People’s Road, Obingwa, is in deplorable condition.

“We are managing to pass through the road now because it is the dry season.

“We are begging the government to reconstruct People’s Road to enable us and our customers who come from neighbouring Obingwa and Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State to easily access Good Morning Market.

“We are also asking the government to assist us with some money because the sudden demolition of Waterside Market caused us lots of losses, as we did not remove our property and goods,” he said.