Please clear Kurudu market road
Relevant authorities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)-being they AEPB, development control or whatever agency responsible should please hurry to the Kurudu market along Nyanya-Karshi road to clear the highway of persistence inhibition of free movement constituted by traders who have developed the habit of encroaching on the road to sell their wares, and motorists who find usually find pleasure in parking at that very spot to enter the market or buy things along the road.
This has often resulted in ugly incidents with attendant threat to lives and property. The Nyanya-Kurudu road is always very busy with vehicles of all types cruising by-trucks, cars, tankers hurling petrol, tractors, motorcycles, commercial, private, school, hospital and company staff buses and cars, tricycles, refuse collectors and pedestrians all use the road from the Karu-Nyanya axis to the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy and Nigeria Police housing estates in Kurudu and Karshi as well as those going farther than those areas. Besides, many school buses conveying children to and from schools in the area use the road.
The obstacle constituted by the traders and owners of vehicles at the Kurudu market does not only impede movement along that road but constitutes grave danger as a single mistake could result in huge casualties.
Recently, a Sienna van driven by a learner rammed into a stationary Honda car parked on the road just by the market with a woman and her children inside. The Honda car was parked along the road for the occupants to buy vegetables from the teeming girls selling right on the edge of the road. The Sienna rammed into the Honda and a passing refuse collector (mai bola), inflicting damages on both. In the ensuing confusion, many people gathered on the road, causing serious traffic hold up. If there was a sudden fire there, one can only imagine the extent of losses.
This calls for urgent action from the FCT authorities, and even the Nigerian Army, Navy and police who have estates nearby. Members and families of these organisations are being exposed to the dangers posed by the menace and this should be checked in time. Personnel of the Abuja Environmental Sanitation Agency (AEPB) usually go after roadside MANNIR DAN ALI: ABHAY DESAI: MAHMUD JEGA: ALIU M. AKOSHILE: ABDULKAREEM BABA AMINU: SHEHU O. MOHAMMED: NURA DAURA: GARBA ALIYU ABUBAKAR: AKEEM MUSTAPHA: traders, dispossessing them of their wares, even when some of such traders do not constitute any serious danger to road users, therefore, it is expected of the agency to identify areas of urgent concern such as the Kurudu market road and move in there, especially at the rush hours in the morning and evening between 5pm and 8pm. Traders, especially teenage girls selling vegetables and other hawkers take advantage of the poor structure of the market to constitute traffic nuisance on the road, and encourage motorists to park right on the road to patronize them. There should be strict enforcement of relevant rules along that road. It gladdens my heart to know that many military officers, serving and retired as well as important personalities in various spheres of live in the nearby Nigerian Army Housing Estate and pass through the road daily, apart from the high population of ordinary people who equally ply the road. I am sure none of the aforementioned classes of people would like to stand the look of a petrol tanker running out of control into the market while members of their families are there carrying out their legitimate businesses. A stich in time saves nine.
Chukwu writes from Kurudu, Abuja.
Iwish to call on Nigerian youths to stand up and be productive, promote good governance and peaceful coexistence by being active in politics. As one opinion gains the interest of the majority, the minority faces threat and fear of isolation. Furthermore, as the opinion gains momentum by the majority, the minority continues to be threatened and falls deeper in to silence. It continues until the minority no longer speaks out against the issue and the opinion of the perceived majority at the end of the day becomes a social norm. Do not be scared my dear youths, you are not too young to run and most importantly be confident to able to express yourself.
Lawan Bukar Maigana, Dept. of M/Com, University of Maiduguri.
We fail to understand that gone are the days when women were treated as minors because we are now in a civilized world where it is believed that what a man can do, a woman can do better. With more women in politics, the story of leadership will change because women will not only provide solution to our national problems but will also go a long to implement good policies and proffer solutions for the good of Nigeria and the world at large. It would be a thing of joy if we get to understand that Nigerian women’s role is not only in the kitchen. They also have their own part to play in nation building. Parties should encourage women to participate by enlightening them more on the importance of their presence, support and participation in politics, especially as we approach 2019.
Maryam Maina Wagami, Maiduguri. saturday@dailytrust.com
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