DEMOLITIONS: Kano traders crave divine intercession, hold special prayers against gov
Traders whose shops were demolished at the Kofar Mata Eid ground in Kano State have resorted to prayers to seek divine intervention in their plight.
They held a special prayer on Tuesday to ask for God’s intercession.
The traders, after observing a two-unit prayer, asked Almighty God to provide them with a better solution.
They accused the government of carrying out the demolition without recourse to due process and the plight of innocent shop owners.
The traders lamented that they were caught unawares as there was no prior notice before the demolition was carried out.
Some of them said the demolition had caused emotional trauma for them that will take a long while to heal.
The state government said the demolition exercise was an effort to bring sanity to the physical development of Kano city and reclaim public property.
Although the government pledged that the exercise was for the good of the state, the affected traders believed that the action had destroyed businesses and taken away jobs from thousands of people across the state.
The state government said it will set up a committee to look into the grievances of property owners in the ongoing exercise to reclaim public property.
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