IGR, Hawul LG Chairman Promises To Remodel Marama Market

IGR, Hawul LG Chairman Promises To Remodel Marama Market

By Madu Mohammed Maiduguri

In his commitment to boost the Internally Generated Revenue,, the Chairman Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state, Hon. Inuwa Bwala, has pledged to reconstruct Pakilama Main Market of Marama town to a modern market.

Hon Inuwa Bwala who disclosed this yesterday when he visited the market to assess the structures with a view to ascertain extend of repairs 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.”.

The market which have been many communities of Borno, Yobe, Gombe and Adamawa has been operating in a dilapidated structures which are mostly with makeshift shops.

“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.

He said 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 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.

He said “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 he added.

It could be recalled that the 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 peoples 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.