Embattled traders at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex , along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway have criticised the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, over his silence on their frequent harassments in the complex which they said was legally negotiated with the federal government through his ministry.
But during the week, the Bureau of Public Enterprises doused the situation when it declared that the federal government does not intend to sell the LITFC, but would rather concession the facility through a competitive transaction process. But the President of the Machinery Dealers’ Association , Chief Daniel Oforkansi, said the protest became expedient to draw “global and national attention,” to what he called “surreptitious moves” aimed at giving out the complex through re-concession, allegedly being spearheaded by Enelamah.
“We would do everything we can to protect this place. If government is interested in concessioning, it can concession its motel and other free land at the complex,” Oforkansi said. He said the land was empty and “we had to borrow money from the banks to develop the place and we are still paying the loans.”.
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