By Jabiru Hassan, Kano.
Traders at Bichi market are resisting the proposed plans to demolish ancient Bichi market for re-construction where all the shop owners protests the proposal initiated by the member representing Bichi federal Constituency at the federal House of Representatives Engineer Abubakar Kabir Abubakar recently.
Speaking to our correspondent at the market, the traders and shops owners through the former and pioneer chairman o Bichi market traders union Alhaji Umaru Isa, the traders lamented that the demolition would results to the loss of their shops which they are occupying for long time with all the necessary documentations.
Umaru Isa added that ” on behalf of all Bichi traders that are having stalls and shops at Bichi market, we protests the proposed plans to demolish our shops for re-construction and we hope that all those who are having a hands on this issue to kindly rethink it over and leave our market without re-modelling because all our shops are well built”.
Furthermore, the traders called on the lawmaker to change the decision of demolition Bichi famous market and bring out other important projects across his Constituency in order to spreads more devidends of democracy for the benefits of his electorates like what he was elected to offer.
In conclusion, Alhaji Umaru Isa called on all the traders to be patience, law abiding and peace loving while they are struggling to ensure that justice prevail especially when the market contributes to the economic progress and providing employment opportunities to write a number of citizens of all categories.