From HASSAN JIRGI Damaturu
Chairman of the Association of Fairly Used Items Vendors (Pantaker), Alhaji Auwal Adamu has appealed to the Federal Capital Territory, FCTA, for land allocation which will serve as a permanent site to conduct their business.
Speaking to journalists in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, Adamu stated that the association, which is duly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, since 2008 with over 5,000 members, is temporarily operating in Utako Motor Park.
According to him, it has become necessary for members of the association to have a permanent site to conduct their business, owing to the regular ejection by property owners in the FCT.
“We are appealing to the minister for a permanent site. We started our business in Wuse Market in 1987. We spent seven years in Wuse before we were relocated to New Central Area by the then minister, Jeremiah Useni. After we spent another nine years, we were again relocated to Jabi Park, Utako in 2003,” he said.
He added that the association is capable of generating 300 percent revenue to the FCT in line with the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda of the present administration.
Adamu noted that the allocation of a permanent site would also create thousands of direct and indirect jobs among youths, thereby contributing to the administration’s efforts in ensuring a crime-free and peaceful Federal Capital Territory.
