Lagos State government has shut the Owonifari Market within the notorious loop of Oshodi and relocated affected traders and shop owners to the newly built Isopakodowo Market stalls at Bolade area in Oshodi.
The government has also commenced the fencing-off of the setback on Agege Motor Road that stretches from Ilupeju end of Oshodi to the PWD/Ikeja GRA end of the area.
Steve Ayorinde, the state commissioner for information and strategy, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the move was geared towards beautifying the entire Oshodi area and bringing transformation, in particular, to the Owonifari loop as well as the entire bus stop terminals, which had become an eyesore within the locality.
According to Ayorinde, the Owonifari loop will be transformed into an ultra modern bus terminus with new bus shelters that are befitting of a structured park in a mega city.
The statement added that the fencing-off of the long stretch of the set-back was being undertaken to assist the Federal Government and the Nigerian Railway Corporation in particular with a view to beautifying it and safeguard lives along the railway corridor by discouraging street trading and indiscriminate use of the space.
Ayorinde said the ongoing fencing-off and beautification of the road setback from Ilupeju bypass to PWD/Ikeja GRA would constitute the first phase of the transformation of the Oshodi area. The second phase, he said, would begin from PWD/Ikeja GRA and stretch all the way to Agege/Pen cinema axis.
