Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has promised to reconstruct the Creek Street Market within the outdated Port Harcourt Township into an ultra-modern facility that can afford merchants a conducive buying and selling setting and provides the town a brand new look.
The governor defined that the choice stems from the dedication to realize a healthful implementation of the City Renewal Coverage of his administration which places the folks first.
Fubara made the promise when he visited the market on Tuesday to see how buying and selling actions happen throughout the total Creek Street and adjoining streets.
This was contained in a press release issued in Port Harcourt by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Nelson Chukwudi.
He defined that restoring Port Harcourt to its cherished Backyard Metropolis standing would require reworking it right into a habitable metropolis that gives a sustainable and equitable city setting.
That won’t be doable, he asserted, if buying and selling actions usually are not confined to designated locations to realize the specified purpose.
He stated, “You might be conscious that some weeks in the past, a committee was inaugurated for the redevelopment of Port Harcourt Township.
“Since then, I’ve been getting numerous calls from the outdated boys of Port Harcourt Township that, if we now have to do something, to start with, we have to kind out the problem of the market.”
The governor recalled that when the Creek Street was reconstructed by the rapid previous administration, the merchants have been relocated to No 3 Discipline briefly.
However he added that after the highway reconstruction work was accomplished, no deliberate plan was undertaken to return the merchants to their common buying and selling place, nor was the market rebuilt for them.
The governor added, “We’re conscious that when Creek Street was reconstructed, the market was relocated to No 3 Discipline, and it affected the face of the City.
“So, I got here right here myself with the Commissioner for Housing, Commissioner for City Improvement and Bodily Planning, Chairman of the Committee for the Re-urbanisation of Port Harcourt Township, and the Secretary to the State Authorities to see for ourselves what we are able to do instantly.
“I can say right here that the very first thing we’re going to do instantly earlier than we begin the cleansing and the redesigning of Port Harcourt Township is to ensure that we give them (merchants) a befitting market.
“With that, we are able to instantly transfer these folks out of these residential areas so we are able to start beautifying the city,” he burdened.
Fubara stated he feels so unhappy that Rivers folks, and certainly, residents are made to undergo such ugly experiences in the middle of reaching growth.
He acknowledged that for the reason that authorities is a continuum, his administration will do all the pieces doable to ensure that Creek Street merchants are settled in an applicable and befitting market.