Bayelsa State Government yesterday began demolition of illegal structures in the popular Swali Market in Yenagoa, the state capital to enforce compliance of social distance as a strategy to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus into the state.
Swali ultramodern market is the biggest in the state, and most traders over the years abandoned some stalls built by the state government inside the market to patronize illegal structures on the roadside.
The Chairman of Implementation Committee Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Inodu Apoku, who supervised the demolition, said the continued occupation of the crowded roadside structures by traders is not good with the current health challenges confronting the entire world.
Apoku, who is also the Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Health, said that government has already fumigated over 600 stalls inside the market for the traders to do their businesses in the spacious environment.
