Wheelbarrow pushers protest expulsion from Kano market

Traders, who are pushing wheelbarrows at Sabon Gari market in Kano State, have taken to the streets to protest against their expulsion from the market.

City & Crime reports that the protesters are accusing the Managing Director of the market, Abdul Bashir Hussain, of forcing them out of the market, the decision, they said, is already threatening their lives.

The leader of the protesters, who doubles as secretary of the Borrow Group Organization, Sanusi Sale Abdallah, said despite agreeing with the management of the Sabon Gari Market for necessary changes, the management insisted on their expulsion.

He said, “Immediately after he was sworn-in, he told us that he does not want us at the market, we told him we would adjust to new changes and he still insists we must leave.

“We are indigenes of Kano, we are staunch loyalists to Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf, why is this MD doing this to us, we want him out,” they added.

When contacted, the Managing Director, Abdul Bashir Hussain, confirmed their expulsion from the market.

According to him, their activities tend to block roads in the market which increases the rate of congestion with men and women struggling for space, saying such is against the teaching of Islam.

The MD, however, said the management was still proposing ways of resettling them to continue their businesses.