The Deputy chairman 1,of the Dawanau Market Traders Association,Kano,( DMTAK) Alhaji Baba Wawu, has commended the state government for providing infrastructure at the market,worth about N628 million ,adding that the gesture has repositioned and ensure adequate security within the vicinity
He made this known on Tuesday,when members visited the market saying that the provision of a 40 kilometers roads ,solar lightness as well as police Outpost have gone a long way to pave the way for proper usage of the road by truck loaded food stuff to plying the road effectively
According to him,the construction of drainage, conference hall as well as mosque within the market have also contributed immensely to the over all development of the market
Speaking in the same vein ,the
Infrastructure engineer, of the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, Zahraddeen Hamisu Zarewa, stated that the infrastructure include a 4-kilometer road with drainage and solar lighting, administrative block, a Mosque, a police outpost and a conference hall
He however disclosed that this programme by the Kano State Government in conjunction ,with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Lives and Livelihood Fund (LLF) has provided infrastructure worth N628 million at the Dawanau International Grains Market, Kano, to facilitate its smooth operations.
Zarewa then emphasised that the project was executed “to close the infrastructure gap” in the market, and that it was carried out to boost agriculture, specifically the value chain of crops and livestock.
He said Dawanau is the largest grains market in sub-Saharan Africa visited by grains merchants and buyers from all over the continent.
He said with the completion of the projects, the market now functions very well with improved security due to the installation of the solar lighting devices.
Similarly, the project engineer said, accessibility to the market had improved because of the provision of the road network.
He highlighted that because of the execution of the road network,it has provided easy access to “Trailers, trucks and other vehicles which used to encounter difficulties in getting parking spaces in the market now have them ready to park and offload their grains and other foodstuff,”
Zerawa also added that the residents of the communities around the market were happy as they were also benefitting from the
installation of solar lightness installed within the market
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