The Adamawa State Government has directed owners of attachments and other temporary structures in the main market in Yola, the state capital, to remove them and vacate the premises.
The directive precedes a planned temporary closure of the market for a sanitation exercise, which will also involve the removal of such structures.
The Adamawa State Urban and Regional Planning Board, which is supervising the clean-up of the Jimeta Modern Market, said the exercise is intended to restore the market’s master plan.
It fixed Wednesday and Thursday, September 3 and 4, 2025, as the two days for the temporary closure.
“This notice serves as a warning to all owners of attachments and temporary structures within and outside the market,” the notice reads.
The board stressed that it would not spare any such structures if owners failed to remove them, but expressed regret over the inconvenience that the closure would cause the general public.
DAILY POST Post reports that the Jimeta Modern Market, which was originally constructed with internal roads wide enough for cars and trucks, has become so narrowed by attachments erected in front of almost every shop that even pedestrians struggle to move around.
Several previous efforts to dismantle the illegal structures failed, but this will be the first time such a drastic measure as temporarily closing the market will be taken.
