The United Entrepreneurs Affiliation Potiskum (UMAPO) has disclosed its readiness to close down all markets and enterprise transactions on Wednesday in protest towards Potiskum Native Authorities Council’s choice revoking their permits.
The Council has revoked permits on all locations the place merchants conduct their common each day companies to be able to eke out a residing.
Chairman of UMAPO, Nasiru Alhaji Mato, made the disclosure in a press release he signed and launched to Journalists in Potiskum Monday night.
Nasiru Mato expressed dissatisfaction with the Council’s choice to run them out of professional enterprise, citing the eviction of companies working throughout the outdated Potiskum Native Authorities Secretariat and the NPN Market retailers, together with the Federal Highway Security Fee (FRSC).
In response to what they view as a dictatorial and unacceptable choice, he defined that members of UMAPO have collectively agreed to shut down all markets inside Potiskum city on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.
He famous closure is aimed to display their displeasure with the Council’s choice, as all entries into the markets shall be shut down through the protest.
Nasiru Mato emphasised the merchants’ restoration from the hardships and losses incurred through the insurgency and criticized the native authorities’s obvious insensitivity to the residents’ wants.
He known as on the State Governor, Mai Mala Buni to intervene and stop Potiskum LGA from inflicting unrest among the many folks, urging safety of the pursuits of the residents who voted for his or her representatives to face by them in all circumstances.
However in a swift response to the event, Fika Emirate Council, Potiskum, in a press release titled: ‘RE:- Potiskum Native Authorities and Enterprise Group (UMAPO) feud over revocation of Locations’, appealed for warning so as to not enable the scenario degenerates.
Based on the assertion signed by Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, Particular Adviser Media to HRH Emir of Fika, the Emir known as on the actors to string with utmost warning to resolve the difficulty amicably.
He wrote, “His Royal Highness, the Emir of Fika and Chairman Yobe State Council of Conventional Rulers, Alhaji Dr Muhammadu Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idrisa CON, CFR has directed me to put in writing and inform the enterprise neighborhood and different residents that he has been briefed on the lingering feud between the Potiskum Native Authorities Council and the enterprise neighborhood.
“The Emir is at the moment in contact with the State Authorities on the matter and can be resolved amicably.”
“The Emir won’t ever enable anybody to create chaos amongst his folks, subsequently, we’re advising the general public to stay calm, we’re on high of the scenario as we care in regards to the plights of our folks.”