Sikazwe orders Ndola City Council to stop demolishing shops
By Staff Reporter
Presidential affairs minister Freedom Sikazwe has ordered Ndola City Council to stop demolishing people’s shops provided they have legal documentations.
Zanis reports that Sikazwe who was in Ndola, described the demolishing of shops in some markets in by the local authority as inhuman.
“Why the same council that issued people with building permits could change its position and start demolishing buildings which it approved earlier? People were supposed to be notified before sending bull-dozers to raze their buildings,” Sikazwe said.
He advised the council to find alternative trading places for vendors who were evicted from the streets.
“I am supporting the Ndola City Council, the member of parliament Emmanuel Mulenga as they have proposed of constructing a trading shelter near Chisokone market using constituency development funds,” said Sikazwe.
And Ndola Central member of parliament Emmanuel Mulenga said the council would soon put up a market shelter in the area to accommodate about 400 hundred traders.
He has since described the demolishing of shops at Twapia market as unfortunate.
