The Adamawa State Government has ordered owners of attachments and other temporary structures within the main market in Yola, the state capital, to dismantle them and vacate the area.
This directive comes ahead of a planned temporary closure of the market for a major sanitation exercise, which will include the removal of these structures.
According to the Adamawa State Urban and Regional Planning Board, which is overseeing the clean-up of the Jimeta Modern Market, the initiative aims to restore the market’s original 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.
It was reported 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 in Adamawa failed, but this will be the first time such a drastic measure as temporarily closing the market will be taken.
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