Lagos –  Some owners of warehouses at the Ladipo International Spare Parts Market in Lagos claim to have lost about N12 million during the closure of the market for two weeks.

Mr Abibu Oki, one of the market leaders, disclosed this in an interview with reporters in Lagos on Thursday.

According to him, there are 16 warehouses in the market and each one lost about N50, 000 daily which makes it N11.2 million for the two weeks.

He said that there were other daily charges regardless of the closure of the market.

He said that the losses had caused setback to the warehouse owners, the traders and the Lagos State Government.

Oki blamed the traders for the closure of the market, saying that many of the traders were dirty.

He said that efforts by the leaders to prevail on them to keep the environment clean failed.

Oki urged the state government to restore sanity to the market through daily or frequent inspection instead of total closure.

Mr Nze Nduegwu, the Vice President of the traders, however, said that the traders were not responsible for the filthy environment.

Ladipo market, which just re-opened, was closed by the Lagos State Government for unkempt environment.

This is the second time the state government has sealed the market for the same offence.  (NAN)