As the ongoing nationwide protest entered its second day on Friday, some banks and markets in Sango-Ota, Ogun State, have reopened for business activities.
The banks, markets and filling stations around Toll-gate, Joju, Sango-Ota and Oju-Ore, which had closed shop on Thursday due to the protest, opened for economic activities on Friday.
The hitherto absent hustle and bustle started in the morning at the ever-busy toll-gate area, with passengers seen boarding commercial buses, tricycles and motorcycles to their various destinations.
Mr Idris Balogun, a staff member of one of the first generation banks, said that they were delighted to open for business activities.
According to him, this is one of the ways the bank provides services to its customers and makes profits.
He urged the Federal Government to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive and provide palliative to alleviate the sufferings of the masses.
Also, a civil servant, Mrs Bukola Ogunmola, said she was happy to see the resumption of commercial activities at Sango-Ota market.
Ogunmola said that she came to the market to purchase foodstuffs for her family.
“I want to appeal to protesters to shun violence and embrace peace, for the betterment of the country,’’ she said.
Mr Fola Alli, a bank customer around Joju area of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, said that he was in the bank to send money to his aged parents in the village.
Alli said that he could not come to the bank on Thursday because of the protest around Sango-Ota under bridge.
He, however, called on the federal government to open the nation’s borders so that food items could come in, thus reducing hunger in the hand.
Alli also stressed the need for government to fashion out policies that would attract more foreign investors in order to create employment opportunities for the unemployed youth.
