The Lagos State Government has earmarked
N500 million to relocate Computer Village,
Ikeja to Katangowa Market in Agbado Oke-
Odo area of Lagos, wester in Nigeria this year.
The N500 million to be spent in the relocation
is already included in the 2014 budget by the
state government and it is expected that the
relocation of the Computer Village will take
place before the end of March this year.
Lagos State Commissioner for Science and
Technology, Adebiyi Mabadeje said the
government has concluded arrangement to
relocate all computer dealers in Ikeja to
Katangowa Internet City in the first quarter of
2014.
According to him, all major players in the
Information Technology, IT, industry would
soon be moved to the 15 hectares of land,
saying it would generate jobs for hundreds of
Lagos residents when it finally kicked off.
“I can’t categorically say when we are moving
them to the city, but we are working towards
the first quarter of this year. We are
discussing with all stakeholders in the market
to ensure the success of the project. All the
traders at the market now, will be fully carried
along in the project.
“The new market will be a modern standard
market that will serve as one stop shop for IT
industry. This will further enhance business in
a friendly and enabling environment that will
add value and ensure accessibility,” he
explained.
Late last year, Mr Sunday Ogunfolaji, Social
Secretary of the Computers And Allied
Products Dealers Association of Nigeria
(CAPDAN) said the movement of Computer
Village to Katangowa Market would be in
phases.
During a visit to Katangowa Market, Governor
Babatunde Fashola had earlier told the traders
about the relocation, saying that government
wanted to build a digital village that would cost
the government billions of naira.
The traders had appealed to the governor to
resettle them at Amikanle area
N500 million to relocate Computer Village,
Ikeja to Katangowa Market in Agbado Oke-
Odo area of Lagos, wester in Nigeria this year.
The N500 million to be spent in the relocation
is already included in the 2014 budget by the
state government and it is expected that the
relocation of the Computer Village will take
place before the end of March this year.
Lagos State Commissioner for Science and
Technology, Adebiyi Mabadeje said the
government has concluded arrangement to
relocate all computer dealers in Ikeja to
Katangowa Internet City in the first quarter of
2014.
According to him, all major players in the
Information Technology, IT, industry would
soon be moved to the 15 hectares of land,
saying it would generate jobs for hundreds of
Lagos residents when it finally kicked off.
“I can’t categorically say when we are moving
them to the city, but we are working towards
the first quarter of this year. We are
discussing with all stakeholders in the market
to ensure the success of the project. All the
traders at the market now, will be fully carried
along in the project.
“The new market will be a modern standard
market that will serve as one stop shop for IT
industry. This will further enhance business in
a friendly and enabling environment that will
add value and ensure accessibility,” he
explained.
Late last year, Mr Sunday Ogunfolaji, Social
Secretary of the Computers And Allied
Products Dealers Association of Nigeria
(CAPDAN) said the movement of Computer
Village to Katangowa Market would be in
phases.
During a visit to Katangowa Market, Governor
Babatunde Fashola had earlier told the traders
about the relocation, saying that government
wanted to build a digital village that would cost
the government billions of naira.
The traders had appealed to the governor to
resettle them at Amikanle area
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