THERE IS A FIERCE BATTLE GOING ON BETWEEN LADIPO SPARE PARTS MARKET TRADERS & PARAMO COMPANY.

                      According to sources,the developer known as Paramo Development Ventures Limited wrote to the market union about its intention to collect tolls from traders who brought goods or containers into the market.The letter stated that owners of each container brought into the market with goods will pay a fee of between N10,000 and N20,000 depending on the size of the container,while anybody that comes to the market to buy any spare parts will pay between N200 and N500 and will be issued receipts.Paramo also informed the traders that they will pay N200 for any good bought outside and brought into their shops for sale.The union replied them on behalf of the traders that they will not pay such levies.After the union's response,trouble started when Paramo workers attempted to enforce the policy at the market.Some traders resisted and seized Paramo's receipts and threatened to mo the workers if they continued the levy collection.It took the intervention of the market's security officials to bring the situation under control.It was gathered by sources that Paramo leased the market from Mushin Local Government for 25 years and sub-leased some portions to the traders for some years on condition that the traders will use their money to build shops.It was learnt that part of the agreement was that the traders paid allocation fee of between N150,000 and N200,000 to Paramo for each shop and will be paying a certain amount of money every year to Paramo as toll and Paramo will in turn pay Mushin council.Though the Mushin council has summoned the warring parties to a meeting to resolve the crisis.