…experience, stressing that his mother’s determination to support the household through petty trading made a lasting impact on his life. “Standing here today as the Minister of Defence, my mother sold akamu. It is with that akamu that my mother supported me to where I am today.” He added that his mother also sold akara…

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…are calling on the government to come to our aid. "We depend on what we make from our petty trading in this market to fend for our families and pay our children's school fees. "We will face difficult times if no help comes from the relevant interventionist agencies of government," the victims said.