Igbudu Market
Igbudu Market is a local street market along Warri Sapele Road, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria.[1] It is the biggest market in Delta State, Nigeria.[1][2] One of the streets in Igbudu Market is called Hausa Quarters.[3]
Igbudu Market was named after Igbudu Community of the Agbassa Kingdom.[1] The market started its operations after the Nigerian Civil War was fought in Nigeria and emerged as "one of the most important Warri markets in Delta State", because they sell and buy food in large quantities (both retail and wholesale), including grocery sales and purchases, as well as cosmetics and beauty products.[4] The market has been described as "the economic backbone of Warri".[5]
Igbudu Market is also known for its marketplace preaching.[1][6] According to Isaiah Ogedegbe, "The preachers are in all corners of the marketplace, with the very religious women singing and dancing with them".[1]
Fire incidents[change | change source]
Igbudu Market had experienced two separate fire incidents resulting in the loss of goods worth millions of naira, within the space of one month in July 2020,[7] and also in August 2020.[8]
In May 2023, another fire incident happened at Igbudu Market, and one of the victims of that fire incident was reported to have fainted upon seeing the level of damage done to the victim's shop.[12][13][14] The fire incident not only saw sympathy from the Delta State Government,[15] but also got help from the Federal Government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).[16] About 30 victims of the fire incident were reported to have received some building materials and foodstuff items from the Federal Government.[17]
Closures of the market[change | change source]
On 30 March 2020, two days ahead of Ifeanyi Okowa's total lockdown of every market in Delta State,[18] the Warri South Council Chairman Dr. Michael Tidi was reported to have shut down Igbudu Market in a bid "to control the spread of the dreaded coronavirus".[19]
However, Tidi's closure of the market was seen as having "ethnic undertone", an allegation that he strongly denied.[20] Tidi said that the reason why he shut down the market two days earlier, was because the people did not comply with the Government's advice on social distancing.[21]
Composition[change | change source]
Igbudu Market is considered as a multicultural market, where people of every tribe is represented from the Urhobos, the Isokos, the Ijaws, the Itsekiris, the Fulanis and the Hausas.[1] As they trade together, the Nigerian Pidgin English is mostly used by them so as "to understand each other".[1]
Igbudu Market is under the control of the Warri South Local Government. The market operates every day of the year, except it is complying with Government's orders or for traditional reasons.[22][23]
It daily attracts a large crowd of customers from every nook and cranny of Delta State and, according to Isaiah Ogedegbe, "The struggle through the crowd as well as the noise add to the fun".[1] There is usually a great boost in trading activities in the market on every Saturday, "as it is one of the busiest days due to the rush for 'second-hand' clothings locally known as 'gbogbo'."[1]
It is one of the markets in the country that is "well known for the sale of the fairly used items", also locally known as 'okrika', 'tokunbo' or 'bend down select'.[24]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Ogedegbe, Isaiah (11 January 2024). "A Visit To Igbudu Market, The Biggest In Delta State -By Isaiah Ogedegbe". Opinion Nigeria. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Igbudu Market Warri Overshadowed With Refuse, Murky Waters". Oasis Magazine. 8 June 2023. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Panic As Suspected Cultist Stabs Colleague To Death In Igbudu Market, Warri". Urhobo Today. 5 June 2023. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "The best markets in Warri for your next clothing haul". Culture Intelligence. 8 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Ekpekurede, Choice (8 April 2012). "Warri Pikin By Choice Ekpekurede". Sahara Reporters. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Omonigho, Matthew (5 December 2017). "18 year-old phone thief dances round Warri market, swims inside mud". Daily Post Nigeria. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Okpare, Ovie (19 July 2020). "Shops At Igbudu Market In Warri Gutted By Fire (Photos)". Niger Delta Today. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Oghenetega, Onome (17 August 2020). "Again, Igbudu Market In Warri Gutted By Fire". Niger Delta Today. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Omonigho, Matthew (16 August 2020). "Fire razes part of Igbudu market in Delta State". Daily Post Nigeria. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Ogunyemi, Dele (16 August 2020). "Fire guts Warri market". Punch Newspaper. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "BREAKING: Warri's Igbudu Market On Fire". Oasis Magazine. 16 August 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Timine, Tapre (8 May 2023). "Shop Owner Faints as Fire Razes Popular Igbudu Market in Delta". Daily Report Nigeria. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Fire guts shops at Igbudu market in Delta". NewsNet Nigeria. 6 May 2023. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Traders Count Loses As Fire Razes Igbudu Market, Warri". Urhobo Today. 7 May 2023. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Onoyume, Jimitota (18 August 2020). "Igbudu Market Fire: Delta govt sympathizes with traders". Vanguard News. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Ebule Anthony Metsese (3 November 2020). "Igbudu Market Fire: Victims Get Building Materials, Food Items From FG". FreshAngle News. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Adurokiya, Ebenezer (3 November 2020). "FG Donates Building Materials, Food Items To Victims Of Market Fire In Delta". Tribune Online. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Okowa Shuts Out Traders of Igbudu Market In Warri". The Cheer News. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Onoyume, Jimitota (30 March 2020). "Covid 19: Tidi orders closure of popular Igbudu market". Vanguard News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Omonigho, Matthew (30 March 2020). "Coronavirus in Nigeria: Controversy as Council Chairman, Tidi shuts down Delta market". Daily Post Nigeria. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Nesta, Tonebsky (29 March 2020). "Breaking: Tidi Shuts-down Igbudu Market, Warri". FreshAngle News. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Burial Rites: Agbara-Warri Kingdom Shuns Warri South Chair Order, Shuts Markets, Shops". Urhobo Today. 17 June 2023. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Benson, Uwakwe (17 June 2023). "Burial rites: Agbarha-Warri kingdom defies Warri South chair order, shuts markets, shops". The Times Nigeria. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Falade, Olaotan. "Special Report: 'Why we prefer second-hand clothes, shoes, undergarments to new ones' - buyers speak [Video]". The News Guru. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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