Nigeria: Information on the Bode Market in Ibadan, on the activities of women in this market and on any evidence of ill treatment of market workers' union members on account of their political activities or opinions
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NGA23772.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: Information on the Bode Market in Ibadan, on the activities of women in this market and on any evidence of ill treatment of market workers' union members on account of their political activities or opinions, 1 May 1996, NGA23772.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac8d20.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned topic is scarce among the published sources consulted by the DIRB.
Please find attached documents concerning Ibadan, including the Bode market. During a 7 May 1996 telephone interview, a former National Director of Political and Public Affairs of the Social Democratic Party of Nigeria (SDM) and National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) leader, currently in the United States, stated that Bode market is a very large market in Ibadan where women sell a number of products including groceries, food products, medicines, clothes and so on. According to the same source there are about 20 different associations in the market, but all the associations have the same executive council.
The source explained that the government has tried to infiltrate the associations. Some associations leaders have been coerced into working for the government and some participate in pro-government demonstrations. The source added that women who do not cooperate with the government sympathisers may be at risk of mistreatment.
Corroborating information could not found among the source consulted by the DIRB
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Former National Director of Political and Public Affairs of the Social Democratic Party of Nigeria (SDP) and National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) leader, Washington, DC. 7 May 1996. Telephone interview.
Attachments
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Alex Newton and David Else. October 1995. 3rd edition. West Africa: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit. Hawthorn: Lonely Planet Publications, pp. 708-9.
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Two oral sources did not provide information on the requested subject
