Nigeria, March 19 -- The federal government says it has no plans to sell the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFC).

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the government agency responsible for the sale of public enterprises, said its attention was drawn to the alleged closure of the trade fair complex along Badagry Expressway in Lagos by the traders' association operating in the facility.

The traders' association was said to be protesting the purported sale of the complex by the government.

But, the spokesperson of the privatisation agency, Amina Othman, allayed the traders' fears over the allegation in a statement to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday. She assured there was no such plan by the government.

"For the avoidance of doubt,...