This paper examines the relationship between urban governance structures, traders and their
organisation in accessing a place to sell as well as the traders’ role in market management and
provisioning. The report further analysed female economic activities and space. The female economic
activities basically remain within the household compound spaces in keeping with restricted contact
between men and women as dictated by Islamic and cultural codes of conduct that defines public and
private space for males and females in a predominantly Hausa Fulani Islamic communities. The report
notes that the intensifying female economic activities in household spaces are linked to the market
space without demanding for a place.