Category: Economy

Traders Petition Soludo over Commissioner of Commerce alleged flagrant disobedience of Court orders

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Traders of Anambra State under the aegis of Anambra Elite Trader’s Forum (AETF) has sent another petition to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, over the alleged unwholesome activities being perpetrated by Dr. Obinna Ngonadi, the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, in Anambra Markets. The petition which was signed by Chief Chikeluba Odiche and Mr. Michael Nwangwu, tagged: “Re-Sale of Market Leadership Offices and Other Attrocities being Perpetrated by Dr. Obinna Ngonadi, the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry: Reaction To Dr. Obinna’s Response.” The petition to the Governor made available to Journalists in…

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Keke Drivers, Okada Riders Asked to pay their levies to avoid clash with Enforcement Agencies

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Alphonsus Nweze Chief Arunsi Igbaniuka, has urged members of tricycle and motor bike operators in Anambra State to commence immediate payment of their four thousand naira (N4, 000.00) daily levy. Chief Igbaniuka who was addressing Keke drivers and Okada riders in Onitsha when they came to find out the actual situation on the payment of levy and ban on unions, said any of them who is backing the current State Government led by Prof. Chukwuma Soludo should not hesitate to pay the levy. He also reiterated the ban of any…

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Soludo asked to commence construction of Onitsha roads – Main Market roads cut into two

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Alphonsus Nweze As the major roads leading to the multi-billion naira Onitsha Main Market are cut into two halves the President of Anambra State Shippers Association, Hon. Emma Akpaka, has called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to urgently rehabilitate the roads in and around Onitsha metropolis. Hon Akpaka lamented that most of the roads that lead to the markets in Onitsha and environs, which are the oil wells of the State are in deplorable condition and therefore affect the economic and commercial activities in those markets. He said that the terrible…

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Anambra Commissioner accused of collecting money to make traders Caretaker Committee Chairmen, Members

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A group of traders in Anambra State under the aegis of Anambra Elite Traders’ Forum has accused the Anambra State Commissioner for Commence and Industry, Dr. Obinna Ngonadi, of commercializing Caretaker Committee membership in the State. In the petition to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, copied to prominent politicians, religious leaders, human right community in the State and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra State chapter. The group said they want to intimate the Governor that the Commissioner is selling leadership offices in different markets in the State to the highest…

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Crisis brew in Onitsha market as traders vow to resist Caretaker Chairman

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Alphonsus Nweze Crisis is brewing in Ose-Okwodu Market in Onitsha, Anambra State as traders have vowed to resist the plan by the new Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Market, Mr. Ikechukwu Umeanozie to impose another caretaker chairmen on the zones and lines. Arising from a meeting, the leadership and traders of the Zones One and Four of the market vowed to resist any attempt by the Caretaker Committee Chairman to impose caretaker on the zones. The traders who spoke through the removed elected chairman, Hon. Anthony Onwuetiaka, said they would…

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Start reconstruction of Main Market roads, Anambra group tells Soludo

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Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has been urged to commence immediate reconstruction or carry out palliative work on roads leading to the biggest market in West Coast of Africa, the Onitsha Main Market. The call which came from no less a group than the Anambra Consultative Forum (ACF), become imperative following the near cut into two of the roads leading to the popular Onitsha Main Market.In a statement in Onitsha signed by the leader of the group, Dede Uzor A Uzor, they decried the cutting into two of the…

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The Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA), has stressed the compelling need for the Anambra State Government to urgently addeess the infrastructural needs of the State particularly in Onitsha, the State commercial hub.

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Addressing newsmen yesterday on the deplorable condition of infrastructure in the commercial town,the President of ONICCIMA,Chief Kevin Obieri, said the roads in the state are in urgent need of repair. Chief Obieri mentioned such dilapidated roads to include 3-3-Nsugbe,Awka Road, New Market Road, Niger Bridge approach from Onitsha, Niger Street to Main Market, Creek Road, Ochanja Round About to Zik Ave, Oguta Road among others. He said the deplorable state of these roads has led to traffic gridlock being experienced in Onitsha for sometime now, hence the need to speed…

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Ogbaru Market Case: Justice Okuma adjourns till July 22 for judgment

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Alphonsus Nweze Justice Alexious Okuma of Atani, Anambra State High Court, has adjourned till July 22, 2022, for judgement in the fundamental right application brought by Chief Ndubuisi Ochiogu and others against the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Obinna Ngonadi, and Attorney-General of the State. In the case, Ochiogu through his lawyer is praying the court to quash his sack and replacement with a Caretaker Committee by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry without hearing his side of the allegations in which they relied on to sack him in…

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Court determines Relief market fate, Friday, as power tussle lingers

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An Atani High Court presided by Justice Alexius Okuma, will Friday July 1, 2022 , determine whether Anambra State Government through the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry can sack an elected executives of Ogbaru Main Market, popularly called Relief Market, led by Mr. Ndubuisi Ochiogu. In a fundamental right application brought by Ochiogu’s counsel, Chief Ben Uzuegbu (SAN) against Dr. Obinna Ngonadi, the State Commissioner for Trade, Commerce and Industry and the Attorney-General of the State. Ochiogu is praying the court that he cannot be removed as chairman of the…

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100 Days: Bridgehead Market leaders pass vote of confidence on Soludo

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The Joint Session of Stakeholders and Leaders of Thought of Bridgehead Market Traders Association have passed a vote of implicit confidence on Governor Chukwuma Soludo as he marks 100 days in office. In a briefing during the weekend by the Chairman and Secretary of the joint session, Chief Bonaventure Ucheagu and Sir Peter Okala, they lauded the Governor for his success in governance especially in the area of security, leadership recruitment, environmental sanitation, improvement of trade and commerce among others. They also lauded the Hon Commissioner for Commerce and Industry,…

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