Tag: Commerce

Demolition of Onitsha Plaza: We Got All Necessary Approvals From Relevant Govt Agencies -Traders Insist

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By Alphonsus Nweze The last is yet to be heard over the ongoing fiasco between the traders under the aegis of UBA Planks and Joist Association, Bridgehead Market, Onitsha and the Anambra State government. The traders whose shops were demolished and goods worth millions destroyed have insisted that they got all approvals from relevant government agencies in the state including the Anambra State Physical Planning Board before building the plaza that was pulled down by the Transition Committee Chairman of Onitsha South Local Government Area, Mr. Orji. They also debunked…

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Govt’ll Pull Down Illegal Structures in Anambra Markets – Ngonadi

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By Alphonsus Nweze The Anambra State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Obinna Ngonadi, has said that the State Government will pull down illegal structures in all markets in Anambra State. Fielding questions from newsmen after a public function in Onitsha, the Commissioner said they were looking at the original plans of the various markets in the state so as to revert to the master plans. He said if there is any structure that is not supposed to be there, the present government would pull it down. He promised that…

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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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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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Ogbaru Market: Commissioner flouts Court order, installs Caretaker Committee

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Alphonsus Nweze Inspite of an order of Anambra State Hight Court, presided over by Justice Alexious Okuma, that the State Commissioner for Commerce, Dr. Christian Ngonadi, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and others should maintain status quo ante bellum in Ogbaru Main Market, they went ahead on Thursday, June 16, 2022 to impose Caretaker Committee on the market. The Judge had also directed in his sitting on June 3, 2022, that the security operatives should not harass and intimidate Ndubuisi Ochiogu led executive following complaints by Ochiogu’s lawyer, Chief…

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Suspension of Ogbaru Market Elected Executive: Court directs status quo maintained

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Alphonsus Nweze The Anambra State High Court sitting in Atani, Ogbaru Judicial Division, has directed the State Commissioner for Trade, Commerce, and Industry, Dr.Obinna Ngonadi and the Attorney General of Anambra State to maintain the status quo in Ogbaru Main Market Traders Association (Relief Market).Justice A.O. Okuma, who gave the order following motion exparte seeking an interim order of the court to restrain the respondents from removing the elected executive of the market adjourned the hearing to June 3, 2022.Barrister B.C. Uzuegbu (SAN), had in a Suit No. AT/MISC43/2922 brought…

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Group Urges Soludo to Nullify Sack of Market Leaders

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Traders in Anambra State under the aegis of Anambra Traders’ Welfare Association ( ATWA), have passionately appealed to the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to reinstate sacked market leaders in the state to ensure peace and stability. The group which comprises importers, industrialists and artisans and other traders on emerging from their quarterly meeting held in GRA Onitsha, Anambra State, spoke through their Chairman, Mr. Boniface Ibeamaka, pleading with the governor to sheath his sword.Flanked by his Secretary, Nze Fidelis Nwachubaku, said that those who want those…

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