Alphonsus Nweze Commuters and drivers using Onitsha Bridge had hectic day Friday as movement to and from Onitsha and Asaba were stalled following the blocking of the bridge by some people said to be truck drivers. Workers and traders who were heading to Onitsha for their work and business activities were stranded as the traffic gridlock stretched to Oko market, a sub-urb near Asaba. Some bus drivers had to ply one way to maneuver their way up to toll gate, leaving their passengers to trek from there to Onitsha. Keke…
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Crisis brew in Onitsha market as traders vow to resist Caretaker Chairman
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…
Read MoreOgbaru Market Case: Justice Okuma adjourns till July 22 for judgment
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…
Read MoreGroup Urges Soludo to Nullify Sack of Market Leaders
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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