Start reconstruction of Main Market roads, Anambra group tells Soludo

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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Soludo in Okpoko, declares state of emergency

*Promises to construct road, water, improve power, clear drainage Alphonsus Nweze Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State true to his promise during his electioneering, on Friday visited Okpoko, sprawling suburb of Onitsha, where he declared a state of emergency on the community.Consequently, Governor Soludo said he would immediately set up a tastkorce that will bring to reality his dream of turning the community into a habitable one.Soludo who for about four hours transversed the community with the Deputy Governor, Dr.Ibezim, said the four major infrastructures he would tackle in Okpoko…

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Governor Obiano Asked to Stop Illegal Construction at Onitsha Main Market.

Alphonsus Nweze Governor Willie Obiano has been called upon to urgently intervene and stop with immediate effect the construction of illegal structures at the Onitsha Main Market. A former Executive Chairman of Onitsha Main Market, Chief Nnamdi Unobuagh made the call in an interview with newsmen in Onitsha at the weekend. He raised an alarm over an impending danger if the construction was allowed to go on. He lamented that the illegal construction was taking place at the only motor park inside the market by yet to be indentified individuals…

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Onitsha Wharf: South-East Shippers Condemn Frequent Suspension

When in October 2020, the media went into frenzy, both new and conventional, with the news of Onitsha port coming alive again after 42 years of closure. Pictures went viral and many thought that finally it is uhuru for the southeast who have been deprived of everything meant to support commerce in the region.As information went rife that this administration meant well for the economic wellbeing of the east, considering the importance of such facility in the region, ittle did they know that it was all a smokescreen considering as…

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