Tag: Traders

Revenue Drive: New ASMATA Boss Promises to raise N1b Within a Week

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Alphonsus Nweze The new President-General of Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association (ASATA) has assured that traders in Anambra State will pay one billion naira to the coffers of Anambra State Government within one week starting from yesterday December 7, 2022. Chief Humphrey Anuna, who replaced Chief Ikechukwu Ekwegbalu as the Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association (ASATA) in a recent Anambra State Government’s appointment said the money would come from 2022 outstanding levies, taxes and dues the traders suppose to have paid during the year but has not paid till now.Some…

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Onitsha Explosion: Come to Our Rescue, Bridgehead Traders Appeal To Soludo

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Alphonsus Nweze Traders of Bridgehead market in Onitsha, Anambra State, have called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo, to come to their rescue over the recent explosion at the Chemical line. At least eight persons were confirmed dead, with the last victim recovered in one of the burnt shops last Monday by those excavating the debris. Several traders who sustained various degrees of injuries during the unfortunate incident are currently receiving medical attention at various hospitals in Asaba, Delta State and Onitsha. The chairman of the market, Chief Chinedu Ezekwike, said their…

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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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Sack of Market Leaders: Reinstate Ochiogu, Traders Urge Soludo

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Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has been urged to immediately reinstate the executives of Ogbaru Main Market led by Chief Ndubuisi Ochiogu . A cross-section of the traders who spoke to newsmen after the executives of the market was sacked by a statement released to both social media platforms and mainstream media faulted the sacking of duly elected executives of the market. The new Commissioner for Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Ngonadi in the statement said the election conducted by the market and supervised by the Ministry on…

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Conduct Election for Us Now – Ogbogwu Traders Appeal to Obiano

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The traders of Ogbogwu market at Onitsha Bridge Head have called on the Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State and the Commissioner for Commerce, Market and Wealth Creation Chief Uchenna Okafor to as matter of urgency conduct election that will usher in a new executive administration in the market. The traders under the aegis of Concerned Onitsha Drug Market Traders, told newsmen yesterday after the cancellation of the market election scheduled to hold Tuesday, February 2, 2022. The chairman of the concerned traders, Chief Ifeanyi Obiekwe, said there was no…

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