Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, has said that responsible government will fold its hands and watch people flagrantly violate laws that have been emplaced for public good.
He stated this while reacting to a video clip in which the member representing Awka North and South Federal Constituency, Professor Lilian Orogbu, was condemning the enforcement of the law against street trading at Unizik Junction, Okpuno, Club Road axis of Awka by agents of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, ACTDA.
The Information Commissioner explained that as Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s effort on roads construction in Awka began to birth brand new marked roads with side-walks, hawkers and petty traders immediately turned the side-walks into their stalls, while thg thoseose who already had shops alon roads made the side-walks extensions of their business premises.
This, he said, is inimical to the newly constructed roads; as the covered drainages instantly become waste disposal channels, while the street traders are exposed to the risk of accident and possible death.
Sir Paul recalled that from fifteenth December 2023, ACTDA officials embarked on aggressive public enlightenment campaigns on radio, television, social media blogs and mobile town-criers, but rather than leave, the street traders resorted to playing cat and mouse games with ACTDA, in which case they would leave when the town-criers are around, only to reappear when they are gone.
He further recalled that a week to the final enforcement, the traders were warned on daily basis that they risk losing their wares by the time the major enforcement commences, which fell on deaf ears.
Restating that the current administration of Governor Soludo is deeply committed to the maintenance of law and order as one of the five major pillars of this administration, Sir Paul said that and no amount of blackmail will make it lose focus in ensuring that some level of sanity is restored in the state.
He advised the federal lawmaker against distorting facts or canvass falsehood in order to score cheap political points, and noted that Anambra cannot grow progressively to becoming that liveable and prosperous homeland citizens desire if people continue to hold the rule of law in disdain.
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