Anambra State Government has given obstinate and uncooperative traders forty-eight hours from Friday the twenty-sixth day of January to immediately move to the recognized Fruits and Vegetables Market, Ogbaru.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Markets, Mr. Evarist Uba, the state government warned that where the traders fail to do so, government will be left with no option than to seal up illegal markets where they operate.
He noted that in spite of government’s directive that the Fruits and Vegetables Markets at “Coke” and “Barrack” along the Express Road should relocate to the Ogbaru Market specifically created for that purpose behind “Power Mike”, some traders, in defiance of the directive, have stubbornly moved into Obiano Park; still along the Express Road, and Silas Works Road by Port Harcourt Road.
Mr. Uba regretted that the government directive was flouted with the support of the Manager of Obiano Park and one Sebastian Uzoeto, also known as “Sir Best” on Silas Works Road, both of who he said made their premises available to the recalcitrant traders, thereby undermining government’s effort to sanitize Anambra market system, address environmental issues that results from the huge wastes generated by these markets, and the attendant public relations liability they pose before visitors entering Anambra State.
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