The traders of Bridgehead Market, Onitsha, Anambra State, unanimously turned down proposal by the Anàmbra State Government for the traders to resume market on Mondays.
The Special Adviser to the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Evaristus Uba, had tried to convince the traders , while addressing them during the One Day Crusade organized by the Central Committe of the Market Evangelism to resume trading on Mondays since there have been concerted efforts to release the Leader of Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
This was greeted with shouting of no! no!! no!!! and loud murmuring by the traders.
Chief Uba ‘s further appeal by explainaming to them what they were losing by not trading on Mondays, met with negative response from the traders. who demanded that the Federal Government should release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally, so that they would stop Sit-At -Home.
When the Special Adviser realized he was not having his way, he dropped the idea but told the traders the danger of continuous Sit -At -Home, which is capable of affecting their businesses negatively, because if their customers found elsewhere where they sell their products cheaper they would not come back again.
The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor and Chief of Protocol, Chinedu Nwoye, who is also the chairman of Solution Solidarity Front (SSG), used the occasion to imauhrate the Bridgehead Market bracch of the Solidarity Front.
Nwoye outlined the achievements of Governor Soludo in the last two years which he said included road rehabilitation, free ante- natal care, even with Ciserrean operations.
In his speech, the President General of Anambra State Market Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA),Chief Humphrey Anuna, said with the increment in the traders’ taxes and levies from N12, 200 to N30,000 per a trader, they are targeting N10b revenue for the State.
Chairman of Bridgehead Market, Chief Chinedu Ezekwike, expressed joy over the success of the crusade and the inauguration of the market’s branch of SSG.
Lauding Governor Soludo in his determination to transform Anambra State, Ezekwike, pledged the loyalty of his leadership and the entire traders of the market to the Governor in all his policies and programnes.
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