www.odogwublog.com
reports that Governor Willie Obiano is to
personally lead a team to commence enforcement of ban on street trading and
illegal revenue collection aggressively across the state on Wednesday this
week.
Governor Obiano after a crucial meeting he had with
market leaders at Prof Dora Akunyili International Women's Development Center, Awka explained
that it has become imperative for government to embark on the operation to
salvage the ugly situation that has discouraged buyers from patronizing markets
across the State.
He said, as the Chief Security Officer of the State,
he has the responsibility of not only battling crimes and criminality but also
protecting the street traders who run their businesses at the risk of being
crushed by moving vehicles.
The Governor observed with dismay , the spate of
illegal revenue collections and extortion of buyers in the markets which he
noted, spells very negative indices for his administration's efforts at
creating a business -friendly environment in the State. He further frowned at
the diversion of approved levies by some market leaders, stressing that the
meeting is important to sound a note of warning before government starts
enforcement.
The Governor who revealed that his government has made
alternative arrangements for the relocation of sellers of fruits and other
articulated items that constitute the bulk of the street traders, emphasized
that it is in the best interest of the State that sanity is entrenched in the
state's business operations.
The President of Amalgamated Traders Association of
Anambra State, Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo said the meeting is imperative at a
time like this when the State Government is taking measures to return the lost
glory of the State's commerce and industry sector, assuring that they are ready
to work with government to fish out illegal revenue collectors in the State.
In their separate remarks, the Head of Market Traders
in Onitsha South, Mr. Eric Uwaoma, the Chairman, Onitsha Main Market, Mr.
Chidozie Okeke and the Chairman, Bridgehead Market, Onitsha, Mr. Sunday Obieze,
thanked the Governor for his commitment towards eliminating challenges facing
traders and appealed that they be carried along in the enforcement exercise to
ensure that the exercise yields the desired result.
The Market Leaders further appealed to government to
clearly specify the approved levies for traders in their markets to know, so as
to also address the issue of accusations of complicity in the illegal
collection businesses against them and government.
The market leaders later entered into a strategic
session with members of the State Security Council to fashion out modalities
for the enforcement exercise.
Obiano to personally go after street trading, Illegal Revenue Collection
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