Anambra State government has expressed commitment towards flushing out illegal revenue collectors in the state to restore confidence in governance.
Addressing market leaders and stakeholders at White House, Onitsha Main Market, the Commissioner for Trade, Commerce and Industrialization, Honourable Uchenna Okafor, said the meeting was part of efforts to ease tension in doing business in the state as well as to check the activities of illegal ticket and revenue collectors, which he described as inimical to the state government’s policy .
Honourable Okafor disclosed that the state government did not authorise youths to collect any form of revenue, listing Onitsha, Idemmili and Oyi as examples.
The Commissioner described Presidents General, market leaders and Urban Drivers Union as critical stakeholders, and expressed worries that the ugly development has threatened the economy and projected the state in bad light.
