Traders In Ogidi/Ogbunike Market Raise Alarm There Are Kidnappers’ Hideouts In The Market
Traders in Anambra State have raised the alarm that there are kidnappers’ hideouts at a building material market in Ogidi/Ogbunike, in the Idemili North North Council Area.
The traders raised the alarm on Wednesday during the inauguration of Interim Caretaker Committees of the Building Materials International Market Zone 2/3 Ogidi/Ogbunike; The Matchet Line Association, Main Market, Onitsha; and The Stationery, Paper and Computer Dealers Association, Onitsha.
They lamented the increasing rate of crime perpetuated on the expressway, in front of the market by kidnappers, hard drug dealers and robbers
They said, “All the shanties erected along the entrance gate and walls of the market are not owned by traders, but are shelters where the hoodlums operate from.
The traders called on the state government to intervene as a matter of urgency by demolishing those makeshift structures on the Expressway in front of the market in order to curb the menace of criminals in the area.
In his speech, the new Chairman of Building Materials International Market Zone 2/3 Ogidi/Ogbunike, Mr Onyebuchi Adinu, commended the State government for it’s efforts in making market environments clean and conducive for commercial activities in the state.
Speaking also, the Special Assistant to the governor on Commerce and Industry , Eloka Maduekwe, urged the new executives to take good care of the market and ensure that the interests of both the traders and state government were protected.
He assured the traders that the state government would respond to their requests.
The Chief Commercial Officer of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mrs Jossy Eboh-Nwosu, who performing the Inauguration of the market executive on behalf of the Commissioner, Dr Obinna Ngonadi, reminded the executive that being leaders did not make them kings over others but servants.
She urged them to be humble in their leadership and to work in harmony with the government to build and modernize the market.
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