Onitsha International Electronics Market traders
have expressed disapproval over the closure of the market by Anambra State Urban Development Board
The Secretary of the
market, Mr Damian Ogudike, yesterday told newsmen in Onitsha that the closure was “illegal and
unwarranted.”
Ogudike said the
traders had lost millions of naira due to the action of the board.
He however, called on
Governor Willie Obiano to investigate the action of the board, adding that the
traders did not deserve such maltreatment.
“The General Manager
of ASUDEB and his team would have been lynched by traders when they were
locking up the gates but for my intervention.
“How can they block
the access road which is a service lane that leads to our market from
Onitsha-Enugu Expressway through Uga road to Obodo-Ukwu road and then into our
market and others.
“Envoy Oil Company
dumps waste materials on the service lane and we used our own money to remove
the waste and construct drains that help to control the flood in the market.”
However, the General
Manager of the board, Mr Nathan Enemuo, said he locked the gates on the
directive of the Commissioner for Lands, Mrs. Stella Onuorah.
“Before we locked the
gates, we served them with revocation notice because the gates were not part of
the plan of the market.
“Also, the market and
industries are not compatible to stay in one place according to the master plan
of the area,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls
that the officials of ASUDEB led by the general manager early on Monday, locked
up the entrance and exit gates to the market.
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