Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has threatened to sack all presidents of the various market unions and leadership of motor parks in five local government areas of the state if the activities of touts in those areas continue.
The governor’s action followed reports of the increasing menace of touts and miscreants in the markets. He regretted that touts were intimidating and ripping off innocent traders who come to do business in the area . He added: “They are supposed to be here. All the same, you know that your tenure would end in March next year and come April 1st next year, we are not going to renew your tenures because of what the touts are doing in the markets and some of you are using those touts to rip off innocent traders and members of the public and make money.
Soludo recalled that in the past, people came from the North and other parts of the country to do business in Onitsha, lamenting however, that due to the activities of the touts the economy of Onitsha and indeed Anambra State has been badly affected.,Also speaking, the Commissioner for Homeland Matters, Chief Chikodi Anarah warned all the touts in Anambra State to leave the state immediately, as the state government would not spare anyone found touting in any part of the state.