Onitsha market yet to bounce back one year after inferno

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On Wednesday, October 16 last year, there were great wailing and gnashing of teeth emanating from the famous Ochanja Market in Onitsha

That day, aptly described as Black Wednesday was the day everything went wrong for traders and their customers who had converged on the market for the day’s normal transaction. However, they never had an inkling that it was going to be a disastrous day for them.

After the fire incident, Governor Willie Obiano visited the scene. He consoled the traders and promised to provide them with some money as compensation. While addressing reporters, The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the market, Chief Nelson Ojukwu had said victims of the fire incident received financial donations from the state government which assisted them in restarting their businesses.“We thank Governor Willie Obiano, corporate bodies and public-spirited individuals, who came to our assistance either in cash or in kind.

He said Ojukwu was not in a position to speak for the entire traders as he did not represent the interest of traders at Emodi/Amobi Street where the fire incident occurred. “You can see that traders at the Ochanja Market are going about their businesses because they were not affected, but we are still reconstructing the buildings gutted by fire.

Okonkwo, however, acknowledged the assistance his members received from religious organisations, describing it as huge.

 

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