The newly elected President of the Management Committee of Eke Oyibo Market, Amawbia, Awka South Local Council of Anambra State, Daniel Nwokoye, has tasked the state governor, Chukwuma Soludo, on the need to check extortion of traders through exorbitant and multiple taxation.
According to Nwokoye, the poor traders were made to bear the brunt of harsh and obnoxious economic policies of the past administrations, warning that if the trend were not checked, the woes of the traders would be worsened. He observed that some traders lost their goods to the fire that gutted a section of the market in February this year. Nwokoye, who promised to eliminate corruption and other abuses of privileges in the market, further lamented the adverse effect police security check points have had on the traders.