Traders fault Anambra market leaders’ arrest during meeting

While speaking to journalists in Awka on Wednesday, Okeke, who is also the leader of the Concerned Traders of Anambra, said traders would protest the arrest of the two men.

He said, “We will protest the arrest and exorbitant levies imposed on us by the state government. We formerly paid N5,000 for loading and offloading of wares but now the state government imposed N30,000 to N40,000, as the case may be. From where do we source the money? “It is because of these high levies being imposed on traders that different sections of traders in the state, including tomato sellers, fish sellers, among others, are leaving for neighbouring states like Delta, Imo, Enugu and Abia. You don’t employ those who are not traders to come and pilot the affairs of the traders. Sacked touts were recalled to come and manage our affairs, we can’t take it!

“The protest is just to let Governor Chukwuma Soludo know that we can’t bear this any longer; Anambra is not the only state where you have traders. The government has no business in market leadership; it is just to collect its levy and leave leadership for the traders.” Efforts to get the chairman of the state internal revenue service, Madiebo, proved abortive as he said he could not speak on the telephone because he was tired.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

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