Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has ended the Monday sit-at-home order enforced by hoodlums in Anambra.
Soludo said that the state cannot continue to lose about 19.6 billion naira every Monday, adding that there are better ways to channel protests and agitations rather than suffering the Innocent.
The governor during a town hall meeting with all the market leaders in all Anambra markets and also the leaders of the respective transport unions in the state at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Center Awka on Friday, said that the roads and markets should be busy as usual starting from 4th April.
He noted that his administration has great plans for all Anambra markets
The Governor who noted that the market leaders and transporters are critical stakeholders in the new Anambra project said that the economy of Anambra is dominated by the commercial sector.
He restated his commitment towards cleaning up all the markets but emphasized that all must join hands to restore Anambra to it’s prime status.
He added that his administration will review the market leadership, park management system and promised to restore the master plan of Onitsha.
The Governor lamented erection of structures against the physical planning of the state, maintaining that his administration will not entertain such primitive conduct.
The Governor promised to conduct a free, fair and open election in all the markets and review their terms of reference in the interest of the state come next year.
Governor Soludo said that the goal is to make doing business in Anambra a pleasurable experience and empathized that the Monday sit- at-home should end as a way of achieving that objective, stressing that his government is open for dialogue against breakdown.
While noting that there is no conflict that dialogue, in good faith, cannot resolve, he reiterated his government’s determination to urgently restore peace and security in Anambra, and sought for the active cooperation and collaboration of all stakeholders.
He further urged those in the bush to lay down their arms and join in building the state.
The meeting unanimously resolved that starting from 4th April 2022, all Anambra markets and roads should be busy with usual commercial activities.
The President, Anambra Amalgamated Traders Association, ASMATA, Chief Ikechukwu Ekwegbalu in a vote of thanks, assured that they will continue to support the policies and programs of the government directed towards making Anambra a more livable place.
