Wahala don burst for Onitsha Main Market as Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, don order make dem close the market for one week. E no dey play o! This move na direct response to traders wey no wan hear word about the Monday sit-at-home wahala.
Soludo, the man wey no get time for nonsense, carry im aides go inspect the market on Monday. Dem see say many traders lock shop like say dem dey play hide and seek. E mean say dem dey disobey the government directive wey tell dem say make dem carry on with their trading activities on Mondays. Na so e take vex! The governor talk say this sit-at-home matter na serious economic sabotage and him no go sit down dey watch make some few people dey undermine public safety.
According to am, if traders no open their stalls after this one-week close down, then dem go seal the market for one solid month. E clear say Soludo dey serious about this thing. “You either dey trade here or you waka go elsewhere,” na wetin him talk. And na so the matter take dey, as the police and army don set perimeter around the market to enforce the closure.
As the market dey locked this week, e dey show how serious the fight be to bring down the Monday sit-at-home order wey no gree traders do their normal business. When next Monday come, all eyes go dey on the traders—whether dem go show face for their shops or the aisles go still dey empty. This one fit determine how business go dey run for Anambra on Mondays. No be beans o!
Soludo don even talk say civil servants wey no dey come work on Mondays no go see salary. E mean say everybody don dey under pressure! According to the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, dem go start pro-rata payment for workers based on wetin dem show for Monday attendance. People don dey speculate say this na good move to end the sit-at-home nonsense, but some traders dey still fear for their safety, giving past incidents wey don happen.
So as market dey shut down, the tension dey rise. Will traders choose fear or the drive to make money? The answer to this one fit change everything for Anambra’s economy in weeks to come. Moin moin no go easy for dem o!
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