Chai! Na wah oh! Gov. Chukwuma Soludo don unleash serious policy wey shock traders for Anambra. E don close Onitsha Main Market for one week after traders no gree open shop on Monday as im talk. Wetin come happen? Traders dey vex, dey call am say na overbearing goment action.
According to wetin we hear for NAN, Soludo don talk say if traders no open shop every Monday, the market go dey close for the whole week, even fit turn to one month if dem no comply. E get why dem dey react like this. Many traders dey fear for their life as dem dey worry about the threats wey dey follow the Monday sit-at-home order wey non-state actors don set before.
One trader wey die-hard fan of the market, Mr. Ugochukwu Okigbo, don open mouth talk say, “No be small matter, abeg. How una expect us to dey sell when dem dey kill people wey try open shop? Dem no fit bring back the dead, na wetin dem go do for us?” Theo comments dey fly about goment action being seen as demonic style wey dey crush the traders.
Some other traders go still dey talk say this one-week closure go spoil their business pass the Monday sit-at-home wey dem don dey observe. Chikaodi Eze, one sharp trader, don shout say while Monday dey interrupt business for one day, one week closure go completely scatter goods, especially perishables. Wetin dem wan do after this? Everybody go dey run from their shops!
Na wetin dem go expect from the goment when e dey expect traders to comply. Mr. Ekene Nwankwo yarn say government dey misfire because markets no be light switch wey dem go just on and off without consequences. “If goment dey wahala traders like this, who go suffer?” Na the transporters, consumers, and everybody wey depend on market wahala go carry the burden.
Then now, we no fit forget the matter wey Chief Okwudili Ogbonna talk about government power. E talk say no law dey wey goment fit force traders to open shops anytime. Na better governance and respect for rights dey solve wahala like this inside free-enterprise society.
For the other side, Mazi Christian Beluchukwu don voice for the goment action, talk say na for economic revival and dat wetin Soludo dey do dey show courage. But him still dey urge say, security measures suppose dey ensure say traders no dey fear for their lives.
To cut long story short, this our economic boardroom discussion fit turn one serious matter if dem no handle am well. As traders dey cry for their safety and livelihoods, wetin soludo dey plan to bring back normalcy for Anambra as this market dey like heart beat for the state?
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