Anakwe, Ex-OMMATU Leader Asks Obiano to Intervene Over Market Crisis

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Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State  has been urged to intervene without further delay to stop those who want to plunge the markets in the State into an unnecessary crisis.

Former President-General of Onitsha Markets Amalgamated Traders Association (OMATA), Chief Pius Ozo Anakwe, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Onitsha, the Anambra State commercial hub,  spoke against the back drop of forceful entry into  the offices of  Amalgamated  Markets  Traders Association of Anambra Traders (AMATAS) Monday by the Interim Committee set up by the State Government.

Anakwe said when he heard of the forceful ejection of Board of Trustees (BoT) of AMATAS and entry into their  corporate office at Modebe Avenue, Onitsha by the members of the resurrected ASMATA, he wondered if the order came from a Court of competent jurisdiction or where did it come from?

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ATF Condemns Anambra Government Undue Interference In Market Leadership

Traders and groups in Anambra State have continued to condemn the planned imposition of Caretaker Committee on the umbrella Market Association in the State, Amalgamated Markets Traders Association of Anambra State  (AMATAS).

Anambra Traders Forum  (ATF), which has raised alarm over plot to plunge the the markets in the State  into crisis by the State Government.

Recall that AMATAS had fixed June 5, 2019 to hold her state general executive election after the expiration of the tenure of Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo, who is now House of Representatives -elect.
But the State Government through the Commissioner for Commerce, Trade and Investment, Dr. Christian Madubuko, cancelled the election, stating that the State Government would impose Caretaker Committee for the traders in Anambra State.

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