Confusion in Anambra Market Over Barrow Levy

Traders of Ogbaru Main Market,  a suburb of Onitsha, Anambra State came to the market Monday morning  to be confronted by an array of hoodlums who claimed they were  enforcing the payment of wheel barrow levy.

This brought Sharon disagreement and misunderstanding between the traders and the hoodlums.

Some of the traders who spoke with us said that over 200 hoodlums said to have been sent by the Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, Hon. Arinze Awogu, stormed the market early morning  to forcefully collect the levy.

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N1 MILLION BURIAL LEVY, LAUGHABLE - IGWE OKONWO ETUSI

Igwe MUN Okonkwo Etusi

By Alphonsus Nweze
The Eziowelle community in Idemili North Local Government Area  of Anambra State has described as " laughable and false" the allegation that the community collects one million naira to bury the dead in their place.

Speaking to newsmen yesterday in the Igwe 's Palace  both the traditional ruler, Igwe Michael  Okonkwo Etusi and the President General, Hon.Titus. N Akpudo, said the allegation that the community collects one million naira  before they bury deaf person was not only false but still part of  campaign  of calumny against the winners of the election of new executives of the community held last weekend.

Igwe  OKONKWO ETUSI who expressed shock at the level of mischief of some people in the community just because they wanted power at all cost said the only levy paid in the community by the relations of the dead  was the N3,000 annual development and security levy if the person was owing it before  his  death. He emphatically stated that clearance for public functions in Eziowelle starts from EIU branches and Age Grades level before getting to the EIU National Secretariat for final clearance.

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