Traders have now blocked the Imo
State Government House, Owerri, demanding an audience from Governor Rochas
Okorocha.
The traders were among those who
were relocated to Industrial Cluster, Naze, after the demolition of Owerri main
market by the state government.
The embittered traders blocked
the main gate to the Government House, causing panic in the area.
They vowed not to vacate the
entrance until Governor Rochas Okorocha comes out to address them.
They brandished various placards
and singing songs of solidarity while security men at the Government House
tried in vain to control them.
Two of the protesters who gave
their names as John Okeke and Ebere Ndu, told reporters that the government
sent them to the industrial market without first ensuring the success of their
activities.
Okeke said, “The government just
sent us to the Naze Industrial Cluster, but we are suffering there.
“Hunger is killing most of us, as
our perishable goods rot away because nobody comes to buy from us and our
welfare is not guaranteed.”
“ They asked us to move to
industrial cluster we obeyed.but they allowed others to be trading there. as I
speak to you there is trading at the demolished Owerri main market even street
trading along the Douglas road. It wasn’t part of our bargain with government.”
Ndu added, “our goods spoil in
our hands. It costs us great losses because there are no patronages from people
because where we are staying now is a bit far from town.As long as the
government encourages street trading and at the demolished Owerri main market,
we will not be making sells.”
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