Major Onitsha and Awka based industrialists recently staged a mass protest at the premises of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria demanding an end to intimidation, harassment and bribery by SON among other grave allegations. DILIONYE DILIBE reports from Onitsha.

Anambra indigenous industrialists and petty manufacturers took to the streets recently and occupied the premises of the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), protesting denial of MANCAP Certificate and deliberate frustration of local industries that refused to part with millions of naira alleged bribe being demanded from SON.

The protesters who own manufacturing facilities in Onitsha and Awka in company of their workers numbering over 250 stormed the SON office at Awka the Anambra State Capital as early as 9.20 am, with various placards and,.................

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And what?... Let me guess guns and machete.

This is a wicked practice that has pervaded our nation which the President to look into. We are in a nation where the supposed government regulators victimize and brazenly extort millions daily from the players in their sector.
The shipping companies would tell you of the millions they lose daily to the staff and officials of Nimasa and DPR in the name of bribes.
The manufacturers will tell you of millions extorted from them daily by the SON.
Those into foods and drugs business can tell you how much NAFDAC periodically extort from them to allow them operate.
The worst is the oil companies,the millions that are extorted illegally from them by the DPR and NNPC.

...The list is endless.
If your company refuse to part with these illegal monies(that are never receipted) to these 'ogas' that are supposed to be neutral regulators,they will frustrate your company out of business.

These are petitions I expect Igbo leaders to bring to the authorities so that Igbo business men will not suffer unnecessary bureaucracy. Rather all we have are clowns demanding they should return to darkness and live in Cavelands.