Onitsha Amaka!

Just watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b1yuQrqc3A

Excellent shots!

Meanwhile, let me buy this space as insurance for those (BRR) Brown Roof Republic children of hate that will come here soon.

Beautiful Onitsha.


My people say:
“Agbacha oso, aguo mile.”

Those peddling fake statistics to cover their inadequacies should get ready for reality.

When reality strikes, it shows no mercy, no amount of cooked up statistics will save you.

Despite its destruction during the civil war, it rose back from ashes to prominence. A city symbolizing resilience and never say die.

It’s not a city of federal institutions, neither is it a city developed by non native speakers and foreigners. It is a self made city developed by Ndi igbo. A city of billionaire and Entrepreneurs.

If you live in Onitsha for not less than a year and you don’t become street and money smart, you can never be smart again in your life.

Igbo Amaka. Kudos to Umu Biafra.

Stop calling Onitsha a city.

Its a town.

There is no city in entire South-East.

Argue with your keypads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdb_29JGZmo

CXLVII:
Stop calling Onitsha a city.

Its a town.

There is no city in entire South-East.

Argue with your keypads.

Lemme not talk...however, umunne, biko you guys should ignore his kind. Give them total blackout, like they don’t exist.

Lalasticala.... where u at?

UmuezeOzoagba:



Lemme not talk...however, umunne, biko you guys should ignore his kind. Give them total blackout, like they don’t exist.

Facts I have stated

Nice.

CXLVII:
Stop calling Onitsha a city.

Its a town.

There is no city in entire South-East.

Argue with your keypads.

Ogbomoso is the only city in the Nigeria, hope you are happy now

Onitsha obodo oma

My darling onitsha

ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OF 2ND NIGER BRIDGE @ ONITSHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7GeagoY0kQ

Wonderful!!

2 months ago!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHVNe9cA30

FEGGE ONITSHA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe_-ESOrmZA

OVERVIEW OF ONITSHA MARKET
Onitsha-Market refers to all the markets located in almost all corners of Onitsha metropolis – Onitsha and parts of adjoining towns of Ogbaru, Obosi, Ogidi, Ogbunike and Nkwelle Ezunaka. There are over 40 markets of various sizes spread in this metropolis, majority of which are classified for particular distinct goods. While Onitsha Main Market, the root of all markets in Onitsha, is known mainly for clothing and other wears with a mix of household items, babies etc; ElectroMart located some 1.5km apart from the Main Market, is for major dealers on electronic devices. Food items are in Ose and Ochanja Markets whereas Relief Market uniquely deals with canned foods and drinks. Ochanja is also notable for shoes and other foot wears. There is still Electrical Market, Vehicle Spare-parts; both Old and New spare parts. Bridge Head Market located just by the Niger Bridge, Onitsha, accommodates about five major sub-divisions – Ogbo Osisi (Timber market), Ogbo Ogwu (Pharmaceutical market), Building Materials, Tools & Equipments and Foodstuff Markets. Head Bridge Market is also home for many SMEs: fabricators, artisans, furniture, welders etc. Other distinct markets include: Ogbo Efere (Cooking Utensils), Plastics Market, Stationeries & Computer Accessories, Aluminum & Glass, New Tire and Earth Moving Equipments etc. Onitsha-Market prides as the largest market in West Africa and could as well pass as the largest in Africa when all the markets are amalgamated; The population of traders and support-traders in Onitsha-Market that made Onitsha the second most densely populated city in Nigeria after Lagos, numbers above two million. There are additional over half a million jobs provided indirectly by Onitsha-Market in the areas of SMEs, artisans, and direct labor haulage by hand/head or by wheel barrow/cart, loading & off-lomarketading etc. Transport businesses and host of other support businesses are in their boom, thanks to Onitsha-Market. Undoubtedly, trade & commerce in Onitsha-Market dominates all other occupations in Anambra State put together. Government internally generated revenue is boosted up to 60% by Onitsha-Market.

People from all parts of Nigeria, Africa, Asia, Europe and America have one commercial interest or another in Onitsha. Several traders in Onitsha-Market are classified as importers & exporters; having direct contacts with world’s renowned manufacturers in Britain, Germany, India, China, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria etc. Many traders from Cameroun, Benin Republic, Ghana and South Africa, etc get feeds from Onitsha-Market. It also feeds many markets in Nigeria, especially southeast, south-south and northern parts of the country. Onitsha-Market also has many thriving industries; manufacturing shoes, clothing, textiles, drinks, plastics, packaged water, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, polythenes, cosmetics, aluminum products etc. Over five million visits are received in Onitsha-Market with over twelve million different transactions on daily basis. Annual volume of trade in Onitsha-Market is in excess of $3billion with about 40% of this figure in constant circulation through the unbanked transactions. This translates Onitsha into the city with one of the highest GDP in Nigeria, which is evident in the fact that there is no extreme poverty in Onitsha.

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
Onitsha-Market may have started in the sixteenth century (1506) when Onitsha people settled near the bank of River Niger. The place known today as Ose Market used to be the palace shrine, where Onitsha people usually gathered for ancestral worship under the traditional leadership of Obi Oraeze. A few distances away was the Otu-Nkwo Eze (the place known today as Main Market), a market opened only once in four days (nkwo days), but later grew to operate on daily basis. Then it was only trade by barter (exchange of goods for other goods) and traded mainly on food items. Later on cowries served as medium for exchange but never eliminated trade by barter; and in fact cowries got phased out before barter.
In the early to mid eighteenth century, when the Portuguese arrived Nigeria, they navigated inlands of River Niger from the Atlantic Ocean and the first place they encountered human activities was at Onitsha; this attracted them. After the initial hostility showed to the foreigners, they later received acceptance and settled down for business. They introduced missionary, hot drinks, cigarettes, clothing, guns and gun powders etc; and by barter they exchanged them for mainly slaves, whom they exported to work in their factories in Europe. They also got palm produce, ivory, etc.

In the winding stages of eighteenth century, Britain came in with intention to rule, sacked the Portuguese and established the Southern Protectorate after they had earlier established and consolidated the Lagos Colony; and then moved northwards to establish Northern Protectorate. The three regions were later amalgamated in 1914 to become today’s Nigeria. Onitsha again became prominent as a stopover river port that serviced the northern protectorate since bigger vessels could not navigate beyond Onitsha. The British gradually introduced money; first coins and later notes as medium of exchange of goods and services.
The Royal Niger Company brought to Onitsha also in the late eighteenth century by the British colonial government brought modernization to the market. Their subsidiaries; John Holt, Kingsway Supermarkets etc established there grounds for business in Onitsha-Market. Everybody from south east to north and from southwest to West Africa trooped to Onitsha for commercial activities. The Obi of Onitsha had to move his palace to Enu-Onicha (Inland town) for a less busy environment. Onitsha became world news – other countries soon had their interests registered for trade: France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Malaysia etc exported their manufactured goods into Onitsha-Market.

Most of these non British products were not allowed in the main market; and this led to establishment of a new market called Ochanja Market: ochanja was Onitsha derogatory word for low value. One of the first post-independence government projects in the Eastern Nigeria was the construction of the biggest market in West Africa, The Onitsha Main Market, by the Premiere of Eastern Nigeria, Dr. M. I Okpara. The market was badly touched during the civil war, but was re-built by Ukpabi Asika, the post-civil war governor of the East-Central State. He ordered the relocation of timber dealers to Ogbo Osisi near the Niger Bridge to ease off the congestion at the Main Market. Ogbo Osisi later spread and accommodated other dealers to become the Bridge Head Market. Tragedy struck Onitsha-Market in 1984 when Main Market and Ochanja Market got burnt down simultaneously. Government of Anambra State in a fit to relieve traders of untold hardship occasioned by the inferno; set a new place at Upper Iweka for those affected at Ochanja to begin again. It was named Relief Market, which became one of the fastest growing markets in Onitsha. Bridge Head and Relief Markets expanded massively and today can compete with main market in size and volume of trade.

Ever increasing commercial activities in all the markets saw the establishment of new markets, mostly breaking out from the existing ones – Electro-Mart left Iweka Road (part of Ochanja) to establish at Km1, Onitsha – Enugu expressway. Electrical market is now well established at Onitsha – Owerri Road having left Iweka Road partially. Major dealers of building materials formerly located at Ezenwekwe, Afubera and Ozomagala roads came together to establish today’s Building Materials Market at Ogidi.
Onitsha is really a business hub of east Africa.
It is a city where by 90% are hustlers. The residents believe in the works of their hands. If and only if, the federal government would put more structure in place , Onitsha might complete with Asian Tigers in the nearest future.
The most fascinating part of it , is that, anybody borne in Onitsha , has a business acumen. Today China is similing economically is because of the patronage the got from Onitsha traders. Recently, many Chinese companies are struggling to have their statilite branches in Onitsha environs.
The name Onitsha is relatively business.
Those that were trained in Onitsha, after higher institution training, the do not wait for government to employ them , the create their own business and directly or indirectly paying Government taxes.
Onitsha is an economic eye of Nigeria . Onitsha a great city with great people.
# Otu bu Otu.

TRANS NKISSI ONITSHA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajvkb8E43kg

People trying to put up something great inspite of the govt neglect!

OMAGBA PHASE 1& 2 ONITSHA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_0xGtyldUM