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Anambra arrests 30 street hawkers,shuts 100 shops for environmental offences


Titus Maduako Eleweke

Anambra State Government has arrested 30 street hawkers and shut over 100 shops for environmental offences .
The Managing Director of Operation Keep Clean and Healthy (Ocha Brigade) Mr Celestine Anere disclosed that they have arrested 30 people violating hawking and trading laws of the state and shut down almost 100 shops at the popular Eke Awka market.
Anere who led the operation yesterday evening said the state government will no longer tolerate street traders who blocked roads and shop owner who keep their environment dirty.
"We are here this evening to decongest streets and stop hawkers and traders from blocking access roads for motorists to ply on the roads. We are tired of begging them not to trade on the main roads " he said .
According to him,what they are doing is to arrest persons who hawks on the Streets and consificate their goods ,noting that they must set the streets free from blockage by traders .
He said that ,while clearing the street traders,they discovered that drainages were filled to brim and cause flooding during rain.
"The control of flooding in this place is simple,what we need is just to distill the drainage to allow water flow freely .
"Our intention is to distill the drainage from Eke Awka to Amawabia bypass both sides and Agu Awka . We know this task will not be easy but we must get it right because solution is here. The governor is serious about clean and healthy Anambra and it is the duty of Ocha Brigade to get it done " he said .
He also said that they are happy that the traders have started complying with the distilling order, noting that their shops would be opened immediately after evidence of serious commitment.
The MD also stated that those who built on drainage and water way are being compel to dismantle and allow water to flow freely.
"We close the shops because their shops were dirty,the distilling laws of Anambra State made it clear that you must keep your environment clean and clean gutters. Based on these laws ,we are compelling the shop owners to distill and keep their sorrounding clean. We will continue to close their shops untill they fully complied " he said .
Speaking to News men, during the operation, Chairman of St Mary Traders Association, Mr Obinna Umeh said they have problems in clearing the drainage in their area.
According to him, they have cleared the drainage three times within the years and immediately after clearing the drainage it will be filled again because of tunnel closure.
He said that there are closed tunnel in the area which need to be opened to allow water flow freely and he appealed to the governor to help open the tunnel.

According to him, government ought to open the tunnel, noting that it was only when the tunnel is open that their distilling can be effective.

Soludo is a hard working governor no doubt . But, I still think he should tone it down a little on the people because Lagos with it's over 1 million Agbo and jedi-jedi sellers ain't arresting hawkers

If Lagos state did this now, them for hear am

If this happens in Lagos state they will be claiming persecution

yarimo:
If this happens in Lagos state they will be claiming persecution

They're shouting persecution on top of Ladipo market's closure already.

yarimo:
If this happens in Lagos state they will be claiming persecution

Did they arrest any agbo jedi jedi sellers in Anambra??


Why are you convulsing??

Raf4:
They're shouting persecution on top of Ladipo market's closure already.

Yoruba mooslem is this the best you can put together on this thread??

Dem close any yoruba market in the east??

Marginalisation of Yorubas in Anambra.We no go gree soludo is anti-Yoruba.

We nor go hear the voice of the woman below:

Ozommadu:
Yoruba mooslem is this the best you can put together on this thread??

Dem close any yoruba market in the east??

Bon victims. Na only Igbo dey Ladipo market?

Raf4:
Bon victims. Na only Igbo dey Ladipo market?

You get any shop there? You fit afford the rent??


Better know your level

Ozommadu:
You get any shop there? You fit afford the rent??


Better know your level

Economic refugees

If na SW.. useless ppl go dey shout na war against them after developing the sw😂

Raf4:
Economic refugees

Rice bandits

Oba crown thieves

Makunahatata:
If na SW.. useless ppl go dey shout na war against them after developing the sw😂

Try it na

Neckpresser101:
Try it na

Mumu... Na today den dey flog ur Eze for Akure?😂 Empty chest beaters

Raf4:
Economic refugees

Aboriginal refugees

Neckpresser101:
Rice bandits

Oba crown thieves

Onions rustlers.

Ozommadu:
Aboriginal refugees

You're here to toil, labour and be heavily taxed. Enjoy your servitude.

Raf4:
You're here to toil, labour and be heavily taxed. Enjoy your servitude.

It's stewpidity to think everyone lives I'm your slummy region

Ozommadu:
It's stewpidity to think everyone lives I'm your slummy region

It's slummy, yet almost all the able bodies in your village and entire region have joined night lorries to come and hustle here. You stink!ng hawker.

Raf4:
It's slummy, yet almost all the able bodies in your village and entire region have joined night lorries to come and hustle here. You stink!ng hawker.

Hehehe

You must think everybody dey hawk agbo jedi jedi all over the place like you

Ozommadu:
Hehehe

You must think everybody dey hawk agbo jedi jedi all over the place like you

Madafaka wandering lots.

They are on their way to Lagos, once they are released, they'll jump into the next available Mallam Audu's trailer carrying Cows from Bornu through Igboland to Lagos to come and sell Gala and La Casera inside Lagos hold-ups

Raf4:
Madafaka wandering lots.

Swear you no abandon your papa state and living in lagos??

See who's the wanderer here🤷

Ozommadu:
Swear you no abandon your papa state and living in lagos??

See who's the wanderer here🤷

Lagos and every part of SW belong to every Yoruba. If you aren't happy, go and kiss a nakẹd life armored cable. Face your region, no one is dragging it with you.

Raf4:
Lagos and every part of SW belong to every Yoruba. If you aren't happy, go and kiss a nakẹd life armored cable. Face your region, no one is dragging it with you.

You see you're the wanderer here

every inch of the Nigeria territory belongs to all Nigerians, except you have joined your brothers in benin Republic.

Atleast I live in my own home state while you've leave yours and be wandering in lagos for only God knows when

Good to see them applying some of the lessons learnt from Lagos

Makunahatata:
If na SW.. useless ppl go dey shout na war against them after developing the sw😂

Has any igbo complained about arrest in Ibadan, Akure, Oshogbo, illorin. The complaints is always about Lagos, reasons are simple, the Lagos government is very selective in its approach to law enforcement .

If someone flouts a simple rule of wrong U turn, traffic light offence, one way , stopping at the wrong place. These simple offences attract different penalties depending on the part of the country you are from and if you speak Yoruba fluently.

A case is the market closures, where there very dirty markets in bariga, ọgba, oshodi, boundary market at apapa non is closed but it is the igbo dominated of trade fair, ladipo market that some people have their vicious tribalist eyes on