Anambra Meeting Polls Failed As a result of Of Unhealthy Management Of ASMATA Chair

The Involved Merchants of Anambra State have accused the umbrella market physique within the state, the Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Merchants Affiliation (ASMATA) of failing to ship the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidates within the final Home of Meeting election.

Addressing Journalists in Onitsha, the Chairman of the group, Chief Augustine Echezona, stated the poor efficiency of the celebration candidates in communities that host markets within the simply concluded election was because of the failure of the President Normal of ASMATA, Chief Humphery Anuna, and the Chief of Employees to the Governor, Mr Ezeajugh to supply merchants of the State credible management…..CONTINUE READING

He stated: “ASMATA below Chief Anuna is a complete failure. What occurred on this election has by no means occurred for the reason that inception of the umbrella market physique below Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo.

However what brought about it isn’t far-fetched. What brought about the failure of merchants to ship APGA candidates was the unhealthy insurance policies of Anuna and CoS within the Anambra markets.

“If the Governor seems effectively, APGA failed in all of the communities which have viable markets due to unhealthy insurance policies of ASMATA. Merchants protested in opposition to these unhealthy insurance policies with their votes in favour of different political events”.

He stated the merchants within the State need credible management which ought to emerge by a free and honest electoral course of, as an alternative of the present Caretaker Committees that are characterised by, incompetence and nepotism.

He alleged that Anuna and his cohorts most well-liked the Caretaker Committee system as a result of it provides them the chance to gather enormous cash from these they appointed.

Echezona stated: ”How does the Governor need merchants to vote for him however not know that the identical merchants need their management democratised? Anuna and his folks need a continuation of corruption and nepotism within the markets. He ought to instantly resign or be flushed out in order that merchants may have credible management within the markets”.

The Involved Merchants stated that anytime the Caretaker Committee was imposed on any market, it angers the merchants and make them antagonistic to the Authorities.

They stated it’s only credible market management that may speak to merchants and they might in flip hearken to them, not all this imposed management.

The group additionally referred to as on the Governor to maintain his doorways open in order that merchants would be capable to see him, as an alternative of the current system the place the CoS and Anuna forestall folks from seeing him in order that their secret offers wouldn’t be uncovered.

Chief Anuna, stated the Involved Merchants, claimed they had been standard however he was booed in all of the markets he went to marketing campaign for APGA candidates within the final election.

”They had been pelted and chased away from these markets as a result of he’s not the favored selection of merchants and his actions replicate it,” stated the Echezona.

He stated APGA remains to be a robust celebration in Anambra State however informed the Governor to rapidly make amends, saying that if the Governor does the appropriate factor by placing credible management in Anambra markets, APGA would bounce again once more to its profitable feat.

Echezona queried about all these folks they claimed to have political relevance within the Markets and would make folks vote massively for APGA within the final election however couldn’t affect something.

Stating that they failed woefully to ship APGA candidates, Echezona stated solely credible management can deliver the celebration again to its profitable methods once more.

Some folks, he stated, who the governor was informed to deliver again to assist ship APGA in Ogbaru couldn’t ship even polling unit.

He additionally said that it was not levies which brought about APGA’s failure however unhealthy market insurance policies, particularly indiscriminate imposition of Caretaker Committees within the markets.

Chief Echezona stated Chief Anuna arrange a band of thugs he referred to as “Make Means” whose operate is to gather cash from totally different bogs within the markets.

The members of those Make Means who’re recognized with inexperienced face caps, he stated, can’t be arrested by the Police despite their lawlessness.

Echezona stated that the composition of those “lawless and irresponsible individuals” to extort cash from merchants is a transparent case of encouraging criminality within the markets, saying that these folks “are idle individuals as a result of no accountable individual can be part of these touts”.

“Chief Anuna needs to make use of the ‘Make Means’ folks to rig elections each time Authorities provides the nod however his general motive is to make use of them to gather penalties for many who did not pay stillage charges.

Alleging, that Chief Anuna had boasted at Ochanja market that he had remodeled N55 million since he grew to become ASMATA president” he stated.

Echezona additionally claimed that Anuna has hijacked all people’s physique in ASMATA, saying he’s the “president normal, secretary, treasurer and each different place”

He alleged that final Sunday Anuna invited market leaders to a gathering the place he imposed an N2,500 levy per dealer in Anambra State, which he stated could be used to offer firefighting tools in Anambra markets.

However the chief of involved merchants requested when it has grow to be the obligation of merchants to offer hearth combating tools even after the cost of their taxes and levies.

He nevertheless stated merchants are prepared to present the federal government of Prof Chukwuma Soludo great help if he provides his backing for merchants to decide on their very own management.

The chief of involved merchants requested the Governor to additionally appoint any individual who’s credible and is aware of about market administration because the Commissioner for Commerce and Market within the State.

When he was referred to as to reply to the problems highlighted by involved merchants,


Chief Anuna’ stated that he’s the president of ASMATA nobody can take away him from the place in Anambra State.” he stated…..CONTINUE READING