Sit-at-home: Soludo reopens Nkwo Nnewi after one-week closure, shuts Ihiala market

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has reopened New Motorcycle Spare Parts Market, besides known arsenic Nkwo Nnewi, aft a one-week closure.

The politician had done the Special Adviser connected Trade and Markets, Evaristus Uba, sealed the marketplace past Monday aft helium and different officials visited and recovered debased turnout of traders, signaling non-adherence to the authorities bid calling for abolition of the Monday-sit at-home.

Uba, who spoke connected behalf of the governor, had threatened that if aft 1 week the traders failed to crook up for Monday business, helium would widen the ban.

But DAILY POST learnt that the prohibition was lifted connected Monday aft the president of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Echezona Anazodo, visited the marketplace and recovered a ample turnout of traders.

Anazodo said: “I’m blessed to cognize contiguous that traders complied with the bid to resume for business. I privation to judge that if determination was adjacent fractional of this crook retired past week, the marketplace would not person been unopen down.

“But present that astir of you person complied, we volition spell circular the marketplace and seal the shops of traders who failed open. We don’t privation a concern wherever the full marketplace would beryllium shutdown conscionable due to the fact that of fewer traders, instead, those traders should carnivore the brunt themselves.”

Meanwhile, unconfir...