|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
Anambra Governor Soludo
By Alphonsus Nweze, Onitsha
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has been urged to reduce the recently increased stallage fees in Anambra markets, especially in government-owned markets.
The Anambra Traders’ Forum which made the appeal in a statement made available to the media in Onitsha, the State commercial hub, lamented that the fee has become unbearable for most traders in the market especially with the current economic situation.
The Anambra State Government through the office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Trade, Commerce, and Markets, increased the spillage fee from N12,000 to N30,000.
In the statement signed by Chief Uzoma Anunihu, Chief Media Officer of ATF, they said the Anambra markets are mainly populated by women, some of them are widows and therefore could not bear the payment of the hiked stallage fee.
The group said paying this outrageous amount would be difficult for the traders and therefore called on the Governor to drastically review the amount downwards to about N15,000.
ATF also said that the timing for the astronomical increase was wrong, giving the current biting hard time due to high inflationary rate and famine in the country.
ATF said with both Local Government and Governorship elections fast approaching, it is ill-advised to compel the traders to pay such an outrageous amount because they would not be happy to vote for the ruling party in the State, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).
The group said that as much as the Governor needs money to uplift the state infrastructure and empower the downtrodden, especially the youth and women, the people should not be unnecessarily over-taxed.
Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open.