RAYMOND OZOJI reports
Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State has sealed popular Nkwo-Ogbe market in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state over traders' refusal to open for business on Monday March 2, 2026.
The said market would be shutdown for one week as a warning signal as government has done everything within its disposal to end Monday sit-at-home to enable the state return to the normall work days beginning from Monday.
Confirming the development to this journalist, Ihiala Local Government Chairman, Hon. Anayochukwu Charles Ojiako, said they have tried on several occasions to get Nkwo-Ogbe market traders to commence Monday activities but all to no avail.
Ojiako told this journalist that Nkwo-Ogbe market is the only market that has blatantly refused to open for business activities on Mondays while other markets like Nkwo-Okija, Uzoigwe market Ubahuekwem, Eke-Agbagba market Uli, Ogbo-Osisi market and a host of other markets opened for commercial activities every Monday except Nkwo-Ogbe market.
According to him, Nkwo-Ogbe market chairman has done everything within his capacity to persuade the traders to commence Monday business transactions but his pleas fell on deaf ears as traders refused even when he personally opens the market on Mondays.
Ojiako maintained that the market would remain closed for the next one week because the traders flouted government directives.
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