Anambra Traders Pass Vote Of Confidence On Ubah, SPAD On Markets
Stakeholders of the Electronics International Market, Ogbaru (EIMO) have passed a vote of confidence on Mr Evarist Ubah, Special Adviser on Trade and Markets for his administrative competence.
The traders stated their position while reacting to the call by a group represented by one Onyeka Okeke that Gov. Chukwuma Soludo should sack Ubah on Monday .
Okeke and his group which the stakeholders called ‘faceless’ had alleged that the SPAD was using his position to foment crisis in the market.
But the market stakeholders in a Statement signed by Chukwuma Etusi called on Soludo to disregard the call as Ubah had not only restored confidence in the market but also been proactive to ensure stability.
They commended the SPAD for coming up with the idea to set up a Caretaker Committee as the Board of Trustees (BoT) in charge was ineptitude, unaccountable and was plunging the market into a crisis.
They said more worrisome was the inability of the BOT in cahoot with the immediate past elected officers to resolve outstanding debts with the bank over funds borrowed to complete the market.
“This has led to diverse threats by the bank over the titles held by shop owners.
“It was based on these that key stakeholders in the market decided to do all within their powers to recover the market from the mess they have been dragged into.
“Let him go ahead with his decision and a competent team in the interest of 20000 electronics market traders” he said.
They stakeholders said the possibility of losing their property made them to present the matter to the Anambra following which the SPAD quickly intervened and took remedial actions to restore normalcy.
The stakeholders said the attack on the Soludo government and gang up by the faceless group engineered by the BoT against Ubah was out of fear of loss of power and importance.
They appreciated Soludo for coming to their aid by considering the Caretaker Committee as the first step to unraveling the whole issues in the market towards finding a lasting peace.
“Hon. Ubah immediately proposed a competent and well-considered Caretaker Committee to manage the affairs of the market in the interim for the details of the entire issues to be unraveled.
“Most interesting is that the SPAD considered small shop owners, plaza owners, the poor and the rich, committed traders in the market as proposed members of this Caretaker Committee.
“Traders in the market felt tremendous relief and have continued their businesses peacefully since then.
“The stakeholders of the Electronics International Market, Ogbaru hereby wish to inform the Gov. Soludo ignored all calls seeking the removal of his officers, causing tension in the market and spreading lies,” they said.
