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The Abia State Government through the Ministry of Trade and Commerce has announced the suspension of the Chairman of Ariaria International Market, Aba, Mr. Michael Aniorji, from office with immediate effect.
According to online news sources, the suspension is coming four days after a faction of traders’ group, allegedly backed by Aniorji, protested at the Aba North LGA headquarters, Eziama, over alleged activities of a private shop developer against them.
Meanwhile in a statement by the Abia Commissioner for Trade and Commerce, Kingsley Nwokocha, the State Government appointed Mr. Hyacinth Nnabude as the acting Chairman of the market, following Aniorji’s suspension.
He informed Abians, especially traders of Ariaria Market, about the development, adding that Nnabude, who would be acting as the Chairman, would oversee all market affairs.
The Commissioner who declined giving reasons for Aniorji’s suspension, advised all unions, associations, and stakeholders to cooperate fully with the acting Chairman in the overall interest of the market and Abia State.
An online news source had reported that another group of traders, led by Hyacinth Nnabude, on August 23, pledged their total support to Abia State Government’s plans to remodel the Ariaria Market, insisting that many shops in the present market were suffering from leaking roofs, flooding crises, and other structural defects.
They also absolved a private developer, Chekbest International Limited, of plans to strip the traders of their shops.
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