Panic As Governor Soludo Okays Demolition Of 1000 Shops In Anambra

The Anambra State government led by Professor Charles Soludo is set to demolish several shops in the state.

It has been revealed that the government is set to demolish over 1,000 business shops at the Ochanja Market in the commercial city of Onitsha.

The shops were marked when the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr Obinna Ngonadi, led a joint task force and building professionals to monitor various sections of the market on Friday.

Ngonadi, who presented the governor during the inspection exercise, said that the marked buildings were illegally constructed without government approval.

While addressing journalists, the Commissioner explained that the administration of Soludo had the intention to decongest markets by making them inhabitable according to international standards.

He warned owners of illegal structures to quickly remove them or get ready to pay the state government for removing them.

The Chairman, Anambra State Physical Planning Board, Chike Maduekwe, disclosed that the State Materials Testing Laboratory would visit all the markets to test the structural integrity of their buildings to find out those to be spared with some amendment and those to be completely demolished.