ASMATA inaugurates Ogbo Efele market executives
By Cyril Okeke, Onitsha
The President General, PG, Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders' Association, ASMATA, Chief Humphrey Anuna, has inaugurated a 12 man-executive of Ogbo Efele market, Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State.
Inaugurating the executive members led by Mr. Innocent Munonye, the ASMATA PG charged them to be their brothers' keepers and ensure prompt payment of their market Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, to help in the infrastructural development of the state.
He also urged them to abide by the rules and regulations guiding the markets in the state hinting that governor Soludo has performed well in all sectors of the economy.
In his post inaugural speech, the market chairman, Mr Innocent Nzubechukwu Munonye, pledged that all traders would be carried along as he is interested in the welfare of all the traders in the market.
"The market is a cooperative society and we will ensure that dividends of each trader gets to him and IGR of state government gets to it, and we hope to increase the IGR base of the market. We will even use our own money to make sure we realize government IGR.
"We pray for progress and prosperity of the market. Whatever that is realized in the market will be used for the development of the market and there is nothing like opposition in the market," he disclosed.
"I commend the ASMATA PG for the good work he has been doing in the markets in the state, I know him just now that I have been appointed the market chairman, I commend the governor for finding me worthy through the traders in our market to be their chairman," he stated.
Also the Public Relation's Officer, of the market, Nze Damian Ezeala, said that the chairman was God-sent to better the welfare of the traders adding that just within two weeks he provided steady Power supply and gave palliatives to some indigent traders.
Contributing, the secretary, Daniel Ibekailo, stated that they would leave a legacy worthy of emulation on leaving office as executive members adding that lack of peace is major cause of crisis in markets.
Also the financial secretary, Okechukwu Nwangwu, in his own take added that he never expected to be part of the executive and commended Governor Soludo for finding them worthy to lead the market.
The 12 man executive include,
Innocent Munonye. (Chairman), Emeka Okpala. (Vice Chairman), Daniel Ibekailo (Secretary), Nnaemeka Nwaobi (Asst. Secretary), Okechukwu Nwangwu (Fin. Secretary), Kingsley Uwakwe
(Treasurer), Nze Damian Ezeala (P.R.O), Nnamdi Davies (Member), Ikechukwu Kenneth Eluagu (Member), Oranyika Chizoba (Member), Chibueze Ajuonuma (Member), and Oliver Ezeh (Member).