By Eche Nwaobasi – Nnewi
Traders of Ogbaru main Market Ogbaru L.G.A Anambra State are expressing joy and satisfaction about the leadership style of the market executives led by Chief Ndubuisi Ochiogu chorusing that the current leadership has succeeded in raising the standard of the market to an international standard.
According to a recent extensive investigation conducted on the market activities which was hinged on areas of leadership, provision of basic amenities, introduction of security initiatives, fire prevention equipments etc by newsmen, it was observed that the market took a positive turn of developments immediately the current leadership under Chief Ndubuisi Ochiogu took over the leadership of the market and immediately initiated a meeting with all the warring factions of the market namely members of the market board of trustees, (BOT), patrons, sectional heads forum, line chairmen/secretaries, stakeholders to work in harmony with the executives.
Newsmen further found out that another key reasons why almost all traders in the market are happy right now with Chief Ochiogu led executives was as a result of the executive’s wonderful record of been able to checkmate criminalities like constant burglaries of shops, thefts which was prevalent in the past. Newsmen also gathered that before the emergence of the current leadership that these disturbing crimes was rampant but that the situation has been brought under control that everywhere in and outside the market are adequately protected for calm to reign in the market.
Newsmen further obtained from majority traders interviewed that the current leadership has achieved much more than other previous leadership that has ever led the market namely in the areas of electricity regularization in a very part of the market, provision of solar lights for security which was abandoned in the past like Upper Iweka, Obodoukwu axis as well as other gates of the market, provision of more than five hundred fire extinguishers and other firefighting equipments for each line of the market to have two fire extinguishers each which was mounted at strategic places, as well as making portable water to be available inside the market constantly, building of more public toilets and provision of sanitation equipments and conducting of regular sanitation exercises to dispose waste inside and outside the market.