CLO DESCRIBES ANAMBRA STATE GOV’TS DESTRUCTION OF PETTY TRADERS’ GOODS AS WICKED, BARBARIC
Awka – The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has described the destruction of petty traders’ goods by the Anambra State Government’s enforcement agents as wicked and barbaric.
This was disclosed by the state chairman, Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme while addressing journalists on Monday, 22nd January, 2024 in Enugu.
Ezekwueme said: “Destruction of goods of petty traders in the name of decongesting the road at the present economic hardship is inhumane, anti-people, barbaric, wicked, most despicable and detestable.
“It is unbelievable that petty traders in Federal Housing, 3-3 and some other parts of Onitsha wake up crying and lamenting that they came and saw that their wares and properties were destroyed by the agents of the government.
“Government should relocate them by providing alternative conducive places of doing business as most of them are bread winners of their respective families and law abiding citizens.”
He noted that “we cannot solve a problem by creating worse problems”.
The CLO boss appealed to the government to commence training and retraining of its personnel responsible for road decongestion and other task forces to instill discipline, selflessness, patriotism, decorum and civility in them.
