Association Disowns Traders Over Protest

The Mile I Market
Traders Association (MOMTA), has disowned some traders who protested against the demolition of shanties at the burnt section of the market by the Port Harcourt  Local Government  Council for the construction of a model market.
The Chairman  of the Association, Deacon Kenneth Eze who said this at a briefing in his office in Port Harcourt said that the association welcomed the move by the government to commence the reconstruction of the market.
Deacon Eze said that the protesters were not members of the Association but road side traders who had no stalls in the market.
He emphasized that they were mere petty traders who dealt on fish and other seafoods.
He urged the general public to ignore the protesters  and continue to sustain their  relationship with those traders who had already  relocated to the former Obi Wali Integrated Cultural  Centre  along Abonnema Wharf road, Port Harcourt.
Deacon Eze urged the state government and the Port Harcourt City Council to go on with the proposed  reconstruction as it was in the interest of traders and the people of the state.

Chairman of the occasion, Mr Faye Dikio (SAN) (left), conferring with Prof Willy Okoya, during the RDM conference in Port Harcourt last Saturday. Photo: Chris Monyanaga.