Business
Commuters, Motorists Condemn Trading On East-West Road
Motorists and
commuters have called on the Rivers State Government to prevail on the Emohua Local Government Area to relocate the Rumuji and Elele Alimini markets along the East-West Road.
A cross section of those who spoke to our correspondent recently recalled the dangers inherent in trading on the ever busy East-West Road.
A commercial driver who plies the road on a daily basis from Port Harcourt to Warri, Mr Bayo Olaiya explained that the development was dangerous.
According to him instance abound were indigenes of the area take laws into their hands at the slightest cause of accident by any motorist.
Another driver who gave his name as Marcus Uche while narrating his ordeal in the hands of touts explained that he was manhandled for damaging a bunch of plantain and some vegetables that were displayed virtually on the road.
He said the intervention of some police officers at the scene saved him from being lynched, The Tide however, gathered that past administrations of the council had on several occasions petitioned the chiefs and elders of both communities to provide land for the building of a markets but to no avail.
According to a source at the Emohua Local Government Area, the present government was already making efforts to address the matter.
It could be recalled also that every market day, traders and other operatives used to barricade both ends that the market runs through.
The Tide further gathered that the situation has been ameliorated with the help of some elders of both communities.