...Receives committee's interim report
By Ikemefuna Ikem
The Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chief Jude Asogwa, has commended the 10-man Nsukka Markets Shops Allocation and Verification Committee led by Bishop Godfrey Onah of Nsukka Catholic Diocese for submitting its interim report.
Asogwa made the commendation in Nsukka on Friday in his office while briefing newsmen shortly after receiving the interim report from the committee.
The council boss said he knows what it means for the two bishops in the committee, Bishop Onah and Bishop Aloysius Agbo of Nsukka Anglican Diocese to leave their tight spiritual duties and schedules to work in the committee.
"I commend the committee chaired by Onah for submitting its interim report today and I pledged to implement recommendations in the report," he said.
Asogwa disclosed to newsmen that one of the recommendations of the committee was for Nsukka LG to consider establishing two new markets in the area given the daily growing population of Nsukka town and its environs.
"The council will see what we can do to implement this recommendation of building new markets, if our resources can not carry us we will escalate it to our performing governor Dr Peter Mbah whom I know will always be willing to assist.
"My job in Nsukka is to help domesticate the governor's mantra of 'Tomorrow is Here' in Enugu State, here in Nsukka," he said.
He said according to the report, only 572 people in Aku Road Market have submitted shop allocations papers for verification, 896 people in Opi Market, 433 people in Building Materials Market.
While 879 people in Ikpa Market, 341 people in Mechanic Village and 1246 people in Ogige Main Market which he noted were not up 40 per cent of expected shops to be verified.
The council boss urged traders who have shops in the affected markets to ensure that they submit their shop allocation papers to the committee to avoid losing their shop ownership.
"The committee is expected to submit its final report by June and Nsukka LG will implement and use the report as working documents and will revoke shops that were not verified by the committee.
"Nsukka LG has done much awareness and publicity in media, churches, markets as well as using the public address system to go around the town to tell those who have shops in the affected markets to submit their allocation papers to the committee for verification.
"Nobody should hold Nsukka Council responsible if ownership of his or her shop is revoked after the committee submits its final report by June," he said.
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