• About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
No Result
View All Result
NewsNet Nigeria
  • Home
  • News
    • Local News
    • National
  • Politics
  • Economy
    • Oil and Gas
  • Crime
  • Education
  • Health
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • MORE
    • Interview
    • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Science & Tech
    • Videos
NewsNet Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
Home Economy

Igbudu market traders in Warri protest extortion by Market Master

by NewsNet Nigeria
3 years ago
in Economy
Igbudu market traders in Warri protest extortion by Market Master
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare on Whatsapp

Business activities were for several hours on Wednesday disrupted at the popular Igbudu market in Warri, Delta State following a protest by the traders against alleged illegal collection of levies by the Market Master, who is said to be an official of Warri South Local Government.

Traders in their submission appealed to the Chairman of Warri South Local Government, Dr Michael Tidi to intervene on the matter as the situation had become worrisome and was fueling price increases.

Visitors to the market did not envisage the protest and had their hopes dashed when they found the shops locked and the traders outside in a protest.

There was heavy gridlock on the busy Warri/Sapele Road as the angry traders march to the Warri South Council secretariat chanting solidarity songs and demanding action from the local authorities.

ALSO READ  Justice Restored: Why Senator Natasha’s Recall Strengthens Our Republic, By Dr. Michael Tidi Esq.

For the traders, closing down the market to press their point was inevitable stressing that they were done with taking any further directives to pay to the Market Master what they alleged to be illegal levies.

According to them, the Market Master’s action was crippling economic activities adding that the levies were having untold hardship on them and their customers as the burden of the levies are passed on to the customers.

At the Warri South secretariat where they met the Council Chairman, Dr Tidi, the President-General of Igbudu Market Traders Association, IMTA, Comrade Oghenerume Kugbere, said the market executive is peace-loving and will do whatever is lawfully necessary to protect the interest of their members.

ALSO READ  Tidi Rallies PDP Loyalists, Urges Grassroots Reawakening Amid Defections

Comrade Kugbere alleged that the Market Master has been extorting traders at the market through the collection of several illegal levies and sought to know if the collections had the blessings of Warri South authorities.

He noted if the illegal levies were allowed the traders will have no choice but to pass the high cost of wares to customers, a situation bound to worsen the economic situation of their customers.

ALSO READ  Tidi Rallies PDP Loyalists, Urges Grassroots Reawakening Amid Defections

Comrade Kugbere stated that several efforts to prevail over the Market Master on the issue have been unsuccessful and appealed to the Chairman of Warri South Local Government to intervene so as to restore peace between the traders of Igbudu market and the Market Master.

For his part, the Chairman of Warri South Local Government, Dr Tidi commended the traders for the peaceful protest and promised to wade into the issue.

Efforts to get the Market Master to respond to the allegations were unsuccessful.

The market has however reopened for business activities at the time of this report.

Previous Post

DELTA 2023: Omo-Agege picks Orubebe as guber campaign DG

Next Post

Tidi resolves Igbudu market traders’ dispute with management cttee

MORE NEWS

Age Falsification: Fear of Oborevwori’s sledgehammer forces top directors to voluntarily retire
Economy

Delta at 34: Mulade Tasks Gov. Oborevwori on Riverine Infrastructure

August 25, 2025
Delta Govt Awards ₦35bn Effurun–Sapele Road Reconstruction to CCECC
Economy

Delta Govt Awards ₦35bn Effurun–Sapele Road Reconstruction to CCECC

August 22, 2025
Dafinone Builds Support Network of Urhobos in Abuja, Pushes for Ethnic Empowerment
Economy

Dafinone Builds Support Network of Urhobos in Abuja, Pushes for Ethnic Empowerment

August 22, 2025
Stakeholders Warn of Crisis in Unregulated Land Acquisition, Urge Delta Govt to Act
Economy

Stakeholders Warn of Crisis in Unregulated Land Acquisition, Urge Delta Govt to Act

August 22, 2025
Next Post
Tidi resolves Igbudu market traders’ dispute with management cttee

Tidi resolves Igbudu market traders' dispute with management cttee

Leave Comment

RECENT STORIES

Media Attacks On Senator Dafinone: When Criticism Becomes a Tool for Political Blackmail

Senator Dafinone Calls for Restraint, Dialogue Amid Brewing Warri Crisis

August 26, 2025
Court fixes April 10 to rule on bail application for Delta SUBEB chairman, Ovie of Evwreni Kingdom, others

Asaba Court Adjourns Trial of RCCG Pastor Accused of Assaulting Journalist

August 26, 2025
EFCC Orders Arrest of Dismissed Staff Over Matchmaking Programme

EFCC Orders Arrest of Dismissed Staff Over Matchmaking Programme

August 26, 2025
Ward Delineation Crisis: Ijaws, Urhobos of Warri Federal Constituency Ask INEC to Halt Voter Registration

Ward Delineation Crisis: Ijaws, Urhobos of Warri Federal Constituency Ask INEC to Halt Voter Registration

August 25, 2025
Okowa Sparks Fresh Debate in Anioma with Igbo Identity Affirmation

Okowa Sparks Fresh Debate in Anioma with Igbo Identity Affirmation

August 25, 2025

TRENDING STORIES

  • Mosogar Monarch Disowns Chiefs Over Olu of Warri Coronation Anniversary Attendance

    Mosogar Monarch Disowns Chiefs Over Olu of Warri Coronation Anniversary Attendance

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Delta Govt Releases 2025/2026 Academic Calendar as First Term Begins September 8

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Urhobo Elder Challenges Emuoboh Gbagi’s Claim as First Son of Late Kenneth Gbagi

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Dafinone Demands Arrest, Prosecution of Vigilantes Over Brutal Assault on NYSC Member

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Chaos Rocks Delta South APC Women’s Meeting Over ₦50m ‘Kola-Nut’ Fund

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

NEWSNET NIGERIA Published By: Morex Consult Limited - Since 2020.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Local News
    • National
  • Politics
  • Economy
    • Oil and Gas
  • Crime
  • Education
  • Health
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • MORE
    • Interview
    • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Science & Tech
    • Videos

NEWSNET NIGERIA Published By: Morex Consult Limited - Since 2020.