The Onitsha chapter of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA) has decried the indiscriminate street trading and reckless driving by bus and tricycle operators, popularly known as Keke in Onitsha.
The President of ONICCIMA, Mr Kevin Obieri, made this known while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Onitsha.
Obieri noted that the Anambra government must live up to its challenges by implementing the laws guiding street trading to save the residents of the state.
He stressed that there was need to save the Onitsha residents and its environs from embarrassment being experienced on the road daily.
According to him, Anambra has a robust law against street trading which at some point facilitated the movement to modern and model markets at Building Materials market Ogidi, flour market, cosmetics, among others.
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“The unregulated nature of street trading presents a wide range of problems which include, traffic congestion, health risk as traders dump wastes into drainages and on roads, thereby littering the environment.
“There is also loss of revenue by operating outside the approved government points as street traders are likely not to pay the required taxes but line up pockets of false government agents,” he said.
The ONICCIMA boss also condemned in strong terms the reckless driving by both shuttle bus and tricycle (Keke), operators.
He maintained that they worsened the situation by opening up unapproved motor parks along ever-busy highways.
