Nigeria In One Minute
Igbo traders in Lagos want more engagement with LASG
Lagos – Igbo traders in Lagos under the aegis of Igbo Traders in All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged the Lagos State Government to increase its interaction with them for better understanding.
The traders made the demand in a communiqué issued at the end of its maiden meeting in Lagos at the weekend.
They said increased government engagement with them would ensure better understanding of their needs and the challenges they were faced with at the various markets in the state.
According to the communiqué presented by Mr Erondu Chinedu, the Co-ordinator of the meeting, the traders sought an end to what they called “discrimination against the igbos on levies and taxes at the various markets”.
They also demanded for more inclusion of the Igbos in the political affairs of the state to give them a sense of belonging.
Chinedu said the members of the association were law abiding and they would continue to relate harmoniously with the people of the state.
Vanguard, November 13
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...