CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
The Chairman of Igbo Council of Ndieze in Lagos State, Eze Chika Nwokedi, has stormed Ladipo Market in Mushin for the inauguration of new Executives as Chief Onyeka Igwe emerged as the new Chairman of the market.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the section of Ladipo Market traders, known as Akinwumi Spare Parts Traders Association, conducted election and Chief Igwe emerged the Chairman while Chukwuma Okeke was elected General Secretary including others in various electives positions.
Apart from Eze Nwokedi, who was the royal father at the inauguration, other dignitaries who were present included the President General of Ladipo Market, Chief Jude Nwankwo, BOT chairman, Chief Humphrey Obiwulu, former Presidents of the market led by Chief Friday C Obi, Chairmen of various units of the market associations and top business men and captains of Industry.
Eze Nwokedi congratulated the outgoing Chairman, Chief Ephraim Okoli and the new Chairman, Chief Igwe and other executives on their emergence in the peaceful and transparent election.
He advised them to know that the election has come and gone, stressing the need for the new executives to bring all the traders together and protect their businesses in the market. He also enjoined the traders to give the new executives every support to move the market to the next level.
Eze Nwokedi explained that he was in the market to identify with the traders as former Chairman of the market and President General of Ladipo Market before he moved to other businesses and eventually became a King.
He urged them to eschew violence and to continue to maintain peace and obey the law of the State and love one another for prosperity of every traders in Ladipo market.
The President General of the market, Chief Nwankwo, also spoke in the same manner and advised the traders to cooperate with the new leadership of the market and promised that the central body, under his leadership, would ensure that all the traders and their businesses were protected in the market.
Chief Igwe thanked the dignitaries including Eze Nwokedi and Chief Nwankwo for honouring their invitation for the inauguration. He thanked the members for reposing confidence in the new executives.
He promised to carry all the traders in the market along as well solicited for the support of the traders especially in the area of environmental management and security of the market.