REPORTER: UCHE NDEKE
The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking the establishment, regulation and management of markets in the state.
Presenting the bill titled “Anambra State Markets Bill 2026 “after it was read for the second time in the House, the Majority Leader Mr Ikenna Ofodeme explained that the state is the commercial hub of the South East and needs a laws that will guide, protect, harmonize and boost the Internally Generated Revenue of the state..
Mr Ofodeme said that the bill when signed into law by the Governor will also provide the people strong hope and legal backing to go about their businesses without fear of molestation from criminal minded individuals.
Supporting the bill for a second reading , Mr Kinsley Udemezue representing Idemili North Constituency said that one of its objectives is to ensure that there is no unauthorised establishment of markets in the state .
After the bill was read for the first and second time, the House reverted to the Committee of the whole where the law makers took turn to go through the bill, clause by clause for corrections.
The Speaker , Mr Somtochukwu Udeze who presided over the plenary later put to voice vote the outcome of the committee on the whole which was adopted and passed by the Assembly.
Radio Nigeria Correspondent Uche Ndeke reports that part of the provisions of Anambra state markets Bill 2026 provisions is that traders should inform market leaders if there is any reason for them to close their shops on any particular day.
