
By Polycarp Ifeanyi
The President-General of Ogbaru Main Market popularly known as Ogbaru Relief Market, near Onitsha, Anambra State, Chief Patrick Ndubuisi Ochiogu has continued to demonstrate unbiased leadership by ensuring that both traders and the Market are save especially this upcoming rain season.
Chief Ochiogu had in his resumption duty as the elected President general of the Market told traders that as one of them, he knows the terrain of the Market and he would proffer solutions to their challenges.
Recalled that one of the achievements of Ochiogu immediately he resumed duty apart from eradicating any form of burglary incidents was desilting of drainage systems inside and outside the Market to curb flood destroying traders wares and littering the market with unwarranted debris.
It was obvious that before the advent of Ochiogu regime, traders have been counting losses due to flooding incidents in the Market but since he took over the mantle of leadership, the story drastically changed to positive.
As a visionary leader, he has already commenced aggressive desilting of major drainages surrounding the Market in order not to be trapped by this year’s early rain, having known that the Market is situated between Obodoukwu road Okpoko gutters and famous Upper Iweka Sakamori where flooding penetrate to wreak havoc in the market.
According to Chief Ochiogu, ” I am still maintaining my campaign promises to the traders. And I must fulfill all of them since they believe in me, I will be telling them the truth. Whatever I am doing, they will be seeing it practically. All these things cost me a lot of funds but I’m not bothered because it is for the interest of the traders. When traders are happy, I am also happy”
“So, all we need is to support our Solution Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo. He is a God sent Governor to Anambra state. All his transformation agenda is variable and as a Market leader, the same transformation should be replicated here” Said Ochiogu.
However, Ochiogu leadership disposition has fetched him a lot of honour both from cooperate individuals, Media, Association as well as traders of Ogbaru Main Market who crowned him ” Ochoudo”
As if the honours are not enough, Ogbaru Main Market attracted fame and recognitions from Hero Lager Beer, Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) amongst others through the excellent leadership of Ndubuisi Ochiogu.
Under his regime, he eradicated burglary incidents in the Market, he restored formidable security network, Usher in Peace in the Market, Decongesting Roads line by line inside the Market, dismantled and evacuated heaps of wastes dump at Obodoukwu road Okpoko, provided assorted fire extinguishers.
Others are; Rehabilitating Market water bole hole, Building toilet facilities, fumigating the entire Market, Installing Solar lights in the Market, Repairing Security vehicle, paying EEDC accumulated bills as well as making himself available in the Market even when others have gone to their respective residents, he will avail himself to ensure that everything is moving in order.
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