APGA to start reconstruction of burnt Nkwo Ngwa market soon

November 21, 2018

By Ijendu Iheaka 

Chief Chris Nkwonta, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate for Abia South Senatorial Zone on Wednesday promised the party would rebuild Nkwo Ngwa market before 2019 elections commence.

Nkwonta disclosed this while speaking to reporters at the palace of Eze Ishmael Nnakwu of Etiti Ohazu Autonomous Community in Aba when he went to visit the burnt Nkwo Ngwa market.

He said that the party had already asked for the details of what was destroyed by the fire and what was needed to help the affected traders come out of their losses.

“To alleviate the sufferings of the traders, we are going to start reconstruction work at the market even before the commencement of the 2019 elections.

“As you are aware, our governorship candidate has directed Abraham Oba, (the Abia House of Assembly member representing Aba Central) to give him an estimate of what it will take to do some palliatives pending when we will come to power and rebuild it completely”, he said.

Nkwonta said the plight of the traders who lost goods worth millions of naira in156 shops razed to the ground was pitiable at this time of economic hardship.

He said that the huge losses caused by the fire which gutted the timber and furniture sections of the market could have been reduce if there were access roads to the market and Ngwa road area.

“It was a very unfortunate incident but matters were made worse because there was no access road to the place.

“If there was an access road, I am sure the extent of damage could have been considerably reduced.

“So we went to commiserate with them and assure them that APGA will do everything within our powers to reinstate them to where they were before the incident”, he said.

Nkwonta who said he lost to Abaribe in 2015 because PDP rigged the election noted that his chance of winning the seat in 2019 is brighter now.

He said that the phasing out of incident forms in 2019 elections which would reduce rigging with through it would make his victory over Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe easier.

Nkwonta said that APGA, is hopeful of victory in 2019 Abia state elections because since 2015, it had developed a blueprint for rebuilding Abia state through total reconstruction of Aba which is its business hub. 

In his response, the royal father, Eze Ishmael Nnakwu thanked them for coming to see him and prayed that God would give them the desire of their hearts.

He pleaded with the party to intervene and ensure that the people of the area would have their roads rehabilitated to ease the carting away of refuse in the area.

The royal father said that there had been an outbreak of scabies among their children for some time now because of the effect of the environment on their health and asked for assistance.