With the new local government chairmen now in office, traders at Mile Three Market, particularly along Bishop Okoye Street, have called on the chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government, Allwell Ihunda, to take urgent steps against multiple taxation.
The traders lamented that they are compelled to pay different levies in the morning and again later in the day, amounting to over four thousand naira daily. They alleged that resisting such extortion attracts bullying and that when complaints are taken to the police at Mile Three Park or UST Junction, officers often side with the collectors.
Another group of traders also appealed to the local government chairman to address the growing sanitation crisis in the area. They warned that the stench from uncollected waste, worsened by constant rainfall, poses a serious health risk to both traders and shoppers.
