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The joy of traders in Ikom main market know no bounds as they continue to thank the Senator representing central senatorial district, Sen. Prof. Sandy Onor for his magnanimity and steadfastness in keeping to words to fulfill his campaign promises.
In 2019 during the electioneering, Prof. Sandy Onor had promised the traders in Ikom Main Market, motorised boreholes in the market to ease water challenge faced by traders.
This gesture is in furtherance to the two million naira (#2,000,000) donated by the senator to displaced traders following an inferno which gutted parts of the market, earlier this year.
The Chairman, Ikom Main Market Traders Union (IMMTU), Comrade Emmanuel Ogigha said; “In the history of this market, no elected official or government parastatal has remembered Ikom Main Market in any form. All we normally see is that they come here and collect revenue from us with nothing to show for the revenues we’ve been paying. We so much thank God for giving us somebody like Sen. Prof. Sandy Ojang Onor. The water project is ongoing. The people are working day and night to fast tract its completion”.
“The DG Caterpillar Movement was here and he expressed satisfaction with the level of work done so far. He also informed us that the Senator has concluded plans to construct a health facility here in the market for us. We are very happy I must confess. A health facility in Ikom Main Market is long over due”.
“Series of terrible things has been happening here. Often times, women put to birth in the open while purchasing food and other items; a situation that is dangerous for the safety and survival of both the mother and the child.
“During compulsory immunization, our women find it extremely difficult to take their children to health centers to be immunized because of the distance from the market. The initiative is a laudable one. It will go a long way in handling the numerous health emergencies we often encounter here. Health is wealth. You have to first of all be healthy before you can be able to pursue any goal. We thank distinguished Senator for keeping to his words. We thank him for his concern. We thank him for having us in mind. He is a man indeed. The entire market traders are happy with him.
“On behalf of myself, my exco members and the entire people of Ikom Main Market, we say a big thank you to our Senator. May the Almighty God bless him”
