Photos: Street protest by Owerri women over Rochas Okorocha decision to relocate major market

In this time where many find it difficult to meet up, the government of this country at many level never ceases to amaze people by taking decisions that shows they are not in touch with those who voted them into political offices. Will a governor pretend that he does not the high cost to secure a store when market are relocated in Nigeria?. In most cases, the market stores becomes the exclusive preserve of the rich who would sell/rent out trice their regular prices. This is the perceived case in Owerri.

Women in Owerri, the Imo state capital this morning took to the streets to protest the decision of the Governor of the state Rochas Okorocha to relocate Ekeukwu Owerri market for obvious reasons.