Anambra 2025: ASMATA launches Soludo for Continuity campaign Committee
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Anambra 2025: ASMATA launches Soludo for Continuity campaign Committee

President General, Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association, (ASMATA), Chief Humphrey Anuna on Wednesday, inaugurated campaign team to ensure return of Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State for second tenure come 2025 gubernatorial election. The team, led by comrade Peter Okala, as chairman, has Mr. Kamsoluchukwu Oguka, as secretary while all executive members of ASMATA are

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Join Soludo's war against touting - ASMATA urges traders
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Join Soludo’s war against touting – ASMATA urges traders

The President General, Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders Association, ASMATA, Chief Humphrey Anuna, has inaugurated the new executives of United Petrochemical Dealers and Crushers Association of Nigeria, headed by Mr Onyekachi Nwafor as chairman. Inaugurating them at the ASMATA Secretariat weekend, the ASMATA PG charged them to live by their oath of office and avoid

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Sit-at-home: ASMATA PG vows to sanction defaulters, inaugurates 10-man demolition team
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Sit-at-home: ASMATA PG vows to sanction defaulters, inaugurates 10-man demolition team

Dissatisfied with the non compliance of some traders to open their shops on Mondays over fear of uncertainty, the President General, PG, Anambra State Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA, Chief Humphrey Anuna, during Monday sit-at-home exercise read riot act to them, vowing to sanction defaulters. He reminded them that the state government has put every arsenal

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Sit at Home: ASMATA assures Traders of Security, Cooperation
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Sit at Home: ASMATA assures Traders of Security, Cooperation

Anambra State Market Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA) has urged traders who transact business in various Shopping Plazas in Anambra State to defy the purported fear of the unknown gunmen or hoodlums and resume their normal businesses on Mondays. Speaking during a meeting with Shopping plazas Chairmen and Secretaries at Onitsha on Monday, the President General

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Nkpor Market Inferno: ASMATA donates N1m to victims, urges relocation of street traders
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Nkpor Market Inferno: ASMATA donates N1m to victims, urges relocation of street traders

The Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA) has presented a cheque of N1million to the victims of fire disaster at Nkpor Main market, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. Presenting the bank draft/cheque the Pesident General, to the market chairman, Chief Paul Okafor and other fire victims the ASMATA President, Chief Humphrey

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Soludo, Nwankwo hail ASMATA boss over peace, increased IGR in Anambra markets
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Soludo, Nwankwo hail ASMATA boss over peace, increased IGR in Anambra markets

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State and President General, Building Materials International Market (BMIM) Ogidi, Chief Jude Nwankwo have praised President General, Anambra State Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA, Chief Humphrey Anuna for restoration of relative peace and increase in the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, base of the markets in the State. They made the commendations

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2023: ASMATA to rake N5bn into Anambra govt coffers
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2023: ASMATA to rake N5bn into Anambra govt coffers

…as ASMATA incumbent executive clocks one year in office As part of its efforts towards increasing the revenue base of Anambra State Government for Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s rapid infrastructural development of the state, the umbrella body of all traders in the state, Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders Association, ASMATA, Monday, vowed to generate #5billion

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Honour PG for restoring peace in markets - ASMATA urges Soludo 
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Honour PG for restoring peace in markets – ASMATA urges Soludo 

 The Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA, Conflict Resolution Committee has urged faceless petition writers against the President General, PG, of ASMATA, Chief Hon. Humphrey Anuna, to turn a new leaf as their petition against the PG would not deter him from taking traders in the State to the next level. The committee led

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Sit-at-home: Anambra traders blame market closure on Kanu's continued detention
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Sit-at-home: Anambra traders blame market closure on Kanu’s continued detention

Traders in Anambra State have demanded immediate and unconditional release of leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to assist in full restoration of business activities on Mondays across the Southeast geo-political zone. They attributed non-compliance to government’s directive to carrying out sanitation exercise on Mondays before opening of shops, as part

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Seven Anambra markets shut over sit-at-home compliance
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Seven Anambra markets shut over sit-at-home compliance

No fewer than seven markets in Anambra State were on Monday sealed by Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders Association, ASMATA over alleged closure and not participating in the sanitation exercise as ordered by the State Government. The seven sealed markets out of 18 of them visited by the President General, PG, of ASMATA, Chief Humphrey

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ASMATA sacks market chairman over non payment of IGR 
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ASMATA sacks market chairman over non payment of IGR 

Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA, the umbrella body of all markets in Anambra State, has reportedly sacked the chairman of Onitsha Photographic Dealers Union, Chief Cletus Agu, over alleged non payment of Government Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, for two years and for overstaying in office. Agu, who told newsmen that he remained the

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ASMATA vows to deliver 30 Anambra Assembly seats to APGA
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ASMATA vows to deliver 30 Anambra Assembly seats to APGA

…as ASMATA boss laments sorry state of affairs  Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders’ Association, (ASMATA) has vowed to deliver the 30 seats in the Anambra State House of Assembly, to All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) candidates during the March 11 gubernatorial/House of Assembly elections. President General, Chief Humphrey Anuna gave the assurance in a letter to the

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Dissolve ASMATA Caretaker C'ttee - Stakeholders tell Soludo
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Dissolve ASMATA Caretaker C’ttee – Stakeholders tell Soludo

…ask Soludo to reconstitute ASMATA with credible and reasonable people Stakeholders of Anambra State Traders (SAST) has asked Governor Chukwuma Soludo to immediately dissolve the  Caretaker Committee leadership of Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA) led by Chief Humphrey Anuna popularly called Onwa Oraeri. The Stakeholders also called on the Governor to put in credible

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Trade cautiously with defeated chairmanship candidates - Traders tell ASMATA PG
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Trade cautiously with defeated chairmanship candidates – Traders tell ASMATA PG

…express surprise that a defeated chairmanship candidate continued to portray the image of the market and executive in bad light President General, Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA, Chief Humphrey Anuna, has been advised to bewary of antics of defeated market chairmen who are out to tarnish his image by causing crisis in the

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Alleged Anambra market fire capable of triggering BP - ASMATA boss
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Alleged Anambra market fire capable of triggering BP – ASMATA boss

…Some media outfits had reported that some plazas in Ogbaru Relief, (Main) market gutted by fire on Friday, destroying goods worth millions of Naira Authorities of Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA has refuted alleged fire outbreak at Ogbaru Relief, (main) market last Friday. Some media outfits had reported that some plazas in Ogbaru

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