Shop owners along Egbu, Awaka and Emekuku in Owerri North LGA Imo State have lamented the wanton destruction of their shops and wares by the Imo State Government following a road expansion project going on in the area.
Speaking with our correspondent some of the shop owners whose shops were affected cried out that their entire means of livelihood have just ended within a twinkle of an eye. They complained that the demolition exercise came to them as a surprise as they didn't envisage such happening immediately even when the government claimed that there was prior information regarding that.
Miss Uzoka told our correspondent that she is surviving through mobile services at the homes of her customers while looking for another place to stay. In his earlier statement on the expansion project, the Commissioner of Works, Ralph Nwosu stated that the expansion became necessary due to what he described as the constricted width of the road caused by obstructing structures.
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