{"id":4567,"date":"2013-06-01T13:26:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T13:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/council-declares-war-against-vendors-in-onitsha\/"},"modified":"2013-06-01T13:26:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T13:26:50","slug":"council-declares-war-against-vendors-in-onitsha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/council-declares-war-against-vendors-in-onitsha\/","title":{"rendered":"Council declares war against vendors in Onitsha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Newspaper distributors and vendors in Onitsha, Anambra State on Friday protested the mass destruction of newspapers by officials of the Onitsha North Local Government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vendors, who organised themselves under the umbrella of Onitsha Newspapers Directors and Distributors Association, marched through the streets of Onitsha, Nkpor and Obosi, causing traffic jam on the road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They carried placards with inscriptions like, \u2018Anambra State government caution Onitsha North chairman,\u2019 \u2018Anambra State government, don\u2019t declare war against vendors,\u2019 \u2018Governor Peter Obi caution your task force men,\u2019 \u2018Vendors are not part of the people polluting the environment,\u2019 \u2018Enough is enough to assault on the vendors, \u2018Onitsha North chairman, is it part of your duty to stop the sale of newspapers in Onitsha?\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protesters also visited the Anambra Broadcasting Service and newspaper offices on Old Market Road, New Market Road, Awka Road, Old and New Nkpor Roads, Upper Iweka and Owerri Road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The distributors and vendors refused to sell newspapers that arrived in Onitsha from Lagos on Friday morning and threatened to continue with their protest until the council chairman stopped the harassment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/> Posted in <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeriannewspapers.disnaija.com\/\">Nigerian Newspapers. <\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" rel=\"external nofollow\">DisNaija.Com<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p>Source:  Punch Newspaper<\/p>\n<p><b>DisNaija.Com<\/b> publishes regular posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeria-news.disnaija.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Nigeria News,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerian-newspapers.disnaija.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Nigerian Newspapers,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/online-nigeria.disnaija.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Online Nigeria Gist.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/nigeriannewspapers.disnaija.com\/punch\/council-declares-war-against-vendors-in-onitsha\/\">Nigerian Newspapers<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"true\" data-size=\"large\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Dis_Naija<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Your Opinion Counts. 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