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Hawkers laud Gov over hawking bill in Cross River

A large amount of hawkers have commended the efforts of Gov. Ayade to initiate a bill that will protect the rights of hawkers in the state.

Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade.

The hawkers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar that sending the bill to the legislature demonstrated the state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade’s concern for the masses in the state.

The governor had last week, told journalists that he had sent a bill on hawkers’ rights protection to the assembly.

He explained that the bill was for a legal framework for hawking to thrive in the state.

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One of the hawkers, Mr Aniete Bassey, described the initiative as people-oriented and said that the bill, if passed, would provide food for many families.

``This is very commendable because it touches the downtrodden. This will enable the poor masses to go about their businesses without fear of molestation.

``I have five children that I feed through this business,” Bassey, who hawks clothing materials, stated.

Mr Ikechukwu Udenwa, a hawker of electrical appliances, told NAN that the law would help small-scale businesses to thrive in the state as wished by the governor.

``I came to this town with a small capital to do business; so I decided to hawk for now until I make more money to rent a shop.

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“With this government protection, I can trade anywhere in the city,” he said.

An orange seller, Mrs Nkoyo Etim, also expressed happiness over the proposed bill, saying ``maybe, the law will prevent some people from coming to ask us to pay some fees daily to government”.

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