Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah lamented, saying the sit-at-home enforced by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the Southeast has resulted in the loss of over N10 billion every Monday.
The governor made the announcement on Thursday, July 13, 2023 in Enugu during a meeting with the President General (PG) of all local communities in the state.
He said that the financial loss was recorded due to economic activities that prevented him from sitting at home illegally every Monday.
“It’s important for us to understand the connection between poverty and this so-called sit-at-home. Each Monday that we sit at home, we lose over N10bn naira from the economic activity that ought to have happened here in our state,” Mbah said. Continue Reading…
“People who ordinarily would have stayed in a hotel till Monday before they travel will decide against staying beyond Sunday. So, what happens? The revenue the hoteliers would have generated is gone.
“People who would have come into Enugu to participate in one economic activity or the other won’t show up because you say you are sitting at home on Monday.”
According to him, the stay-at-home security idea will frustrate his government’s plan to shift the country’s economy from a public sector-led economy to a private sector-led economy.
Governor Mbah urged the PGs to talk to their people and understand that there is no such thing as sitting at home on Monday or any other day.
He said that they should not allow unelected people to direct them, saying that taking orders from such people without the consent of others is inferior.
He assured the people that the security agencies are vigilant to ensure that action is taken to ensure the protection of people and property in the state. Continue Reading…
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