All eyes are on Enugu State Governor, Peter Ndubisi Mbah because of his determination to end the near-perennial Monday sit-at-home in his state.
Enugu State Deputy Governor, Ifeanyi Ossai ; Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah and Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, during a stakeholders town hall meeting to end the sit-at-home in Enugu…yesterday.
During his campaigns, Mbah had promised “business unusual’ to achieve his transformation agenda for the state. Attacking the scourge of Monday sit at home never featured as part of his campaign promises and that was probably because the issue is delicate.
“The creativity and sense of industry of Ndi Igbo are remarkable. Our DNA is wired with commercial and entrepreneurial prowess. “Therefore, those that strike on Mondays, putting restrictions in the way of our Igbo spirit of creativity, cannot be our true representatives. In fact, they kill our spirit.
He assured all round protection for the residents and those ready to comply with the directive, stressing that there was a taskforce in place to monitor compliance to the directive. The other was the report released recently by the Centre for Investigation. The body in their report had revealed that the southeast region loses an average of $10billion yearly to Monday sit at home. A sources stated that was the figure anything to by go, then any government desirous to make positive impacts in the life of her people must find ways to tackle the ugly mantra.
He had told workers who received him, “The truth is that everything we have promised our people in Enugu is anchored on getting the flow of private sector investments into our state; and the private sector cannot come into a state where the people are not productive. The private sector thrives on big markets and a vibrant workforce.
Those who know how entrenched Monday sit at home has become in the state will gladly observe that the greatest challenge confronting Mbah in the quest to restore the state to normalcy on Mondays is it’s entrenchment in the people. Most people say it is the day for rest. Some say Mbah never declared it and as such has no right to end it. There are others who have also warned him to desist from it, accusing him of nursing to end it to impress power that- be of his capacity to end Biafra agitation.
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