The Governor Peter Mbah-led Enugu State government on Monday shut down no fewer than 106 shops and two banks in the state for allegedly observing Monday’s sit-at-home order by Finland-based Simon Ekpa – the self-acclaimed disciple of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The exercise was carried out by officials of the Enugu State Government and Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA).
Governor Mbah Shuts Down Over 100 Shops, Two Banks In Enugu State For Allegedly Obeying Sit-At-Home OrderThe exercise was carried out by officials of the Enugu State Government and Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority .
The governor had issued the threat while monitoring people’s compliance with his order banning the illegal sit-at-home order in major markets in Enugu, the capital city. The SSG said, “It is not a punitive but ownership culture, where all of us come together to fight the menace of illegal sit-at-home in the state.
According to him, “We have been to ShopRite, Celebrity – a shopping mall – SPAR and others, we saw shops that were not opened and we sealed them.He noted that 85 percent of traders showed up in the markets visited, adding that Governor Mbah had made a commitment by providing security and buses at specific places to convey workers to the state Secretariat.
Also addressing journalists at the end of the exercise, the Head of ECTDA, Mr Gideon Onyia, said that the affected shops were both corporate and privately owned, saying that 78 shops were sealed at the popular Ogbete Market, while two new generation banks, five shops at SPAR and 24 shops at the Old Artisan Market were also shut down.
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