Sit-at-home: Go about your normal businesses, Enugu govt urges residents

<p>Onyia further reiterated that the illegal sit-at-home order was totally at odds with the Igbo spirit of industry, hard work, enterprise, productivity and creativity.</p>, <span>IPOB’s sit-at-home order cripples socio-economic activities in Awka. NTA</span>, <h2>Enugu State Government has again, urged Enugu residents to disregard Monday’s sit-at-home order by the factional members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and go about their normal businesses.</h2>, <p>The government directs resumption of normal activities on Monday and threatened to sanction civil servants, schools, markets, and others that observe the illegal IPOB order.</p>, <p>Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the State Government, gave the directive in a statement he signed on Saturday in Enugu.</p>, <p>He said, “The Enugu State Government wishes to remind the good people and residents of the state that the ban on the illegal Monday sit-at-home order remains effective.</p>, <p>“In view of this, civil servants, schools, markets, financial institutions, business premises, and others, are hereby directed to resume normal activities on Monday.”</p>, <p>He added that the state government had restated its resolve to apply sanctions against defaulters of its cancellation of the illegal order.</p>, <p>“Markets that fail to open to customers on Monday shall be shut down indefinitely and shops in the markets that close on Monday shall be sealed and re-allocated to those eager to do business in the state.</p>, <p>“Government extends the same warning of sanctions against schools, financial institutions, shopping malls, department stores, business premises, and others that may defy its directive,” he said</p>, <p>Onyia further reiterated that the illegal sit-at-home order was totally at odds with the Igbo spirit of industry, hard work, enterprise, productivity and creativity.</p>, <p>“Therefore, general public is urged to go about their normal daily activities as adequate security measures have been put in place to protect lives and property,” he adv