Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu has threatened that traders in Enugu who observe next Monday’s sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will lose their shops and licenses.

Mbah stated this when he toured various parts of the state capital on Monday to monitor the level of compliance with his ban on the order.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Mbah,p a few days after they assumed office, announced an end to the order, effective from June 5.

He had said that such orders restrict creativity, entrepreneurship, and productivity in the state, and threatened to close any school, markets, and financial institutions, among others, that obey the order.

The governor warned that traders, who continued to sit at home from Monday, July 24, stood to lose their shops to serious-minded businessmen.

He said that adequate security had been provided in the areas, adding that there had not been any incident of attack since the ban on sit-at-home in June.

To the traders at Ogbete, Garki, and other markets, the governor warned that locking shops on Mondays would no longer be condoned.

“But you know, there are also consequences for not heeding our orders. Going forward, I want to put you on notice.

I will go around again on Monday next week. We are going to come with the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority to put a seal on any shop that is found locked on Monday because of the illegal sit-at-home order.

We will take it that you are not ready to do business.

We are going to revoke your license. We will revoke your shop title and reallocate it to someone else who is ready to do business. This is something we must enforce with effect from Monday next week,” he warned.

(CDA NEWS)
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