According to Law Mefoh, the commissioner of information for Anambra State, the state loses $8 billion every Monday as a result of the sit-at-home order imposed by non-state actors.
Mefoh made the remarks on Tuesday in an interview with The Morning Brief on Channels Television, pointing out how severely the practice has affected the state’s socio-economic life.
According to statistics, Anambra loses an average of $ 8 billion every Monday when the market is closed, he said.
Following traders’ failure to open their stores on Monday, Governor Chukwuma Soludo issued a directive to shut down the well-known Onitsha Main Market for a week.
Mefoh argued that the government has a duty to keep the economy running.
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“Those who oppose it are merely being mischievous.” According to him, the governor correctly called it economic sabotage because of this.
He explained that the governor did not make the decision at his own volition. It appears that the governor has simply erupted and stopped by Onitsha Main Market to halt its operations. Instead, he claimed, the state’s Executive Council is responsible for this.
They convened for a retreat two Mondays ago and decided that action must be taken to end sit-at-home in Anambra. You can see that the entire government is responsible for making that decision, not just the governor. He emphasized that the governor must put it into action, and that it will not be limited to Onitsha Main Market alone.
Mefoh added that the state would also monitor other state-wide markets. Any of the over 150 other Anambra State markets that are discovered to be closed on any Monday will be treated the same way. It must be carried out. For the time being, it is inevitable.
Source: Channels TV
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