Law Mefoh, the state’s commissioner of information, assured that the state’s business environment is safe and that there is no risk associated with the sit-at-home order.
Mefoh claimed that the state offers adequate security for business in an interview with Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Tuesday.
The fear factor has vanished, and Nambra is safe for business. He speculated that this sit-at-home problem may have existed when it first started, but it has since vanished.
Therefore, the continued shutdown of Anambra’s markets, particularly the Onitsha Main Market, which is arguably the biggest market in West Africa, is in vain.
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His statement comes after the governor ordered the well-known Onitsha Main Market to close for a week because local businesses had not done so on Monday.
The commissioner continued, “The governor and this government have every right to ensure that the state and the state as a whole operate smoothly.”
He further explained that, despite the fear factor making the market and even offices closed on Mondays in the past, “the traders have now made Monday a weekend extension,” which is seriously affecting the state’s socio-economic life.
According to statistics, Anambra loses an average of $8 billion every Monday during the market shutdown. He continued, “The government has a responsibility to make sure that the economy is running.”
Sit-At-Home Order
A Monday sit-at-home order has been in effect for years in some Anambra State locations, causing disruption to business and social activities and deserting places of employment.
The South-East’s non-state actors have been widely criticized for putting pressure on traders, transport workers, and students indoors, especially in cities like Onitsha, which has been done so.
However, the state government, led by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, has urged residents to avoid the illegal order, which it describes as economic sabotage against the area, and to go about their lawful activities fearlessly.
Source: Channels TV
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