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.
Recalled that Mbah, few days upon assumption of 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, 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.
