Enugu On Lockdown As Residents Shun Peter Mbah’s Directive On Sit-At-Home Ban

Despite the state government’s ban on the “illegal sit-at-home,” residents of Enugu City, the capital of Enugu State, southeast Nigeria, and its surroundings have continued the Monday sit-at-home.

Governor Peter Mbah reportedly threatened to close schools, marketplaces, parking lots, and other enterprises on Saturday if they failed to open for commercial or academic activities on Monday, June 5, 2023, and going forward.

The governor had said on Saturday that the order came after he recently banned or cancelled the Monday sit-at-home exercise in every corner of the state, beginning on Monday, June 5, 2023.

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Mbah had said: “This is to inform all schools, markets, retail outlets, hospitals, transporters, malls and the general members of the public that, in view of the recent ban/cancellation of Mondays’ sit-at-home by the Government of Enugu State, in all nooks and crannies of the state, they have been directed to go about their normal businesses and activities every day of the week, including Mondays.

“The above-mentioned bodies and others alike are required to comply with the directive as adequate security measures have been taken to guarantee their safety.

“Members of the government’s task force will be moving around to monitor compliance. Any market, transport outlet, or any other body that fails to open for business risks being shut down immediately.”

However, residents reinforced the sit-at-home practice, according to SaharaReporters, who monitored compliance levels on Monday morning.

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For instance, visits to Holy Ghost, Old Park, Garrik, Emene, Eke-Obinagu, Abakpa, and Zik Avenue revealed that this Monday was completely deserted, unlike Mondays in the past few months when some individuals came out to open their businesses early.

In addition to fueling stations being stopped, schools in the state capital’s downtown and surrounding neighborhoods were also closed. The same thing happened in the Holy Ghost neighborhood, where there are numerous car parks. The local transportation businesses are all fully operational. People who commuted abandoned the routes in Old Orie Emene. Additionally, the normally busy Enugu-Abakaliki Road was desolate. 30 minutes later,

There were a few tricycle and bus drivers operating on community roads, but there were no passengers to transport. There were also several private vehicles on the roadways.

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