Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of Anambra South has stated that it is time for businesses in the state to open on the first weekday of the new month.
During an interview on Channels Television, Ubah noted that the Monday sit-at-home order by non-state actors is affecting Anambra businesses. He spoke in support of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s appeal to the people of Anambra State to avoid the sit-at-home order by non-state players.
He said; “We have observed the sit-at-home for nearly two years now and every Monday, all business activity in our state is paralysed.
“Because of that, we the stakeholders of my senatorial district have come to the conclusion that it’s time for us to open our businesses on Monday. Some people who are not residents of our zone or even in the country have used this sit-at-home to create fear in people and, at the same time, are making money and impoverishing our people. It is time for us to move on.”
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah further pointed out that while the rest of the world progressing, schools throughout the state were closed on Mondays.
He added; “If the world is moving on and almost every part of this country is moving on and our children would not be going to school, our businesses are closed, then we are losing a very serious economy.
“That is the essence of our being elected: to serve our people and to look at what is good for our people.”
The senator also criticized the Department of State Services (DSS) for continuing to detain IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu.
Ubah said; “I think what we need is constructive engagement with the Federal Government on the release of our brother, Nnamdi Kanu. But using that as an opportunity to paralyse the activities of the South-East, to me, is totally unacceptable henceforth.”