IPOB Sit-At-Home Order Records Partial Success In Imo, As Workers, Banks Comply
On Monday, the Indigenous People of Biafra’s sit-at-home order to protest the Federal Government’s detention of her leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was partially successful in Owerri, the capital of Imo State.
Imo workers, commercial banks, schools, and automobile parks did not open for business, according to a NEWS DIRECT journalist who watched the order.
Despite the fact that commercial trucks were on the roads in Owerri municipal, the streets appeared to be deserted. There were only a few stores that opened. Commercial banks refused to function for the purpose of providing services.
On Monday, August 9th, 2021, the majority of Imo workers complied with a sit-at-home order allegedly issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Civil servants at the state secretariat in Owerri, according to our correspondent who travelled throughout the city, largely disobeyed the state government’s order and directions to go to work on Monday.
Our reporter, who was at the state secretariat and other state government establishments at 10 a.m. on Monday, noticed that only a few offices were open, implying that the workers dared governor Uzodinma to sanction absentee civil servants.
Last Friday, the government issued a decree that any employee who fails to report to work on Monday, August 9, 2021, will be punished for insubordination and disobedience.
Only a few employees were seen at the former Imo State House of Assembly compound in Owerri, according to NEWS DIRECT.
As of the time of reporting this story, the old state secretariat on Orlu Road was likewise vacant.
A large number of staff did not show up for work at the offices of the 27 local government regions, according to the report.
A few senior civil servants who spoke to our reporter on the condition of anonymity said that employees were afraid to go to work. Furthermore, there were no automobiles available to transport them to their places of employment.
“We can’t put our lives in jeopardy because of government work,” one worker explained.
