IPOB: South-East Loses N10bn In Every Sit-at-home, Says Gov Umahi

The Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, stated yesterday that the country's South-East geopolitical zone loses over N10 billion each time it observes the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. 

Umahi, who spoke at a State Dinner in Abakaliki in honor of former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Tukur Buratai, explained that the order was having a negative impact on the region's economy. 

According to him, the state would not support the region's constant calls to stay at home.

He also stated that any Civil Servant who was absent from work due to the sit-at-home order would face disciplinary action. 

"If good people remain silent, evil will thrive; we must make Ebonyi State very exceptional by rising to the challenges. 

When we shout true federalism, I say I agree, but there should be administrative restructuring. Ebonyi State does not support any state collecting VAT, but we do support FIRS continuing to collect and share tax.

"We are destroying our economy, the sit-at-home is not happening in the South West, the North is not sitting at home, each time we sit at home, we lose over N10 billion in our economy, so Ebonyi State will not sit at home any day, so I charge the commissioners to go all out and ensure that Civil Servants come to work, and for the markets, I will personally be in the markets tomorrow, anyone who is not in the markets tomorrow,

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has said he is open to debate with any PDP governor who feels he has delivered more democracy dividends to his citizens than the APC-led administration. 

"When I say I have no apologies, you can talk everything about me but you cannot say we have not delivered and so when people open their mouths in PDP to talk about APC, they should know that I belong to APC".