Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, the governor said schools are next to be shut down if they do not comply with the sit-at-home ban.
Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor, has disclosed the next location his administration plans to shut down as it enforces the ban on Monday sit-at-home in the state.
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, the governor said schools are next to be shut down if they do not comply with the sit-at-home ban.
He expressed frustration at the traders’ decision to stay off business premises on Monday despite prior warnings from the government to end adherence to the sit-at-home order.
“And like I said before, we’re not going to train our children in the 21st century by going to school four days a week, absolute nonsense. And this, of course, obviously, has stopped. We are going to open the schools, and we’re going to take the same measures.
“If you are running a private school and if you are not open, we will come and slam it and lock it up, because we’ve given you the permission to operate there as a school. And in Anambra, the school days are Monday through Friday.
“For the sake of this state, for our children, for these poor people, poor traders, poor farmers and all who depend on these markets being open, we cannot have this so the struggle is to save the economy of Anambra, secure our future, save our children, keep our markets open and reassure our investors, who are pouring in now, that Anambra is not a four day week. It’s a five or six day week,” he said.
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‘Anambra not a four-day week state’ — Soludo defends Onitsha market closure, says schools next
Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has defended his decision to close the Onitsha main market for one week after traders continued to comply with the IPOB-enforced Monday… pic.twitter.com/G4ZzF1d8vd
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