August 08, (THEWILL) – The Anambra State Government has said it will not pay August salary to any worker who abstains from duty in obedience to the sit-at-home directives by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The government, in a a circular issued by the Head Of Service (HOS), Harry Udu, asked workers in the state to report to their duty posts on Monday unfailingly or be sanctioned.
The circular directed Commissioners and permanent secretaries to monitor the situation and report accordingly.
The announcement read in part, “The Government of Anambra State has directed that all workers in the state must attend to their duties on Monday 9th August 2021.
“Failure to do so will result in severe sanctions including loss of salary for the month of August.
“All Hon. Commissioners and Permanent Secretaries are to monitor and report compliance, please.
” Kindly give this information the widest publicity in your Establishment.”
IPOB had declared a sit-at-home protest every Monday in the South-East beginning from August 9 to prevail on the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu currently in detention for treasonable felony.
The group, in a statement issued by its media and publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, had stated that “Monday Sit-at-home order is sacrosanct.”
It said the entire Biafra land will be locked down every Monday from 6.00am to 6.00pm beginning from August 9, 2021until its leader “Nnamdi Kanu who was abuducted in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria and locked up in DSS dungeon in clear violation of international laws is freed”.
It said the order became necessary because Kanu is suffering for their freedom. The statement added: “All markets, schools, motor parks, airports, and public places in Biafra land should shut down from morning to evening every Monday.
“We understand the economic implications of this measure but we are constrained to take it so that the world will know that our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not alone in the struggle for Biafra autonomy”.
It called for immediate release of Kanu and their total freedom, as they cannot hesitate to pay any sacrifice needed to achieve this including locking down the entire Biafra land on Mondays.
It advised all residents and visitors in Biafra land to comply with the order so as to avoid any clash or intimidation “by the wicked Nigeria security agents.”
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