Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has disclosed the next target of his administration’s clampdown as it enforces the ban on the Monday sit-at-home across the state.
Addressing journalists at a press conference on Wednesday, Soludo warned that schools would be closed if they fail to comply with the directive.
The governor expressed displeasure over the continued refusal of traders to open their shops on Mondays, despite repeated government warnings to stop observing 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.
