IPOB’s Sit-At-Home : Absentee Workers Will Forfeit August Salary, Obiano Threatens

Any government worker in Anambra who abstains from office on
Monday because of the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of
Biafra IPOB, will forfeit his or her August salary, Governor Willie
Obiano has threatened.

This was contained in a circular to heads of all the Ministries
and parastatals by the Head of Service HOS, Harry Uduh.

The government asked all Commissioners and Permanent Secretaries
to monitor compliance in the State and report back

It reads: “The Government of Anambra State has directed that all
workers in the State must attend to their duties on Monday 9th
August 2021 as 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.” HOS.

Fear of possible attack has gripped residents but Anambra Police
Command said there was no cause for alarm

Speaking with The Nation, Anambra Police spokesman, Ikenga
Tochukwu, said their duty was to protect lives and property of the
residents

He said the Command with the other sister agencies would make
sure no harm would befell any citizen as they move about their
normal businesses

Before the circular on Sunday, the State government had made it
clear residents should ignore the order by IPOB and go about their
normal businesses.

But many residents said they would stick to the safe option of
staying away.

One of the traders said even if the government offered her N1m
to go to the market she would not accept.

“Those people behave like wild animals. I have my family to take
care of. if I die now, who will take care of them? IPOB members are
not human beings,” she stated.

A government worker in one of the ministries told The Nation he
would monitor the situation first before any taking decision.

He said it would be better to lose one month salary than his
life in the hands of the ‘beasts’ when he was nearing his
retirement period.

“No one will like to disobey government directive but the IPOB
members are heartless.

” They are the “unknown gunmen”, nobody knows their minds. It’s
a difficult situation for the workers in Anambra,” the worker
said.

Any government worker in Anambra who abstains from office on
Monday because of the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of
Biafra IPOB, will forfeit his or her August salary, Governor Willie
Obiano has threatened.

This was contained in a circular to heads of all the Ministries
and parastatals by the Head of Service HOS, Harry Uduh.

The government asked all Commissioners and Permanent Secretaries
to monitor compliance in the State and report back

It reads: “The Government of Anambra State has directed that all
workers in the State must attend to their duties on Monday 9th
August 2021 as 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.” HOS.

Fear of possible attack has gripped residents but Anambra Police
Command said there was no cause for alarm

Speaking with The Nation, Anambra Police spokesman, Ikenga
Tochukwu, said their duty was to protect lives and property of the
residents

He said the Command with the other sister agencies would make
sure no harm would befell any citizen as they move about their
normal businesses

Before the circular on Sunday, the State government had made it
clear residents should ignore the order by IPOB and go about their
normal businesses.

But many residents said they would stick to the safe option of
staying away.

One of the traders said even if the government offered her N1m
to go to the market she would not accept.

“Those people behave like wild animals. I have my family to take
care of. if I die now, who will take care of them? IPOB members are
not human beings,” she stated.

A government worker in one of the ministries told The Nation he
would monitor the situation first before any taking decision.

He said it would be better to lose one month salary than his
life in the hands of the ‘beasts’ when he was nearing his
retirement period.

“No one will like to disobey government directive but the IPOB
members are heartless.

” They are the “unknown gunmen”, nobody knows their minds. It’s
a difficult situation for the workers in Anambra,” the worker
said.