Enough is enough on sit-at-home in south east –Anyim Pius Anyim cries Out

A former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, has kicked against the continued observance of the weekly sit-at-home in the Igbo-dominated South-East geopolitical zone.

According to the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and elder statesman, the economic hardship in the region, which had been linked to the sit-at-home, was taking an ugly dimension.

Anyim spoke at the South East Economy and Security Summit organised by the Imo State Government, reports News Express.

The sit-at-home is being observed every Monday in the region and allegedly enforced by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), particularly the faction loyal to Finland-based Simon Ekpa.

“We must emphasize that the circumstances that led to the Biafra agitation in 1967 are not the same as what is happening today,” the former Senate President said.

“It is estimated that hundreds of lives and hundreds of billions of naira have been lost to the sit-at-home order and its enforcement.

“Life has become very difficult in the South East and almost every successful person in the South East is in self-exile,” he added.