The Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Law Mefoh, has said the state loses about N8 billion every Monday as a result of the sit-at-home practice.

 

 

 

Mefoh made the statement during an interview on The Morning Brief, a programme aired on Channels Television, while speaking on the shutdown of the Onitsha market by Governor Chukwuma Soludo.

 

 

 

“Let me repeat for emphasis that initially there was fear factor, but it’s no longer there, even for months and years, Anambra security has been fairly restored, so there is no longer any fear factor.

 

 

 

“And you see, what has happened is that the fear factor led to the closing of the market every Monday in the past, and over time, the traders now converted Monday into an extension of their weekend. And this in itself is seriously affecting the socio-economic life of any state.

 

 

 

“Statistics has it that Anambra is loosing an average of N8 billion every Monday that the markets are shut.

 

 

 

“This is very serious, and if you look at it from that perspective, you can see that the government has a responsibility to ensure that the economy is running, and those who are opposing it are simply being mischievous,” he said.