The Enugu State government has warned against an alleged plan by some market leaders to shut down major markets within the state capital on Saturday to show support during a rally backing the re-election of Governor Peter Mbah and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The government stated that such a move contradicts the Mbah administration’s determined effort to boost investment, business and productivity in the state, and therefore does not have the government’s blessing.
The government made its position known in a statement issued by Malachy Agbo, commissioner for Information and Communication, on Friday.
It said that people should feel free to go about their business, a predisposition it said prompted the decision of Mbah administration to end illegal Monday sit-at-home effective June 5, 2023.
The statement equally maintained that political association remains an individual right and choice, saying that participation in the Saturday rally and subsequent rallies by any group
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