How govt can end sit-at-home in South East – Shehu Sani

• Sani asked the federal government and governors of Southeastern states to resort to financial inducement
• He implored the government to start sharing N50,000 palliatives to South-East residents in market places every Monday in order to make them come out

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has proffered a solution to the deepening security crisis in the south east which is engendered by the sit-at-home order enforcement.

Recall that the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has been declaring a series of sit-at-home in the South-East zone in protest of the continued incarceration of the leader of the proscribed group, Nnamdi Kanu.

Speaking on the development and how to tackle the effects of the sit-at-home order on socio-economic activities, Sani asked the federal government and governors of Southeastern state to resort to financial inducement.

Senator Sani suggested that since the sit-at-home is usually observed on Mondays, the government should start sharing N50,000 palliatives to South-East residents in market places every Monday in order to make them come out.

In a tweet on Sunday, the former lawmaker wrote, “Share 50k palliatives in the market every Monday to end sit-at-home.”

Meanwhile, to address the deepening security crisis in region, Ohanaeze is asking President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergence over the sit-at-home order in the Southeast.

Ohanaeze asserted that a state of emergency will make the Southeast governors sit tight and find a lasting solution to the unrest.

Speaking during an interview with Daily Post on Sunday, Isiguzoro accused former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, of not speaking against the sit-at-home order.

He said “A desperate moment needs desperate action. We want to warn again that Ohanaeze will not fold its arms and allow miscreants to destroy economic activities in the Southeast.

“If possible, where this sit-at-home is happening should be declared a state of emergency. This is what Tinubu would do that will make the Southeast governors sit up and find a lasting solution to the problem”