Sit-at-home, lose your salary - Anambra, Ebonyi governors warn

The people of Ebonyi have been informed that Monday is a working day, just like every other working day in the state.

Markets, banks, schools, etc. will operate normally as against IPOB's sit-at-home in the southeast region.

Anambra state government also announced that it will not pay August salary to any worker who is absent from duty in obedience to the sit-at-home order.

The directive came from Governor David Umahi, countering an earlier order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sunday Sun reports.

The group had declared Monday a sit-at-home day in all the southeast states to protest the detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by the federal government. The decision has been widely criticised.

Governor Umahi has directed all residents of Ebonyi to ignore IPOB's sit-at-home order.