Nigerian Coalition of Pastors Condemns Endless Sit at
Home
Speaking at the event, the Enugu State
Coordinator of Nigerian Coalition of Pastors for Good Governance NCPGL, Rev
Obinna Akukwe said that in the coming weeks it will set up a task force to
persuade those behind the endless sit at home to give South East a breather.
The Nigerian Coalition of Pastors for Good
Leadership has condemned the endless sit at home embarked upon by Igbos in the
South East. They vowed to engage all relevant stakeholders to seek other means
of engaging government in grievances without disrupting the system..
This was stated in Enugu on Sunday during the
stakeholders parley between the Pastors and various Christian youth groups in
New Haven.
Speaking at the event, the Enugu State
Coordinator of Nigerian Coalition of Pastors for Good Governance NCPGL, Rev
Obinna Akukwe said that in the coming weeks it will set up a task force to
persuade those behind the endless sit at home to give South East a breather.
According to him “South East economy is losing
billions every Monday due to a sit at home which makes no economic sense. I
came back from Kano the other day, they are laughing at us that we sit down
every Monday in laziness and expect them to vote Peter Ob as President.
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“Northern traders have already boycotted our
markets and majority prefers the long Lagos route or passes through Akwa Ibom
to Port Harcourt. The volume of trade in Onitsha Main Market is decreasing and
our youth are getting used to a three day holiday staring from Saturday till
Monday”
He said that the Coalition of Pastors will begin
engaging relevant stakeholders to see how to resolve the supremacy crisis
between the DoS branch of IPOB led by MAZI Chika Edozien and the Auto-Pilot
Branch led by Mazi Simon Ekpa which is responsible for the endless Sit at Home.
He expressed high hopes that the 2023 elections in the South East will not be
disrupted and said that NCPGL is working with Igbo leaders, secessionists and
youth groups to ensure hitch free elections and census.