IPOB's sit-at-home destroying only economy of South East, favours other regions - Reno Omokri

By Emmy Joe

The current sit-at-home order in the South East region, imposed by the separatist group, the Indegenious People of Biafra (IPOB), won’t have any effect on the country’s economy, according to Reno Omokri, a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The former presidential spokesman supported his assertions with an illustration showing the ranking of states’ internally generated revenue and the ranking of states with the highest number of businesses. He said South Eastern states were not among the top ten states that produce the most revenue or the top ten states with the most registered tax-paying businesses.

“The attached image is the major reason why the sit-at-home currently going on in the Southeast geopolitical zone is not impacting the national economy and is only destroying their regional economy. Because of the top ten states with registered tax paying businesses in Nigeria, not a single one is in the Southeast. And of the top ten states that generate the highest internally generated revenue in the nation, none is from the Southeast,” tweet by Omokri read.

The former presidential spokesperson further said that the current sit-at -home imposed in the region by the separatist group is a war the south-east is having against itself.

“The current sit-at-home is a war the Southeast is having against itself, and the most significant economic effect it has on the rest of Nigeria is positive, in that foreign and local investors are divesting from the Southeast and relocating to other stable geopolitical zones. Please, this is not Igbo hatred. It is just the bitter truth based on facts that don’t lie! “