The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has directed South-east residents to set aside Mondays as Economic Empowerment Day( EED) in the region.
This was contained in a statement circulated by IPOB’s media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, yesterday.
According to Mr Powerful, Mr Kanu gave the directive as a follow-up to his earlier cancellation of the controversial sit-at-home usually enforced by a faction of the IPOB on Mondays.
He said the “Economic Empowerment Day, EED, connotes a day set aside for mass mobilisation of Biafrans to devote their resources and means towards reversing the sharp and unprecedented decline in the economic, educational, and social needs of the people occasioned by the prolonged sit-at-home.”
He urged the people to embark on the massive deployment of their resources for the empowerment of the poverty-ridden population of the South-East during the EED exercise.
“Following the total cancellation of any forms of sit-at-home in the South-East, as clearly and unequivocally encapsulated in Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s handwritten letter which was recently published by special counsel, Barrister Alloy Ejimakor, as a follow-up to the recorded acceptability and massive compliance with the directive, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu further directed UmuChineke, to henceforth, set aside every Monday as an EED in the entire South-East.
“There is an urgent need to reclaim our lost glory by embarking on empowering Biafrans with education, health services, employment, and the resources they need to live beyond mere subsistence as our people are known globally for hard work, resilience, and great achievements.
“Also, the implication of this Economic Empowerment Day (EED) is that Biafrans are expected to devote significant time to adhere to their routine calendar schedule template strictly and uninterruptedly with a view to making up for the humongous time lost to the activities of misguided enforcers of unsanctioned Monday sit at home order,” the statement added.