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    COVID-19 lockdown: Gov. Ugwuanyi directs Council Chairmen, Councilors, Neighborhood Watch Groups, Youths, others to man land boundaries

May 29, 2023

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COVID-19 lockdown: Gov. Ugwuanyi directs Council Chairmen, Councilors, Neighborhood Watch Groups, Youths, others to man land boundaries

by Enugu State / Thursday, 30 April 2020 / Published in Enugu State Government

Following reports that persons on non-essential duties have continued to traverse the boundaries of Enugu State “with the tacit support of some unscrupulous persons” despite the state government’s COVID-19 Containment Order (Executive Order No. 1 of 2020) in force, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has directed all the 17 Local Government Council Chairmen “to mobilize all Development Center Administrators, Councilors, Traditional Rulers and Presidents General of Communities as well as Neighborhood Watch Groups and Youth Leaders within their jurisdiction to man the borders of their local Government Council Areas that are contiguous with other States”.

In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, the governor also directed the Council Chairmen “to liaise with the members of National Union of Road Transport Workers, Association of Tricycle Riders Transport Union and Okada Riders Union to ensure that intending passengers beyond Enugu State are not allowed to board vehicles in Motor Parks within their jurisdiction”.

Prof. Ortuanya added that “they are to ensure that passengers conveyed from outside the state are not allowed to disembark within their Local Government Council Areas”, disclosing that “the vehicles of erring operators will be impounded and handed over to law enforcement agents for appropriate action”.

Noting that “this condemnable conduct” compromises the current efforts of the Enugu State Government to contain the ravaging Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the statement stated that “the border control activities in all Local Government Council Areas in Enugu State that are contiguous with other states will be intensified at night-time, which is the time most of the infractions occur”.

The statement warned that “any person or group caught aiding and abetting the illegal traverse through Enugu State borders will be arrested and handed over to security agencies for prosecution”.

The SSG pointed out that these decisions were in furtherance of Gov. Ugwuanyi’s determination “as ever to contain the spread of the contagion in Enugu State and protect the residents from avoidable morbidity and mortality”.

Full text of the statement reads:

“It has come to the knowledge of Enugu State Government that despite the COVID–19 Containment Order – Executive Order No.1 of 2020 in force in Enugu State, which among other things, imposes interstate movement restriction, persons with non-essential mission have continued to traverse the borders of Enugu State with the tacit support of some unscrupulous persons.

“This condemnable conduct compromises the current Enugu State Government’s effort at the containment of this ravaging Coronavirus Disease (COVID – 19) pandemic.

“His Excellency, the Governor of Enugu State, determined as ever to contain the spread of this contagion in Enugu State and protect the residents from avoidable morbidity and mortality, hereby further orders as follows:

“All Local Government Council Chairmen are to mobilize all Development Center Administrators, Councilors, Traditional Rulers and Presidents General of Communities as well as Neighborhood Watch Groups and Youth Leaders within their jurisdiction to man the borders of their local Government Council Areas that are contiguous with other States.

“All Local Government Council Chairmen are to liaise with the members of National Union of Road Transport Workers, Association of Tricycle Riders Transport Union and Okada Riders Union within their jurisdiction to ensure that intending passengers beyond Enugu State are not allowed to board vehicles in Motor Parks within their jurisdiction.

“In like manner, they are to ensure that passengers conveyed from outside the state are not allowed to disembark within their Local Government Council Areas. Tlohe vehicle of erring operators will be impounded and handed over to law enforcement agents for appropriate action.

“The border control activities in all Local Government Council Areas in Enugu State that are contiguous with other states will be intensified at night-time during which most of the infractions occur.

“Any person or group caught aiding and abetting the illegal traverse through Enugu State borders will be arrested and handed over to Security Agencies for prosecution.”

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The name of the state derives from its capital city, Enugu. The word "Enugu" (from Enu Ugwu) means "the top of the hill". The first European settlers arrived in the area in 1909, led by a British mining engineer named Albert Kitson. In his quest for silver, he discovered coal in the Udi Ridge. The Colonial Governor of Nigeria Frederick Lugard took a keen interest in the discovery, and by 1914 the first shipment of coal was made to Britain.

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