In compliant with one of the agreements reached at the end of a one-day peacebuilding and security dialogue held at Professor Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Center, Awka on Saturday, Anambra State Governor Soludo, Monday, participated in a mass celebration to officially signal an end to the sit-at-home order by non-state actors in the state.
The mass which was held at the St Joseph Cathedral, Ekwulobia, Aguata Council Area, started at 11:00 am and was celebrated by the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, Most Reverend Peter Okpalaeke.
Recall that during the one day dialogue, a Joint Statement by the government of Anambra State and the Joint Body of South East Council of Traditional Rulers, Bishops and Archbishops on the State of Insecurity in the Igbo Homesteads agreed to end the sit-at-home.
The Chairman of Anambra State Traditional Rulers’ Council, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe who read out the decision, said that the agreement to end the sit-at-home was unanimously accepted by ndi Anambra.
The quest to end the sit-at-home is one of the peace overtures by Soludo’s administration, which he said is geared towards the enthronement of a more progressive state.
