IPOB PRESS RELEASE
09/09/2024

The Directorate of State (DOS) of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is concerned about the anti people and anti economic action of certain governors in the Southeast. The retrogressive and punitive tax on the citizens who are generating power via solar energy and other power generating sources by the Imo State and Enugu State Governors is highly condemnable. Governor Peter Mba of Enugu State and Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State indeed has proven that they were brought into office to impoverish Ndigbo.

The residents of Enugu and Imo State have been imposed with obnoxious energy tax for generating their own lights in the contraption of darkness called Nigeria. In a sane country with responsible leaders, the provision of reliable electricity is the duty of the government. But in a Banana Republic such as Nigeria, the citizens are penalized for generating their own lights, which the Nigerian government ought to be responsible for in Enugu and Imo State, respectively. To demonstrate government ineptness, the two clown governors in Imo and Enugu State introduced the retrogressive energy tax on citizens using solar energy and other generators in order to perpetuate darkness in Alaigbo and grind the economic activities in Alaigbo to a halt, but they will fail and regret doing such an evil act against the people of Enugu and Imo State. .

Governor Peter Mba and Hope Uzodinjo are colluding with Emeka Offor’s EEDC company to shortchange Biafrans by indirectly imposing a ban on people not to have alternative power sources outside Emeka Offor’s criminal enterprise called EEDC. If these unscrupulous Governors want the citizens not to use solar energy and generators, they should first demand that EEDC provides constant electricity to the people. Colluding with the criminal enterprise called EEDC management to restrict citizens from enjoying electricity so that they will rely solely on the erratic power from EEDC is not only criminal but a clear economic sabotage of the economic growth of Alaigbo and that part of the southeast. It’s obvious that these two acclaimed rulers were imposed on Ndigbo to impoverish and to weaponize the poverty agenda of their political masters at the center.

IPOB is calling on Governor Peter Mba and Hope Uzodinma to stand down on their retrogressive energy tax imposed in their States. Instead of imposing tax on those generating their own power, the government should compensate and encourage them for helping to reduce the pressure on the dilapidated power facilities in Nigeria. IPOB will always be against any anti-people policies by the government. If you people doubt this, send out criminals who will collect such obnoxious tax for you again and see the outcome. The tax on people who are providing electricity from alternative sources outside EEDC is not only evil but satanic. Governor Peter Mba and Governor Hope Uzodinma, please allow Ndigbo to breathe and remove the retrogressive energy tax on Ndigbo.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL, MEDIA, AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB