By Peoples’ Guide Reporters
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government Chieftaincy and EBSIEC Matters have continued thier familiarization visit to Ivo Local Government Area where they visited the three Development Centers namely, Akaeze, Echele and Ivo Development Centers. The Committee Chairman, Hon Good luck Obinna Mbam during the visit, called for an immediate restoration of peace and order for the people to enjoy the good administration in the state under the leadership of Governor Francis Ogbonnia Nwifuru.
The visit witnessed a reburst of the age long crises at the Local Government as there was a report of fresh killings and attacks which made the committee to take another route to thier destination.
Meanwhile, the committee carried out thier functions starting with Akaeze Development Center where they inspected the construction of the magistrate court building, grading and laterating of Nkwobo Ugwu Iyioji road, control of erosion menace at Amumaka road among others, and expressed satisfaction with the level and standard of work being done.
The Committee applauded the Coordinator, Hon. Barr Chinasa Okorie and enjoined him to embark on more legacy projects that will put smiles on the faces of the people of the area.
At Echiele Development Center, the condemned the sub standard jobs embarked upon by the Coordinator, Princess Francisca Okeke and directed her to engage professional Engineers that will help her to ensure job standardization and quality jobs.
The Committee Chairman, Hon Good luck Obinna Mbam frowned and condemned the culvert, the perimeter fencing at Echiele Secretariate and drainage at Amaokwe that was inspected and described it as death traps and therefore ordered the Coordinator to remove them and embark on quality jobs.
At Ivo Development Center, the committee was disgusted at the dirtiness in the development center and the scarcity of projects in the center.
The Committee then implored the coordinator Hon Aja Donatius Ikenna to embark on projects that will give a facelift to the center and bring the expected happiness to the people.
Responding, the Coordinator of Akaeze Development Center Hon Barr Chinasa Okorie lamented the re-ocurence of the crises between the people of the areas despite the efforts by the government to put the place at rest and assured the committee that more efforts shall be employed including running to the state government for more assistance and more importantly making the warring people to know the griveous consequences of war.
Barr Okorie took the committee round his projects and said that he just want to satisfy the needs of his people and make them see and enjoy dividends of democracy.
@Egede, Sylvester Ikechukwu
Public Relations Officer Ebonyi State House of Assembly.