By Israel Mbam
Ebonyi State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru have expressed worry over Ineffectiveness of some of the youths appointed into his government. The Governor while speaking at the flagg off of the construction of Ebonyi Industrial City at Izhiamgbo, Ohaukwu LGA on Tuesday 29th April , 2025, described as frustrating a situation where some of his appointees, mostly youths will inflate costs of projects, while others like the Commissioner for Works will lie to him that the road project leading to the state pipe production company, Izhiamgbo, Ohaukwu LGA had been completed five months ago, even when work was suspended at the road.
The Governor who expressed dismay over the spate of sabotage by some persons handling government projects, vowed to take action against the perpetrators in no distance time.
In his words, “even our youths are not prepared to be mean, because many of them, if you give them jobs they will not do it. They are also not prepared because they want easy money.
“Because they want easy money, they are not prepared for governance. To achieve money or wealth is very easy, but to maintain it, so that the wealth will be part of them, is very difficult
“We give you jobs (contracts) you will introduce stories. I pity many of our youths that have our jobs (contracts), but they are not doing it. Because one day, we will take roll calls and decide to take action. Why I struggle at all times to make everybody happy is to protect the youths that will be aspiring to take over governance from me tomorrow, and that is why am making a good sacrifice for the youths
“Even many of our youths who are in government are also not doing well. Looking at this road, the Commissioner for Works, Lebechi Mbam told me that he completed this road five months ago. But today, the drainage is ongoing, somebody that is not up to forty years old, but he told me that he completed this road over five months ago. If not because of this program, nobody would have been working there
“It is because of this program that made those people working there come out to work today. Every day, we continue to talk of our youths but the little opportunity given to you, you will not utilize it well.
“And so, we are in trouble. The youths, we are in trouble. We should change the way we are living. We must change the way we reason. The reasoning and the disposition of the youths are very wrong to the society” the Governor lamented.
He also gave update on the State owned Airport where the managers were not able to effectively utilise the approvals made for the upgrade. He assured that efforts to put the airport in working condition were ongoing and would be completed soon.