{"id":132683,"date":"2024-09-30T21:09:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/relocate-to-yours-council-areas-gov-mbah-orders-newly-sworn-in-chairmen"},"modified":"2024-09-30T22:17:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:17:56","slug":"relocate-to-yours-council-areas-gov-mbah-orders-newly-sworn-in-chairmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/relocate-to-yours-council-areas-gov-mbah-orders-newly-sworn-in-chairmen","title":{"rendered":"Relocate to yours council areas \u2013 Gov Mbah orders newly sworn in chairmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, Monday, inaugurated the 17 Local Government Council chairmen and the deputy chairmen elected during the September 21 council elections in the state, charging them to hit the ground running, delivering people-centered projects and programmes in line with their campaign promises.<\/p>\n

Mbah also directed the new chairmen to relocate to their council areas, as the era when council chairmen lived in townships and far from their people were over, urging them to key into his government\u2019s Smart Green School, rural infrastructural projects, agriculture, among others, to fight crime and create opportunities and brighter future for Enugu children and youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI followed your campaign and all that you promised the people. I also heard a lot of you making allusion to our mantra, \u2018Tommorrow Is Here\u2019, during the campaign. I will tell you what \u2018Tommorrow is here\u2019 speaks to.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt speaks to the immediacy of the tasks before us and how we can immediately get to solving those problems without procrastination.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also reminds us that the tomorrow we envision is within our grasp, but just to the extent we are able to innovate. That is why we are now talking about disruptive innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow the time you did the talk is over and I am also going to add that the honeymoon is also over. It is now time to walk the talk and time to action those promises you made to the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the people now expect to hear is how and when you can solve the problems that have blighted their development over the years. So, this is now time for you to think outside the box,\u201d Mbah stated.<\/p>\n

The governor equally charged them to complement the state\u2019s war against insecurity, as development was not possible without it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have zero tolerance for crime and insecurity in Enugu State. If you are thinking about how to attract cottage industries and development to your various local governments, they would not come if you do not have peace and security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also charged them on inclusive governance and administering the councils from their LGAs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people would be the centerpiece of your governance model. You have to banish feelings of alienation and you must deliver democracy dividends to all.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should think about basic amenities. We have challenges across all the sectors. You should be thinking outside the box on how to solve them and how to creatively generate wealth and create employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you can not do that remotely. You can not do that operating from the city. You have to be there with your people.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the era where we have local government chairmen or their deputies leading their people remotely or by proxy is gone. We would have no tolerance for local government chairmen, who do not govern from their local governments,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Responding on behalf of his colleagues, the Chairman of Nkanu East LGA, Hon. Okechukwu Edeh assured the new chairmen would cascade the governor\u2019s numerous development programmes to the grassroots.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are lucky to be part of this most digitalised, innovative, and robust administration. Some people fail, not because they want to fail, but because they lack appropriate leaders, especially exemplary leaders, who they can emulate.<\/p>\n

\u2018But having you as a governor, we know too well that you are an achievement-oriented governor. We are not going to let you and the people of Enugu State down,\u201d Okechukwu assured.<\/p>\n

Also, fielding questions from Government House correspondents, a second term Council Chairman of Isi-Uzo LGA, Hon. Obiora Obeagu commended the Mbah Administration for undertaking projects that are otherwise local government responsibilities and for supporting the councils financially.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalking about local government autonomy, you know that I am returning for a second term. In fact, the governor is actually investing state government money in the local governments.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake for instance, primary education, which is the responsibility of the local governments. We have Smart Schools ongoing in the 260 wards of Enugu State and each of the projects is worth over one billion naira. That is not something the local government can shoulder.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we have always had this autonomy since the governor reconstituted the Economic Planning Commission and has always used the platform to support us in our various councils.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a partnership where the governor funds 60 per cent of the costs of capital projects initiated by any local government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 260 Type Healthcare Centres across the state, which means the partnership is paying and rubbing off on the grassroots,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Chairman of Udenu LGA, Aka Eze Aka, promised innovative and robust rural development in tandem with Governor Mbah\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n

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