The Transition Committee Chairman of Ikwuano LGA of Abia State, Deacon Stanley Ojigbo has appealled to the Federal Government to come to the aid of the people of the area in tacking erosion menace which is threatening to cut off some villages and communities in the Council.
Ojigbo who made the appeal while speaking to journalists in his office urged the Federal Government under the Federal Ecological Fund to assist the Local Government Area tackle the environmental hazard which he said is threatening the agricultural productivity of the people who are known as the food basket of the State.
According to the TC Chairman,over 40 full blown erosion sites have been identified in the local government area while about 65 erosion sites are at the incipient stages.
“We all know that combating and controlling erosion is monumentally capital intensive so I am pleading with the Federal Government to come to the aid of Ikwuano people.
“As we speak,there are some villages and communities already dismembered by the erosion menace but I know that the FG will do something through the Ecological Funds”,he said.
The Ikwuano LGA boss also appealled to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to upgrade the three major markets in the area which include Ndoru, Ibere and Ariam Eluelu markets to the status of daily markets to enable them meet the daily needs of the people bearing in mind it’s proximity to the city center adding that the Local Government in collaboration with the State government,will achieve the desired aim.
While noting that most of the roads in the area are impassable, Ojigbo expressed optimism that Governor Ikpeazu will keep to his promise of reconstructing rural roads to give the people a new ease of life as well as enable farmers in the area transport their produce.
The Council boss assured that he will replicate Governor Ikpeazu’s giant strides in the Local Government, deliver democracy dividends to the people of the area and called for the total support to enable him achieve his visions.
His words: “My vision is to make Ikwuano LGA better than I met it. As the TC Chairman,I know the constitutional responsibility and I will do just that.
I promise to carry the entire Ikwuano people along and take the local government area to the next level of development”.
The TC Chairman later conducted the Abia State Joint Team of Project Supervisors led by the Commissioner for Special Duties & Joint Projects, Chief John Okoro and his Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs counterpart, Sir Gabriel Onyendilefu to the
Ikwuano Local Government Livestock Farm, Ariam, where they inspected projects undertaken by past T.C Chairmen of the Local Government Council.
