Why I interfaced with stakeholders in Lagos —Igbo-Eze North Chairman

•As stakeholder, Eya, donates Sienna bus to PDP

By Clifford Ndujihe

LAST weekend, the Igbo Eze North Local Government of Enugu State literally relocated to Lagos. The occasion was an interactive session initiated by the LGA Chairman, Uche Ogalla with council indigenes and stakeholders in Lagos.

Participants at the high profile event were unanimous that Governor Mbah had set the uncommon pace for a radical transformation of Enugu State.

In his opening remarks, the council chairman, Uche Ogalla, said he considered the interactive session strategic given the place of Lagos not only as a centre of excellence but also because of its huge investment potential and human capital resource.

He said the whole idea was to interface with the people of the LGA, who were equal stakeholders in Igbo-Eze North.

Dignitaries at the event include the Managing Director of Greatville Hotels, Kelvin Ayogu(Okpoko), immediate chairman of Igbo-Eze North LGA, Engr. Ejike Itodo, DG of Uche Ogalla Campaign Organisation, Barrister Ifeanyi Eze and Managing Director of Ezetech, Engr. Ifeanyi Eze.

Highlight of the Town Hall meeting was the donation of a 2014 Sienna Bus to the Igbo-Eze North PDP by a stakeholder in the Local Government, Mr Willy Eya.

Represented by Secretary to the Local Government, Onyekachi Eya, he said the LGA has keyed into the disruptive innovation drive of the state government to ensure delivery of democracy dividends to the people of Igbo-Eze North.

Eya said the council chairman was working round the clock to surpass the expectations of people of the local government in line with Governor Mbah’s determined efforts to engender a paradigm shift in governance geared towards transforming the state.

“In Enugu, our dear governor has introduced what he calls disruptive innovation. In Enugu, we are witnessing the practice of ‘Politics Unusual’. There is a complete paradigm shift from the old order. To the governor, the whole essence of governance is for the good of the people.

“And without wasting time, immediately our Council Chairman, Uche Ogalla was sworn in, he keyed into the vision of the governor,” he said.

Onyekachi said Ogalla’s leadership agenda is christened JETA which translates to Justice, Equity, Transformation and Accountability and noted that the Council chairman is an ardent believer in the people and runs an open-door policy in governance.

He wooed Igbo-Eze North stakeholders in Lagos to support the efforts of the chairman by bringing their investments home to augment the giant and developmental strides of both the state and local government.

Speaking on Uche Ogalla’s achievements in 100 days, the Igbo-Eze North PDP Chairman, Dr Solomon Ogiri said the Council chairman had implemented transformative development projects across key sectors, hence earning the respect and admiration of his people.

He reeled out various projects executed by Ogalla including the grading and expansion of all major rural roads in the 20 political wards of Igbo-Eze North, enhancing connectivity between villages and free movement of people.

According to him, the LG chairman has equally done well in rural electrification and agriculture.

Part of the plans of the Council chairman is to modernise the Ozzi market, asphalt Lagos Street at the market, and also the Igogoro-Okpo-Amaja road.

In his response, a business mogul and one of the major stakeholders in the Local Government, Don Chris expressed joy over the initiative by the Council chairman to interface with people in Lagos.

He urged Ogalla to continue to create a more enabling environment for investment in Igbo-Eze North and enjoined people of the council area in Lagos to always think home.

Secretary of the Organising Committee of the event, Festus Ayogu thanked the Local Government chairman and his team for initiating the interface with Ezike people resident in Lagos.

He advised the LG chairman to sustain such gestures as that would provide him the requisite feedback from the people.

Also speaking, a media consultant and member of the Organising Committee, Mr Willy Eya commended the chairman for keying into the vision of Governor Mbah.

Eya, who is a PDP stakeholder, praised Ogalla for working round the clock to improve the lives of people of the Council area.

He stressed the need for all Council chairmen in the state to complement the dogged efforts of the governor to make Enugu the envy of all in Nigeria.

The Ezike Diamond Club also presented a position paper to the Chairman, highlighting the importance of stakeholders’ engagement for governance and proposing various initiatives to improve infrastructure, economy, security, and public services in the LGA.

In the paper presented by Mr Felix Abugu, a member of the club and Managing Director of Abeya News, an online publication, the elite organisation commended Ogalla for the initiative of holding consultations with the good people of Igbo Eze North.

Part of the paper reads: “As a Club that has always advocated for a healthy public-private collaboration in governance, we encourage that this stakeholder engagement should continue and extend across the country where our people reside to get honest feedback and input from the people. The feedback from these engagements should be incorporated into a well-articulated needs assessment that will evaluate our infrastructure, public services, and socio-economic needs, which will be required to develop strategic planning for short- and long-term goals.”

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