Governor David Umahi announced this during the maiden Ishiagu Cultural Day
celebration at Ishagu, Ivo Gocal Government Area.
The governor, who was conferred with the chieftaincy title of Ebube Agu
of Ishiagu, said, ” We shall in the coming weeks in September launch our
vigilantee group. We will conclude plans with commissioner of police so
that we will launch Ebonyi vigilantee starting with Ishiagu and Akaeze
communities. So, in the month of September,you will see a robust
assistance to the very wonderful work the security agencies are doing in
Ishiagu and Akaeze.
“We will tackle crimes and I assure you that under my administration, you
will have peace.”
Umahi also announced that a construction company, Setraco had been
reinvited to complete a section of a road earlier awarded to it in
Ishiagu. He added that another road from Nzerem- Okwe to MCC junction
would also be constructed soon.
The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya,
also ordered a comprehensive evaluation of the light needs of Ishiagu and
Akaeze so that they could be included in the first phase of state’s
rural electrification programme.,
“I have ordered to be completed within the month of September, a
comprehensive 10- kilometre street light in the land of Ishiahu and
another 10- kilometre in Akaeze. So this project will be jointly funded
by the state government and the local government. The project duration
shall be 30 days.”
He also assured the people that work would soon start on the Ishiagu
water project,already re-awarded at the cost of N2.1 billion .
Umahi, who thanked the people of Ishiagu for the honour done him, paid
glowing tribute to their son, Anyim Pius Anyim,the immediate past
Secretary to the Government of the Federation,for being a reliable ally in
the struggle for political and social justice in Ebonyi State.
Anyim had in his opening remarks, lauded Governor Umahi for his quality
leadetship and pledged the support of his kinsmen and women to his
administration
The chairman of the ocassion,Dr.Chris Okereke,thanked Umahi for restoring
peace to Ishiagu . The President of Ishiagu Community Development
Union,Chief Stanley Chukwu thanked the governor for his magnanimity to
the people of Ishiagu,especially in the appointment of sons and daughters
to the position of authority in the state
