{"id":89045,"date":"2021-11-24T23:43:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T22:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89045"},"modified":"2021-11-24T23:43:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T22:43:45","slug":"umahi-suspends-construction-activities-at-ebonyi-ring-road-project-over-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/umahi-suspends-construction-activities-at-ebonyi-ring-road-project-over-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Umahi suspends construction activities at Ebonyi Ring Road project over insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has suspended\u00a0 work on the Ebonyi Ring Roads project site situated at the Effium axis in Ohaukwu LGA of the state for seven days over security threats.<\/div>\n
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\nThe governor also threatened to shut down any of the ring roads project sites where security of construction workers and equipment were being threatened.<\/div>\n
\nUmahi announced the suspension on Wednesday in Abakaliki at an expanded security meeting held at the new Government House, Centenary City, Abakaliki.<\/p>\n

The expanded security meeting was attended by heads of security services, local government chairmen, Coordinators of Development Centres among others.<\/p><\/div>\n

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He said that activities on the site would be put on hold for seven days to enable the government sort out issues of insecurity with stakeholders of the affected area.<\/p>\n

\u201cActivities on the site are suspended for seven days to enable me clear the issue of security.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201d If the stakeholders fail to abide by what we said, the job will be terminated. I cannot be here and guarantee security of the lives of the people I am putting on site; they have to give me that commitment.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cIt is just that we don\u2019t listen, we could have had this kind of meeting much earlier before now and we said for any site to resume, there should be this kind of commitment and the contractors should have insisted for this commitment from the locals.<\/div>\n
\n\u201d Nobody is coming from outside to attack. So far, we have not had record on insecurity in the axis of 135\/Ezza North, Ezza North to Ezza South-Ikwo-Abakaliki-Izzi-Ebonyi LGAs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere we believe we have problems will be the axis of Effium in Ohaukwu LGA.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cThe entire Ring road project is being threatened and I will be willing to shut down any of the sections that will not comply to my directive today,\u201d Umahi said.<\/p>\n

The governor demanded for a sworn affidavit from stakeholders hosting sections of the projects in their various communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need a sworn affidavit from all the traditional rulers; town union presidents, chairmen of the local government and coordinators where the roads are passing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe affidavit is to be crafted by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe affidavit will be that they will take responsibility for the security of the contractors, consultants, everyone involved in the discharge of their duties and also their equipment,\u201dthe governor added.<\/p>\n

The governor stressed that he would not hesitate to shut any project site in any community that failed to comply with the directive.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone (affidavit) I do not get after seven days, no negotiation, I will shut down that section and it will never be reopened on account of security.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe contractors should also stop being very funny in their approach to issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to appoint liaison officers in all the communities the project is passing through in your section, and you will not choose by yourself, the people that sworn the affidavit are the people that will put the liaison officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will also give a local vigilante and this local vigilante will be two.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be more than 10 local vigilantes on the machine that will be patrolling your section front and back, day and night, while another set will be stationed at the yards for the contractors.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will pay them what we are paying to Ebubeagu security outfit. I want them to be registered under Ebubeagu security outfit so that the law will cover them,\u201d the governor added.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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