Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of Enugu State, has reiterated his second term inaugural speech’s stance for all critical players in local government areas to stay or live in their respective domains to promote effective local administration and development, asking them to relocate to their communities.
Ugwuanyi said this at the Government House, Enugu, when he met with all the public office holders in the local government areas, namely, council chairmen and their deputies; councillors; supervisors; administrators and members of development centres, among others.
The governor, who thanked God for His blessings and a peaceful and successful transition, stated that the essence of the meeting was to charge public officers at the grassroots to re-dedicate themselves to their responsibility of rendering service to the people at the rural areas, in line with his administration’s rural development policy.
He noted that his administration is highly committed and determined to fulfill the promises it made to the people during the campaign, and also, stressed that it is only when those who are elected and appointed at the grassroots reside there, with those who elected them, that government’s programmes will be fully actualised.
Governor Ugwuanyi asked them to immediately relocate from the city, to their communities, to develop their areas, and urged them to “be available for our people.”
The governor disclosed that rural dwellers would be happy to live and identify with their public office holders as that would also reactivate the economy of their areas, which was one of the reasons for the establishment of the third tier of government.
In his second term inaugural address, Ugwuanyi promised that the next four years of his administration will witness massive deployment of resources to further engender development at the rural areas.
He enjoined the council chairmen, ward councilors and his executive assistants, among others, “to immediately relocate to their various localities, in order to promote rural economy and development.
“We are also poised to review the ‘One Community One Project’ initiative, to make it even better.”