By Egede Sylvester
It was Development Centers in Edda Local Government Area that played hosts to the Ebonyi State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government Chieftaincy and EBSIEC Matters yesterday where the chairman of the Committee, Hon Goodluck Obinna Mbam highlighted the importance of the Committee visit and the need for complementing the efforts of the state Governor Rt Hon Francis Ogbonnia Nwifuru in completely developing Ebonyi State in all sectors.
At Edda West Development Center, the committee scored the performances of the coordinator Hon Jacklin Onwubiko at zero percent and lamented that the reasons for the creation of Development Centers in the state have no traces in Edda West.
The Committee therefore urged the Coordinator, Hon Jacklin Onwubiko to turn a new leaf and start the execution of projects that will have meaningful impact on the people.
At Edda East Development Center, the committee was not satisfied with the pace of work at the renovation of the burnt secretariate of the Development Center and urged the Coordinator to embark on signature projects that will touch the lives of the people.
It was a better story at Edda North Development Center where the Committee commended the Coordinator Hon Mrs Cicilia Nkama Ude for the provision of pipe born water, lock up stalls and for cleanliness of the secretariate environment.
The last point of call was Edda Development Center, the chairman of the Committee Hon Goodluck Obinna Mbam commended the Coordinator for embarking on some developmental projects which includes rural electrification, erosion control and provision of seventy five units of solar lights across the four wards in the center. He was equally lauded for the cleanliness of the secretariate.
Responding, Hon Mrs Cicilia Nkama Ude of Edda North Development Center and Hon Ajunwa Okoroafo of Edda Development Center lauded the committee for the visit and the State Governor for the way the development of Ebonyi State is being followed adding that, they at the Development Centers will continue to toe thesame path by ensuring provision of democracy dividends to the people in thier Development Centers.
Earlier before the visit, the committee paid a familarization visit to the State Chairman of the ALGON in Ebonyi State Hon Barr Chinedu Augustine Uburu where the Committee Chairman Hon Obinna Mbam revealed that some of the Coordinators are not performing and that they will at the end verify if the funds allocated to them were properly utilized adding that at the end of the visit, the committee will come up with it's reports on accountability and performances of the Coordinators.
He added that capital projects remained Paramount to the present administration and as such the ALGON Chairman should stress this to all chairmen of Local Government and coordinators of Development Centers so as to complement the efforts of the state Governor.
Responding, the ALGON Chairman and Executive Chairman of Ebonyi Local Government Hon Barr Chinedu Augustine Uburu thanked the Committee for the visit and lauded thier decision to embark on oversight visit which will improve the performances of the Coordinators of the Development Centers.
He commended the State Governor Rt Hon Francis Ogbonnia Nwifuru for making the council and development centers in Ebonyi State viable adding that the oversight function visits of the Committee was a right step in a right direction.
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