By Juliana Nwachukwu
The Mayor of Onitsha South Local Government Area, Hon. Chief Emeka Orji has met with the party stakeholders of the area at the Council Secretariat to brainstorm on the re-election of Governor Chukwuma Soludo come November 8 Gubernatorial election.
Speaking at the meeting, the Mayor said that the reason for the meeting was to stay together as brothers, noting that he has been trying his best in his capacity to ensure the growth and good of the party.
He noted that Fegge was in a very big crisis before he came on board which he resolved, then come Woliwo with their crisis of over 20 years, likewise Housing Estate which he said they are now all peaceful, reiterating his resolve to ensure peace in Onitsha South.
According to Orji, All the projects of Governor Soludo in this area are many. I’m pleading with the governor to construct Bida road after his re-election. Our fire service station at Silas Works road would soon be completed while another three of it would be at Bridgehead, Odoakpu and Ochanja.
He urged party members and the people of the area to take advantage of the ongoing free medical insurance scheme forms from the state government for their access to medical attention in the designated hospitals.
On sanitation, the Mayor reiterated that sanitation and security have been his priorities in the area, warning those who dump refuse indiscriminately to desist from such, saying that the taskforce would arrest anybody even if underaged so that when the parents come for them, he/she would be arrested to free the child.
He mentioned that clearing the drainages alone takes millions of naira, explaining that eight receptacles have been refurbished for easy collection of waste in Onitsha South Local Government.
The former Onitsha South APGA Chairman, Hon, Chief Mofus Ezeoha, said that Governor Soludo has done many projects in the area, emphasizing that the only way to thank him is to give him 100 per cent of our votes.
Contributing, the former House Member of Onitsha South Constituency, Hon Anthonia Tabansi, tasked the Councillors to stop relying on party’s money or stipends instead it is those that voted them in are the supposed people to be getting the money, saying that there are implications of turning their back on those that voted them into offices only to remember them again during another election.
The former Chairman Ohaneze Ndigbo Anambra State chapter, Chief Chukwuemekalum Udodeme reminded the Mayor of the need to be calling meetings because the election is fast approaching. He tasked the stakeholders to go to their various wards to become stakeholders, mobilize voters for the coming election. “If you lose your ward, your stakeholdership has been dragged to the mud”. He urged the Mayor to garner votes for the governor despite all odds, no matter what it takes.
The immediate Caretaker Committee Chairman of Onitsha South Local Government Area, Hon. Chief Emeka Asoanya, said that some of the ward chairmen do not know anything about their position. “Let there be an interactive session where others would be taught what they should know and from there they learn.
Those who also contributed both with financial support at the meeting include the former TC Chairman of the area, Hon, Chief Alex Egbuna; Deputy, Onitsha South LG, Hon Onyebuchi Obi; one of the stakeholders of Woliwo community, Chief Linus Ezenkwu; Chief Peter Madueke” Chairman Fegge Landlord Association, Chief Okwudili Obinwune, and Chief Tony Ohamadike, Oham Motors.
All the attendees smiled home with cash after an entertainment which everyone testified that it has never happened in Onitsha South Local Government.
Juliana is of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State
