Ebonyi @ 25: Umahi Promises To Recruit 5000, Empowers 3000 Ebonyi Youths And Women
By Joyce Aroh Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Governor, Engr David Umahi has promised to Recruit additional 5,000 people into the state’s workforce and empower about 3,000 youths and women in different businesses.
Governor Umahi made this known on Friday while briefing the newsmen on the achievements Ebonyi state have attained to mark the Silver Jubilee of the state.
Umahi stressed that his administration has worked hard to resonate promises in life-changing projects and programmes for the future of the state, including enduring infrastructure for economic development, access to first-class education, affordable health care services, agricultural revolution, efficient and effective public Service and human capital that will transform economy and bequeath to posterity in Ebonyi State.
He said
” Although our nation has been going through challenges especially the scourge of insecurity that has eaten deep into the fabrics of our economy, we have spared no efforts in rising to the challenge of building firmly and decisively on the achievements made in the last 6 years. We are focused on building an economy driven primarily by private sector, not government. We are deepening the tenets of democracy and the rule of law, we are leading by example in our fight against corruption and waste.
‘We are restructuring the public service and body politic to ensure efficiency and good governance. We are committed to the goal of national integration. We are committed to restoring our time honoured value of hard work, honesty, decency, generosity, dignity of labour, transparency and accountability. I commit myself to this task. We commend the manifest sacrifice made by all government functionaries at different levels of governance in the state and the patience exercised by our people as we strive to give our state a new face in the comity of states.”
Governor Umahi explained that at 25, Ebonyi State has been made a reference point in terms of network of solid roads, including ongoing ring road project with ancillary works which are meant to connect 8-Local Government Areas.
” We have a shopping mall described as the microcosm of macrocosm of the Dubai Mall. We have beaten a record as a state with the highest number of flyovers after Abuja and Lagos. We have activated commercial activities through the construction of Margaret Umahi International Market, the Poultry Market, the Auto Spare Parts Market, Building Material Markets and many markets within the metropolis and satellite towns. We have upgraded our fertilizer blending plant to 80 metric tones capacity per hour to address the fertilizer needs of our people. We have reactivated the state Government’s rice milling plants and installed the parboiling plants to make Ebonyi a State with the biggest rice milling plant in Nigeria. We have a brand new University of Medical Sciences which shall be a centre of excellence for the treatment of terminal diseases and we have plans to start the construction of the University of Aeronautical Engineering and University of Science and technology. We have a virology centre that contains with the menace of lasser fever, the only one in the South East.
” We have got the industrial clusters in each of the three Senatorial zones that will create opportunities for businesses. We have an emerging airport that will compete with the best airports in Nigeria. We have made efforts to give our state a good look through beautiful roundabouts, water fountains, street lights across the major parts of the state and Local government areas. The light tunnel named after Mr. President is a concept that gives the state a unique identity as a beautiful state. The Ecumenical Centre is a state-of-the-art edifice which hosts spiritual and social corporate events. The new Government House speaks volume of our determination to give our people a sense of self worth among our contemporaries. We have done quite a lot to transform the psyche and social stratum of our people through different human capital development programmes. We are developing estates including King David Estate, City Centre Estate, Salt City Estate, Low Cost Housing Estate and we are encouraging investment in estates by developers to enhance the socio-economic condition of all residents of Ebonyi State .We have created three satellite towns in the State. All these are socio- economic interventions that will create wealth and thousands of jobs for our population” Umahi disclosed
Umahi further illustrated that his administration have committed providing social amenities including water supply to all parts of the state , and committed to security of lives and property and fight against all forms of violent activities in the state. Added that they have further fortified security architecture and enabled conventional security organizations and Ebubeagu Security outfit to police . We have a security viewing centre and CCTV Camera that capture the major junctions of the state to track criminals. Where you can afford to do your business in the state without fear.
Governor Umahi also commended the efforts of the founding fathers and past leaders especially the Governors under administration of Navy commander Walter Feighabo, Simeon Oduoye and the democratically of Dr Sam egwu and chief Martians Elechi and among others for their efforts that laid foundation for the progress made in the last 6 years.
