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The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has hailed Gov. Peter Mbah developmental strides in Local Government Areas and grassroots as unprecedented in the history of the state.
The Chairman of ENSIEC, Prof. Christian Ngwu, gave the commendation in Enugu on Tuesday in a congratulatory message to Gov. Mbah as he marks his two years in office on May 29.
The congratulatory message is entitled: “Gov. Mbah’s Disruptive Transformation as Copied by LGA Leadership”.
Ngwu noted that since September, 2024 when Gov. Peter Mbah returned grassroots governance to the people through making ENSIEC independent, and not interfering in the council election processes, the council areas and rural people had experienced good governance.
According to him, the governor remains an objective and impactful administrator, who has provided patriotic and unrelenting service to the state, which the council areas and rural people had immensely experienced, benefitted from and enjoyed.
He said, “Gov. Mbah’s unique bottom-up approach to governance has brought the rural people to the front burner and lifted the fortunes of the state indigenes even for those living in rural council areas, where elected Chairmen and Councilors are superintendenting.
“The governor has invested heavily in security by procuring 150 vehicles fitted with 360 degree surveillance cameras, fully equipped with communication gadgets; placing survellince cameras and search lights in the whole Enugu, and building a security Command and Control Centre.
“Constructing and reconstruction of virtually all roads within Enugu metropolis and hundreds of new access roads outside the metropolis, thus making for ease of movement and opening up rural areas, local farming communities and local economic businesses.
“In education, healthcare and agriculture; everyone can spot the ongoing 260 Smart Schools; 260 Smart School Farms; 260 Smart Type-2 Primary Healthcare Centres and 260 Smart Farm Estates springing up in the 260 political wards, which are in council areas.”
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Ngwu noted that the governor’s vision of acquiring 1,000 farm tractors; and distributing lots of farm inputs and seedlings was meant to turn agrarian communities into huge commercial agriculture and Agro-industrialisation centres with promises of hundreds of direct jobs.
“Today, all the 17 chairmen of the council areas in the state have copied the massive road construction trajectory of the state governor, constructing numerous asphalted roads and other earth roads to further open up rural areas.
“The chairmen are constructing roads to the ongoing smart schools, smart type-2 PHCs and smart farm estates; providing scholarships; empowerment; tech training, bore holes, electricity transformers and energizing neighbourhoods, villages and communities within council areas.
“These moves within a period of nine months of the chairmen’s assumption of office have brought employment, democratic dividends, relief, and renewed hope of better days ahead for our council areas and millions of our people residing in them,” he said.
The chairman said that on behalf of the commission, “we heartily rejoice with Your Excellency in your two years of impactful leadership, developmental vision and trajectory that have given the state a positive outlook.
“On this auspicious anniversary, we appreciate God for Your Excellency’s vision for the state especially for millions of residents and citizens of Enugu State, which is marked by amazing grace and remarkable accomplishments.
“Indeed, OUR TOMORROW IS HERE.”
