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| Rt. Hon. Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu State Governor |
According to
them, they are miffed owing to the fact that they have been continuously excluded
in the area of political appointments and elective positions and therefore
pleaded with Chief Ugwuanyi to correct the political imbalance to ensure
justice, equity and fairness among the four zones that make up the local government.
In a
statement by the pressure group which was made available to Tectono Business
Review, they requested that the next Uzo-Uwani council chairman
should be zoned to the area.
The statement
reads in part: “Uzo-Uwani LGA is subdivided into four
zones; Adada, Ogboli, Mbanano and Igboano. Adada with population of 22,756 has
enjoyed the lion share of positions from 2003 till date. They have produced two
House of assembly members, one House of Representatives, one senator, three
commissioners and five senior special assistants. Ogboli with population of
48,329 has also benefitted from the stream of who gets what since 2003 as they
have amply been represented in various capacities ranging from chairmanship
2007-2011, house of assembly 2011-2015 and 2015-date, commissioner 2007-2011
and SPA 2011-2015. Mbanano with population of 29,988 has produced two LGA
chairmen 2003-2005 and 2011-2015, one SPA 2007-2011 and one commissioner-
2003-2007.”
While
lamenting that Igboano, in the last 12 years, had received no worthwhile and
palpable political appointment, the Equity and Fairness Forum asked: “Will it be fair and just, before God and Man, for either
Adada producing the current senator in 2015-2023 and having produced two
commissioners, or Ogboli producing the current house of assembly member in
2011-2019 or Mbanano, which has just completed full two-term tenures of
chairmanship from 2011-2015, to produce the next LGA chairman? Should what is
good for the goose not be good for the gander?”
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