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By Samuel Torlumun, Abuja
A prominent Igbo leader and the Coordinator of Global Igbo Leaders (GIL), an apex body of global Igbo leaders in the diaspora, Nze Amadiebube Mbama, has made a passionate appeal to Imo State government to beam its development searchlight on Ibiasoegbe and Ofeahia communities both in Oru-West local council of the state.
Mbama in a statement made available to Apex News Exclusive bemoaned the neglect of the two communities by successive administrations in the state.
This is even as Mbama regretted that both Ibiasoegbe and Ofeahia are yet to benefit from development intervention projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC).
He noted that the two communities are statutorily entitled to benefit from development intervention projects from the two agencies.
According to him, Ibiasoegbe and Ofeahia are yet to have any project executed by either of the two interventionist agencies while other communities in the same local council with them have severally benefited from both NDDC and ISOPADEC.
Mbama further noted that all the social amenities in the two communities were provided through communal efforts without support from any tier of government.
Some of these social amenities include the five primary schools, primary health center, the post office, customary court and the electricity project as well as the secondary school.
Mbama noted that the only government funded infrastructure in the communities is the road leading to the community that was constructed under the administration of former governor Rochas Okorocha.
He therefore, urged the state government under Governor Hope Uzodinma, NDDC and ISOPADEC to come to the rescue of the communities.
The Igbo leader noted that the call has become imperative in order to give the people of the two communities a sense of belonging as part of Imo State.
He noted that the harsh economic situation in the country have made it difficult for the two communities to sustain the maintenance and possible upgrade of these infrastructures that were driven by self help in the first place”.
The areas that need urgent government intervention according to him include the renovation of classroom blocks, upgrading of the health center as well as grading of feeder roads in the two communities.
Igbo leader bemoaned the deplorable conditions of schools in the two communities and urged the Imo state government to step in and rehabilitate the structures in order to avoid the total collapse of the buildings.
According to him, the buildings are posing a great danger to learning especially during this raining season as pupils can not use most of the classroom blocks are in state of disrepair.
According to him, the customary court has been in a state of disrepair over the past years as the building is no longer safe for human habitation.
He further noted that hopes of the two communities were raised when the customary court was listed for renovation by the State government. However, nothing has been done to that effect, a situation which created anxiety in the minds of the people.
Mbama noted that Ibiasoegbe and Ofeahia Communities are border communities and therefore deserve more attention in terms of provision of social amenities.
He called on the two communities to continue to live in peace and give maximum support to the government.
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