In a general meeting that was well attended by major stakeholders in the cultural zone, held at Adada House, GRA, Nsukka, the Assembly said they were standing like one man behind the leadership of Hon. Ugwuanyi to enable him correct all the imbalances that were perpetrated by previous administrations in the state.
To show commitment to the promise, the apex body instructed all politicians from the area to withdraw any pending court case against the Governor or risk the dare consequences that might follow.
In his address, the chairman of NGA, Prof. Lawrence Ocho, called for a redoubled effort for the actualization of the creation of Adada state “as the quickest way to find respite from the unending neglect suffered by the people of the area in terms of denial of allocation of infrastructures and abandonment of on-going projects.
“In infrastructural development, allocation to our zone has been dismally low and disgraceful”, he stated in apparent lamentation of the said neglect of the areas.
According to him, “Consequently, the road billed to be tarred from Eke through Akpakwume to Nze and Aku, never entered our zone. Adarice and Adada Dam projects have been abandoned. Adada Campus of ESUT was removed”, Ocho recounted.
Ocho recalled that since the return of democracy in 1999, no ministerial slot meant for the state has been given to anybody from the area, just as the zone has the lowest number of judges among the senatorial districts in the state and hoped the present administration would help address the imbalances.
In his reaction, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi said his administration has resolved to pursue policies and programmes that would address all imbalances in the state and called for continued prayers of the people for the improvement in the economy to enable the government to actualize its development targets. He said such move would pave the way for the promotion of justice, equity and fairness to justify the massive support of the people enjoyed by his administration.
It was an occasion during which the people of the Nsukka Cultural zone of the state, spread across seven local council areas, agreed to forge a greater unity and to bury the hatchet in order to catalyze not just a huge solidarity for the Ugwuanyi administration but to, henceforth, constitute a strong voice to push for equity, justice and fair play in the state.
The governor, who hails from the zone, expressed his appreciation over the declaration by the leadership of the Assembly on the resolution of all divisions among the people before the elections to build a more formidable force towards realizing the goal of common development and progress of the area.
The governor commended the leadership for the opportunity offered by the forum to chart a course for the best way to tackle the task of providing the needs of Nsukka people and assured that his administration would not go back on its resolve to give a radical approach to the planned facelift for the area.
Ugwuanyi commended the NGA leadership for convening the large meeting of the steering committee of the organization which eventually drew representatives of the Nsukka people from across the country, each delegation coming with not just solidarity message for him but also presentations that provided road maps for the sustainable growth of the area said to have been suffering much neglect in the past two decades.
Earlier in his remarks, the Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial district, Chief Chukwuka Utazi promised the people a fruitful representation by attracting infrastructures and projecting national policies of common interest to the people of the zone.
Apart from the former information minister, Chief Nnia Nwodo and a strong representation of the over 100-strong Associations of Nsukka extraction, the Association of Nsukka Professors, Lagos-based professionals, Judges, Journalists and indigenes of the area from other parts of the country graced the occasion.
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