…seeks support for ecological problem
By Unukere Oboh
Residents of Jukwoyi Phase 4 in the Abuja Municipal Council Area in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has elected new executive committee to steer the affairs of the community.
The Committee which was inaugurated in the Community Meeting Centre, has as Chairman Mr. Dominic Ikagu, Vice chairman Warrant Officer 1 Gambo (rtd) and Mr. Embuju Godiya Audu as secretary.
Others are Mr. Francis Ebeta as Treasurer, Mr. Ediake Ikechuckwu – Financial secretary, Mr. Lanre Ekundayo – Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ejike Nwankwo – Provost and Madam Ofurum Ifeoma as Welfare officer.
Speaking at the occasion, the chairman of the Board of Trustee, Engr. Mshelia Sahmanzo advised the community to live in harmony and ensure collective responsibility for the security of the area.
Sahmanzo said that having unity of purpose will foster developments in the area and charged them to be security conscious following recent developments in the FCT.
He said as a body, the BOT will only intervene if only things are not done properly by the leaders just as urged the people to help by given useful advice to the leaders.
Speaking earlier, the immediate past chairman of the community, Dr. Alfred Mathias Ebi, urged the new leaders not to relent in their quest to ensure the ecological problem is properly addressed by pursuing the community request of the sum of N487,897,112,05k to the Ecological Fund Office to help checkmate the dangers the problem would create in the area.
According to Ebi, “The leadership of the community on March 15, 2019 forwarded a detail request to the Permanent Secretary, Ecological Fund Office with pictorial evidence of the affected areas including a detailed Engineering Design accompanied with the bill of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation to the tune of N487, 897,112,05k, so it will be of importance the new leadership work towards its realization.”
He also appealed to the chairman of AMAC to help fix the road leading to to the community from Phase 3, as the state of the road is creating untold hardship for residents in the area.
On his Part, the new chairman, Dominic Ikagu, pledged to operate an open door policy for the good of the people.
