Monday 23 November 2015

IMHA seeks Govt intervention as erosion sacks communities in Njaba LGA.

member representing Onuimo State Constituency Hon. Chinedu Offor 
Imo State House of Assembly has resolved to seek the urgent intervention of the state government and the federal government on erosion menace ravaging communities in Okpona Nkume and Njaba Local Government Area of the state.
Their resolution was motivated by a motion  moved by  member representing  Njaba State Constituency  for possible resettlement of the  people, lamenting that over 10 years  of erosion  has destroyed  their farmland, property and caused a lot of devastation to their  people  as greater percent of them people have been dislodged.

After deliberations IMHA unanimously resolved to visit the area and draw the attention of both state and federal government  to the area as well as FERMA and Ministry of Environment to provide special resettlement package for the people of the area.
In a related development the member representing Onuimo State Constituency Hon. Chinedu Offor has presented a motion calling on the state government to direct departments, agencies,  None Governmental Organizations  and religious bodies, including other private and public firms in the state to provide fire safety equipments.

After much debate the house resolved to direct the state government to provide executive bill in that regard so as to give it a legal fiat.   
Other bills presented at the floor of the House were a bill to regulate the financial management of the State and the Local Government, sponsored by the majority leader of the House Hon. Lugard  Osuji, a bill to provide for  Imo State Audit Service  Commission sponsored by the member representing Orlu State Constituency Hon. Maxwell Odunze and a bill for the establishment of the physical responsibility Commission, sponsored by Ikechukwu Oguike, member   representing  Ikeduru State Constituency.



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