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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