Governor Okorocha in group photo with the newly installed monarchs |
Governor Rochas Okorocha
has given certificates of recognition and staff of office to seven Traditional
Rulers in Imo State. The communities where the new Monarchs are to rule include
four Autonomous communities carved out of Owerri Municipal namely, Umuonyeche, Umuororonjo,
Umuodu and Umuoyima. The other three communities were created out of
Ideato North Local Government namely, Umuezumezu, Umuago and Umuakoli Autonomous Communities.
Speaking during the
installation ceremony of the new Traditional Rulers held at the Government House, Owerri yesterday, Governor Rochas Okorocha warned
Monarchs in the state that they would be held responsible for any anti-social activities
including kidnapping that takes place in their respective communities and
charged them to discharge their duties honorably.
He said the communities
and their Traditional Rulers had met all the conditions stated by the law
guiding the creation of Autonomous communities, adding that the government had
granted the concerned communities autonomy in line with the policy of the
Rescue Mission Government to encourage people to have their freedom.
He remarked that both
Owerri Municipal and Urualla in Ideato North from where the new Autonomous
communities were created are ancient communities that needed to be redesigned
for development and peace.
Speaking further at the
occasion, Governor Okorocha said that the State government would soon embark on
recertification exercise of all Autonomous Communities to find out those not
qualified to be granted autonomy but were given autonomy by previous
administrations probably out of political sentiment. Such communities, said the
governor, will be taken back to their parent community where they were carved
out from.
The names of the newly
installed monarchs who received staff of office from Governor Okorocha
yesterday are:
1. with Eze Linus Ihebom - -
- Umuodu Community
2. Eze Theophilus Ubah -
- - Umuoyima Community.
3. Eze Rowland Clinton Ibegbulam - - Umuororonjo Community.
4. Eze Uche Austine Possible -
- Umuonyeche Community
5. Eze Aloysius Igbojionu -
- - Umuezumezu community.
6. Eze Ogbonna Obioha -
- - Umuago community.
7. Eze Martins Aladi -
- - Umuakoli Autonomous Community
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