THE Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Olorogun Jaro Egbo has revealed that he will not relent nor deviate from his 3-Point agenda, he promised the people during his campaign period.
He made this known while briefing members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ughelli Correspondents chapel in his office.
According to him, “Today marks a significant milestone as I address you on my achievements during the
first 100 days of my tenure as Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area.
“It has been a period of dedication, collaboration, and commitment to our shared vision as we focused on three Cardinal Points: EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT
and SECURITY.
In promoting accountability and transparency we have established regular communication channels to ensure that all members are informed and engaged.
“Upon assumption of duties, having considered the importance of health care, myself and my team embarked on the tour of Health Centres in the local government for on
the Spot Assessment where we discovered the bad state of some of the Health Centres,
which made my administration to take a bold step and embarked on the construction
of an Ultra-Modern Cottage Maternity Health Centre which will be furnished with the
State of the Art Facilities at the Local Government Headquarters here.
On education, Egbo disclosed that primary school education is essential for the future of our youths and upon that, we proposed funding for better facilities, training for our teachers in collaboration with SUBEB and a conducive learning environment for our pupils.
“Within the space of my 100 days of office, we have been able to save well over N25,000, 000.00 (Twenty-Five Million Naira) from our IGR (i.e. through our Local
Government Identification Certificate, Birth Registration Certificate and Marriage
Registration.
“This money are already been channelled to the purchase of school uniforms, Notebooks, and writing desks for our pupils in the local government area.”
“Before I assumed office, immediately I resumed duty, i
summoned a zonal security meeting which was inclusive of my sister councils, Ughelli South and Udu Local governments so as to find a way to curb the monster of insecurity in the councils.
And we have been enjoying relative peace, not until this ugly happened few days ago where the newly posted Divisional Police Officer DPO Agbarbo Division was murdered by the men of the underworld.
“I want to say without mincing words that I met the offices in a very bad state, and I have
totake immediate action for the renovation of the Chairman’s office, the Vice Chairman’s
office the Leader of the Legislative Arm so as to have a conducive environment tor us
to do our job creditably.
I have also directed that the Head of Works Department to also bring up a BOQ (Bill of Quantity) for the total renovation and furnishing of the other offices.
“We have also bought officials Vehicles for office of Vice
Chairman, Leader of the 8th Assembly, Secretary to the Local Government, Head of
Personnel Management, HPM, and a Toyota Hiace Bus for my Media crew
“Our roads no doubt are in a very a bad state, and in a bid to find a lasting solution to it, I met with our amiable Governor, His Excellency, Rt. (Eder) sheriff F. 0. Oborevwori, who has promised to look at our proposal of approving a 20 Kilometres of roads to us
in the forthcoming budget proposal.”
