EBBC DG, Nwizzi speaks on return of Peace in Abomege/Ishinkwo, Effium war zones

By Uchenna Okeh Abakaliki 

The Director General of Ebonyi State Broadcasting Corporation, EBBC, Tony Nwizi, on Friday said that the governor, Francis Nwifuru is currently addressing the protracted communal crisis in the state.

He said that the lots of crisis that had rocked the state, especially in Abomege/ Ishinkwo, as well as Effium and Ezza-Effium crises are receiving attention by the governor.

“All the areas of conflict that we had before this administration, the governor delved into it, and quelled all the problems. You talk about Abomege/Ishinkwo and you talk about Effium and Ezza-Effium crises. 

“There are a lot of conflict areas. Before His Excellency came on board, but since he came, he started looking into their problems, stepping into the creeks with his legs, not just sitting in the comfort of his office to issue orders”, he stated.

He attributed the successes recorded in the implementation of the People’s Charter of Needs by the Nwifuru-led administration to the prevalence of peace in the State. 

Nwizi disclosed this, Thursday in his office in Abakaliki while interacting with journalists.

The Director General recalled that the People’s Charter of Needs which encapsulated the campaign manifesto of the Nwifuru’s administration was designed to address the actual needs of Ebonyi people and to ameliorate their sufferings. 

He explained that Governor Francis Nwifuru had through the People’s Charter of Needs agenda has addressed the needs of Ebonyi people in areas such as the payment of backlog of pensions and gratuities to pensioners who left the service since 1996.

He said, “First of all, he started with settling the arrears of gratuities of pensioners from 1996 that have been packed and packed. You know previous government did nothing about it. 

“And he paid a whopping sum of four billion naira, he started with that, to settle the arrears of pensions and gratuities of state civil servants.

“When it happened, people were like, there were people who were in the hospital and submitted their details and  they got alert while in the hospital bed, and got well automatically.

“They saw money that they had not seen all through their service years until they were old to that extent. And they saw money, they were paid in full, arrears of money since 1996. They were given very serious uplifts in their life.

He further stated that the administration of Nwifuru had also revamped the education,health, agricultural sectors and restored peace in communities that were bedeviled with crisis before he assumed office. 

Nwizi said, “First of all, he split the education sector into two, primary and secondary, and then tertiary. So, under primary and secondary.

He started with building structures in the schools. And those structures he built in the schools were to bring back glory of schools.

“To prepare for a better condition, better environmental condition for pupils and the students of secondary schools. And he started with buildings. He selected some schools and started with”, he said.

In the health sector, he revealed that the governor had made available the needed facilities for medical personnel to discharge their duties without any hitches. 

The DG said, “Some doctors complain they are dumped into the hinterlands, they don’t even have means of attending to some other things in the town, but they have vehicles to take them anywhere they want to go. 

“And that is empowerment to the doctors. Not just empowerment, it makes things easier for them to be able to take care of the people health-wise.

“So, he provided SUVs to all the doctors managing the general hospitals to make sure that they do not tamper with the ambulances to avoid that at a particular time when there will be an emergency, and  the ambulance won’t be there to take up the emergency.

“He provided ambulances to all the hospitals. And those ambulances are brand new 2023 model of Toyota HIAS buses , which was in perfect condition to take any sick person to anywhere without hindrance” he stressed.