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Gov. Mbah approves establishment of army barracks in Enugu council   

Mr Aka said 200 soldiers would be deployed to Isi-Uzo to protect lives and property.

• January 20, 2024
Peter Mbah
Governor Peter Mbah [Credit; Instagram]

The Enugu State Government said it approved the establishment of an Army Barracks in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state to curb insecurity.

The state’s Commissioner for Information, Aka Eze Aka, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the Enugu State Executive Council Meeting held on Friday at Government House, Enugu.

Mr Aka said 200 soldiers would be sent to Isi-Uzo to protect lives and property.

The approval followed a request by the state governor, Peter Mbah to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen., Taoreed Lagbaja, to establish an army barracks in the council area to checkmate criminal activities when Mr Lagbaja visited him on January 9.

Speaking on road projects, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Gerald Otiji, commended Mr Mbah for his support to the ministry and for the road projects ongoing in the state.

He also commended the people of the state for their patience with the ongoing road constructions which had caused a lot of traffic at various parts of the state.

He said there was now renewed vigour to ensure that all awarded roads in the state were completed without further delays.

Explaining the 20-day ultimatum given to contractors to complete the projects, Mr Otiji said the state government read the riot act to construction firms to speed up completion of the roads.

He said he had also warned that failure to meet the deadline given to them would attract sanctions in line with the laws of the state and their contract terms.

He said the state government would soon brief the people of the state on the number of roads already asphalted and he expressed satisfaction on the pace of work on the new Artisan Bridge.

He said, “I am optimistic that it will be completed in record time.’’

On education, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ndubuisi Mbah, said the council approved the establishment of a Teaching Service Commission as one of the strategies to ensure teachers welfare including professionalisation of the teaching profession in the state.

He noted that education reform was a focal point of the state government in the areas of social intervention and economic development in the long term, to ensure that the investments across all sectors were sustainable.

(NAN)

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