…To recruit 52 personnel for State Fire Service



The Enugu State Executive Council (EXCO) in keeping with Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s commitment to full implementation of the 2019 budget for the advancement of the cause of development, has awarded multiple contracts for the construction/ reconstruction of urban and rural roads, and 263 classroom blocks.



The council also approved the purchase of 22,150 set of lockers and chairs for students; 1,228 set of tables and chairs for the teachers; 1, 130 marker boards for teaching and 1,960 ceiling fans for conducive learning environment.



The administration equally awarded contract for the construction of a state-of-the-art administrative block at the new site of the Enugu State University of Education, Ihe, in Awgu Local Government Area, as the first significant step towards the relocation of the school from G.R.A Enugu to the permanent site.



Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council’s meeting, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze, added that the council approved the purchase of two Hilux vans for effective monitoring and supervision of the projects, and disclosed that the construction of classrooms and procurement of facilities will cost the sum of N4billion.



Prof. Eze, who explained that the projects will be executed under the Enugu State Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB), revealed that “the state government has already contributed its counterpart fund which led to the drawdown of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) fund”.



He disclosed that the construction of the administrative block at Ihe, will cost the sum of N162,913,167.90, adding that when completed, activities and the processes of obtaining relevant approvals from the National University Commission (NUC) will commence.



The education commissioner further disclosed that the building “will not only accommodate the Vice Chancellor’s office and the Registrar’s office, it will also accommodate the Council Chamber, the Office of the Pro-Chancellor and other offices that will ensure the kick off of smooth administration”.



He pointed out that “His Excellency has shown full commitment to the take off of the University”, stressing: “That structure is a very first significant step and before long, the University will take off fully”.



On road projects, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Greg Nnaji, stated that in line with the governor’s promise in the 2019 budget for “better urban, inter-local government and community road infrastructure”, the council equally approved the construction/reconstruction of Carter street, Asata, Enugu; Aludele road, Nsukka; Bishop Court road, Awgu; Access road to Igbo Ano Specialist Hospital, Igbo Ano, and failed culvert, pavement and surfacing at Onuiyi road, Nsukka adjacent to Zik’s residence, totaling N544.795, 992.68.



Other approvals obtained, according to the works and infrastructure commissioner, was for his ministry to commence “engineering studies and design” of Oji River and Nsukka modern township stadia for Enugu West and Enugu North Senatorial Districts respectively; pre-contract documentations for the construction of state secretariat annex at Nsukka satellite town; revalidation of contract for consultancy services for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Based Bridges and roads inventories and mapping of Enugu State; revalidation of the contract for the consultancy services for engineering design, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), procurement support and construction supervision of the second phase of rural roads in the state won by Umar Munshi Associates/Allot Nig. Ltd; and engagement of a Technical Assistant (TA) on Infrastructure and contract management for Enugu RAMP-2”.



Another highlight of the briefing was the approval for the recruitment of 52 personnel, namely 4 Fire Officers, 24 Fire Lead Men and 24 Fire Men, for the State Fire Service to man the five newly built stations across the three senatorial districts of the state, for efficient and effective discharge of duties.  



Truly, Enugu State is in the hands of God. #amokelouis

NaijaRoyalty:
Ugwuanyi is a hard working governor I admire so much .

He's the real man of the people

He has done what Bola Tinubu couldn't do in his 8 years misrule as Lagos governor in just 4 years.

More to come

NaijaRoyalty:
Ugwuanyi is a hard working governor I admire so much .

He's the real man of the people

He has done what Bola Tinubu couldn't do in his 8 years misrule as Lagos governor in just 4 years.

More to come

Ttipsy:
Enugu need a mega infrastructural projects, build flyovers, wider roads, not celebrating hyped projects

Xander85:


Exactly!

Hear of award of projects in Enugu, and click on the thread only to read its patching of road here and fixing of school roof there! I recognise financing is an issue for states in the south-east (owing to many factors which i don't wanna go into at the moment), but this is where a visionary and proactive governor is needed to think outside the box.

It's clear that with the industrious, peaceful and hardworking individuals that make up the population in these 5 states, that it wouldn't be that hard to attract investments from countries like China, Japan or even the world-bank....but the governor of the state concerned has to sell his states potentials to these investment bodies. The state gov't can offer a PPP or BOT arrangement whereby the investing body will finance the project and part own it or run it for a set period of time in which it's expected to make favourable returns on its investment.

Also, none of the south-east governors has really been interested in tapping into the vast resources of its diaspora to help fund or part-own some of these projects via say buying shares in an investment body or setting up a body of venture capitalists. This is where states like Anambra can come into their own and easily raise nothing less than $2 Billion over say a 8 year period.

The kind of projects that the south-east states need are ones that the cost could run into billions of dollars. Projects like railways; airports; highways; bridges; education; health; tourism; urban renewal and real-estate; etc!

Ugwuoke347:
Another avenue to give job to the boys.
Yes, job for the boys.
Job for Gburugburu boys.
Job for Barrister Nestor Ezeme and his forty thieves!
That's about the projects on education(secondary education).
What, with classrooms haphazardly and crudely done with shamefully inferior materials!
They are all going derelict already in less than three years!Just look at the Junior classroom block at the newly proposed Command Science Secondary School Orba.
The floor is all a sea of white sand and dust.
The ceiling is already peeling off gradually.
The iron bars on the windows are coming off one by one posing serious risk to the students there.
The windows are all faulty, it takes a method to get them open!
Go to their Biology lab, and then Chemistry lab and you are sure to have some ceiling materials crash upon your head.
They are falling off every now and again.
And yet these buildings were renovated just about ten months ago!
Someone collected good money for these structures
and cheated the government and the people.
It is devilish!
It is immoral!
It is unconscionable!
It is ungodly!
It is criminal, to say the least.



Job for the boys I say, job for the boys!
It is job-and-chop for Gburugburu boys!
They have never known how to go for the best.
They are more active in pursuit of "nrashi".
Someone tell Governor Ugwuanyi to roll up his sleeves and hit his project sites and see things for himself!
It is not enough to sit in the comfort of Lion Building and award projects.
Take some time out, Oh Governor and go inspect the work you have given out.

When Chris Ngige was Governor of Anambra State, he was noted for storming his project sites unannounced on random inspection.
That way, he kept his commissioner for works on his toes,
and got the best output from contractors.
It is well over twelve years since he left office.
His landmark projects still stand firm and solid, a proud testimony to his insistence and persistence on giving his constituents the best quality projects available at his time.

Enough said already.



Time is going.
Time is flying.
History waits patiently.

Whatever the hand gets to do,
Let the heart go with the hand!
Let the heart work with the hand!
Let love lead the way!
For God Almighty wills it so.
Amen!

OKKO:


The man has wasted the opportunity of Nsukka people. Go to Nkanu, Eziagu and UDI see what former leaders from there could achieve especially in rural roads.

But this lazy son of a Buffon, is highly unintelligent and foolish. Just wasting money on rogues and political jobbers as highlighted above.

He is cunning and deceitful, has not done any single street or inter local government road in Nsukka.

It is a waste to his people.

Uselessing a people's mandate.... it will take another Nsukka man 20 yrs from now to smell that sit.