Regional Security: South-East govs mandate houses of assembly to enact laws

SOUTH East Governors have mandated their various Houses of Assembly in the zone to commence enactment of state security laws that will give legal backing to the establishment of regional security in line with its joint security programme for the zone.

The Governors who held joint meetings with Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other political leaders of the zone expressed disappointment with the Inspector General of Police for reneging in an earlier agreement they had with the police on the practice and composition of Community policing for the zone.

Rising from a meeting in Enugu, on Sunday, attended by the five Governors in the zone, Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi said “The recent communication from the Inspector General of Police to our Governors on community Policing composition is not in keeping with the agreement we reached with him during his last visit to the South East.

“In the circumstance, we cannot begin implementation of it until the programme reflects our earlier agreement. The southeast Governors and their leaders request the IGP to revert to our initial agreement reached on community policing at Enugu.

“The forum agreed that all South East States Houses of Assembly should commence the process of enacting the state security laws in line with the South East joint security programme.”

On the Coronavirus pandemic, the South East Governors said they will engage the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, to scale up testing of coronavirus in Southeast states and further directed that all Igbo living outside Igbo land do obey all extant Covid-19 orders such as the presidential directive on interstate movement, World Health, and NCDC hygiene protocols; the presidential Task Force and the directives of the South East Governors and directives of all Governors where they reside.

The Governors’ meeting also agreed to set up committees in the five states to work with the federal government, the World Bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the NSIA in their various programmes to rejig the economy, especially in areas of Agriculture, SME, and Solid Minerals.

“The Meeting agreed to hold a virtual meeting with the Group MD of NNPC on the issue of linking our southeast capitals with gas pipeline alongside with the pipeline programme of the federal government which is running from Imo to Lagos state; the meeting equally agreed that Ohanaeze does submit a working document in our next meeting on setting up of South East Stabilisation fund,” Umahi disclosed.

The Governor assured Ndigbo that with the progress of work at Akanu Ibiam International airport Enugu, the airport will re-open soonest, subject to the Covid-19 programme of the federal government.

It also commended the federal government, the federal ministry of works, and the Governor of Anambra State with the progress of work at the Second Niger Bridge, adding that the next meeting of the southeast traditional institution shall be hosted by Ebonyi State.

Apeshy101:
Governors of the South East geo-political zone, on Sunday, met with some leaders of the zone, at the Government House, Enugu, directing all Igbos, living in and outside Igbo land, to obey all the extant restriction orders by the Presidency and the state governments where they live as well as other precautionary measures by World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), etc, for the containment of the spread of the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

Addressing newsmen after meeting, the Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, who was flanked by Host Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, their Imo State counterpart, Senator Hope Uzodimma, Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Ikem Okeke, his Abia State counterpart, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, The Obi of Onitsha, HRM Igwe Alfred Achebe, Senator Dr. Jim Nwbodo and Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, among others, disclosed that the Forum resolved to further engage the NCDC to scale up testing of COVID-19 in the South East states.

Gov. Umahi, who noted that the recent communication from the Inspector General of Police to the South East governors on the composition of Community Policing was not in keeping with the agreement they reached with the IGP during his last visit to the zone, said that the governors and their leaders “request the IGP to revert to our initial agreement reached on Community Policing at Enugu”.

The forum chairman maintained the South East governors “cannot begin implementation of it until the programme reflects our earlier agreement”.

According to Umahi, “the Forum agreed that all South East States Houses of Assembly should commence the process of enacting of State Security laws in line with the South East Joint Security programme”.

On rejiging of the economy, Umahi stated that the “meeting agreed to set up committees in our various states to work with FGN, World Bank, CBN and NSIA in their various programmes lined up to rejig the economy, especially in the areas of Agriculture, SME and solid minerals”.

Speaking further he said that the “meeting agreed to hold a virtual meeting with the Group MD of NNPC on the issue of linking our South East State capitals with gas pipeline alongside with the pipeline programme of Federal Government of Nigeria, which is running from Imo State to Lagos State”.

On the rehabilitation of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, the forum after receiving brief on progress of work from the Chairman, South East Governors Committee on the airport, Engr. Chris Okoye, commended President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Aviation, Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, other South East Governors and members of the airport committee.

The governors assured the people of the zone that “with the progress of work, we are hopeful that the Airport will re-open soonest, subject to COVID-19 Federal Government programme”.

The forum also commended President Buhari, Minister of Works and Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State for the work progress on the Second Niger Bridge, being handled by Julius Berger.

Umahi said that the meeting equally agreed that the leadership of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo “submit a working document in our next meeting on setting up of South East Stabilization Fund”, concluding that “the next Executive Committee meeting of the South East Traditional institutions shall be hosted by Ebonyi State”.

https://www.news9naija.com.ng/2020/05/24/updates-from-south-east-governors-meeting-held-today-in-enugu/

AsomughaChuks05:
Very important. Buhari and Obiano have done well.

IGBOSON1:


You glory seeking jihadists just wouldn’t learn would you! Buhari is a bigoted fool, and whatever is being done in the south-east is not done willingly from his heart.....he doesn’t have a choice! Are we not 5 percenters anymore!

Bloody impostors pretending to be Igbo!