https://glonatnewsonline.com/2020/06/29/abandonment-ebonyi-community-cries-out-to-umahi-representatives-for-intervention/

ABANDONMENT: EBONYI COMMUNITY CRIES OUT TO UMAHI, REPRESENTATIVES FOR INTERVENTION

By Paul Okah
Abuja

Residents of Ibii community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi state have cried out to the state government to save them from being cut off from the rest of the state “due to bad road, lack of power supply, among other necessities of life”.

In several interviews with our reporter, residents of the community said that they have suffered abandonment for years, even before the state was created, but have always voted for the government in power during election years.

Speaking with our reporter, one of the residents, Chief Nelson Otu, said that Ibii is particularly affected by bad road, being an agrarian community that depends on agricultural produce for survival and appealed to the state government for urgent intervention.

He said: "The Ibii road that traverses the community to Afikpo town and the one that connects us to Akpoha community has been in a deplorable state for many years. We are calling on the governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, FNSE, FNATE, to please come to our aid.

“The major road that connects us to the state is so bad that, if not for community effort, we would have been cut off completely. They should do something. We are an agrarian community and our people are finding it difficult to transport our agric products to other areas.

“We produce food, such as rice, cassava and yam in large quantity. Our problem is that we don’t have good roads. We are cut off during the rainy season. We're suffering. Why are we hated and marginalised these much, when we've always given 99% votes to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) since 1999 till date?”

Also speaking, one of the residents and Technical Assistant to the Governor on Attiudnal Change, Kelechi Ability, said that, apart from bad roads, the community is also suffering from lack of power supply and called on the state governor, representatives in the National Assembly and representative in the state House of Assembly for intervention.

He said: "We call on the state government to intervene in our plights, especially in the area of electricity and road network as we've been cut off from our brother communities in the state. We make bold to say that since 1999, our great party, PDP, has never failed any election in our community, but the height of negligence and marginalisation is heartbreaking.

“We call on the state governor, Apostle David Nweze Umahi, Senator representing Ebonyi South, Senator Michael Ama Nnachi, Member representing Afikpo North/ South constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Idume Igariwey and member representing Afikpo North West in the Ebonyi state House of Assembly, Hon. Ikoro Kingsley Ogboonia, please hearken to our yearnings.”

Lalas pls save this community

It's the rainy season again and with increasing urbanisation in Ebonyi, every town now has traffic.

Dave Umahi has stretched concrete roads to most if not all the communities in Ebonyi. He will get to this one soon.

God bless Ebonyi state.

Umahi why

Lala, pls move this to front page, the community needs an urgent help

SLAP44:
It's the rainy season again and with increasing urbanisation in Ebonyi, every town now has traffic.

Dave Umahi has stretched concrete roads to most if not all the communities in Ebonyi. He will get to this one soon.

God bless Ebonyi state.

He should, the community has suffered for too long

SLAP44:
It's the rainy season again and with increasing urbanisation in Ebonyi, every town now has traffic.

Dave Umahi has stretched concrete roads to most if not all the communities in Ebonyi. He will get to this one soon.

God bless Ebonyi state.

You sabi how far

Lalasticlala this is not fair, a community is seriously begging for an urgent help.

So naso una want finish Umahi just because his media dogs updated us on one bridge he recently concluded.

You should know is all about media clout... nothingelse

'cries out' lol like they're babies are being irrational. I think we should start writing in our native languages. This English is a failed project

Osagyefo98:
So naso una want finish Umahi just because his media dogs updated us on one bridge he recently concluded.

You should know is all about media clout... nothingelse

Oga this community has been neglected for too long
Nothing like media clout here

OruExpress:
'cries out' lol like they're babies are being irrational. I think we should start writing in our native languages. This English is a failed project

What are you even saying?
Crying out in this context simply means admission of one's need for something

comrChris:
What are you even saying?
Crying out in this context simply means admission of one's need for something

no, that's not the meaning of that word. Crying out means alludes to a burst of emotion. Screaming etc. The headline implies the citizens of that community are out of control. Again, me k'anyi su igbo nke anyi mma. Anyi ji bekee ne su onwe anyi mkpari.



Cry Out
exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout(verb)
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
"`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
Synonyms:
proclaim, outshout, shout, weep, shout out, hollo, blackguard, outcry, promulgate, call out, blazon out, holler, yell, call, scream, cry, squall, abuse, clapperclaw, exclaim

comrChris:
Oga this community has been neglected for too long
Nothing like media clout here

Even if the community is in need of government help, why lies about the situation with fake pictures that is to say the OP did not do any research by going to the community to know what the situation looks like that pictures are fake the first and the third pictures are not from Nigeria just check the number plate on the car on the third picture when did Nigeria or Ebonyi state start using yellow plate number.

phoenix911:



Even if the community is in need of government help, why lies about the situation with fake pictures that is to say the OP did not do any research by going to the community to know what the situation looks like that pictures are fake the first and the third pictures are not from Nigeria just check the number plate on the car on the third picture when did Nigeria or Ebonyi state start using yellow plate number.

Have you been to that community yourself to ascertain the situation of things there?
I'm from Afikpo North and I know the community the way I know my name, I have been there countless times. Though its a small community, disadvantaged by its distance from the main town, but still regarded as one of the communities in Afikpo with the most hard working and brilliant people. Their population isn't more than 5000 but the number of graduates its shuns out every year is amazing.

I'm a huge fan of Dave and I appreciate his good works in Ebonyi but that still does not change the fact the this community needs help. Dave made a promise to fix the road during the electioneering period but he's yet to do anything after election, even the member representing Afikpo North/South at the fed house(Hon Idu Igariway) made a promise to fix the road if the state govt fails to do it but all of them have forgotten about it.

OruExpress:


no, that's not the meaning of that word. Crying out means alludes to a burst of emotion. Screaming etc. The headline implies the citizens of that community are out of control. Again, me k'anyi su igbo nke anyi mma. Anyi ji bekee ne su onwe anyi mkpari.



Cry Out
exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout(verb)
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
"`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
Synonyms:
proclaim, outshout, shout, weep, shout out, hollo, blackguard, outcry, promulgate, call out, blazon out, holler, yell, call, scream, cry, squall, abuse, clapperclaw, exclaim

OK Sir, Professor Emeritus
The point remains that this community needs an urgent help, whether they smile, murmur, shout or even groan, let help be granted them

OruExpress:


no, that's not the meaning of that word. Crying out means alludes to a burst of emotion. Screaming etc. The headline implies the citizens of that community are out of control. Again, me k'anyi su igbo nke anyi mma. Anyi ji bekee ne su onwe anyi mkpari.



Cry Out
exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout(verb)
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
"`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
Synonyms:
proclaim, outshout, shout, weep, shout out, hollo, blackguard, outcry, promulgate, call out, blazon out, holler, yell, call, scream, cry, squall, abuse, clapperclaw, exclaim

There is denotative and connotative meaning of words ...Google is your friend

comrChris:
Have you been to that community yourself to ascertain the situation of things there?
I'm from Afikpo North and I know the community the way I know my name, I have been there countless times. Though its a small community, disadvantaged by its distance from the main town, but still regarded as one of the communities in Afikpo with the most hard working and brilliant people. Their population isn't more than 5000 but the number of graduates its shuns out every year is amazing.

I'm a huge fan of Dave and I appreciate his good works in Ebonyi but that still does not change the fact the this community needs help. Dave made a promise to fix the road during the electioneering period but he's yet to do anything after election, even the member representing Afikpo North/South at the fed house(Hon Idu Igariway) made a promise to fix the road if the state govt fails to do it but all of them have forgotten about it.

I'm not arguing about the deplorable conduction of the said community, I'm against using fake pictures. I commend your effort in trying to help the community but not in a way you went about it taking pictures from Cameroon you pull from the internet make it look like propaganda, so please go there take the real picture to reflect what on the ground.

comrChris:
OK Sir, Professor Emeritus
The point remains that this community needs an urgent help, whether they smile, murmur, shout or even groan, let help be granted them

how does someone know what 'professor emertius' means but not crying out?
If the point remains that the communiy needs help and you writing like they're screaming childishly, the actual problem is the writing. This article is their mouthpiece of means of getting their message across. If the messenger throws the message in the trash or delivers it as foolishness you have a problem.

Again, k'anyi ji Igbo anyi mma na su ihe.

Even if you wrote it in Igbo you will see how insulting and silencing the message is.

'Ndi Ebonyi ne be akwa'

does not mean 'need intervention' in Igbo, so why English? This is how you'll be saying your president is 'ruling you' then wondering why he's ruling you instead of leading you.

Igbochief001:

There is denotative and connotative meaning of words ...Google is your friend

Connotative: irrational emotional outburst
Denotative: they're not serious

They should be patient, their brothers are doing a great job of dragging Tinubu to go fix the erosion and construct the roads for them.

Next week, it is likely their campaign will yield the desired fruits.

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omenka:
They should be patient, their brothers are doing a great job of dragging Tinubu to go fix the erosion and construct the roads for them.

Next week, it is likely their campaign will yield the desired fruits.

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trash

Emperor Umahi

omenka post=91304403[b:
]They should be patient, their brothers are doing a great job of dragging Tinubu to go fix the erosion and construct the roads for them.
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Next week, it is likely their campaign will yield the desired fruits.

please this is not needed here
If you don't have any meaningful thing to say, keep shut