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Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah of Enugu State, has tasked the councilors and council chairmen in the state to take charge of government’s development projects in their respective wards through intensive monitoring and holding the contractors to account to ensure that they adhere to both quality and timelines.
Mbah also reminded them that there was no luxury of time, urging them to get cracking in solving the compelling social and economic problem in various localities.
Mbah gave the charge during an onboarding progromme for the newly elected 260 ward councilors on the State Project Management Team for Smart Green Schools and Primary Healthcare Centres on Wednesday.
He stressed that the 260 Smart Green Schools and 260 Type 2 Primary Healthcare Centres being constructed in all the 260 electoral wards were very key to the state’s economic growth, assuring skilled manpower for the 21st century economy and good health for optimal productivity.
He said, “The Smart Schools are about transformation. We are expecting that all the 260 structures will be standing latest by February 2025. By September 2025, every child in Enugu State should have access to Smart Green Schools.
Mbah also charged the councilors and council chairmen on productivity and economic growth, noting that just as Nigeria’s economic growth would come from the states, not the centre, the administration’s target to grow Enugu State’s economy from N4.4bn to N30bn would not come from the state capital, but from the various 17 LGAs and 260 wards.
Speaking to newsmen, some of the councilors, including Hon. Francis Nwankwo representing Amafor Ugbawka Ward, Hon Theresa Ifeanyichukwu of Oji River Urban Ward 3, and Anene Nnaji of Mbu Ward 2, lauded the government for putting the onboarding programme together, saying they had not been better enlightened about the administration’s projects and their roles as councillors to ensure the actualisation of the projects in their wards.
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