Owerri zone charts new developmental course

…As group sets up 40-man committee

Chief Iwuanyanwu

Piqued by the slow pace of transformation in the Imo East Senatorial District which has provoked poverty and destitution among the people, a Socio-Cultural Organization-“Owerri People Assembly” has inaugurated a 40-man committee to chart a new developmental course aimed to transform the area.

The committee which is composed of sons and daughters of repute and integrity of Owerri zone extraction drawn from various fields of human endeavours, is required to evolve measures and strategies that would liberate the zone from its current state of abyss in growth and in development.

Inaugurating the committee in Owerri, a renowned politician and member, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu regretted that no indigene of Owerri zone has held exalted and managerial position in government in the past sixteen years.

As a zone that has the capital of the state which plays host to people from within and outside the state, Chief Iwuanyanwu insisted that the Owerri zone should not be compelled to play a second fiddle in both state and national politics.

 “We have not been in government for a long time but we should not fold our hands and allow this to continue. Today, we are aging, the younger ones will definitely take over from us and we should lay a strong foundation for them”, he stated

Lamenting the crushing level of poverty ravaging the zone, Chief Iwuanyanwu said that the Assembly had resolved to remedy the nagging problem through aggressive rural development programmes in order to touch the lives of the people.

Iwuanyanwu who is popularly known by his traditional title of Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo added that the Assembly which has established branches in some states of the federation and abroad had concluded plans to honour some indigenes of Owerri who had distinguished themselves in their chosen careers and with acts of charity.

Responding on behalf of the Chairman of the committee – Chief Sam Obaji, the deputy chairman, Professor Henry Njoku expressed gratitude for the confidence reposed in them through their appointment and promised that they would live up to expectation.