The newly inaugurated Transition Committee Chairman of Ikwuano LGA, Mayor Osinachi Nwaka warned hoodlums ravaging the area, who engage in burglary and vandalising of government property, mandating them to desist from perpetrating evil and causing mayhem in the Council.
“Let me pass this note of warning; I’m humble, easy going but I don’t take nonsense. I’m gentle, good at heart but I don’t compromise stealing. “If you are here and what you do is when people close and leave office, you go and burgle one office; you tamper with public’s property, steal television, or any other things you want to steal, I beg of you from today, don’t do it again. “If your job is to steal and vandalise offices, go through the roofs, take the things government has provided to make life easier and better here, whether you leave in this vicinity or you are a worker here, from today, as the T.C Chairman, I’m pleading with you today. Don’t do it again.
I have put some machineries and I’ll put more, if we catch you, if we catch you, only God can save you from our hands. I’ll use every means and everything available to me to use you as a scapegoat.
Remove the finger of the monkey from the soup lest it turns to human’s finger”, he warned. Furthermore, he urged staff of the Council to shun redundancy but rather embrace the change as introduced by the Labour Party government, insisting that there is an outright change in the culture and tradition of the Council.
He said the decision of the Labour Party (LP) government to start on a clean slate was borne out of its burning zeal to salvage the various 17 Local Government Councils across the State, from their age-long dilapidated condition.
The Council boss and President of New Era Foundation (NEF), a reputable nongovernmental organisation, maintained that his emergence as the Mayor would go a long way, ameliorating their condition, through the laid down policies of Governor Otti.
He urged staff of the Council to shun redundancy but rather embrace the change as introduced by the Labour Party government, insisting that there is an outright change in the culture and tradition of the Council.
He reiterated that civil service work would no longer be “business as usual”, hence ‘all hands must be on deck’ to rebuild and restore the dignity of the Council, insisting that his administration would not give room for non punctuality, lateness and laxity at work.
He implored staff of Ikwuano Council to maximise their individual potentials in making impacts on the Council and the Sate in general, noting that the new government has brought in a new way of doing things.
“There is a new way of doing things now; there is a new narrative; you must change the way you act and behave; you must change the way you come to work.
You must respect your elders and leaders. “You must begin to be impactful and desist from the attitude of redundancy.” “We’ll give you work to do if you don’t have any.
We encourage you to utilise your potentials. You can’t come here and fold your hands; you must apply yourself unto Labour. I’ll give you work in agriculture; every hand must be on deck”. In his remarks, the chairman of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ikwuano chapter, Martins Chizaram Omeruo (aka. Matoto Global), who gave the vote of thanks, lauded Governor Otti for strictly selecting only men of repute to represent the various Councils, with the Ikwuano’s Mayor ranking ‘second to none’ in all ramifications.
