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Enugu State Government has released the first
tranche of N5 million for development projects in each community in the state,
the Chairman of the state Traditional Rulers’ Council, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzo,
has said. Agubuzo made this known while briefing newsmen at
the end of a joint meeting of royal fathers, town union presidents and the
State Executive Council in Enugu on Wednesday.
Ugwuanyi had earmarked N1o million for each
community to be utilized for any project of their choice. Agubuzo expressed delight that the governor had
fulfilled the promise he made to the people.
“This special development has never happened in
Enugu State since its creation.”
He explained that the governor’s decision was that
every community would decide the project it would want to execute with the
money.
The monarch said that a dedicated bank account
would be opened for the project with the traditional ruler and the
president-general of each community as signatories.
“The governor has made available the sum of N5
million for every community in Enugu State for a development project of their
choice.
“This is a special development that has never
happened in Enugu State because this money will be given to the community
leaders and they will decide on what to do with it,’’ he said.
Also speaking, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of
the Town Unions, Chief Paulinus Eze, described the release of the fund as a
“pleasant surprise”
According to him, the governor has wiped away the
tears of many communities that have never experienced any developmental
project.
Eze maintained that the grassroots development
programme would ensure that government presence in the 400 communities in the
state. Meanwhile, the Director-General of Visit Every
Community (VEC), Dr Eric Oluedo, said that the new policy was the fallout of
the visit his agency embarked in all the communities in the state.
Oluedo disclosed that the state government
earmarked N10 million for development projects in every community to be
identified and executed by the community.
He, however, said that VEC would monitor the
projects strictly, to ensure compliance, adding that the approval of the funds
passed through process.
The director-general also thanked the governor for
fulfilling the promise he made to the people of the state last year.
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