The Abia State House of Assembly today passed a resolution inviting the management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) and the Commissioner for Power to the house for interaction with a view of proffering solutions to the lingering power failures and unmetered customers in the State.
This followed a Motion on the Need for the House to Urge the EEDC to Meter all the Electricity Consumers with Prepaid Meters and for the Company to Strictly Abide by the laid down rules in disconnecting customers from power supply, sponsored by Hon. Collins Iheonunekwu, representing Isialangwa North State Constituency.
In a similar development, the House also entertained a motion of an urgent public importance presented by Hon. Nnamdi Ibekwe representing Bende North Constituency on the Crises and Conflict at Ugwueke Community in Bende which has led to the destruction of properties and loss of many lives.
Presenting the motion Ibekwe explained that the people of Ugwueke had been in conflict with the people of Akaeze who according to him ran to the area for safety far back during the Civil War and had refused to leave the area since then.
He prayed the house to Mandate relevant security agencies to Station a Security post in the hostile area pending when peace and normalcy returns and also urged the house to mandate the National Boundary Commission to immediately move in to ensure that the issue is resolved. Reacting, the Speaker Emmanuel Emeruwa, committed it to the House Committee On Security and Boundary headed by the Deputy Speaker, while the committee was given 30 days to make its findings and to report back to the house within the next 30 days.
The house recieved a Matter of Urgent Public Importance by the member representing Ugwunagbo Constituency, Hon. Uruakpa Chijioke. It was centered on the Need to Provide Residence Doctors and Nurses including Security Personnel at the Mother and Child General Hospital at Ugwunagbo at the facility.
The House granted his prayers while the house further mandated the Area Commander of Police to draft his men to the location of the facility for a temporary cover.
The Motion was then Committed to the House Committee on Health for an on the spot accessment and to revert to the house within 7 days. Meanwhile, the house adjourned to reconvene tomorrow, Wednesday 11th, 2023.
