Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State | File Image
Uzodimma: No peace, no development,” he said.
By Valentine Amanze
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has advised the South East traditional rulers to be serious with the security of the people and their properties in the zone.
The governor made the appeal at the South East Council of Traditional Rulers’ Expanded Executive Council meeting held at the Eze Imo Palace, Mbari Owerri, Imo State on Tuesday.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Cosmas Iwu, the governor urged the monarchs to also take seriously the problem of absentee royal fathers who live outside their domain in their communities, creating a vacuum in leadership amidst internal crisis and general insecurity that could have been handled by them and their President Generals.
The governor pointed out that as the Chief Security Officers of their Autonomous Communities they were bound by law and tradition to look into the problems of insecurity in the South East and proffer solution.
The governor also reminded the monarchs that government was doing a lot to check the surge on insecurity, stressing, “Without the Royal Fathers playing their role efficiently and effectively nothing substantial will be achieved.”
He reminded them that the government had given them a sense of belonging in the fight against insecurity by involving them as members of the State Security Council and members of the Local Government Security Committee.
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Besides, Governor Uzodimma advised the monarchs to work in synergy with their President Generals to improve the all round security situation.
“No peace, no development,” he said.
He further advised the monarchs to always come up with advice on how to better governance in the states and local governments of the South East “so that South East will be the envy of other geo-political zones in the country.”
In his address, the Chairman, Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, who is also Chairman, South East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Emmanuel Okeke, commended the South East Governors’ forum and its leadership and the National Legislature for the efforts they are making to secure additional states for the zone and the return of peace to Imo State in particular and the zone in general.
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