The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi has called for home front investments, seeing it as one of the greatest contributions Igbos will ever make in the development of their region.
Speaking when Ogbako Ndigbo Digital Forum, Ikeja Lagos paid a courtesy call to the governor in his office at the Centenary City Abakaliki, Umahi lamented the Igbos properties worth billions of naira destroyed as result of insurgency especially in the northern region of the country, regretting the fate that befell its owners.
He said if the Igbos with all their matchless intellectual strength and entrepreneurial skills had invested in their land, there wouldn’t have been any need to foray in a foreign land in search of economic opportunities, but because majority of the Igbos invest outside their home and prefer foreign land, people move to these places for economic purposes.
Gov. Umahi stressed the importance of home-front investments saying the government has put in measures to accelerate business growth and development in the region.
Hear him: “We are thinking railway, the railway project will also connect some of the eastern states and you know what it means to the growth development of these places.
“In the area of security, we have the best security network in Ebonyi State.
“The Neighbourhood Watch is complementing the roles of other security agencies.
Gov. Umahi added saying “We are building entrance gates in all the entering points to the state. At our boundary between Enugu State, we are building a gate and tower with CCTV camera system, same in all the entering points to the state.
“As chairman of the Southeast Governors’ Forum, we will make sure the same security approaches and measures are in place in other states of the Southeast region.
“How many times will something happen to us before we learn?
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