By Emmanuel Uzodinma Following the unfortunate attack on farmers in their farm settlements at Aguamaede and Mgbuji communities in Eh...
By Emmanuel Uzodinma
Following the unfortunate attack on farmers in their farm
settlements at Aguamaede and Mgbuji communities in Eha Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local
Government Area by suspected herders, the Enugu State Government has condemned,
in its entirety, the dastardly act which resulted in causalities with some
indigenes of the communities displaced.
In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government,
Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, the State Government called on heads of Security
Agencies to rise to the challenge and deploy more personnel to the affected
communities to provide adequate security for life and property.
Prof. Ortuanya stated that the State Government, in its
determination to put an end to the lingering crisis between farmers and herders
in Eha Amufu, will meet with their leaders to decisively resolve the
contentious issues that might have led to the recent attack.
The State Government condoled with families of the deceased
and sympathized with the victims who sustained injuries as well as those who
were displaced.
The statement disclosed that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has
released the sum of N10 million for the immediate needs of the victims in the
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp and further committed to paying all
the medical bills of those receiving treatments in the hospital.
It also announced that Governor Ugwuanyi has directed a
state government’s delegation to visit the victims in the hospital and IDPs
camp to review their situation and ensure that they receive adequate medical
attention.
Reacting, the Anglican Bishop of Eha Amufu Diocese, Rt. Rev.
Daniel Olinya, expressed gratitude to Governor Ugwuanyi for his
administration’s prompt interventions in the crisis, including the release of
the sum of N10 million for the immediate needs of the victims in the Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp.
Speaking after a closed-door meeting with Governor Ugwuanyi
at the Government House, Enugu, Bishop Olinya said that he was impressed with
“the prompt interventions of Enugu State Government in the crisis in our
place,” adding: “I want to thank specifically His Excellency, the Governor of
Enugu State for bringing out ten million naira for the people affected.
“I am very happy this evening for the prompt interventions
of Enugu State Government in the crisis in our place, Eha Amufu in Isi-Uzo
Local Government Area of Enugu State.”
The Anglican Bishop disclosed that the Governor “has given
us ten million naira to go and see the people and to meet their immediate needs
and I am very sure that this will make them have a sense of belonging, make
them feel that the state has heard their cry and has really come to help them”.
“They (victims) won’t feel left out in their problems. I am
sure that when we take this money to them, everyone of them is going to be
happy, and I too want to thank the Governor and Enugu State Government for
coming out immediately to intervene in this situation, and I pray that God will
bless Enugu State Government and our Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for
these prompt interventions.”
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