Ayodele Olalere
A businessmen in Olo Ward 2, Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, have appealed to Governor Ifeanyichukwu Lawrence Ugwuanyi, to support developmental projects currently embarked on by residents of the local government.
They spoke through a renowned business mogul and philanthropist in the local government, Hon. Johnmary Anagolu, at his country home, Ogulogu-Olo in Olo Ward 2. during the visit of the Local Government Election campaign council of Enugu’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The campaign council was on the tour soliciting support from the electorates at 3 wards in the council, which Includes, Okpogho, Olo ward 1 and 2,ahead of the February 23rd’s Enugu local government election.
While speaking on behalf of other businessmen in the council, Hon. Anagolu said there is need for infrastructural development in the local government, especially on road construction, provision of pipe borne waters, health centres amongst others.
He thanked the governor for his “numerous works in Enugu State’ but urged him to extend his developmental projects to the local government.
He(Governor) has given local dwellers a voice in the state and has provided some basic needs for them. Ezeagu businessmen will always show solidarity and support to his leadership. He has been leading us very well, but, answering our request on the rehabilitation of our Olo-Ogulogu road, would be a massive imprint on us,” Anagolu said.
He added that notable businessmen in Olo ward2, Ezeagu, are ready to partner with the incoming leadership of the council, on road construction, to help improve or create access and motorable roads for the community.
Hon Anagolu posited that businessmen in the ward had contributed a sum of N16 million and met with the state government to assist them with their own contributions, to rehabilitate Olo-Ogolulogo road, but all their efforts were fruitless.
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“What we need mostly in Ezeagu local government area now, is massive infrastructural development, to complement the rural development agenda and efforts of his Excellency, Rt Hon Ifeanyichukwu Lawrence Ugwuanyi ,in our council.
We need well constructed intra village roads, to enable our people to have easy access to their farms and other neighbouring communities. A group of businessmen and youths from Ogulogu, Olo ward 2 had contributed a sum of N16million and approached the state government to help compliment the amount and rehabilitate the Ogulogu road, but we didn’t know what went wrong and our appeals were not responded to, as anticipated.,” he lamented.
He called on the incoming local government council leadership to partner with them on road rehabilitations across the council especially, that of Olo-Ogulogu, as it would have a lot of economic advantages for the people.
He also reiterated the commitment of Ezeagu’s businessmen in helping the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to achieve all its progressive programmes for the state.
Responding, the 2022 Local Government Elections Campaign Director of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sir Ignatius Achụ, thanked Hon Johnmary Anagolu for the warmth reception and efforts to make his community and Ezeagu as a whole better.
