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South East leaders beg Tinubu to order dismantling of road blocks, checkpoints
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South-East leaders on Saturday pleaded with President Bola Tinubu, to order for the dismantling of checkpoints and roadblocks in the area, saying that the roadblocks make goods expensive.
The leaders also appealed to the President to use his good offices to ensure that the moribund Anambra Basin with abundant oil and gas reserves is revived in the interest of the nation’s economy.
The demands were made at the town hall meeting during President Bola Tinubu’s official visit to Enugu State where many projects executed by Governor Peter Mbah’s administration were commissioned.
Presenting his appeal, Onyemuche Nnamani noted that checkpoints and roadblocks have a lot of drawbacks which have negatively affected the economy of the people in the zone and even constitute a security risk.
He contended that with the modern command and control centre established by the Enugu State government and other strategies put in place, there was no need for the traditional checkpoints and roadblocks.
He said that the security measures put in place by Governor Mbah were critical for the encouragement of investment and economic growth.
He further said it was also critical that the right security strategies are put in place to avoid giving visitors and brothers in diaspora the wrong impression that things are worse than they seem.
“These were some of the driving factors which motivated Enugu state to institute its ultra-modern statewide CCTV, modern cameras mounted on patrol cars, some of which we have commissioned today, including our modern command and control centre, it was quite easy to convince our governor to invest billions of Naira on security,” he said.
Continuing, the said, “Your Excellency with the launch of these facilities, we are confident that there’s less need for the traditional practice of mounting roadblocks at checkpoints. Checkpoints, in my view, have many drawbacks, checkpoints and roadblocks, they make the movement of goods and persons very expensive, very inefficient increase the low cost of logistics, leading to high inflation.
“They tie down valuable security manpower, they needlessly expose the brave men and women of our security agencies to attacks by criminals of all guises, of various guises, as well as to other users of the highways.
“Given this Your Excellency, we appeal to you to support Enugu state and security agencies, to de-emphasize the traditional practice of roadblocks, stop and search and all that. Our people are complaining about those things.
“It will be a great honour. When we say de-emphasize, what it means is that we are providing alternatives. You have seen the patrol vans, you have seen the cameras mounted all over the state. So we have alternatives to all this. So we just want to de-emphasize this issue of stop and search and roadblocks.”
On his part, Chris Ngu, called for the development of the moribund Anambra Basin Authority to unlock the oil and gas reserves lying waste in the area.
He said, “The need to develop Anambra Basin as an oil-bearing reserve that will impact on the entire Southeast different from the well-known Niger Delta. We are saying that this reserve called Anambra Basin holds not less than one billion barrels of oil and about thirty billion cubic feet of gas.
“And like all of us know the future is gas and we know the emphasis the present government is placing on gas for so many reasons, power generation .. for industries in the plastic, and petrochemicals. There are plenty that we can achieve by doing that.
“We have plenty of presentations, but I understand there has been no time to go through that. So we’re appealing to Your Excellency, please to help call attention to this dormant energy reserve in the so-called Anambra Basin.
“For explanation purposes, Anambra Basin borders on the south and the Niger Delta, and the Benue trough. Among the whole Basins as a frontier exploration for oil and gas, Anambra Basin stands number one in terms of performance, in terms of reserves and. In terms of attraction.
“So we’re appealing to you, sir, to please use your good offices to energize this thing for the benefit of entire Southeast and even the Middle Belt. We know Benue state is just here. And after being Benue, the entire North Central energy is just lying waste there.”
The people through the former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo called for the revival of the rail system in Enugu State and some other states in the zone.
The Friends of Hiliary (FOH), has urged constituents in Delta North to put behind them the recent court ruling that struck out Senator Ned Nwoko’s suit challenging the victory of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa in the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary, saying the district has more pressing issues demanding attention.
The group said the Federal High Court’s decision, which reportedly described the suit as incompetent, should bring an end to the legal dispute and allow political actors and the electorate to focus on the task of rebuilding Delta North.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, FOH maintained that the people of the district stand to gain more by concentrating on development and effective representation rather than prolonged political contests.
According to the group, Delta North has lost valuable time over the past three years and now requires a united effort to recover missed opportunities and reposition the senatorial district for sustainable progress.
“The issues confronting our people are far too serious for us to continue dwelling on a suit that has already been struck out by the court,” the statement said.
FOH urged constituents to look beyond partisan disagreements and embrace what it described as the bigger picture of restoring quality representation, attracting development projects and ensuring that the interests of Delta North occupy the front burner of national discourse.
The group also called on political stakeholders across party lines to avoid actions capable of deepening divisions within the district, insisting that the welfare of the people should take precedence over personal political ambitions.
It said the court’s ruling should serve as an opportunity to close the chapter on the primary election dispute and redirect energy toward initiatives that would improve the lives of the people.
FOH reaffirmed its support for Senator Okowa, expressing confidence in his capacity to provide purposeful leadership and work with all stakeholders to advance the interests of Delta North.
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party has reiterated that the party has moved past the period of uncertainty over persistent litigation, adding that the party is now rebuilding and will come out stronger and better.
The BoT Chairman, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, in a statement on Tuesday, said the last week Friday’s judgment of the Federal High Court should be enough for those who are yet to accept the reality of a new PDP to beat a retreat.
Senator Ohuabunwa, while hailing the Federal High Court judgment, said it was in line with earlier judgement of the Supreme Court.
He said, as the conscience and the moral compass of the party, the BOT fully respects and accepts the Federal High Court judgment and will continue to respect the rule of law.
The PDP BoT Chairman described any other person parading himself as the Chairman of the PDP BoT as criminal impersonator that will be made to face the full wrath of the law soon.
Senator Ohuabunwa urged party leaders to embrace reconciliation and collective responsibility, stressing that the PDP must remain focused on strengthening its internal structures so as to emerge victorious in the 2027 general elections.
He assured that necessary steps will be taken to further strengthen the Party’s unity, stability, and preparedness for upcoming electoral engagements.
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has declared that sitting with bandits to negotiate is not a good strategy.
He cautioned that negotiating with bandits would further enrich the terrorists, thereby worsening insecurity in the country.
He made the remark at a press conference on Tuesday in response to claims by the vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, that he and the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, would hold talks with terrorists if elected into office in 2027.
According to Ganduje:, the role of the security agencies depends on the strategies that have been adopted. The Air Force helps to do its own due diligence, alongside the Army, Navy, the police, and the DSS. So, the issue of sitting with bandits to negotiate with them personally, I don’t appreciate that.
“Because, in Nigeria, having a gun without approval is illegal. How do you expect hundreds of bandits to come from the forests with their guns to sit down with local chiefs, chairmen of local governments, traditional rulers, or even the police and start negotiating? I think that system has failed, and it will continue to fail.
“This is because we are giving room to the bandits; we are arming them because the negotiation is that they should be allowed to operate here and there, they should be given money, transportation, motorcycles, and money for logistics. So, in a way, we are giving them an enabling environment to operate.
“And by so doing, they would enrich themselves through kidnapping, as that would give them more financial power to purchase weapons, which would be used against us to cause panic and then call them for negotiation. I don’t think that is a good strategy.”
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