Egbema Youths Allege 'Marginalization' On Council Appointments
ONELGA: Egbema Youths Allege 'Marginalization' On Council Appointments
Thousands of youths in Egbema communities of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local government Area have cried out over what they perceived as marginalization of the people of the area by governments at all levels.
The youths, under the aegis of Egbema Massive Movement, during the weekend took to the streets of Egbema on what they called "Egbema Street to Street Awareness" rally to press home their demand.
While fielding questions from newsmen, leader of the group, Comrade Kelly Iweka Ernest alleged it has become necessary to make clear to the public on certain issues that calls for urgent attention as it affects the well being of the people of the area.
The group condemned what they called one sided political appointment by the Executive Chairman of ONELGA, Amb. Victor Ifeanyi Odili, describing it as unfortunate. He called on the Council boss to revert the trend for the sake of justice.
He also called on the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike to fulfill his electioneering promise to Egbema people.
His words: "We condemn the one -sided political appointment made by the ONELGA Council Chairman. ONELGA is made up of three kingdoms, the Ogba, Egbemas and the Ndonis. It's quite unfortunate that the LG Chairman came from Ndoni, his Deputy came from Ogba, the executive angle that should have come to us as Egbema people, the Secretary to the Council was also given to the Ogba people”.
"The Chief of Staff went to the Ogba people, Leader of the Legislative Assembly in the Council was still given to the Ogba people whereas we claimed to be one ONELGA. This is a great injustice. So we call on the attention of the LG Chairman to immediately redirect his attention to redress this because the LGA cannot be complete without the Egbema people ", he said.
Some placards carried by the youths bore the inscriptions: “Egbema people deserves managerial position in Agip”, “Agip tactically retires our people, we need replacement”, “Wike remember our abandoned Okwuzi-Egbema Gen hospital” and “Elevate our traditional stools to first class and second class in the state”.
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