As the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr. Sunday Kanu took over the mantle of leadership from his predecessor, Chisom Gbali recently, residents and other stakeholders have urged the new chairman to address all security and internal development issues bedevilling the LGA.
Expressing their views to newsmen recently, they said the new caretaker chairman should also address other problems affecting the LGA in terms of development.
“The new caretaker chairman according to them, should look at all the issues associated with security, unemployment of Oyigbo citizenry in corporate organizations in the area; erratic power supply, road rehabilitation and other internal matters holistically and proffer solutions to them.
The Federal, State and Local Governments, they said, should as a matter of urgency expedite action in the development of the LGA, especially the re-construction of some parts of Oyigbo access road to the Port Harcourt –Aba Expressway and the internal ones.
On job creation for the electorate in the LGA, one of the respondents Chimaraobi Ekeke called on government to provide policy that would  guide the recruitment of unemployed citizenry.
He said, government ought to review the already made laws on employment and ensure that  youths and others benefit from such policy, also  ensure that nobody hijacks the employment  quotas meant for the people of the  area.
Commenting on the recent increase in power generation in Nigeria, another resident, Dr. Nkechi Dickson Okere attributed this to increase in the supply of gas by the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), saying, “We have two sources of power generation, hydro and thermal.
When the water-level in the dam is low, we can switch to thermal. The thermal power plants can only function when there is adequate supply of gas. It we don’t receive gas, the thermal plant cannot effectively function,” he said.
Meanwhile, the respondents have commended Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike for his landmark achievements within two years of his leadership in the state, especially the construction of roads as well as the rehabilitation of some deplorable roads abandoned by previous governments, among others, describing the governor’s feat as remarkable and profit-oriented.
They urged the governor to continue his laudable development crusade in the state, the reconstruction of the Mbano Camp road, parts of Oyigbo axis of Port Harcourt-Aba Express way which they said is a death trap.