Umahi Orders Banishment Of Non-Registered Voters

Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Nweze Umahi has ordered traditional rulers to banish of non-registered voters from various villages and communities in his state.
Governor Umahi gave this order recently at Onuebonyi Primary School in Izzi Local Government Area, Ebonyi State during the official disbursement of scholarship fund to indigent students of Izzi clan by Senator Sam Egwu, representing Ebonyi North Zone in the National Assembly.
The governor, represented by the Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assemby, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, charged all the traditional rulers to sway into action against non-registered voters in their various communities.
According to him, any mature person who has no voter card should be chased out from his or her community by the traditional rulers, pointing that such person has no good vision for national growth and development.
He hinted that government would soon look out for non-registered voters in the various markets in the state, insisting that voter card would be then used to guarantee entrance into markets for buying and selling of goods.
He also warned against posting of offensive messages on social media, advising that social media users should learn to upload messages that can enrich people’s life.
Umahi extolled Egwu’s philanthropic gesture saying that he has special passion for promoting education.
Noting that Sen. Egwu emergence as the Senator representing the zone has immensely added value to the lives of his constituents, the speaker pleaded with his constituents to endorse him for re-election in the 2019 general elections.
Egwu had earlier pledged to give full support to ensure the people of Izzi in 2023 produce the next governor after Governor Umahi’s second tenure.
He disclosed that he had made a proposal for a Federal College of Education in the state, promising that it would be located in Izzi land, having appealed to the people to provide a permanent site for the college before he could get back to Abuja.
On his part, the President of Izzi Youth Forum, Ben Aloh Nwovu commended Egwu for the training over 60 youth in Information and communication technology , adding that each of the trainees were given a laptop and cash gifts.
He also thanked the Senator for granting scholarship to over 75 students from his clan including other empowerment programmes.
However, Nwovu reminded that the Izzi displaced people from Ochudo site had been roaming about without a place of settlement and therefore called for government intervention, among other requests.

Victor Nwegede, Abakaliki