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Former acting paramount ruler of Mbiama community of Ahoada West council area of Rivers State and presently supervisory councillor for Education, Hon Emmanuel Dikio, has said the best thing that has happened to the LGA in the recent years was the choice of Hon. Hope Ikiriko as council chairman.
Dikio stated this at the weekend while speaking with newsmen in Mbiama.
He said that the council area, which hitherto was abandoned by the incumbent chairman’s predecessors, has regained it pride of place in the comity of LGAs upon the assumption of office by the council helmsman three years ago.
The former monarch emphasized that save for the prompt and early payment of staff salaries and arrears, the chairman had also embarked on the largest number of projects carried out by any former chairman of the council.
The supervisory councillor maintained the chairman has the overwhelming support of major stakeholders of the area to continue for a second term.
“Because of the number of projects, housing, electrification, etc, you name it that our chairman has executed, the party and the generality of the people of the LGA felt he has to consolidate on his first tenure achievements,” he said.
“Look, before now there was no electricity in any of our communities, but due to the love Hon. Ikiriko has for the people of this council area, our communities now enjoy steady power supply. He has to his credit more than 16 electrification projects”, he added.
He commended Governor Nyesom Wike on his developmental strides, saying the council boss is replicating the governor’s love for the state in the council area.
Dikio said that due to the chairman’s development friendly disposition, negotiations were at advanced stages to relocate the Mbiama market situated along the East-West road to a better and more befitting site.
He called on the people to continue having faith in the council helmsman by according him votes that will give him and the PDP landslide victory in the forthcoming LGA polls.
