A pacesetter and Conflict resolution agent, Hon Ajah Emmanuel building the Ivo of our long time dream
Preamble
The natural political system of ivo Local government area is such an accommodating one circling from formation and the formidable structures made up of 11 wards and since has germinated to one of the contending local government in federation, occupying the third hierarchical political position through her illustrious Son, His Excellency Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim GCON, served in the 9th President of the Senate between 2000 and 2003, and other actors who had occupied excitingly positions at national down to local level, where Hon. Chief James Aroh Nweke wield enormous power as the fulcrum of authority at local level.
Underdeveloped ivo council surge into Serious crisis born out of power tussles between the federal and the local actors, properties worth millions of naira were destroyed, house’s, motorcycles, shops were razed down, political rivals was created among brothers hence the genesis of Parading disunity in ivo political clime.
Many ivo political actors dive into trending sordid adventures and crippling into sadist syndrome of trading fake information against each others to earn cheap blackmailing glory and deceiving innocent public selfishly.
CRISIS REINCARNATION
In the previous local government administration Hon. Chief Onyebuchi Ogbadu 2020-2022, saw a total menace of crisis outbreak, ivo council endured the razed down of residential building of its Chairman for the first time, de facto party system, insecurities rampaging the area and resultant death of its young youths.
Village and Union elections becomes a dead trapped oozing from heated tussles, instance of “Amaeze Delovepment Union election” that broke out daredevil situation between “John Nnanna Okorie and Okoro Uchenna Paul” leaving a disaster lost of more than 5 able men including “Late Mazi Chief Eze Bernard Ossi,(Eze O. Eze)” of Amaegbu Amaeze aged 64 who was bitterly lynched to death on 15th June, 2021 by his own brothers and suspected employed machineries, Late Francis and others.
Incessant attack and butchering of ivo people by wanton Fulani herdsmen.
FARE OF PEACEFUL TRANSFORMATION
Fast forwarding to 1st September, 2022 through divine route by emergence of Hon.Chief Ajah Emmanuel Ogbonna (Confirm) as ivo council chairman, spurred instant response to liberate the mayhem orchestrated by disunity and quest for power in the council through:
*Settings Committee for Conflict Resolution chaired by Mazi Iwuchukwu Joseph Ogbonna Onu, Member Ebonyi State elder Council
*Conflict Resolution Conference tagged “Brothers and Developments”
*Pledging honour to Ivo nationalists to pedals unity and oneness.
*Administratively working in tandem with state and federal Constituency to access developmental results to ivo people.
*Set Elections Management Committees
* Running Inclusive administration
Exhaustively, the divine birthed administration of Hon. Chief Ajah Emmanuel Ogbonna (Confirm) thrived on entrusting the vibrant youths opportunity to represent in close tutelage and directions.
Ejiofor Egu Richard
(Administrative Analyst, Ebonyi State)