PAN OHAFIA MEETING
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY PAN OHAFIA MEETING AT THE END OF HER MEETING WITH THE HIS EXCELLENCY ,ENGR.IKECHUKWU EMETU , FNSE, THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF ABIA STATE HELD ON THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER, 2024 AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE UMUAHIA.ABIA STATE.
Preamble: The Ohafia Improvement Union Incorporated, the umbrella body of all organizations in Ohafia, led members of Pan Ohafia group comprising executive members of Council of Ohafia Monarchs and Ohafia Traditional Rulers Council to meet with His Excellency ,Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu, FNSE on Thursday 26 September 2024, at Government House ,Umuahia Abia State
After frantic discussions on the current challenges in Ohafia in particular, Abia State in general the meeting noted that.
(1) The State government has scheduled the local government Election to hold on Saturday 2, November 2024, in ALL the local government councils in Abia State to elect local government Chairmen and councillors .
(2) The meeting also noted a revelation that thousands of PVCs are lying unclaimed in INEC office at Ohafia
(3) The meeting also noted the chronic power outage in Ohafia and efforts so far made in restoring electricity in Ohafia after many years .
(4) The tens of both elected and appointed political office holders of Ohafia clan extraction in the current Dr Alex Chioma Otti was also noted.
(5) The meeting also noted the hydra head Security challenges in Ohafia
(6) The meeting noted the lack of harmony among various groups in Ohafia, specifically among the Council of Ohafia Monarchs ( Nde Ezieogo) and Ohafia Traditional Rulers and to bring harmony for the coexistence of the two institutions.
In view of the above, the meeting resolved as follows:
(A) That the Pan Ohafia meeting resolved to ensure the election of an Ohafia person to the position of Ohafia Local Government Chairman in the forthcoming election.
( B) It was resolved that information will be passed to All villages in Ohafia for tre collection of unclaimed PVCs at INEC office,Amaekpu Ohafia.
(C) The meeting strongly and unequivocally condemns the continuous vandalization of electricity gadgets in Ohafia and in recent time the theft of armoured cable along Oboro – Okagwe axis , perpetrators of which are awaiting trials and vows to use relevant government agencies to prosecute future offenders.
(D) That the meeting stands resolute in fighting against security challenges in Ohafia and will continue to support and encourage conventional security agencies in the fight against criminality in Ohafia .
(E) The meeting agreed to end the rift between the Council of Ohafia Monarchs ( Nde Ezieogo) and Ohafia Traditional Rulers in no distant time.
(F) The meeting agreed to strengthen the Ohafia Improvement Inc(OIU) to meet up with the current leadership challenges in Ohafia
(G) That a machinery will be set in motion by the Pan Ohafia to beef up the voting strength of Nde Ohafia against 2027
(H) The meeting resolved to have the Pan Ohafia meeting regularly for Ohafia, to provide all necessary support and counter any challenge in Ohafia to ensure total success.
(I) The meeting agreed to receive All elected and appointed political office holders from Ohafia it immediately after the local government Election.
Dated this 26th day of September 2024
Hon.Richard Agwu
Secretary General
OIU Inc.
HRM Ezieogo Mba Odo Okereke
Secretary
Council of Ohafia Monarchs
HRH Eze Dr.Ezera
Secretary
Ohafia Traditional Rulers Council
