By Christopher Oji
Nsukka Professionals Association (NPA), Lagos, has urged the senator representing their area, Okey Ezea, to work harder to find immediate solution to the problem insecurity ravaging the zone
The group also advised him to attract more government projects to the long-suffering people of the zone .
President of the associating, Chief Charles Nwodo, who made the appeal when the senator visited members of the association in Lagos to brief them on his legislative activities, advised the senator to interact more with the constituents at the grassroots to ensure that his support base endures in the build-up to 2027.
According to him, “We also advised the senator to cultivate common grounds with the government at Enugu State and the Federal Government at Abuja, across party lines, so as to attract more of the desired dividends of democracy for Nsukka people.
“While we thank you for the visit, we will also praise you for staying true to your principles by remaining in the party that brought you to office. That is why we are urging you to intensify efforts by working harder than your predecessors to attract more government projects to the long-suffering people of Nsukka and to find effective solutions to the protracted security problems in Nsukka zone.”
In his speech, Senator Ezea announced that, through his efforts, the Makurdi-Otukpo-Nineth mile federal highway is being reconstructed, solar-powered boreholes have been attracted to all the local government areas in Nsukka zone, employment opportunities have been attracted, and federal education and health facilities in Nsukka zone are receiving special intervention by the Federal Government.
He equally informed the NPA members, including prominent members of the Labour Party in his entourage, such as Hon. Harrison Ogara, Member of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Gen. Chris Eze (Rtd), Hon. Chief Matthias Omeh and others, that he intends to remain in the Labour Party to continue his legislative activism in furtherance of the greater good of the people of Nsukka.