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Last Updated: Monday, November 8th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Imo govt pledges support for community projects By Ben Duru Correspondent, Owerri Imo State government has restated its support for communities that embark on self-help projects since the networking between the communities and the government is the only way to transform the society. The Commissioner for Public Utilities and Rural Development, Chief Noel Agwuocha Chukwukadibia, said this when members of Umuhu autonomous community in Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government visited to intimate him of the completion of their N10 million electricity project. He said government was incapable of providing every amenity to the people but that where a community chooses on its own to embark on such projects government would lend a hand. The commissioner said Umuhu community has exhibited the expected traits of an autonomous community, adding that the reason for creating them was to give the people the opportunity to actualise their dreams without inhibitions. Chukwukadibia said government has taken note of communities that have embarked on self-help projects and that it no distant time they would reap the fruits of their labour. He said apart from supporting them with cash, government would look into other amenities that it could give them so as to encourage them. He said more things would come their way for taking the pains to embark on such gigantic project without promptings from any quarter. He called on other communities to follow the footsteps of the Umuhu community and seek out such projects that would make life easier for their people so that government could also help. Leader of the delegation, Chief Chris Njoku, said they came to intimate the government of the completion of the project which they embarked upon to bring life to their community and that they also intended to embark on other projects as soon as this one is commissioned. He said the policy of the present administration to open up the rural areas would not only create harmony but also generate health competition between autonomous communities such that would engender growth.   Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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