Juliet Uduji
The Imo State Government has directed the immediate withdrawal of officials of the Imo State Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO) from the State’s roads and streets.
The directive which was given on Wednesday also includes that the Police should arrest and prosecute any official of ENTRACO found on the streets or roads in Imo State demanding or harassing motorists.
The decision was reached after the day’s weekly State Executive Council meeting.
Briefing newsmen, the Commissioner for Information, Chief Declan Emelumba noted that the Government had received numerous complaints from members of the public on the nuisance which persons who claim to be officials of ENTRACO constitute to motorists on the roads and streets of Owerri and its environs.
Flanked by his colleagues in Works, Barr. Raph Nwosu and Transport, Barr. Rex Anunobi, and the Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser to the Governor, Oguwike Nwachuku, Emelumba further disclosed that Governor Hope Uzoodimma got a commendation for roads he commissioned in Owerri municipal last week.
“Council noted that in the history of the State, no Governor had awarded road contracts of the nature Governor Uzodimma awarded and got them completed and commissioned within such a short period of time,” the Commissioners said.
Emelumba informed that the Commissioner for transport was directed to incorporate members of the civil guard into his proposed transport management template to be called Imo State Traffic Management Agency pending the completion of the legal framework that will spell out the modus operandi of the agency and its personnel.
According to Emelumba, the Council also took critical decisions that affected Ministries like Environment, Tourism, Works, and transport