Kelga  Acting  Chairman  Reads  Riot  Act  To  NULGE

By  Womah  Josiah  Ugo

The Acting Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area, Hon Bestman Amadi has made it clear to the staff of the council that  he will not  condone truancy, lateness and absentism to  work during  the  short  tenure  of  his  administration.

Hon Bestman handed down the warning recently at the council headquarters, Isiokpo, when he held meeting with  the  staff  of  the  council.

According to the Acting Chairman, every council staff must  justify his or her salaries by being on duty, stressing that the agendas of his boss, Hon Welendu  Amadi will continue to be  priorities  pending his return to the council. He advised all to extend  hands  of fellowship to  him  as  they  did to  his  boss.

Answering questions shortly after the meeting in his office, the  Acting Chairman said before two months foundation of a new council secretariat will be laid, while payment of N18,000.00 minimum wage will begin from the  month  of  January.

Hon Bestman maintained that payment of 70% salary arrears will be implemented without delay while the meeting with NULGE will be a regular one.

He said, Ikwerre Local Government area is in support of the removal of fuel subsidy, and requested federal  government to subsidize carrot, onion, groundnuts etc.

On the issue of kidnap, the acting chairman said, the rate of crime has reduced to the barest minimum in Kelga with the help of JTF, community policing as well as police in the area. He reiterated his commitment to build  a permanent  JTF camp for adequate  policing  of  the  area.

Hon Amadi used the opportunity to clarify the N500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand naira) scholarship he awarded to a 10 year old boy whose father is blend, saying it was to enable him go to school.###